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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

THE HIGHEsT PREMIUMS At all the fairs and
exhibitions of the United States and Europe,
have been awarded the GROVER 4 BAKER
SEWING MACHIN ES, and the WORK DONE
BY THEN, wherever exhibited in competition.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS following
Deeds and Assignments have been left for
record at the Office of James Griffin, Esq.
Register, during the week ending June 18th:
Magdalen Cradle te Aug. Houser-lot and
improvements il Couemaugh borough, June
l, lSG9, ... ....... .......,..... -. $3.50
Geo Kerschenstein and wife to John Whit
man-o9 perches in Yoder township, June 3,
1862. ..-...... ................. $50.
stein-69 perches i'll foder township, June l,
1869, $50.
Samuel Horner and wife to John Whitman
and Geo. Kerchenstein-I acre ami perches
in oder township, April / 1869, .. SIe0.
Mrs. c. D., Miss Jane and Silas Williams to
Samuel Dunmire-lot in Franklin borough.
May 20 1901 f'.--..... ....... ..-.:.. Sl5O.
Francis Cooper and wife to Peter McGough
-79 acres and l05 perches in ClearfeId town
ship, May %, 1853, t9,.................$ $500.
Francis Cooper and wife to Michael anu
Henry CoopeC-25 ecr9s in Clearfeld township.
May 2S, ISOS, S4,lO.
Cambria Iron Company to Peter Began
lot and Improvements in Cambria borough,
August 6, 1866, ...................1 81 ,200.
Edward Howe and wife 20 Peter Began
lot and improvements in Cambria borough,
March 13, 1869. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $725.
-25 acres and "a perehes in Allegheny own
ship, September %, 1864, 64,.....-...-.... $500.
George B. Cray and wife to Jacob Reighard,
jr.-tract Of land in Jackson township, Dec.
5, 1858, ,........... ...........-... 5425.
Thomas Collins and wife to Adam Leiden
-9J7 and 62 perches in Chest township, April
3, 1868, .......... ........ ...... s. ,532.
Lewis Won Leunen and wife to Charles Won
Leunen, jr.-l3 acres and So perches and i'm
provements in COnemaugh township, May -,
1865, 6s,.................e.. ST. ,O58.
JOS Matte and wife to Conrad Echensehr-
20 acres in Croyle twp, Feb. 2, 1869, 81 900.
How misersbly cold, how confouudedly wet.
Are the only Eaiutations Just now to be met,
And that they are true sincerely regret,
For ne'er has there been such June weather,
you bet.
Still it is all folly to complain or to ftet,
As change for the better will come to US
yet;
SO let everybody who bargains would get
Go to Shoemakers' cheap store, in dry wealth
er or wet,
For all wishing to purchase they cheerfully
let,
And give them such bargains as they'll
never forget.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

BIRD CAGEs.-Although we are opposed
to caging birds, yet if they must be Gagged
the cagers should go at once to Frank w:
Hay, Washington street.. JohRstoTn, and
buy neat bird cage, handsome and cheap
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

TEosE BEAUTIFUL GooDs.-As the ladies
passed along Main street, on last Saturday,
they were attracted by the tremendous dis
play Of dry goods, exposed to view at Leo
pold Mayors Store, Opera House, and every
one admired those beautiful goods. and no
wonder, for such goods seldom find their
way to Johnstown, either as regards style,
texture, or price, Cheap goods are they, say
we. We wish we had about FIVE hundred
dollars worth, and they were paid for.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17
CAUTION.

Hoof1nds Eef7pun Remedf-s cnt'HfsSfsite6 1hS
genuine hare the stsHatsre Of G. VI. Jackson on
ks front If the csside irT1psr Of zach bole, and U&
Of s article tOtca II each t0ie- 40 srrs are
coutSl0rfeSA
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

DAVIS hasn't got his store any further
down street yet, but he has got his prices
down to the lowest notch, and the result is
that his stock is rapidly getting down in
quantity. He has a full line of goods yet,
however. and praiseworthy desire to give
everybody bargain who calls at his cheap
store on High street.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

No WHERE EIsE.-At no other store can
there be found more complete or choice
selection of cloths, cassimeres, doe skins.
satinetts, and other goods for the manufac-
turing of gents wearing apparel, than at
the new store of A G. Fry, who is attract
ing hosts of customers by the beauty of his
stock and the cheapness Of his prices.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

A New DRESS 1t has been authorita-
lively decided that every body within ten
miles of Johnstown must have new dress
for the Fourth of July. 1869, and that each
one must buy it at the Dry Goods Store of
Murphy & Co., Scott (Houston) House,
Johnstown, because they sell the cheapest
and best goods, on the best terms, in
Western Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia,
Southern New York, or Eastern Ohio.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

LINE Your LAED.-The good effects OF
lime ON these sterile mountain tops have be-
come so apparent that no one need be ad-
vised to try it, and hence we need only in
form tillers of the soil that Mr.. Geo Hunt
ley is prepared to furnish lime in either large
or small QUANTITIES at as moderate prices az
it can be brought here from the kilns. Let
"liue on tho lad" be the watchword hence
forth,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

Complaint, It is ~
prep ar alton. IN
fail; but usually,
be UsTy beRe6cialt
from 0.e 060ge ca dESe,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17

Nuw PAvEMENT.-Our enterprising ner-
chant friend over the way, V. S. Barker,
who is ever imbued with the spirit Of i'm
proyement, is having a new and substantial
brick pavement laid in front Of his store and
dwelling. When completed we hope to see
crowds of customers tripping over it on their
way to his amply stocked. How priced cash
store, where dry goods and grocerlesIn aoun-
dance are constantly kept.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
One Effect of High Prices.

An intelligent correspondent OF the Boston
Transcript, writing from Dresden, Saxony,
has the following:
"There seems to be as much absenteeism in
America as in Ireland" said an old German
the other day, in estimating the number of
our countrymen who were living in the most
agreeable cities of Central Europe. "Are
they all here for the education of their chill
dren, or for mere amusement9" he asked,
won6eringly. 1t was hard question to an
swer The next budget of newspapers which
"the good folks at home' sent us brought to
mind this interrogatory as we read the various
articles on "the currency" and the possi-
BILE return to specie payments. On further
examination of facts, felt prepared to say
that the high prices at home growing out of
an inflated credit system; the advance in gold
sustained by the few at the expense of the
many; and, that "vaulting ambition" which
creates rivalry in the householder to eclipse
his neighbor, might, each and all, be taken as
reasons why so many come abroad to remain
for years, if not forever. The extravaganza
at home sends people abroad-and not this
only, but the ertreme Gdudnce in prices be-
yond the value of the thing received. This
state of things, if it continues, will people
Europe with Americans, and their room will
be filled by emigrants who, seeking their for
tunes in small ways, will gradually usurp the
places of the good old stock. consider this
sufficient motive for any reasonable Govern
ment to strike at once at the root of the diff
Guilty, and to restore our country as quickly
as possible to such a financial basis as shall
produce more uniform scale of living, and
shall not permit the gold speculator or stock
broker to hold control which bears so hard
upon the circumstances and condition of the
people.
During the past week letters have been re-
ceived from New York from persons who
have returned to that city after prolonged alb
sences. One of them writes thus II am
thinking of returning in year. find every
thing so high that my income cannot sustain
it, and fear that must end my days abroad"
Another writes: ~ am sorry to say it, but it
is my present intention to seek a foreign
home. To be sure / wish my children to
maintain their nationality, which they will
be in danger of losing by long residence
abroad But / am unwilingly the creature of
circumstances, and if my four boys enter the
Russian army or become engineers for the
Gar, it is simply because cannot afford to
live at home and educate them" 1t seems to
me that such state of things as this is wor-
thy of consideration, especially when it ap-
plies to people from the northern sections of
our United States, and to those persons I
have referred. We meet, however, an i'm
mense number from the Southern States,
who are refugees from the disasters of the
such pacific measures as shall permit their
return, with comfortable feelings, to the
cline which they love.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
clerical DO 9. worrying the Poe. nurn..

OAeHAS"A Nv - "vAEJAHS ano oes A~Fhs'
The Glasgow correspondent of the New
York Tribune writes as follows:
Nobody has laid such hold of the modern
Scottish heart as Robert Burns The 10th
anniversary of his birth was celebrated few
days ago, and the event has produced its usu-
al annual commotion in Scotland. Burns
eldest son, who resides at Cheltenham, a
pleasant inland town near Gloucester much
trequented by old Indians who go there to
die, that being the spot where that can be
done most pleasantly to them and the day be
deferred to the latest date. Col. Burns says
he is now II years old otherwise he would at
tend the anniversary meeting in London,
held Sin honor of the poet" He does not say
Sin honor of his father but of third person
to whom he alludes as "the poet" This yeal
furious United Presbyterian minister OF
Dalkeith, disturbed at the celebrations of ssthe
poets" birthday, has come forward to enlight-
en- the world on the sin of perpetuating that
"baleful memory" He has discovered that
Burns was failure. "He failed in his work
as poet, in his character as man, in his
philosophy of life, in the duration of his
gaining an adequate livelihood
Poor Burns, that last was an objectionable
sin. The minister has him there. The
Rev. Fergus Ferguson further deposes that
Burns "failed as farmer, as fax-dresser,
as an exciseman." 1t was all owing 'ssimply
to his own idleness, profigacy, and pride.' .
Minister Fergus Ferguson has a temperate
tongue! Burns, says this United Presbyterian
critic, "was at one time sentimental Jacob
lite, at another time truculent Radical.
He was rebuked by the Church and then he
attacked the Church" He encountered many
Fergus Fergusons in it in his day. This lat
est specimen at Dalkeith assures his country
men that "Burns had Satanic PRIDE" Mr..
Ferguson, at the conclusion, asked that di-
vine blessing might be given to the words he
had spoken. They needed it. The Glasgow
Herald very well sums up the performance in
the sentence-"the living dog still worries
the dead lion." The Scotsman also scarifes
the "wooden-headed pig" and "fathomless
blockhead" Fergus. Burns foresaw this type
OF assailants and revenged himself on them
all by anticipation.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

CORTLAND.
Wednesday Morning, March 8, 1869.
A Statue of Lincoln


DIR. Holland writes as follows in private
letter from Rome:
What do you suppose Invent first to see in
Rome? Not st. Peters, nor the Coliseum,
but Randolph Rogers colossal statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln. 1t was unveiled to the public
the morning after my arrival, and / was
among the first to pay it attention and hom-
age. 1t is, withoutj any qualification, a grand
success, and the city OF Philadelphia, for
which it has been modelled, will, after the
Munich founders have translated it into
bronze, possess in it the finest representation
extant of the honored and lamented subject.
The figure OF Mr. Lincoln was not an elegant
one, and the marvel of the statue is that,
without the addition of single ficticious
grace, it presents Mr.. Lincoln to the eve as
grand man. The figure is seated in a chair,
over which is thrown cloak, and this cloak
is the only accessory" In one hand it holds
an open scroll, representing the emancipa-
ton proclamation, and in the other a pen-
There is nething else but plain Abraham
Lincoln IN his trock coat and trowsers. The
face, deeply lined, earnest, solemn, sad, tells
its own story of the struggle through which
he had been brought to the crowning act of
his life, and his sense of the importance
of the act ITSELF Such was the
effect of the statue upon one lady whom
noticed in the little gathering of Ameri-
cans present, that she wept during all the
time that she remained in the apartment, yet
l was assured that she had never seen Mr..
Lincoln in her life, and of course was touch
ed by no personal associations. There is but
one voice among all the Americans here, in
regard to this statue, and that is, that it fills
their noblest ideal of the man it represents,
and does the highest honor to the cunning
hand and true genius that fashioned it.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
oonsa.lou.nc.. of Consumption.

Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, in his paper on
Consumption in America" in the March
Atlantic, offers the following useful sugges-
tions to nurses:
We may safely feel that there is no degree
Of contagiousnes in consumption like that
which holds good of some other diseases
like measles, smallpox, &c. But while
granting this, we have no doubt that there is
a certain number of cases in which consump-
tion seems to have been communicated from
one individual to another. Hence our duty
is as follows:
First-Never allow any one to sleep in the
same bed with consumptive.
Second-If possible, let the attendant or
friend sleep in an adjacent room, within easy
call, rather than in the same room.
Third-Never let one sister ii. e. one with
the same hereditary tendencies) sleep with
another who is tubeIculous.
Fourth-If possible, always have a paid
nurse to attend to the mere drudgery of the
sick-room.
F1fth-As this will be often impossible, let
the attendant be sure to go out not less than
twice daily, and fill her lungs with pure air,
or at least with air different from that of the
sick-rOom.
On the subject of clothing, no specific rules
can be laid down that will meet all cases but
the following is what we deem simply pru-
dent: Always strive to dress in such man
ner as to feel perfectly omtortable-neither
too cold in winter nor too hot in summer.
OF course this necessitates very different
dresses in these two periods of the year. A
question often arises, Ought flannel to be
used all the year round? That question is
categorically and very decidedly answered in
the affirmative by some. But even this ar
ticle should be left to the decision of each in
dividual. Some are made almost frantic by it
in summer, while others seem to need it.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
Terms $500 per amman, a,s adrance.

| A GREAT NATURAL CURIosrrY-Tap A.,
BANY BAsINs.-Natural Bridge, Niagara FaIls
and Mammoth Cave are the great natural en-
riosities of our own country, but among those q,
the second class are the Albany Basins. in the
town of Albany, Oxford county. We find the
following description of them in a communica.
ton to the columns of our excellent contem-
porary, the Oxford Democrat:
The Basins" as they are termed, are three
in number, though vestages of several more
are plainly visible. There are marvellous and
enormous excavations or holes worn in the
solid granite,-round and perfectly smooth
and to the depth of nearly or quite fifty feet
The probable solution of the formation of these
mysterious basins" is that they were worn
out by huge houlders torn from the surround
ing cliffs in ages long gone by, and, for hun
dreds and thousands of years whirled about by
the mighty strength of the rushing, eddying
water during powerful freshets.
Each Basin is broken from the top nearly
to the bottom, which allows the water TO es-
cape freely and permits visitors to enter them
without difficulty.
The jagged and precipitous bluffs on either,
side in many places are hundred feet in
height, and as the spectator looks down from
the lofty summit to the dark and dismal
depths below, and hears the distant confused
murmur of the rivulet as it leaps into the
oaSin, bHCu dS uurrlculy euu0dVOIS 10 escape
from its brief confinement, he is reminded Of
the fabulous HBottomless Pit" and the agon-
lied moans of its suffering inmates.
After clambering about for an hour or two
we spread our Snowy damask" (which was
nothing more or less than a clean, white
sheet) near the bank of the upper "Basin,"
where the ledge was perfectly smooth, and
from the bounties of our capacious baskets
loaded it with delicious viands, consisting
principally of sandwiches, cake, cheese, pies,
&c, all OF which proved to be very delicious,
as our appetites had been whetted to an ex-
traordinary keenness.
Subsequent to our plentiful repast, we vis-
tied each spot of interest, going down into
those weird and mysterious caverns which Tor
aught l know, in ancient times might have
been the secret abode of witches OF magicians
While down there, environed by high,
smooth walls of solid rock and looked down
upon by those ragged cliffs and the gnarled
trunk of many huge giant of the forest gai-
ly festooned with bright, silvery tufts of moss,
the sensation was delightful.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

To SMOKERS AND CHEwERs.-As experience
is said to be the best schoomaster it is plain to
presume that those who use the "noxious
weed" are the best judges of it. But is that
fact? Is it not true that if smoker or a
chewer becomes accustomed to the use of one
kind of tobacco, he generally likes that best,
even when that kind is not the best quality?
And so of drinkers. If they use adulterated
liquors. their taste becomes vitiated, and they
are not good Judges of pure liquors, but their
palates are so trained that bad liquors make
them smack their lips the most chesrfully.
Now be it known to all users of tobacco
that those who are susceptible of the effects of
nicotine should be extremely careful in their
choice of the weed, the different kinds of
which have widely different amounts of nico-
tine. In the tobacco raised in Turkey, Greece
and Hungary there is scarcely trace of the
poison. In that of Brazil, Havana and Para
quay the amount is 2 per cent. In that of
Maryland 2.29; of Alabama 3.21; of Kentucky
6; of Virginia 687; and of France $50 per
cent. So, Smokers, be on your guard and es-
chew French and Virginia tobacco, and don't
often put that grown in Kentucky in your
pipes. If you will smoke, get the weed that
grew in the soils of Turkey, Greece and Hun
rafv
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
and his Cinnamon reside in a

house on the Rue du Bel Respiro, Paris. The
Duke de Frias, Spanish nobleman, has rooms
in the same building. On his return from a
ball recently, he found Chinaman sleeping
soundly in his bed. On the first alarm half a
dozen other Cinnamon rushed into the room.
and the whole party began to talk Chinese in
answer to his French. The Duke burst out
laughing, and an explanation was finally made
through an interpreter. The CelestiaIs had
made mistake Of one floor. r1r-
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

No less than five labor strikes are now In
progress in New York, of which those oil 'ne
clothing cutters and cigar makers have Deen
the most successful. Three hundred and nity
men are now "out." The Tribune says that
The bricklayers, house painters, walters, Jour-
neymen tailors. laborers and gas filters are
preparing for strike the ensuing season.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
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TTNO THE WORKING GLASS. / am now nre-
i pared to furnish constant employment to all
classes at their homes for their spare moments. -
Business new, light and profitable. Fifty cents to
$5 per evening is easily earned and the bows and
girls earn nearly as much as men. Great induce
ments are offered. All who see this notice please
selves 1t not well satisfied will SEND 81 to pay ior
the trouble of writing me. Full particulars sent
free. Sample sent by mail for ten cents. Address
e, C.ALLEN Augusta Me- W4W4
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

/ HAVE succeeded in purchasing Twenty Swarms
Il OF Italian Bees to be delivered at my store (l32
Middle street, early the coming Spring in good order.
wish to distribute them, one hive in place, to
aney VIII cost delivered here $3.50. Orders ac-
opdapp Il; with the money will be registered in the
o oeer IN which they are received; ii more orders
funded. '' WIG niohey WIN pe ie-
po,.,. NJ. g. PALMER,
'' Ecu ID, 1859. eod&w3w
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published
every day, Sunday excepted,l at No. Printers'
Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland
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TERMs:-Eight Dollars year in advance.
H- Single copies cents.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
same place every Thursday morning at S250 year;
paid in advance $500 year.
RATES OF ADvERTrsIEG.-One inch of space, 10
length Of column, constitutes square"
$1.5O per square daily first week. - Genus per
week after; three insertions, or less $1O0 conunu-
ng every other day after first week, 6O Genus.
Hall square, three insertions or less, 70 cents one
week, S100; so cents pc: week alter.
per week; three insertions or less, $1.oo. 80
SPECIAL NOTICES, $i.25 per square Tor the first
insertion and 25 cents per square for each subse-
buent insertion,
Adyertisements inserted in the ssMAINE STATE
PREss'' (which has large circulation in every part
OF the State) for $100 per square TOR first insertion
and 80 cents per square for each subsequent inser
tion.
Y-Address all communications to "Publishers of
the Press"
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Is Travelling Agent for the PRESS Daily andweekly,
ana is authorized to appoint local Agents. receive
inscriptions and to settle bills
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
WANTED.
w Wante
BOardorS,
BOarders and EOdgers

A VERY pleasant front room with windows to
N let to a gentleman and wife, Rooms for single
men. Also Table Boarders accommodated. Frank
lin cor Congress st, fe12d2w*
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03
TO LET.

OTORES on corner of Pearl and Cumberland SITS.
~ lifted up in good style for Apothecary Dry Goods
or Millinery business, with cemented cellars and
water conyeniences.
Also, Houses on Pearl ST., and Cumberland Ter
race, fitted with all modern conveniences. abnnd-
ance OF pure hard and soft water Now ready for oc.
cupancy. Apply to
j. l.. FARMER.
aug6dtf Al Dantorth Street
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

COULDN'T SEE IT.-When a number of for
eigners were recently presented to the Pope at
the Vatican, a little American boy. four or five
years of age, was introduced with the rest.
When the little fellow was led up, the Pope
seemed pleased with his bright, intelligent
face, and kindly raised his foot higher than
usual, so that the boy might more easily kiss
the cross upon his toe. The youthful Protest
ant did not understand it to be an evidence of
favor He Strengthened himself up as if his
dignity had been compromised, looked full in
the eye of the Pope, and answered sharply
"No, SIR, aoont do IT," The Americans and
English present endeavored to preserve grave
countenances, while the Pope smiled good
humoredly, and exclaimed, "Americdnop
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-03

GRANTS NEW SYsTEM.-A Washington dis
patch says that General Grant has recently
said that he should hold his Cabinet officers
responsible for the proper administration of
all matters belonging to their departments,
and, as consequence, he should give them
full powers over the subordinates, for whose
misconduct they would bs held responsible
He has therefore said, when applications for
places as heads of bureaus have been made to
him, that he should not promise such places,
but should leave such selections to his Cabinet
officers, who would be responsible for the eff
cheney of those appointed 1t is certain that
he relies much upon this doctrine of RESPONSE
blity, and intends to have the heads of de-
partments as untrammelled as he has kept
himself .