The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25

ALTOONA, June Il, 1905.
Friend Nac-The friendly contest which
has been going on for some time past for a
beautiful toilet set, at the Catholic Fair, to
be voted to the most popular and amia6le
young lady in Blair county, was brought to
a close on Puesday last. II was a question
of no small magnitude to decide, for you are
well aware that our county is famous for its
handsome and worthy young ladies' There
was quite number of contestants for the
coveted prize from different portions of the
county, but Miss Agnes Stewart of this city,
having received the highest number of votes,
was thereby declared the most popular young
lady and the winner of the prize. 1t might
have been awarded to another equally mer-
itorious, but to one more deserving it could
not have been given. Miss Stewart possess
es in an eminent degree all the virtues and
accomplishments which adorn the female
character.
Perhaps the most valuable prize voted for
at this Fair was a wine set for the most pop
uIar running engineer on the Middle Divi-
sion of the Pa. r r. 1t was awarded to
Mr.. John Carr, one of the best, most efficient
and deservedly popular engineers in the en-
pIov of the Company.
Quite sad and distressing accident oc-
Cured here on Saturday last. A promising
young lad aged some nine or ten years, son
of Mr.. John Condo, had one of his legs al
most severed from his body by being run
over by several freight cars.
The RAIDS had lively meeting in this city
on Saturday night. Mr.. Bare, the Buckeye
Blacksmith, $50 called ) Southern carpet
bag ''loilist," was the speaker on the occa-
sion. He said he was an old Qying) line
Wing, seventy years of age, and that he
never knew of so much talent (?) being en-
bodied in any two men as is possessed by
Grant and Colfax. Mr.. Bare's marner is
rather pleasing and entertaining, but his
speech was made up principally of rehear-
sal of that political slang and misrepreseDta-
ton for which black and tan orators are 30
proverbiai.
The great question. Mac, which now agi-
tates the country with terrible emphasis is
whether the sacred honor and integrity of
this republic, and the liberties and rights of
its citizens, shall be given over to be prosti-
tuted and despoiled by ignorant, insolent
and degraded negroes, in the haads of Gun
ming, selfish. corrupt and unscrupulous pol
iticians2 If so the resplendent sun of all
our glorious fame, our intelligence, our pros
perity and our pride must hide itself forever
under the dark cloud of anarchy. ignorance,
superstition and ruin and Republic once
more glorious than ancient Rome must per
ish and disappear from the face of the earth.
Yours. &C., r. I. 81.
P. S. Oh, Mac. almost forgot to notice
silly effusion in the last issue of your paper,
the production of correspon lent in this
place who signs himself a silly CT simple
boy, don't remember which. 1t was su-
perhuous in him to sign himself silly, for
any one who would take the time to read
his production would naturally come to that
conclusion. Now, l would kindly suggest
to this ntakebate and scauenger of Hall's of
feel mean henry joe and his --, to re-
member two things: Thou shalt not lie;
thou shalt not steal. 7. [. NJ.
In DEMAND.-The Metropolitan Oil has
almost entirely taken the place of the carbon
oil in Ebensburg and vicinity. The people
have determined to use no oil but what they
can rely on as being perfectly safe and salts
factory. Enough lives have been sacrificed
by the use of carbon oil to caution everybody
against using it. NJ. L. Oatman, on High
street, keeps the Metropolitan Oil for sale.
Now is THE TIME.--A clear atmosphere and