Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-11-28
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sitka must be a good place for the
umbrella trade II rains there six days
In the week.
The new bridge over the Susque.
hanna, at Harrisburg, was opened 10
travel on the llth instant. -@,-g
Lippincott, the Philadelphia pub.
fisher, Is about to issue "a new maya.
zine--so are the Appletons.
The Prince Royal Of Prussia IL thir,
ty-six He is also husband of Queen
Nictoria's oldest daughter. ~ AN
There is enough iron in the blood of
forty two men TO make a ploughshare
weighing twenty-four pounds.
What isthe difference between truth
and eggs 7 "Truth crushed TO earth
will rise again" but eggs won't. Do
An ai,tiquary in Berlin has discoy.
cred that Cleopatra wrote sonnets,
and is engaged in translat ng them.
A Nevada man recently got drunk,
killed friend, and was hung by
Judge Lynch all within six hours.
The Buffalo bankers and brokers
have got about fifteen thousand dol
lars ofstne bogus Seyensthntiesso iars
Whnt is the difference between a
matchmaker and gaoler g--The one
sells watches and the other watches
cells.
The most popular song in the rural
districts Of Massachusetts, the day af.
ter the election, was, "a little more
cider. "go ahlor alfui g0a
hi A family in Detroit was badly poi
soned by eating beeisteak which had
lain for tbirty-sx hours on plate Of
zinc before it was cooked.
The Iowa City First National Bank
recently paid sl4,0JO for a lag ofbtass
and copper filings under the impress
sion that it WAS gold dust. l0als7 io
A dancer once said to Socrates:
"You cannot stand on one leg as long
as ! can "True," replied the phi
losopher, "but goose can"
Bull Run Earl Russell announces
a gorgeous book about the marriage
of the Prince of Wales, with pictures
of all the bridal presents in colors.
Three young ladies out rowing on
the Hudson thought the foul tiend was
after them when stray OK, swimming
that way, tried to get into the boat.
A blithesome Connecticut editor
saw, few days ago, young girl of
seraph.like beauty who had no Teeth I!
He explains by saying she was only
six months old. ..r ..t-r .,-
"Buy did you let off that gun Y
exclaimed an enraged schoolmaster.
.eYes. sir" ~Well, what do you
thiHk ought TO do. with you r.
Nv by, let me of, :oo.@ - niI aai
A French physician is curing his
patients who are suffering from debil,
ity and reduced and enfeebled blood,
by giving them fresh warm blood Of
chickens, ducks and other fowls
MeMESToEs.-Every stamp you put
upon deed, check or mortgage, is a
sticking plaster to remind you of q
war brou sht on by Abolition agita-
ton, and Of the immense debt piled
up by shoddy loyalists. sd
A little boy at Mt Pleasant, Pa,
carried powder and matches together
in his trousers pocket. Another lad
threw an apple at him which hit the
pocket, ignited the matches and the
powder occasioned his death.
The residence of Major General
Anthony Wayne is now occupied by
his great grandson. 1t is at Paoli, on
the Pennsylvania railroad and is kept
in much The same condition as when
owned by the revolutionary hero.
An Irish captain in the army, new.
ly appointed to drill his company,
vociierated loudly his first order, 10
show his authority; "Advance three
steps backwards and those men
without arms hold up your hands" I"
Henry Ward Beecher's NORWOOD
has been dramatized and brought out
at the New York Theater 1t is Sc
verely lashed by the critics, for itf
frequent profanity and other uncleri-
cal expletives. This is bad criticism
for "religious novel"
At fashionable supper party 10
Paris there was exhibited Turkish
knife which had been employed in
cutting off the heads of Ottoman trai-
tors bowie knife with which a Ja-
panese courtier committed hari Kari
and an executioners blade which had
been used in slioing Chinese Jack
Sheppards.
The OIL tubes, it is stated, have beer
laid across the Allegheny river from
/ OIL Civ to the track Of the Allegheny
Valley Railroad In order 10 prevea
these tubes from being carried away
by ice or driitwood they have bcer
imhcdded in the bottom of the river
They greatly facilitate the shipmen
of oil.
Horace Greeley observes that he
don't think rs vel OF Grant as Ne
would it Forney was not his backer
! Whrreapon Forney observes thai
"Mr Greeley, after bailing JEFF. Da
Wis, has begun the meanest sort o.
warfare upon General Grant, ant
, that "he aud his hackers are as afraid
! Of Grant as the rebels themselves. "
, Says New York letter There i
= reason 90 believe that General tsari
baldi will soon be back in New York
A cable telegram TO that effect, il ,
SAID has been received from him by
relative here. 1t is fearful to thinl
Of the excitement which the appari
+ tion OF the red shirted hero woul'
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