Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-12-19

A Little of Everything.
cow belle-a pretty milkmaid.


"A cow belle-a pretty milkmaid.
John Shultz, aged III, is the oldest
Methodist alive.
Snow to the depth of two feet fell in
Buffalo on Dec. llth.
Door knobs, bell-ropes, and rascars
noses were made to pull.
Why is lady's bonnet like cupola
Because it covers the belle.
In Montana, all log houses must be of
hewn timber. That's the law.
Why do 'birds in their nests agree ?'
Because they d fall ont if they didn't.
= John Nickerson, of Chambersburg, Pa,
ran nail into his foot and died from lock-
jaw.
"A Maine gentleman in Boston inhaled
gas for bronchial complalnt,i and almost
died. He says he wont try it again.
"A man who covers himself with costly
apparel and neglects his mind, is like one
who illumines the outside of his house and
sits within in the dark.
There are a multitude of people who de
stroy themselves through irresOlutlon. They
are eternally telling about what they mean
to do, but they never do it.
Indian remains and relics have been ex-
humed in Columbia, Pa, by the laborers
engaged in making the excavations for the
Reading and Columbia Railroad depot.
Misery assails riches as lightning does
the highest towers; or as a tree that is heavy
laden with fruit breaks its own boughs, so
do riches destroy the virtue of their posses
sor.
The estate of the late George Trussel,
former owner CT Dexter, who was murdered
1 /. W.
a month ago, is valued at between $4,000
and $60,000.
"A nice young man went into gambling
house in Bresham, Texas, and after losing
all his money, jewelry, &c, staked his
clothes, and finally walked out OF the den
a ! Adom before the fall.
A young lawyer, arrested for hacking
friend with pen knife could see nothing
criminal in what he had done. He thought
it was a we'll established rule that any one
could cut an acquaintance without incurrIng
a penalty.
An artist invited a gentleman TO criti-
else a portarit of Mr.. Smith, who was some
what addicted to drink Putting his hand
towards it, the artist exclaimed, don't
touch it, it is not dry Then said he,
''it cannot be like my friend Smith. :"
The following order, cerbatin., ct liter
dftae, is said to have been received by an un-
dertaker from an afflicted widower SUR ::
My wife is ded and wants tn be buried to-
MORO. At Wunner klok Z knose wair to
dig the hoal-bi the side Nv mi too uther
wives-Let it be deep.
Mr.. Jones, have you got match p
''Yes, sir, match for the devil; there she
is, mixing up the dough. Jones pointing
to his wife, and then slid for the front
door The last we saw Of Jones he was
''kiting" it down the road, hotly pursued
by his ''amiable' wife with a broom-stick.
The Methodist centenary contributions
continue to flow into the treasury In liberal
volume. Last week, according to the
Methodist, the sums reported reached half
million for the week. Six Baltimore
churches contributed over &4p, 600. In De
troit, $50 600; in Columbus, Ohio, one
church, SIT, 800.
"A few days since gentleman called on
some lady friends, and was shown into the
parlor by a servant girl. She asked him
what name she should announce, and he,
wishing to take them by surprise, replied,
"Aniicus' Ia fricnd) The girl seemed at
first little puzzled, but quickly regained
her composure, and in the bandest manner
possible, observed, "What kind OF a Gus did
you say, sir Y
La mel" sighed Mrs. Partington,
''here | have been sufferin the blgamles OF
| death three mortal weeks. Fust was seized
with bleeding phrenology. in the left hem,
isphere of the brain, which was exceeded
by stoppage of the left yyenulator OF the h
| heart. This gave me an information OF the
borax and now LIN sick with the chloro-
! form morbus. There s no blessln IKE that
of health. particularly when ones sick.
-s'Tim. bow's yer law shoot git'n on
down at the court, said one 11lperlilan G
! friend TO another, as they met on Camp
street. ssOh. an troth its gettin on just like
a crab or crawGsh, for it comes on little
now. and then it goes back again. Now
nv LAWYER gets up and he fires lot OF gah
! from an ould book, made by some fellow
call'd Cbitty. and thin the other lawyer glIfs
up and he fires it all back again from anoth,
er onld hook. made by some fellow called
Coke I snnpose Coke took his degrees in
a gas house. for L m afraid he II bate my tel
| low aisv. for he has twice as much gas as
| him. and God knows there's twice more
| than is wanted between them. Och, muir
ther, Tim, how mighty aisy it would be tc
get at the truth only for the lawyers
Governor Fletcher, Of Missouri, has IS
sued proclamation stating that portion
of that State is infested with marderers ane
robbers, who defy civil authority; and ,wht
have the sympathy and aid of such number:
of the people of the counties where. they
have their haunts, and have so intiuidateo
or obtained the sympathy of the local au
thorities that peaceable, law abiding citizens
are not secure in either person or propel:s
He therefore calls for twentv-tour company,
of infantry, to be organized IN the re- n;t
izens AZ and d execute the legal process on al
,1;oIa.a ana q ~ law and bring them to trial