The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-19
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the former Steward having removed his.
The County owned nothing i'll the apartments
occupied by the Steward-that is to the best
OF my recollection. My memory is failing,
but ! believe the above to be correct.
WM. PALMER.
Mr.. Kaylor bought a small bill of goods
from me for the Poor House in November
last-the OILY goods he ever bought from me.
/ sent up my bill in full. aud received an or
der for the full amount. l never said he had
an interest in buying from me.
Cyrus HART.
Mr.. Eaylor bought some goods from us
for the Poor House last fall. We sent up
our bill in full and received an order for the
full amount. Never said he had an interest
in buying goods from US. He never bought
anything from Us but this Que bill. Mr..
kaylor never asked US to allow him any per
centage on goods bought from US for the Poor
House. On the contrary, be tried to buy
those goods at the lowest cash prices, and
they were sold at that.
Three competent witnesses were present
when the goods were purchased, and they are
ready to testify to the correctness of the
above. KkESS & co.
Witnesses-Jacob FroLh User, Lewis Pitt,
Geo. Englebach,
In the Fall of 1866 sold some corn at the
Kayler counted it over and said it was drawn
too high. He told me he could not alter it
and we could fix it again, or he would buy
some buckwheat flour. Thus matters re-
manned until week or two before he left
the Poor House. l met him in Ebensburg.
lie told me l owed balance and had better
pay it. l asked who l should pay it to. He
said ''To me or to the Treasurer" By this
time &. Oatman passed by. | asked him If
he was the appointed Treasurer, aud he said
he was. l told him | owed the County SI7
by an order had receiv, d, and was wiling
to pay. but l wanted to know who the pro-
per person was to receive it. lie told me
when the Board met he would call their at
tertion to it. l requested him to drop me a
few lines and l would pay it, and he d j so.
w. j. BUCK.
was Director OF the Poor in 1858 when
Kaylor took charge of the House. The Coun-
ty owned nothing in the Stewards apart
ments. He brought his furniture, etc, with
him. We were asked to furnish two rooms,
but declined. He then furnished them at his
own expense. Messrs. O'Hara, Palmer and
myself held a private conversation and con-
cluded that the Stewards salary was suffi-
cient to enable him to buy his own furni>
ture. MICHAEL MCGUIRE.
To put these insinUations at rest, | have
called upon the persons implicated, who
thus answer for themselves. | could fnd
out nothing of an order in the hands Of Mr..
Coans. l know no such person.
About the last of November the Directors
went to Johnstown. Thomas went to Hart
and hress Il Co. and proposed to do the vet
thing which he would now, if he dared,
charge others with doing. l do not ask did
he do this-I say he did ask these men what
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buy from them. Spurned, as he deserved to
be, he meanly charges his own guilt upon
others. For this trip these men charged the
county $50. In all my official dealings |
defy any man to say that | ever proposed
anything Of this kind
John Tierney brought my grain cradle tc
the Poor House. He was working there
Only two cradles were ever bought by the
county, and they are there now. | took Que
| with me, but the assertion that ever charged
anything for it is a deliberate lie l bought
a basket and tub. telling Mr.. Huntley that
they were to replace similar articles worn
out. If there is anything wrong in this ]
assume the blame. Those pigs | got from
your brother in law, McDermitt, after he wal
in charge Of the House. | took more fowl.
there than l took away, but what l took
away l got from yourself You st ood by
had any objection that was the time to make
it known You have no right to speak of il
now. You were there by my invitation. ]
was warned of your slanderous disposition.
A year ago | bought with my own money
q never had a dollar of any otber) from a
pedar some table linen This ! removed
How closely did some one watch ? Further,
during seven years furnished the table linen
for the Poor House. II the slanderers will
go to Edward Roberts they will find me per
sonally charged with such goods. think a
similar charge will be found on Shoe enaker's
books. l buy and sell cattle to the best pos
sible advantage. The childish prate about
''Slght unseen" is too silly for notice. AS to
buggy hire, took very good buggy there.
When leaving | offered to sell it for $25-
the Directors preferred to pay for its use,
500. They also paid my wife 500. If
either OF these acts was wrong what power
had l to compel such action ? A majority
OF the Board were hostile to me- No Direc-
tor now in Office ever voted for me. A SIN
gle negative would have defeated those mea-
sures- One Director cannot do business
Why did you do these things? l had four
cows, recently purchased. These removed.
of course. This, too, occurred on Jan. I'd
The Directors were there, but nothing was
said. They knew whose cows they were.
l am asked almost daily to describe the
character and condition of the stuff brought
from town to the Poor House. 1t is said
that it did not all come from one house. So
far / have said nothing about it.
During nine years 1 never had dollar of
public money-always paid exorbitant prices
always was at disadvantage on this ac-
count. The Commissioners and Directors
were always at variance. The former, year
after year, levied more poor tax than was
asked. OF course we had the credit ofspend-
ing all this money. Legislation was finally
obtained TO restrain the Commissioners from
thus acting, but to this day thousands of dol
laIs of poor tax remain in their hands, di-
verted from its lawful purpose. I have the
documents signed by the Commissioners to
prove this. No occasion existed for this
mean quarrel parted from the Board on
good terms. They sought something to di-
vert attention from their own indefensible
acts. trust [ have done with them, not
wishing to follow every stray insinuation
nor deeming myself able TO contend with
half of Ebensburg. These calumuiators are
welcome to ali the self-approval which their