Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-08-17
A Little of Everything.
Generally sp.aking-women.

To spell brandy with three lstters-B, r and 7.
The best aid in fighting hot wssthsr-ised lem
onade
be large.
There were forty fatal strokes of lightning in
Wisconsin during the month of July.
There is an old maid in town whs does not be-
lieve in the provcrb. imam proposes"
The hot Julys of the past half century were
those of 1925, 1883, 1912, 1857 and 1870.
| How can man have quiet time in tho moun-
tains when he goes the hills and h.llO,os ?
| Acolorsd man at Akron, o., was struck BY light
ming TIE head, and went off laughing at the
! Joke.
! Philadelphia has four thousand and sixty-fve
| milit a, of whom three hundred and fifteen
officers.
swhere there's will there's a way as ths
woman said when she wiped the dishes with the
door mat.
preacher out west has enounced croquet and
don't allow his congregation to take part in that
! amusement.
An exchange thinks that though the mitrail-
leuse was bitter desc the Prussians did not find
them hard to take.
widowsr was recently rejected by fair dam
sci because she didn't want affection that had
been warmed over"
| The n. Y. World says: diving belle, Miss
Clara Duffy by name practically illustrates swim
min rights at Cape May.
The fsilsu that goes sparkling" in the upper
end of town should blow out tho light, hereafter
! or close tie window blinds.
! An organist, in church not far from Clear
| field, is in the habit OF playing a regular fan
dango while the minister is preaching.
| A si.E man tod that nothing would cure
him but quart of catnip tea. Then L must
die, said he, ''for don't hold but apint."
| The loans the Dominion of Canada is making
for Notifications railways canals, etc, viii make
her debt So, O00 600, an average of SEQ per head.
young. lady on Second street claims to have
the highest heelsd hat in town. 1t measures just
| four feet from base t. apex. How is that for
! high?
| Tho British troops withdra wing, the noon gun
at the fortress of Kingston, Canada, discon-
tinued August s. after having bsen fired every day
since 1872
Cape May hen thou .ht she had soft thing
rhsn she found torpedo the Fourth of July,
but when ske pccked it. it went of and fricca.eed
her all the garden.
Flirting is known 'blufing at Marthas Vine
yard the benches which line the bluffs being the
rendesvouz Of young ladies and gentlemen who
engage in the amusement.
A cabbage leaf in your hat will prevent sun
stroke We know a fellow who has been putting
whole cabbage head in hi. hat for thirty years.
and it has proved ehicacloua
man in South Deerfeld, Massachusetts,, .d-
vsrtisss for thirty girls to work on pocket books
There are plenty of girl. all the watering pIa
cs. at work on pocket books.
Upon hearing that the Prince Frederick Charles
meant to attack Nancy. Mrs Partington told Ike
that she always thought those Prooshun Princes
mean enough to strike woman.
Here is a profane conundrum, for which an ex.
change is responsible Wha: is the difference be-
tween temptation and stersity? One ia a vile of
a devil and the other devil of while.
The Orleans Princes are giving very freely to
the French Sanitary Fund. They har. better
chances of being the royal family of France now
than they ever had before since they lost the
throne.
The list of presumed or suspected Republican
{
reached fifteen, with General John C. Robson of
Binghampton, the latest, and Horace Greeley the
apparent fay yorte.
The "Chinks' look we'll in their new uniform,
and beat any other B. b. c. in the county
This eft-felder, however had his shield in such
a position that when he sat down it wa. invi.itle
Move it, "Herdic -
w. T. Benson, well known citizen ef 81. Pau
accidently shot and killed himself near Bass Lake
Sunday evening. He was attempting to pull
a gun out of buoy by tho muzzle, when it was
accide at tally discharged.
Hon. John Cartwrgh t.the Democratic nominee
for Congress ia the Fifteenth Ohio district is
sore head Republican. and. although wealthy. is
sure to be defeated. The Rep ublican nominating
convestiOn meets to-day.
A cslored woman took the premium at a Texas
State fair rs dentist She inserted of teeth
into the arm ef one of the committee men, because
he alluded to her color, and he gave her a diplo-
on the mouth with hi. fist.
The lively grasshoppers have taken possession
of the fields in Piscataquis County, Me- in the
ratio of about 10000 to the square rod and are
a!ss deVouring the beans and other crops to ths
infinite disgust of the farmers
An llilEois farmer who concluded from the
scarcity of wood that there must be coal in tho
State, sunk shaft one hundred feet and struck
a vein of excellent bituminous coal from which
he now makes S2,zoe per week
Our devil says that there is use in people
making such fuss about being interviewed by
newspaper reporters - for young lady down
street has viewed reviewed and interviewed him.
and he feels no unpleasant results so far
A couple of ladies passing a barber shop on
Saturday evening, and seeing pale looking man
in chair, with large towel around him and one
of the operators engaged vigorously in tanning
him, were greatly concern ed to know what was
the matter with him. but appeared relieved when
they discovered he was only getting mis- mustachs
dyed
The census takers in California don't seem to
be making much progress. They have bssn en-
gagged in the work for more than two months bu
have not succeeded, far, in accom- pshing m ore
than twothirds of it. The difficulties surround
ing the task are explained in the following dis |
patch sent to San Francisco from a census taker
Mercury 10 degrees in the shade. and no ice |
James Vance was nearly drowned in crossing Pitt |