Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-07-21
A Little of Everything.

A fiery steed-horse radish.
singular-to see garden walk.
Perishable Property-Packer and Pershing.
Sure Of defeat-the two Ps-Packer and Per-
shing.
| A corn extractor that has never been patented
the crow.
The St. Louis artesian we'll has reached depth
of 1881 feet.
Good pastims-reading liter ary papers. Can
be had at Gaulin's.
Cool-M'Gaugheys ice cream If you don't
believe it, try some.
The latest curiosity-a baby eight weeks old
who crossed the continent.
The telegraph from Cresson to Ebensburg will
be completed in a week or tive.
Jay Cooke fishes for bass at Put-in-bay, and in
Wall street it is said, for suckers.
The till of Mr. VIM, Oliver. in Philipsburg was
relieved of fifty dollars. one night last week
Boston las little IN an thirty one inches high,
forty one pounds weight, and aged ninetsen years
The new Democratic war cry-milliohs for
party votes; not one cent to pay of the national
| debt.
A Louisville policeman personated thief, for
fun, the other night, and did it SO well that he
got shot.
A little girl. aged 3 years. died at Huntingdon
from the effects of eating cherries together with
the seeds.
Huntingdon county has three men who can eat
a bushcl of potatoes in two days. They're ahead
of our pigs.
VIM. L. Geary son of Gov. Geary has been ap-
pointed by the President to a cadetship at large,
at West Point.
Two men were killed by lightning 6, at Hunting
don, during the heavy storm on Wednesday eve
ming of last week.
A New York paper says Tom Thumb drinks If
he does his wife has at least one consolation-he
doesn't hold much.
The New York H,rald thinks the Constitution
al amendment must be "of age"-twenty-one
States having ratified it.
Query WHO is the Clearfelder that returned
home with a certain ladies underclothing slowed
away in his carpet sack
After one more payment the income tax expires
by limitation None will mourn the departure oi
this system of raising revenue.
Repo-ted-that Packer paid one hundred thous-
| ana collars MS Ah@t
dear for the honor of being defeated.
Nine persons were killed on the Erie Railroad
| by an accident, last week-the result of careless
ness on the part of engineer of freight train
Chicago is now the great distributing postofhc
for all the American mails for China, Japan the
| Sandwich Islands, and the States of the Pacific
slope.
Tive printers named Goldsmith bro theirs, at Ne
vada, California, have become heirs to SS5.000
left them by an uncle who recently died at Val
paraiso.
A wealthy farmer at 81. Clair county. Illinois
had his will recorded last week. 1t give',am oni
other bequests, one of $4,000 to the Catholic
church.
Gen Sherman says the India are general.
doing well under the policy Of the admins
tration, and don't steal any moro than their sh ar
of cattle.
Speaking of tho Democracy of Pennsylvania
the New York Nation says: "In Philadelphia, 10
example, they have a convict and blackleg amo
their nominees"
Aman applied to P. S. Gilmore. in Boston, TO
employment, having been sent by awag. ii
wanted to shovel rosia to the hddles durin
the Pence Jubilee
The registry act ought to be pronounced un
constitutional. say the Democrats. Reason: II
will deprive them Of using coffee colored natu
ralization papers.
Have you any record recollection of an &C
passed by Democratic Legislature of any Stat
designed or calculated te prevent illegal voting
If so, please specify.
There is a lady in Sutton, New York, who wa
married at the age of twelve years who is tn
mother of sixteen children, weighs 30 pounds
and is fair, fat and forty"
A stale sffair-the Democratic ratfcati ton mee
ing, in this place, on Thursday evening last Tn
nomination of Packer and Pcrshing creates n
enthusiasm among the faithful.
Speaking of the Democratic nominees the Wi
mington (Del.) Repubiican says: Neither {
these nominations is as strong as those of Gener'
Geary and Judge Williams by the Republicans
The nomination of Rosecrans falls upon tn
Democracy with the dull "thud" of bowlde
dropping into a mudhole, and don't create ha
= the excitement of good square game of bas
1 ball.
i 1t was an evil hour for the Lehigh Universit
II when Asa Packer received a gubernatoriai nom
I nation. No one millionaire can endow coiiel
9 and stand the expenses of Democratic can
!, paign.
a Mr.. D. D. Howard. supposed to be the last su
. vivor of the company poisoned at the Nat'on
n Hotel in Washington, in 1857, has just sailed f
i Europe. He has been invalid ever since Il
o poisoning.
e 1t is said that many of the English converts
the Church of Rome are quietly returning to u
Established Church Among the number
IS Thomas Arnold, Mr. Palgrave, Mr. Walford, Al
y a of Mrs. Hemans
IT The new Virginia Senate has four coiorcd mel
A bers all chosen by the radicals. of the fourfs'
"A colored members of the House, three were elect
BY the conservatives The three coiored 20
gressmen are all radicals.
:. The North German Government max es ent'
Il prising recognition of . revolution begun in
he worlds travel and traffic. 1t hiss decided to 20
S, mails through by way of the Pacific Railroad
X China, Japan, and tie Indies.
he The Washington correspondent Of the "orce
III tar Spy says of Chief Justice Chase: HE is G.
tainly counssling with the rebel conserSat'
leaders, and dsily using whatever influence
yet possesses to break down the loyal men.
:, 1t is reported that tie observations OF ply