The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-05-27
Local correspondence.
JoHNsTowN, May "a, 1869.

over the nOOr Just Tor company we have
honorable mice; they will steal little, just
the crumbs from a rich mans table. and /
feel rich to-day, but never knew one to
back bite or slander. We have some rats,
too. but they are not like Johnstown rats
generally. Their depredatioRs are bold and
operf-no meanness in their acts.
| am writing on ths kitchen table. A
cocoa nut is lying before me, and two Or
anges at my right. These and my old hat
and box containing pens, ink aud some
paper, are all the furniture of my laboratory
We had frost last night, but the sun is
shining finely now. and one would hardly
know that Jack had been bob6ing around.
We have strangers who are in the parlor
and of course we have to take the second
cabin. That is always the way. Big fish
eat little ones.
Ne attended the Literary Society on last
Monday night and we were admitted to the
privileges of the floor, with but one dissent
ing voice, and strange to say, his name was
Freeman.
We have been perambulating the town
for locals and cannot fnd any. except that
the old graveyard, south of the Union School
House, Is in very dilapidated conditinn.-
Hence, it is suggested that the borough au
thorities take charge of the lot, sell the
ground, remove the remains Of the deceased
to Sandy Vale Cemetery, and then sell the
lots to pay expenses.
The Soldiers Orphans were here and held
an exhibition. Two hundred and four an
swered to their names at roll call. Some
wero laughing and some were other1visc.
The journey through the country and on the
road bore down upon their constitutions,
but they went through aud earned over five
hundred dollars, which will go to the bene-
ft of somebody. The Soldiers Orphan
School would be a good institution if the
spirit of the law was carried out to the letter
but it isn't.
We have had two or three exhibitions
here of Ihe negro minstrel" style, but they
were not we'll attended. Yesterday another
negro minstrel troupe arrived. We do not
know what luck awaits them. Mimicking
darkiea does not pay nowadays.
Since the Orphans have been here we
have wondered what becomes of the four
hundred thousand dollars that the Legisla-
ture aPpropriates annually for their support
1t is said that one orphan is allowed only
one hundred and forty dollars year.
Though that is m re than our children get.
yet it IS not By any means the share Of one
orphan out OF that vast amount. We are
just collecting some statistics on the subject.
The weather here is various and beauti-
full and bland, sprinkled with frost aud sun
shine just for variety. If the days keep on
succeeding each other for a while VIC will
| soon have summer.
Next Saturday is set apart here as day
to be spent in decorating the graves Of SOL
! diers with flowers. The pathetic dead
should be in some way remembered, and
this way is perhaps as good as any.
| Considerable excitement was created on
| the public square, last Saturday evening,
by the vending of patriotic whistles. The
| gentlemen who sold them could VIII ;stle Ike
bird, and squeal like q pig. The latter
! did not excite much wonder as he looked so
much like an adult pig himself.
| 1t is generally conceded now that there
| will bo no railroad built this summer to
! Somerset, as one Stutzman has agreed to
walk the territory over as fast as a train
could possibly go.
| Several persons hereabouts who used to
! act as clerks Oh election boards, have de
| clared that they will not perform duty next
| fall under three dol IS per day. as buth
! elections are held on one day. This is per-
| fectly right. When two days work are
done in one, men ought to get two days pay.
The excitement about the District Court
has almost subsidized, though there is occa
sonally little jealousy manifested by some.
other wise clever folks, in regard to anything
said on the subject. Hence we have kept
entirely aloof Oh the question.
lady called at a butcher shop on Satur
| day and aVerred that she had bought some
meat from said butcher-to wit, namely, a
! slice of ham-which was infested with
tyicheG, or something else offensive to the
taste and smell. She said they ate it, but
wouldn't do SO again. The committee on
o. S. is about to investigate the matter.
A new wholesale liquor store is coming
| bo rG wa CT he
liquor business of the place must be increas-
ing, or there would be no demand for new
firms. More work for the committee.
The Sabbath day is not kept very holy
about town. We see parties going out
every Sunday. seeking pleasure. The
wealthy go in carriages and the poor on
foot. We see crowds of boys playing ball
all day just under their parents noses
Where is the committee
A donation of cne hundred and fifty dol
lars was made by sundry Individuals to the
orphans while here. This is right, and we
wish it had only extended to one of our near
est neighbors who has to work day and
night to keep his large family. He is liter.
ally killing himself, working and losing
sleep, but it must be done. ROB Ror.
Communicated
FOUND DRowNEU-In a spring in the
suburbs of Fairview, jackson township, the
offspring Of one of the most intelligent and
worthy citizens of the village. The body
was not discovered for several hours after il
had fallen in, but looked quito natural-sc
much so that its Iarentage was readily recog
nized by the person who found it, on &C
count of the great resemblance it had to its
father. Tho community lament his los:
deeply, for had he been spared he would in
all probability made as useful and intelli
gent man as his father, for even in his ex.
treDe youth he had all of his fathers quail
ications and virtues. His bereaved friends
have the sympathy of the community.
A FRosT.-1eopold & Brother, who as
sist one another, have laid in lot of clothing
which they bought very cheap in the eas t
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