Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-01-04
A Little Of Everything.

MaryIanu Is 10 nave an IheoTlato @sSi
for women.
In the northern part Of Maine the snow
is two feet deep.
plymouth, in Luzerne county, has had
! three murders in the past seven months.
The Providence Press insinuates that the
crispins are the only strikers who maintain
their principles to the last.
4 resolution is before the Virginia senate
to change the commonwealth name TO
'thc State Of the Old Dominion.
The Charlottesville, Ind. sorosis is on the
decline One Of the leading sisters recent
ly married ''tyrant man, and mo.ed to
Iowa
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is eleven
miles from the nearest Prussian gun. The
greatest range hitherto attained Is about
1--WE miles.
The novel excuse of Hartford woman
for stealing was that she wanted the go ids
for Christmas presents AMI couldn afford
to buy them.
A book agent named Roach has been ar
rested in Clinton, Iowa, FOR embezzing
funds received by him while selling the
life of Christ"
Some sound advice from an old merchant,
| Never owe any more than you are able to
pay, and allow no man to owe you more than
you are able to lose.
About this time of the year expect
sleigh-rides" Young ladies who are not
called for will please leave their measure
with our devils.
Many husbands realized during the last
two weeks that their wives were dear crea
lures, and the more they went shopping,
the dedrer they grew.
| Don't leave your twin babies lying about
in cold cradles even in your own room. \
Milwaukee mother tried it and the infants
froze to death in night.
The choir sang, Come, ye Disconsoatc, :"
at recent wedding in Lafayette, Ind. The
bride, who is 50 years old, says she is not
SO disconso!ate she was.
We are told of lady who never had but
| two dresses at tme-one she wore during
the week and the other to church on Sun
ds, s-both calico and both kept neat.
4 lady aged sixty one, in England, find
ing herself in the wrong railway train. leap
ed from it when it was running at u speed
of forty miles an hour, and escaped witho at
injury.
Can see you home?" said a Peoria
chap to young lady at party, the other
night. No, sir, she replied, and the
lsu1snum he took kept a stomach pump
going ali night
Philadelphia is making a move for more
intelligent school directors than those now
in the board. There are more places than
| Philadelphia where school officers OF such 4
class are needed.
At recent fashionable ball in New York
mild mannere,l man approached an esabo
rately dressed lady and said "Wiil you
please tell me wha, you have on i; fashion
| reporter wants to know 2"
The South African brilliants are scientif
cally pronounced to be not genuine. A
London jeweler has found them to be Jumps
| oi translucent quartz, and owners OF 'd:a-
moud ieids" ars disguised at him.
A rather strong minded Young woman at
Taftonboroush, Mass, who thought she
had teeu cour,ed as long as was necessary,
procured a certificate, took her too passive
lover to 4 minister, and married him.
A week or so ago q surprise party at
Pittsfeld, Mass, broke a stove, three chairs,
sofa and a lot of crockcrv during their
stay at the house Of the party surprised
The family has no further wish to lie sur
prised
Mrs. Crosby. Texan matron, is model
dreamest She dreamed the other night
tha, il she should buy lottery ticket she
should win prize. She accordingly pur
chased the last ticket that nas for sa!e and
drew S400.
II only some of our railways could be fix
ed like the London and Northwestern, they
would try prevention OF accidents as the
cheapest way. That company viii have to
pay about El0O, 900 damages on account OF
the recent accident at Harrow.
An Atlanta, Georgis. paper OF last week
says "A lady in this city tied her hubby's
hands and feet, the other day, just for fun,
and then went through his pockets for .
certain billet doux, and found it, His ply
sician tells him that his face won't be badly
SCARED, though he may remain prsmaturey
bald
widows are estimated by tho square
miic in New Hampshire. Twenty to tho
mile is thought a gooi ratio" The Boston
Advertiser says that, but it seems to be
hardly doing justice to the widows. 1t has
usually been admitted that Miss is as good
as 4 mile, and the widows may we'll object
to being counted twenty for one.
During the past fortnight the mails from
New York and Boston to Washington have
been from one 10 three days late, and one
mail has never come to hand. Robber:cs
Of the mails are frequent, and all effurts TO