Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-03-16
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL
Letter from Philipsburg. Pa.
PHILIpsBURG, Pa., Mar. I4th, 1864

DEAR JOURNAL Having been the lucky
fellow to draw a ten days turlough, |, last
week, took Il respite from that powerful
instrument and visited the fair Luna who
Informed me that Deidrlck Exline and Young
Nester had drawn OH her so heavily, that L
was compelled TO return to the f0otstool mi
nus any OF the lunatic epenthe-indeed,
the fair Goddess assured me that Young
Nester had inbibed so freely at the close of
the last quarter, that she feared he would
resolve himself into first class junuttc and
abandon himself entirely the Copperheads,
or retire to Canada Vallandigham If any
one doubts the statement Of Luna, let them
read that letter in the ''Repubtican of the
ID instant, and they will be convinced OF
the truth OF the assertion. The great cham
pion had retired from the field, and in do
ing SO, true to the instincts of his patron
saint JEFF Davis, he cried, ''let me alone,
hut the 'corroded PEN Of Leroi brought
him out again on double quick And oh,
what contortions Of c0untenance. a little
Jamaica ginger, used Us eye-wash, could
not make him squlrm worse. What a bold
stroke of strategy his VIRUS runs out t9'
when he says ''I on re a mighty man, Ia
very high compliment if it does come from
snaik) Anderson Jo-if you are Grip
pie Me cripple? Why what on earth
do you mean, Nester, to fnsinuate that |,
Leroi, am cripple2 Why my dear snaik
/ now hold the champion belt of the world
for making the best time recorded on the an
mails Of the turf Young Nester is a hero
in his way. He can promulgate the genu-
me, unadulterated copperhead dortrne.
How we'll the subject suits his noble mind ~
"A fellow feeling makes US wondrous kind ~
hope he will continue to let his virus flow.
The period of the year, when excitement
runs high, is now here 1t has been raining
lyr the last week, every day, more or less,
and the prospects Of 3 flood are good The
drive Is about lStarting-th landings are
al! broke IN n'-men are running to aud fro
with handspikes ON their shoulders, and the
'corks' are projecting to a fearful length
from the heels Of their boots suggestive
ot somebody's bar room being indentect to 8
demonstration of the fact Of log drivers
having enjoyed the landlords hospitality.
Every man that is in any way engaged in
the lumber business wears smile on his
eounteuance and in some cases swallows
them at ten cents smile, smacks his lips
and asks how the baby is, specially on Sun
eay. when only the knowing ones, like Pi-
ram Is and ThIsbe, can see the chink in the
vail. ''Oh, | could roar you as gentle as a |
such beaming faces is sure indication that |
the greenbacks" or ''De Sofa discovering |
the Mississippi is expanding their gum |
lands. Particularly those iron greys"
who are fast yerging on three score and ten,
and are yet plodding ON the way of single |
misery. How closely they eye the damsels |
oi our metropolis, and whocan tell with the
Utmost precision every marriage that has
come off within the bounds of their baili-
Wick, for the last third of a century. 1t is
astonishing how rapidly this neck of woods
Is developing itself Only few years ago,
,,:.,. ,gs, sold in the boom at Lock Haven or
lilamSport, at So 80 to 90 per NJ feet
anI now they sell at So TO $40. Only few
years ago lumberlnen paid s % per VI feet
!Ur driving, now they drive for % cents
per VI feet. Wages were lower then than
nov" and all other things III comparison.
somebody made money then or else loose
now. am inclined to think the former,
'of ihe JOB OF driving is eagerly sought for.
Shoulder straps and Blue Kersey have
Pretty much disappeared from our fashion
f9ie 3 1pronenades. The boys of Co. E., 45th
I. " were the last to leave. There are
some Of the 10th =. V. still moving "a
'leir Through, and are satisfied that the
spirit of loyalty is yet among us, and that
the soldier is respected, Notwithstanding
sIhe Il bralnless men and women assert that
sley are the scrapings of our town. and that
Io Ione but the lazy, worthless and drunken {
nave nave gone to the army. God forbid, that !
guy man, woman or child should make such
- .sseFtions. Yet, | am sorry to say, there
,.s n.e some IN this place and vicinity, who
f., s,,efed such words Thank God, they are i
tIa, tLa, lew indeed; but the future will tell I
taIa tasih such tale-such scorning, rebuking !
70 .1'e, that will follow them from generation l.
Il t,SS seheration down to the latest period of h
daI duie No more miserable, meaner, degra- t
w dIlQ Infamous naorle aYiSt thn1a 4h1ro ! 4