The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-05-28


ted by so competent workman as our old boss.
! Descended the stairs, entered the portals be-
meath, and stood in the presence of our big
! hearted, big bodied and big listed friend Jim
| Cramer, who does n thriving business in dealing
| out fresh groceries and provisions to the hun
| cry mortals in that vicinity who know where
! the most and the best can be obtained for the
least money, and who also know where to be-
stow their custom upon one of the most worthy
and accommodating gentlemen between sunrise
! and sunset. Allah
Made it point to visit many other talented
BU(R)GERs, not excepting Teutonic musical
| friend, @. O Burg, (no relation tOcoburg cloth,)
! j. Nj. Pircher, the we'll known clothier, who
| understands what to buy and how to buy it, and
Is too honest man to ask more than a reason
| able profit on his goods when he sells them, and
! that other perfect brick'' (make), t. H.
| Met with generous greetings worthy of bestow
| al on a better man, and felt that our lines had
indeed been cast in pleasant 1laces, with no de-
/ tedt in the casting.
Spent the evening and a few other things
most pleasantly at the festival then being held
| in the large and splendid school rooms OF st.
! Mary's Academy for boys. An immense throng
| of fair women and stalwart men crowded the
commodious halls and everything went merry
| as marriage bell.' Invested ten cents In the
name of the three year Old juvenile who calls
! US "Papie." The stamp drew larse and los
! cicus sponge cake bearing some very tasty hier
! oglyphcs done up IN white sugar. ReJoiced at
the turn events had taken, or rather at the turn
| the diminutiYe keg had taken on its axis, and
| was led home uncomplainingly by the woman
! who has promised to take care of US for the bal
! ance of our days. Felt satisfied that the fesu-
val was an excellent institution, that the ladies
and gents who were running the machine did 1t
most agreeably and in aid of noble canse, and
that those who partook of the pleasures and
refreshments so abundantly furnished, and so
palatably spiced with excellent music from st.
Mary's brass band, thereby contributed their
mite in liquidsting the debt which has necessa-
riy accrued in the erection of such substantial,
commodiouS and magnificent school buildings
, as those which have been reared through the
untiring energy and Christian zeal of the faith
full, devoted, beloved and most amiable pastor
of st. Mary's congregation, Hollidaysburg.
Sunday was got over without going fishing,
il We except that kind of fishing which our Sa-
viOur commended to st. Peter, and in that we
bore out our patronym by taking the part of the
| fish. Monday morning we lett our family to
complete the visiting contract, and turned our
steps homeward. On reaching Altoona found
we had time enough to make pop visit to that
prince of insurance and shipping, agents-one
the biggest little men who vegetate IN this or
any other bailwick-Bob Kerr. We shall not
attempt to describe the magnificent rooms oc
cupied by our friend Bob, but all that money,
taste and enterprise could make them they are,
while the proprietor himself is most genial
gentleman and experienced business man, and
represents all the leading and best insurance
companies in the country. Mr.. Kerr is of
course prospering, as every man possessed OF
such untninS energy and pleasing address de-
serves to prosper.
We cannot nor should not close this proli1
sketch without alludins TO one or two other i'm
Portant business houses in the embryo city
The first and We believe the only strictly whole
sale business establishment founded i'll Altoona
is that of Mr.. John j. Potter, Virginia street,
near Annie. Mr. Potter deals extensively in
Tobacco md nd
Boots, Shoes, n Notions, and many other articles
in which merchants generally deal. He says
that he can sell cheap Rs his Eastern breth
ren, and that purchasers. can save the freight
between the two points by buying fro m him
We know Johns word to be as good as old
wheat, his stock to be fresh and complete. and
to our mercantile friends everywhere we say
give him a trial and he will treat you honora-
bly, and literally.
The mammoth establishment of the Altoona
warehouse Company, we were pleased to learn,
Is attracting the attention of our orthern Cam
bra friends. A Company with such facilities
for doing business, and such a commendable
disposition to buy and sell on fair and Just
terms, cannot be loLg in winning its way to a
liberal and appreciative public patronage.
And now let US say that We concluded our
trip without further adventure worth mention
ing, and are again at home, fully prepared to
execute all kind of job work or furnish the
FREEMAN to new subscribers at the low price of
two dollars per principally cash.
SOMETHING extraordinary in the show line
is to make its appearance In Ebensburo
referred to is entitled THE Great American |
Exposition Of Circus and Trained Animals |
undoubtedly the largest and most perfectly |
equipped troupe of any that has started out |
this season. Tho company halls from Phila- |
delphia, under the management of Messrs |
Hemmings, Cooper and Whitby, and is |
everywhere spoken of in terms Of highest |
eulogy. BY adve' tisement and superb pos
ters displayed around town, we learn that
on the morning of the day of exhibition the
company will make their grand entrance in
full dress procession, parading the principal
streets, accompanied with music, etc. The
magnificent pageant displays the stock and
material of the great show, attracting thOus~
ands from the adjoining towns, and for it's
novelty and excellence, drawing immense
crowds to witness the daring spendors of
tbs circus, and the performance Of the finest |
meaagerie of trained animals ever exhibited |
on this continent.
THE COMING FAIR.-Little has been said of |
late in regard to the Fair in aid of the new |
Catholic church edifice in this place, but the
ladies connected with the congregation have
p-ratiOns for the proposed festival and will open
it out in "full feather at the Town Hail. on |
Monday evening next OF course it is hoped |
that everybody, strangers well as citizens,
viii encourage BY their presence and aid by |
their means this effort to secure material aid |
on behalf of so worthy and necessary an Object. |
Liberal provision has been made to entertain
visitors in pleasant and agreeable manner
and an abundance of good things will be served |
up to all who wish to indulge at any time
throughout the continuance of tae Fair A |
large number of valuable and beautiful articles |
wiii be Offered for competition, and IN oppor
tunity will be afforded everybody to secure n
hands ome and desirable prize at very small |
outlay. We earnestly trust that a spirit of |
hberality and commendable zeal will actuate all
classes IN patronizing this agreeable mode of
aiding an excellent project.
ARRESTED ON A SERIOUS CHARGE-Thos.
Mullaly, 4. resident of Washington township,
was arrested ON Thursdayilast and brought to |