Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-04-10
CLIPPINGS AND scRIBBLINGs

he was stealing lard.
~Rather noisy-certain boys, when going
home from sabbath school.
OvAmusing-to Teuton and colored
gemmen cutting one another.
VShouldn't load SO heavy-the chap that
fell into the gutter the other day.
GyWhen is money damp? When it's dew
in the morning, and mist at night.
~Fact-a royal soul may belong to beg
gar. and beggarly one to king.
CyAn Irish paper advertises, ssWanted, an
able bodied man as a washerwoman."
~Adopted-a bill to enslaye the free me-
groes, by the Legislature of Virginia.
~Fresh rolls every morning-rolling to the
other side of the bed for fresh snooze.
~The greatest and noblest stand against
oppression, has ever been the inkstand.
WEd. A. Irwin, at Curwensvlle, has just
received new goods. Now is the time to buy.
URemember-sign no paper without read
ing it, and drink no water without looking in
to it..
~SuSpended-the Pennsylranian, the
Breckinridge organ of Philadelphia. Peace to
its ashes
"Next to twenty-four grains, there is
| nothing like mean mans pocket to make
penny wait.
~Selling-oranges, in Harrisburg, at 10
cents per dozen. Wouldn't care to take a few
at that price.
UAdvertised-som ladies seamless skirts.
Good. Anything that will make them seem
less is welcome.
~s'In union there is strength" as the
landlady said, when she mixed lard with butter
for her boarders.
GA legal tender-foreign coin, in the
an pr3c r. m n he n
Secession States.
~Flourishing-the Lottery business in
| the Seeded States. Well, ssbirds Of feath-
er, flock together.''
UCommenced work-the new Borough
Fathers, on the streets. Wonder if they can
make water run up hill
~Query ?-what is the difference between
an Irishman here and one at Curwensville
''Six miles, to be shure."
~Strange, indeed that Mr.. John Strange
should marry Miss Mary Strange. The next
thing may be a lille stranger.
GA fellow complaining of cold hands,
pert miss told him that he had received NIT
tens enough to keep them warm.
0-Lost-a lady's fur cuff, between Mr..
McEnaIy's and Mr.. Barretts residence. The
finder will confer favor by leaving it at this
office.
~Engaged- convicts in the penten-
tiary of Mississippi, in making tents for the
army of the State. What kind of tentS-peni-
tents
~.sMy son, why do you chew that filthy
tobacco?'' "Why, old codger to get the juice
out it, of course" That boy should have
good sparkling.
W"Why isn't my shirt clean 7'' quote one
Bohemian to another. "Well, yes,'' was the
answer, ssit's clean for brown, but it's awful
dirty for white"
GDCost the country-the United States
forts bHit in Southern waters nearly $40 ,000,-
00G. Ali the rest of the Union cost little
over Sll ,000,0 900.
oVThe Prince of Wales revenue Grosa't the
Duchy of Cornwall will for the last year be a.
bout 1925 900, an increase from the previous
year Of over $4,000.
~Suggestcd-th as the southern Confed-
eraey have abolished Yankee Doodle as Ma
tonal air, they had better adopt the sRogues
March as a substitute
CyssHere's Webster on BRIDGE" said
Mrs. Partingtoa, as she handed Ike the Die
tioRasy, s1saudy it confoundediy, aud you will
gain great deal of infamaton."
OVSomebody thinks that if nature had de.
signed man to be drunkard, he would have
constructed him like churn, so that the more
he drank the more firmly he wond stand.
Settled-,he question of the exact To-
cation of a mans conscience. It is decided
to lie in his pocket book. Touch him there,
and he becomes as gentle and submissive as a
lamb.
GyScentific men sometimes are internt on
trifes. DR.. John Dayy has satisfied himself
that the eggs of birds are galvanic batteries.
This is probably the reason that, when stale,
they aTe so shocking.
0vThe members of military organization
in Georgia call themselves the ''Secession
HuZzars." Very appropriate name, as the COM
pany intends to do the huzeaing whenever a
State secedes from the Union.
GA down. east Yankee suggests the expe-
diency of using the sspressure Of the times" as
motive power. He thinks it is strong enough,
as now deyeloped, to take ship across the
Atlantic in twenty four hours.
OEIn mplation--another secession.
A number of citizens of Lawrence county have
petitiOned the Legislature in favor OF diyis-
ion of the State-the Alleghenies to be the
dividing line. Yhev what next?
OTDied--an original character ia Pomera-
MIA, recently. His residence was great re.
sort of the curious, from the circumstance that
its interior walls were covered by him by the
odes of Horace, in all la1guages and cOlored
letters.
THE COMING REvOL UyIoN.-The Louisville
Journal says; The young men whose Southern
hearts we're fred are filing the ranks of volun-
teer companies, living on camp fare, throwing
up sand batteries, and ready to do the fighting
but the teNpters are snugly ensconced in Office
al MOnfo and hundreds Of miles awav