The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-02-24
Local Correspondence.
JoHEsTt WIN, Feb. 81, 1870.


Dear Freeman-The editor of the Johns
town Tribune has discovered that Both
sides" and Rob Roy" are SYNONYMOUS
terms. We acknowledge the corn. Since
our earliest youth we have been accustomed
to view both sides of every question before
coming to a conclusion. We never jump at
conclusions, and were never bigot enough to
be one-SIded. Every honest judge of every
court In every state and every nation listens
to Doth SIDES Of every question of either lao
or Jdct before he announces his decision {;
ergo, every such judge might justly be nick
named "BOthsideS." We glory in the name
Every writer on philosophy and logic advises
those who would be just and honest to exam
Inc both sides of every question, and where
an opponent presents strong argument to
give that argument due credit. We shall
do so In the present case and give our friend
of the Tribune due credit for his wise dis
elimination in this respect. Nay, more
we will say that since the Tribune has fallen
into his hands, it is quite spicy local pdper
Indeed. greatly improved paper. Now,
brother of the tripod, beat that if YOU can
w. Horace Rose, Esq our last years
Burgess, is about TO hand over the Insignia
of Office TO his successor, Joseph S. Strayer.
Esq., and in doing 30 he will leave a clean
record of his Iast years transactions. II is
something remarkable in these days Of de
generacy for those in official position to re-
tire from their posts without some stain upon
their characters, or at least some criBaination
and fault finding. We have never yet heard
anything said against the official career of
Mr.. Rose. On the contrary. every body,
without distinction of party, commends him
for honesty. justice and gentlemanly conduct
towards all with whom he held official inter
course. Besides, the expenses of the bur-
Ough have been reduced under his admins
tration about six hundred or a thousand dol
lars. Good reason for it--he is a democrat.
We would give the incoming Burgess a
kindly notice now but for the fact that we
would doubtless be charged with taking both
sides. So, this matter will be post -pcned
for the present.
You may wonder why your correspondent
did not report the arrest of certain parties
OF Saturday night week. We admit that
we did not, and We will say here, cree for
all, that VIC will always refrain. as far as
possible. from feeding that morbid taste for
DlarUeLlous news that is growing so alarm
ing(y in every community. We do know
that the Police Gazette would sell as rapidly
among some good people as the Christian
AdcOcate, but God forbid that we should
ever be instrumental in furnishing such de-
licious tit bit SANDER to ritidted minds. The
young as we'll as the old read the papers,
ard the youthful mind will goJ6Le up such
items as greedily as key would gobble
up corn, while tho old ladies with spectacles
would take SLY peep over the young folks
shoulders. So we say "hands of =" While
it is perfectly right that the law should pun
iSh offenders. We do not think il necessary
that every dirty case should be reported in
the Family Newspaper"
Washiug:On's birthday is to be celebrated
by the ''Turnverein" Society, who are pre-
pairing for one of the greatest masqued balls
that ever this place witnessed. We admit
that We should like very much to see the
grotesque and comic figures that will move
athwart Union Hail, "multiform ani mix, ;"
but then the sight would cost three dollars,
and that is beyond our purse. Notwith-
standing the immense preparations for this
bail, Frank w. Hays stove aud tinware es-
tablishment, just above said Hall, on Wash
lngton street, stands as hrm as a rock Of
adamant, or pot metal.
A young man named Prosser emigrated
some time ago from JUhnstUwn to Tennessee
and got Reconstructed there, and now turns
up in Congress. He made speech the other
day on Education" in which he makes an
abundant use Of quotation marks, and tries,
but fails, to prove that we as a people have
done less for education than European na-
tions. We would have said nothing about
the speech but for the fact that it is terribly
tainted with politics. He charges the Dem
ocratic party with ignorance, especially in
New York city. Now we do think that
party politics and popular education should
be kept entirely separate. He makes an
abortive attempt at tcit by showing that in
the Southern States there are counties that
have only from one to two post-offices, from
which he infcrs that the people are very ig-
norsnt. This reasoning is very unfair
Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Iowa and other Republican States have also
counties with but one or two post Offices
perhaps some without any. His speech,
such as it is, would have depe much more
good if his political thrusts could have been
left out. We remember the time when ig
norant men, such as Plug Uglies" and all
the scum Of all the cities in the Union, were
identified with the Republican party. Not
a word was then uttered about ignorance
Inde d, if We may judge by the scrtnty
representatives in Congress, that party is
not very intelligent ever. yet.
We offer a compromise on the question of
removing the county seat, which will. per-
haps compromise the dignity of Ebensburg,
Wilmore and Johnstown-all three. We
propose taking the county seat to Burkett's
camel coal farm, in jackson township.
There would be great saving Of fuel in
this movement, and then the coal bauk could
be used as Jail If the Commissioners
want stcamp they could get otse t.cO squares
below We think a sWamp is the best or
some spouLy place, it would give prison
ers chance for lots Of bale but. in making
this remark, we do not intend that any one
should throw cold toater on the question of
removal. That. the county seat should be
brought this way we have DO doubt, and it
is feasible. A large land slide would bring
Ebensburg down. Still, you chaps would
be uppeTmost, SO that we might almost as
we'll ''rest on our ores. "
The tariff question was discussed by our
literary brethren, last Monday night, in the
IL. n literary Snciatu That 1Inecfinn