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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

A SEVERE WINI ER.-The winter of
l740 is described IN an old book quoted
by German paper as very terrible
This work, "l3rockes' Contentment in
God,' thus speaks of 1t: can unheard
of frost seized with extraordinary severity
on the world and the elements, so that it
is scarcely possible to number or relate the
many strange occurrences that took place
through It's violence. Men felt so op-
pressed that days passed by unheeded.
One would, and could hardly speak one
sat and thought, yet could not think if
any one spoke word it wss with hard
set face. Many hens and ducks, even the
cattle in the stalls, died of cold the trees
split asunder Not only beer but wine ia
cellars froze. Deeply sunken wells were
covered with impenetrable ice. Crows
and other birds, fell to the ground frozen
in their fight. No bread was eatable-
| for it was as cold and hard as a stone"
/ Brockes further relates that this extra
/ ordinary winter was followed by an equal
Iy uncommon spriug. In May no sign of
verdure was vet to be seen; it was still
cold in July, and vegetation WAS then still
further hindered by drought. The harvest
was not over till late in the autumn, and
by the middle of October the frost return
ed before the fruit in the gardens had
time to ripen
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
Gales, ghettbes, 9nttOotts, Nt.
MARK TWAIN.
TIE FACTS IN TIE GREAT LANDSLIDE CASE.

TIE FACTS IN TIE GREAT LANDSLIDE CASE.
From the Buffalo Ezpross.l
1t was in the early days of Nevada
Territory. The mountains are very high
and steep about Carson, Eagle and Wa
shoe valleys-vcry high and very steep,
and so when the snow gets to melting off
fast in the Spring and the warm surface~
earth begins to moisten and soften, the
disastrous landslides commence. You do
not know what landslide is unless you
have lived in that country and seen the
whole side of mountain taken off some
fine morning ard deposited down IN the
valley, leaving a vast treeless, unsightly
scar upon the mountains front to keep the
circumstance fresh in your memory all the
years that you may go on living within
seventy miles Of that place.
General Buncombe was shipped out to
Nevada in the invoice of the Territorial
officers, to be United States Attorney
He considered himself lawyer of parts,
and he very much wanted an opportunity
to manifest it-partly for the pure graft
fication Of it and partly because his salary
was Territorially meagre (Which is
strong expression Now the older citl-
zens of a new territory look ubon the rest
of the world with calm, unmalignant
| contempt as long as it keeps out of the
way-when it gets in the way they snub
| it. Sometimes this latter takes the shape
| of practical joke.
One morning Dick Sides rode furious
| L No. IN
Carson City, and rushed into his presence
without stopping to tie his horse. He
seemed much excited. He told the Gem
/ eraI that he wanted him to defend a suit
for him and would pay him five hundred
dollars if he achieved victory. And
then, with violent gestures and a word oil
profanity, he poured out his grieis. He
said it was pretty we'll known that for
some years he had been farming Cor ranch
ing as the more customary term is) IN
Washoe District, and making a success
full thing of it, and furthermore it was
known that his rancho was situated just
in the edge of the valley, and that Tom
| Morgan owned rancho Immediately
above it on the mountain side And no"
the trouble was that one of those hatec
and dread landsIides had come and slid
Morgan's rancho, fences, cabins, cattle
barns, and everything DOWN on top OF hi
rancho, and exactly covered up every sin
gle vestige of his property, TO depth o
about six feet Morgan was IN posses
sion and refused to vacate the premises
said lie was occupying his own cabin ant
not interfering with anybody else's-an'
said cabin was standing on the same dir
and same rancho it had always stood on
and would like to see anybody make hin
vacate.
"And when I reminded him. sai'
Sides, weeping, ''that it was on top OF M
, ,, rancho and that he was trespassing, h
had the Internal meanness to ask me VIII.
, didn't stay on my rancho and hold pos
) session when | see him coming VIII
| didn't l stay on it, the blathering lunatl
and by George, when | heard tina
racket and looked up that hill 1t was jus
like the whole world was ripping an
tearing down that mountain side-tree
going end over end in the air, rocks
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

TIE CHEsHlRE JFFFFRsoN CHEESE. =
& late number of LIttelrs Living Age
contains an interesting article by ElLu'
Bur:ilt, on the great cheese which the
people Of the Cheshire made for Thomas
Jefferson Elder John Leland was a
great pulpit politician in those days, and
preached to the people of Cheshire such
stirring Jeffersonian Democracy that for
generations they never voted anything but
a stI aight democratic ticket. When JEFF
ferson was chosen President, after contest
of tremendous excitement, Elder John Le~
land proposed that his flock should celc-
brate the victory by making for the new
CHEF magistrate the biggest cheese the
world had ever seen. Every man and
woman who owned cow was to give for
his cheese all the milk yielded on certain
6ay-only no Federal COW must contri-
butte drop. A huge cider press was
fitted up TO make it in, and on the APP
pointed day the whole country turned out
with pals and tubs of curd, the girls and
women in their best gowns and ribbons,
and the men in their Sunday coats ard
clean shirt collars The cheese was put
to press with prayer, and hymn-singing,
and great solemnity.
When it was well dried it weighed six
teen hundred pounds, aud as it could not
be trusted on wheels, they waited till mid>
winter, when it was placed on sleigh,
and Elder John Leland drove all the way
to Washington with it. GThere was more
snow, you see, in those times than there
is now 1t was journey of three weeks.
All the country had heard of the big
| cheese, and came out to look at it as the
Elder drove along. When he got tc
Washington Mr.. Jefferson received hin
10 state, made speech, and in the pres
ence of the heads of departments, foreign
ministers, and other distinguished persons,
cut the cheese and served it around will
bread. Then he sent wedge OF 1t home
to the makers, and when it arrived they
also ate it in state. We are further in
formed that the cheese was very good.
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RIcnrs The man with good. firm

RICHES The man with good, firm
health, is rich.
So is the man with clear conscience.
So is the parent of vigorous, happy
children.
So is the editor of good paper, with
big subscription list.
So is the clergyman whose coat the lit
tie children of his parish pluck, as he
passes them in their play.
So is the wife who has the whole heart
of a good husband.
So is the maiden whose horizon is not
bounded by the ''coming man, but who
has a purpose in life, whether sEe ever
met him or not.
So is the young man who. laying his
hand on his heart can say II have treated
every woman ever saw as should wish
my sister treated by other men"
So is the little child who goes to SLEEP
with kiss on its lips, for whose waking
a blessing waits.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
GBe 4Oet's department,
we Sink or swim Together.
a LAY OF ENcouRAGEuEN~.

LAY OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
Now row. my gallant brothers, row,
Give away with will and sinew
These seas that rise before our Prov
Will try the music in you
But what's the fear if hearts be true ?
We've but to pull together
True hearts and hands, all bent to do,
Will bear us braVely, bear US through,
And save the ship, and save the crew,
In spite Of wind and weather!
Row, brothers. row row, brothers, row
One long, strong pull together!
And cheer with courage, as ye row;
What though the tempest brewing,
Wosks fate for many a brother now,
That drives, head on, to ruin
'Tis not for us to shirk or shrink,
Though out in fearful weather;
We know some comrades doomed to sink
And we, too. hang on Dangers brink
But fear ye not! don't stop to think
Pull bravely all together
Row. brothers, row row, brothers. row
One long, strong pull together!
Bend to your oars. good brothers. row
Give way with hearty courage!
Deaths Just as nigh on land as now,
When seas are wolves at forage
And Heavens as near on sea as shore,
However wild the weather;
We've but to ply the manly oar.
Aud shut our ears to oceans roar,
Nor heed the fate, behind, before,
And braveiy pull togetheri
Row. brothers, row row, brothers, row
Ole long. strong pull together!
Bend to your oars. dear brothers. bend
We may not 'seape this danger.
But times of peril prove the friend,
Aud we've escaped even stranger.
IT'S something of Gods law, l thiuk,
When out in angry weather,
And men are dashed on Dangers brink,
And all seemed doom'd. aud many SILK.
That one and all their hands should link,
Aud bravely pull together.
Row. brothers, row ! row, brothers, row
We sink or swim together
WM. GILMORE sIMMS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

how we allow human testimony, human
ingenuity in argument and human ideas
of equity to influence US to our undoing at
a moment SO solemn as this Gentle-
men, it i'll becomes US, worms as we are,
TO meddle with the DEGREES of Heaven.
1t is plain to me that Heaven, in its in
scrutable wisdom, has seen fit to move this
defendants rancho for purpose. We are
but creatures, and we must submit. If
Heaven has chosen to favor tie defendant
Morgan in this marked and wonderful
manner and if Heaven, unsatisfied with
the position of the Morgan rancho upon
the mountain side, has chosen a posi-
tion more eligible and more advantageous
for its owner, it i'll becomes US, insects as
we are, to question the legality of the act.
No-Heaven created the ranches and Ii
is Heavens prerogative to rearrange
them, to experiment with them, to shift
them around at lis pleasure. Ii is for US
TO submit, without repining. warn you
that this thing which has happened is a
thing with which the sacrllegious hands
and brains and tongues must not meddle.
Gentlemen, the verdict of this court is that
the plaintiff, Richard Sides, has been de-
piived of his rancho by the visitation Of
Godl And from this decision there is 10
appeal"
Buncombe seized his cargo of law
books aud plunged out of the court room
a raving madman, almost. He pronoun-
ced Roop TO be miraculous ass, fool,
an inspired idiot. In all good faith he
returned at night and demonstrated with
/ Roop upon his extravagant decision, and
/ implored him TO walk the floor and think
/ for an hour, and see if he could not figure
/ out some sort Of ml dification of the YER
dict. Reop yielded at last and got up to
walk. He walked two hours and a-half,
and at last his face lit up happily and he
told Buncombe it had occurred to him
that the rancho underneath the new Nor
gan rancho still belonged to Sides, that
his title to the ground itself was just as
good as it had ever been, and therefore
he was of the opinion that Sides bad a
right to dig it out from under there and
The General never waited to hear the
end of it. He was always an impatient
and irascible man, that way. At the end
of two weeks he got it through his under
standing that he had been played upon
with joke. MARK IVAN
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
u r Z w N O S E S
MERCHANT TAILOR,

BUILDING, CLINTON ST., JonNsrowN,
oI .ea' Is received his fall and winter stock
brfuSy yne French, London and American
~, en- CASSIMERES and ESTINGS,
,, 1'' assortment of Gents FuRNIsHiSG
Ii -,g'es V%ei has been for eight years cutter at
4. n G-IeH Co.'S establishment, and now
|7 p,' norm Ho ms friends and the public gea-
|sL-TJ. le mas commenced business in Sup
E.oi, ing, sg- on Clinton street, with a stock
NJ 'lapted to the fall and winter, which
a, ~. rgaiel 10 make up in the latest styles
bon ~ o.eIate prices for cash. hoping by at
Eo1,raS business to merit share of public
hsrs,a', ana maintain that success which
s,iD,So attended his efforts in producing
|obr.,e garments. Give him n call.
-'loSn' Sept. 9. 1868. If.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
ERENSRERG
Es& 4A- yyy.M SIllSE,

Rug EF" Hf75Z gPfpR,
A'lNG recently enlarged our stock
We are nov prepared to sell at great
,-.'4 = !, l'0n former prices. Our stock con
VI DT4Ss' Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
- leon os, 5, halls and Allen HAIR Restor-
:, r.r r"s' 0iatmenis, Plasters. Liniments,
A"'Trs -iIFate Magnesia, Ess Jamaica
.Ti' Fnre Flayorng Extracts, Essences,
-s- S!!Tnp Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
a.''o, Pure Spices. &c.
IIG4RS AND TOBACCOS.
DOCKS, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap,
y, @nercial and all kinds of Note Paper;
ss' Eens, Per- t-roId'a Writing
~ 1'ck aud Re Ink, Pock and Pass
/. P1i P413isaznes' wspapers, Novels, HIS
ss..yss, Pipes &c
III rpg,.1 nave added to our stock lot oil
,s..., YL I Try, TO which we would invite
sGT5o sSysT,ion Of the Ladies'.
-1,oiVDkAPH ,,i ALBUMS at lower prices
I'VE V,s' offered in this place.
20 aud Cigars sold either wholesale or re.
Ii, ~ ,s.,L LENNON & MURRAY,
" ie6o, Main Street, Ebensburg.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

A WESTERN MINISTER told his congre-
cation Ibat the first step to ruin was a
yard of gay colored ribbon The next
day young woman cut shopping told the
clerk that she wanted ''three more steps
TO ruin" to match piece.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
T0NlTIC RAILWAY GATE

u,en.ee Of the above has also invented
~, ,ea.eI al AUTOMATIC RAILWAY
ErE to which lie iavites the attention of
|-,i men. Full! information will be fur
he! ON application. sud Company Rights
/ he disposed Of by the inventor Address
lbo,e jan.lI. iO.-u.I
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
4.
krTER CA N 2 B E L L S
DIPR OWED
bFE HIVE.

! - -
/ -5ersisued has secured letters patent
er-..,sl -tales, dated December II, SG9,
? :r,, :rrrayement in the construction of Bee
= .St5 III ,lsinls for his invention advantages
e. a. = bT no other heretofore patented.
s'''' :,cinal feature of this Bee Hive is the
-s s'.,y .nt by means of which il is thorough
sg ,s5 thus precluding the possibility of
'-'''. ..notLeriug, he comb moulding or the
mo This desirable end is accom-
strs N' vertical perforated tube, running
~, broueh h the hive and open at the top
,,om. All persons interested in apicul-
m,touce see the great advantages Sc
M, improvameut. The ventilatoI is
4. increase Of bees
',seaiiar constru ction Of the box, partic-
= ,be arrangement of the inner com
"a. Whereby it can be cleaned at any
':,bopt disturbing tho bees, is another
/ p,a ;r,rrovcment which will be obvious
T. -.r rer.ou VINO examines this Hive. An
..ics,;on OF the workings OF the bees or the
;.;o9 a, the interior can lie made at any
lie siles are cased with glass. Bees
,,-,sferred from & different hive to the
..rsi one without any difficulty whatever.
mi re1uire too much space TO enumerate
1 .,i III. advantages claimed in this inven-
ba, full Information will be promptly fur
T. by applyiug in person or 10y letter 10 the
mao aul now prepared to dispose of
,o-g for the sale Of the Improved Bee Hive
n rgr,ion of ,he United States.
PETER CAMPBELL,
Carrulltown. Cambria Co, Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

The spring style of bonnets is described
az something like san flower % The
peak of Laystack."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21

AN Illinois gal shelled one hundred
bushels of corn in fifteen hours. How
is that for hight
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-22
THE PETR OLEUMCENTRE
DAILY RECO r D
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING,
Sundays excepted.)
W. Il. LONGWELL, Proprietor.

TERMS.
Fer year payable In advance, IS o
] or month, X
pRlCE.LIsT OF ADvERTlslNG.
ten lines of nonpareil make one sQuare.)
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-22

AID DR. IIEATII's many years eXperi.
~ ence in curing the dcbili'atcd and diseased
those suffering with Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility,
Exhausted vitality. Con.nmption. Cdnc'ro"s ADec-
tions, Disease Of the Lirer. Epilepsy, Paralysis,
and Diseases Of the Kidneys and BLADDER, were
caused by and could on bc cured after curing them
of Seminal Weakness. His immense Practice has
made hls treatment M near perfection a. possible
Many of hi, patients had paid from 100 to S6,OOO
Tor medicine and treatment before seeing him. No
be ter proof that patients cannot be cured without
searcfi, examination Of all symptoms and compli,
cations, and scientific treatment by an experienced
physician Those at Il distance can he cured at their
homes without an interview. Advice free at 'lo
Broadway. New York. There are so many unsuc-
cessful physicians, rr. IIESTI vii merely say he
Ia the author of two elaborate works on Medicine
and Surgery and one on Chemicals.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-22

Universal. Monitor and Sbarmea wiring
c,s. at Nicholson j. Blacbmon's
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-11-10

SABBATH EVENING DIsCoURsEs.-
Rev w. H. Brocksome, A. NJ, ofths NJ.
f. Church, will deliver q course or Sab.
bath evening discourses on THE Mosaic
History of Creation, and its relation to
Modern Science, particularly Geology"
to commence on next Sabbath evening,
18th inst, at 6! o'clock.
It Is hoped that all interested in this
portunity of listening to such pulpit
dissertations, as these relations, like all
questions on Bible and science should
be more generally understood to be
properly appreciated.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-11-10
John Culbertson,
auninSt

against Cedar county,
Philip harrington, Betsey Iowa, Decein-
Harrington, Mary Ann Van Der term 1870
HOuton. Il. II Van Houton,
Sarah Jarvis, Charles ii.
Brocklehurst. Maria Brock
lehurst,-widow of John
Brock lehurSt, deceased,
Ann Brocklehurst, Harriet
Brock lehurst and Maria
Brock lehurst.
To the above named defendants:--You are
hereby notified that there is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District Court, in and
for the county of Cedar in the State of Iowa, q
petition of John Culbertson. plaintiff, claim
Ing of YOU the defendant, Philip Harrington.
the sum of four hundred dollars. with interest
therean at seven per cent from the 9th day OF
September, A. ID. 1861 on your promiSsory note
defendants the foreclosure Of the mortgage
given by the defendants, Philip Harrington
and Betsy Harrington, on the 9th September,
1861, to secure payment of said note, together
covering the following real estate in Cedar
county, Iowa. to wit: The northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of section four a and
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter Of
north of range three 80 west of the 5th =. NJ,
aSeing the foreclosure of said mortgage
said northwest quarter OF the sou west quar-
ter Of section three 90. the said mortgage hay-
ing been already foreclosed to the said
oar as % Bay said ohe ne note As" praying
for a decree Of said Court confirming and quiz
citing the title to said property in the defend
ant. Philip Farrington subject to the plain
tiffs rights therein under said mortgage.
Now unless you appear to said petition and
day ofthe next term OF said Court to be begun
and held at Upton, in said county. on the 9Th
day of December, 1870. default will be entered
against you, and Judgment rendered thereon
and decree entered therein in accordance with
the prayer ofsaid petition:
42w4 WOLF & LANDT Atty's for PIE
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-11-10

THE SUGAR CREEK SCHOOL CASE
More or less serious trouble aud compli-
cation concerning school matters will
always be arising in districts and town
ships so long as mankind continues to
be selfish and jealous--iu other wvlds,
until the millennium; but it is not often
that difficulty arises Of so much mo-
ment, so long continuance and so great
notoriety as the one referred to by the
above caption. Certainly, such an one
has not before occurred in this county.
And now, in attempting brief account
Of the affair, we propose to give the bare
facts in the case, as nearly as possible AZ
they were related to US; avoiding the
mention, solar As possible, of the names
Of the parties engaged in the controver-
sy, and expecting, Of course, to be ex.
cused from any intention ofpartisanship.
This, by way of explanation, because we
are somewhat aware how strong the To-
cal feeling in the matter has been, and
probably, still Is.
Sugar Creek township, in this county,
as school district township, was and is
divided into five sub~districts; three of
housekeeping some places where the
irregularities of tho stream are not fol-
lowed-upon the west, and two of them
OH the east side of Sugar Creek, which
divides the township somewhere near
the center from north to south. Sub
districts one and four were on the east
side, and two, three and five upon the
west; the halves Of the township made
by the creek being generally known as
East side" and "West side,"
respectively.
Considerably more than year agothe
citizens Of sub-district number one
commenced the legal steps to obtain q
new school house. They agreed by
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-11-10

THE Iowa SOUTHwEsTERN.-In all
that is heard of the progress Of this en-
terprise there 10 nothing to discourage
the most anxious for its success. On the
contrary, ever since the organization of
the Corporation was effected at Iowa
City, the result Of every movement has
been calculated to create confidence and
strengthen hope. First, the great inter
est and enthusiasm shown in and for
the project all along Its proposed line.
Then the satisfactory result Of the pre-
liminary survey, showing that nature
had left no unusual, and hardly the
usual obstacles in the way. Then the
assurance from railroad capitalists that
whenever the people on the route of the
projected railway would pledge a rea-
sonable amount Of assistance to it, to be
paid when it was an accomplished fact,
that they on their part would be bound to
build and operate it. After this, first,
Center township, in Cedar county, then
Camanche, in Clinton, and lastly Iowa
City, in johnson, by rousing majorities
voted tax in its aid. On the Goth Of
this month the proposition to raise a
five per cent. tax in behalf of the South
western will be voted upon in Clinton;
and carried, there is every reason to be-
lieve. Clinton has AZ much at stake in
the matter as any single locality, and it
has never been the place to neglect its
own interests.
So here is to the Southwestern. May
it's prospects never be less bright than
now, aud its friends will never be called
upOn to attend its funeral.
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