The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-01-28
A sTAETEsNG ROMANCE.
= Wonderful story OF e urder suicECe.
LSSocSs- Thunder. Cheap Dry s.01Gs,
ana H&Ey esther Things.
CHAPTER ]
CHA PTER !.
The boy stood OF the burning deck
lie hadn't sense to go:
II. F.r,.,, = IN, q, u III, S,,,Jax- ,.fr,.Ix,
He burnt up ali his Sunday clothes
Which he'd just put on to show.


Which he'd just put on to SHOW.
Early III the morning, on the 18th day OF De-
celnbcr, $50, a solitary horSeInau might have
been seen riding along the public highway. in
one OF the remote COruGTs Of Cambria county.
lie had not proceeded far when, from mar
row. crooked ny way, lSSi!cd another hOrscIIsll,
who quickly Joined the first. Ere long squads
OF two, three, four ard more were added to the
now large ana constantly increasing throng.-
Other parties were noticed gathering up at va
riOus points on the road, and then moving off
al in the same erection soon the news spread
that ali the roads leading to Ebensburg were
lined with i moving caravan OF men, women
attend court, but glance at their hottest and
/ intelligent faces revealed signs OF diSscn-
slons needing tLc strong arm OF the law 10 ad-
judicate.
CHAPTER II.
Day was dawuing upon Ebensburg. The sun
! had just risen and struck light. The streets
of our town were comparatively quiet for the
sarly hour had not yet called out the people
for the active duties OF the day. Many of the
stores wer" yet closed, and the great Dry Goods
aud Grocery Emporium OF VI. /, o ATMAN & Co.
had only been put in order to admit its stupen-
doUS crowd of delighted customers.
Soon the streets became mass OF living hui
street-O4TaAN y cos Cheap Cash Store
which from early morn till late at night IS con-
stantly crowded with ever coming multItEdeS.
Why 90 people gather in sucn impeuetrabie
masses at OATAIAN y CO.sr What brings them
and parts adjacentT Yea, verify, glad tidings
OF great joy rad been youchsafed TO them :
The fact had reached their ears that OATMAH &
Co. were almost giving dry goods and dress
goods away for tine ready cash. They had been
get the most wonder vi Oal cams III iiit!s' caps
boots, shoes, clothing. fancy goods, notions, la
dies and gents furnishing goods, etc. Unto
them had been rev called the gratifying intelh-
Eencc that wheat and buckEG heat flour, bacon
fish, sugars, syrurS, coffee, tea, toDaccU cigars
canned irUitS, OILS queenSware; glassware aud
hundreds OF other articles, could be had mere
ly for the asking and the smallest possible con-
sd@rdti04i IN tnc way OF money or country pro
duce. They had been told and believed that
iuliy 10 per cent. on i3e Goii'lr couid ne saNcu
by buy ing any ana al kilcs OF goods, ana pay
ing the cash down, at the cheap store of VI. Il.
who wouldn't Gomez The most skeptical be
HcVe-the most incredulOUS are convinced that
been known or heard of in the annals of Ebens-
burg i5 now going on at this renowned cheap
cash store. And that's what's the matter.
CHAPTER III.
He tied q rope to n hickory limb,
The other end beneath his chin
He jumped from of that hickory limb,
And jerkcd the life right out of him.
4 merchant who for many years grew fat on
high-priced goods, stood in his doorway and
these cheap goods. One hour afterwards he
was found suspended to Il tree with q large pia-
card on MS breast bearing this sad inscription:
brought 10 an untimeIy end by the cheap dry
goods and groceries OF NJ. L. OATM-AN y Co."
How TO Do TIFF one-half the money that
is spent at eating and drinking saloons at thea
tres and balls, was spent at Hess y Brothers
Ready-made Clothing Emporium No I'll and
243 Main street, Johnstown, people would go
better clad and feel better-nay. they would be
better A penny saved from deliberate non
sense is as good as penny earned, yet If men
have money TO spare let them go to theatres,
eating saloons, and to Hess also for the best
clothing ever made. BE sure to go TO the last
place first, however
s.THRUE FOR YEZ.''-I is not often that we
can endorse what the Aleghanian says, bat
when it proclaims that Geo. Huntley runs one
of the largest hardware dcpOtS in Western Penn
sylvania, and that he is Il clever gentleman and
sells hardware, tinware. etc, at prices unsllr-
passed for cheapneSs, we cannot but say amen
to the several propositions MIR. n. is the right
man to .patrOniZc when in want OF any article
III his line OF traiIc.
THE COZ; EFT that is to smash the earth to smith
Green's in June next is rapidly approaching, and
the only mode OF escape from being squeluhed
is to go to Jas. j Murphy ; Reaoy -Llade tLoCh-
ing Store, JohnStown, and get a new outiit from
top to toe. Comets respect well dressed peo-
pie and the place to get well dressed at the very
lowest figures is at No lU9 Clinton street, where
you can get the cheapest and best comet suit
You ever wore
PUFFIN0.-ThS thing of pulling is about play
cd out. II diSapponts the reader exceedingly
One begins to read an item of news and before
gets two lines read II turns out 10 pe pun.
But honestly JOhcuS ltat ParlOr cannot De
puffed too high. This is emphatically the place
for great bargains-Tnost unprecedented bar
paElS-is \ o. :2Z1 Main street, JOhnstowIl, better
known as Cohen's Cheap Hat tafior. IfJ IL or.
WHICH | wish to remark, and my language is
plain-f hope no ones III the dark about wherc
he can gain the best kind of bargains Tor the
ready cash down-at the famed Christy store,
in Loretto's fair town; for there oeyoau doubt
If will pay to invest, since Andy 5 prices are
cheapest and his goods OF the best
wooI.-The fact must never he lost sight of,
that Wanamaker & Brown make ap only all-
wool goods. The low prices at which they sell
have led some people to thlnk tiiatt t,lefe stUsF
be some cotton in their materiais But TINS IS
not So "AIl-woor' goods at cotton prices IS
ths rule at Oak Hall, Psitadei2hia