Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-18
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PEN AND SCISSORS.

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.;.;. 70 this Institution in company witt,
: Glass Esq, one of the Directors, and
,rnbsr Of Ladies'. It contains at the pres
~, tine 6fty-eye inulates-twenty-six males,
..,i tzerty:hine Iesheies.s Of this number,,.
.,tsen sre insane persoas, The inmates are
r.u cared fos by the steward, James III Der
nid Esq, and his amiable Lady. They all,
IN the exception of the insane, appear quite
.u,cnted. Everything about tie building
,rroperly arranged; good order and system
.,.ms to be universally enforced The Di-
,.c,ors were certainly fortunate in securing
A. .ervices of Mr. M'Dermitt as steward =.
The farm, under the charge Of alr. Gecfge
NcGOuch, is rapidly. improving, and will
sopbtless, in few years, produce enough of
Grain, &c, to supply the institution.
The insane department contains severr,, CA
s Of hopeless iusapity: After visiting this
depsrtuepf, We felt hQo true were the obser-
saflous Of Addison There is not sight in
Nature 50 mortifying. as that of distracted
persoD Eben his imagination is troubled and
bis whole soul disordercd and confused. Bah
rlon in ruin, is not So melancholy specta.
Gle. What an advantage this faculty gives
~ Almighty Bcipg over the soul of man,
and how great measure Of happiness or mis-
cry we are capable of receiving fron, the i'm
,ginatiOn only"
The present Board Of Directors certainly
merit praise, for the manner in which they
b.v. discbar ged the many onerous duties
which hive dcvolyed on them. The building
cne of the best of the kind III the State:
tie farm is rapidly improving; the grounds
uound the building are being fitted up and
improved i'll an appropriate ana tasteful man
ner; economy, without parsimoniousnes,, has
k.D Observed throughout, ard the tax payers
| dC,mbra certainly owe the D irectors debt
fgrattuds. The Office is one which does not
ny but Is Of great importance to tue pco-
pc, and they should always be careful in Sc
letting the 7icht kind Of men to Gil it.
tg- We clip the following from com
uunication dated from Bedford Springs,
V-ich we find in the columns of late num-
5e' CT the Philadelphia Ledger. The writer,
s1er describing the reception of President
Buchanan at the Springs. the welcome of his
friends &c, goes on to say
After exchanging greetings with the nnx-
ious crowd, among whom were many ladies,
Mr.. B aud as many as could be acc0mmo-
dated sat down 10 most beautiful Horrest
Hon, dinner 70 which ample Justice was
done BY aH Amongst the prominent ger
temen present were w b. Foster, Vice
Prest Penn. Railroad, II Magraw, State
treasurer, W. Fed Giles, of Baltimore, Col
hnver, of Frederick, Md. Mr. Shields. of
iubria, MessTs. Roddy d 8s,,ford. of Som
mc; Col O. c. Hartly. Of Texas, together
'tt many of the prominent citizens OF this
Nd adjacent counties
rs- We direct the attention of our read
n'o an advertisement of tlc IRON Cify Com
2cfi College which viii bo found in an
Asr c.l"mn q our paper this week This
'r1:a'l,y Tie best Commercial College i'll
-' Cui'oI States, apd We confidently rccom-
'"4 Il to tie patronage of al young men,
- *S" to acquire thorough business cd
'a1on, and become good clerks and accou1-
gs
~ The opposition Congressional Confer
vil! macs a: Juhus. ov on the Sth Of Sep
E20er The knowing ones in this neck of
'oots, say that Hon. Samuel Calvin of Blair
unity, will be nominated by the Conference.
a &c have no objections to urge Samuel
'nt heat Pershing. That's Sd.
AZ The rush of customers to Davis &
ass Variety Hall still continues. 1t is the
re to buy good and cheap Dry Goods,
'Serics, Provisions, &c. Don't forget to
L you wish to save your dimes.
PgLITN LITERATURE The advertisement
led the Great English Remedy; Clarke's
5" which We find occupying conspicu-
place in the advertising columns Of nearly |
IF our exchanges.
~ Our columns are rather crowded with /
FeTtIsenonts this week; this will not be the !
next week