The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-18
LocaL Co,.responete,,ce.


! the late election are depressing upon those
( who advocated the choice of the Reform
candidates, would be to barely express the
/ actual state of affairs in that quarter Dem
oCrats are loud in their demand to know
/ where the Liberal Republicans may be
found and many sturdy old advocate OF
Estate Rights" has publicly, within the last
day or so, expressed the opinion that instead
OF being liberal" Republicans are by all
odds the most itiberGl of men. Well, L
know OF one Liberal Republican" at least,
who though loud in dvnunciation of official
malieaSance nevertheless bowed down on
election day TO the demand of Simon
Simon says down'-aud down they went.
( Ais well that ends well.
The change Is upon us. The green leaves
are upon the boughs no longer and the gold
en-, and the brown, and the parti-colored
gems OF autumn stud the branches that
Were otherwise bare and cheeriess. All,
me !! The fall of the year 1t is a sad, yet
beautiful season How the heart gathers
emotions of the past, when we look about
Us and see the qUivering beauties drop one
by one TO the ground
''In this glad season. while his sweetest beams
The sun sheds equal DER the meckened day
and men rejoice ut the bountiful goodness of
God, there steals a 'IOrnleSS, gray confusion
over all, and ere the first blast of winter
trumpet is heard we are wrapped in his EN-
brace.
SEE, Winter comes, to rule the varied year,
Suilen and sad, with all his rising train
NaporS, and cloud. and storms"
The improvements being made in Altoona,
at this time, are numerous. l ought, per-
hapS, to say that some of them were begun
rather late in the season, and the rapidly
approaching winter will, L fear, necessitatea a
cessation OF work, at least on the streets
The First Ward sewer is going ahead, but
1t Is evident it cannot he completed this fall,
so that Ninth street and streets adjoining
Will be in bad condition all winter
The Twelfth street bridge has lately en-
Joyed the labor OF painters and carpenters,
and its appearance III consequence is much
improved.
Ii we may judge by the character and
number Of our schools and school-houses
We must give ourselves credit for being
enterprising in the administration of that
most needful of life'S perquiNites-a good
education. In the Second Ward free
school editice now peers above the surround
ing buildings, and ere long the merry bell"
VIII call from its spire for all who wish to
come and enjoy the delights of learning
st. Mary : academy, attached to st. Johns
Catholic church, is perhaps the most noticea-
bic feature i'll Our educational department. 1t
Is hlltd almost TO Overlooking with young la
dies, some from Il distance, but mostly of
/ our own city, who seek within its walls
/ those principles of religious science which
outside of institutions of this class are not
of primary consideration. And here is the
solution OF this school problem. AtleaSt so
it appears to your corr espondent. / see ris-
ing up IN this land uumberleSS institutions
of learning, all under the of teachers
selected by the proper authorities. These
institution are thoroughly Christian. Let
all be collected within them and there edu-
Gated who hold that the free school system
Is pcrniciOuS, not in itself, but in its ten
dCuces. Thus will the custom root itself
in the soil OF true education and the tree
will blossom and bring forth fruit an hun
Gred fold. You can never break dolCH the
free school system. You cannot even mater
tally alter il, especially by = direct onslaught
You must undermine it and sap its support,
else it will grotc.
Business in police circles is, happily for
us, almost at stand still, and while [ am
willing always to give credit To whom it is
due, l asSuredly viii never write a history
COmmendatOry of the proweSs OF those he
/ Toes % who devote their time and atteu-
/ tiOn Cd to the correction anO, diSsi patton of
wrong in the locality in which your cores
pondent has habitation. l attribute the
lull in the criminal calendar to the exhauS-
tion felt 10y the usual Y criminal consequent
upon the herculean labors performed in as
sisting, to toist their associate upon As a
ruler. Eli
Mr. Stephen Buckley, the gentleman who
/ manages the affairs OF the Adams Express
Company in this city, IL by all odds the po-
litest and most accommodating gent of any
note I have came in contact with for a long
/ space OF period. l don't constitute myself
q critic OF men, remember, but you know
/ some things are, aud other things are not
/ plain to the eye.
| Mr. Harry Slepp formerly foreman in the
I ''t''t '-''' - tpp''t pIi'-illtlS IOD pruning
office here. He is capita, printer, a CAPT
l., fellow, AID l trust his capital invested
viii q, nm him ample income
1t won't 10 for me to ignore the fact that
Mr.. VIM Rr;. ley and Miss Anna McHaIe.
both of Altoona ~'ued their earthly assets
together short time . "e in the glorions old
institution of wedock Hrt won't cont
ment No! You are proverbs tor your
happy remarks on occasions like um,d tnlS,
so | submit it TO you, with the remark tho
If Anna had hunted the world over she could
not have found more worthy husband, and
il W Illiam had searched through fairy land
his search would not have been rewarded
with more deserving and accomplished
wife. God bless them both, say l.
We had one inch of snow here to-day-on
i railroad track. / don't know where it
came from, but l think our winters are Sc
we're enough without importing an addition
al supply. Truly thine, PAN.
CHERRY TREE, Pa, Oct Ii, 1872.