The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-07-02
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ALTOONA, June %, 1868.
EDITOR CAMBRIA FREKMAY-If in your iud 2.
ment this Is worthy of place in the columns Ot
your spicy sheet, you will favor me by inserting
1t. But must confess, as this is my first at
tempt at writing for n new spaper, l approach
the task with some trepedition and many mis-
Slvlngs as to my success. Ny motive though
nope, will be sufficient apology for tie rash
act.
You have two correspondents in this CT eat
mount ain city who, in my Judgment, WELD the
pen with much more power than prudence. and
ior whose especial benefit l now Undertake tlli ;
10 me hercuean task but for aught | know i;
may og productive of great events, for you
know, Mr. Editor, it was only an accident that
gave to science that great man, Sir Isaac New
ton The mere accident of Il crab-apple tree
falling on his thick skull had the effect of met
amorpnsing him from an obtusc bov TO the
I most acute philosopher of his day. And who
/ Knows but this desire of mine 20 change these
CRAB id correspondents tone To the sublime or
GRAVE, (tor, like Newton, have studied gray
( lty, may reveal TO myself and TO an admiring
/ world some hidden power-some dormant facul-
ues-Wh.ch may prove beneficial to my fellow
"orkmen, for am 4 mechanic There are
| various KIND OF accidents, as you know, and
taey VIII sometimes happen in the best rcgula-
tea 1amIlies as we'll as on the best conducted
railroads. For instance an accident happened
I to the Republican family some time ago, and
! for this reason that beautiful and harmonious
{
House His Accdency Now the Rads saw
that accident was a erushcr to them, and call il
| bad. But this accident of mine may be a good
| ono, as it may develop my latent literary powers.
/ My object is harmony in the family. "'Twas
| harmony, heavenly harmony" of which the
/ poet sang, but my memory fails me and / can
not finish the sentence. But your correspond
I ents are full OF LITTER ature, and they will
dCrstand.
/ think your old correspondent, ct. l. NJ :"
I NO. nj Co., =,
which he knew nothing, viz Miss ST. Clairs
lecture 4 correspondent should be careful
not to relate anything but facts. This thing of
drawing on the Imagination Is very near akin
TO telling fbs, and very often makes trouble,
as il did in this case. But | think ''Silly Bov"
might have said enough to ct. |. N - himself
without al udiHg TO the "masheen, as he terms
it, because such allusions work against the har-
mony of our party. and We must be united to
be successful.
r When think that these corr espondeuts quar-
relied about a woman talking in Democratic
club loom. am inclined to laugh at their ver-
dency Why, bic you, 10 you not know that
Paul Il think it is Paul the Apostle) avs that
n woman should not talk in church And vet
l have often been scandalized at them for VIC
! lating this precept Stop woman from talk
ing Hoity toity do you not know theY can
not help 1t It IS an uncomfortable weakness
the sex have, and l believe they would burst If
they were prevented from talking at least
some would who IN know in this neck of woods
And they do not 20 to Newfoundland for their
subjects either, for their neighbors furnish food
enough to CRAFTY their tastes in this particular
Oh the DANCE; of this controversy between
IT. /. M and the "SiIly Boy" causes q thrill
Of horror to run through me when l reflect up
on the cause of the Trojan war The seige of
Troy, we are told, lasted ten years-and all
about a woman. Now / do not know that
Helen of Trojan lame eloquent or beau
titu as Miss St. Clair, not having seen either
OF them, but history says Helen was very cap
tivating. And Cleopatra of Egypt, in the land
Of Pharaoh, furnishes another Instance OF the
power of woman. 1t Is related OF her that she
conquered the conqucrors of fnstions-G enerlls
almost as skillful and renowned as Ulysses,
whom the monkey could not unseat. Yes, Gle
Opatra turned the heads OF those Generals round
and round much faster and with more effect
than did the mule carry Ulysses round and
round the circus ring.
Now l hope my wife won't find out ANYTHING
| said about woman's weakness for talking, as
| am an admirer myself of the fair sex, ana am
charmed with their conversations when speak
ing UPON any subject but their neghhors or the I
fashions. l also hope your correspondents will /
not accuse me of assimIlatiDg their productions /.
to old women's talk. Oh, no indeed! l think |
they are smart and their pieces sublime, espe- /
ciaily "T. l. Ms" only | want har rony in /
the party, and especially among the officers Of |
our club
that | studied gravity. Your correspondents .
remind me very much of ''SPooney Ogle's" t
eagle. Ogle WAS Congressman from the |
Somerset district and made himself famous or .
notorious by smelling through Van Buren's |
kitchen, and estimating the cost of furnishing
the house and he reported to Congress the |
extravaganza of President Van Buren, and !
enumerated all his silver spoons. Butler had /
not been there. you see, at that time } and from
this fact lie gained the name of Spoonev Ogle.'
But although Ogle did not resemble Butler ex-
acty il the spoon business, l think he did in
another particular. He had BEEN Democrat
and became Wing. However, Ogle. while a !
Democrat, attended Democratic celebration
of the Fourth of July, and had toast all cut /
AMI dry. He thought he had committed it to
memory, and threw away the manuscript
Whom he took his glass to deliver himself he
said Here's to the American Eage !''-his
memory heirg at fault he had to stop but
scratching his craniIlfn he commenced again
" Here's to the American Eagle-he spreads his
wings and scars aloft," (another pause memo
~ again at fault) For the third time he es-
sayed the toast, and succeeded in getting ont
Here's TO the American Eagle-he spreads
his wings and scars aloft, and-and' - scratch
ing his head and looking confused and irritated)
-"and, damn it, he shows" So | think of
"T. 1. NJ" and "Silly Boy" They spread
their wings and scared aloft-2ord made show
of themselves. Yours, SILLIER.
TT IS well known that at V 5. Bankers store
is always to be found the largest, best and
cheapest stock of dress and dry goods, groce-
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