The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-01-20
Local Correspondence.
JoHNsTowN, Jan. II, 1870.

is gloatlng over the paper on which we
write. Talk about intemperance! Brandy,
gin, ale. brown stout, old rye-nobody is
as iltemperate as the man who eats mince
pic. Ugh!
We fairly frightened the weather last
week by our remarks tn reHpon. 1t has
tanned Gown wonderfully, and seems quite
plauSad}e just now. January is JiIting US.
but nyvor MUD. Something II happen yet
Further reports fom the Ladies' Catholic
/ Fair show that Eve FIrlong got the golden
! cl ck. Sela McDermitt the eight-day clock
! Patrick Hill the c, ntre table, James Griffin
the silver flower vase, Leona. Kest the
! Paisley thawl. Jonathan Lewis the gents
| saddle, Father Gregory the Brussels rug.
/ K. Il. Myers the chrome pictures, aud that
! the proceeds are about IS 700.
! Our colored population will take Iosses-
! sion of the Union on the evening uf the 0 h.
and will Ierform the play Of Dandy JIn, !"
with ''Oh, Sam Johusng, if you please, tell
! dis nigga Hhar yer got yer cheesa!" as an
interlude, and ''PossuO UP the gum stump"
as an aiterpiece. They are goitg to have
{ 6Gic(. The best dressed ''gal'' is to get
golden bowl and tie best dancer a silver
cup. Let 'em rip
The German Lutheran church, Ehich was
recently dedicated. was fre equenJiy noticed
by us during last summer; but we were
never in the interior If the building until last
Saturday. The finish inside is superb. The
pews are sGft wood, painted and grained to
initiate the natural color of walnut. ash.
etc, by our artistic townsman, MIR. j q.
Keller. The walls around are lined about
four feet upward from the flor with yellow
ash. The o gan just fills mp the recess d.
signed for it, and the church has two ctoirs
4 & I ! -. Il -
youth. The former sit to the left and the
latter to the right Of the orgauist. We like
the finish and arrangement both.
There was an interesting case (fortune
telliDa) tried in our District Court eek be-
fore last. About a score uf witnesses were
called to give their experience in going thro'
the process. and ID. Mclaughlin. Esq for
the prosecution and Gen PUtts f4r the de-
fence didn't spare the IheiiRks of these wit
besSes a bit. The cream Of the joke
that the majority If the witnesses kinder
thought the fortune teller was telling the
truth" Que lady said she described Der
beau precisely; another said she had pre-
dicted she would be eaeieRti ia futuTo by her
lover, which she didn't seem to doubt a whit;
another said she was reminded by said Sooth-
sayer that she had done suDdry little things
Of which the world was nothing the wiser.
The lady who Consulted the coffee grouuds
did one god thing. which would please
Anna Dickenson herseif-she only charged
ladies half price.
Three lectures were delivered here during
the pasl and previous week-one bg Rev.
e 2. Roe, subject, Union Scouts one ny
Anna ID ckensou, subject, Nothing 0nrea-
souable;" and one by Bishop Weaver, Of
the U. B. Church. subject. THE Rocky
Seuar,l .,arS.,,,S t.-ar,
Religious meetings are uow being held at
the NJ. 4. church, u. 3. church and English
Lutheran church. Meetings. are also held
every evening in the ball of the Young Nous
Christian Association.
Cinder street is locking up. This is the
name Of the street that traverses the most
popuous portion Of upper MIIviIie borough.
There are 10 less than four hotels now open
on this street for the accommodation Of The
public. TIE Continental Hotel has just
been opened by Mr.. Bradley. 1t is fine
new house, with the best Of bedding. board
ang and bitbtHS. The sign was painted by
j. g. Keller. aud we must say that we never
saw the beat of the word ''Hptei" on the
glass of the front window. Whtn you come
dcwn, call with the landlord and look at the
signs Of the times.
There were just 222 persons inferred in
Sandy Vac c. m.tery during the year 1869
Oi these SS were under one year old. The
whole numbtr inferred since the cemetery
was laid out, in 1868, is close on two iheu-
sand, or an average Of abJut enc huAdred
I and twenty ler year.
Cambria City and Cnopersdale both want
/ post, fices--thst is. each place wants one.
/ Well, let them have them. Uncle Sam Is
( rich enough To give Us all faim''-aDd
INST IE,it AT hot
present postmaster does his duty robly, and
Tie pressure is not because Of lacheS III him,
but because the place is growing like
pumpkin-aIl around
There are thirteen different benevolent as
soclations in our town nOw-twO Masonic,
three Odd Fellows, one each Of Knights Of
Pythias, Red MeA. Grand Army If the Re
public, American Mechanics. Temple Of
Honor. Social Temple, St. Johns Society
and st Juseph's Society. There may be
others.
The Assistance Fire Company met on the
7th and elected officers for the ensuing year:
President, Powell Stack house Vice Pres
James Quinn; Secretary, Robert K. Frszcr !;
besides several others. The stockhs!ders of
! the First National Bank met on the llth and
reelected ali the old officers.
| On last Thursday morning the mail agent
q
| out on the track, and an eastern bound train
dens0ratized Uncle Sam's bread wagon or
| fully, tearing the letters and cutting bag and
baggage into shreds. A locomotive with
steam up is no respecter Of persops-maa or
! otherwise.
We almost forgot to mention a new enter
| prise, in the shape of business chart, got
up by our friend Nelse R. Taylor, painter,
and to be put up in the post-office. Almost
every day this enterprising genius breaks
out in a new place, and creates .furore
among the painters and people. Mr.. #. has
been here only about year. yet he has
painted more signs than all the folks about
town. Besides sign painting, he carries on
house aud ornamental painting, employing
| from three to seven men regularly. He de-
serves great credit for bringing the city out,
| in this last and best card, and for supporting