Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-12-19
CLIPPINGS AND sca,ssLIncs.

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/ DSerionsly injured-the editor who wa.
| struck by an sidea.s
+ ~Takes pace-the Inauguration OF Gov
Curtin, on the 18th OF January.
| ~Scientifc-the fellow who used his sus
I penders TO hold the wood on a saw horse.
/ ~Sharp sighted-the man who could sec
| into the Clearfeld Go. Bank bill, bear and all
~Waste of raw materiaI-to put five dol
| lars worth OF beaver on 10 cents worth of brains
| rCaught cold-the chap who was pulling
! icicles at the Mansion Honse on Sunday night
UYoung folks tell what they do; old ones
what they have done and fools, what they
| will do. ai@Et -zoos6a L1i - -efz
@Proftable-the boarder who finds his
own sausage for breakfast and does his Own
| milling. s-s----- ------
@Polite, very-the officer that waits for
the second table to give the boys chance at
the first.
@Remem berthe clergy live by our sins,
the doctors by our diseases, and law ers by
| our follies.
~Persons who have promised to pay their
subscriptions in wood are requested to bring
it Immediately.
~Issued circular-the Ohio State Trea-
surer, requiring all dues to the State to be paid
in gold and silver.
~Poverty runs strongly to fun. A man is
never SO full of jokes as when he is reduced to
one shirt and two potatoes.
UShot-a deer nearly all over white, by
John Duffy, on the Brush mountain in Blair
county, one day last week.
UThe weather continues cold in Clearfeld,
and, timber hauling is going on actively, the
ground being in good condition.
WAsserted-t the man who pretends to
be what he is not, is like fox which tried to
look as noble and strong as a tiger.
1~Fact-fun is worth more than ply sic, and
whoever discovers new source of supply de-
serves the name of public benefactor.
ONever spank your children with hand
saw, or box their ears with the sharp edge Of
hatchet. II is apt to effect their brains.
WModest-the young lady that denounced
a chap for saying sshydraulic Sheep" but sent
for scientific man TO have its uses explained.
|. VNorel-the mode of churning in Fayal
one of the Azores. They tie the cream up in
goat skin, and kick il about till the butter
comes. rs
+ ~Singular-that al editor, and an admi-
rer OF Buchanan. could not find time enough
during one whole week to peruse the Presi-
dents message.
sG%Query iii the election of Lincoln has
caused the present financial crisis, what caus-
ed the money panic of 1857 The election of
Lincoln, eh 2
@ UStated-that yankee Doodle and Hail
Columbia have been discarded by the South
Carolinans, and, instead, they have adopted
the 'Marseilles Hymn
NThe manufacture of oil from coal is like
ly TO be introduced extensively into the State
OF Arkansas, as the coal appears to be well a.
dapted for that purpose.
nyA passer by asked an Irishman, gazing
upon funeral procession, who was dead. He
replied "I can't exactly say, but behave its
the Jintleman in the coffin.''
O-Remarked-by Slobkins, that Instead O.
giving credit to whom credit is due, the cash
had better be paid. 'Spect Slobkins would
like to have the pay for his advice.
U-In October, at Pesth Hungary an old
man made his appearance who was supposed
TO have been killed in battle thirty years be-
fore. All his relatives but one were dead.
nyTook piace-a Sheriff:s sale of watches
from the seized stock of :sgift enterprise
concern, in Philadelphia, last week. They
brought only $50 per dozen 'sgoid matches t''
GA prominent Democrat of Kentucky said
the other day s.If we of the South were to
read Henry Clsy's last speech at Lexington, |
without knowing the author, it would be very |
ascribed to Seward or Wilson,
@Publishcd recently curious work in |
Germany. the purpose of which is to prove that |
j Judas Iscariot was one of the most conscien- |
tious and honorable of men. His next work is |
likely to be, "American Slavery, Divine in