The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-14
Local COrrespOnGeuce,
JeHNsTowN, Oct. 10 1871

'oS"tu W tue district Court were not very well
received here. though | was really in earnest
! In fact l did not state the case as strongly os
! IL might be stated. If a court had ever been
! iegaity organized here, then the case would
have been different But the Supreme Court
ousted the judges who at the first attemp ed
! to organize the District Court If those Judges
| had no right to Sit they had TO right to organ.
| lZe court. In fact never had a court If
the District Court had first been properly or
| gahlzed by competent men, it would have been
| court, even though interrupted in its regular
proceedings Such a court is referred to in 5th
| Casey, but our court NEVER HAD a LIGAL peing
An egg is not chicken-a bud is not fruit
! though in the egg and in the bud lie the latent
| germ from which the chicken and the fruit are
! developed. The Legislature gave us the RIGHT
to have court, but they did not give us a
| court. They invested us with power to create
a court We failed to elect judges, and the
late appointments by the Governor were the
hrst steps towards org 1nizinS a court. The
! old recoIds are worth no more than the spufi-
! Gus records of Bril- CHAM Young's self constituted
courts would be in United States Court. and
| we think that if Judge appointed by the Pres
| ident of the United States would go to Utah
and find dozen of Gentes bound in recngni-
zances to appear at Brigham'S court. he would
| discharge them; or if he found them in Brig
hams self constituted prisons, he would grant
writs OF habeas corpus without delay. Our So
called District Court had no more right to sit
than Brigham Young's judges have. Both
were wrong ab initio. But enough of this
The very unpleasant fight here before the
election about judges almost made US wish " e
| had no court W 9 certainly need such d court
as the law contenplates, but as soon as We got
! the HOPE OF zone our citizens made the Offices n
| bone OF contention. We are right sorry for
| this. but are glad that We are to have court
at last in spite of contentious.
! 1t was my intention TO give your readers q
| full account of the Fair in my pI esent letter,
! but the seltshness OF the managers, who refuse
to give any information on tho subiect of pre-
miums and diplomas, must be my excuse for
| ialling TO give the details. The Fair was q
/ grand success pecuniary. Great numbers of
| people were in attendance, but merchants did
! not realize their expectations in the sale of
goods. The money of the pleasure seekers
went for bets, games of chance, meats and
| drinks, and not for anything substantial. A
dozen traps were laid to catch the peoples
| money One man had a gun and a target To
! shoot at; another had grab bag with five dol
| lars In it, somewhere, with great many pieces
! of soap. and one had TO pay one dollar for FIVE
| grabs; another had stand with some cabalistic
/ numbers upon it, and deck of cards to shuttle,
after which one could draw a fortune of blanks
another had a circular board stuck full of pen
| knives. and any one who could throw little
ring around knife at so much a throw got the
| knife. All these things, together with horse
racing, present evil lessons to the youth of the
land, a result which good people deplore. If
| all the departments at the Fair had been such
| as Mr.. Akers suDerintended, and if gamblers
| had been excluded, then indeed would the ex
hibitun have left wholesome impressions -
There were some specialties there worth noting,
however, few of which | will refer to. Mrs.
| Lewis Pitt exhibited a magnificent picture of
The Last Supper" done in needle work by
! her own hands believe. MIR. Swegler had on
exhibition twenty-five pumpkins. all the pro-
duct Of one vine. Mr.. Akers presented dis
play of flowers, fruits, and other curiosities.
birh 10 l1ol ,bar
! of sewing machines were exhibited, but some
of the prOpTietors disputed 30 much about the
I premiums that people became disgusted. he
| American combination button hols, oTerseam
ing and sewing machine, James Espy. corner
| of Fifth and Market streets, Pittsburgh, took
one of the premiums. The machine is good
one, / have no doubt, especially The button
hole attachment. The agent left quite elated
| Miss Letitia Canaan had some beautiful artf
ciaI wax-work designs on exhibition. Dir.
Fend had the only oil paintings that were there.
Mr.. Green had photographs in prorusion, aud
Mr.. Davis had musical instruments. There
were hundreds of other interesting articles on
exhibition, but they ere all NAMELTss, so
let them be namesless forever more. Why all
means for obtaining information were shut out
is a mystery TO me, but such the fact.
An old lady named Myers was killed on the
/ Penna. Rail Road, opposite Perknsville. on
Friday last, by the Pacific Express eastward
bound. She was engaged at the time in pick
come scattered along the track. and although
the engine whistle and bell both sounded, SHE
was either too deaf TO hear too intent on her
work to heed the warning, and the result was
that the locomotive struck her and knocked
her against pile of wood ith such violence
az to nangle her body terribly and produce
instant death. Coroner Harold held an in
quest. The family lives in Cambria borough.
Evan Evans of Woodvae was badly injured
in the mines on Saturday Inst He had his
- l.. ~ r.
ing of slate from the upper part of the mine.
He is getting better slowly.
John Butler, brakesman on the Union
Line Emisrant train, was killed at East Cone
maugh station, on Monday night last. by com
Jag in contact with the coal scaffold III that
place which is too low. He was knocked
under the cars and run over, and had one leg
cut off at the hip, and the other below the
knee and died at o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing. He was a young MAJ. and was a sor of
Mr.. VIM. Butler, of Wilriore.
The news from Chicago cast q dampener
over the town here notwithstanding the poit-
ical excitement. We hope the fire is subdued
by this time.
B. Mccormick has invented sun dial that
keeps correct time, by a movable gnomon or
style, which can be raised or lowered TO suit
the suns northern declination.
The election ia over and the regularly nomi-
mated ticket for District Court judges and clerk
ran ahead five to one.
The Kernville bridge is now free, though
some people do not know it We were greatly
amused at farmer the other morning, who
| drove through the creek with heavy load on
his wagon in order to cave the toll.
c. s. C. wants to know why people catch
soft water when it rains hard, The reason is
that soft people are generally hard cases.
| Rob ROY.
p 8 I understand that there will be some
, difficulty in deciding which of the sewing ma
chimes shall get the premium. So far as we
know the Original Elias Howe sewing machine
of Mr.. Lincoln, Pittsburgh. was the best ma
chine at the fair. s. A. Wagstaff is the agent
, here. 1t is the simplest and the strongest
machine, and sews everything from tissue paper
} up to the heaviest cloth. l now speak of the
f family machine. The manufacturing machine