Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-03-15
A Little of Everything.

Ditto-greenbacks and greens.
Shad sell for 81 so at Reading
Low-the water in the Susquehanna.
Lower-the chap who fell into a mud hole
Concentrating day. on Saturday, this year
Nearly fnished-Hartswick Irwin's store
room.
Good way to expand your chest-carry big
heart in it.
Natures hair restorative-cold water, fresh air
and light hats.
To be had-magazines and papers of all kinds
at the Postofice.
There is man doing business in Chicago whose
name is c. Nobody.
Look out for bad roads about now, and show
mercy to your horses
About-spring birds and raftsmen. sure
sign that winter is over.
St. Clair county, Illinois, is said to contain
4,o50,OOO.sOG tons of coal
A ride bullet, it is said will not go through
more than thirty sheets of paper.
Senator Sherman subscribed for the fret bond
in the new loan, and takes No. L.
San Domingo is said to be place Where every
prospect pleases, and only man is vile
King William thinks that the late war WAS pre-
cipitated by the irivolity of the French
The average age Of the American clergymen
who died last year was sixty-one years
There are 6 900 clergymen ia the United States,
whose average pay is about 500 year
Mr. Observation-Disclosures proposes
to start Bohemian newspaper in Cleveland, o.
Hot Lemonade with fringe-is the new name
for the temperance beverage, with stick in it
The man who sat down on paper of carpet
nails said they reminded him of the tAe0"'e tar
The First National Bank of Bangor Maine, has
subscribed for $500, 600 of the Government
loan.
Let rabbits alone until the 18th of October, un-
less you want 10 invest So tor each cotton tail
killed
| A gentleman of Denver. Colorado, announces
his ability to give -elocutiOn lessons upon the
! guitar"
Jugged-on Saturday night-the b'hoy who
was going to smash the whole town. Fusii oil was
/ the cause.
James MCleary, Congressional Representative
! from the Fourth District of Louisiana, is native
of Pennsylvania
Wealth. true wealth, is that possession which
! satisfies the heart. Pleasure and lands may still
| leave man miserable.
The Mayor of Reading is after the corner loaf
ers Of that city with Il sharp stick. Somebody
ought to be after them here.
A farmer in Lancaster county, last season, rails
ed 1893 pounds of tobacco from six acres oil land
his crop bringing him 5000 so.
The frequent and fantastic changes of weather
are very trying to the system and people should
be careful both in dress and habits.
| Hartford sign reads thus "0ur entire stock
at less han cost. No humbug" The exclama-
t on point was in the wrong place this time
Boston lover of the weed exhibits to his
friends ball of tin foil weighing 81 pounds
which he says he has saved in two years
Recent sleet storms in the southern portion OF
Iowa, ii is reported have destroyed the prospect
for peaches and cherries the coming season.
Mason, Ga. reports the shock of an earthquake
on Thursday morning ID inst, about o'clock
| 1t Jared windows and doors, but did no injury.
Give a man brains and riches and he is kin G
Give brains without riches, and he Is 2
| slave Give man riches without brains, and he
I is a fool.
March has behaved itself markably well thus
| far-better than we have had reason to expect.
But its life is lorg enough to do u deal Of mis-
chief yet.
The largest valley in the world is the valley of
the Mississippi 1t contains 100000 square miles,
and is one of the most fertile and profitable regions
on the globe.
The New York Standard states that funeral
services will hereafter be performed at the Hud-
son River Railroad Depot upon the departure of
every train
fish found in an iron ore mine at Boyertown,
measured ten inches in length. The fish is still
alive and WAS found 3Oo feet under the ground in
a spring of water.
but these hacks dangerous. Wemight get
the smallpox" You've no cause to be afraid
| of my coach, mum, for I've ad the ind wheel
vaccinated and it took beautiful"
A barrel of peat seeds. recently imported from
Germany, weighed eighty five pounds and con-
tained nearly one million seeds. The cost of the
barrel was about $500, U. s, currency.
| The lumbermen OF Wisconsin have been unsuc-
cessfuI this season, and coming out of t1e
woods in large numbers, all hopes of retrieving
/ the winters misfortunes being at end.
Our farmers should he on their guard against
/ swnding land agents, many OF whom are opera
! ting quite extensively in adjoining counties,
| judging from the statement, of our exchanges.
| Mobile paper is indignant at cotempOrary
| for announcing that Mobile is the fourth coffee
! pct in the country" Investigation proved that
cotton port was meant. but things got mixed
! An exchange from Michigan is congratuIa tins
itself and its readers that a neighbor started a
fire with kerosene oil without losing any thing but
his Sunday clothes, hair, and part of his nose and
whiskers.
A Richmond paper says that not :ess than 20,
600 southerners. many of whom took part in the
on the rebel side, now residing perma-
nently in New York, and adds that nearly all of
! them poor.
/ The Philadelphia North American thinks that
/ the local option law localizing temperance,
woald be seriously felt in the Wholesale liquor
trade OF that city. Undoubtedly; and in other
| cities as we'll
| Spring fever has been introduced into this and
almost all other communiiie,. In some cases the
patients have not recovered from last years at
tack the double dose must be hard to bear al
though the malady is not fatal.