The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-11-11
Local Correspondence.
JoHNsroms Nov q l.

"nu SoneInaugh, which promises to be pro-
huc oi litigation and may yet be the means
oi iestheiing some lawyers neFts. An at
tempt was made lately to pave Railroad
street, In C"Lemaugh borough, and as that
street Is higher than Johnstown. the water
tables will carry the water cut of the fnrmer
into tie latter borough. The came Difficult.
| ty occurs on Lpcust street. Like the farmer
that watched the two spotted pigs fighting,
! We dent care which lieks; nevertheless, as
| LEGAL jlurnalist, we might suggest few
! points for the lawyers to Dibbe at:
lSt. JohaStown scaUed its right to any
damages by receiving the water from Cone
maugh borough. aud indeed part of Cone
msugh township, two or three years ago.
when the authorities paved Main street up
50 tho very line and connected the water
tables.
I'd. The statute oTHmiidiion will cut them
out Of damages. as. whether there be paved
water tables or net. the water has been run
ring down from Green Hill since the days
Of old kickenepa Wing. and will continue to
run in spite Of any contra decision.
| 3D. Johnstown being the lower town. and
t being Black Republican into tho bargain, it
| ought tn submit to the Higher Lao.
| 4th. If Johnstown can sustain an action
and recover damages in this case, the next
thing would be that high heaven would be
sued for letting the water come down from
I the clouds. An INJUNCTION would be issued
TO re(strainI the rain drops.
! 9th. Johnstown having brought water in
the opposite direction, (from Wild Cat. q
/ distance Of FIVE miles. opened door. or at
least pipe, for the introduction of Joreig"
water.
These points ought to have some force. es-
pecialy the third one, which we think Is too
high to get 0reT.
We had intended to notice this gentleman
at some length. but your comments last week
did him Justice. We believe. however, that
Mr.. Geo. T. Swank was the FIRST man to
move in the matter of collecting. lie had
bill against the trio for j 70 printing. which
be endcuvo,td to collect. Wizard Rubini
must rus being wizard by this time. Look
nut for cold spell mp there now since Miss
WiHtSrs has gone up. 1t is probable that
in 6eIcitching the constable they we're only
pursuing their lawful vocation. Their spread
eagle still euliyens the fences about Johns
town, and seems nothing abashed 81 the ca
tastrophe.
Geo. n Smith, E>q.. editor Of the Brook
! Vile Jcfersonidn. WAS ON a Witt to Johns
town, his old home, last week looking well.
. We also had the pleasure of taking by the
hand the excellent (sPare our blushes, ''R.
R." y editor Of the Cambria Freeman. X.
| l.. Johnston. Etq.. spent few days here in
| the lawsuit business last week. Wiz still
! sparkks in his genial eye. J. *. llite, Pro-
/ thonotary, aud John A. Blair. Sheriff. were
! likewise here q few days attending to official
duties. Ais. Isaac Wike. Esq. Of ye an
! cisnt town of Wimore. Ditto the witty lee
turer, Mark Twain, Z q. We are looking
! every day for Francis Sigel and Horace Gree
! ly TO pass this way for Salt River.
| THE AUTUhK.
| The weather is rather severe here for Au-
! tumu It is true we had three days If
| gepuine Indian summer, but the signs Of the
! times and TIE snow furry on Saturday would
seem to Indicate that the weather clerk is
| making his mark before more than one wit
meas. Wa pen this item for readers at a dis
tance-Californis for instance.
THE BELLIES.
We seldom notice the performances in the
Union Hall and Opera House. for the reason
that they have never yet rendered us one
professional courtesy but we violate cur
general rule. by stating that the Swiss Bell
Ringers gave great satisfaction here, and had
q crowded house each night-Rlbeit we were
not there to see them. aud only report from
hearsay.
TnE Poor.
The uear approach Of winter admonishes
rs that it is duty we owe to humanity to
repeat our annual appeal to those who are
blessed by kind heaven with abundant means
to remember the poor in their respective To-
calities. We have made this appeal every
autumn since We first wrote for the papers
and We intend to repeat it as long as we con-
tinue to write. The poor We always have
with u.s." and, alas many who are N actu-
al want. a load Of coal or load OF kin
ding. or some provisions. or some clothing.
would come with many heartfelt welcome
to the door Of the poor, and gift OF this
kind will DO the heart of the donor more
good than pen can describe or language ex-
| press. An act of kindness and thoughtful>
ness in behslf of suffering humanity will
continue throughout life to be source OF
Inward and heartfelt pleasure, lnasmuch as
he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the
Lord. How appropriate such an act viii DC
on the coming Thanksgiving day ! Then let
those who hare bestow some charity upon
those who hare not.
COMING TO CoME.
The annual drove of geese and turkeys,
that wcnds its way from the sunny valley OF
Ligonicr over the snow capped summit OF
Laurel Hill, to the gormandizing Borough of
Johnstown, will pass oar door in a few days,
10 Oe ulSpOseO Vi hCCoiuinR W iaHs Ia tue
greatest market in the world. Intercepted
kilograms announce that these animals have
already been mustered into the service, and
are now being trained for active duty and
a long and tedious march. Scouting parties
from our place are already on the alert to
decoy them to their masked batteries where
hundreds are already lying in ambush. Ex-
pect soon to hear of terrible slaughter or
an inglorious stampede.
SCHOOLS.
The schools in our end Of the county are
now nearly all supplied with good, indus
trious and skillful teachers. and the schools
are all open where teachers have been en-
ployed What gigantic machine the COM
mon school is! Think of near seven hundred
thousand pupils. all vending their way to