Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-05-01
A Little of Everything.

,-Grasshoppers are good to eat when
baked.
-InlSIO Maine had only one cotton mill
now she has more than twenty, with about
100000 spindles.
Whipping school girls on the calves OF
their legs is new and charming feature In
the Aurora (Illinois) schools.
The police force of New York is main
tanned at an annual cost of 81, 600, 900, and
SIO,OOO,000 is paid for liquors.
In the beginning woman consisted of a
single rib. Now she is all ribs, from the
belt to the rim of her petticoat.
What the difference between pound
of meat and a drummer boy? One weighs
pound and the other pounds away.
"A brute in Richmond, the other day,
after nearly starving his wife, piayfuliy broke
her leg. His little boy set the police after
him.
One reason why the world is not re-
formed is, because every man is bent on re-
forming others, while but few think of reform
ing themselves.
"A little six year urchin, away up in
Maine, being unable to drive an obstinate
COW out OF the barn, set it on fire. ''She
run then, so the boy told his mother.
"A worthy man, when told that he was
about to die, said he was glad of it he was
tired of putting his shoes on and off And
this is about what life gets reduced to at
seventy.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
says "A fellow whose liver is white, whose
nose Is red, and who is always getting blue,
ism t necessarily patriot" Does Prentice
speak from experience?
1t is stated that sexton of fashiona-
bic church in New York. has sold two bush
els of ''bugle trimming, found in the pews
and aisles during the last season. 1t is to
be assorted and used az ain.
We have heard of the witty reply of
slave who had stolen and eaten one of his
masters turkeys, when he was accused Of
the crime. He repelled all idea of wrong,
saying that 'massa' S property only changed
form; he has less turkey, but more niger.
"A French chemist has discovered the
art of changing teef, at slight expense,
into chicken meat, or that of any poultry or
game. 1t is effected by injecting the fresh
ly killed meat with certain liquids He
must have been very ingenious young man,
that said Mr.. Pickwick, with a slight
shudder
1t is noticeable and suggestive in the
reports of the colored mass meetings through
out the South, that they always break up
with shouts and cheers for the stars and
stripes-''the flag that makes us free.
This is new feature in Southern political
ings and offend the conservative sensibllltles
Of the reconstructed chivalry.
An enthusiastic old fellow and his wife
oil
shipped the falls all day, from the piazza in
front of their room, and retired talking
over Its wonders. At an early hour, next
morning, the old gentleman was on the qul-
vive, and as soon as he saw the falls again
he sang out, 'Well, I'll be burned If the
water amt still going over the dam
In the general tumble of European
stocks, bonds and securities of all kinds. it
is interesting to notice that United States
bonds are quoted higher at the present time
than they have hitherto been. There Is
nothing remarkable in this fact, for it is nat
ural that capitalists should desire to trans
fer their funds from endangered investments.
1t shows, however, that the public mind In
Europe is very distrustful OF the future and
that the United States is regarded as the
safest depository for surplus cash.
"A man coming home late one night, a
little more than half seas over, feeling
thirsty, procured a glass of water ard drank
it. In doing so, he swallowed ball of six
that lay in the bottom of the tumbler the
end catching in his teeth. Feeling some
thing in his mouth, and not knowing what
it was, he began pulling at the end and; the
little ball unrolling, he soon had sevcral ieee
in his hands, and still no end, apparently
Terrified. he shouted at the top OF his voice.
'tWife! wife l say, wife come here L
am unravelingl"