Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-12-01
A Little of Everything.
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! deer at one shot
! Detroit girl of the period wears plug hat
and carries a cane.
young farmer, who inquired how to start a
nursery, was told to get married
! Brigham Young has sent sixty FIVE missionaries
East to convert to MormOnism.
Bad economy-buying things because they are
cheap. whether you want them or not
For the next FIVE years there will be fine of
S25 imposed for shooting partridge
| Madison. Indiana rejoices in lady prescher
who is described as young and pretty"
| A London paper vans criminals as an addi-
| tisna punishment, to be fed on horse flesh.
Two houses were destroyed by ire in Holli-
daysburg, on Friday a-week. Loss about $4,000
! Huntingdon urchius. like those of most other
towns smoke and chew tobacco Mores the pity.
| The business on the Pennsylvania Railroad is
| increasing. 1t is now double what it was a month
ago
Eight prisoners are confined in the Hunting gdon
jaiI at which place guards are kept constantly on
duty.
| The BelIefonte d tors INDUCED in a big feed
course.
Louisville, unlike Cincinnati votes down the
proposition to excu le the Bible from the public
schools.
At the late Mecca pilgrimage 10000 pilgrims
Assem- blod at Mt Ararat. increase of $4,000
over 1868.
An old farmer fifty seven years old, beat Wes-
ton in walking match at Dubuque, Iowa, the
! other day
The Investigation by the Grand Jury of New
! York into the gold eonspira, Y has ended, and no.
| body has been indicted
! Two women in Boston created sensation. a
few days since. by walking the streets with light
ed cigars in their mouths.
Rome is gradually filling with Bishops and
other ignitaries Of the Church who design at
| tending the grand council.
| auexrhange says. the most completely played
cur humbug of the ls-t year is the velocipede-
| One seldom henrs the
TITS the oDinion of the State Superintendent
that County Superintendents should have an Of
| fce in the Court House of their county.
| The Greeuville Mercer county, Argms. in view
of the recent unprecedented number of bursla-
! Two men hung by the -vigiiants' in Kentucky,
hut not hung enough bring suit against their
pseudo execGtfoners for $50 geo damages
The completion of the Suez Canal ia already
having its effect in serio uly depreciating freights
fn india China and around the Cape of Good
Hope
J. Rhodes of Altoona discovered a robber
under h~ bed one night recently He was kick
Ell out of the house--the rascal pretending to he
drunk.
The Vermont Legislature has passed a bill hold
ing iiquor dealers responsible ior the damage to
person or p operty done by tn ose obtaining liquor
of them Right.
The planning mill connected with the Pa. R r..
Shops at Altoona and portion of the tin shop,
were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night a-weok
Loss about S25 900.
A southern exchange tells of a negro who in
sisted that his race mentioned in the Bible
lie said be heard the preacher read about how
Niger Demus wanted TO be born again"
Duck stufFing we'll seasoned with onions. was
recommended to a lady at a Thanksgiving dinner,
for q cold wbersupon another of the party re-
que.tod some of the same "quack" medicine
Miss Elizabeth Peebes has been elected enroll
ing clerk of tbe House of Representatives of
washins ton Territory She Is said be carpet
bagess # the schooI-teaching persuasion" from
New York.
They arc cleaning our the tn ewes and gam blers
on the Pacific Railroad Six hours were given
the gertry to lsave Promoutory and Omaha by
the vigilap's else take the consequences
They left
The H~yr,E qRR Pgms has wood cut repre-
seutirg Gre-ly a of the Forest; but rs he
i> airirei IL XII gloves six vest white pants and
DO ,shed boots the farmers will hardly recognise
him as an honest wool cutter
The growth of tea in North Carolina is pro-
nounced fraud nv the Ueaytt am7 Home which
saws that the plant is an annual. coarse growing,
native weed. whose leaves Hre worthless even for
the aiuiteration of genuine tea
The only picture Of God the Father. in Euro
rear museums - far as known is that at Nalen-
ciu Spain rtis o face Of aspect. with n
divine ight n1<hiug from tte ewes The daring
artist ,shp paia:el it lived in 500
An rri.bma1.ai-b a icavg bund}e on h is shout
der riding on the front Of horse was asked
whv he did not set his bundle IN the platform
He rerliei BE jsboe the houses have enough
to drag me III carry the bundle"
Kansas journal says that the identical star
sraugied banner whi.h fotted over Fort McHen
ry when Key wrote national song, is owned
by the heirs OF Col. Arms'ead. who commanded
the Fort and kept the historic bunting.
A sailor at the BROOKLYN navy yard explained
to a curious iandsman the other day how prize
"a oney Is di~idrd 1t IL siftel through lad
dsr." said be- .al1 what falls through goes to