The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-13
Local correspondence.
WILMORE. Sept. 10. 1879.

Dear Freeman Since we last addressed
YOU many changes have occurred. The se;l-
/ sons have "rolled their ample rounds" cid
/ Mother Earth has yielded bouutifullv the
/ stores have been garnerrd for future use and
the shortened days and ,eGgthened nights
and mellow light of the huntsman's moon.
! admonish us that the time OF the ''sere and
! yellow leaf" is at hand. Even now the
first faint touches of natures pencilings, the
/ harbingers OF Autumn's gorgeous hues, are
/ seen upon the mountain tops Here we
/ might moralize, but we presume, Mr. Editor,
! that you prefer facts to fancies, and we Will
/ proceed TO chronicle some of the items
I pertaining TO our locality.
a camp meeting is in progress about 4
/ mile from Wilmore. i'll a delightful grove on
/ the land of Mr. G.. W. Rorabaugh, and
under the auspices OF the United Brethren
Church. A numberO of ministers and large
concourSe of persons, including many from
/ a distance. are in attendance. We are III
/ formed that there has been some elouuent
| preaching, but your correspondent had no
! opportunity 10 judge OF its merits as the
! command, ''Go We not ont to hear them -
! had some intlueCe over him.
! We are glad tn inform yuu that a great
! deSidcratum here is about To be supplied
namely, good school. The property of the
late Austin Thompson, Esq. has been pur-
chased by responsible parties, and it is |
am informed, the design to establish a first
> class school therein-a school in which the
young will he Instructed intellectually and
u
OF either thorn or willow, the position in
life that their Creator designed for them
! That our schools have degenerated is a fact
/ that none of our citizens will deny. There.
may be several c;tuses for this One per-
haps is the absence OF cooperation of parents
with the teacher, another the inability of
teachers TO govern. We once knew an old
lady who never forgaVe her father for not
giving her sufficient 'eddicatiOn to enable
her to teach school. for" said she stamp
ing her foot and shaking her fist, Il have
the very natur to teach, for | could give it
to them" (the children) and Judging from
sundry bandagCd heads and striped backs
that have come under our observation, We
have concluded that some teachers Of the
present day possess the old ladyS ''natur. -
in an eminent degree, but whether their other
qualifications are in proportion are not
able to say.
y Fair will open here on the 10th inst.
under the direction of the Catholic congre-
cation. \ large temporary building has
been erected for the purpose. Ample pre-
paratiOnS are being made Rev. Father Gal
! lahcr is untiTing IN his labors to promote its
! success and the ladies of the congregation,
/ to their honor be il said, are active as they
| ever are in all good works, and. we trust
/ success will crown their efforts
! We have had the pleasure of taking by
| the hand our old friend, Major Thomas y.
! Mcguire, former resident of this county,
/ who has been stopping few days in our
! village. The Ma jOr is a gentleman and Il
! genial companion, hut, from a slight inkling
! we gathered from his conversation, we fear
/ that he, too, has bowed at the shrine of
! Repuhhcanism. More anon. SOLON.