Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-29
A Little of Everything.


| and Williams.
The miners recognize their friends and will
not vote for Packer.
Only three more days remain to secure your
vote. Go and attend TO it.
Did Cyrus L Pershing ever try cause without
assistance If so. when and where
The Altoona Ytadicator one of the yilest Cop
rerhead sheets in the State, sold by the shsr-
! if last week
See that your neig ighbor's name is in the list of
voters IF not on, tell him at once: and urge him
to attend to it.
/ Johnny Hall belongs to the genus owl-he
travels after night. Besides, he is Just aoout"as
wise as owl"
Which smell is the worst-that of a "nigger,
or of dirty, filthy. lousy, greasy, New York,
Five Points Democrat?
Packer is called .'Judge." He was never any
! thing but side judge" in court, and judge of
! good whiskey out of court
Farley is 'smoyin' around and seems to be
''sctting up things generally. We shouldn't be
surprised if he'd be elected.
George Peabody has made another gift of
S4OO,OO0 to the Baltimore Institute. He will re-
turn to England in October
How can any holder of Government bond.
vote for man who will dodge his taxes? It's
| the meanest kind of swindling.
Johnny Hall "travels by ni,ht" Sensible
young man. He Loves darkness rather than
| light because his deeds evil"
Less than two weeks remain for work. Let
Republicans be diligent and earnest in getting
out the vote, and all will be well.
The canvass throughout the State is active and
earnest. The prospects are bright. Let every
man do his duty, and victory is sure.
Did Johnny Hall think there were no Demo
Gratis in CIearfeld worth speaking to but Wal
lace, that he came nd went in a night?"
If it had not been for the Democrats in the
last Legislature, the Avondale disaster could not
have happened. Read the record on our first
page.
When the distinguished John G. Hall lived in
Clearfeld he was Known the strutter." His
''etrut," !" as Nasby would say, was 'trooiy magnif
| icent"
Packer is worth only twelve millions. When
he nominated he was said to te worth TWEEN
! ty. Such is the fearful depreciation resulting
from Democratic favor.
tits exceedingly doubtful whether Packer will
have a majority in his own county of Carbon
The miners absolutely refuse to vote for him, and
money can't buy them.
The Secretary of the Treasury has authorized
the payment of coupons falling due on the lst of
November, upon rebate of interest at the rate
of per cent per annum
Bill McMullin is satisfied with the new city
ticket, having got his price But Green. of the
Transcript, still holds out for higher bid Go
| in Green, Asa will ''come down"
Our friend J Blake Walters Chairman of the
p ackertes in this county, is afflicted with ''Wh
| Supremacy" on the brain. "Rlow" awhile, Blake.
and it will ease your "calabash." !"
Mutehier has succeeded at last in getting out
/ an address, It VIII do harm and no good.
as it is long, it will take the mass of his party
from this until the election to "spell it out"
| What important case did Cyrus L Pershing
| ever try2 What evidence has he ever given of
his ability lawyer7 Who knows anything
about it? We should really like to know"
| Remember that Packer is not a native of our
State that all his interests are identified with
New York-and that hi. election would be hailed
by New York victory over Pennsylvanis.
The only hypothesis upon which the total fail
ure to defend Packer against the charges advan-
ced by the Republican press Of the State can be
| explained, is that there is no defence to make.
Why did Packer vote against George r. B.r-
rett and in favor of Bell, the know nothing cam
didate for Judge? Can't somebody tell II Some
| of Judge Barrctt's friends would like to know.
Pennsylvania prefers now, as in times past, a
! Governor born upon her soil. She is not prepsr-
| ed to place in her highest executive Office Con-
necticut Yankee, if he is worth S20, 900, ,0e0.
| Johnny Hall, the ''bantum,' was too see
| William, the rooster one night last week.
job nry got here about 10 o'clock, P. NJ and left
| at4 O'Clock, A. NJ There is evidently "a screw
loose
Packer /. too old to make a Governor out of.
1t would be cruel to make him run the gauntlet
of hungry Copperheads who would throng the
Capital seeking Office if he was elected. But it
will never happen.
The Halites here are very scarce. They seem
to be confined to Wallace Office and the Court
House ring Many lending Democrats are out
spoken in their opposition. Johnny is in bad
odor here. Peacock feathers cheap in Clear
field
Cyrus L. Pershng has made two political
speeches in CleaTield. Both OF them were IN
tensely Copperhead-and as shallow as a summer
ud-puddlc. He is about as fit fo. Judge of the
Supreme Court as two days old pup is for a
watch dog
The Republican Congress eIscted the eight
hour law, and President Grant has enforced it IN
all the Navy ards and Arser ais, thus setting an
example to the States. Gov. Geary is strongly
in favor of it, and every laboring man who de
sires it shout d vote for him
The conF-de-efat of the Philadelphia City
Committee in throwing the ticket nomina-
ted by the Convention, and putting one of their
own in the field won't 60 down with the "rag-tag ag
and bObtaii'' of the party. 1t has raised very
extensive breeze, and the pecuneous Asa is in
tensely disgusted
Hall and his 'dadi-who was aihrcys candi-
date tor something-left Clearheld where they
couldn't get anything, and went to Elk to see II
they couldn't at least get "a suck at the hind
teat.' They are now sucking the whole bag.
to the intense disgust of the faithful of Benzinger
and st Mary's. Hence the split.
The New York Herald, defending Andrew
johnson from any completely in the Fulier-steed-
| man three million svindIe at New Orleans, saws