Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, June 01, 1870, Image 1

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BY S. J. KOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1870.
VOL. 16.-ND. 39.
detect poetry.
THE GBAVE OF MOSES.
"Fj ebce's lonely mountain,
Cc'this ide Jordan's war.
lc a tale in the land of Moab,
7 b.re lies a lonely frave.
',)Cir. dn; that jepulchor,
.Ar.-i no Dian saw it e'er.
For the an!s of Uod upturned the sod,
Actl laid the dead una a there.
That was the grandest funeral
That ever paved on earth.
tut no man heard the trampling,
(T ?sw 'he train no forth.
'f.ie!e.'!y tho diiyliyht
l'oc:es when the night is done.
Ai.d ttectiinaon streak on the ocean's cheek
throws in:o ti.e great red sun ;
-ytisc'essly as the spring time,
lisr crown uf veruare weaves.
Jtsd aM the tree., on all tho hills,
i'ui forth their thousand leaves.
So wi hout sound of utssic,
r voire of them that wept,
5j!eiitiy uo.tq from tho mountain's crown,
That treat prctenion swept.
"Ttrchanco the Laid old eagle
"n grey lieth-l'eor'a height,
Out from his rociv eyrie.
l.o.ked on that wondrous siht.
i'lr-honc the lion stalking,
rhuns that hallowed ipo! ;
Kr Mt and biri hare seen and heard
Jhttl which man kcoweth not.
MVhen tha warrior dieih,
Ii: cnjrades in the war,
With arnr.s reverssd, and muded drum:.
Follow the funeral car.
1 her tell tf Lis banners taken
Ihet oik of his battles won ;
An.l :f:et' hitn lea i his masteries steed ,
V, i,i:a peIs :he loinutc gun.
'.'mi l the noblest of the I.iaJ,
Men lay the fa;e to re-Jt.
And ive the bird an honored place,
'th costly m-rlle rirest.
J:i the gre-st ir.ii;rpr"s transept,
V i.er lights ilk; glories fall.
A:.d the rwett clioir finifs an I theoran rng
Ah ng thr 0:1 Malaria l wall.
'This was the braTe?t warrior
Th.; ever buckle 1 rtrord
1 h'f the ti"S' gifted poet
'H i'- ever nreethed a nurd.
At -1 rver earth s phi!oopher
Twed wiih the golden pen,
n the iieih!es pa-;, truths ha.'f ea sage,
A how rot downfor men.
'.ik! hrd he r.ot hih borers ?
!!; hll! side for his pail ?
To i in s.'ate. w:.i!c acrcls w?it,
And Jt u; for tsi ers tall ?
.-id !h-d ik r; .-i-pinc? like tossing plumes
I'v.r I: :!.crt- to ware
An d .Jiid" "im hand, in that loi.cly 13 1,
It lay him i;i the grave ?
In tliodtr'; gnvj with on; a name
V. ;cnr- lit? ui:i-'if!ir.e:t clay
M-.a:l brrak attain most w-nd'rous thonht,
i'tfore the Judgment i'ay
Avd itjnj in Klory wrapt around.
v. the hills l never trod.
At i njk of the ftrife that won our life,
Ad tfec incarnate lave of God.
"f ii ' lonely Rravc in Moah's land !
ii ' '!y l:ib.reor's bill !
!-pak l tkeM-mrtue hearts of oars '
And 'each them to be still.
t: t hath llis seereta of the grave.
rd war that we cannot tell,
V. h;' h tTi buried deep as ths silent sleep
1:: h:tn lie lored i?o wll.'
VT J T1 'T'TTI T'"r,T nt"T n
I aiti t'n TtL'iTirer. l'.vr since tho
r ' sa laiil. I've travcV l ovr-r it every
ti.ty. i.r licar'y every d;iy td' my 'ire.
1 ur a I'iHiil V)hi!u I 'n; l llie ?:itae rn
i'ltie in eiiaiye tlio Sua l'Yr.nei-ioo the
1 r. tt!ot eriL'iic.' oti tliu r-i:nl, tiuJ as wuil
L.ii::'L-e i. ii'J say it, a. '.lie i c;t.
it v,a a ?Ct'.t'i iv; -:rrn rivni, ritunins. wc
'r '; i-.y. I rum A. t K. At A. mr p.'o.J
' i in. ..!..! itve-I ; at Z. I had the swentcst
ii1.;!-; tsifi- t.it.Jt-r she .n, and a 1 atiy ; and
I a way-; had a .i sliir or two put ly f.tr a
ruiny day. I wa- n old kind ot t; nun.
re .-litit n; Ki h tho enpint", vra!cliti"; with
:i ! y-.;:r ey and heart ami -o'.il, inside arid
' :'. (!;)' t ti'ttk-5 h tstan talkative.
My-.tii.-'s ii;ta:e was tfs?idiin(, and I
.ic t lur -J . . u'lii' f .ititi! caue i me un-
t i'
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an
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m.iJ c-.t;l;ii! t vjii lorstana iiO'.v
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svino- t.?n
i l rtS't a li-w ot'l
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1 1 tti't- .1 utatiy
i aa.l did not
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a'des was the
lioarcst piaco on
f .rdi to .x.-L'pt tht? ether house that
I., d n:v oi i ;:i 'l!i"
A.
VlT
r ! to a club, or i:dxd
li'v-r.', no r.;;;i i ai:-.'.T- in suttii a way, ana
iwer ii.fiid. it'it hain't hcen fur (Isan'riy.
i ,.-a x o I ;;a'iliy vfa-; one of the sharchol
i r-". a inn l- .n-,:.', h .wy fellow. I liked to
ta; " hit" an J we wr-rc irieads. lie often
role fro": ii T. t.i A. and buck again with iu,
an 1 oa:-e ha aj,l ;
"loti i.inrht to hidotiT to the Scientific
Clilh, (lu,. !e.i."
"-X-v.t heard of it," s-a:d T.
"I aai a tiiptiiber," said he. "VTc meet
. v a f irtnijjht. and have a jolly eund timf.
" vrtM thinking then likey-iu. We have I
tii a-;. .:irt us now. I'll p,r i;ose you if
1 w:-
1 th t
ml o: .;yn
.J', and I had an
I
it 1 I !n:c!:f l.c w.irth so'.ne
;f:i an er.uinctr ditii't have
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to hiiftsoif. aid t!.e dub
eveninj a f irtniuht from Jo.
'1 il a-k her.
"A-k h-..A-i
Ii ih Hues it, ye."'
taid he.
"Ii CI
1: 1ti' v
.1 ".. I!,v
y ti; tr had n?ked hi wife, every
e v. ai!d have said, 'ean't n.are
;' :' ir,' and we should have had no
I Oranh-v.
i,:it I itrt.i.- u.i :hk-..i- ln-inif T tre.l
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M-.'St':!'
I H;?. ;i;- vni! X l lint mil Art love
' ' ':- "!: .:u'. a:iif then if Mr. 'iranhy be'ong
' ' ii:ti-t ':.'. uperior ucn."
; ! :' t. aid r.
I', ii t evr-rvhiidy wlio could be made a
r.. t!it..-r.- ,id Jo. '-Why, of court-c. you
"i:;t say v s."
n 1 j. J y,,s ;in,j r;rallDy proposed me.
1 ' 'lr" l-i V irttii'lit I went with him to the
r''u. I n-re w.-r3 some men with brain
r ' ' w!?h u. The real .usines.s of
'vt-riiti.? was the supper, and so it was
-"'"iv evot,:,..j.
ajffays hcen a temperate man. I ac
t ;s !y ,., i;n,nv what effect wine would
tyo ij):, ooni;ng to drink mere
it than I ever had fntfore at the club tti-
I f i-uid it. put tin steam on. After so
-ia-s-s I wanted to talk; after so many
H.ore I ,lid.
1 -or tned like somebody else, the words
w're mi n-ady. My little ie9? cams out
V: wre listened to. I made sharp bits ;
1 inhiloj in repartee; I told stories; I
n came to puns. I beard somebody say
"iranhy; " Hy Georse, that's a man
'"h knowing. I thought him dull at
V r et new 'l was better to be quiet
-Vd Gueiden, with his ten words an hour,
tti:'n the wine-made wit I was.
waS sure of it when, three hour after, I
U!iibled up stairs at home to find Jo. wait
ln3 for nie, with her babe on her breast.
'"You've been deceiving me," said . Jo.
"I've expected it, but 1 wasn't sure. A
scientific club couldn't smell like a bar
room." "Which means I do," said I waiving in
the middle of the room like a signal flag at
a station, and seeing two Jos.
"And look l;ke one," said Jo.; and she
went and locked herself and the baby in the
spare bed room.
One cold night, as I was dressed to go,
Jo stood before me.
".Ned," said she, "I never had a fault to
5nd with you before, I'll say tliat. You're
been good, and kind, and loving always;
but I should be sorry we ever met if you
were to gon in this way. Don t ask me
what I mean. You know."
"Jo," said I, "its only on dub nights."
"It will grow.", said she.
Then she put her arm around my neck.
"Ned," said she, "do you think a thing
so much like a bottled-up and htrapped
down demon as steam is, is tit to be put
into the hands of a drunken man? And
someday, mark my words, the time will
come when not only on Thursday night but
all the days ot" the week will be the same.
I've often heard you wonder what the feel
ings, of an engineer wko has about the same
as murdered a train f ull of people muit be,
and you'll know if you don't stop where you
are. A steady hand and a clear head have
been your blessings ail these years. Don't
throw them away, Ned. If you don't care
for my love, d m't ruin yourself."
My ii'tle Jo. She spoke from her heart,
and I bent over and ki.-sed her.
"Don't hi af: aid, child," I said; "I'll
nevir pain you pgaiti."
And I meant it; but at twelve that r.itdit
I felt that I had forgotten the promiso and
my resolution.
I couldn't go home to Jo. I made up
my miud to sleep on the club sofa and leave
:he place for good nerfrday. Already I felt
my brain reel as it never had before. In an
hour I was in a kind of a stupor.
It was morning. A waiter stood ready to
brt'jh my coat. I saw a grin on his hhick
face. My head seemed about to burst ; my
hand tremble I; I looked at my watch; I
had only just live minute:) to reach the de
pot: Jo's words e.tmc to n:y mind. Was I fit
to take charge of I be t-iiir'tiiO? I was not tit
to answer. I ought to have asked some
sober i:i;:n. As it was 1 only caueht my
ii:. a:id rtr-bed away. I was just in time.
The tan l iancisco tdi'tered in the liioru-in-c
sun. The ears were filling rapidly.
Froai my post. I could h'V-r th.; peop's talk
ing btddiii.'i each other good bye, promis
ing to v?rt'-5 ami come again. Arno:rst
them was ati old gentleman 1 knew by sight
one td t lie shareholders ; he was bidding
t .vo ;ii.ii 1 giiis adieu.
'"Good bye, Kitty good-bye, Lue," I
bnrd him say; "don't lie nervous. The
San Francisco is the safest engine on the
line, and Guolden tfte most careful engineer.
I wouldn't h? afraid to trust every mortal I
love in a batch to their -keeping. Nothing
could ha:peu wronj with the two toecth
er." I saiJ, "I'H get through it somehow, and
Jo shall never talk to me again." After all
ir was easy rnoagh. 1 rttuiad f.s I spoke. 1
heard tho sign-.l. We were oil". J
Five hours fio-n L. to D. ; five hours
back. I saw a red ilutter. and never gues
sed what until we passed ll'.-- down train at
a wrong place. Two ininulcs more and w
should have bad a colli ion. ir-oiticbody
told inc. I laughed. I heard him say re
sped fully :
"Oi course. Mr. GueWen, you know what
yon are about '!"
Then I wp.s alone and wondering whether
I ehou'd go slower or faster. I did some
thing, the ears rushed on at a fearful rate.
The same man who had spoken to me be
fore was standing near to me. i heard some
question.
How tnsny miles an hoar wero we mak
ing ? I didn't know.
Il'.-tle. rattle, rttie! I was trying now
to slacken tho speed of tho Sati Francisco.
I eou' l it )t remember what I should do.
"as it this, or that ? Faster only faster,
I wie playinir with the engine like a child.
Suddenly thrc was a horrible roar a
crash ; I was Hung somewhere. It was into
the water. Dy a miracle I was only sober
ed, r.ot hurt. 1 gained the shore ; I stood
upon the ground between the track and ihe
river's edge, and there gazed at my own
work.
The engine was in fragments, the cars in
splinters; dead and dying and wounded
were strewn aiound men and women and
children old age and tenderyonth. There
were groans and shrieks of despair. '1 he
maimed cried out in pain ; the unwonnded
bewailed their dead ; and a voice, unheard
by any other; was in my car, whispering
"murderer 1"
The news had gone back to A., and peo
ple eame thronging down to find their
friends. The dead were stretched on the
grass. I went with some of the distracted
to find their lost ones. Searching for an
old man's daughter, I came to this, a place
under the tree, and five bodies lying there
in all their rigid horor au old woman, a
young one, a baby and two tiny children.
It was fancy it was pure fancy, born of
my anguish they looked likt? oh ! great
Heaven they were my old mother my
wife, my children! all cold and dead.
How d'd they come on this train ! What
chance bad brought this about? No one
could answer. I groaned, I screamed, I
cla-ped my hands, I tore my hair. 1 gazed
on the good old iaee of her who had given
me birth, cn the lovely features of uiy wife,
on my innocent children. 1 cailed them by
name; there was no answer. There never
could be never would be. As I compre
hended this, onward up the track thundered
another tcain. Its red eye glared upon me;
I flung myself before it; 1 felt it crush me
to atoms !
"His head is extremely hot," said some
body. 1 enened mr eves and saw mv wife.
"How do you feel," she said, "a little
Letter V
I was so rejoiced and so astonished hy tho
sight of her. that I could not speak at hrst.
She repeated the question.
"I must be crushed to pieces," I said,
"for the train went over me ; but I feel no
ram.
"There be goes about the train again,
said my wife. "Why, Ned."
I tried to move there was nothing the
matter with me ; I sat up. 1. was in my own
room ; opposite me a crib in which two
children were asl.tcp. beside me a tiny bald
baby head. My wife and children were
safe! as I delirious, or could it be?
"Jo" cried I, "tell me what has hap
pened." "It's nineo'clock," said Jo. "You came
home in such a dreadful state from tjie club
that I couldn't wake you, You weren't fit
to manage tcam and risk people s lives.
Ibe fcan iraocisco is halt way to A., 1 sup
pose, and you have been frightening me to
death with your tlreadtul talk.
And Jo began to cry.
It was a dream only an awful dream,
But I had lived through it as though it were
reality.
"Is there a Bible in the bouse, Jo," said
1.
"Are we heathens?" asked Jo.
"Give it to me this moment. Jo."
She brought it, and 1 put my hand on it
and took an oalh (too solemn to repealed
here) that what had happened never should
occur again. It never has. And if the San
Francisco ever cornea to grief, the verdict
to .1. t. t.. (. rni
win not oe, as it ougni to De so otten. inc
engineer was drunk !
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Look After Lads.
From an article under this bead in the
Chicago .Journal of Commerce we take the
lollowing extracts :
In our cities, where tradelrives and is ex
acting and whero, amusements and lashion
hold such despotic sway, this evil for it is
an evil of ab.seiteeism from pai tcnal and
maternal duties is a growing ong, and threat
ens to' injure both individuals and society
more than we may expect. Hurried life ;
life too exclusively conSned to the counting
room ; life with the crowd in the boarding
house or the hotel ; life that is restless and
gay to the verge of dissipation this sort of
hie with its obviously demoralizing effect
upon America in its 'teens, is quite too com
mon. Verily, it might properly ho said
that parties have no mora! right to be mar
ried and have the "olive plants" spring up
around any tabl but the table of their own
domicile, where they can and .are anxious to
look after the welfare, the growth and cul
ture of their offspring. .
The I 'salunst tells that "God setteth the
solitary in families," which means, we sup
pose, that the way people ought to live is in
households, where the natural relations and
the natural affections shall have tho privacy
the separation, from the great bustling
world and the concourse of the people they
require for their right enjoyment and their
pure and healthful exercise ; yet how sadly
is this ordination of I'rovidence interfere
with and disregarded, ominously so, in our
great and multitudinous towns. Indeed it
is, or is becoming, a very serious question,
bow what are assumed to be the imperative
demands of business, and what are felt lo
be the almost irresistible solicitations of
".society," can be reconciled with a decently
faithful regard to the claims of domestic
life. . . . We dread the street and the gut-
ter for the liltlechaps ; we talkof the ptema
ture old-headedness of the shoeblacks, news
boys and other vagabond youngsters; but
really it admits of a doubt whether r.-igs and
rowdyism in blind alleys are worse in their
influence on the rising generation than hotel
entries and ball rooms in the company ot
grooms, coachmen and other servants. The
contagion of vicious and loose habits is not
warded off by" fine Clothes, and little t-eutle-
mcn may gefinfected by it quite as easily,
perchance, as l'.ttle gamins. Certainly,
"terrible 'nlaiit.s in eostiy at tiro are auout
as frequently met with astlnwe whoso chief
argument is a coating of dirt. It is, there
fore, very desirable with the rich as well as
the noor that well ordered family living
should not pass away, as it seems to be pas
sing away; and that the intercourse and as-
social ion between parents and iheir children
should become less iotei uiitlent and closer.
Of what advantage will it be to make a
fortune. for one s heirs and to seat them m
luxurv. if meanwhile tbev arc loft without
c treful watching, without special and solic
itous care for their mora! training ami watch
ing. and care that cannot be safely entrusted
to hirelings? It would be well for some
merchants and professional men to put this
inquiry to themselves, as they remember
how they daily come outof their front doors
in the morning not to re-enter them until
e-cning, and then only to prepare forgiving
a iroou portion ot the iiteht to engagements
in which home matters have no lot or part.
Keep your hov a boy while he is a buy ; a
well behaved, polite boy; a manly boy; a
courageous, sen reliant noy ; no mils sop
bov tied to bis mother s skirts, but still a
boy; not a little weakling fop, a precocious
snob, a conceited monkey, aping the airs
and acquiring the habits of grown-up dan
dies and fast characters. 1 on't make a self-
indulgent small gentleman of him. Teath
him to wait upon and take care of himself,
and to respect his interiors and treat them
courteously and kindly. I'ray save him
from the absurdity ot a cane and Lid gloves
and garments that are not suited to down
right hearty plays. It may be prelty and
aristocratic, and a sign of your opulence to
dress him up in the height of fashion, but
in so doing you run the risk of spoiling him
for any robust and useful living in this dem
ocratic land ; and pray remember, as . you
take a pride in the bright handsome lad,
that this is a democratic land, of which he
is to be a citizen ; therefore that be is not
wholly yours, but belongs to his country, and
that you are first to make him an honest, gen
uine republican in moral, mind and manners.
A new use for Spkctacles. An elder
ly gentleman accustomed to "indulge," en
. i .I.-. ,. r .
tereu inc iiat'iL-i.-i iuuui ui itivciu nuciu
sat a grave Friend by the fire. Lifting a
pair of green spectacles upon his forehead,
rubbing his inflamed eyes and calling for
the brandy and water, he complained to the
r riend that his eyes were getting weaker
anl that even spectacles didn t seem to do
them any good." "I'll tell the friend,"
replied the Quaker, "what I think. If
thou won Idst wear thy spectacles over thy
mouth for a few months thine eyes would
get well again.
Youth is a glorious invention. While the
girls ;hase the hours, and you chase the girls
the months seem to dance away, with down
on their feet." What a pity summer is so
short ! Before you know it, lovers become
deacons, and romps grandmothers.
A d-iYi im miKini!) n wtniln v.l m-infi xritV
A I.IUJI.l.ll lllll ...lt.2
lady some duets, desired her to begin the
niece over again. Not knowing the lan
guage well, he said : "I'lease begin up
stairs again.
There is one single fact which one may
orrose to all the wit and argument ot inn
delity that no man ever repented being a
Christian on his death bed.
Choose, if possible, the kind of business
yon like, and then stick to it. Don't be
tempted astray into any "outside opera
tions. Mind your own business.
"Why do you call me birdie, my dear?'
inouired ft wife of her husband. ''Because,'
was the answer, "you are always associated
in my mind with a bill.
"If we can't hear, it ain't fiom the lack
ot ears, as tho ass said to the corn held.
"Cheek."
As a general thin.?.1 we deprecate the use
of slang phrases ; but there are some of
them that seem so exactly expressive of a
habit or characteristic that the most fastidi
ous etymologist might be pardoned in the
use of them.
There is akind of ffncrriHa, English hav
ing its origin on the streets, along the
wharves, among the newsboys, and else-
here beyond the precincts ot the schools.
It annexes itfclf to the language in spite ot
dictionary-makers; it will not be frowned
away by the disapproval of any LL, D ; it
lias its birth somewhere, somehow, because
there is need of it ; and presently it ascends
from the servants' hall to the parlor, and
gets a foothold on the tapestry; the news
papers adopt it, and thus we have it engraf
ted upon the language. The erudite grad
uate will tell us this is all wrong ; that we
ought to draw every expression from the
"well of English undefiled;" and that (for
instance) the word ckerle signifies nothing
else than "part of the face below the eyes
on each Fide." But facts are facts, after
all ; and people will continue to use this
word in the highly expressive sense of "un
blushing impudeme," or "brazen effron
tery." We have selected it from the great
stream of slang running through the speech
of the people and perhaps better calculated
than any other to illustrate the wonderful
expressiveness of this "guerrilla Knglish."
"What d'ye think of young T ?" was
lately asked in our fearing.
"A cheeky boy," was the answer. Could
volumes have spoken more accurately of fast
saucy young America than that?
At table lately, a "ieari and hungry"
looking person, whose appearance denoted
that "square meal-." were with him as' an
gels vi-its, cooiy appropriated the whole
contents of a uncommon dish, of which the
supply was known to be limited. His op
posite sal waiting for the dish to reach him;
and as he saw it replaced, empty, upon the
table, after this wholesale appropriation of
its contents, his vexation and disappoint
ment found vent in the one word, u;tered
with an emphasis that no amount of under
scoring here can reproduce : m
"Check!"
The other diners laughed and smiled ap
provingly, and the dinner-table private jed
deiied from his nose beyond his ears. The
lesson will not be lost on him.
We have ail had some experience on the
railway trains with a class of people whose
conduct can only flow from a plentiful sup
ply of the quality named herein. We enter
a car, and the Hrst view tells ui that it is
full or nearly so. No vacant seat attracts
our eye. We wait on, and to us appears
the figure of a spruce yonng man, with a
look of hard decision about the angles of hi3
face, sitting by the window, while a great
valise beside him occupies the balance of
the seat. W stop, we hesitate ; We don't
like to address him, for we don't fancy that
look ; but we do want a seat. Ho looks
straight out of the window, and pretends to
be unaware of our presence.
Mr ! say we. cir
He turns his head, and contemplates us
with a stonv eve.
"Sir is thr irholf of this seat taken?"
"Yes, .'"
He hurls the words at us like a charge of
shot. Vi e murmur indignantly, '( lieek,
and pas on. No other word that we know
of can describe such conduct.
"Here is the bill for that suit you re
wearing, Mr. Blue Jay," fays the exasper
ated tailor. "Do you propose to pay it, or
ni t, sir? If I've presented it once, I have
eleven times, sir."
'Ah. indeed?' blandly replies the Jere
my Diddler, "Well, now, I think you'd
better present it again, and that II just make
the even dozen, don't you see? I never
did iike odd numbers,"
Would anvbodv think ot giving Ihat any
such mild name as impudence? It is cheek
downright cl eek.
"Got any Hour-? asked a leilow who
auntered into a country store, with his
hands in his pockets.
"Oh. yes, sir ! answers the merchant,
with alacrity. ' Extra and superfine
' Any sugar
"Certainly, sir; white and yellow cotlee,
crushed, powdered "
"Hnttcr !
"Some just come in sweet and nico.'
"Kefs?"
'"l'lenty of 'cm, sir."
"Well. I'm glad to hear it," drawls the
joker. "These things are all useful in a
family, and 1 ra glaa you ye got, cm. nope
vou'li not allow your family to be without
n l ...:;
Can this be called anything but "cheek,"
and that of the very cheekiest descrip
tion :
Tho careless donkey who treads on your
corns at an evening party, and then remarks
audibly that some people have teet as large
as school districts ; the young scamp who
proposes marriage to every pretty girl ot his
acquaintance, "just to keep his hand in, so
Via cm lo it gracefully when the right time
comes;" the blood sucker who offers to bor
row five do nra on the strengtu ot as many
minutes' aeo janitance ; the adventurer who
energetically courts a handsome widow, and
winds up his visits by an elopement with
her daughter ; the man who asks a woman
her age, a politician his conscientious
opiniou," a girl if she ever had an offer, and
anv one for the amount of bis income all
these arc memorable examples of a quality
of mind that is and must continue to be
known as "cheek.
Wo nre not advocating the use of slang
We only say that some of this illegitimate
l.i.nsii is uiusi pun'"v -i'o-.in.
An aniTinaiir ritw A western road resigned
his position in disgust, because, he said, it
consisted of nothing but right of way and
m 1 i L
and two streaks oi rust.
What is the difference between a church
organist and a cold f Une stops the nose,
and the other knows the stops.
T mnttnrc? rtf ITiSsf. 1 TTlfin 1nlw: ?T Tl (
saves his soul ; but if he los?s his soul it
matters not what he saves.
The "eight hour movement" would hard
ly do for a clock, though some people advo
cate it for the hands..
What cord is it in which you can find
tnots that no living man ever tied and no
man living can untie : A cord ot wood.
The worst, annearances often have happy
consequences, as the best lead many times
into the greatest mistortunes.
Some grocers show their grit by sanding
their sugar.
Birds without feathers and wings jail
birds..
CJAWED LUMBER. The undersigned
having started in the Lumber business.
near Osceola, Clearejeld county. Pa., is now pre
pared to furniah pine boards, olear and panel
stuff, Ac Pineand Hemlock bills sawed to order
and shipped on short notice.
U.K. MACO.MBKK.
Osceola Mills,
May 5, lSS9-tf. Clearfield co.. Pa.
K R
A T Z E R,
Opposite the Jad.
Clearfield, Penn'a,
Dealer In Dry 6eede, Dress Goods, Millinery
Ooodj, Oroceriea, Hard-were, Qneens-w&re.StoBe-ware,
Clothing, Boots. Shoes, Hats, Caps, Flour,
Eaoon, Fish, Salt, etc, is constantly receiving new
applies from the cities, which he will dispose of
at the lowest market prioes; to customers. Before
purchasing elsewhere, examine his stock.
Clearfield, February 9, 167C.
J)ENTAL PARTNERSHIP.
D R. A.M. I1ILLS dosirestoinform
unit tho public generally, that he has asscoiated
with him in the practice of Dentistry, S. P. SHAW,
D. D S, who is a graduate of the Philadelphia
Dental College, and therolore has the highost
attestations of his Professional skill.
All work done in the office I will hold myself
personally responsible lor beine done in the mot
satisfactory manner and highest order of the pro-
An established practice of twenty-two years in
thv place ennVti tue tosDeak to mv natrons with
confidence.
Enir agements from a distance should he miila
by letter a few days before the patient desiens
coming. iClearficld, June 3. lS6.S-ly.
JOMK INDUSTRY-!
BOOTS AND SHOES
Mode to Order at the Lowest Rates.
The undersigned would resnectfullr invite the
attention of the citisens of Clearfield and vicini
ty. to 5,va "im a call at his shop on Market St.,
nearly opposite liartswick A Irwin's drug store,
where he is prepared to make er repair anything
in his line.
Orders entrusted to hira will bo executed with
promptness, strength and neatnecs, and all work
warranted as represented.
1 cave now on hand a stock of extra freneh
calfskins, superb gaiter topi, Ac., that I will
in.n up at me lowest nguros.
June 1--Uli, IStlg. DANIEL CONNELLY
"EW STORE AND SAW MILL,
AT BALD HILLS,
Clearfield county.
The undersigned, having- opened a Inre-e and
well selected stock of goods, at Bald il ill.-. Cloar
field county, respectfully solicit a share of publie
patronage.
lneir stock embraces Dry Goods. Groceries,
Hardware. Queensware.Tin-ware.Boots and .Shoes,
H.its and Caps, -iteady-mada Clothier, and a gen
eral assortment of Notions, etc.
i uey always keep on hand the best quality of
Flour, and a variety of Feed
All goods sold cheap for cash, or exchanged far
pproved country produce.
Having also erected a Steam Paw Mill, they are
predared to saw all kinds of lumber to order.
Orders solicited, and punctually filled.
rov.20, INS7. F. B. A A. IRWIN.
O O M E T II I N O NEW
tv A vcnvi-ir i v
Clearfield county, Penn'a.
The undersigned having erected, durinr the
past summer, a large and commodious store room,
is now engaged in tilling it up with a new and
select assortment of Fall and Wintergoods, which
he offers to the public at (krices to suit the times
iiisstock of Mens and boys clothing is unusual
ly extensive, and is offered to customers at from
$10 to $20 for a whole suit. Flour. Salt. and Gro
ceries, of every kind, a complete assoitment;
Stores and Stove-pipe, a heavy stock ; Boots and
noes, liats and Caps, in great variety : Ladies
ress eoods. furs, and other fancv poods, together
with an endless assortment of notions too tedious
to enumerate, always on hand, and sor sale very
neap, fruits at 1U cents a yard, and other goods
in proportion. Sow is the time to buy.
Country produce of every kind, at the highest
market prices, will be taken in exchange for
goods; and even Greenbacks will not be refused
for any article in store. Kxatuino my stock be
fore you buy elsewhere.
October 30.1867. H. SwAK.
HLOTIIING! CLOTIIINOI1
J
GOOD AHD CHEAP!!!
Men, Youths and Boys ean besuplpied with full
suits of seasonable and fashionable clothing at
REIZENSTEIJN BROS' ft CO.,
where it is sold at prices that will induce their
purchase. The universal satisfaction which has
been given, has induced them to increase their
'ock, which is now not surpassed by any estab
lishment of the kind in this part of the State.
Reizenstein Bro's & Co.,
Sell goods at a very small profit, for easfc ;
Xheir goods are well mad and fashionable.
They give every one th worth of his money.
They treat their customers all alike.
They sell oheaper than every body else.
Their store is conveniently situated.
They having purohased their stock rt reduced
prices they ean sell cheaper tlan ethers.
For these and other reasons persons should bay
their clothing at
REtZESrEll BKO'5 A CO
Produce of every kind taken at the highest
market prices. May IH, Ibtil.
TUST IN . TIME!
THE NEW GOODS AT
A. K. WRIGJIT & SONS,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Having just returned from the eastern cities
w are now opening a full stocK of seasonable
goods, at our rooms on Second street, to which
they respectfully invite the attention ot tne pun
lie renerallv. Our assortment is unsurpassed
in this section, and is being sold very low for
cash. The stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS
of the hast nnalitv. such as Prints, Dotaines.Alna
aas. Merinos. Uinghams ; Muslins, bleached and
unbleached ; Drillings. Tickings, cotton and Wool
Flannels. Cassimers, Ladies' Shawls, Coats, Nu
bias. Hoods. Hoop skirts, Balmorals, kg.. Ac. all
of wHich will be sold low for cash. Also, a fin
assortment of th best of
MENS
WEAR
consisting of Drawers and Shirts, Hats and Caps,
Boots and shoes, Handkerchieftt cravats, eto.
Also, Raft Rope, Dog Rope, Raltina Augurs
and Axes. Nails and Spikes, Tinware, Lamps and
Lamp wicks and chimneys, etc., eto.
Also. Queenswar. Glassware . Hard ware, G roc
ries. and spices of all kinds. In short, a general
assoitment of every thing usually kept In a retail
atore. all eksap for cask, or approved country
produce.
Nov.2S-jalO-nol3. WRIGHT k SOSS,
g A M U E L I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AXD
JEWELER,
Ciiiinuif, Pa.
All work warranted to give satisfaction. A
good assortment of Watch-glasses and Kojj al
ways on hand. '
Kooms OB Second Street, oppnsito the Court
Bouse. Maroh 2. 1870-tf.
WINE & LIQUOR STORE
L L. REIZENSTEIN & CO.,
DIALBRS IK
WIXES AND LI Q UORS,
MARKET STRKET, CLEARFIELD, PA.
A good assortment for medical purposes always
on hand.
January 27. lS69-m.
UNITED STATES BONDS,
BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANGED,
ON MOST LIBERAL TERMS.
0 OLD
BOUGHT and SOLD ot MARKET RATES.
COUPONS CASHED.
PACIFIC 11. It. BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
STOCKS
BOUGHT and SOLD on COMMISSION only.
Aeconnts received and interest allowed on daily
balances subject to check, at sight.
D HAVEN '& BIM).,
40 SOUTH Sn STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
March 2. lS70-ly.
M K N s''
Y O U T II S'
AND BOY S
CLOTHING.
The undersigned having recently added
KEADT-MADE CLOTniNG
to his former business, would respectfully
solieit an examination of his stock. Heirg
a practical Tailor be flatters himself
that he is able to offer a better
lass of ready-made work
than has heretofore been
brought to this mar
ket. Any on wishing to buy goods in this line
would save money by calling at his store,
and making their selections. Also,
a full supply of Gents'furnlshicg
goods always on hand.
Feeling thankful for past favors, ho would re
spectfully solicit a continuance of th
same.
April 28, 1869. II. BRIDGE.
870.
JUNE.
1870.
SPRING STYLES!
I Intend to Fi(j7tt it Out on
This Liner
. AVM . REED,
Market Street, Clearfield, Ta.
DRESS GOODS,
FANCY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
TRIMMINGS,
LADIES' AND GENTS'
F URN IS IIIN G" GOODS,
HATS, CAPS,
Lndies', Misses' and Childrens' Shoes,
AT POPULAR PRICES
The entire stock on hand will be sold at
PRESENT VALUE,
and the stock will be replenished every
sixty days, with the choicest and
best goods in the market.
SHAW'S ROW,;
(a few doors west of the Postoffice,)
CLEARFIELD, PA.
February 2, 1870.
. a i , ti' i ,rima artiel of ground
SwaAlIt'.! ipafntsacas.
atthftciol -
CCRWE58VILLS ADVERTISEMENTS,
AMERICAN HOUSE,
CurwenovilleY P-
Having taken charge of thi weii-WB rtotel,
tbe undersigned would respeotfully solieit a share
of the. public patronage. Travelers will find th
accommodations equal to thot. of any other hous
in this section. Charges moderate
ee a. lSHS-tf. JOHN J. REED, Prop'r.
QLEA11FIELD NURSERY. Encocb--o.i
kACB 1Iome Industry. The nnderMgn
ed havmg established a, NBrg.ry.om th. pfk.
halfway between Curwensville ad Cle.rfi.4-
lioroughs, is prepared to tarnish all kiodsof Frui
trees, (standard and dwarf,) Evergreea-. fbrulr
bery.Urapo ines, Gooseberry, Law to a Blaek
berry, Strawberry and Raspberry vine. Al
SibrianCrab trees Quince and early EearletRhea
barb. Ac. Orders promptly attended to. Addre
A ggS' J.D. WRIGHT, Carweo.Till
C! J. HAYES, Surgeon Dentm, Office
?." Mam Street, Ctirwengville, Penn'a.,
ill make professional visits for tb eonvni
enceof of the public commencing in April. fc69
as follows.vix : Lutbersburg first Friday of every
month ; Ansonville.first Monday of every anonth :
Lumber city, first Thursday of every month -spending
two days in either plao. All ordes for
work should be presented on the day af bis arri
val in each place.
IV Teeth extracted by the application of local
anesthesia, comparatively without pain. All
kinds of dental work guaranteed.
N- K. Th publie will please notioe. that Ir.
11 , when not engaged in tbo above visits, may be
found in his office injCnrwensville. (p l,'6 ly
JEW FOUNDRY
in Curwenaville.
The undersigned having entered int. ce part
nership, in th FOUNDRY BUSINESS, ia
Curwensville. would inform the publie that they
keep on hand, and will manafaotur to erd.r,
ricnvs, Cultivators,
THRESHING MACHINES,
Stoves, etc.,
and vry other description of articles generally
made in a country foundry.
Terms reasonable. Old metal taken la ex
change for work.
A shareof patronage is respectfully solicited.
JACKSON ROBISOX
Fcb.2.V70-ly. JAMES M. WELCH.
CHEAPER ihan the CHEAPEST."
GOODS AT PiEDUCED PRICES,
JUST RECEIVED BT
ARNOLD & HARTSHORN,
Curwensville, Pa.
(Ouc door West First Nat. Bant.)
naving just returned from the East with a com
plete assortment of Goods, suitable for tb Spring
and Summer trad., wear now prepared to fur
nish all kinds of Goods
"CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST."
And after thanking onr customers for their lib
era! patronage during the past year, w would
mo.-t respeotfully ask for a continuance of th
earns. Our stock consists of
DRY GOODS.
NOTIONS.
HARDWARE.
QUEENSWARE,
WOOD AND
WILLOW-WARE,
GROCERIES.
BOO TS 4- SHOES,
HATS 4- CATS,
CLOTHING,
CARPETS',
TOBACCOS, Et.
Also. Flour, Bacon, Salt, Fish, Grain, Ac, Ae., all
of which will be sold on the most reasonable
terms, nd the highest market price paid for
Grain Wool and all kinds of lumber and country
produce.
Please give ns a call before purchasing elsewhere.
Satisfaction guaranteed as to quality and prices.
ARNOLD A HARTSHORN,
Tor. Main a Thompson Sta.
April 20,"70 Curwensville, Pa.
SQUARE TIMBER.
E. A. Ikvin & Co.,
Being specially engaged in tb business of buy
ing and selling SQUARE TIMBER, would repre
sent that they are now prepared to pnrohase tim
ber, deli vorid at either Cr wensville, Lock Haven
or Marietta., or will take it at any of these point
and sell on commission, making such advanees as
arc necessary.
Thos engoged In getting out timber will find
at our store in Curwensville, a very large itoek
of STAPLE GOODS, ef all descriptions.
ALSO,
FLOUR,
MEAT,
RYE,
OATS,
CORN,
and everything necessary for use ef Lumberman.
RAFT KOPK.of alliiies.kept on band in large
quantities, and sold at a small advance, by th
e
coil. Also, PULLET BLOCKS, SMALL R&PK, A.
Special inducement offered to thos manufac
turing Squar Timber.
E. A. IRYIK A CO.
Curwensville. Jan. 12,1870.
GROUND ASD CNGROO'D SPICES, Citron
English Cnrranta, Essence Coffe,and Vine
gar of th best quality. for sale by
Jan. 10. HARTSWICK IRWIK.
N
AIL3 k BPIKES theehpeatlntheenBty
THE highest market prices paid for Shioelee
by J. SsHAW A &02f .
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