The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-11-19


ipo The following brief notice of that vener-
able prelate and estimable man, Rev. Peter
Henry Lemk0, and as We are not able to
comply with the request, we have deemed
II best to reproduce the article from our
files. trusting that those of our readers who
have already perused it will not begrudge
the space it occupies:
TnE LKMKR AssocIATIoN-The citizens OF
Carrolltown have organized themselves into an
! Association with the above title. For its OBJ
| jects we refer TO the correspondence of "Iago,
| who, we believe, is an officer of the Society.
| The Association has done the editor OF the
| FREEMAN the honor of electing him an honor
| ary member. We do not now purpose TO dWeil
| upon the aims and purposes of this Society, but
| we DO purpose of speaking few words OF tne
| venerable man whose name has been adopted
| by the Association.
| PETER HENRY LEMKE, after serving many
| years with distinction in the wars that dcsola-
| ted Germany, left the army, and turning his at
| tention to theology, was some time after admit
| ted into the Catholic church, and subsequently
received the order of priesthood. After labor
| ing awhile in his vocation near his old home,
! he emigrated to the United States, and his ad-
vent into Cambria county was about the year
| 1894
! In Is4O there was no Catholic church In
! Cambria county north of Ebensburg and Lo-
| retto except a small log building known az st
| Joseph's some two miles northwest OF Carroll
| town. About this time Rev. Mr. Lemke took
up his residence at what is now the old monas
| tery building, on the west ride of CIrroltO wn.
| Here he commenced his labOrs, ar continued
! them until that infant settlement became the
! largest Ct ngregation in Cambria county.
The writer of this article remembers we'll be-
! ing on the spot where Carrolitown now stands
| in the summer of 1889 At that time the whole
settlement WAS known 'Hart's Sleeping
| Place." from the fact that Jacob Hart, an old
| German who traded with the Indians, had built
| hut in this locality, where he slept in his
| journeyings along the Kittanning Path from
! the eastern settlements to those west of the AL
| legheny mountains. More recently, however,
the neighborhood OF Hart's cabin began to be
designated as the WeaklaIrd Settlement -
while some three miles distant the clearing
| that was opened was known us the Luther
| Settlement"
Carrolltown is between these settlements,
| and at the period we refer TO was mostly vi: gin
forest. A small opening had been made and a
| cabin built by Mr.. John Campbell, whose sue
! cessOr in its occupancy Father Lemke became.
| Now, when the venerable priest visits tie scene
of his former laboIs, he finds borough num-
| bering some ) % iuhabitants-fne and taste full
! dwellings, good hotels. thriving merchants and
artizans, and a church among the very largest
in Western Pennsylvania, surrounded bv as in
dustrious and thriving an agricultural pOpula-
ton as cIu be found in the State. And ali this
| population industry and alth is mainly owing
man Rev p. II. Lemke
We shall not dwell upon the clsr'c cal labors,
the pIivationS, the tolls of Father Lemke, as
that is matter for a religious rather than a po
! ltical paper But all who read these lines will
agree with us in admiration of the moral worth
as we'll as the genial and unceasine flow of
kindness and warmth Of feeling that character
lied the mln.
Father Lemke now resides at Elizabeth, N
j., where he is the centre. rs he WAS here, of a
devoted congregation Long may he be spared
to them and long, long will he be held in
grateful remembrance by his old friends in
Cambria county, to whom he wac father and
benefa\or
The Lemke Assoc; alton. then, has adopted
worthy name, and only hope its members
may emulate the virtues and genial charities
which adorned his life and character.
CoNTEETNENT BE content as long as
your mouth is full and your body warm
Remember the poor; kiss your wife or
sweetheart; don't rob your nei2hbor'S turkey
roost nor Itpick an ed tors pocket in hope Of
getting anything; kick dull care to the
deuce or that other fellow, and be sure to
buy all the groceries you need, from a barrel
"f flour to link of bologna sausage, from
our next door neighbor Nj. L. Oatman, who
keeps the largest, the freshest, the most
varied and the cheapest assortment of gro
ceries. provisions, cigars, tobacco. cOnfec-
tioneries, etc, to be found in Northern
Cambria, and who is receiving the custom of
all classes because he merits it by fair deal
ing and by selling only the purest and best
of articles at the very lowest prices.
"DEMoREST's MONTHLY ''-The Christ
mas number of this admirable conducted
magazine is out, AMI is really gem. The
| fashions are profuse. the contents, literary
and artistic. of the highest class. There is
a beautifully illustrated Household depart
| ment. music. and each worth the cost of the
magazine. We do not see how any lady can
! afford TO be without it. 1t has, moreover,
none Of the frivolty of the ordinary class of
! fashion magazines, but much of the high
tone. and sensible. practical character uf the
best European Monthlies. Subscribe for it.
| s. per year, with premium. Published at
473 Broadway, \. \.
IMPRovEMENT-Mr. George Huntley has
| had a new roof put upon the rear portion of
| his extensive store room. and under the roof
be has now one of the most complete assort-
ments of goods in his line that is kept by
any dealer in the county. 1t is the height of
folly for any person to hope to do better an Y
where in the purchase of a cooking or heat
| ing stove. hardware. cutlery, groceries, and
hundreds of other things than they can do
with Mr.. Huntley. He buys right and sells
right. and is therefore the right man to deal
with. Let him have your custom.
DoING WELL We are pleased 20 learn
| that Mr. A. Ii. Faller has mot with very graf
| flying encouragement since opening his res
! taurant in the Cambria House building. He
commenced by reducing the price of oysters
and furnishing the largest and most luscious
ever served mp in this place. and it is not
strange that he should prosper. Oysters.
pigs feet. tripe, hot coffee. ETC.. is now his
bill of fare. He pays the highest price in
cash for pigs feet.
! GoDRY's LADY's BooK.-This valuable
monthly for December is before us, rich. as
usual, in literary matter, but richer still in
useful information for that sex whose object
| it is to amuse and instruct. We would sug-