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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04
Written for the Cambria Freeman
MY SISTER.
BY JOHN MCCORMICK.

l once had a sister, beautiful. child
bright little angel, by sin undef1'd
Her brow was as white as the storm-driven
snow, ..H
And her checks, like roses in summer. agioyt
Her manner was gentle, her spirit was mild
She looked like seraph whenever she smfI'di
Her movements were graceful she tripp' d like
fairy Elt aE8
The pride of my youth was my dear sister Mary.
o short seemed the moments, and swift sped
the days,
Aswe sang, in our chilGhood, our innocent laws.
Or roamed on the lawn meath the blue April
sky, .4.E r.
And chased DER the meadows the gay butterfly.
We romped through the wildwood, we pIuck'd
the wild flowers,
And inhaled the pure air of the green, shady
bowers;
Our hearts were exultant-our steps light and
free
AS homcward we hied in our innocent glee
o, joys of my childhood alas, ye are fed =
The pride of my youth now sleeps with the
dead
For the Angel of Death came and bore her away,
And left me all sisterless and lonely to-day. .
But three joyous summers pass d over her brow
The mould of the churchyard ehcircles it now;
Her body has mOulderd and crumbed to dust,
But her spirit dwells in the halls of the just.
o would that 1, too, with my sister had died.
Then my spirit to earth had never been tied,
My soul had not writh'd beneath wrath's cruel
rod,
But long would have known the enjoyment of
God.
But Omnipotent wisdom hath otherwise willed.
So content I'll renain.tiIl my missions fulfilled;
Then, l hope, when my life earth shall be
past,
My dear sister III meet in heaven ar last.
WILMORE, PA, April, 1877.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04

A NEWSPAPER correspondent tells how he
saved fine peach tree and gathered there
from bushels of fruit :: Every peach. for
years, seemed as If stulg by some insect, ard
though the tree bloomed well in the Spring.
the number of peaches was small. dug a
trench around :he trunk Of he tree aud Fl He'd
it with hard wood ashes, and covered the
ashes with the earth removed. Then the
tree was loaded with fine fruit. much Of
which came to perfection. though we gather
ed much green to relieve the tree"
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lMBER AND LAND FOR SALE

Il and subscriber offers for sale LBS acres
g Wu.f nate IN Preston county. " est Va,
d g,li .seS. There is on this tract a large
d, CFa- tl.He Poplar, Ash, Red Oak, White
b. Ta. ,'" Oak, Locust, Hickory, Chestnut,
1e hand 'WI'Hrr viii be sold with or without
spcu lIf..s''1 creek flows into Cheat River,
b. afford. .''.e The BALTIC 4 Ohio Railroad,
b. tri fs,. ..'' River is navigable to llatboats.
. i4'r "'n.. from the river one mile and
ld on cas-, .a i.sputab win be sold low
IleIiAs. j. a. DALRYMPLE,
April N ,N"Wlesburg, Preston Co. West Va
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.

4 Z D | / . K ) \ . 7 { + =
"a Having been appointed Auditor, by the
Court Of Common Pleas of Cam bria county, to
report distribution of the money in the hands
of the Sheriff arising from the sale of defen-
dant's real estate. in the case of John Charters
for use of Philip n Thomas Collins and c. B. Ell
lis vs.. John Fenlon, ESD, No. 20 March Term,
1872, EX. Doc, VeHditioHi EIpOndS. notice is
hereby given 10 all parties interested that
will attend to the duties of said appointment
at the office of Oatman y Lake, in EbenSburg,
on TUESDAY the I4TH day of MAY, 1872. at 2
o'clock, Il. NJ. when and where they must pre-
sent their claims, or be debarred from coming
in on said fund. GEO. ". OAIMAN,
Ebcnsburg. April 1881. AudltOr
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04

THREAD FOR A NARRATIvE.-A little boy
in Palmyra. playing with bah of worsted
thread attached to his mothers crochet work /,
accidentally swallowed it. and had to be held
by several able bodied women while every
yard of it was upwound in bis blessed little
stomach by reeling the end projecting from
bis mouth So. at least a local chronicle re-
cites. ard if the story be true the poor chid's
suffering must have been really crewel.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04

IT is easier to form correct habits than
to renounce those that are injurious Bad
habits are hard TO cure. and apt to be-
come chronic and incarab!e,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04
CHERRYTREE MALE AND FE-

HHERRYTREE MALE AND FE-
~ MALE COLLEGE-This popular Institu-
ton will open for the summer session on the
first Monday of May, 1872, under the instruction
of corps of competent teachers, in the College
buildings in the pleasant village of Cherry tree
Indiana county, Peuna. Course of instruction
thorough, vocal and instrumental music lncIu-
ded. Good boarding furnished at from S@5O I .
$3.50 per week. For further Information apply
to either of the undersigned
DIRECTORS.
Hon. Il. II. Mccormick, DIR. E. Brallier,
II. B. kinports, DIR. a. r. Lovelace.
John EaSon,
Cherrytrce, Feb. 3, 1S72.-sSm.
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Balance due Township. ...

We do hereby certify that We have examin
ined The above account and find 1t just and
correct according to the best of our knOwl-
edge and belief.
ELIAS ROWLAND,1 Auditors
SAMUELWILSON,J J
JOHN b. Ross, Clerk. lApril y, t2.-3t.l
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A UDITOkS NOTICE.-The under
II signed, appointed Auditor to distribute
the money in the hands OF the Sheriff arising
from the sale of the real estate OF Henry Eek
hold. hereby gives notice that ne Will attend
for that purpose. at his office in Ebensburgr on
Thursday, Man 10th, 1872, at two o clock p. NJ,
when and where all persons interested may at
tend JOHN 3 RILEY. .
Ebensburc April I3, 1S12.-4t.
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E0R SALE-A FARM orlI4 ACREs

FOR SALE-A FARM OF "A ACRES
L 3 miles from st. Augustine and IL miles
from AltoOna-l4 Acres Of which are cleared,
the balance being covered with good oak and
spruce timber. The improvements are a first
rate Plank House containing four rooms ana
a very large Log Barn. Terms easy. For fur
ther Information inquire OF PATRICK MADDEN,
near the premises, address
CHARLES MCKENNA,
March %, 1S-2.-t Mansfield Valley, Pa.
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REAL ESTATE FOR

i SALE.-Thc undersigned Offer for sale on
very liberal terms three tracts Of valuable land
in Blacklidk township, Cambria county, Pa,
described as follows:
Tract No I-COntaining 90 Acres more or
less, about p Acres cleared. having thereon
erected Il two story Plank House. as good as
new and very comfortable, double Log Bar n,
and all needed outJuildings. There is Il thriv ng
young orchard Of 100 choice fruit trees and eX-
ccllent water in abundance on the premises.
Tract NO 2-Containing 81 Acres, about
\ creS cleared. The improvements are a one
and-a-half story Plank House. a Water Saw
Mill in the best of order and without superior
in the country. and the usual OutbuidingS
'Eract No. 2-COntainiug 146 4 cres of excel
lent Timber Land. with two good Saw Mill sites
thereon. UnimprOVcd.
s@FThe above described Tracts adioin each
other, and will he sold separated or together,
as may suit purchasers Termsy ry liberal and
", rH"nts easy For further pa icriiarS apply
W VI ""N'esH y. II. :. ONES.
March %, 1ST2.-3m. ES; isf5tni.nn isef5n RI ~
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UEn,Ore B0ru1JgB.
Taylor Township.
.ss..IT L. 10
BREWERIES

I RAN Ecngcle, Loretto BOrough........ Is 80
.fS" HUt-TcEdn, Cambria Borough. IL 50
S. ~ .HTncr. JOhnstOwu Borough ..... 10 40
'I. Nt"~man, ...-.. l. 80
I' l"trh, ...... 10 SO
..- nest. t0nemaugh Township Is 50
,"'.. hrtsS- tunCmaugh borough. 10 80
4 'I"adercr, Washington Twp. - 50
.F a.uu. tarrOiltOwn Borough. 10 %
I N'ei'H, - 30
= LIZARD TABLES AND TEN-PIN ALLEYS
= -Iullln, Washing ton township
baudrd Tables. ....-.-....--....- Is 20
u Eru-PIu Allcv................ S 90
4 r lain, Johustown Borough
''''''tIu idbiea -...--.-- ---..--. Ou %
q 4rF.AL VIII be held Mt the Treasurer's
& "'.h hsburE, on Monday. the :Sd day of
4 ....t.. GEDRG l. g riley,
4 .'- -'' I''---bt 3CrcGHtUs 4 pprdiScr.
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IHn N0RLD GliLLENGED

TO PRODUCE IT'S EQUAL!
T'AYLOR & CO. of Altoona, are fast
4 gaining an cnviahle reputation as phian-
thropiSts by introducing among the ladies the
AMERICAN CHAMPION WASHER |
the only Washing Machine in the market that
will do its work perfectly on all kinds of cloth
ing without the aid of a rubbing board.
1t washes without rubbing, rolling or press
ing the clothes in any way, and hence without
any wearing of the fabric.
1t will wash anything, from the finest lace to
the heaviest Ied-gUilt.
1t will do the same work in a shorter time and
with less labor than any other Machine made.
Any person desiring Washing Machine can
have Champion Washcr!tak, II to their resi-
dcucc and tested, when, if not satisfactory, it
will be taken away without cost to them.
CONVINCING TESTIMONY.
NeSsrs. TAYLOR CO.-GCHtS: Your Ameri-
can Champion washer has been in use at my
hotel long enough to convince that it is all,
ii claims To he. 1t save twO-thirds of the labor
and time and does the work as well as il can be
done by hand. We would not I've without il for
double its cost. IiENRN FOSTER,
Ebensburg, March 90, ~. Cambria House.
- Manufactured and sold by TAYLOR & Co.
No. HOG Twelfth Street. Altoona, and for sale
by N.IUTTRINGE
March %, iS12.-;im. Main ST.. Ebcusburg
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FrdUIIin Borough.

5. c. BoIe 4 Co : 59al4 Peter Rubritz.., 30
E. Custer. 5Oil3 ID, W, Coulter. 10 30
CGDE-ta InrltSlip.
Margaret Cain. 30 Il David Mills; so
Putrick smith. : 80 e John J. TroNell 80
Las. - Murray. 80 - {. d. Bradley. : 80
Ntth. Dfgnum.. 80 -' Margt Whalen. 50
\. !. Sauker.... 81. I3 Thos. Bradley. 10 co
i. j. ChrIsty.... : 5Jl
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04

| once had a sister, beautiful child
bright little angel, by sin undefId;
Her brow was a. white as the storm-driven
snow, e
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
Ihe GREAT Race at Long Branch.

Yesterday was great day among horse
men. The greatest race of the year come
off at Long Branch. In the last Spirit Of
the Times we find the following notes of
Longfellow, old John Harper's Kentucky
horse and Harry Bassett, also Kentucky
horse, owned by Col. Mcdaniel
The Times says:
Longfellow and Harry Bassett have
both done well up to the time, and their
veteran owners are full of confidence. We
have reason to belive that each thinks his
horse the best over that distance of ground
that was ever fOaled, and yet before next
Tuesday night it will be said of one Of
them: tThe light of other days is faded,
and all its glOries past" 1t is scarcely
necessary to say that the race is two miles
and half and that we have had but very
few events of the same distance in this
country. In England most of the cups are
over that distance, and they have produced
some of the most notable races ever run on
that island. This is particularly the case
with the Ascot Cup, run over the heath of
that name, part of the Berkshire Downs.
The fastest of these races was won y.West
Australian, in 1854, when he beat Kings
ton, but only by head. The West was
then four years old, and carried III lbs,
while Kingston was five, and carried 126
lbs. The time is said to have been AZ,
which is fraction better than 1:47 to the
mile. sa.szi
All things, considered, we are not of
opinion that the cup on Tuesday will be
run at the rate of Las, which, according to
some, is certain, bar accidents, if the track
is good but incline to think that the hor-
ses will not beat 1:47 to the mile, by run
ming in less than Ar. One of the horses
may be better than West Australian and
Kingston were over that distance of
ground, but to insure the making of the
time it is requisite that they should both
be better, and about this we have our
doubts. We trust that they will continue
to do we'll, and the track will be fine.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
The Nereid.

] The following just and appropriate no.
tice of the "Nereid" by the Hon. Alexan-
der H. Stephens will be highly appreciat-
ed by the talented author and her numer-
Gus friends:
THE NEREID.
This is a highly entertaining Novelette,
by q Georgia lady under thenOne de ptotn'e
of MARY FAITH FLOYD. 1T is published
in neat form by =. " Burk d Co, OF MA
con. in this State. Price so cents.
Mary Faith Floyd is already extensively
known to all readers in literary eircles-in
the Southern States at least-as one of the
most classical writers of the times.
Heretofore her chief essays have been
directed to Reviews and critical notices OF
the productions of others. 1t is in this
field She has, by her good taste and just
discrimination, attained that merited dis
tinction which she enjoys.
The NEREID, we believe, is her first at
tempt at anything in the form of book
of her own. In. it she has exhibited all
her peculianbies sof purity OF style ana
chasfeness of diction, accompanied with
the most enob1ing thoughts and senti-
neQ ts.sI.N
/ The general scope and design of this
book may also be very clearly understood,
from the first lines of the Preface. In these
she informs. the public that the authors
object was to present "a picture of life on
the Atlantic seaboard Of the Southern
United States,n anterior to the late war.
While the ''author" gives us these pic
lures under the apparent 'aone de plume"
as we have said, of Mary Faith Floyd, yet
there is, after all, not much fiction in this
for we believe it is generally known that
the writer is Mrs. Mary Faith Floyd
McAdoo, the wife of Col. w. G. McAdoo,
who is himself not unknown in the re
public of letters.' -
Mary Faith Floyd is the full nldiden
name of thesauthorOf" Nereid." She
is a regular descendant of those Floyds on
the sea coast of Georgia who have for i near, .1
character of the State in the field of art, as
well as in the arena of arms. A. II. S.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
Camnaign Notes.

The religious press continue their war
on Greeley.
The Fl ecnaaltS Journal (Catholic) says :;
Outside of New York, which is not like
Iy to cast its electoral vote for Mr.. Greeley,
the enthusiasm y for MIN is of very
singular character. At the South, some
talk of taking him as an emetic "'
Emetics, taken in June, are of a very
queer character if held till November.
The JeI0jSh Times urges reform, declar-
ing that
The Rabbis can no longer shrink the
sacred duty of meeting in council, of con-
tinuing the Conference so auspiciously be-
gun in Philadelphia and so treacherOusly
interrupted by the Cincinnati demagogue
thew must lay aside all personal consider
ations, sympathies, or antipathies, if any
exist, and resume the duties which their
conscience, their honor, their official posi-
ton, the obligations they owe to their re-
ligion as leaders and representatives, I'M
pose upon them. :.
The New York Tablet (Roman Catholic
orran) " can hardly conceive of a man less
fitted for the Presidency than Horace
Greeley"
Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, an
nounces that he can not support the Gree
lev ticket; and if he is endorsed at Balti-
more, he sees no other course open than
to support Grant and Wilson, and he will
take the stump for them. Representative
Platt says the Republicans of Virginia
will probably put Mr.. Wise on the Grant
electoral ticket.
The Atlanta Staa says it has heavy orders
for Linton Stephens speech against Gree
ley.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
|. Senator Acorn. Speaks. =

=
For weeks Greeley organs have claimed
Senator Aleorn from Mississippi as for the
Democratic ticket. He speaks for himself
now and his language is "plain." In re-
ply to an invitation to address Memphis
meeting, he says:
Your meeting. gentlemen should beone
of congratulation. The Philadelphia Con-
vention was but the response to demand
of the people. Your party is without IL
val!
The Democracy-youre ancient enemy,
now routed and ruined, with all its splen-
did memories and blurred and bloody re-
cord-yields at last to the oft-repeated YER
diet of the people, and proposes to put this
in evidence by cutting its own throat III
the presence of the nation and bequeathing
its obituary to the New York tribune.
THAT party,s most cruel foe could not
have wished q more humiliating end.
would, in the charity of my heart, have
had the old party met less lgnoole rate !;
that Ikea 9nailed Gwarrior, its principles
emblazoned on itsshieid it might have
died with armOr on. But the party has
chosen the manner of its own taking on
At the Baltimore Convention it Will yleld
up its spirit, dead as Andrew jackson 1t
will thenceforth be.
I repeat, gentlemen, your meeting Will
be one of congratulation your triumph
stands assured. The election in November
will be a Republican ovation.
Regretting that cannot be with you, L
have the honor to subscribe myself, faith
fully yours, a "a - j. a.. ALCoRN.s
Hons. Barbour Lewis. l.. Nj. Hill, T. s
. Ayers, w. J. Smith, Wm. r. Moore and
others, COMMITTEES.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
GRANT AT LONG BRANCH.
How the President spends His Tim,

nov KEesAueHS SpeHuS 1lmes
A correspondent of the New York Her
aid writing from Long Branch under date
of June 29th, says:
The President does not personally con-
tribute much to the hilarity or the expen-
diture of this fashionable village. He be-
haves, in his relations to the seaside res
idents, with the nonchalant indifference
becoming the head OF great nation-that
is, he scrupulously refrains from all formal
parade of the dignity of his station other
than that of a high-carriaged, high-horsed
drive before the hotels in the evening may
impart. The President is Methodist in
his business, as he is said to be Methodist
in religion. He rises at eight ESQ am in
formed), and after the usual preIiminaries,
breakfast. Then he looks over his letters,
if there are any, and joins Mr.. Dent, his
father-in- law, on the piazza of his cottage.
An hour is then spent, says the CORES
pondent, in reading the papers. General
Porter brings him the public business,
which he examines and attends. After
dinner. which isl ordered early, the Presi-
dent drives out with his family, and in dri-
wing is saved from the soporific influences
of the warm sea wind by the necessity OF
constantly lifting his hat in acknowledg-
ment ofthe popular hat-tOuches Of respect
to the Chief Magistrate Of the nation. Re
turned from the drive the President con-
verses with the members of his family ana
his more intimate friends, and reures
early. This is the story of his life rom
day to day all the summer round at Long
Branch.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
A Few Nuts for Southern Greeley Men to
Crack.

The New York Tribune of June %, 1862,
contained the following comments on
what is known as Buffers woman or
der,n issued in New Orleans on the 10th
of May preceding. Lord Palmerston,
Prime Minister of England, had in Parlia-
ment denounced the order as disgrace to
humanity and civilization, and the Euro
pean papers generally classed Butler with
1.-THE Austrian Butcher" Haynau, but
Horace Greeley, in leading article in the
Tribune, said:
"No fair man who knows how univer-
sal, persistent and outrageous have been
the studied insults offered to our Union
soldiers by the hoped secessionist viii
pronounce that order one whit too severe.
She rebels have presumed upon their pet
icoats to treat our volunteers as no decent
dog ever deserved to be treated. The cow
ardice of these insults is but one element
of their baseness. General Butler found it
necessary to protect his soldiers from this
wanton, degrading abuse, or suffer them to
protect themselves. So he issued an order
that women who in the public streets in
suited his soldiers should be treated like
the street-walkers, should be taken to the
calaboose and locked up with other disor-
derly persons. This order did its work.. :
4 Tie she secesh of New Orleans dried
I'D at once
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
Child Attacked by Leopard in Central
Park.

The excessive heat which has prevailed
forson days past rendered the aLimf 81 in
the Central Park menagerie unusually mo-
rose and irritable, and visitors We're warned
not to approach their cages. Last Sunday
evening the house containing the lions,
tigers and leopards was densely packed
with sight-seekers. Among these congre-
gated before the cage of the magnificent
leopard were Mr.. William g. Coffee, of 26l
West Houston street, and his little son,
about five years of age. Mr.. Coffee, lost in
gazing at the leopard, failed to notice that
the child had passed under the outer bar,
and was standing with his face pressed
against the cage. The savage beast within,
however, was not slow to observe it, and,
bounding suddenly to the bars, he imbed-
ded his claws in the boys face. The child's
shrieks induced the belief that some OF the
beasts had broken loose, and a rush for the
door ensued. the panic being increased by
the roars of the other animals. and the
widest excitement prevailed. Meanwhile
the father tore his child away, but not till
he had been badly lacerated. The leopard
was subsequently removed into one OF the
upper cages.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS


THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE PRO-
Il PRIET0RS of Lots in Gray Cemetery on Wednes-
day, July 18th. 1872 at the hour of o'clock in The
morning. at the City Hail. for tho purpose of eecting
Board of Trustees, to preside over the prudential
of said Cemetery for the two succeeding years
well for the transaction of oher business that
may be called up at said meeting.
As the Secretary and Treasurer required to makea
report to said meeting Of his transaction with or on The
part of said Cemetery all persons being indebted 70
said Cemetery for lots either in full or IN part ios IN
sessed lots are required 10 call at the City han pc
fore said 18th day of July 1872 and make
s.,-seT GEO. NJ. WHITE, Sec. q Treas
July Std
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
FOREIGN.

PARIS, Jdly 2.-There was great. disap- 2,
pointmentin the Assembly when upon: tne
reading of the text Of the evacuation u tresLy
it was found that although certain a
tricts are to be gradually evacuated, M s5s5, gssI
many has the right to malntaln " 4ssI,lf -
strength of her army in the occu y.
li0uidated
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
Skull Tapping:

Even Davie jackson is getting in the habit of
confne his shilleto courtesies to the colored ele
Inent Yesterday he struck gentleman at the
depot but realizing his situation paid no atten-
ton to him.. The boys are getting to worrying
Dave good deal, which is rather poor sport,
intellectually.