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Wooden Manufacto

THE undersigned take this method OF ipfornir ,.
/ old curIOun-rs. AMI the pubic generally thar -. -
putting irSo Establishment: tt.- Spring Na.i,sr,
will enable that double IN. .ro,. 81
Goods hs.. usually tono; The demand for err os
this addition a Machinery He,.
satisfaction in exchanges % WOODEN Good, f ~
We have, aid DO intend "a card irto ,,.I .
PORTION Of cotton md ss! il for ali wool Our -ood. 49,.
warranted in this respect AID also DURABILITY W.
shs continue exchange Cor Wool A. ..rrsrly ~. fol
loving kin II % GooG- Heavy Cashmere. S,.r...
Jeans, Fann.l- Of different Kinds B.nL-ts .pd stoct
ing Yarn. Consider sDle attention vii ts paid TO Stalking
Yarn orders viii De flied FOR all The different rr.d..
kinds CT Yarn, Mixed, Indigo E.u. NI,-a Ped
Cieod-d. &c And el nanL:- rt.lr. Tor rrb.prs
and others, wool II lots Of hundred hounds ana ro-
wards into s'ogsng Yarn, any u re abCy. Kind. q
goods. on liberal terms Tor cash or xaoi 40
taTdiBs and Spinning
WI hs done 10 ies Of ~ lbs. upwards, at - ,s IS
cents per pound.
Cu~toIn GHTdihg into Rolls
" ~ ne hohv Al siA cents per pound Trsr machine.
VII te cl";trd @Ee" With TIE hes; o. Cards ana VIII
ne" experienced taTd-r, they expect 10 Exv- good ~o.
done WOO! I'll bee taA from .Dsro, al D.., and
fn4I> returned WITHIN --zsonsbi. Length tim.
E tr ~"r' ~Hi-h 1As b- tir -gros- froa
almost AHs part ~ 10 sac q (. tria1g Sue,.,.
no"i .nieh-r 'of eEVIg for auy Of IA. above lind.
% Gocc' %t'oiutaEied by L- PROPER order AZ be-
~ h"f"a" :" OTTAWA, and the goods viii be s.t ~ aae
'sit -iii irrnEi;n-s., according l." order
~"A.G a." -%E, tf~t h.s. got our w C.-,c-.
80 fV-4 IA Dill - Oi-r.t.l.
hA'' y r's EfihdiLR G"ar short notice. ~ have
P'Is . ~A'eI q; al u44". iu-y:Il ! / Il. GFEis.
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ILLINOIS LAND AGENCY.
Lands bought and sold Commission. Taxes pad
Abstracts OF Title furnished Collections made, Invest
ments made in Government or other Lands, N.n-y
Loaned. Ottawa, Ausust ., l-t,l.
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feeal advertisements .
Guardians Sale Of Real Estate

Guardians Sale Of Real Estate.
DCBLIC notice is hereby given, that pursuant to
Il decret1 order Of the County Court 81 La Sale
Couny and State OF Illinois, made at the September
Elizaseth Reynolds, William Reynolds and Ks.aIine
Reynolds, and Thomas Reynolds, minors, will sell
public auction ut the sOuth door Of the county
house In OTTAWA in said county, Saturday, the 20th
day o. october, D. 1850 between the hours Of ten
O'clock A N and four o'clock P. Of said day, the
hshest b;aer, Tor cash in hand all the right title aud
interest OF said minors in and to the following de-
scribed real estate, vim:
Pour hhs AL of the undivided one tenth n loI Of
the west half Of the south quarter Section hr-
O-hvs, lso,I in township thirty four [3il north O.
Range three f3 east of the third princ;p. meridian
and Also iourhfth IA-5I Of the undivided s...,-nth
ll-iol OF the undivided half of III. east half Of IN.
north vest quarter of Section thirty, 1901 township
thirty-three 1881 North Of Range east OF tn
third principal meridian. ISRAEL g. COPPER
ssp.2aw EudrdiGa ds dE,resLid
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RE -. E7'iC,

u ali Paper Dcpot.
&C. EARL son,
NJ'n ..r,-t Orr-1 Ntaol,
Z AVE just received th-- spring ,iors. sUd have
Tor sale tiir most eiessrT lot OF Paper E.Gs
ana " iudo~ shade. Of. -rd n Otts.a.
Ihcy prepared TO 'Gru!. ~ qualities 20 salt Vrr-
chA.-rs. the at--t patterns " s.:iD Ont Wood
Papers VIII matched and CouiGou borders. Also Fancy
Wiudn- Shades, PIE Bo-rd rrnt., t., &C Their
purchased directly from The manufacturers, Ard -"d
AT snia! advance
tI-yiCx ESSTie.
IaRtrs aoG complete assortment, = Trout
~ Liu- 10 S.IEoS hUu., FOR sale i.~.
mario :. e. kiKL 4 SONS
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For safe.

4 PLEASANT residence in South Ottawa. large
"A portion OF the purchase money can remain secured
Oh the premise, for term of years; will be ex-
changed for far ming land.
decII JOHN p ANTHONY
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Lands Tnr Anye

For SAFE
100 LOIS in Ssng-r's Addition to Ott.w, and 80
lOO Lot. in Old Town and states Addition . Ot,a-
Va, for sale cheap. [aIg-l L. P. sASGiR
,I'HREY Houses and Let's to rent.
/ auss L. P. SANGER .
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Kerosene I'll & Lamps
FpS -.LEA
- L L ,IpI a. ..s-..-

" HAT do va ts-- i--..-r. Oh Do ,sE ~.
W il f-' t''H. o. -. r.s.i econ. -c.' 's.t n.
1se- Nh-r- rC - : c 4
hey have -. s~Iu.f- s,.re- M. .
loi o. Lamp .. th,-r >.rF. E-G,-
me ld.'ti-i. bans srrIl-.t ted r-.Ari 10
Ne CT a. tit h-resvr' - - I~T>g,s ror0iuG I.e
ytf-n g 49,. c--p.-Is :. ,t.
bfi''snS, nd h-.a. % =, s.I- - Ser
ins s'~rt' = '..'-H.st. sAlrr yr.y.J. rr-f~s
.-r , \ h-t. Di' ~ -.
Ssi-i..: Cb-Bii .ts -: N-s fr-, re
h.tI sLIth es.-n ~ k-So..ue -Iii produces,
sHd me rTic-, > - the .t.sI.ri cost % tr,
iSi"vHS St:irE materials. ~ rATs .s-
ic.'. uDp s-i"a =. Aeros.Us Vd vrss.Sss - r,.eA
ssli.u. . tu-rirs Yuia -. .....-......ss "a
-. Dc Sperm pii, Al q - ....-... ....... IS
81, Lard Oh. A. -.---..-. q,
Dc Wa. al. I5c NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 20
- 4hs ef'~r- tss--s, .---.-.-.--
- he. 1sNo- do a, - -..----.-...... -
Also, Parsfne tsldi.. Tor sa..-s tesu,i'u ar,i.s
for the F&r,r ps,2s
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School BoOkal

LARGE and complete stock OF the different kind.
IA Of scheei Books that are used in the cty An a
country schools. just received AID for sale low A.
sspl 20 st Ely. 0RIGGS
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EStY0 yea,
E>RoM the subscriber, living at Wenona, Marshall
Il Co., in May last, DARK IRON GRAY MARE
years cid. black and tail, dark limbs and dark
brown head one white hind foei, and 10 swav -hncked
Five dsllars reward be paid fer any iuformstsn
that will lead to the recovery OF the mare. Adde'S
the subscriber at Wenona, Marshall c., H.
sePlS4W~ CHARLES FALIoN
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EHFmiRg Lands for sale.
FrNliE undersigned has 1890 of choice unim-
l. prove farming lands, in La Sale and Livingston
Coun,ies for sale, easy terms.
r,yT AVERY
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Eonnets, Bonnets !

L HAVE jazz received large ana choice assortment
c. Summer Millinery which will b. sold the low
IS: prices possible.
A.o, large and superior stock Of Straw Coed.
suited 70 the best city and country trade.
would also respectfully isform the ccuntr trade
that they will not mud my work any other store but
ny osn. OF dry good. merchants advertised
Bcnnets trimmed by our best city mner would say
that OF MS best my stock requires my
full attention, and work will he found els
whereonly roy store, La Sale door south
Gibson's furniture store. [mylS :. A. TARBLE.
I>HEAP BOOKS at
- jan29 ORTON'.S BOOE STORE
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N0tjcc to EsuiiIers.

GAVING re .loved Marble Establishment directly
opposite the Post Office, on Columbus street,
tie Increased room enables furnish builders with
stone cut to order the shortest notice and al the low
figure Having of the mos: experienced work
in the West can ensure entire satisfaction
n. Is. large stock of cut and rough Joliet and other
stone hand. may2e WILLS BRO
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TT yea will 70 d. WALKER, he will demonstrate n
i your satisfsction that his Fluid CANNOT EXPLODE
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AT z J. GHFGGS DREG AND hook STORE
lust RECEINFD, the largest stock OF Books and ia
- tonery ever brought TO Ottawa.
School Books Of every variety;
Stationery Of all kinds:
2J0 Rrams of Paper. such Note, Letter,
Cap, Bill Cap, Legal Cap, Book Cap, &c;
Plain and Ruled Paper OF all kinds;
Cards of all kinds: coiorei Card Board
Drawing Paper, in rolls and in sheets.
Envelopes. all sizes and co,oTs-also opaque;
Memorandum, Diaries, States &c.
ElanE Books of all sizes ami varieties.
Gif; Books, ANIMALS, Albums, Portfolios, &c.
Chiidren's Books and Primers.
Books that not in Town W II ordered as wanted
ocl T. Y. GRIGGS. SaftiD0er's Block
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AdminI.urator-. Notice!

Estate Of lame, Hdrrigan, deceased
THNHE undersigned. having been appointed admins
Il TRAITOR OF The estate OF lanes HarTgan late the
county OF La Sale and State Of Illinois, here
by gives notice that he will appear before the County
Court 81 La Sale county, at the court house in Ottawa
AT the November term, on the thid Monday in Sovem-
Der next, at which time all persons havin, claims
against SAID estate are notified and requested
for the purpose of having the adjusted All per
sons indebted to said to make il,
mediate payment te the undersigned
sepl-6w PATRICK uARRIGAN Admir-
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DRESS GOODS,
PLAIN AND FIGURED BAREGES,
BAREGE ROBES,
ORGANIZES, PRINTED JACONETS.
FALENCIAS, CHALLIS,
GINGHAMS, LAWNS,
INDIA SILKS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
FOULARD SILKS,
BONBAZINES, ALPACAS. &c.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
SILK AND LACE HANTILLAS,
PARASOLS,
GRAPE AND STELLA SIIAWLS,
BLACK SILK SHAWLS, THIBET,
CASHMERE SHAWLS.
DE LAME SHAWLS
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Pictorial Magazines ana Papers.
| r HAVE large lot. Back numbers Of these-Godey,
i Harper &C., per Ne. 1oe. Ladies call and look.
\ ian20 TH0A 01DOob
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ZINC
In the country. Old Copper Brass Boilers Ketties
Ie of every Description will command the CISHat The
Ottawa News Depot.
PAPER RAGS win also command the highest price 4,
OAoHs - ~ AkHS DAfVk hin
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22
THE WAY IT Is GOING.

1t is worse than folly to attempt to disguise
the fact that the popular current has set in
strongly for Lincoln. From every section
comes intelligence ofpublc demonstrations of
an unusually enthusiastic character. On the
9th inst, an immense meeting of the Repubi-
cans was held at Springfield, Illinois. The
lowest estimate of the crowd in attendance was
20,000-others fixed it as high as $4,000. The
procession was two hours and a half passing
Mr.. Lincoln's residence. During the after
noon Mr.. Lincoln appeared on the ground in a
carriage, when he was Immediately seized up
on by the crowd, drawn forth. and forced to
respond to the cheers of wildly enthusiastic
multitude. His speech was wholly uuintend-
ed. 1t was as follows
Ny FELLOW CITIZENS IL have appeared a.
mong you on this occasion With no intention
of making speech. 1t has been my purpose
since l have been placed in my present posi-
tion, to make no speeches. This meeting
having been drawn together at the place of my
residence, it appeared to be the wish of those
constituting this vast assembage, to see me.
AS it is certainly my wish to all of you,
appear upon the ground here at this time. oHly
for the purpose of seeing you and enabling
you to see me. / confess with gratitude that
did not suppose my appearance among you
would create the tumult which now witness.
| am profoundly grateful for this manifesta-
tion of your feelings. / am gratified because
it is tribute which can be paid to no man.
1t is a testimony which, four years hence, you
will pay to the next man who is the represen-
tative of the truth On the questions which now
agitate the public mind. GChecrs.l 1t is an
evidence that you will fight for this cause
then, as you now fight for it, and even stron-
ger than you now fight, though L may be dead
and gone. ICheers.J L most profoundly and
sincerely thank you. Having said this much,
let me now add that you will hear the public
discussions by others of our friends, who are
here for the purpose of addressing you, and
let me be silent. immense appfause.l
Mr.. Lincoln retired from the grounds amidst
the widest enthusiasm, being seized upon and
carried hither and thither by the immense
crowd which filled the grounds to over6owing.
No such demonstration has ever been Witness
ed in Illinois. The meeting in the evening
was the most imposing ever assembled IN the
State. The square about the State House re-
sembled sea of fire, through which solid
ranks of WideAwakes marched and counter
marched by thousands. There was speaking
from five stands at once, besides the immense
meeting inside the Wigwam. Among the
speakers were Senators Trumbull and Doolittle.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

THEM CALs.-A philosophical old gentleman
was passing by new school house erected
somewhere towards the setting-sun borders of
our glorious Union, when his attention was
suddenly drawn by crowd of persons gather
ed around the door. He inquired of a boy
whom he met, what was going on.
ssWell," said the boy ssyou see Bill, that's
our biggest boy, got mad the other day at the
teacher, and so he went all over and gathered
dead cats. Nothing but cats and cats. Oh,
it was orful, them cats them cats!''
ssPshaw! what have them cats, to do with
the school committee 90
'sNow, well, you see Bill kept bringin' cats
and cats; always piing them up yonder,
[pointing to pile as large in extent as pyra-
mid, and considerably aromaticl and he piled
them. Nothin' but cats, cats -
.sNever mind my son, what Bill did. What
has the committee met for 20
ssThen Bill got sick handlin' 'en, and every
body got to nosin' 'em but Bill got madder
and didn't give it up, but kept pilin' up the
cats-and-''
ssTell me what the committee holding
the meeting for ~
ssWhy the school committee are going to
meet to hold a meetin' to say whether they'll
move the school house or them catsi''
The old gentleman evaporated Immediately.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22
THE LAST DRINK.

Dan Jones has wife, an amiable, accom-
plished and a beautiful lady, who loves him
devotedly, but she finds too many bricks in his
hat. One night he came home tight and was
not very much astonished: but rather fright
ened, to find his worthy lady sitting up for
him. She always does. She smiled when he
came in. That also she always does. ssYou
stayed out so late,'' she said, ssthat feared
you had been taken sick.''
ssHic-aint sick, wife; b-but don'tyo think
Pm little tight"
ga very little, perhaps. my dear, but that is
nothing-you may have so many friends, as
you say, you must join them in a glass once in
a while.''
.'Wife you're too good-the truth is, I am
d-drunk.''
s'Oh, no, indeed, my dear-1'm sure that
even another glass wouldn't hurt you. Now
suppose you take glass of Scotch ale with
me, just as night-cap, my dear?''
ssYou are too kind, my dear, by half, know
Pm d-drunk.''
s'Oh, no, only julep too much, love. that's
all Well, take a glass of ale at any rate; it
cannot hurt you, dear; want one myself be-
fore l retire.
The lady fastened to open bottle, and as
she placed two tumbers before her on the side
board she put in one very powerful emetic.
Filling the glass with the foaming ale, she han
ded that one with most bewitching smile to.
her husband. Suspicion came cloudiIy upon
his mind. She had never before been so kind
to him when he was drunk. He looked at the
glass, raised it to his lips-then hesitated.
s'Dear. won't You taste mine, to make it
sweeter!" said he.
s'Certainly, love- replied the lady, taking
mouthful, which she was very careful not to
swallow.
Suspicion vanished, and so did the ale, e.
metic, and all, down the throat of the satisfied
husband After splitting out the taste, the
lady finished her glass, but seemed in no hur-
ry to retire.
She fixed a foot tub of water before an easy
chair, for which the husband curious to
know the reason. A few minutes later, the
gulp and spurge from The throat of the hus-
band gave the answer.
The brick was gone when he rose from the
easy chair, and he never after carried one home
to his wife.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

aS the mereSt bushes, radiate themselves deep
INTO the earth, and form below an immense ab-
crescent growth. Fuel of wood is found by
dlgglng. Plaster and lime, limestone, free
stone, clay and sand exist beneath almost ev-
cry acre. The large and economical adobe
oflck, hardened in the sun and without fire, su-
persedes other materials: and, as in Syria and
Egypt, resists decay for centuries. The dwell
llngS thus constructed are most healthy being
lmperVIous to heat, cold, damp, and wind.
Inc climate of the great plains is favorable
to. health, longevity ,sintellectual and physical
development, and Stimulative of an exalted
tone OF social civilization and refinement The
American people and their ancestral European
people having dwelt for many thousand years
exclusively in countries of timber and within
the region of the maritime atmosphere, where
winter annlhllates all vegetation annually for
hall the years where all animal food must be
sustained, fed and fattened by tillage with the
plow; where the essential necessities of exist
ence-food, clothing, fuel and dwellings-are
secured only by constant and intense manual
toll; why, to this people, heretofore, the i'm
mense empire of pastoral agriculture, at the
threshold of which we have arrived, has been
as completely blank was the present con-
dition of social development on the Atlantic
ocean and the American continent to the ordi-
nary thoughts OF the antique Greeks and Ro-
mans! Hence this immense world of plains
and mountains, occupying three-ifths of our
continent, so novel to them and so exactly
contradictory in every feature to the existing
preJudceS, routine and economy of society, is
unanimously pronounced an uninha habtablc des-
ert. To any reversal of such judgment, the
unanimous pnblic opinion, the rich and poor,
the wise and ignorant, the farlousan obscure,
agree to oppose, unanimously, a dogmatic and
universal deafness. To them the delineations
of travellers, elsewhere intelligent, are here
tinged with lunacy; the science of geography
is befogged; the sublime order of creation no
longer holds, and the supreme engineering of
God is at fault and a chaos of blunders
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST o. 1860

ssThought you'd like some flowers for your
garden, my DEAR" explained he and Nelly
straightway gave him good old fashioned
kiss that amply sufficed for porterage fees.
''And now,'' said he after dinner, ssthere
isn't much to do at the office to-day-suppose
you and l devote the afternoon to garden
work. We can make the little place as neat
as pink.''
ooh, Harry, that would be so delightful ~
exclaimed she, with frightening eyes but
those Shirts-''
go, hang the shirts, let 'em wait, 1 want to
see your cheeks little redder, my love 20
Mrs. Arden wondered in her secret heart
what had wrought this agreeable change-she
didn't know anything about her husbands
dream
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22
LIGHTS AND SHADES.

The gloomiest day hath CLEANS of light:
The darkest wave hath white foam near 1t,
And twinkIes through the cloudiest night,
Some solitary star to cheer it,
The gloomiest soul is not all gloom;
The saddest heart is not all sadness,
And sweetly Ter the darkest doom
There shines some lingering beam of gladness
Despair is never quite despair,
Nor life, nor death, the future closes;
And round the shadowy brow of care
Will Hope and Fancy twine their roses.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

Mr.. Lincoln's appearance on the grounds
where the great Republican demonstration was
made at Springfield, Illinois, was the occasion
of so much enthusiasm, even after he had ad-
dressed the crowd twice, that he was obliged
to exclaim with characteristic humor: ssI came
here, fellow citizens, expecting quiet, but as
it seems / am great disturber of the peace,
l wish you would allow me to depart"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

"Potatoes,'' said Pompey, learned darkey,
conversng with another gemman OBJ color, sis
a barbacious, geological vegetable what grows
all under ground 'cept de top, an dat bears a
carnvorous flower at de bottom. Potatoes is
berry good billed, an dey am better roasted !;
but if you steal de lard, de bes' way oh all is
to fry dem, 'kase den de potatoes am meat,
drink, an sleep. Such am de great merits OBJ
dis 'ere escurlent.'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

KILLING LARGER GAME One of the au-
thors of Mr.. Lincoln's biography relates an
interesting instance of the latter's political sa-
gacity. He had triumphantly answered that
set of interrogatories which Mr.. Douglas cal
culated would crush him, and in return had
made up his mind that his antagonist should
be presented with collection. His plan was
to compel him, by public interrogation, to re-
pudiate the Dred Scott decision or the doc
trine of unfriendly legislation in the Terrific
ries. Before the discussion commenced at
Freeport, Mr.. Lincoln informed his friends of
his intention. They unanimously counseled
him to abandon his purpose s'for," said they,
'sif you put that question to him, he will per-
ceive that an answer giving practical force and
effect to the Dred Scott decision in the Ter
ritories inevitably loses him the battle. and he
will therefore reply by affirming the decision
as an abstract principle, but denying its prac-
tica application ''But," said Mr.. Lincoln,
ssif he does that he can never be President
His friends replied. ssThat is not your look
out--you after the Senatorship.' "No,
gentlemen" said he, ssI am killing larger
ganaei The battle of 1860 is worth a hundred
of ths!'' From the day that Mr.. Douglas
promulgated this doctrine of ssunfriendly le-
gislation'' to save himself in Illinois, he was
doomed mar in all the South, and the ssbat-
tie of 1862 won for the Republicans,
though Mr. Lincoln of conrse could not know
that he was to be their gallant leader.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22
a correspondent, writing from KnoxviIle

A correspondent, writing from Knoxville,
Tenn, thus describes the effect upon animals
produced by the meteor of the I'd inst: ga
gentleman on horseback states that his horse
bounded as if he had been shot, and tried to
run off the report frightened the animal still
more he succeeded in stopping him at the
front door of an old lady. She had run out in
her night gown, exclaiming. sGread God,
stranger, has the world busted p y
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

A man named Watts was recently arrested
near Sacramento, CAL, for murder, and after
being handcuffed was placed on wagon and
accompanied by three men to jail. While on
the way he slipped his cuffs and stealing re-
volver from one of the guards with it shot and
killed the three men who had charge of him.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-22

SKUNKs have a history, many New York
trader has learned at his cost. A year or two
ago they were exported to Europe in such
quantities as to promise the publication of our
atmosphere from one of the most disagreeable
odors, before the lapse of many years; but
this demand suddenly fell off, and several
found themselves s'skinned'' to the amount of
S25,000 and even twice that figure. Some
European Isrealites, it appears, had substitu-
ted them successfully for fitches, which COM
manded from one to nine dollars each in mar
ket. Forthwith, from being considered worth
less, skunk skins rose in price to so each;
ships were freighted with and fortunes made
out of them for few months. But an unlucky
snow storm in Russia, during which one of
these collars or capes was drawn over the wear
er's head, proved fatal to the trade. The dis
agreeable odor leaked out! Now, it is said,
as many as $4,000 of these skins are stored a
way in London, without being able to find
purchaser.