The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-01-29
JoHNsTowN, Pa, JAM. 26. 1863.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, Jany &c, 1868.
Dear -ANeghonian Perhaps you don'i
/ know it, but it is nevertheless fact, that
among other wonderful and eminently big
things incident to this fast city of ours,
we are "some' on precocious prattlers.-
Smart little ba-hoys and fully matured
young misses of from three years old up
are almost as plenty with US as are leaves
in Nallambrosa or pewter mugs in der
Fatberland. | heard a man say the 9TH
er day that we enjoy altogether too undue
a proportion of the article-but that was
only his opinion.
However this may be, it cannot be
gainsayed that our three -yearolds are, to
borrow from the "slangular," rery "Hun-
key boys indeed
"Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable
and well qualified, when viewed in the
light Of contrast, to cause us who are
somewhat older now than we used to be
to feel older than we really are
And perhaps that's the reason why
the individual aforesaid so unanimously
voted them a nuisance.
'sTo resoom"
yentured the remark, as above, that
we contain within our limits large and
we'll selected assortment of juvenile pre-
cocity. BY way of confirmation, witness
what the TrlJune-not "H. g. s" but our
own Ii'sJune-places on record:
"Johnstown is abundantly supplied with
smart babies. Almost every parent you con-
verse with has smart baby. For instance
a little girl, just four years old, said, "Papa,
you ask me a question and III ask you a
question" "Wer." ''But, papa, you must
ask first ''Well, daughter, who vas the
first man ?" ''Why, Adam. Now, papa who
was the last man ?"
To be sure.
And this is not all, either
Another youngster-a quite discerning
one, of the boyish persuasion-propoun-
ded unto his paternal as follows:
"Paw-paw-can you tell me what is
the difference between a Loco-foco and a
Loco motive 2"
"Indeed l can't, my darby parting =
come now, what as the diff
"Paw-paw, it is this: the one runs
when nominated for office or big dog is
giving chase, while the other runs all the
time, Sundays excepted p
Why not :?
We have a great many smart babies
here
And | am, PIP.
Notices TO CoRRESPoNDENTs.-
CoJb:" By reference to the lamented n.
Webster's Unabridged, we find that the
word "pcromao"" signifies, 1st, lover or
wooer I'd, a mistress. So that, when
you dedicate your gem poetical to your
pordnaour, you do so somewhat grammat-
ically. Laonaorota, however, would prob
ably be better word-it is certainly
sweeter sounding, and, besides, contains
two more syllables than the other The
popular prediction, furthermore, leans
emphatically to the side Of the latter
and popular predictions should be re-
spected triae, you know.
\ QUESTION FOR MUDDY WEATHER.
Why don't our Borough Fathers, or any
other man or set of men, fabricatc some
sort of pavement from the Academy to
Railroad Depot, for the convenience of
passengers and business men generally !?
An answer is not expected to this quele-
action is what We want
In TowN,-Lieut. T. N. Flanagan aad
Ellis II. Williams, both of Co. T, l33d
Penn. Vols, are at home, the former on q
brief furlough, while the latter has been
discharged. They report the balance of
the company as being in good heait h
and spirits when they left Falmouth.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
IA Letters of administration on the estate
of Mary Rager, late of Jackson tp., Cambria
county, having been granted to the undersign-
ed, by the Register of said county, all persons
indebted to said estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or demands
against the same to present them to
GEORGE SHAFFER, Admir-.
Jan. %. lS63.-6t.
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