Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-22
Republican Relics of the Campaign.

The New York Herald publishes the fol-
lowing list of relies, dicovered by n polit
cal antiquarian, which he proposes to sell
cheap TO those who may desire to adorn
some campaign wigwnm. The list will be
read with interest:
|. Handle Of the maui with which Lin
coin split his first rail. ..........
.. Chew OF tobacco masticatcd during
The operation. ......
3. Waisibando of lreeches split during
the operation.
i. Patch Of scat ditto. .. .r.
s. Portrait of the man whostood against
a tree looking at Old Abe splitting the rail
old Abe told him if be kept on soCeling
there he'd never 90 into Congress, and he
didn't.
G. Horns of the oxen which hauled the
rails. .a.f..... .....
I. Half pint Of whiskcy (rino warranted
to kill at hundr yards distilled in the
hollow, by Old Abe.
s. Original tin pot out Of which Old Abe
took his drinks.
0, View Of that grocery, (by "our own
artist on the spot"
10. String ofone of the original brogans
worn by the prophet in his hegira from
Kentucky 10 Illinois.
IL. Halfa pound of best Young Hyson
sold by old Abe as grocer, to the sire of
the first white child born in Sanga"lon
county.
IL. Pine knot from tho original hut
built by Uuclo Abe from lumber got out
by his own hands.
l3. Hair from the name Of the horse
,,ft A l,
Judge.
II. Ditto from tail of losing horse in tho
same race.
IS. Tooth knocked out ola mans head
Who fought another man, and chose Old
! Abe for reference. lr 1tau ,sg'.
lG. Portrait OF Old Abe when he tried
to look pretty and frightened child of
one of the first families in the country in0
to c0nyulsions. . - .. ....
Tho Fowler Committee, consisting of
Messrs, Isaac Bell Hiram Cranston, Eli
iah F. Purdy, DR.. Crane, and DR.. w. W,
Sanger, have collected over 100000 to-
wards re.imbursing the Government for
Mr. Fower's deficiency. Numbers ofthr
persons to whom Mr. F. lent large sums
of money, without taking any memoran,
dun or written acknowledgement, have
come forward and paid into the hands o.
the Committee tho entire amounts due,
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bsy-The last thing in the way of politi
cal Advertising is letter envelope sur,
rounded with arail fence. On one end o.
the envelope is portrait of Old Abe,
and beneath it the identical at-boat
which is said that individual used to run
The engrnver failed to produce the bar a
, which he used to sell tangIe.foOt whisl<ey
, No doubt cold Abe, ITO use the Republ
! can sobroquiet, has split rails, and it is c
: qually true that these rails will split him
RsynA good Sewing Machine in a fami
ly is treasure. Have you seen the Ma
chine called the Erie? Ii not, we ad
wise some of our readers who may moi
have all the work they can attend to, t
| write to Mr.. }. N. Boylan, at Milan, Ohio
/ and got the company's confidential terms
: to agents. ....I -..s ...-r.rr is..
nfA-The Luzerne UiiiDn, published at III
!, home of Col. II. b. Wright the Presider
of the Goth Of July Convention, accedes
/, the Cresson compromise. The paper
: that hold out against it are few indeed
! The straght-out movement has bee
: Whitfield down 20 almost nothing. Dem
. ocrats are not so easily transferred to th
. Republicans rs certain persons iniagir
/ ed, ID fag..- -l-.f -af
], Pty-Tho Lady who was strcuk wit
i III u,