The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-07

Dear F,ccmgn-The Highland Agricultural
4 Society of JohnStown is going to hold Fair
some time soon. and a pamphlet has just been
I issued which indicates that the premiums viii
be numorous, provided there viii 5e enough of
. committee will send you big advertisement,
! when YOU can give it an extended notice
The vivid descriptions of NiagarI Fails fur
nlsheu by your correspondents put me To dream
ing OF this great wonder, and made me visit the
falls too. 1 took the route that Col. Wash
/ ington took when he went out rs agent for GOV.
Dinwiddie of Virginia to the Governor OF Can
ada TO negotiate loan for the First National
Bank of the United States. The great number
/ of derricks and oil wells that saw conSinccd
me that had either missed Washington's path
or else that he was entirely reticcnt on the sub
/ Duena Vista 70 the left and Waterloo To the
/ right, and steered direct for Lundys Lane.
where had a pleasant Interview with General
Scott. AT Canoe-place / was furnished with a
canoe. and the ghosts of Wolfe and MontCam
and myself started over the lake for the Fails.
/ The day was perfectly clear but neared
Gont Island our canoe tipped little, and in fif-
/ teen minutes we were enveioped in dense fog.
/ In fifteen minutes more we touched the surface
! of the water below, when our canoe began 70
gyrate at the rate OF II thousand revolutions
per second. The ghosts, being spiritual in their
natures, went UP with the nlists and the rain
! bows and was left alone to paddle my own
! canoe" Having reaG philosophy, and knowing
Something of the pressure of the fog, | reasoned
thuS: that the canoe would not upset. so |
stood up and grabbed for the Canada line,
which runs near. the centre of the river. Isuc-
ceeded IN throwing pocket handkerchief
across it. and by hard pulling got out of the
I fearful eddy, but the canoe then struck bee
line down the river, striking seven-hundrCd-
ton rock, which it split into fragments, without
any injury TO the canoe Suddenly my craft
was mctanorphosed INTO balloon, and when l
awoke was going up with fragments of rain
/ DoWs ana other deluslonS- may be going on
! yet for aught know. But this is what / know
about the Falls of Niagara
There is some talk here about electing Judges
and other officers for the District Court. 1t is
evident that we have District Court. because
the act ofthe Legislature which created il never
was repealed. 1T is also evident that the Judges
Of the Courts of Cambria county cannot sit
here, for the Supreme Court has ruled. The
only thing that can be done is TO elect Judges
according TO the constitution and the law
all the difficulties under which labor.
y District Court here wOuld Sa q vast amount
of useless expense in triHing cases, that should
never be sent up, and it would be much more
convenient for witnesses and parties
! down at 8iackiick, Indiana county, whittier
large number of our citizens betook themselves
: on Sunday last, more through idle curiosity,
perhaps, than to seek spiritual consolation.
Tony Pastor, the inimitable and his troupe
for this night only at Uuion Hall. Handcn-
burghs eircus and menagere was here on Fri
day last. and is said to have been asgood show.
Almost fire occurred last week under Nc
CEAoughS store, adjoining John j. Murphy's
ated, which communicated to the empty boxes
and barrels, and which, but for its timely dis
coyery. would have reduced that valuable cor
ner to ashes in thirty minutes. Thanks to the
. power of water works, a temporary hose
a large hotel has recently been built in Sharps-
burg or rather Hornerstown on the Rictlend
people coming in from that direction.
James NJ Swank, ESQ, former editor of the
JbnilSibNn IbIt9t. EttS DeCD appointed culGf
clerk of the Agricultural Bureau, Washington.
Interesting-the letters of Bayard Taylor to
/ the New York Tribune from the Red River of
! the North, Fort Abercrombe, Fort Garry. Penn
bina, and Fort York. Steamboat navigation on
the Red River is no sport. ROB Roy.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL So
/ CIETY The Annual Exhibition of this Society
( formerly Altoona Park Association). will be
held at the City of Altoona on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, ard Friday. September
/ 18th. 18th, 18th, 18th. 1871. The grounds
the largest and most complete. and the
/ driving cOtirse equal 10 the best in the State.
! The very liberal premiums offered by the Man
/ ayers must command the attention and attcu-
/ dance of all parties rearing good stock. or in
/ teres:ed in agricultural aud other Inventions
! The followiDg summary OF premiums will con
! vey idea of their magnitude:
! Thoroughbred horses es............-......S3g S3g9 co
! INDuuSttIS.---- ~ ~
HorSes for general purposes. :.-...... I21 90
Mafched driving and saddle horses co CO 90 90
/ Thoroughbred, native and grade cattle. 9Ia- 90
/ Farm and yard I49 90
! Farm implements. .-.....--.-..:... $50 90
TIE speed premiums amount to 50 0O0. di
| vided into seven purses: Ore OF S25; enc OF
/ $500; ono of 500; ore of $50; one of 800;
| one OF S59G; one of $250-the whole making
over Sc, 600 in premiu ms for the present season.
7 he complete success of former exhibitions
! of the Society, and the general satisfaction
/ given, should guarantee larger turnout this
/ seaCon than heretofore. Entries of blooded
| stock and valuable Inventions are being made,
and there will be beauty and diversity to look
! upon.
! Excursion tickets will be issued from all
! stations the main line and branches of the
| Pennsyl lvaHia Railroad, from Monday until
/ Friday. good for return trip on Saturday.
A FINISHED Scour bREL-The Keytesville
| (Mo.) True Democrat of Aug. 18th devotes
| upwards of n column and Il half to the cx-
/ posture of the ''ways that dark and tricks
/ that are vain of a certa: n j ohm L. Bdteman,
/ a man (if it is proper to so designate such
! creature) who was born and reared ,and married
/ his fret wife in Ebensburgh, and who has re
Gently abandoned his second wife and child
| (bCrn since his dcparture(, besides leaving
! several conidipg creditors in that place in the
! lurch for various sums of money which in his
hurry he forgot to pay BatemAn, as we have
SAID, was married TO his first wife in this place
| and by this marriage became connected with
some of the most respectable people in this
vicinity. 1t is many years ago, however,
! since he left this country for the countrys
! good, and none but residenters of nearly two
decades standing will remember to have known
him while in midst. His present wbarea-
bouts is supposed to be California.
A PotYGfoT BrsTNEes.-The wfTle-epread in
| huence of American skill and enterprise has
! outstripped the comprehension of the Ameri-
cans themselves The tg brics of our mills clothe
! the savageS of both continents They wrap the
I loins of Africa and the tawny skins of South
! Amer lean pampas. But wider still are spread
! the products of our skill in medicines. A late
| visit to DIR. j. &. Aver & Co.'S laboratory and
/ office in Lowell showed Us that the whole
! face of the habitable globe pays its tribute
/ there. There they cater to and serve the
! quirements of almost all nations Their puhli-
cations are in the many tongues that widely
| severed peoples use. Their letters must be read
J front and written in many tongues, for which
| there sits long range of correspondents with
! the Indispensable accomplishments for their
| duties Their daily mail of half bushel of let
/ tiers brings them advfces, orders and remit
! tances from the circle of the world. We
! overwhelmed with amaZement, and our readers
/ would 0e by an inspection of this wonderfully
| extensive, health-dealing enterprise. - Holly
! Springs (Miss.) Conservative.
! FATAL. .ACCIDEET.-William KillinEer, of this
! city, killed in a collision on the Philadci-
! phia & Erie Railroad on Saturday morning last,
/ near WeStpoit Station. He engineer of
the first section of the Empire freight east, and
colided with the Mail train west Reuben