Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-08-09
A Little of Everything.

cry.
The days are getting perceptibly shorter
at both ends
The young lady whose feelings we're ''all
worked up has ordered fresh supply.
A woman and child were bitten by rat
tlesnakc in Luzcrne county last week, both
of whom have died.
4 girl in Wisconsin swallowed forty per
cussion caps. Her mother refrained from
spanking her for fear of an explosion.
Il wonder what causes my eyes to be SO
weak ?" said fop to a gentleman. They
are in weak place, replied the latter
Hon. Thoma. A. Scott is accredited with
being President of two railroad companies,
Vice President OF eleven, and Director of
thirty four.
An Omaha paper advises the people mot
to make such fuss about the shooting of
one constable, as there are over forty candi
dates for the position.
at the rate Of so cents per bushel. Here
aways, for some unexplained reason, they
command double that figure.
A gentleman Of Cambridge, Mass, is the
owner of one week old colt, that measures
only twenty three inches in height, and
weighs but twenty seven pounds.
The voice Of the turtle is heard in the
land. It's the voice of the Democratic tur-
tie. The turtles got hot coal on its back
and that's the reason you hear from it.
A man in an ecstatic mood exclaimed,
Woman is the primeval cause Of all hap
piness - when bystander remarked mo
doubt, for she is the prime evil herself
New Hampshire is described as a State
which would be as large as Illinois If it were
only as fiat, but is crumpled up until it can
be tucked into mere corner of the map.
A five year-old city boy told his mother
how to make butter: You just take long
stick with cross at the end OF it; then you
get big tub and then you borrow COW.
Peaches, considering their abundance,
command e1travagantly high prices. Doubt.
less they will be lower by and by, when
prtters and other poor people can afford to
indulge.
A young doctor, On being asked to con-
tribute toward inclosng and ornamenting
the village cemetery, very cooly remarked
that if he helped to fill it he thought he
should do his part.
The temperance people talk OF starting
a paper, to be called the Lemon Drop.
They will try and make it valuable Lem
onaid to the cause of temperance. If they
don it will be Dropped.
1t is denied on the part of ea President
Andrew johnson that he is going to visit
France he has no desire to make tangent
to his famous circle, and Paris has no charms
for him a. Theirs has no policy.
Prof Hitchcock and his exploring party
came upon hitherto unknown lake in the
White Mountains the other day, which is
as pure as crystal, and has an altitude of
3,7S7 feet above the level of the sea.
At the dinner OF an Irish association, not
long since, the following toast was given
Here's to the President Of the Society,
Patrick 0 Rafferty,, and may he live to eat
the chicken that scratches over his grave"
Why, Uncle Johnny said his friend,
''can you afford to eat shad at twenty five
cents a pound ?" ''Ach, wohll" said I'm
Gle Johnny triumphantly. Il can put him
in mine ice-chest and keep him until he gets
sheaper.
Mrs. Sallie Ward Hunt, noted woman
of fashion of Louisville, KY, now a widow,
has sued Mr.. Newcomb, of that city, for
breaking his promise of marriage to her.
Price fixed at $500, 900. 1t must have been
a big promise.
You have considerable floating popula-
ton in this village, haven't you?'' asked
stranger of one of the citizens of village
on the Mississippi. We'll, yes, rather,
was the reply, about half the year the
water is up to the second story window.
In Dallas county, Arkansas, an e1traordi-
narily long lived and prolific pair resides.
The father is LOG, the mother LOG, and they
are the parents of no, less than % healthy
and vigorous children-lj boys and IA girls
all of whom promise TO reach a ripe old
age Who thinks the American race is
dying out?
Fasten nail or key to string and sus
pend it to your thumb and finger, and the
nail will oscilliate ike pendulum. Let
some one place his open hand under the
nail and it will change to circular motion
Then let third person place his hand upon
your shoulder, and in moment the nail
becomes stationary.
A Louisville doctor came into possession
a few days ago, of rattlesnake, and to kill it,
and yet preserve its body intact he admin
istered chloroform, and when all signs of
life had disappeared he put it in jar of
alcohol About fifteen minutes after being
in the spirits the snake showed signs of life,
and lived half an hour.