The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-08-15

ouc town one day last week. and whiIa here
called TO see us, spending what to us was
most agreeable half hour in our sane
tifn- Col. .Swank is ope of tire most grace
tui and ready writer's of whom we have any
knowledge, and the following from his pen,
published in Fridays issue OF the, Johns-
town .1rioesTse, is not only, in our estiuln-
! ZION, worthy OF reproduction in the Freeman
beeadse-it it treats of Ebensburg and its SUR
roundings, but because it is pure in dictior
and commendable. spirit -
We spent day at EbensbHrg this week,
ana were pleased to note the many evi-
dences of substantial progress the town is
making Sexeral new houses are in course
OF erection, while at least one old house
That formerly occupied by Dr. Bum as n
drug store-is being enlarged and ifSdern-
ized in good style. But the principal i'm
| proyements of the place consist in the ex-
tensaoni af hotel facilities, through which
! EbensbHtg has been enabled this summer to
take high rank as \ resort for city residents
! who are accustomed once year to seek
health and relaxation in the country. The
salubrity of Ebensburg its great elevation
| Its fine scenery, its easy accessibility, and
! the morality, sociability and intelligence of
! its people have long been well known, bRt
| until recently it could boast of fey hOteB
suitable for the accommodation Of Health
| and pleasure-seekers and these were of
/ small size and modsst appointments. Now,
! however, the town has two new hotels of
: =.
which do ift great credit, willie the old
/ Mountain II oJlge of Linton & Son. famous
| for its hospitality and home comforts offers
! it's old attractions and the promise of many
new ones next year OF the tfso Itew ho-
tells, that of Mr.. Shoemaker the HeImont
House, iswell filed this SUMMER With as
fashionable a company as ever spent a week
or month at crsssOn5 and the Lloyd
House, adjacent &c the TSiIroad station we
were Informed, is also iT-ell patronized bJ
excellent people, Both these near hotel
ventures are warmly praised, and their size
| cess this summer in winning patronage
may well encourage the hope that the repu-
tation of Ebensburg as a summer resort is in
safe hands and we'll assured.
With some friends we took carriage
drlYe about the town, and had frequent oc-
cesson 10 remark the neatness, cleanliness
and general air Of respectability and refine
meut which mark the homes and places Of
business of the citizens. The streets also
were free from rubbish and the outlying
tots apd fields gave no suggestion of ctfen-
siye slaughter houses, soap Factories, or
bone-bolllng establishments, is too often
the case in visiting the suburbs of larger but
| less esthetic and more loosely governed
We droTe ",oTsr tie hiii 4Y2 the poorl
house." and We're most courteorsly received
by the wife of the steward, Mr.. IsadoIe
Lilly. Mrs. Lilly kindly showed our. party
through the various departinents, ,pft.the
| building, but tile sorrowfui sights which We
behelo were not of nature 10 cause us 10
| hnger long in any one of theTt,, There are
over forty ininatcs-old men and young
| men, old and young women, and several
children. Many are crazy some so old and
| intirm that they are helpless; others are un-
able, from various physical inf frmities, to
earn living One LITTLE girl is blind; an
other thild is friendless orphan; another
is fricndless and a cripple. Out in the wide
world-even in the green fields of the poor
house farm-there are sounds that tell only
of happiness, and peace, but here are want
aud Ipisery, wrecked lives and broken hope8
AYE are satisfied, howe YER that the t5Cor
| creatures are as well cared for as is POSSIBLE
under the regulations prescribed by the
poor-house directors. Mr.. and Mrs. Lilly
would not Starve them, nor abuse them; but
we are not satisfied that the directors have
done all that could be done to make the in
mates of this asylum, comfortable, nor have
they I1inisteTed 10 their diseased minds and
fTaii faculties in such way to give them
glimpses OF the happy life which might
hare been, or perhaps once was theirs 20
enIoF. The furniture in each of the cell is
but. little else than a cot. i'Those Dlti 5ren
aud, women would like an easy chair as we'll
| 2s the best of US, and a table and a few pic
/ lures in each cell would not be out of the
| way. Nobody would complGin'iof an ex-
penditure of the pe6ries Ttoney which
would procure such simple comforts and
pleasures we have riientioned or add
/ somewhat to the variety and richness of the
I food that is prepared. These poor people
are not criminals, aud should not be treated
! as suGh,s We injured if they ever heard
any music of any kind, and were informed
that there is no provision for music, snd
that none is supplied. This is great over
! sight on the part of the directors, and. wa
| suggest that, if they cannot do anE, bitter.
! they .einploy a strolling organ-grfpder t5
! DISCOURSE to them Mollie Darlinsf Wearing
! ef she Green, or DiNie's Land. Tire insane
/ inmates could not he made apF' ctazier than
/ they are by such an entettainment while
/ the little children at least would he de-
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/ other suggestion, that those who can read
( should not want for the news of the daH and
| other reading matter. IT would be we'll if
| illustrated maga2inessa and newspapers were
! supplied TO them literally
We called at the Jail. We need not de-
scribe THIS structure as there have been fire.
| Queht references to it in the press of the
/ county during the past few years, and if we
recollect Alright some Of orr local orators
sttitnp.- I'VE wilIgusifs tss,nz;rlr that e;heriff
] Bonacker and his assistants exercise proper
! control over their wards, and that di.tint
! guished Democratic politician of EbensbUrg
/ told us, what we were ourselves prepared to
! state, that the Sheriff is one of the best Off
! GERS with which the county has ever been
blessed. His term WIFI soon expire, and
/ when his successor takes h7s place we give
! him notice in advance that lie. must look
/ well TO his ways if he would be as popular a
! Sheriff as Captain Bonacker has Seen. 1t
! is a great trait in an officer that he under
stands his busnesS!' and attends to ii with
! out making fuss about It.
! Ebensburg is not a manufacturing town,
I but it ought to be. 1t would be more pros
nerous if it were more active and enter
! prisinSl. Why is it not? Some of its citi-
Gems have IIeuey invested in bonds or loaned
on mortgages that would bring better re-
turns and do infinitely more good if invested
| in manufactures. 1t is time for them to
! turn over a new leaf They have coal if
they dig for it, and there is an abundance
of the best of lumber within easy reach.
Having railroad .coInmuni ication, they can
obtain Falt 'sotts Of supplies, as tReapfy as
they are obtained hy other towns. They
already have the nuclei of two manufacture
ing establishments-the Ebensburg Mining
and Manufacturing Company, and the
Woolen Factory of Jones & Co. Let them
! build these up by giving to them ample
capital, and then let. them establish other
manufacturing epterprises; and when mon-