Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-12-25
TAE RAFTsMAn's yQuRNAl.
Clippings and Scribblings.

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s4- How to spell Tennessee in three let
ters X-e-c.
g1- Has cold in its head-the Susque-
hanna river now adays.
sH- A bad leap-to leap into the water
headlong, this cold weather.
s9r In bad fix-the chap who couldn't
raise change enough for smile.
I9" Unsettled-the stomach of the fellow
who was on spree the other night.
BH- Cleared-turkey bones, during the
holidays; providing you have them to clear.
a9~ How to be at home in the best soci-
ety-stay at home--by yourself-if you are
conceited
lowing couple of pennies, was overstocked
with cents.
sea- Query Whose pet is in trouble
now, George 1t amt one of Lincoln pet
lambs" is it?
H- Changeable-greenback sometimes.
Very few have changed into our hands re-
Gently, however.
r@- Nearly every evil has its compensa-
ton. If a man has but one foot, he never
treads on his own toes.
1ay- Nominate your poison, is the last
expression used in lieu of the matter-of-
fact What will you have to drink p
E@- The last of the revolutionary soldiers
is dead, so that now that struggle has be-
come fully deed of past generations.
Hss- When the ladies of the Court of
Sw eden got through hugging and kissing
Admiral Farragut, they each and all ex
claimed: fairy goot y
sea. What nose is more brilliant than
toper's nose? Why. volca- no =, to be sure.
Pat remarks that the chief glow of each
comes from the ''crater.
ba-. Who will dare that the age of
miracles is past when all through the season.
in every fishing village on the coasts, fish
are killed and afterwards cured?
sa- 'Swindling Gift Enterprises, read
Joe Indignantly. Il don't believe anybody
ever swindled gift enterprise, but [ know
one of the darned things swindled me out of
ten dollars
sS- When you see young man and
woman walking down the street, leaning "a
gainst each other like pair of badly match
ed oxen, it is a pretty good sign that they
are bent on matrimony.
aea- The Waukesha (Wis.) Freeman
says that the excessive joy of the Waukesha
Democrats over the result of the election in
that county is likely to terminate in deli
rium frenlens in some cases.
E9- An ignoramus had been sick, and, on
recovering, was told by the doctor that he
might take little animal food NO, sir, y
said he, Il took your CRUEL easy enough, but
hang me if | can eat your hay and oats.
nA- One of our Illinois exchanges,
which has defeated in its varied at
tempts to collect its dues, announces its in
tention to board round among its delin-
anents until accounts are squared. Don
we live in good time
Hss- A man advertised for wife, and re-
quested each candidate to enclose her carte
de riiate. A spirited young lady wrote to
do not enclose my carte, for, though there
is some authority for putting cart before a
horse, L know OF none for putting one be-
fore an ass.
ae- 4 Good Subject-the recent iewelry
transaction at Curwensvlle. for our neighbOr
Goodlander Are the Grand Moral l.
deas" of the Constable of Clearfeld Bor-
ough, and his chum, of how to obtain jew
elrv, the result of the teachings of the
Greeley Reformation" Do tell, George;
the public would like to know!
say- Rewarded-th Constable of the Bor-
ough of Clearfeld, by his Democratic friends,
for his Grand Moral Ideas of how to deal
in jewelry. They re-nonatndted him for
Constable on their ticket, on Saturday eve
ming last. His partner should have, receiv-
ed the Democratic nomination for Burgess,
on the same ticket, by all means. Surely,
modern Democracy is queer institution