The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-23

JoENsrowN June 90. 1870.

Millville borough are now pushing forward
their new and large brick school house with
commendable energy. 1t is up to the win
dows of the second story, and it swallows
brick by the car load. This house will be
the largest school house in the county when
completed, and will cost about twenty thou
sand dollars. The brick used are manufac-
tured by the Johnstown Manufacturing
Company, and are conveyed by the Cambria
Iron Company's railroad from Woodvale to
Minersville, where the new building is loca-
ted. Besides this house, there is another in
MillVille borough, on Cinder street, that cost
sixteen thousand dollars. This borough
viii soon be completely furnished with schoo
faci lities, apparatus and all. The borough
has goal cad .a-tive school board. who are
setting glorious example to the surround
ing boroughs. Johnstown borough is we'll
supplied with school houses, but Cenemaugh
needs Union school building which would
accommodate about three hundred pupils
A house could be built for about $4,000 that
would answer the purpose for many years.
Desks and all would not cost more than
$6 900. Then the schools could be proper
ly graded and made attractive. The present
school property would sell for as much as
would purchase largeSlot and would pay
half the cost of building Now would be
the time to purchase the lot and put up the
house. 1t can be done cheaper now than
ever hereafter, and the schools will not -four
ish till such house is built and the schools
properly graded. Let it be done inmedi-
atey.
A large additional Woolen Factory is be-
ing put up in Woodvale. Masons are now
engaged on the foundation, and the brick
work will soon be pushed to completion
This locks encouraging. and indicates that
making woolen goods pays even in Central
Pennsylvania Let the good work proceed
and that will again attract still more capital
to the place.
The election on last Saturday for dele
gates to attend the Removal" convention
was slimly attended, if there was cne at all.
We enquired diligently in the 9th ward for
the polls, but could not find them-conse
quently we went to the woods and cut some
bean poles. just for spite. Yet there will be
delegates from nearly every district, at the
lion, whether self constituted or sent
we cannot say. The convention viii! be held
has been we Should say-but nomination
will be deferred, it is thought, until after
the regular party nominations are made
We will see.
Several new buildings are going up in our
borough just now, in the very centre of the
town. DR.. Benz. Yeagley is putting up a
large dwelling house on Locust street, few
doors north of the old Fosler House, and
MIR. Jacob Fronheiser is erecting another just
on the opposite side of the street Mr. ia
cob Fend is having handsome fran dwell
ing put up in the 4Ih ward, On the road
leading to the cemetery. These are all large
and substantial buildings. There are also
several large tuildings being erected in Con
emaugh borough, though we know not by
whom. Besides these there are many small
buildings Of one kind and another being
erected, Notwithstanding the fact that there
are many houses empty.
The census of the 1st ward has beer com
pleted by Mr.. Englebach. and the number
of inha abitants is over sixteen hundred, while
there are six houses without tenants. This
will make the population of Johnstown, as
estimated, about 8 900. and of all the bor-
oughs about 900 inhabitants We may
be somewhat too high or too low in the esti-
mate, but not far out of bounds
Your Interpolation last week made Us say
that the new power press was to be run in
favor of the removal. Such is not the fact,
but heavy edition of tariff paper, called
the industrial Bulletin" will be printed
monthly by Mr.. Swauk. We believe the
edition reaches ten thousand copies. So
you perceive you were mistaken in your
guess this time.
Co: Sup't Chapman held an examination
cf teachers in No. / Union school building,
on last Saturday. There were but five or
six applicants for professional certificates.
not because there were no teachers wLo need
them, but because the professional certii
cate is worth nothing when you have it
School teachers in Pennsylvania are treated
much like the FentG7iS are iE Ireland-they
are examined every time they are seen in
4I,a inI4 ,f 4 iat nd
not what passports they show, as to scholar
ship. they are put through anyhow just for
the fun of the thing. We have got 50 used
to it that being examined has become a Sec
ond nature We have been examined more
than forty times. and yet were never exam
iued thoroughly as to scholarship. We do
know something about geometry. tygonom
etry, surveying, double entry bookkeeping,
astronomy, geology, etc., and even navlga-
tion, but we were never asked question in
these branches, nor even in algebra, though
it is taught. The examinations in Pennsyl-
vania are like the Frenchman's bug-they
are uon Internal hu1nbag. We have studied
civl la5o, ard we did read for SIX long months
in the department of medicine, studied the
ology as far as Latin. Greek, Hebrew and
Van Dash and several other languages, and
vet we could not get school in Pennsylva-
MIA without paper stating that we can
spell. read. .orite and cipher. Of course we
attach no blame to county superiutendents,
but only think that after ali we have studied
in this world, if we cannot teach school now,
examinations will not help the matter any
We have taught eighteen years in Johns
town, and thirty five in terra Jfrma
| ed educational meetings all over the State
was county superintendent for five years
and yet we cannot get q school without a
certificate stating that we can spell. Others
are similarly situated. One of our brother
chips in town can talk six languages, but
he dare not teach without the spelling GER
| tifcate Finally. we learned type setting,
when a boy, and we were the bona .fde edi-
tor of two papers, and local on two daiies
for q considerable length of time. Our