The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-06

JouNsrowN, January 9, lo12-

} who reported the proceeGI"SH -. " - a.
? VIZ I'm. p My Did he come over me
,tor3 And is he another germ that was pre-
5 from, ounihiIation in the MAYFLoWER 7
ros +,urbt when Young that nobody ever
ana to this country Ooly those VINO came on
tbot CANINE boat But / don bencVe IL now.
IiocJ I doubt whether one individual now
cTistiDg can trace his origin to that wonder
fuIly exalted water fowl. Who then can . Al
p III be? He is no Anglo Saxon Not
he. But 10 difference. He is gentleman
and scholar.
We we're at the opening of the present term
I OF the District Court, ana heard Judge Potts
charge the Grand Jury, which was one Of
the most eloquent, pointed and practical ad-
/ dresses of the kind ever delivered. There will
| be Il vast amount of business transacted at this
/ court during the present term.
/ The life of Hon. Roger b. Taney, late Chief
/ Justice of TIE Supreme Court Of the United
/ States, will be issued in few days by Murphy
/ & Co., Baltimore, Md. Every family in the
/ country ought to have this book. We have
| Feen n letter written TO Mr. N. Z. M9a9her,
/ book agent. JUhnstown. who IS authorized 20
take subscriptions, and TO sell the work. Mr..
Meagher is very obliging gentleman, and we
hope he mag have great success in ceiling the
Life" OF one Of the greatest men that ever
lived
We were in the Smoky City the other day,
and the Fast Line brought Us homo in two
houTs. W thought this vas fast driving, but
the conductor said that they could beat that
ten miles ar hour. Merchants in the city in
formed US that the dread Of small pox had
greatly injured their fall trade. w are sorry
for this, for not one in one thousand WAS &fft,ct-
cd with that disease. We rejoice 10 know that
the disease has greatly abated, ana that The
danger is over.
The ice harvest here is past and gone. The
crop WAS secured without any loss from rain or
damp W Gather. Enough Of ice has been housed
J n Ea NOW r1orfh mole. sheull soma
ing comet carry the old Que away, which is
not at all probable.
Christmas and New Years came and went
| as of yore. The weather was mild for the
season. Turkeys have ceased to gobble and
/ every body is at work again. We were highly
/ cOmplj jmepted on the Saturday night he!ore
/ Christmas by the presence at cur dwelling Of
/ the Johnztswn Glec Club. composed of eight
I persons, six of WhOm are old pupils Of ours
| They sang SIX pieces in uncqnalled style. We
! seldom hear such good singing. Indeed, We
| have often paid our way to the theatre to hear
/ singing much inferior to that performed BY
! our aerenuders. The names of the Club are
| Harry Bennett, S. II. Brown, Daniel Bos-
/ ley, Jacob Lcvergood, Gsorge Carroll, Joseph
ohnston. ana Adam and Theodore Fock er-
/ all of whom have our sincere thanks fOY the
! compliment. We were also made the recipient
! of watch chain, 4 breast pin and a cane, by
/ the pupils of Woodyale school, for which they
/ have our sincere thanks
/ We trust that your Subscribers, | mean those
/ who have large hearts, remembered you durn z
! the HOLIDAYS. The printer is never half paid
! for his labor. He sclls the printed sheet for
/ but little more than he pays for the blank one
/ and then he paws cash in advance. He picks
up the type, one by one, like tbs farmer would
pick Spanish needles from lis clothes, till his
/ entire columns are filed up He buys ink and
press and oil and light. lie rents his house
and his Office, and pays in advance. He finds
himself aud buys his own clothes. He pays
| his iours and apprentices every Saturday in
| short ho is q good, indus irous, honest, dceerv-
ing useful man. Whv, thea. shouldn't he be
paid like other people We hope the readers
Of the FREEMAN will begin the new year by
paving for their paper in advance, and trus;
YOU may obtain thousand new Subscribers
not on trust.
We cannot say much in regard 70 the state
of health in town just now. We believe that
all kinds Of disease is Oh the decrease, and that
soon people will eEjoy thsir wontod health
There is nothing of Importance TO report
nothing that would interest your readers
Should anything important occur, | may write
again. Yours, ROB Roy.
SuMMEurt1LL Twr, jan I, 1872.
DEAR FEEEMAN-Doubtlsss your readers
have long since concluded that "Soltsro" had
"pulled up stakes and betaken himself 10
some more genial cline. However, your local
from type; your valuable correspondent, "Vsg'
and Erionach" having of late made your col
umns higAly interesting indosd. Long may
they flourish
Affairs in this bailiwick have had for the
past few months, to use q billing gsism," toe
much sameness about them to be of interest tC
vour readers Hence my silence.
The general health of the community ha.
been batter this fall and winter than it has fol
wears, the only exception worthy OF note being
that Of Mr. Joseph Gowden's family, OF VIII ict
three members have died within tho past few
veeks-yictinls of that dreadful disease, dip
theria-and two or three more are now lying
in a critical condition.
Our schools have been in running order fol
some time, though with what degree of efficicn
cv | am not prepared positively TO say, in fac
I do not put myself TO the trouble of inQuirIng
about them, my opinion in regard to the pub
lie school system being anything but compi
mentary 20 that institution.
Tho weather of late has been variable Will
| a prospect of still further variations of the ele
ments for soms time TO come. We arc noH
enisvinc with what degree of pleasure VI
leave your readers to imagiue) the most disa
groeable weather aud the muddisst roads We
have had for an uuspecifsd length OF period.
A slight collision occurred on last Sunda,
, morning on the r. r. r., near Nilmorc. /
appears that few freight cars became dstach
{ ed from q train ascending the mountain ant
: ran into n train following, the engineer 0
, which, in jumping OF, sustained worry seriou
! ipiuries His name did not learn.
, BY the way, noticed in a late number Of til
FREEMAN an account of potato pit which con
; tanned one hundred bushels, and was said to b
the daddy of all the potato pits in this county
To the latter proposition object, as We our
selves have two Of that Dimensions; and We ar
+ not by any means an exception in this neigh
borhood.
This ia the frat Of January, iS72-the com
, meucement Of new year which for many o
! your readers will be the last. One year henc
YOU NAV not be reading my poor effusiOns, o
may not be writing any more. What chang
0, have not taken place within the past year
and who knows what is to happen in the com
ing wear But, l will not longer dwell on thi
: topic It is poor picture which is all shad
2 or all sunshine, and we will turn to tho sum
, side and hope for the best. And now, IA
: friends, that you may spend this year hRppii
p IL Il LIZ. IL Il