Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-01-16
CLIPPINGS AND scRissllNes.


~Gettirg longer-the days.
DU UncorstitutIonal-t get t'tipsy."
E GA toast for winter-toast Your shins,
~Bad habits-the best of cast off clothing.
f EPopular draffsmaa--the Drawer OF La
ger. 49, e
GvThe number Of Clcrkships in Washing
ton is about 1900. 80 -
~Pretty waiters-the young ladies who are
,caifing for husbands.
~Sce fourth page for coltimn of ihteree-
ting facts and figures.
~Favors secession-the chap who couldn't
agree with his supper. & ~
nIWhat is the worst kind of fare for man
to live on Warfare.
UMoving for a new trial-the man who is
counting second wife.
~Will occur "a total eclipse of the sun on
3lst of December, 1861.
eyes-ed-persons who are in the
habit OF staring at passers by.
~Why is piece OF music like Western
forest ? Because it is full of bars.
EWhy is South Carolina like a hungry ca
nary bird Because she wants to see-seed.
70 Yankee N 'Oceans-the Atlantic and Pa
cific; besides any number of lakes almost as
large. -}cl1ttt4s aa4#
GA pair of torn unmentionables are like a
delinquent tenant, when there's ga rent be-
hind.''
rCharge their guns-theF Feejee Islanders,
according to the size of the person they intend
to shoot at.
~Har-em scar EN- fellows-the men who
endcavor to look fercely by cultivating pro-
fuse whiskers. b YWu CF ET q Il 90
UGave festival-the ladies of " Waterford,
In aid of the Kansas sufferers. The proceeds
netted over $I5.
~Although Lynn provides great many
ladies' boots and shoes, all the brouge-Anns
come from Ireland. ie
UThe new State flag of Louisiana has for
its motto-s'Equality in the Union-or, Inde-
pendence OFT of it, sI H.l5r4I ee.st
~Reported-that the Dominican part of
the Island of Hayti has been sold TO Spain for
half million dollars. .s.
NHard run--the editor who wrote fourth
column article on conundrum. May be, he
f'wants to go OUT too.
rExplained matters-the man who walked
suspiciously unsteady, by saying that he had
a tight pair of boots on.
-ruECha rleston is the only city Of any prom
inence in the Union in which the population
has decreased during the last ten years.
WTook plaee-a wedding in sshigh lfe''
were married in the steeple of Independence
Hall.
0TBcecher says of half way men s'They
are of no use-thev can never get to Heaven
they not known in hell, and are not want
ed on earth.'' fa.- s.a
~Tom Hood says nothing spoils holiday
like Sunday coat or new pair of boots. To
have time set easy, your garments must set
the exsH,pie.
"When oxen lean against each other it is
sure sign they are not we'll matched. When
lovers lean against each other, it is sure sign
they want to be.
TAman lately put his dog to bed and kick
ed himself down stairs. He did not discover
his mistake until the next morning, when he
ch ased a COW and couldn't bark.
GUA popular representatives-the member
from Pike and Monroe counties. The vote
stood, Chas. D. Brodhead 3.l44, Abr. Edinger
l, ID. ID. Walton !, H. S. Mott l, F. Keller 2.
GA new feature in the late annual cattle
show at Birmingham, England, was show of
dogs OF every known breed. Among other
costly dogs was King Charles spaniel, priced
at s., 500.
gStated-that the Charleston Mercury ex-
ira was printed satin, on the Goth Decem-
Der, 1860, containing the secession act. That
will be an interesting relic for future genera
tions to contemplate. nd 4-a