The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-29
" FAIR PLAY" AT FOUL WORK,
seven RaEe FRIseIlOOds about the Poor
House and the Catholic Picnic
Exposed and ReFuteds
THE HEAD OF THE AFFAIR" HEARD FROM.
a SOLDLER-PRIEST AFTER 4 COWARD
LY KHOW-NOTHING!
EBENsBURo, Sept. oe. Is-C

EBENsBURG G, Sept. &c, 1870
EDITOR FREEMAN-Dear Sir: Not ha wing seen
the last Johnstown Democrat in time to write
of that paper the following reply to commu-
nication falsely and impudently signed Fair
columns, hoping that there is yet honesty and
c gsnhs t ,gd ,gdcd ptGGg tG enough in the DsperG
the letter given below. r. c. CHRIsTY.
To the Editor Of the Johnstours Democrat:
Justice to myself and to the congregation over
WHICH preside demands the following Gard to
In the last ndmber of your Journal the under
signed was vileiy attacked by a snedlin0 KNOW
NoT'adSG, Cwritlng apparently from Chest
FACED lies are openly and shamelessly asserted !;
yet the writer would have yourr ders believe
That he desires that every citizen of the cOuD-
ty should be made acquainted with the facts"
Here they arc, unvarnished and indisputable; /;
1st. The picnic was gotten up by the under
signed for the benefit Of the new, Catholic
66ffSn o sfseted by himself f. in this place and
I'd. Not at the peoples expense" but by the
nberality of Messrs. Hoover, Farrens, Dishart,
El1g, Doyle, and others, members of my cOngre-
cation:
Sd. Not started by half dozen boys and
named with many other liberal Protestants and
4th,, No word was sont to town. or from
town by any planners" We were driven
from tue grounds by terrific rain; asked
the Poor House for shelter. He answered in
the affirmative, providing would appoint
to the paupeI :, who We're in the dining room,
and asked them whether they would agree to
postpone their supper until we could get ours,
and then we would give them an elegant supper.
They willingly consented.
9Th. Two teams from the Poor House" did
not come out Mr.. Elig's wagon, one from the
Poor House, and my buggy, transported the
concern.
9th. The Poor House team did not run ''back
and forward to Ebensburg to bring out the
elite"
18th. 1.-THE head of the affair." left before seven
O'Clock, to attend sick man who was seriously
The balance of the article may go for what it
is worth. L only want to defend myself
citizen, soldier, and a clergyman-a Catholic
priest-from the contemplate calumnies,
serted in the correspondence in your last paper
signed Fair Play" regardless of the "EbenS-
burg Ring or the 'JOllHstOIrn JIIntO." / am
native of the county and pay my taxes, hence
l nave right to vote and do so, and generally
the Republican ticket. / served over three
years In the army-not in Sanitary Commission
tents, but at the front. Ask your estimable
fellow citizen, Mr.. a. ]. Haws, where he heard
L Kept myself, also ask Joseph Uhl, and others
OF my regiment now i'll your place Also, mem-
bers of the 18th, 10th, 18th and 18th Regulars
where was at Stone River, Chicamauga, Mis-
sion RIDGE BuZZard's Roost, Dallas. or New
Hope Church, kenesaw, sc. Finally as cler-
gyman, have a right to appeal to the honest
citizens of Cambria county for q public con-
and upon the base attempt to drag a clergyman
into politics and classify him along with those
who are said to be "thieves," "rascals,' "cor-
rupt.' dishonest" etc. R G.. CHRISTY.
Pastor Church Holy Name, Ebensburg, Pa.
TIE CEEsus-The following statement,
with the remarks appended thereto, will exhibit
the census of Cambria county in 500 and 1870,
and also show the comparative increase and
decrease in the several districts: