The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
Local Correspondence.
SUMMERHII.L TWP. Oct os IS

SUMMERHILL TWP. Oct 2S, 1872
Dear Freemdu-Your correspondent has
just returned prCm a trip up Salt River,
whittier we had accompanied our defeated
/ candidates and 4 few political opponents
The voyage up the salty stream is anything
hut pleasant, yet we prefer Il berth in the
=. Il. packet to one in the rotten junk OF cor
ruptiOn with Cameron, Hartrantt, Henry \
Co. OF course this is more than some OF our
holting friends hereaway would say just now,
but they may live long enough to see tEeiy
folly and repent of their conduct when Fefor-
nation will be ont of the question
The Catholic Fair was brought TO a final
close on Saturday night week. When you
are told that the proceeds amounted to some
thing in the neighhoThOod of $4,000 you will
agree that the enterprise was success pc
cuniariy as well in all other respects. [
have no list of articles drawn, but quote from
memory the following: Gold watch, Mi
chael Berry; silver watch, Col. I. y. Ma
guire, Washington city; silver castor, Pa
tience Smay: dressing bureau, Lizzie Han
nan, Johhstown; washing machine, Emma
Skelly; lady's trunk, y. j. Miller; Irish
chain quilt, f. p. Mccormick; Rose of the
Wilderness Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Holli-
daysburg; lady skirt Edwin Thomas; pho
tograph album; V. S. Barker; Bible, William
Sluav; picture of Plus y, Martin Ward, Jr.;
picture of Bishop Domenec, Mrs. NJ. j. Braw-
ley: ST. Joseph, Edward Grew Blessed
Virgin, Kate Dimond set vases, Orianto
Smay fine counterpane, z. III. Woleslagle
Dolly Warden, Mrs. Plummer; eight-day
clock, T. MEG. Oster. The gold-headed
cane was voted to JOS Parks and Il cigar
case to Mart. Ward. The vote Onithe cane is
reported to have been handsome, though the
amount did not learn. The cane was do
mated by Mr.. John Egan, of the viaduct.
Messrs. Hickey and Yeager aud several
others of Altoona also donated articles to
the Fair. The largest turnout of strangers
came from Galitzin. The GallitZin boys are
genial fellows and did much towards making
the terpsichoreau department lively as often
l-.I.-. u, l..
pany.
We are having disagreeable weather and
muddy roads at present writing.
Glad to see you possess two such energetic
correspondents as Pan and ''Tishemingo."
by the way, we have mind to remove TO
Johnstown to succeed to the place vacated
by Rob Roy''-that is when We are out OF
other employment. --,
The Catholic cemetery in Wilmore pos
sesses the, finest collection of tombstones to be
found in the county. The great ma jority
of those erected within the last six years are
the handiwork of Mr.. James Wilkinson, of
Loretto, who a sculptor has no superior
at least we never saw anything to excel his
work, and we have seen not a little in that
line. To all desiring splended monument
erected in memory of their deceased friends
or relatives we would say visit the Will
more cemetery, and if you don't leave your
orders with Mr.. Wilkinson 1T Will not be be
cause you think his work lnferlor 10 tLat Oh
any other artisan.
We raised III potatoes out of one hill one
day last week. Who can beat that.
SoLTERo.
p. S. 1 forgot to mention steer ratified at
IL, To; 1ro,, hXM lanes of Portage.