The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-09
local correspondence.
1orv.Tovy Dec. 3, 1871.

ICUysTOCS, Dec. ., 'S'''
Dr,, Observation-Disclosures may make ms
takas as thew often get their iniorfnat'o
floating rumors, which are son1etl'i'eS ,..ak
-, en-. ,,,os. and would apologize 10y saying :
.nat ~, NV obirct was to keep the smallpox AS
ran AWAY AZ POSSIBLE -
ran 80 oIso heen censufed for saying that
rho 6re companies failed to ''put IN an appear
-. ;, etc. was at the fire, and go were
/ o,ler.. and we did not see hose on the ground g.
b,ye incurred Of Mr o Connell' 5 family, and
I tbov s7y that the hose carriages were not up
/ rbsTe Mt the fire. But justice 10 the Company
compels me to say that they did run cut tho
hose, (at least 40 ! am informed } aud that
/ tbey ere told that the fire was only SCOT burn
/ ing in a chimney, and that for that reason they
did not 20 up. They are an energetic Com
panv, and l would rot Intentionally misreprs
sent them. IN regard TO the fire being "put
out easily - etc, how else would il go out of
a chimney top? 1t is neither pleasure nor a
profit to report facts, much less fiction.
keep rs near to TIE facts possible. | am
really afraid to announce that Christmas is
coming, lest some smart critic might pick me
up and say that CHRISTMAS CAME NEARLY a
YEAR AGO. AS the same landscape, vie e.
from different staGdpoihts, assumes different
aspects, so the same facts coming to the minds
of different persons through different MFDIA
often create different impressions. AS J. @.
than did, he did right TO add what was left
out, hut lie could have done that without
'kriketizing." Albeit. have nothing against
J. Q l would add that the printer sometimes
doe. me injustice 10y changing the language l
use, which is n liberty | do not grant, unless
in cases where he cannot decipher my hero
gl{ghics.
sickness, ti,ongh it lies directly between two
borOughs thai-have contagious diseases. This
is in part owing TO great preca caution. Mr. Mes
meth. the Superintendent of the WoOlen Fac
tory, caused smoke house to be bUit, and he
requires all the operatives to pass through it
once or twice day, when it is filled with the
fumes of carbolic lime, sulphur and burning
alcohol But few SGperintendents have dis
played as much interest in these matters as
Mr.. N, and he deserves the thanks of all the
operatives. ns well Of the citizens Of Wood
vale and vicinity for these precautionary mea-
sures.
The utmber of cases of smallpox here is
greatly exaggerated, or ese people do not
comply with the ordinance requiring the dwell
ings to be labeled We have seen but four
labeled doors yet, and have been through
the principal portions OF the town. People
should not swell the numbers. 1t Is bad enough
as it Is.
The stockholders OF the Johustown and
Somersat Railroad met on Saturday at the
CounciI Chamber, and elected officers for The
ensuing year In about twelve months from
this time the iron horse will be beard srorting
along the banks OF Stonoy Creek and frighteu
ing the good people of Shade township with
lis terrific screams. horses screams us!
think
A gentleman named Meagher will soon can
vass this county with the Life of Judge
fancy" Roger B. Taney wes Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States for
many ye1rs, and died poor. His eceUtful life
embraces period of nearly one hundred years
This book has sketches of all the prominent
lawyers who practced at that Court Let The
work be read by all men
That MYTHIC individuality, vclept Mao
SuANE. is respectfully invited TO be ~ tho In
sGlute. and to listen to a splendid doggeral
which is TO be read upon that occasion. The
sceLe Is laid all over the State. The riot ex-
tends over ). .C0O miles. The lines are "ax
( hamcter" No more at present.
! We predict that before tho close of the pros
cnt year more than one millions OF deaths will
take place in the United States. This will be
/ equal to one in eveTy forty persons. But We
] do not mean that 80 many persons will die. but
! th-t so Ilany lives will be lost Many person,
/ will travel in grease and turkey, and many Will
! close their travels in the United States.
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