The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-22
pOLLHCHIXG RAMELES.

M r. Griswnld, the "Fat Contributor
of the Cincinnati Tmcs md Chronicle, on
a recent steamboat trip down the Ohio,
amused himself by taking a vote for Pres
ident He tells the story as follows
Tired of rambling by railroad, l have
recently been indulging my rowing d'spe-
sifion in steamboat ramOle down Inc
Ohio, and propose to rambie about II
ON paper. for the readers OF the Ifa2fS aIht
Chronicle.
| took The steamer General Lytle, Of
the Mail Line, for Louisville, the other
evening, and had delightful trip. After
ten thought | would take vote of the
passengers.
This is the period for taking votes on
board railroad trains, STEAMBOATS,, &C.. on
the Presidential question. The result is
frequently published in the newspapers as
"a Straw" though | have observed that
no newspaper ever prints a straw that
does not show the political wind to be
setting in their direction. When | es-
sayed to take a vote Of The passengers of
the General Lyle The other night, Lytle
did l think of the embarrassments would
encounter in securing it. am not much
in politics, though am probnbly as much
in politics as politics is IN me.
ONE VOTE FOR FIERCE.
1 began with the captain of the Lytle
as a starter.
Captain Whittcn," said 1, "who is
your choice for President !"
"Well," replied Tire bold commander,
tb,ncbtE,II,, EGE,Dt.;, D;aroa hoo,
as good President as the old Mail Line
ever had. Reckon he'll do for some
years yet
He thought 1 was talking about the
President Of the Louisville Mail Line,
but put down one vote for Pierce.
THE MATE "GoEs" FOR ME-.
next tacA led the mate, who was be-
low experimenting some perplexing ma
neuvre in freight.
"Mate," said |, cheerily, try ing to get
out Of the way of his men, and getting
in their way worse than ever, as a mat~
ter of course, ''wbo are you going for p
"Who am | going for - roared the .
mate angriIy; 'Im going for you if you
don't get out of this"
got out Immediately had to do it. |
o, become his mate.
FAvoRNG HORACE,
| ascended to tie cabin. A scholarly
looking man was reading by table Gle
was reading 10y lamp, more properly,
yet he was by table, too
"My friend remarked, blandly, as
l produced note book ard pencil, ''do you
favor Horace'' lie did favor him lit
tie in his feet.
That is fair question:" said the
scholarly looking man, laying down his
book, which | perceived was Latin
work of some kind, land | will answer
it without undue circumlocution. While
many of the odes of Horace are unex~
celled either in his own or any other Lam
guage, yet his verses lack the heroic ring
which the poetic Tyre gives forth when
Virgil sweeps the strings"
| told him Virgil might sweep the
st:ings, but could be sweep the South =
that was the question.
Your language, my friend" contin-
ued l, satisfies me that you are in reali
ty Greeley man.
GLOW so!" inquired the man Of letters
you call Virgil a poetic lyre y'
Down went the scholarly man for uo-
race.
A MAN OF LETTERS
| am man of letters, as this letter will |
show. II she shows anything else, why /
letter
1t n ay not be generally known, by the /
way, that letters were invented in Phoe> /
nicia. but they were, That is the reason |
you can't Phenicia education without !
them See it Finish ye, eh /? How's |
that! Ha
ANYBODY TO BEAT GRANT.
While l was gathering up nv straws.
two men, somewhat intoxicated, got very
much excited ii. discussing the relative fit
ness of Grant and Greeley for the Presi-
dency. While one insisted that Grant
knew nothing about farming, the other in
qnired contemptuously "what Greeley
knew bout war ? He never fred Thicl
two horse lumber wag'n !" He seemed 10
think that settled Horace
My friends" SAID +, 'let US have
peace Why this strife, this conteption.
this bitterness of spirit? And all, as
says, for Hecuba'
''Oh, Lhicl you be ID" said the man
of gin. IAN body to beat Grant
HOW TIE LADIES GO.
My next experiment was among the
ladies. | approached dark k-eyed daugh-
ter of Kentucky, and in fatherly and .
motherly way, which the difference in our
years warranted, inquired; Daughter,
if you could be Grant or be Greeley, which .
had you rather be p
'B Graiz Brown p she replied, with
proud toss of the head.
There is something | admire in these
Kentucky woman-they never 90 back |
on a native Kentuckian.
II am for Adams cried an angular old /
maid in shrill voice. "Adams is mn |
man" The ladies ought certainly to favor
the Adams movement, since Mother Eve !
was the original Adams woman.
He WOULDN'T SUPPORT RELATIONS
81 supDort Grant . put in a hrsypv