Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-03-08
Local Correspondence.

CURw wsNsvILLE, March /, 1871
) J. Rcw-Dsar Ser: see by your issue of
March J. that we are invited to splendid liter
ary feast 4 Lecture by Brick Pouer0y.
| write to say l cannot be present. happen 10 hs
b!est with that sometimes insonvenient append
/ age, ! memory, and / gsHz-Hlblr that this same
/ Brick. while publishing; the IL Crosse Dana
! cTGt. exhausted 'Webstcr's Unabridged" in be-
| touiing and malisning everything noble pure,
| good and true. That in coarse of his brief, no =
torioHS career he hSs vUmIted forth filth
/ than all the writer's and editors Of America COM
/ biued in the Iast decade lie called Mr. Lincoln
"a sccter, an inf Eel, ciownish despot," an ex
oreseense on the tree of humanity and many
other names Il only to appear in the columns OF
his own aper. While at the same time hs found
1t agreeable TO sayof Booth, BoOth-uOt Liuc0lp
was the martyr. Ii was he who raised Lincoln
INTO fame 10 Letus raise a monument TO his
memory, , and after this generation
shall have been buried by the the Americans
Of that day will look back with pride to the ex
p:oits of young Booth, and they will flush vita
feeling of admiration. do the ps0pis Of to-day
when contemplating the daring courage OF the
youth who fired the Ephesan temple The i+th
of April vii then make the name ef Booth
immortal -
Of course, Mr. Editor 90 not question your
rfS5t to puff any one you choose: bat il does
seem 10 me that peTso WHO can culogise the
rerpetrator of the blackeSt crime in the annals Of
history, praise SemEes, and excuse "Ir2s Is nor
the man to teach the youns and ci,iug genera
zion the lesson which will gaidc them TO the goal
of popularity, happiness anl honor. Yours for
the right. II.
We print the above communication, be-
cause we deem it proper that the writer
should Ge heard. All We have printed IN
reference to Pomcroy : Lecture, was in the
way OF advertising and Job work, al our us
ual prices for such WORK and We were not
aware, until We received tie above, that we
were in any way censurable for 50 doing
We always thought business was business,
but our correspondent would have us believe
We we're mistaken IN this respect. But as
he has now had his say on tie subject, we
hope he will be satisfied
GREAT INDUCEMENTS in Dry Goods. at
the Keystone Store, Lock Haven. Save
your money by sending your orders to or
calling on G. b. Perkins, at the Keystone
store, Lock Haven, Pa.
YARD WIDE MUSLIN, for nine cents, at
the Keystone, Lock Haven, Pa. Heavier
for ten and eleven cents.
SpooL THREAD. 200 yards, four cents, at
the Keystone, Lock Haven.
BLrACHED MUsLtS, yard vide, for ten
cents, at the Keystone, Lock Haven,
Coon PRINTS FOR EIGHr CENTS. good
Prints Tor ten cents, fast color and good
styles, at the Keystone, Lock Haven, Pa.
Coon TowELTsG, Ct cents and 10 cents,
at the keystone, Lock Haven.
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFs for > cents
each, at the Keystone, Lock Haven, Pa.
BLACK ALPACA, 20 cents per yard, at
the Keystone, Lock Hsyen, Pa.
\ SPLENDID SET OF FURs, for onlg ERE
ioyirrs, arthe keystone, Lock Haven, Pa.
KID GLOVES only 90 cents, u she Key
stone, Lock Haven, Pa. @. B PfRKJNs.
BARGAINS IN Silks. from %I'up, at the
Keystone, Lock Haven, Pa.
CARhErs, as low as p cents per yard, ,sat
the Keystone, Lock Haven.
CITIZENS of ClearfelG couuty-we can
make it to your interest 10 cali and see Us,
at the Keystone store, when visiting Lock
Haven. as we are prepared with. some of
the greatest bargains that we're ever offered
to the public since the war. We solicit 4
call and personal examination, for proof of
what we say in these advertisements
Respectfully. Sc. c. b. PERKINS.