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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-16
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

A Estate OF OHIO SCTF2R, decd.
Letters Testamentary on the estate or OTHO
SIYNEH, late of Washington township, dec d,
having been granted to the undersigned by the
Register OF Cambria county, notice is hereby
given 10 a persons ind e!3tSd said estat. ta
payment uSt be made without delay and tho Sc
having claims against the same VIII present
Ehom properly pruDatcd fur ettiCmcut.
= n. "a EOItti +, furoor+o,.
JOSEPH CRIsTE, EXECUTORS
Hnmlncls. NJ. 10. la.3-GL.t
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HALLoA there ! arc you aware that from
Huntley, the fair dealer and square, you
can buy the best of hardware, and home
made tiuuare and all kinds OF wood ware,
besidcs every style of glassware, and grocer
les cheap, fresh and rare, at prices thHt Will
for cheaDness compare with those of any like
dealer here or elsewhere? II you don't
know these facts, call II HUntley OIg
house furnishing depot, Ebensbutg, and you
will soon see ''how it IS yonrseI nut II
Won do know them sud don't act on the
knowledge. We can only say that you are
standing very much in your light, and the
sooner you get out Of it the better for your
pocket-bOOk.
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n Office ETOJURORS.-No Court
will be held on the Fourth Monday or fiay.
Jurors summoned for that week 81 ~ therefore
not attend. ". B. RONhtKER, Sheriff.
Shcrif's Office, Ebcnsburs, May Z. 1913.
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OBITUARY =,

DRASS.-Died, in Chest township, on the 3th
inst, Francis Druss, aged 80 years.
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NNInOWS, APPRALSEMENTS-

NIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS.
-Sotiro iS hereby given tina; the follow
irg ApprtisCmcnts or Personal Property Of dc
CCfCUTS, SrleCicG and set arRTt for ht. Widows
ur iutrstatcS under the Act Of Assembly Of tho
18th day of April. 4. ID. lSjl, having been flied
in the registers Office At EhcnshurE, viii hC
presented To the Orphans Court for approval
on Wednesday, thc 4th dag or Jane noxt, 10 wit:
Inventory and appratsoment OF personal pro
STUDY. widow Of Jaeoh STUDY, late Of Carol!
tOwnship, deceased, G,-s3CO.G0.
Inventory and Hpprsi msnt az personal pro-
periy appraised and set apart for Catherine
Gallagher, widow OF Frank Gallagher, late OF
Ailvilic borough. deceased $3.50.
Inventory and appraiscmcUt OF personal pro
Derty appraised and set apart FOR Margaret
ghcny township, deccascG.-s559 90.
Inventory aud appraisemcf1t CT personal pro-
ton chhd Of StnnisIaus wharton. late OF clear.
/ field townships. deceased, 60
to be retained 10y i.IiIabe,h Jones. widow OF
David W Jones, late Ci Eoensburg borough
! JAS. NJ. SINGER. Register.
! Registers Ofico, Ebensburx, May :, lS7S.-it
T .ICENSE NOTICE.-Petitions fol
! A License to be presented at juno Ses
sions, 1873:
Cicsri6ed IiI ID TwP;aH MHrlett G. A IN Ercneman
CarT9ltown town E9To1gh.In,ml klwang"r' An
| Chest Towuship-ThnInus Ott. Geo. CroUk.
Chest Springs Borough SiISs A. IcGuuEh.
! ward; L. -. Linton . -, C-vt Ward.
Gaiiitziu Tow nShii ii-,fic!uc r;;....-I. -. y. B
Aaco'nher, &ich NcAorris, Mathew ~'"u-:-!-
HI. L. Kelly.
LUIctt3 Pnro,- Florisn BenKeI-, ?. <. Halo.
SunmitSt!ie Bornugh-John {. ROiGnd, Wm.
Linton, Christian Reich.
Washington Township -Christophcr RohinC.
NImOre Borough Gorge " c. roth, iUscIl.
HOrner, Valentine h8iiZir.
White TOuTship-John Younkln.
EATING HOUSE.
CarrOlitOwn BOrOugh-JuIius StC:Ch, Henry
/ Blum.
hepsburg Borough Michael TattCrncr.
Munster Township Christina !tcI.
WI.more Born'-JOhn Schroth. Peter Ern!rc.
Patrick +. Kirby.
!. x. HITE, ProtIDn0tury.
Prothouotary's Office, EhrnsburG, May 6. 1873
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RrE77o YoUHG LADIEs.-With snilos
that arc sweet sud = form inst is nsas, II
vour conduct's discreet, you can teInpsyouag
Ircn TO marry; bat 20 add to tho rssf, You
should always be dressed in goods cheapest
and best and-but just hars Let ua tArry and
invite tbs attention OF our young lady friends
and the rest OF wornaukind. as we'll As man.
Kind. to tbs fact that II. Bossart - CO., cor
nar OF Main and Franklin ats, hnstoUu,
kesp lust the kind or goods that will suit all
ta,tes AM, please ALI buyers III tina matter OF
texture, quality, beauty and price. Go, sea.
SOME ~4,,,,IIa may talk about the big stock
of flour, feed and s.oceries they keep and
others NAV try to induce ,,CEsons TO buy by
declaring they sell very chean. eS this
hear in mind, nowhere viii yon find, tnSugh
Won seek o er and DER, better flour and feed.
and other things that you need, than At r. j.
Mills cheap store. Try his choice teas
THE RIGHT WAY.-The way to get rich
is To speud less money than you earn, ard
the nroper way TO do this is to buy where
Won can buy the cheapest, and buy only what
Won need. Myers & Lloyd's great mercau-
lille mart offers the best inducements 10 cash
nurcLa&el'- III this region. Goods very cheap,
Yery select, and very abundant.
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20, 5000 Acres
CHEAP FARMS.

SOLDIERS Entitled to a HOMESTEAD
81 100 ACRES.
THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR COLGEIES.
FREE HOMES FOR ALL! Millions Of Acres
OF cbuicc Government Lands open Tor entry
under tho Homestead law, near this Grrut
Railroad, with good markets and all the conNt-
uienccS OF an old settled country.
r FrSc passes TO pOrchaSCrs Of Railroad Land.
Sectional Maps, showing the land. also new
edition Of Descriptive Pamphlet with New Maps
TiailC4 tFcc everywhere Address
@. T. DAVIS,
Land Commissioner, L p. r. II, OalAHA. y Effs
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rEKIAL LIST.-Canses set down fo1

= trial ut Court Of Common Pleas, 10 lie
held at EDenshurg. FOR Camhris county, com
menCirg on AOB'lRy. SUEe ~, /. y. 1915:
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

77O Sd Av.. NEAR ATH STA YOUNG GIRL
~ would like a few more engagements in private
families BY the day week. is first class operator
Wheeler Wilson'S machine: can cut and ht chdren's
dresses or Will take work home take her own
chine required the best Gail address
SEAMSTRESS
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

CIT EAST 18TH stan ENGLISH PROTESTANT
OlI woman TO cook, wash and iron in small private
family; good city reference.
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

700 9Th Ay. CONFECTIONERY STORE-AS
IVA dressmaker and seamstress. fully compctent to
cut ladies' and chillrens clothing: understands all
kinds OF sewing would trave! to the country is
oblgng would assist in the OF children good city
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

E7O WEST oath STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN
CIC Us cook and to assist with the washing and iron
ing: city reference.
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

90 EAST 18TH ST.. FIRST FLoOR.-A RESPECT
fJO able young good cook washer and
ironer; would short distance in the country good
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

ROT 2D Av.. THIRD STORY.-A MIDDLEAGED
CAt widow Germany as perfect cook in private
family
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

OLC avs.-A respectable young girl not long in the
country as chambermad or to mind children; can be
well recommended
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

900 9Th AVA RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN
OAZJ as plain cook, washer and ironer to do gen.
cral housework in small private family best city ref
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

071 EAST 18th STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN
good city reference from last place. where she has lived
six
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

7EO WEST 2STH ST., ONE FLIGHT UP, BACK-A
!CA respectable girl as good plain cook, washer and
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

COO 7TH Av, ASTOR ROW, PRESENT EN-
OOU ployer's)-An honest obliging young woman a.
chambermaid and plain seamstress and to make herself
generally useful Can be tor two days.
The New York herald., 1873-11-20

LlO A. respectable Protestant woman TO do the
homework Of a small family; n working house,
keeper with girl five years old; best city
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15
HOuse-Painting in Danbury.

The man Of the News thus describes
recent mishap: Old Mr.. Watson,
on Nelson street, has got 4 nice little
bill to pay. He sent a man down
town for pot Of paint and ladder.
The man got the paint, and then went
to lumber yard after a ladder Then
he tied the paint-pot on the end Of
the ladder, and put the ladder on his
shoulder. This was q very smart az
rangement, and the man himself ad
mired it very much. He started for
home this very way, and didn't find
any trouble getting along the first
block, because people had an impress
ion that long ladder with a pot OF
yellow paint dangling on the end Of
it wasn't exactly the think to trife
with, so they balanced along on the
curbstone, or rubbed up against the
buildings. Pretty soon the man saw
somebody in store he knew, and he
turned AROUND to speak to him, and
drove one end Of the ladder into a
millinery case and knocked the crown
out of an eighteen dollar bonnet.
Then he backed off in alright and
knocked down two sewing machine
agents with the other end. Then he
stapted to turn around, and an old
gentleman, who was desperately en-
deavoring to pull his wife out Of dan
ger, saw the peril, and shouted out,
eli, there!" But it was too late,
The pot struck against an awning
post, tipped to one side, and the en-
tire contents went over the aged coup
lie. This so startled the man that he
whirled completely around, smashing in
an entire store front, frightening a
milkmans team, and knocking over
some thirteen persons who were ac-
lively lodging about to get out Of the
way. Then he dropped the ladder
and fled into the country, shouting
murder and fire at every jump. A
regular ordained painter is now en-
gagged on Mr.. Watson's house.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15
WHOLE NO. 1902
A City named in Honor of Chief Jus
lice Chase.

About one month ago Chief Justice
Salmon p. Chase was in Richmond,
Virginia, and was the guest Of Gen.
Bradley It. johnson. While there he
was waited upon by a dcputation OF
the residents Of the new town of Chase
City, in Virginia, named in honor Of
the distinguished chief justice. The
town was incorporated by a colony of
Northern settlers, among whom are
many men Of wealth and influence in
their former homes, the colony being
in fact the largest and wealthicst Of
Northern settlers in the Southern
states. The compliment paid to Chief
Justice Chase, could be bestowed on
no man who so eminently deserves
honors and remembrance at the hands
of the people. His life has been spent
in the service ofthe people, and wheth-
er as q senator of the United States,
governor of a great state, secretary of
the United States treasury, Or its
chief justice, his course has been hon
orable, consistent to his convictions
and has always shown the highest OF
der of craftsmanship. lie is one of
the links which bind the people to the
days when stern integrity and true
state craft were held in higher repute
than in these degenerate days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

There is one aged colored woman
in this town who does not believe in
social equality, judging from the way
she talks to her son:
"Ephrehem, come hyar, to your
mudder, boy; Whar you bin?"
"Playin' wild de white folkses shil-
lun."
"You is Ell? See hyar, chile, you'll
broke yer old mudders heart, and
brung her gray hair in sorro' to de
grave wild yer reclumness. Hadn't |
raised yer up in he way yer should
ought to go?"
"Yessum."
"Habn't | bin kline an tendir wild
yer, an treated yer like my own chile,
which yer is?"
"Yessum.'
"IIabn't | reezened wild yer and
prayed fur yer and deplored de good
Lord to wrap yer in his buzzum
"Yessum.
"IIabn't | fought yer to walk in de
broad and narrer PATH"
"Yessum."
can isn't I yer nater'l detcctor an
gwadjeen fo' de lava"
"Yessum.'
"Well den, do yer s'pose Use gwine
to hab yer morals reptured by the
white trash? No sab You git in de
house, dis instep; an if l eber cotch
yer municatin' wild de white trash any
mo-, fo' God, nigga, I'll brack yel
head wild brick!"
GYpee3/l) "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

OFFENSIVE BREATII.-What is more
disagreeable than an offensive breath?
Perhaps the flthiness Of person which
would produce an unpleasant appear
ance to the eye but we are speaking
more of persons of respectability, who
move in good society. 1t is not very
uncommon for such pople to have a
breath so offensive as to make their
near presence extremely disagreeable.
There may be several causes tol this,
but one of the more common is decay
ed teeth and the want ot-care respect
ing the cleanliness of the mouth and,
singular as it may seem, one may have
an offensive breath and not know it,
and it is subject on which friends
are very reluctant to speak, so that
one may have bad breath for a year
and all.his friends be aware of it, and
he not know it. Let lis recommend to
all persons the propriety of keeping
the mouth clean. After each meal
one should remove with stick or
quill all loose particles OF food from
between the teeth, aud rinse the mouth
with water and Il soft brush at night
and in the morning, and little toilet
soap on the brush, may be used. Nine
out of ten who annoy their friends
with bad breath might obviate it en-
tirely by following these directions in
regard to the mouth. - Science of
Health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

To DRIVE OFF RATs.-Take bunch
of matches, and soak them over night
in a teacup of water; then take out
the matches and thicken the water
with Indian meal to thick dough,
adding a spoonful of sugar and little
lard. Lay about the premises where
the rats are, and nothing will get it.
1t is decidedly the best exterminator
extant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15
VERMONT
Life Insurance Company.
CHARTERED OCT. 2S, 1868.
Principal Office,
PECK BUILDING, COLLEGE ST.
BURLINGTON, VI.

DIRECTORS.
Torrey E. Wales, Attorney and Judge of Pro-
bate Sam'l Huntington, Merchant; James A.
Shedd, Manufacturer; Russell s. Taft, Presi-
dent Rodney S. Wires, Gen'l Ins. Agent; Ma
thaniel Parker, President Burlington Gas Co.;
10 d. Hatch, r. r. Agent; T. G. Kennedy,
Manager Burlington Woolen Mills; Lawrence
Barnes. Lumber Dealer; Noah Allen, Merchant;
B. s. Nichols, manufacturer Daniel Roberts,
attorney; William G. Shaw, attorney and city
Judge Charles P. Frissel, General insurance
agent Edward P. Mudgett, farmer; VIM. W.
Henry, merchant G. G. Benedict, editor Free
Press L. L. Lawrence, attorney; Charles L.
Eaton. insurance agent; VIM. A. Crombie,
lumber dealer; L. Barlow, merchant; N. T.
Merritt, Vice President /; d. r. Bailey, attorney.
OFFICERS:
RUSSELL S. TAFT, President
N. II. MERRITT, Vice President
WARREN GIBBS, Secretary
s. W. THAYER, NJ. NJ, Msdioo, cornso,
JAMES NJ. KNOX, M. D. ''oio"i oouii9oi
BYRON A. STEVENS, Supt. of Agencies
JAMES S. FOX, Agent for Windsor
County.
OFFICE-Standard Office Block, Woodstock, vt
1903
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WOODSTOCK, W.T., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1873

they have left recorded. How brave.
ly they pledged their lives, their for
tunes and their sickly honor. How
the hearts of millions of soulwearied,
poverty -gnawed, penury-eaten tax
payers will swell with pride at the
recital Of their heroic deeds! And
can their unselish patriotism ever be
rewarded? No. Not IN this qcorld
1t would be but simple act ofjust-
ice to grant them pensions. Not only
pension them in the future, but give
them back pensions, way back to the
days of the Pilgrim fathers.
There is a mournful reflection that
will pour a wagon-load Of sadness
into every true American bosom. Sad
because humilating. Sad because
past remedy. 1t is the mournful re-
Election that we, the taxpayers of this
blood bought land Of Liberty, have
suffered Washington, Jefferson, Web
ster, and all the mighty men of yore
to go down to their graves without a
dollars worth Of back pay. No steal
ings, no Credit Mobilier, nothing but
their honest earnings.
The example Of Washington has
ever been hard one for the youth
Of this country to initiate. We would
say to them, throw away the story
of the hatchet and the ounce bush,
and strive to emulate the brighter
virtues Of these latter-day patriots
Let the world toll for its scanty earn
ings, but let the example of Butler
open up for you new fields Of geologi-
cal research in the pockets Of your
fellow coutry-men. Let the world lie
like thunder, but let your aim be to
lie like Colfax. Reader, is it your
desire to be big man? Stop and
count the cost. Think what it takes
to make Il big man.. No brains, no
honor, no integrity; nothing but five
thousand dollars and back pay.
1t is said, "history repeats itself"
God grant that ere the history Of the
Forty-Second Congress repeats itself,
you and /, reader, may be dead, our
tombstones crumbled into dust, and
millions OF unborn lovers make q
stamping ground of our last resting
place.
Disturb not these heroes, their mission is done.
And rewards are awaiting each "son of gum"
They'll get them when summoned from this
world to co.
And draw their back pay in the regions below.
--CatshW Recorder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

THE HENPEcKED MAN-The hen
pecked man IL most generally married !;
but thare are instances on reckCrd Of
single men being harrassed by the
pullets.
Yu can alwus tell one ov these kind
ov men, especially if they are in the
company ov their wives. They look
as resigned tew THAR fate as hen
turkey in wet day.
Thare amt nothing that will take
the starch out ov a man like being
pecked by woman. 1t is wuss than
a seven months ov the fever and agy.
The wives ov henpecked husbands
most alwuz out liv THAR victims, and
| hav known them to get married
agin, and git hold Of a man that time
(thank the Lord) who understood all
the henpecked dodges.
One ov these kind ov husbands is an
honor to his sex.
The henpecked man, when he gifts
out amongst men, puts on an air OF
bravery and defiance, and once in a
while will git little drunk, and then
90 home with firm resolve that will
be captain ov his household but the
old woman soon takes the glory out
ov him, and handles him just as az
she would half grown chicken, who
had fell into the swill barrel, and had
tew be jerked out awful quick.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

The BEST METHoD.-Somebody
having applied to an editor for a
method by which he might cure his
daughter of her partiality for young
gentlemen, is kindly informed that
there are several methods of reform.
The best is to put her in well and
drop a few loades of gravel on her
head I; or to bind her ankles to an
anvil and upset her out of a boat.
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Life.

Life's not our own-tis but loan,
To be repaid
Soon the dark Comer's at the door;
The debt is due--the dream is DER
Lifes but shade.
Thus all decline, and bloom or shine
Both star end flower;
'Tis but little odor she'd
A light gone out--a spirit fled
A funeral hour
Then let us show tranquil brow,
Whate'er befalls
That VIC upon life's latest brink
May look on Deaths dark face and think
An angel calls.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-15

rows Of stiff Lombardy populars that
led up to the parsonage, the old min
lister under the grotesque sounding
board; the solemn, pompous deacons,
under the high, narrow pulpit, dea-
coming off the first lines Of the hymns
to the singers; the veteran chorister
with his pitch-pipe and loud announce
ment of the tunes; the long prayers (;
the long sermons; the short recess at
noon; the gossiping women around
the doors; the toddy drinking men in
and arouud the old tavern, with its
large gallows looking sign all these,
after the novelty Of the first impress
ion was over, gave me neither pleasure
nor profit.
| always had to walk fast to keep
up with my father, and so would get
quite warm by the time Of arrival !!
and when the winters came | had to
go Immediately into that cold church
where there was no fire, and not even
plastering on the walls, and sit on
straight, high-backed seats, shaking
with cold through those long meta
physical theological discourses drawn
out to ''tenthly," "lastly," "fnaly," "to
conclude" and the Improvement" "
while the only word could appreciate
or rely upon, so that it might do me
any good, was the final Amen.
There was the same weary round to
go through again, after an hour, in
the afternoon. 1t makes me shiver
even now, after all these years just to
think Of that experience, What an
affective means Of moral and religious
education those old Sabbath services
must have been to us boys = only |
did not then see it in that light.
Oh, those "good old times" when
we had to carry our shoes to meeting
in our hands till we got near the
church, and then repeat the process
soon after we left it to go home; when
the only difference between our win.
ter and sumer clothing was the one
small thread of wooden on the cotton
warp called satinet when people
were living in the direst poverty and
shocking intemperance ragged, bare
footed. In mean, unpainted, unfurn.
ished houses, the broken windows of
which were stuffed with old hats and
rags; when there were but two car
pets in our whole town, and a real
scarcity OF the necessarles OF life. vi
the moral and social condition of this
particular neighborhood, | will here
say nothing because I suppose my
readers can easily infer from any part
of life such as that, what the whole
must have been-must see that it was
necessarily all on the same low plane