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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

THE hope that we had seen the worst of
the horse epidemic, says the New York
World of Tuesday, has proved delusive, as
yesterday showed a decided and alarming
increase of the disease. The gravest in
convenience is being felt in business cir
cles, and the various car companies are
compelled to withdraw their carriages to
such an extent as to seriously impede all
travel. The evil has already reached such
height that the Aldermen yesterday
passed a resolution authorizing the various
companies to propel the cars by dummy
engines. Other cities are even worse off,
In Norwich, Conn, scarcely horse is to
be seen, the teams being drawn by men
and oxen. In South Boston the horse-ca
are also drawn by men, while Rochester
has fallen back upon running the fire-en-
gines by hand. The disease is spreading
everywhere. Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pat
erson, n. j., Binghamton, Providence, r.
l., oswego, Albany, Watertown, Bangor,
Me, and many other places. are adding
their notes to the prevailing cry Of distress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
.-AS~H-

THE importance of a few votes has re-
ceived new and striking illustration in
the Ninth Congressional District Of Indi-
ana, where it seems the vote for Shanks
Rep.) was 500, and for Neff Dem.) A.,
5O1-Shanks' majority, 8 4! That was al
most as close work as once occurred in
Massachusetts when Marcus Morton was
elected Governor by one majority. Such
incidents should serve to impress upon
every citizen the Importance of exercising
the right of suffrage. Let no man think it
is unimportant whether he votes. One
State may decide the result of the Presi-
Dental election, and one vote may deter
mine to which candidate the electoral vote
Of that State shall be given.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

Tr &c en-, ,fidentIy hoped that upon the as
.seInblinp OF the Legislature Hon. samuel
II,,,rv will make it his first business t0 have
:, 1,iII passcd providing for the appointing of
n Geninission to open the accounts of the
Auditors and Poor House Directors, and
bring TO light the vast volume of frauds per-
pctratcd on the taxpayers of Our county for
many years back.-JoinstO,0n Tribune.
We also confidently hope that Samuel
Henry will comply with the imperative
demand of the Tribune. When Samuel
Henry prepares the bill suggested by Geo
T. Swank, we hope it will not be as SELF
stultifying as Henry's bill was at the last
session i'll reference to the collection OF
taxes in Cambria county. We request
Samuel Henry, when he has prepared the
bill referred to by the Tribune, and when
Henry Us sare that IL as all right and that
1t can be legally crecuted, that he will see
to it that George 7. Swank's name is in
serted in the bill as one of the contempla-
ted commission. Swank has been blow
ing his horn for two years about frauds in
the Commissioners Office and in the Poor
House Directors management of that in
stitution. Here is his glorious oppOrtuni-
ty, and we hope, for his own reputation as
the leading radical editor in Cambria
county, that, unlike Othello's, his occupa-
ton is not gone. If Henry passes Swanks
bill, then we demand that Swank and not
Henry shall make the charges good by
competent proof. The County Commits
siOners court and invite the investigation.
George T.. Swank, who has been the
head and front of this offending, is and has
been after an Office i'll this county ever
since he was removed by the Supreme
Court from the position of Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Cambria county. Now let
his friend, Samuel Henry, in Swank's pro
posed act only provide that Swank shall be
one of the commission to investigate the
alleged fraud, and let Henry make it sure
in his bill, If he can, that Swank shall be
well paid. If that is only done, then
everything will be lovely and the goose
will hang high"
We calmly await the dreadful results of
the bill to be passed by Samuel Henry at
the suggestion of pure and honest a
politician as the editor of the Johnstown
Tribune. If Samuel Henry cannot pre-
pare a bill for the contemplated purpose.
then let him call to his aid his particular
counsellor and friend, George T. Swank,
the editor of the Johnstown Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

ga MAN Is KNOWN BY THE Gown
KEEPS. - come from PcnnsyIy,-1,, + +
am sorry TO say it Just now. rArI-.,.
come from PENNSYLVANIA. II b5s -
a Governor by 81, 600 majority. W.,
what is This Governor? 4 man Nh,
Auditor-General A of the State. c1gDivs3
II not actively engaged in. the robin, /,
the State Treasury, and the use II
bonds of the sinking fund for purr.gt
gambling. Wfso and what is this t-sr,
nor, and how is he elected Ha-s
glove arm-in-aTm with men seryir,
tiFe1T time iT e'tsF State Prison. WFrs
what Is this Governor over whom the =
minIstratioz journals are rejoicing a
his $1,000? OTEJ OF a cell Of the -
PenTeTItiary at Cherry HIl. fresh-ssi
the stripes of a Convict, comes bg
friend and convict to say, II endors +.
man, and before the words are ojg !
his lips Gen Grant steps to the frol. Z
says Il desire the election Of this III
he two pillars Of support that ha7g B-
Fp ITT the place of Governor Of Peur
MIA this man, are n States convict a
one hand and the President Of the IN
States on the other. [Applalse.1
may well say with al HUMILITY. a-5 "
one's mouth in the dust, SD sr & {
Republic - LAppIause- l--i5y -
son at Cooper Institute. 3
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

Hon. Anthony Anna has failed as yet to
come to time with reply to our question
why he refused to sign the Auditors annual
report last winter. Perhaps some of his
friends will make answer for him.-.JOkRS-
tOlc1l Tribune.
When will the Tribune cease harping on
this matter? The same reference to An
thony Anna has appeared in that paper so
frequently that it no longer attracts the
slightest attention, and unless the editor of
the Tribune has sent a copy of his paper
regularly to Mr.. Anna, we doubt whether
that gentleman is aware of the extreme
anxiety of that paper on the subject. What
business has the Tribune with the reasons
which induced Anthony Anna to withhold
his signature from the report of the Audi
tors last winters on the accounts of the
Poor House Directors? We do not our
selves know what were his reasons, but,
from our knowledge of his character, we
are convinced that they were entirely sat
isfactory to himself. Mr.. Anna has not
seen proper to make them public, nor was
it at any time necessary that he should do
so. The Auditors Report was published
and was and still is open to examination,
and if there was anything lagrantly wrong
or dishonest in it, why does not the Tri-
6une expose it? Mr.. Annals reasons are
| with himself, and whatever they were he
will not, we thinl-, crafty the curiosity so
| frequently manifested by the editor of the
Tribune on this subject. We had supposed
| that the reelection of John Bloch as one
of the Directors of the Poor and of Antho-
ny Anna as County Commissioner would
have quietcd the uneasiness of the Tribune
but it seems that we were sadly mistaken.
That paper appears to have Anthony Anna
and the Poor House accounts on the brain,
and we suppose that time only will effect a
cure. Until then its readers will have to
bear with the best grace possible its fire.
quent reference tn this hread-hare subject.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

-Hon. Ulysses Mcrcur in. ->
preme Judge in Pcnu>yI,,,I,,5.' 10y eiece
intend to resign his seat n, SS.--d' doe,
after counting of the electoral ,.,7--,s O.
are no indications that rba 10. bt. Q-
election VIII be thrown ptn 81. .'1sld=ss
Representative, but in ems. -E hogs
event with Judge 8Ierru,.. VI any "a
the Pennsylvania delegate. 90. ,- vac I
tie, and the vote in the ~-a+a ,,...,,- 'V-.1 3
We learn from the Vs..l...' 'l b .e
ot that the publication of the r. ~ ,.. t.
port and testimony to fire ,r, tei7T q
heart, viii cost the roycr,,r,...-.. n ...-
Thousands Of copies have -. ?ls
waste paper, the report be,.--.l .5a-
answer the intended purp... .a=
loads of these documents werr c,. W. q
days ago from the Pustoffirn t.'-~,- ~ 81,
ID street, where they Were 7grr - up
as to be shipped to the paper min '-1
1t has been stated as =.
Grant organs of the country 81. u! G
sequence of the late election, ,,.'i IL. n 20 @
vania, Ohio and Indiana. tb,. Tr1 1--s M
publican headquarters at W.
have been closed. Col. AIcyar,--,--' g
man of the committee. pub1isr,.- ca
denying the absurd statement az q z
nOuncing that the rooms will aug, '-.
open ''until' the good work La,-,-- IN
have been accomplished in bebg7f d.
next President, Horace Greeley :. "
a fearful balloon accident b,--
at Dekalb, Illinois, on SATURDAY. I.-7
Gronaut had his balloon readv t.
when, before he had emtcrcd the 49,
broke loose and flew upwards. Ar
rope caught around the leg Of q auanr-.
McMann, and carried him up to = H..
about one hundred feet. lie n,r.
however, to climb into the baxl..
when the balloon had reached a d..
of four hundred feet from the ag-s
deliberately jumped out, and wa, =
up dead. ''
An inmate of the county house a,r
county, Indiana, known rs Dutrb :
seventy-twO years old, who wa, nj
some ten days ago, all search fszhfr
ing unsuccessful until Sunday g.
what was left of him was found in an
joining hog pasture, where it is sg--.
he laid down from exhaustion and ~.
orally eaten up by hogs. nothing -,
/ ing OF his body but the skull ar4 q, p,
| bones OF the lower extremities vrIi,I
I identified 10y his boots and otb.- ~ :.
( und near by. '' '-'''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

OUR Democratic friends, notwithstand-
ing the overwhelming defeat we sustained
at the October election, produced through
bribery, fraudulent voting, false returns,
ETC., should determine, every man of them,
to vote at next Tuesdays election. Vot-
ing is not only privilege, but it is duty,
and Democrats are always ready and will
ling to do their duty. Let them also show
to the opposition that, although defeated,
they are not demoralized.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

!. GEORGE SETTER, Berks.
n. ELLMAKER, Lancaster.
+. J. MOORE, Lehigh.
GEORGE CORAY, Luzcrne.
j. G. DELEZENNF, Wayne.
J. u. EARL, Cameron.
CHARLES HOVER, Snyder.
d. s. DUNHAM, Blair.
JOHN S. GRAYHILL, Juniata.
r. w. DowNEY, Greene.
DAVID BARCLAY, Armstrong.
L. ID. DAVIS, NenRIgo.
NJ. B. LOWRY, Erie.
+. A. SHUGART, Warren.
PHILADELPHIA, October %, 1872.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
"-&-0~An

Hon. WILLIAM f. JOHNSTON, ex-Gover-
nor of Pennsylvania, died in Pittsburgh
on Saturday afternoon of dropsy, after AN
illness of about three months His death
though sudden to the public, was not unex-
pected to his personal friends. Mr. Johnston
was elected Governor of Pe. n7ylvania
In lS4S to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Governor Skunk. His majority
was the smallest any candidate ever re-
ceived for the Governorship in this State,
being only 302 votes in n total of over three
hundred thousand. In 1851, Just previous
to the expiration of his term, he was again
the Wing candidate for Governor, but was
defeated by William Bigler by majority
of 8, 465. After the formation of the Re
publican party Mr.. Johnston became con-
nected with that organization, but he fol-
lowed the fortunes of Andrew Johnston,
from whom he had, just previous to the
celebrated Wigman Convention of 1S66
received the appointment of Collector of
Customs for the port of Philadelnbia Uo
took very prominent part in the Wigvar
Convention, to which he had been annoint-
ed delegate at large from Pennsylvanio
On retiring from the Custom House he dis
appeared from public view until the recent
election, when he was one of the opposi-
ton candidates for Congress in the TNgen-
ty-third district Of this State, receiving l.
600 votes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

THIS from the Huntingdon Globe: GA
fellow by the name of Swank, editor of
the Johnstown Tribune, says Greeley is
an old white coated fraud That opinion
of Swank viii no doubt completely des-
troy Greeley's prospects in Cambria, and
secure for Swank the position of segar-
Lighter to President Grant
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

CowARDs and traitors desert to the enc
my at the time an army is repulsed. But
brave men face the foe, and fight the
harder. All who are Democrats from prin-
ciple, will now show their manlineSs, and
their fealty will be rewarded in the future.
Those who either skulk behind or openly
60 over to the enemy on this occasion, are
making a record for themselves that they
will regret hereafter. How many Demo-
Gratis afterwards cursed the day they con-
sented to join the Know Nothings? So it
will be with all who now identify then =
selves with Grant and the Cameron lg.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

On Friday last, young girl was ap-
preaching the railroad track near Milliron' S
store, in Brady's Bend, and was carrying
two buckets of water. The locomotive
was coming down the valley at the time,
when the girl stopped to let it pass before
crossing. A man standing by told the
girl she was afraid to cross the track be-
fore the locomotive, when instantly at the
banter she started but had not taken two
steps when the engine came laundering
along, striking and crushing her almost to
atoms, portions of her body being gathered
up with a shovel.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01

BEFORE the next number of the Freeman
Is printed the Presidential contest will
have been decided. We trust that every
Democrat in Cambria county will consider
it his sacred duty to go to the polls on next
Tuesday, and, by voting for Horace Gree
ley, enter his protest against the present
lawless and corrupt administration. What
If we are defeated in this State in Novem-
Der, as we were in October, by fraud and
yillainyI Let every true and fearless Dem
ocrat show by his vote that he is still un-
conquered, and that he will never give up
the good fight. As we said last week, the
Radicals of this county boast that they
will carry Cambria for Grant. We gave
the able and accomplished Buckalew a
clear majority of 707 over the corrupt tool
of the Cameron Ring. Shall that majority
be reversed next Tuesday? 1t is for the
unbought Democracy of this sterling coun-
ty to say. Democrats of Cambria, once
moro to the front +! Do your duty, and
having again fearlessly performed it, let
the consequences to the future of the coun-
try rest where they will properly belong.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
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ELE G TORS.
Edgar Cowan- Bernard Reilly,
George W. Skinner, John Knecht,
Seldin Marvin, Frederick w. GunStcr,
u Gross Fry, David LOwcnberg,
John s. Miller, James Mcknight,
Thomas J. Barger, Henry Welsh,
Stephen ID. Anderson, Henry j. Stahic-
John Moffet Robert W. Christy.
George X. Derrell, William r. Logan,
Edward NickIeson, William a. GalbrIith,
Isaiah b. HOupt, Frederick M Robinson,
Samuel A. Dyer, John X. Wilson,
Jesse G. Hawley, Philip ii. Stephenson,
Hiram B. Swarr. John l. BardI
George W. Miller.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
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The Republican journal., 1872-10-10
An Unexpected Call.

In the town OF pearham VI, there re-
sided, IN HE dtVS long gone, the iacelinu4
and eccentric Judge Nj.
The luiur ana his wife had been visit
inc some friends in the Southern States,
and when on their way back, were over
taken hV a snow storm He still kept on
neverthele less. anxious TO reach home, as
the week aud the year We're both fast
growing to a close, bat in passing the le-
sidence of an old friend. he was intercept
ted and Inducements offered TO pass the
night under his roof A. it was fast grow
ing darl,, and the prospect OF reaching the
station not very hattering, he concluded
tn stop After seeing his fine old Morgan
brown safely stabbed and fed, himself aud
host adjourned to the house, where after
doing ample Justice to the we'll spread
table oi Vermont fare, he sat down to en-
10Y his pipe and AN evenings social con
versation with his TREND and his family.
The Judge took the prccautlon 10 mention
two on three times in the course OF the
evening that il was Il habit ut his to hathc
or sponge himself all over with cold water
every morning. That to it, III n great
measure, he attributed his general good
health. The good lady OF the house, from
these quiet hints, very thoughttnlly sup
piled his sleeping apartment with a large
tin paitul OF water, together with the nee
css;ry apparatus wherewith to perform
his morning ablutions. In due course the
ludgc and his wife were shown to their
room, which was situated at the head Of .
flight OF stairs that led directly up from
the kitchen into the room, and unprotect-
ed at the top by halusters, railings, or
aught to prevent il fall and broken head,
where their host, bidding them 'sgool-
night, left them TO seek their much-need-
cd repose. The Judge smiled as he sur
veyed the result of his gentle hints, as
cvinced IN the pail and its surroundings; :;
but the laugh was not to be all on one
side
The first of January broke clear and
cold on the following morning, and the
Judge arose and proceeded to his accus-
toned aquatic performance. The water
in the pail had frozen over during the
night and in breaking it the judge spilled
n quantity of water, and in pouring it into
the bowl, he spilled still more, which frozc
almost as soon us it touched the floor.
The Judges wife censured his awkward
ness, rs she surveyed the little pond frozen
about the head of and down the stairs
The Judge put on his slippers and stepped
manuly up TO the water pail, TO begin
when nnwittingly stepping upon the ice
his feet suddenly went out from under
The Republican journal., 1872-10-10
Almost a Fairy Tale Revived.


u" lluoNoh h'giSlfr ElNr~ Ihn account
O. c" q r""P'H o' I"H' '"'4t'n' "u'a -"'u''~
% ,lNG ',it h'"t> ih 'n' """"~, N.''i "lU
Ih'' '"INT l1N' /" rrsi o. 'hd J." hr'r i'"
story t"ld 'hell. Whrt I'm" '"IiiIIj i'rl'
en- Ah" ii'' Sh'''"N7 'h@ih'h "I 'h'
wars;
= very I Ionr4'n% 'l"rN' ln'Iar Y. w" ".'
,'i' "' ne i''''S ~ 'H' "nH-- '''''
|" i,",u7 " from ,"''h hIN'f, IN 'H' Town "I
illlINdtl'- Ir" dlNr o'ore Ihl'' 'hid
rem "t J"hn F"IrN residing ON thr m"Iu
tAin east OF ih'i PIler. aged respectively
tour NiN' ana r'&hl, became lost ~ th'
mountain woods. lh' hrSt Wa % IIItl'
&iri' 'h' olher tW" Wrl" boys. lhrN Went
"at t" play near the house, ana Strl'rd
The Republican journal., 1872-10-10
The tCoquette.

Nou'rc clever at drawing | own.
Said my beautiful cousin ii-ctIc,
A. we sat hv the window alone;
But say, csii YOU paint a roquette?
She's painted already; quOlh !.
Nay, nay. said the laughing LiSetic,
Now none OF your joking, but Try
And paint me Il thorough coquette.
Well. cousin. at once began
In The ear of the eager LiSette,
I'll paint Won as well As | can
That wonderful thing, a coquette.
She wears a most beautiful face.
(Of course. said the pretty i.i>ette,l
And isn't deficient in grace,
c,r else We're not Il cUgnpite.
A nj then She il daintiy made
{ A smile from the dainty LiSettel
by people expert in the trade
OF forming proper c0uuelte.
She's the winningesi WAYS with the bean
go on said the winning LiSeiit)
But there isn't a man OF them knows
The mind of the tickle coIuette!
She knows how 10 weep and to sigh,
{ 4 sigh fron the tender Li>ettr,}
Hui her weeping is all III my eNe.-
Not that of the cunning coqurttr!
In short, she's a creature OF art,
% hush! sai,l The irownin@ Lisette,l
With merely the ghost of a heart
Enough for It thorough r1qucttc.
And yet | could easily prove
Nov don't! said the angry l.lsette.)
The lady is iWav~ in love, +
In love with herSelt,-the coqucttc'
edo not be angry you know.
NJ, dear little cousin Lisrtte,
You told me a moment ago
To paint you-i thorough roquette
The Republican journal., 1872-10-10
BELFAST, NAME Thursday OCTOBER

him. and ''accoutred rs he was" slid.
bnn4p, thump, down stairs, through the
door-whose hasp gave way before his
we'@ht ana impeinsright into the kitch-
en-, tall length, where the women folks
We're husily preparing breakfast. Getting
upon his feet rs qniclly aspossiblc, he eN
claimed. "LadieS, wish YOU L happy New
Year" skipped up stairs, followed by a
burst Of laughter from the kitchen. whose
culinary operations We're thus ludicrously
interrupted. II il said that those females
had ! very indifferent idea of the Judges
judicial abilities from that day,
The Republican journal., 1872-10-10

But now let me tell you this. II the
time comes when you must lay down the
fiddle and the bow, because your fingers
are too stiff, and drop the loot-sculls be
cause your arms are too weak, and alter
dazzling II while with eye glasses, come
nj last to the nndisgused reality Of spec
taclcs if the time comes when that fire
of lite we spoke Of has burned so low,
that where its flames reverberated there
is only the somber stains Of regret, and
where its Goals glowed only the white
ashes that cover the cmbers of memory
don't let your heart grow cold, and you
may carry cheerinlness and love with
you into the teens Of your second century,
il you can last so long. Holmes.
The Republican journal., 1872-10-10

Best exhibition and greatest variety OF
POTATOES, Crosby Clements, Kcnduskcag.
Greatest crop Of Potatoes, on one-half acre,
! 5 Griffith bushels Of Barley, Miss Ii ID
irving, oldtown. BuShcl of oats, Crosby
tlements. Greatest crop Of Cranbcrfies on
not less than one-half acre, Seward Dill,
Phillips. Statement hereafter.
RooTS AND VEGETABLES. Best eXhihi-
lion and greatest variety of vegetables
l,t, } Il Harrington, Sup. Farm Of State
Agricultural College, ,Ornno; 2d,-ArLhur f
Noyes, Bangor. Blood Beels, + p Fergu-
son, Bangor. Turnip Beets-lst, Elijah
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-09

the following described tracts OF land:
A certain tract of land situated in dist.
No. 1, Montgomery county, bounded as fol-
lowsi beginning at n small hickory, run
ming thence south 50 poles to n stake (;
thence west n poles to ~ red oak; thence
north 30 poles to II white oak thence east
81 poles To the beginning, containing 10
acres Levied on MS the property of Bart
lett Overton to satisfy n Judgment in favor
of W. a. Quarles VS.. Bartlett Overton.
WM. SHELTON, Jr, Dcp'y Sh'n.
oct 10, '72-tds pr. fee SO 90.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-09

BY virtue of two writs of venditionl ex-
ponas to me directed from the honorable
Circuit Court of Montgomery county, issued
at the September term, 1877, | win sell to
the highest bidder, for cash. at the Court
house door In Clarksville, on
Saturday, November %, 1872,