Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-15
CLIPPINGS aNo scalssL,nos.

WPieuty-eggs and onions.
| ~Coming on-camp- meeting time.
| ~Tmely-the rain on Monday last
~Abundant-black berries, about town.
| GyDitto-quarrels among the politicians.
~Growing fine-the buckwheat and corn.
WExcellent-the apple crop, here IA bouts
~Muddy-the b'hoy that fell into the gut
ter, tother evening.
WAmbition-a man trying to catch com.
ct by putting salt on its tail.
~Fact-the longer the saw of contention
is drawn, the hotter it grows.
VEstimated-the German population in
the United States, at 800, 900.
uyElopement extraordnary-Jones's dog
running off with Brown s dinner
"Ohiected to-the steam fire engine in
New York. Reason: 1t can't vote.
EGood, so far-as the boy said when he
finished his mothers first pot of jam.
% Somc-the chap that didn't know there
was such town as Waterford in this State.
ILarge-the yield of wheat in Wisconsin.
The crop is estimated at &c, 900 900 bushels
NDiscontinued-the running of freight
trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad on Sun
days.
0y-1f you doubt whether to kiss a pretty
girl, give her the benefit of the doubt, and
pitch in.
Oy-A bitter ssyarb'-the Cress-on arrange
ment of the State Committee, to some of our
Democratic friends.
TBankrupt-the State Treasury of Michi-
gan. The is not a dollar on hand to meet the
most ordinary demand.
USuggest-some Eastern papers. the idea
of inti oducing military drill among the bows
in the common schools.
"Sef-e f-evident-that the Scrptural iniunc-
TO ''go and do like Wi.e'' does not refer to
writing political letters.
UCommenced-s against four citizens
of Richmond, Virginia, for refusing to answer
the census takers. That's right.
IThat's so-an irritable man is somewhat
Ike hedge hog rolled up the wrong way he
gets pierced by his own prickles.
When are sweet apple and sour ap-
pie alike When they are paired like our
neighbor's candidate for President.
TAssert-some foreign letter writer's, that
a deep and widespread plot exists at present
against the life of the Austrian Emperor.
/TW Wanted-one more Democrat in Becca- !
fia, to carry the returns of their primary elec.
tion 20 Clearfeld. Democrats seem to be
scarce there.
G5Smart mowers-the three fellows who
moved of an acre in hours, A minutes and
80 seconds and not well done, at that. Who
can beat them 4?
GEA drug-gold, in California They fat
ten cattle on it in some parts; or, at least, an
OK was recently killed there, that had two half
eagles in his stomach.
yRecanting-some of the office holders
who at first declared for Douglas. They think
that exposing their heads to the block would
be playing the biockhead
G-Latest invention-the derrick with which
the ''enthusiasm of meeting can be raised to
to the highest pitch.'' Our Democratic neigh
bors had better procure one.
GBecoming christianized-the Italian or
gan-grinders in New York; and they now hold
regular prayer meetings. The s.Democratic''
organ grinders should follow suit.
G5-The word 'szouave'' is generally and in
correctly pronounced word of two sylla-
bles. 1t should be spoken as if written Zpaue
the a having the Italian sound as in ssfau.''
Died-lately in Philadelphia, a woman
aged lO7 years. There were present at the fu-
neral five brothers and sisters, the youngest
being 80 years of age, and the eldest III years.
~Misfortune-for a man to have a crook
ed nose. for he has to follow it. It's greater
misfortune, however, for party to have two
Presidential nominees, and not know which
to follow.
NProposed-by the Charleston Mercury.
that the owners of the Great Eastern should go
into the slave trade. ssTen thousand negroes
at a trip--ony think OF it 70 The Mercury man
should buy the ship.
WPolitical QuadrilIe.- .-Breckenridg and
Lane, Douglas and Johnson! Right and left,
cross over, balance, all hands around But
some good Democrats in these diggings are
puzzled TO know how to lead off!
N-The two Democratic papers at Richmond
talk about 'the great issue now before the
country" These two organs manage to get
up issues oftener than any other couple we ev-
er heard of except the married couple that had
twenty-four children in twelve years.