Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

one VI our clilZens. Getting sick of the
work when half completed he abandoned
H. and when the owner refused TO nay
him Tor the unfinished contract, ho swore
ne would go and STEAL THE HOLE. Should
he do SO, and divide it up into fence post
holes and sell the same 10 his peiohhors
can the original hole-der replevy the
holes, and take them back as his own
property or ought he to garnshee The
purchaser and stop payment to the thiefo
B1TOn the Chicago and MilWaukje
hailroad very !eautiful application OF
the Photographic art is used on the sea-
con passes and Communication tickets TO
prevent their illegal transfer. When a
person applies for season pass or ticket,
he incoses his photograph taken on a
small gummed label and this is pasted ON
the card which he receives. The conduc>
tor Of the tain can thus see at Glance
whether the bearer of pass or ticket car.
sies the evidence of the right man BEING
in the right place.
1Ss~ Eighty-three persons committed
suicide in Massachusetts during the year
loo9, OF whom sixty>eight were males
ana only fifteen females. The wbo,a
number is one less than in 1853 and il &c
singular fact that the number in this
State does not vary much from nipstv
each year.
B-S"An alderman was heard the other
day getting off the following specimen Of
what may bo called corporation" " Iogic,
All human things are hollow; Pm
human thing, therefore I'm hollow. 1t is
contemplate to be hollow, therefore
Will stuff myself as full as am able"
esay"A Somewhat novel wedding occur,
red at the Church of Holy Trinitv in
Brooklyn, on Tuesday evening. Ten
married sisters appeared with their ten
fnsbands, and small army of children
10 celebrate the marriage of the eleve,th
'idr4r . surau=ESr-roer uI' v'r'y
for week, ran away, because" said she,
9 .hey make me eat grass in the summer,
and | Wur afraid they d make ms cat
hay in the winter, and so wur off.
Bsy~Thcre is this difference between
happiness and wisdom; he that thinks
himself the happiest man really is so:-~
but he that thinks himself the wiscst
man is generally the greatest fool.
kes~Thc ship Saranak lately sailed from
for Liverpool, having Oh
b pard 4S cars for city railroads in Enc,and,
These cars were built in Philadelphia
and contain arrangements for burning
gas.
Eg"There is one machine for printing
delancs in the Pacific Mills, Lawrence,
Mas, which puts on sixteen colors at one
C ,ntinuous operation. There is only ore
other like il in lhe world.
BTg"The new Houses Of Parhsment
in London gre going to decay rapidly
The ammoria in the fogs which arise from
the river Thames this acts upon the stones
of the buildings and dissolvcs them.
Bsg"Thc Vice President of the United
States the last Postmaster General, the
present Secretary of the Interior and the
pres ,nt Secretary of War, were ali prin-
tiers.
BsS"To distinguish steel from iron ies
fall drop Of dilute nitric acid upon the
surface Of the metal it produces dark
gray spot on steel, and green one or
iron.
BsS"In Chicago white corn sells for three
cents per bushel more than yellow Farms
ers should know this in season, and plant
the quality which is most highly priced,
BssyrA thick wash composed of limo,
some salt, little nsolssses and some fpk
sand, applied to shingle roofs render them
nearly fro-proof and for more durable.
RSgEvery person in Great Britain pays
annually an average about three pounds
sterling for the support of Tho governs
ment.
BSiyn About 100000 worth of hard in-
dia-rubber. for the manufacture of combs,
is imported annually from the United
States into England.
B&gHThe population Of Canada West, BY
the last census taken, amounts TO l,460,s
600, that of Canada East 800, ,000-ma-
king total Of f2,760,OO0.
panIn 1858 the aggregate tunnage OF
the who'e English navy was only H.
$50 tuns, or about ono half Of The Greqs
Eastern.
Ra~The tobacco crop of tho Unitei
States for 1860 amounted TO 10000
hogsheads, valued at sl0,000,000. -.v
l.. s6g~Cover fool with gold, an 4 he will
pass current.