Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1871-02-08
Little of Everything.


Stopping advertising in dull times, is like tear
ing out dam because the water is low.
In these days of dirty. greasy, torn stamps"
the term filthy lucrs" is not a mi.nomer
A Richmond woman asks for divorce, saying
she has not seen her husband since he murdered
her father
Five New York clubs have broken up recently
and domestic happiness there is consequently on
the increase.
Jubilating-the Germans, In various parts Of
this country, over the of their armies and
the prospects of peace.
"Cap big man drink harder tn an a little onee''
is the question that is agitating the brain of
Brainerd, Of the Tyrone Herald.
The Pennsylvania Salitarium, for the cure of
inebriates at Media, claims to have cured forty
per cent of the cases treated there
The Pope has his private library and his i'm
pertant papers and documents packed ready for
removal from the Vatican. Where?
81 am going to the post-offce. Bob; shall in
quire for you ?" We'll. yes, if you have N ind
to, but don't think you will find me there"
A bill has pas sed both branches of thu Ohio
Legislature, and become law, to provide for the
appointmen Mt of guardians for habitual drunk
ards. Rpl
A very particular swain in Huntingdon sent
his marriage to the paper with the addition
IN cardemons.' lie said he despised abbrevia
tons
Wants the roof taken off the bridge at Tyrone
Drainerd of the HeyGL4 shoudn't do that,
Billy, you might need it for shelter, some wet
night.
In Newark, n. J, the other evening, public
invited That's mild way of saying cOIored
people.
tits stated there are now five thousand chill
drcn in Philadelphia seeking admission into the
public schools and unable ts get in because there
i: room.
Issued-a patent, to Amos Kennard of this
place, for improvement in Cant Hooks This
is tho second patent issued to citizens of Clear
field within month.
Nine-t-nths ef the people of Illinois said TO
be in favor Of amending the Constitution Of
the United States to have distinct recognition
of the Supreme Being.
The bellies of Newport and Saratoga out
done by the wife of Mehemet Ali, who required
five hundred cameIs to transport her baggage
when she went n, visiting.
Onion lozenges the latest invention in the
confectionery line. They intended for the
use Of young ladies who annoyed by gentle
men addicted TO long calls.
The Pail lfaY Ga-ette thinks it might be well
to perform the funeral ceremony over the passen-
gers in railway stations in England, before they
risk themselves in the cars.
Few people will be surprised to learn that the
late census is unsatisfactory to the people. A.
showing of the wealth ef the country it is simply
ridiculous So says an exchange.
1t is proposed that all the lawyers of the
country contribute five dollars a head for the re-
lief of tho daughters of Judge Taney, who are
poor, and obliged to work for living.
New Hampshire up country farmers when they
went down to "the city" used to take home bits
of coal in their pockets to show the children what
curious stuff they burnt down in Boston.
A notable fact in the female rights movement
is that the agitators are either bopelessly unmar
RED, else cursed with husbands who have not
the brains or the energy to support them.
Michigan has a large direct trade with Liver
pool in apples and large part of tho American
fruit thus sent to England is transshipped to the
Mediterranean in exchange for other fruit
J. Horner writes ~ want a receipt for grouse
pudding" by all means" replies an exchange.
Nothing easier Send tn. grouse pudding here,
and We II return you receipt for it by bearer
Pat, who is this Nilsson we hear so much
spakin' about in the newspapers ~ Don't you
know, Mike' Why, it's that ould sea diY!l
Nilsson, that fit the battle of the Nile, tub6e
sure"
hos,ser who had been working at Lyons Iowa,
for eight years a salary Of fifteen dollars per
nenth and fees, died the other day. when it ap
peared that he had laid up about five thousand
dollars.
Decidedly Brooklyn court, that Life In
surance companies must pay policies on deaths
from intemperance, notwithstanding the deceased
was represented as Of temperate habits That
wont do.
The Boston JonSars Of Chemistry says that .b-
surd as the high hat is, it keeps the head m ore
com Portable it maintains moro equal tenpera
ture and feels better thz any other form of head
covering.
a English gun is about to be tested at
WOolTich arsenal which throws 4 seven hundred
pound she'll. It is said to be powerful at one
thousand ards than the famous Krupp gun is at
the muzzle.
The California papers praise John Grummet a
veteran hunter, who went out the other morning
at sunrise and in half hour had shot four huge
grizzly bears with his Spencer rifle, in one two
three-four order.
A beggar who asked for a coat at a clergy
lhan's house. in MeTidan, Conn, handed back one
slightly worn, which was offered him, saying
Madam, 1 want a coat that l should not be
ashamed to wear in the day time" -
British Columbia will be admitted to the Do.
minion Of Canada the FIRST Of July-Confcder-
alton day. Prince Edward Island and Newfound- .
land will then be the only possessions north of the
United States not in the ConfedeIacy
Occurred-recsntly-ars rather amusing circum-
stance. young lady called at a grocery to pur-
chase rome butter. After tasting n large n,rmbsr
of rolls, and being unable to decide whicn was
best. she concluded 20 take home some samples
N uch TO the anu sement of the clerk
An English constable arrested three m en- think
ing they were dsserters. He said ho inferred the
fact from their martial bearing and when
asked what he meant by that, replied. They
were very free With their money, were drunk,