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

| their houses
| ''Felix, this is too horrible cor---"
'sThe scorers are 70 go around and
! pick out the victims scoring them on the
! back, so that the slayers will know Them.
| The arrangement of mines is alone sus-
! picious. Nine has always been a myste-
| rious number 1t ia determined, also,
| that each nine is TO clope with e feminine
This is modelled on the celebrated action
! of Romulus IN the case of the Sabine wo-
| men. If you rocoliect, Rome GOT mp and
howled on that occasion. Po!ygarnv Is
to be allowed when the slaughter is over" "
''There must be some mistake here,
| Felix-''
'OUt on foul means to lit men on
the head without warning, and launch
them into eternity. / know all their Sc
crets. To catch on the first bound means
that some men are TO be completely tied
! with the lasso before the crowd rushes ont
on them. 'Out on fly refers TO tie
manner in which those who endsayo. to
escape by running will be treated. They
| will be shot dead in their tracks"
''Felix, you must see the Mayor about
| this instantly"
"a home rum is when some frantic
Republican rushes to his home and seeks
| refuge in the bosom of his family. These
will be boiled in red-hot oil, and their
skeletons sold TO Democratic medical
schools. snatch games are those whore
bodies of men have ba-ricaded themselves
! in houses. The buildings Will be under
mined, the cellars filed with gunpowder,
and the whole concern touched of with
! slow MATCH"
''Ycu are certainly the victim of some
wild delusion, Felix" l said.
''No, I'm not, l tell you. know them.
Those sticks they call bats will be reod
to brain thick headed Republicans with
They are poisoned at one end, and when
they sink into your skull you are q goner
! without doubt"
go, pshaw this cannot possibly be,
you know"
"And you know those balls which those
fellows have, sometimes in eases Wei,
they are filled with nitro -elycerine ani
Greek fire, and they VIII be thrown into
Republican mass meetings. They are
warranted TO kill six hundred men apiece.
| know the man that makes en-
SOB, you are excited lie down aai
try TO get nap" said 1. ''It will scon
wear Off"
''The spikes in their shoes are intended
| TO stamp on fellow when Base Batler
gets him down and has to wait for help.
The spikes run through him and pin him
to the pavement, you understand That's
what they mean by innings It's 'iu-
ming when they get one of these things
jabbeb into your vItals. Haven't yor-'
''Felix, my boy, you have been grossly
! deceived. 1t can't -"
Haven't you noticed those fellows often
when they were playing, go to one side
and drink something out of a tin cup ur
! a flask Well, that was BLOOD hot
blood they do it TO make them fie4ce
! and cruel. They are at work now, all
through this town, I tell you. They
| daren't do anything openly yet, but their
internal work has begun They operate
at night. They don't walk-they fit.
| Each man has wings. That's What 'bat'
means; they fly around and steep their
| hands in gore. You can often hear thsir
peculiar cry. Every man has a deep
voice. When they vel! it is a bass bawi.
| THAT'S what they take their title from"
''Felix, you don't seem we'll. This
! can -
! ''You recollect all those railroad acci-
dents that have occurred lately! All these
coal oil explosions, and earthquakes, and
/ dog bites, and fires. and cases of bilious
| fever 7 Well, that's their work. That's
| what they're at. L tell you that there
won't be a solitary Republican alive in
/ this town on the first of next September.
That's SO, now. know, know that"
Felix, this is terrible"
''That they've got grips and pass words,
and all that sort OF thing, and every time
! club goes out of town under the pre-
| tense Of playing match games, they stop
and examine all the railroads preparatory
TO ripping them up, ard eating the tele-
graph wires. If you leave home next
summer you'll never come back, mark my
word,
And Felix O'posd withdrew and left
me to mediate upon this fresh horror.
i have asked myself, over and over
again, can this thing be and tho answer
has always been, yes. L. is time this
community was alarmed and made to IN
derstand its perilous position by plaeiry
these facts before them have done nv
duty, and will probably be sacrificed for
it by the first base ballst / meet, But l
am courageous and self-sso-iicirg. This
thing must be pat down, and am ready
TO take the consequences Of my devotion.
and to save my fellow-men at the risk Of
my life.
Il. B-T any Of my fellow men find
their hearts over1owing with gratitude.
and wish to get rid of their properly b.
fore the final catastrophe comes, a linz
sent TO this Office will reach me.