The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-07-20
COMMUNICATIONS.
n Legend oT Jack Esucls scberry. Editor
OF the AucIk lie berry Ink sLinZcr.

f n Legend OF Jack EGucl. ;cberry. Editor
Oh the ckICherry Ink sIin&er.
some twenty years ago, Jack Huckleberry
huckieherry woods, not far from the summit,
III apPearance he was thin. lean and lanky, Wi n
1llti~Iole ~ q, lhsh-1ke arms and sparrow head.
inc people In general about the Summit called
TiaH T 1iiis aack though some called him SitGtCH
@ .'t'"ui on account OF his saifrpu-c0iored face,
an emblem ot his descent from a sea Iping Iudi-
an' an Al i;lSt they dubbed him Jack Huckleber-
~ aroul the Tact that selling huCkcbcrries WAS
ms nrst occupation After "A little time SidlCH
ButuH NelIow jack saved r little money from
boy, he went to school and learned rs much nd
as last as the majority of the scholars. AT the
age OF Twelve Years Jack forced TO Quit
school and take to his old trade again Being
or an active turn OF mind, ne went round the
hS!Shnorhood during winter nights and taught
/ Children at the rate OF Eve foF a tpuny Small
nS WIS thls Sti!aend- oltr nero contrivcd to save
money out OF a. foI his "Dtte. sup ana clothes
cost him almost nothing.
At the age nf sixteen Jack left the Summit
anu anu Intiue ms appearance m Jnhnstowu. In or
DER. If possible, to conceal his antecadents. for
JACK he wrote j. and put a hdHG}e betwecn ] +
ana Hnckleherry Fortunately for him, he
came in contact with kind aud genial srcitIc-
man, who took II fatheriy interest in him and
procured FOR him, after much solicitation from
others, IA good and lucrative position. And nOlC
We find this same Jack, alias Tomahawk, alias
Johh Smlth,abuS'n ny and viilifying the very gen
/ tletnan who at-Jhat time placed him on a level
| with Tar more able and rcspecta bic young men.
.Oh! Tor tongue to curse such base, vile and
/ damning ingratitadei The slave who is nos
seSSed of such luathsome monster has not n
particle of manhood i'm him, nor even the in
stlnctIVe gratitude of an animal. He is only a
serpent that Is ever ready to hiss and spit las
POISONOUS shafts at those who have done the
crawling reptile the most favors What mo-
tiNes can prompt this copper colnred yahoo TO
I be endeavoriug To stab in the dark a gentleman
/ who has always acted the part of a good kind
/ friend to him: What pleasure does he take i'm
/ trying TO biackPn the characte of one who is
his superior in intellect. ability and reSpecta-
. bility, 10y vomiting forth splenetic squruis that
are as wild as Il maniac'S rawlings and as false
/ could be invented by the ruler OF the lower re-
gi0nS? Had he singled out some renegade like
himself the public would not he so much sur.
{
his long and useful career has sought to make
? an honest living, is more than we can under.
stand 1t was not enough for Jack Huckleber
/ ry to appear two or three months ago over tho
; num-de-plume of Tom A Hawk hut owing tC
/ his low and scurriIous slang eren the Herald
man finally refused him admission to the col
/ WHIPPING cnr in the same manner nowY prob
/ ably jack cOnfrereS have given him dOuceul
/ to give them liberty to fling their simy slandel
! through his columns. Q fear | have lost tho
| thread of my legcnu, 50 / Will not take it up a
present, but will do so soon againJ
"Oh! wad some power the giftie gle us
| To see OurscS as ithCrS see us.
1t wad frac mony blundCr free US,
And foolish notion"
Yes, Jack HucI:lcberry, if Won could but ser
yourself in the same low, cOnteInptGI GI.. light il
/ which Others very properly view you,you would
critw l.w orm-like' as you are, into hole of oh,
security and never aguin poison rhe atmosphere
/ 10y your nauseous, fiShy presence. But no. YOU
/ must prove true to the adHge. ''NGtUrCR Cl,pCl-
! les tt,icU, tdinen uHque 1ccuf7et." Nature Viii
J break out despite the assumed tiuselCd polish
/ You put on. Coward like, YOU would stab be
/ hind the HcIftld'S cloak; serpent like you would
/ hiss and spit poison upon those who once pro
/ tccted yCu; tndian-lIkc. YOU would, if you
/ ld,tOlnahawk k those VINO proved your friends
/ when YOU needed friends; Tiger-lillc. you now
/ Try 10 p"unce from behind the Hcrdid'S lair GtD
/ HGI) upon those from whom you often asked
ami ohtuined fayors. Your cowardice, how.
! ever i III keeping with your base Ingratitude
your Mss as harmless us that OF tOothieSs o.C
/ hag, and your pOunce like that of a whipped
I three-lcgged pup. Try it on, Jack Huckl cbyr.
/ ry- and Icy all the berries You ever sold ] vii
read, more plainly, your pedigree from the ti3u,
/ you ran Al barc-leggcd boy to the present day
when you are "tcggiHg' for Il Republican in TIN:
county for thc sake of little filthy luCrc whicl
I has been promised to you.
/ For the present will let you slide, but ere
am done with You VIII make you feel The force
/ and truth Df memo istpgHC LLctSSir.
Yours, contemporary, ERIONACH.