Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-06-27
CLIPPINGS AND scaiBsLINes.

< Gg-Warm--the weather.
rComing-the Fourth of July.
~Pitchin' in-some of the ssharmonious, ,
at Baltimore. About half a dozen fights came
of. Weapons, fists.
rMarricd-two cousins named Cricket, in
Jefferson county, recently. We don't believe
in such cricket-matches.
Stated-that hen in Northampton, late
ly Matched seventeen chickens from sixteen
eggs. Smart biddy, that.
rStill too near the ground-the Little Gil
ants coat.tail. He can't make the landing, at
the White House, this trip.
GA full team-the old srail-splitter,' Abe.
So look out, Messrs. Fowler.ites, and sssplit' in
time, for your days are numbered.
WSold-our Mountain contemporaries, a.
bout that Elk .adrocate editor. The editor of
that paper has not been in your place.
DJohn Holmes of Bristol, England, gave
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for re-
ligious and charitable purposes during his life
time.
D-Somebody says: ssIt is better to die poor
than to live on the hard earnings of the unsus-
pecting.'' Broken banks don't believe in that
kind of philosophy.
rMr. Stephen III. Branch thinks that after
his death, his bones would make more INTEL
any ordinary material.
WDescribed-a lady's cheek, as the poeti-
cal abode OF the Rose; but we are not told
what kind of a rose. When lover steal a
kiss, we suppose it is a sscabbage-rose!' 20
~Asserted positively Douglas last
week fixed the Nessus shirt of disunion to the
back of jeff. Pavis. Isn't that shirt about worn
out? Who washes it? And who, oh who, keeps
it in buttons
UJo ohm Binns, for many years one of the
leading politicians in Pennsylvania, and at one
time editor of the Democratic Press, died at his
residence in Philadelphia, on Saturday a-week'
aged eighty-eight.
~Never pocket a ssblow''-the Japanese
They blow their noses on square pieces of pa
per, which are thrown away with once using.
Our system of pocket handkerchets is, with
| them, very uncleanly.
rJn New York city, there are 244 places
Of public worship, of which the Epscopalians
| have 81, PresbyteriaEs 43, Methodlsts 33, Bap-
lists SO, Roman Catholics 80, Dutch Reformed
%, Jewish Synagogues l6.
GA man named Waites, private in a
British artillery train, has received fifty thou
sand dollars as a present from brother in
Australia. The man emigrated as good arti-
zan some few years since.
~Taken up-a fellow in Tennessee, for
stealing bank bill which could not be found
when searched. An emetic was given him, at
the suggestion OF a bystander, and the thief
was convicted out of h,s o,on mouth.
| ~Keeps tavern-Colonel Slobkins, ont
in Indiana. He says the boosters drink SO
much new corn whisky that sstassels" grow out
| through the crowns oftheir hats, and the "silk'
| hangs through the holes of their trowsers.
~Fought a dueI-two Texas editors, Dali
ton and Hepperla, of Crockett. Cause not sta
ted. The former received a bullet in his throat,
and was probably fatally injured. The latter
was hit on the head, but the wound made was
not serious.
Git appears from the Patterson (N.J.) Re-
gister, that Mr.. Buckley, a clergyman of that
place or its vicinity, has been preaching SER
mon in favor of the rope-walking of De Lave
and Blondin, and that some of his hearers, lay
aad clerical. object to that style of discourse.
OVThere are large quantities OF cranberry
lands in Massachusetts-over five thousand a.
cres, and some of it is very valuable. The
product is probably not less than $l50,O00 a
year, which is larger than that of wheat, bar
ley, oats, rye, or of any vegetable except po
tatUes.
rTheSonfherner speaks of man who died, /,
leaving all his property to his sons if they
should be Democrats. That old fellow evident
ly took hint from the Greek philosopher, who
bequeatbed a large fortune to his children if
they should prove to be fools for, said he, if
they arc wise men they will not need it.