The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-01
Here's Richness for You.

ulaua, estnoreiand, and much OF the olner
counties surrounding"
The above elegant and comprehensive
extract is taken from an editorial article
in the last Johnetown 7rJaBe, euloGistic
of the merits of removal and iss candidate
for Assembly, II. ID, Woodruff. AL
though the mere reading of it is its own
best refutation, it requires brief notice.
We always knew, and have said more
than once, that JUhnstown is jig 1J'ac",
equate conception of the t51te extent of its
greatness until we read the foregoing ex-
tract from the Tribune article If ,Juns-
town is not the centre of all creation, it
is quite apparent that the editor Of the
T3tbHae, in his simplicity, wishes it to be
regarded as the conntercdt9 centre of West
ern Pennsylvania. Assuming that it as
the "centre of business and the centre of
population is that legitimate argument
pe,' Sc in favor Of the removal of the county
seat
He utterly ignores the important and
conclusive objection to the removal project
an objection that must forever damn
it-and that is the locnt,oa of Johnstown.
Altoona is the ''centre Of business and of
population" Of Blair county; Ph9nix-
vile is the same in Chester county, and
occupies precisely the same geographical
position towards West Chester, the county
seat, that Johnstown Goes toward Ebens,
bureh Scranton, in Luzcrne county, is
also the centre of business and population.
And yet the man who, in these respective
counties, would advocate the removal Of
the county seat fr m II, lliday sburg to Al
toona, or from West Chester TO Phenix>
vile, or from Wiikesbarre to Scranton,
would be regarded as fit subject for
lunatic asylum.
IT (Johnstown) is more Cay Of access
for the crtrcnae north than Ebcns6ag." So
says the saricnt geographer Of the Tribune.
Let US fest the truth of this statement
The distance from the ''GIasgow settle
ment," which is in the eastern part of
White township. TO Bells Mills, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, is about 3 niles
from Bells Mills TO .IOhnstowu, Al miles
total 62 miles From the Glasgow
settlement te Eb nsb rg, 26 miles TO 2S
miles. From the eastern portion of Chest
township TO Ebensburg and then by rail
to Jobnstown, 3 miles. From the same
starting point to Ebensburg, p miles,
/ From the northern portion Of ,Susquehanen
township, by way Of Ebens6urg to Johns
/ town, 80 miles from the same starting
/ point to Ebensbnrg, 20 miles. These
1 figures do not lie, and after reading them,
/ what becomes of the T1JuHes mendacious
assertion, that Johnstown sis more easy
OF access for the ertrcnic north than Ebcns-
burg" And yet it is by the unblushing
I publication of such barefacod falschoods
that the removal iniqnity is attempted to
be bolstered up and defended.
AS grand climax, we are modestly
told that 81; (Johnstown) Is the drpot .to,
all tie products Of tie counties Of Cambria,
/ .Somers,t, indiana, ITtstmoyft,ad, and
much Of tie otdc, counties surrounding "
/ Is not such vapid nonsense superlatiyely
disgusting Does the editor suppose that
the people are all fools, and that they will
1 swallow his Munchausen statements with
out even an effort at boiling them?
In view of tie existence, hitherto un-
known, of this great commercial mart,
called Johnstown, the wonder is that the
green grass is not now growing in the
streets of Ebepsburg, Somerset, Indiana
and Greenshurg Oh! how it would
gladden. tie heart of old John Johns, il
he could, in his bodily person, revisit the
banks Of Conemaugh and Stony Creek,
and view with astonished eyes the mag
nifccnt commercial metropolis which has
;. sprung up, as if by the wonderful magic
of Alladdin's lamp, upon the site of his
once humble but happy bone. Old Rip
Van Wrinkles astonishment would be
tame and commonplace, when compared
to what would be that of this old Somer-
set county pioneer. 1t is pleasant sub
ject upon which TO philosophers, but we
must not weary the patience of our read
ers.
eve asked you, Mr.. Freeman, to tell us
what Mr.. Roses views were IN JohnStocn.
If you are not say so, when it is convent
ent' we will print you exactly what w II
Rose has on paper. we want fdctS.' Dare
you give them ?''-JohRSto1cR Tribune
You said that when it was ''conveni.