Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-12-30
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL.
Letter from Philipsburg.

uSttoi tioul I'LL pSUuIS.
| PHILTPsBURG, PENN'A, DEC. %, 1868.
! DEAR JOURNAL Here We are In tn
midst of the holidays; everybody seems ga,
and happy The rising generation are en-
! toying the recent visit of time-honored San
ia Claus The boys and girls, little fur
| ther advanced, are putting their testimoni
| ais o. love one degree nearer the culmina
| ting point than they did year ago while
| those loving swaius, who did the same las
| year this time, are now improving the occa
sion to present testimonial, that proves tC
the fair one beyond doubt, that he intend,
to pop the question at an early day. The
young ladies, that never get Older than TWEEN
| ty-fye or thirty, and the bachelors, try theil
| best to look all right, and assume their youn
! gest smile. The young married couple art
| pleasantly drifting down the stream OF mar
| ried hfe-those that have celebrated the sil
yer anniversary Of their wedding look com
| placently back on the past, enjoy the bright
| prospect of a happy future and receive the
congratulations of their children; and the
venerable PAIR, that have enjoyed their gol-
den wedding, survey the whole procession
as it keeps marching on towards that
Last scene of ALL
That ends this strange eyentful history,
Is second childishneSs. and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth sans eyes,sans taste, sans everything
A few days more and the year 1868 will
be among the things that We're. TO the ~
merican people it will ever be remembered
as an eventful one The page of history
will glow with the many heroic deeds Of our
brave soldiers in defence of the Stars and
Stripes. The hard fought and victorious
battle fields Of Ficksburg, Port Hudson,
Gettysburg, Chattanooga, and many more,
are to be set down IN the chronicle Of 1868
| sincerely hope that the coming year, may
date the return Of a restored Union, long
ere 1t has run its annual round.
| see III the columns Of your contempora-
ry, blank cat-rldge emanating from pop
gun located at the fortiications Of Graham
ton. From the tenor Of his squib | would
infer he was very sympathetic gun, and
the climate Of South Carolina would be
much more congenial to his invisibility of
''snaiks,' than the pure and loyal atmos-
phere Of Grahamton. He seems to be NOR
tally wounded at the raid your correspon-
dent made on the .'snaiks'' of this locality
From the way he writhes and delivers
himself OF his serpentine venom, | would
not doubt much, but what he must be init
mately connected with the Grand Order of
Copperheads OF this vicinity They are in
want of accessioDs to the nest, for the prin-
cIpIe Of secession being one Of their predom-
lnant rights, great many have seeded
since the tnbiea1tG of the second Tuesdays of
October last, aud the nest has become as
Smaller by degrees and snaikly less
the homogeneous produc-
Jion on snaiks that appeared in the same
some weeks ago, by the
greatest living serpentine natural histriog-
rapher OF copperheads, Detrick Exline.
lr.t 10 b, L IL.
y after he had left that column and half
Of SOLID serpent matter off of his gastrome-
ter, and has Since subsided into the conden-
sed occupation of saccharne-semi- -molasseS
and superintendent of the yald-
stick. The pop gun at Grahamton is
,ne OF these humane rlp-snOrters, that is
ull Of advice, and how generous the bless
ii snake is, be sends me his advice through
he channels of the press. And then, a |
rain, how condescending he Is TO catch hinl- |
eli III his own observation. Hold mo- |
nent and hear him explode He must |
1rtai q great deal, for ,chen / see or hear q |
tan or big Goy, talk SO much about aud a.
use has netghbors, / take HIM to-be about as |
I'D as they are. A fellow that never sees
naiks be wise IN your own conceit, will |
ou? If | were as well c0ppered inside and !
utsde as this fellow is, | would certainly |
to the administration of JEFF Da-
is & Cos soon to be briny confederacy,
here yield up my life in promulgating the
isloyal doctrine OF secession, and finally
tretch hemp without foot-hold. Believ
~ IN the good old rule, that one good turn
eserves another, | would advise this "a
sllow that never sees snaiks' to dilute his
otions Of kill at 40 yards with very few
rops of essence of corn-cobs. You must
ave gold toothpick though, for the par
cles Of cob will get in the crevices Of your
and give you deal of trou-
e 1t must be gold, mind you, for the
fundamental interior of your brainless skull
so heavily coppered, that any other me-
lie toothpick would corrode, and quill
piece Of wood, would ignite on coming in
intact with the disunion vapor arising from
,ur platform, mix the two ingredients we'll
len add some strych9-and the dose is COM
etc. If after the dose is down two see
IDS, your friends don see a dead snaik,
nv take another dose and add few letters
Old Abe's Emancipation Proclamation,
ID FL insure it prove effectual In making !
e friend of JEFF Davis's less in the pleas
t village of Grahamton, and, [ hope,
ere is only this one, that never sees snaiks,
it.
am glad to see the Journal out in new
it. 1t is a good sign that the running of
e machine" is paying at the old rates. L
We frequently heard it remarked that the
urnal was the best county paper IN the q
ate, and if it was worthy of that name
ior to getting on the new rig, 1t has now e
tered the degree of decidedly the best. /
,ere appears to be a screw loose in your g