The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-07-02

I made pretty kettle of fish of it, Now there
! were IN TINS place, there are in most places
! a few bold, revolutionary reconstruction,
/ spirits, who were looked upon with suspicion
! as semi heterodox, who spent the most of the
tune loahng around the corners, whiting stick:
and chewing tobacco in good revolutionar,
style. Those, feeling that the opportunit1
makes the man, and that the opportunity had
arrived, boldly advocated the railroad scheme
ana strengthened their views with arguments
such a that if the road were built il wou d
oTe2 mp tho country, develop its resources, PRO
vide market Tor their produce (they didn't
mean tobacco spit and whittiiugs) ana minerals
such as coal and iron, etc 3, ETC. etc These
arguments began to influence the men; but Iii {
women, for once, Sod bless them stood ou,
10 man, and united in solid phalaux against
the road. This unexpected opposition had its
effects. l he men began TO waYer, and finally
10 iorsaISe The revolutionary party. The Older
oues~were actuated by fear-the Younger ones
were influenced by admiration for the fair sex.
One man, who was prematurely bald, and who
resemoled somewhat III appearance Mr.. Burg.
OF n ew ork, President of the Society for the
Prevention, etc.. etc, etc, with this difference
however that he did net wear golden lamb
Tor breast pin, as emblem of innocence
but ne wore vari coored brad wrought collar,
as an emblem of his wIFE's love and HIS subiec-
ton %, how the women delight in seeing the
men making fools of themselves D This an
cient Burg proposed that ther pass unanimous
Iy, a resolution that they DIsGCsrEp all railroad
encroachments for the following reasons Ist
1t would spoil their farms by making an ugly
yellow cash through them. 2I 1t would kill
their COWS, or scare them go that they would
not come home to be milked. 3D. Their horses
would scare at the whistle and throw them and
break their necks, or at easttheir legs, thereby
neceSsltating them to incur heavy expenses bv
way of doctors bills, and thereby, as 4 corolarv
OF the latter clause, encourage n surplus pop
nj. .,f 81,
means desirable in such d healthy locality
4th. That that eternal seesaw, up and down
wkstllng and snorting of the engine y ouId
addle their eggs, and thereby disappoint and
distress their cluckiug hens, (bere one of the
revolutionary party, with . squint- eve like p en-
Butler, said there WAS more danger OF adding
their heads, which caused a laugh0 and that it
would have the same d leterous effect on their
sweet milk rs if it were added by thunder
He3e arguments, which were applauded bv
All the women, were deemed conclusive, and
led the railroad scheme. Now the locomo-
tive putis and blows about one mile from this
place, but does not disturb its quiet The
cows, standing with their hoofs in the cool
brook, chew their cuds in sleepy luxuriousness.
he clucking hens rewarded for their per-
severance aud sedcntary habits with a numer-
oUs chirping brood, which they guard with
spreading wings and nervous anxiety. The
sweet milk is made into swecter butter and
day. and kuits and mods and knits away. The
busy housewife makes merry music with the
spinning wheel, ,.and sweeter far than many 4 Iii
PlOmaed miss can hammer out of a Chickerng
or " ebber piano, which Pa bought for her for
six or eight hundred dollars in hard ed
Cash. Sweeter, l say, for the hum of that
spinning wheel tells of home, of comfort ans
OF happy freSdes. It's monotonous muse Is
connected with all the happy mem
orlcs Of youth. 1t makes the Old man see him
self boy again. sitting on a Ihrce-legged stool
and watching his mother as she goes back and
forth, first stretching the thread 20 allow it to
twist, and then permitting it to wind on the
spindle One thought brings on another, and
thus the hum of the spinning wheel a,vak ems all
the happy memories of the past. All honor,
then, 10 the spinning wheel and Iinsey woolsey.
All lack day, whenthose happy times and
pastoral customs must give place 10 the grind
ing, sordid, moEey making, novel reading, Co
quet ing. frivolous, hcartlesS customs OF the
present.
Happy old Loretto took the same view of
the matter, and in the spirit of the above reso-
luton, DIsGUsTED all modern encroachments,
and thus in the sweet repos of this secluded
spot, many pure soul, at peace with God and
man, has drea ned the happy hours of Ii away;
while the toll and turmoil Of the busy world
drove many mind into undue activity thai
-evenged itself by lowering the head of its
owner with premature gray hairs.
/ have been speaking Of the Loretto of the
past. That of the present is up to the times
But all that was Catholic of the old can be
said Of the new. l. 4. L.
forgot TO say that the narrow, strong, rug
gel roads here remind one Of the Catholic way
If going to heaven.