The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-06-24
"OUT ON THE FLY!o
The Ink k-SIingers on "a Pleasure rip
Where They Were, What InSy SAWS
and How They Liked Ii.

aware. we .'threw up our hand" on Monday
evening of last week, and with our wife by
our side and our trunk. elephant-like, before
us. we struck out for Bellefoute, where we
were reliably informed that the annual sun-
mer meeting of the Pennsylvania Democratic
Editerial Association was to be held on the
| following day, and that that was to be sue
| ceeded on Wednesday by general rush to
Williauspo-t, where the State Editorial AS
sociatior, regardless of politics. would then
have convened for the purpose, among other
things, of getting together and extending the
excursion to Watkins Glen, at the head of
Seneca Lake, in Schuyler county, New YORK,
lust one hundred miles above Williamsport.
On reaching Cresson we found that Belefonte
would be honored with our presence at just
the same hour next day had we remained at
home all night We were in for it, however.
and the kind and amiable hostess OF the Cal
Ian House did not have to use much persua-
sicn to induce us to tarry for the night under
the hospitable roof of that comfortable hos
telry, which was certainly glory enough for
one night. clean and comfortable bed
! afforded repose to our bodies and an excel
| lent breakfast gladdened and satiated our ap-
| petites, and when we found that our hat,
which, by the way, was exceedingly broad
| in the brm, had been "chalked" for the
whole bill, we felt that our lines and several
other things, thanks to the generous host
and his kind hearted lady, had indeed fallen
! in pleasant places. About the hour of six
| on Tuesday morning, Conductor Quartz very
! blandy remarked that we could get "all
! aboard'' for Altoona, which we did with an
air of felicity that was truly refreshing to
all beholders. At Altoona we found several
of the brethren on the qui uiUe, If you know
where that is, and we can't tell you how
! glad they were when they beheld the smiling
visage of one of the "frosty SOUS (aud adangh
teri of thunder" which. us and company
had the pleasure of representing. To reach
Belefonte and points beyond 1t was necessa-
ry for US to leave Altoona. which We did on
| the Harrisburg Accommodation. At Tyrone
several of the fraternity and a few more OF
the fair sex joined US, or we them, aud up
the Bald Eagle Valley Rail Road we scooted
| in the most luxurious cars and best OF spirits,
| for distance of thirty miles or so, to Miles
| burg, (probably called SO because it Is two
miles from Bellcfonte,) where our train was
switched off on to the Snow Shoe K. r., and
| those two miles accomplished in very brief
| length of period. AS an evidence Of the good
| feeling prevailing. we may here remark that
''our erring but well meaning brethren" OF
| the radical persuasion, with their ladies, al
though en- route direct for Williamsport,
very kindly escorted US to Bellefonte. instead
of standing around the Milesburg station un-
t,I Df hat thara " a q
| no law 10 prevent them from doing. While
we say this much for our radical brethren aud
sistern, we feel none the less constrained to
| condemn the i'll temper manifested by the
! train which bore US from Milesburg to Bellies
! fonte. We can hardly expect our readers
to believe 1t, but true it is that that particu-
lar train had its back mp al the way, and
| even on our return trip it was In no better
| humor, for it run as all dOtCn in very short
meter. Still it deserves much credit for en-
abing US to reach Bellefoute in the brtefest
time possible, which suited very we'll two
| lawyer editors of our party at least. At
Bellefonte our reception was "chlld- like and
bland" the Watchman in waiting for us be-
ing as Meek as a lamb, or man that had
Just been ldnlmed. Our greeting, however,
was as cordial as our treatment while there
was kind and hospitable, and everybody
seemed as glad as we were that we had ar
rived. If we had got in face foremost, in
stead of rice UerSG, we don't believe they
would have been better pleased. From the
station to the Bush House was but short
walk, and once there and properly domiciled,
the hotel register revealed the fact that some
thirty-five Democratic editors and probably
bakers dozen Of ladies' were there to make
lane the Iarders of that stupendous and CONS
Portable hostelry. On the principle of busi-
ness before pleasure, meeting was convened
as soon as possible, and although its delib-
erations were broken in upon by summonipg
us to an excellent dinner, "a summons which
was obeyed with alacrity, not only because
we were hungry, but because table napkins
were more desirable if less amusing, than
some other kins that wasn't to be caught
mapping, much as we could have wished for
such denouement, Notwithstanding this
agreeable interruption, we proceed to say,
the convention succeeded in securing the sig
natures to the constitution of all present who
had not previously signed it, as we'll as in
adopting a resolution commendatory of the
late Democratic State convention and its able
nominees, appointing committee to draft a
series of by>laws for the government of the
Association. (the report of which committee
was unanimously concurred in on the follow
irg morning ) and electing the gentlemen
HauleO O6lOW AS OIlCSfS iOI tLS year.
President, Hon. II. L. Dieffenbach, Blooms
burg Columbian 4; Vice President, Col. Chas.
j. Biddle, Philadelphia Age; Secretary. w.
P. Furey. Mauch Chunk Times Cor. Sec'y,
II. G. Smith, Lancaster hateHigsnccr Treas
urer, j. w. Rohrer, Kittanning Sentinel;
Executive Committee, j. w. Brown, Harris
burg Patriot, August Duncan, Chambersburg
Valley Spirit, and Fl. A. McPike, Ebensburg
Freeman. Our own election was of course
exceedingly gratifying te-us, but when the
daily papers came around next day and in
ormed us that M. Pike Gan abbreviati on go
doubt of Mud Pike was one of the Execu>
tive Committee, we felt the overwhelming
truth of the adage which says that glory
consists in being killed in battle and then
having our name misspelt in the newspapers.
Not being either slain or slowed, however,
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