Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-10-05
CLIPPINGS AND scRlssLlses.

W On aSain-the man VINO got OF good
joke.
USpoken of-Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, as
candidate for President.
EBeing rebuilt-the Clark s Ferry Bridge.
1t will be completed early next spring.
WAt Saratoga springs-Madam Jumel, tie
widow OF Aaron Burr. She is 80 years old.
GMcck Turtle-caling husband "my
dcar' in public, and ssyou brute'' in private.
| Compared--conductors on cars to that
class of the feminine gender who are always
| railing.
GA lady Of New 7 York has denied the COL
| or of her ringlets since her lover went to .4u-
| barn prison.
T"Sonny. how's all your folks 2'' eOh
| they's all we'll but Jowler-he's got the 6olc-
,cosc-et complaint.
@Mrs. Partington makes Shakespeare say,
| s'Sweet are the uses of advertisements" Its
| so-if he didn't say it.
| WHelen NJ. Dresser, pretty girl of sweet
| sixteen, and an escaped Mormon, is lecturing
| on MermonSm in Connecticut.
| C. Arrived-the season for cultivating wins
! kers. Some that we have seen are extensive
| IS laid out, but rather thirly sown.
! GVThe first business of Lynn is the man
| ufacture of shoes. That, however, is intimate
" connected with the last business.
"Records--the Texan .4drocatc of the Sd
ult., the death of Thomas j. Nicholson, near
| Victoria, at the advanced age of l07 years.
GA woman in Bangor has an infant nine
| weeks old that weighs two pounds and half.
The child weighed just one pound at birth.
"Gained a victory-thc Buchanan De-
! mocracy, in L tab. The Mormons having cleo
ted Buchanan democrat as delegate to Con-
| gress.
ia Spanish proverb SAYS s.The Jews rrl-
| in themselves at their passovers, the Moors at
their marriages, and the Christians in their law
| suits.''
GFact-we could never see the phloso-
ply of tying tin pan to ii dogs caudlc appen-
| dage, and regard it greatly cur-taiL-ing his
| liberty.
~Prevals-the hog cholera, in Marion
county, Tenn, TO fearful extent. The cpl
demic is also bad in Sequatchie and Bledsoe
counties.
G. At 4 late Bioomer convention the dele
| gates resolved that they sswould wear short
| dresses or nothing Short dresses by all
| means, ladies.
Stated-by the Botetourt (Ya.) Wig
| that. at present in that county, s.bears arc as
plenty as sqnirrcls.'' Then, We infer, sssqlir-
rels are as plenty as bears.
"Conceded- an prchin is at mo-
lasses barrel with one end OF a straw in the
bung-hole and the other in his mouth that he
is enjoying sthe s,cgefs of lifc.'
GRelated-a great many anecdotes of per-
sonal bravery. We would like to that nan
who wonld deliberately allow woman to catch
him making mouths at her baby.
| We're bricks made of iron instead of
| clay, their weight would cause great incouyc-
| nence, indging from the complaints of those
who carry Il hatful home every night.
"In ecstacics- Timothy, the first time he
went counting He says she felt as if pink
I III
| piece OF chain lightning smack into pile OF
! down"
When some one told Plato that he had
! been illuminated, he replied, s'NeYer mind, :,
| those who know wont believe it. and those
who don't know me it's re matter what they
! believe 80
@-The incendiary's torch has fred and de-
| stroycd the old building in Westmoreland
! county, Va. in which President Monroe was
born. The house has been uRoccupied for
some time
~Recorcred S500-Magdalen Hariie, IN
| the Delaware Courts from Freeland Cochran,
| because the latter courted her in 81 and 'o5,
| promised marriage in '56. and s1hitched on''
| to another gal in 81
| ia man being awakened by the captain of
boat with the announcement that he must
not occupy his berth with his boots on, very
| considerably replied '.Uh the bugs wont hurt
| rip"
H-To be sold-the Southern Pacific Rail-
| road, under execution. President Fawkes will
| pay off the debts of the old company. A new
| company is to be formed, and j. Edgar Thorn p
| soG, of the Pennsylvania Central is to be Pre-
| sideat.
| G~Our friend, Zach. Ogden, OF Lawrence
! township, presented US with several s'Caiifor-
| mia" potatoes, which are about the haeSt spc-
cimens Of that esculent that we have seen for
several years, aud for which We tender our
| thanks.
! ~Mr. Albert D. Bishop, well-known A
| mcTican engineer, is the lion in London at this
| tinie he having invented and constructed on
| the Thames mammoth derrick, which lifts a
thousand tons at pull. 1t raises evan the
| largest sunkeu ships.
| TSheton, in one of his sermons, says
| can upright is always easier than a STOPPING
| posture, because it is more natural, and one
| part is better supported by another; 50 it is
| better to be an honest man than knave. 1t
| is also more graceful"
| TWas asked-a young prince of the Illus
trious house of Monaco, why he had married
| a rich old woman. 0Ma fol-" was the young
| princess reply, sslet me ask you, what poor
man in hurry to get an enormous bank note
| cashed troubles himself to look at the date
of it 20
Mr.. Samuel Hagerty, of Woodward town
| ship, one dark night last week, walked over
| the River bank in front of Mr.. Mcpherson S
! house, at the south end OF our borough, and
| injured his jaw severely.
There Is no medicine that will relieve the