The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-16

Fon T) NAsT.-Tbere is good deal OF
practical sense of "fg citing the devil with fire."
and we observe that some of the opponents of
Grant and his adminislra ton are avail;nr them
selves of its full force. Hitherto the Radical
party has had almost exclusive benefit of this
ridicule and assault. The sketches of n ast,
in HARPrR's WEEKLY, have assisted greatly TO
prop up Hadicalism and divert public attention
from tho Plundering and grisvious outra0es of
that party. This, We are glad to know is to
be so Lo longer. Frank Leslie has engaged
the talented caricaturist, Matt Morgan, to con-
tribute regularly political sketches to LxsLIE's
papers, and his barbei arrows are to be flung
into the hInks OF the administration bull for
the amusement of the American public The
first page of the last BUDGLT OF TUN is devoe ed
to genuine caricsture of Grants predomi-
mating characteristics. Between two savage
bull terriers sits u. S. G. scratching his nate
with perpsxity at the smashing up of the DO
litical faction which elected him. The dog te
the light with a rueiul look into the masters
face shews its sympathy. The other beats
time to it's master s thinking machinery with
it's hind paw. The picture is in entire keeping
with the subject. One page is devoted to il
Illustrating consequential damages" In No
/, Mrs. Ceyle sues her recreant lover for the
loss OF a brown stone house which she might
now own If her lover hadn't married somebody
else. In No. Miss Stuckup wants damages
from her ma for pox marks which resulted
from failure to vaccinate her. No repre-
sents young America about TO sue for conse-
qusntial damages because he took pbysic and
was detained at home, wherefore he missed his
lessons and got whipped. No. 5 Mrs. Briggs
sues Rev Chaplin for preaching on the "Hor-
of HELP and thus frigh tening her hus-
hand so he won't take her to the opera No
6-Old maid, just married says Jeremiah is
going to sue you for consequential damages
If you had married me sooner" &c. Leslis's
papers are kept by all news dealers.
PoCKET DICTIONARY We have received
from the publishers. 1873 and I40 Grand Street,
a copy of Webster's Pocket Dictionary, which
is great improvement over all previous edi-
tions and all similar works In the first place
it is neatly printed. and bound in morocco, with
silt edges. Then it contains 200 pictorial H.
| Iustrations, which give much clearer idea of
the meaning of many words than could posi-.
bly, he conveyed by the usual definition The
| little volume. while being no larger than an
ordinary pocket book. embraces in its vscabu-
larry careful selection of ever l6 900 of the
most important words of the language, with
definitions sufficiently clear, though necessarily
| brief TO meet the ordinary wants of any one
recurring its use. Prefxed to the work are
! tables of money, weight and measures, abbre-
/ yintions words and phrases from foreign Ian
guages, rules for spelling. explanations. etc
IL is in fact a most valuable little book, and is
| doubly worth the dollar it costs. The Pub
! fishers, Ivison Brakeman, Taylor Co. 1873
| and l4O Grand Street. New York, will forward
/ il by mail receipt of ONE DoLLAR, or it can
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