Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-30


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Our STREET CROSSINGS is burning
disgrace to our town that In crossing the
street pedestrians are compelled to wade an
kle deep in rnud 1t is next to impossible
for ladies to get across at all The citizens
should take the matter in hand, and if the
Borough authorities do not attend to 1t,
have thea indicted for nuisance. If not
attended to at once, 1t will soon be too late
this season, and we viii be compelled to
wade in the mud all winter, save when it
happens to he frozen.
The On WELL-The oil-weI is progress
sing favorably. It's now down about thirty
feet They bore night and day, and average
about six feet in twenty-foUr hours. The
gentleman in charge who Is from the Oil
region thinks the indications are good We
confess, our own faith in the discovery Of oil
in this locality, is rather Of the weakest
But the boring of the veil will. at all events
let US know what Is under our feet. As we
have natural salt-liek at the river here
salt water viii 40 doubt be found IN plenty
Indeed, a salt well was bored q number of
years ago by DR.. Hoyt, some ten miles up
the river, which produced salt water in
large quantity.
How TO PREVENT WET FEET-A wri-
ter in the Mechanics Magazine, who says
he has had three pair of boots last him six
years, and thinks he viii net require any
more for six years TO come, tells how he treats
them. put pound of each of tallow and
rosin in POT on the fire; when melted and
mixed, apply it hot to the beet with pain
ter's brush until neither the sole nor the up
per will soak any more If it is desirable
that the boots should Immediately take
polish, dissolve an ounce Of wax In a tea
spoon full of turpeutine and lamT black. \
day or two after the boots have been treated
with the rosin and tallow, rub over them this
wax and turpentine, but not before the fire.
Thus the exterior viii have = coat of wax u
lone and shine like a nlirer. T&llew and
grease become raeid and ret the stitcing or
leather, but the resin gives it an antiseptic
quality which preserves ke whole.
CANDY As 4 DESSERT Pure sugar and
candies, says UaNs JoRrpoJ " Health, do
not iniure the teeth, except Indirectly by
their injudieious use, in exciting seldity Of
stomach, or dyspepsia. as will any other kind
Of food, or drink, or beverage, if extrayS-
gantly used. At seasons of the year when
fruit and berries may not be ripe, fresh aad
perfect, a. deserts pure sugars and candies
may be used as such i'll thier stead, TO great
advantage, because they are healthful, be-
ing warming. nutricious, and agreeable,
hence, as a table article they are very valua-
Die, while almost universal love Of them
shows that they were intended to be eaten
Il achild is not allowed to eat anything con-
tanning sugar, it will sicken and die in
very short time Children need the carbon
the fuel elcontained In sugar-to keep them
warm; without it they would perish from
cold; hence the love of such things is an in
>tnct, implanted by the kind and wise Ma
Aer OF us all, for the child preservation.
There are a parcel of stupid creatures in the
world. whose stock in trade of brains and
logic amounts TO this, that what is good is
unhealthy 1t is not advised that children
should be allowed to eat sugar and candy
Whenever they wantit but that as dessert,
alter each regular meal, the use of pure
.ngar and candies would benefit and not
miure
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