The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-12
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SsA Coming-the holidays.
nsa=, In demand-brier root pipes.
neg- Out of demand-bufalo robes and tin
tinnabulatory fxins.
nsa. Large-the attendance at Court this
week.
~. nuisance-our present mail arrange
ment.
nsa. Quere: Would i: be proper to call
soldier who had engaged in the battle at Ma
nassas, Bully Runner?
ggZy% Read chapter XXXV of the History Of
Cambria county, published in to-day's paper.
1t is interesting
gea- We can't o6ljdgs YOU'D. & S.
Yes you can-commend US to your lexicog-
rapher.
ss- United States senators arc defined as
men who receive $4,000 year for trying TO be
President.
ga- It is said that "a word to the 'gjse is
sufficient" But it is otherwise with those
who are otherwise.
ssa- Punkins has very shrewdly observed
that when the great acronauu of the army is
on terra ffrma he is LOWE. but when he goes
up in his balloon he is high.
g.y~ Punkins proposes TO keep the Ebens-
burg and Wilmore Plank Road open by ad-
minstering to it an occasional dose of salts.
Rather a novel idea, it must be confessed
say~ Enoch Lewis, Esq, General Superin-
tendent, and w. II. Wilson. Esq, Resident
Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, both
of Altoona, were in town on Saturday last.
nsa.. An exchange adyertises for compost
tors .'who won't get drunk and adds that
':the editor does all the getting drunk neces-
sary to support the dignity of the establish
ment."
seg~ The Hollidaysburg S,andcrd says that
Que friend of the D. & S. is the handsomest
editor in Cambria county.
Every one to his taste, as the old lady re
marked after kissing her COW.
Ha, Our Devil says he absolutely saw line
run and Il plank-1cGlh, both in the same day.
But our Devil is, unfortunately, a good deal
like the editor of the D. & S.-scmewhat Civ
en- to romancing.
1w% The Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad
is a fixed fact etc. Selah Cam. Tribune.
The word .'Selah' is supposed to signify a
change in the musical performance of a song.
Used as above. it means, "Lets whistle anoth-
er tuner' Applicable.
m- The Blair county Wig says the Prince
of Wales is about to make tour through
Turkey.
AS the holiday season is approaching, it is
quite likely that Turkey will also make tour
through the Prince of Wales.
gsg~ We notice that some of our cotempo-
raries have been publishing the "Star-Span-
gled Banner and the RED, White and Blue, ,"
every week since the commencement of the
War. Our Devil protests against this, for the
reason that it is making our Flag threadbare.
gsa- Col. Charles J. Biddle, a newly-elected
Congressman from Philadelphia, has recently
written letter which has provoked some Sc
we're criticism, and made him numerous enc
mics. Charles has been rather popular OF late.
Nicholas Biddle was popular too, at one time;
bat -
BEy~ One has right to expec: an anoma-
lous termination to such an anomalous war
as this is. The South is fighting for just what
they have always had, and the North is fight
ing to make them share equal rights and priv
ileces with themselves in a perfectly free
Government.
nSa- The following morceau is commended
to the consideration of a confding public with
fear and trembling:
Wherein is the most apparent resemblance
between our Ebensburg and Cresson enter
prise, and Dizzard Of the d. & s. Why,
one evidently as Rail Road, and the other un-
doubtedly ought to be Rail Rode.
pgly- A terrible tragedy transpired at Maple
Ridge, Pennsylvania, Il few days ago. Two
brothers, William and Moazo Latin, became
engaged in a quarrel, when Alonzo struck
William ferocious blow with an axe, cutting
his head open through the forehead and nose
The injured man was alive at last accounts
but there was hardly any hope of his recovery
Gsas Biddle, the successor of E. JOY Morris
in Congress, was elected as IL Union cauli-
date. He is the illustrious author of tive
letters-one written before the election, tc
catch Republican votes the other since the
election, to insult the Republicans who voted
for him Bully for Biddle!
! His second letter proves that he
| Should spell his name hence with 2.
gG5~ \ French bishop lately gave the fol
! lowing theological view of crinoline: 'Le
women remember, while putting on their pro