Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-03-07
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~Down-the b'hoy that fell off raft
0EIn demand-bcans, bacon and bad whis-
key.
~Circulating rs on the Che
mung Bank.
rA. &. ca Good Candidate. He'll be
elected sure.
~Again hostile-the Navajo Indians, in
New Mexico.
WErected-ice houses to hold sc, 900 tons
of ice, in Paris.
:, GIThe first jury ever empannelled was in
England, in go.
~Cultivated in Louisiana--the tea plant,
without difficulty.
OWill spend-France, a million and half
in fortifying Algiers.
UConsumed annualIy-20 million bushels
Of coal, in Cincinnati.
TCanada is fast becoming a great nation.
She owes $50 100000.
UHas dctermned-Jenny Lind, to erect
an asylum for decayed singers.
UTwice frozen over-the Hudson river its
whole length, this winter. An unusual circum-
stance.
~The Charleston Mercury says that it sees
only cheap edition of Mr.. Seward in Senator
Douglas.
GyAre the same-the following words, if
spelled backwards or forwards .Name no
one man,
"Fact-a man who goes to law to recover
damages hardly ever RECEIVERS from the DANA
geS he receives.
~Taking steps-the people Of Chicago, to
mint at that place.
GDAbout the only person that we ever heard
of that was not spoiled by being lionized, was
a Jew named Daniel.
USound-the Boston merchants They
are about to petition Congress to withdraw the
cent coin from circulation.
TDied at Madison-Mr. Stephen Thurston
few days since, at the age of 90 years. He
leaves an orphan child aged IS years.
NHave habit-the Democrats, of unset
tling everything. Nothing will ever be per-
manently settled till we settle them.
OUTwo of the Pennsy lvania State Senators
-Messrs. Schindel and Landon-preached SER
mons in Harrisburg on Sunday, Feb 26.
GTMade their appearance-fresh shad in the
Harrisburg market, on Feb. 90. The price at
which they sold gave them decidedly silve-
ry taste.
rMr. Douglass Chicago Organ says that
the country owes it TO Mr.. ID. to elect him to
the Presidency. Then guess the country
will repudiate.
GA sacriligious wretch entered the Pres
byterian Church in Alton, Illinois, recently,
and stole the entire communion plate, which
was very valuable.
TPrentice says that the Slavery issue in
Kentucky is about 25 900 niger babies year.
This estimate does not include the shaded va
rietIes, We presume.
DInformed his pupils-an Irish pedagogue
recently, that the feminine gender should be
applied to all ships and vessels afloat, except
mail steamers and men of war.
OgThe Courts of New York have decided
that it is optional with the teachers of the pub
lie schools, whether the Bible shall be read as
one of the exercises of School or not.
VNot yet settled-the case of the Chica-
go postmaster. The President and the Post
master General, like all ill-mated heads of a
household, are still quarrelling about their Cook
OReported-that man in Illinois is wri-
ting the life of Douglas. His we suppose,
may as well be written as ever. 1t is lived
out, so far any matters Of political moment
are concerned.
GyVirgina,a ,as usual, is getting huge share
of the public patronage. Old Brown was ter
rible old fellow, but his raid upon Virginia was
trihe in comparison with Yirgiania's raid up
on the Treasury.
70 A Georgia paper says that until the pre-
sent year, the disunion party had hardly
hook to hang hope If they have got
hook now, they had better hang their fiddle on
it-or themselves.
. Cy"Sammy, my son, don't stand there
scratching your head stir your stumps or
you'll make no progress in lfe.'' "Why IA
ther, Eve heard you say the only way to get
along was to scratch a-head.''
WAn Arkansas paper says ssif Cash Clay
were to undertake to speak in this State he
would very soon have to make himself scarce
we guess that 1t wouldn't be the first instance
OF Cash made scarce in that State.
GyDemocratic stock is rising.-Lancqster
IntelLigencer. Yes,-Stevens was hanged the
other day, and two or three more are sentenc-
ed to the same bad elevation in April. Dem
ocratic stock is rising, sure enough.
ga remarkable COW has Mr.. John Shep.
hard, of West Chester, Goshen county, N. Y
She yields milk SO rich that it turns to butter
without chIrning! Such COW would be a
perfect god-Send to some folks here-about
OThe principal part of Danville, KY, was
destroyed by fire on February 22d, consuming
eighty buildings. including three churches, the
Court House, Adams Express, Batterton Ho-
tel, and the leading business houses. Loss,
S25O, 900.
G-The Kentucky Legislature has passed
law appropriating $4,000 to improve the
minds OF the imbecile children of the State. |
frensice says If such a law had gone into op- |
Grafton good many years ago, some of the |
democratic editors of Kentucky might have |
Deen Qualified to make better papers than |
they do.
Ihe pennsylvania Telegraph thinks it would |
now De In order for the friends of Mr. Hick- |
man to present him with a six. shooter as |
set-oH for the cane presented by the South
Carolinans to the bully Edmundson.
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EYE AND EAR.-It will be seen in our adver-
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