The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-28
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Communications.


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EDlToR FREEsaA:-The Altoona Hdornlug TTi-
hume of the 18th inss. accidentally came into my
hands the other day, AMI in giancing over ts col
above caption The VS. naturally led me to the
conclusion that ii must be the production OF some
great legd mind and therefore ofcycai importance,
1aeagerly ran down it's not very grGnIma;ically
constructed sen cnces, N il aSot 20 lie bottoni
pfesenied SEX IS " es brock ia1e .GoGnss!
iOr n Lsw, So Broadway, New YOrk''--af his couu-
Try somewhere IN ne in hc in crioT o. Penn
syivania away up u Sonuns,n--'rises explain"
and-sOdo l. Ii al Goou- he removal Of he Pos
Office from Por,ege 10 Sonman, GI:L beck 0gGIa,
HISTORICAL.
About the year 1882 p. o. was es, ahlshed at
the s'oli sej ,1ement of No - and name was
called "Por. age, because was .oea e on he old
Poringe II. Il. At that 'ime ''lN". . was -Four
Jshing village. the Super.n tnden : Office, e'c.
being local Ell here The i, O. remained here Tor
About e'gh cen years, but al er ne SAFE oi me
= ate improvement No = became ''deser CT
village, and no one was lcit o Ilt' The p. o. The
4dessrs " III c, aoout TINS tilne. null can ;"
mill, and houses and shantics r-quiFed t3F the
hands employed by them 10 ran he mill. a 'S0ut
man he name OF the ,raci OF land upon which
the mill was bull ,)unt for heir own convenience,
had he office removed here. and name changed
10 Sonman. The Oilcc remained here for about
two yea rs when ihe saw mill burned down Son
man was ocscr ed, and he Office was 'akcH back
20 NO p where il remained Cntn he GieSS@s.
sen ed o axe the 2. O., and had i ; name again
changed 10 ..Soumar.'' 1t remained Asre and -,
for about :hree years. when riia Messrs Shoe
maker having "cu- GU - removed their mill ami
Themselves. and '-Sonman'' ives left vii Egur a'ly
material on. of which p NJ. couId be lialie IN
the mean imc Por age was rapidly growing in
lopua. ion and impCr aace The Pruna r. r. Go
had located ion here. which is one Of The
mos, Important on the road being IA Water.nS a
tion fnj. tT f,l.iU,-had LuiIt fr.i..br .rf D0s.U
ger houses. ctc.-and IN 1855 the office was changed
10 Pov:age, and " III. u. Jones Esd. appUin ed I.
shop. BX cu oversight he name of The Office was
. no. changed un' Il a year af erward. when
- =, .Atl,. ~ o''NN T." 90 ITS 'o'S
a6ou5 SIX weeks ago, when Is WAS carried back 10
Sonlnan leaving i 5 name behfn,i IT, tFI;s s.,s--t.
Of eilt.ll hn rT-gcs
csr misrcpTesen ion, and the carrying L. away
WIS tHcC to IN a"Ou ne hlttlhtf-bu us Coll)Af-
isOns are said 10 Ice odous and the one was about
/ 10 make might bc cOnsiiSred more han usually
50, viii ay my hand. when the FOriagiaEs
The Depar menj VI Washing or, and our Office was
promptly ordered TO be res ored,
POPULATION, BUSINESS, ETC.
summer redenee 6 S Wes IS BROOK brook up oi nr 'hs
{ r.ahly spends he win er months in New York J
and six small tenant houses now occupied by
woOd-choppeTs, whose homes elsewhere some
of tilcn in adjoining cCuu, les. The Peuna. x. II.
Co have recen' ly built small station and tcle-
The area aus hor of '-FOriag ge " Suuman,' in his
a;emeni thai = here is more business done At
and near Sonman in day han Gr and near Por l.
age in mon: h. il il unly necessary TcieVfU ne
books of the ivSo Offices. which snow rha- The re-
about i'rcs tii..s ~ much a, SOnmGG for he
same IIon. h.. As % I. O. business = lhc rcspec -
i've places, lie nemorar- um books show ha' from
$50 20 200 letters have been in one mail from
Forage, while il is "a no U.ions tIc har tsl.s
was SoumHn.
Pyrtaq-.-This town. inc!uiing the sold settle
CT Ne. - which IS adjoining. ami really part
and parcel Of i. con aims ech y-six dwelling
houses. all occupied b. families mos Of whom oyy q
/ the proper Y upon which they rc.',Ie. Mos Of
these families number from SIX TO eighs .rg.
- rue here are 'WC n three cACeP icHSi cases.
which GCuO less his fJSff liTi'~1 had in lis
eye when he penned Ills great cps LEU, as
EGghy hiernan says, ''wndt We haven't Ia ne
dance have in lie -rU-rOull - and is 81 &c 70
say that each family mas five mcalhcrs each.
which would give Us pnrmAnrn' rcs:de3:t pnpula-
( fiUl OF 80 % 4. SuEnEu. EIlpp-s.ng each OF
tHv!r houses 10 con AIN fvc persons. Besides. We
haTc sven ores three tavtTTIs, three shoemaker
shops. ia cher shop. Alderman Olhcc. livery A.
be, tEsC cam, aul 'wO Ta'cT Saw mills, black
smith shop, shook shop, c,c.=Whiic cur Bl,,fIri
Town % Sunman (oT. as /; Ia gCnergsl, called
here. stab own has bu grocer. Ma han :
4 coal yard'-I0xl5 fee;-lnd ono u. d. Ii. u.
II Il. b. W he qU-s- ion seJt lei by vote.
why lct him come vi his rats. II he want 5
them killcd'-we can vo,c all day that ques ION.
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