Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-04-27
A Little of Everything.


the country.
A Nevada Judge has fined himself five dollars
for tardiness.
The Massachusetts House has passed the ten
hour labor bill.
Only ten dollar. were contributed to the Stan
ton fand in all the western States.
The fruit crop of Southern Illinois was badly
injured by the cold weather last week
The mistake of Detroit man, in saking white
vitriol instead of salts cost him his life
The Mormons are organizing corps of women
lecturers to describe the glories of their faith
A good boy in Illinois went without paper col
lars all winter to buy his sister a blonde outfit
"Died from the effects of mixed collaterais'' is
the way they get at deIirum tremens in Cheyenne.
A Marylander has hung himself because his
whisky gave out and he had no money to buy
more.
A New Hampshire paper mourns that Fast Day
is getting to be more and more brevet Fourth
of July
! To get rid of the opportunities of a beggar, of
fer him job of wood saving or garden digging
1t never fails.
!
dollars, all gained by making corn husk door mats
at ten cents each.
The famous silver mines, claimed to be the
richest in the world turn out to be in Arizona, in
stead of New Mexico.
Jacob Poorman is a poor man now in conse
quence of being jayhawked out of $1,000 at Har
risburg the other night
The Baptist Educational Convention in session
at New York, recommends that the Bible be re-
tanned in the common schools
Out west burglars are called moonlight me
chanics," and collins are known by the expressive
title of underground overcoats."
temperance lecturer asked. "If water
rots the soles of your boots, what effect must it
have on the coat of your stomach -
Since January nearly thirteen millions of
treasure have been shipped from the Pacific coast,
two thirds of which went to Europe.
young lady, being asked by bachelor, ''if
not yourself, who would you rather be-" replied
sweetly and modestly, yours truly"
1t is advertised that AN old fashioned Girl
can be had at all the respectable book price
SI.50. Unmarried men sh ould invest.
Captain Wheeler. Consul at Kingston, Jamaica,
died on he Sth inst. He q lieutenant on the
kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama.
A Cincinnati baby proved the unftness for
food of a silv ver-cleaning powder by dying few
minutes after eating some, the other day.
The Commission oner of Internal Reven ue is try.
ing to treat the vices of drinking and smoking
like the cattle plague, and to stamp them out.
Maryland paper calls for the arrest of a mar
! .bc hac "a day hDo
hymn book, and is regarded as dangerous man
Commissioner Osborn has decided tn at the Post
master General can prevent the mails being made
medium for the circulation of swindling circu
lars
ADayton lady played game of poker with
her husband the other night, mistaking his en-
trance for that of burglar He is very badly
bruised
A printers devil, wanting to kiss his sweet
heart addressed her follows: Miss Lucy. car
l have the pleasure of placing my imprint upor
your bill ?"
At a recent FIRE in Grafton a five hundred dolia
piano was saved by an intelligent fellow. whC
sawed off the legs because there wasn't any screw
driver handy.
The ay has uses. He serves to keep bald hea !
that their unregenerated hearts may be touched
by the preacher word.
An old lady in Germantown is 50 full of sym
pathy, that every time her dncks take bath il
the gutter she dries their feet by the fire. 10 kesI
them from catching cold.
Arkansas papers report the death of Lewis Ross
prominent Cherokee. aged about seventy years
lie was brother of the chief. John loss and tn,
last male member of the elder Ross family
Georgia paper tells of two young ladies VIII,
recently m arke eted at Colam bus two bale. of cot
ton raised entirely by themselves. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to add that they not "girls of tht
period"
Train wrote on the register of Troy hotel re-
Gently, as is his custom, George Francis Train
his ,O0O lecture course to the White House, wher
some Trogau vandal erased the White" and made
it Mad
At Timmonsvile, s c., is the grave of Mrs
| Florence Bodwin, of Philadelphia, Pa. She was
a mem Der of Federal regiment, and as she wa:
dressed a soldier, her sex was not discover ed
till after hor death.
A Nashvillian last week conceived the idea tn al
he could fly, and climbed tree, waved his arms
grandiy. and struck out. Somehow the ground
sprang up and hit him and he crawied into the
house, convinced that flying was moi his forte.
One of the oldest defences on record has just
been made at Hamburg by man who had muir
dered his wife from motives of jealousy. Accord
| ing to his own account he had not murdered her.
! but had killed her In a fair and honorable duel
as he had placed pistol in her hand and told
her to shoot at him.
The Richmond Wing of Saturday, says: ''Tho
esrly spring flowers are blooming, and the trees
and shrubbery are rapidly putting on their YER
nal attire The grass is more than ordinarily
luxuriant, and the futter sf insect life begins to
be discerned. The fruit trees are in full bloom,
and we think it may be safely said that, with the
exception of the apricot all of the fruit is thus
far safe
1t appears that the late Governor McDougall of
Winnipeg, is down with the sailpox at his home
| in Canada. Here seems opportunity provi-
denfially provided for putting down the rebellion
Let the Governor be returned 10 Winnipeg and
, commence a vigorous visitation among his discon-
! ed subjects. Smallpox will clean out the
country whereas the country, if left to ITSELF
! certainly cleon out the Britishers.
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