The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-01-16
Local Correspondence.
JoHEsTowN, Jan. IA, 1874.
(WHICH I WISH TO REMARK"


(WHICH WISH TO REMARk."
Dear FreeJaGn-You have at last aroused
'hub Roy from his Morpbaan rapo.e. auC
i now rise to remark that Wm. Henry Har
T1son NJ 'Cormick, the youthful and popular
Speaker OF the present House of Represent
atINes at Harrisburg is not a brother, bat
only Il cousin, OF your correspondent, which
is near enough in the tieipd sctott seeing he
Is Republican and l am Democrat. Al
BELT, he Is a promising young man, and ii he
ever comes up to the standard OF his father,
either intellectually or physically, he will
become great man. His father, John NJ
Corinick. was born at Brush Greek, now
Larlmers Station, Westmoreiaud county,
about the year 1896, and died only a year
ago, To be almost wholly self-educated, as
were all OF his contemporaries, he was a
most remarkable man. He stood. physical
ly, about six feet six iuches, and weighed
some two hundred pounds, while intcllectu-
ally he was giant. His son, II. II. Me
Corlnick, is a graduate of J Jefferson or Wash
ington College and a promising young mem
Der of the PittSburg Bar. Like all of the
name, lie is lizard TO beat
ABOUT COMMON SCHOOLS.
I like that discussion that is going on in
your paper in regard to Common Schools
and while / believe that there is not any
more original sin now than there was before
tie adoption of the system, still it will do no
harm to ventilate it and give il an airing
The,morals of the schools are better than the
administration of them. There have been
some ludiCrouS whilnS and foibles iutrOd uced
into the administration of the system of
popular education in Pennsylvania. For
instance, an eN-State Superintendent issued
an edict requiring teachers TO mark absence
and leave attendance blank in their rolls-a
thing that was never done from Adam down
to the Cam bria Iron Works until that edict
was promulgated. And now comes another
from the present State Superintendent. This
is a new method of counting per cent, by
which the attendance in the State can be
miSrepresented at least thirty per cent This
edict requires teachers to reckon the per cent.
of all new pupils only from the time they en-
ter school. | had case in point the other
day. Two boys left Johnstown schools after
a halt-month's or fifty per cent. attendance,
their mother having moved into Wood vale.
They attended that school eleven days, or
the balance of the month. According to the
new regulation, being new pupils to me, l
would be obliged TO allow them one hundred
per cent, and as they made fifty per cent.
before i'll Johnstown, they would each make
one hundred and fifty per cent. for that
month, which would be absurd and impossi-
ble. So you will see that other departments
in the system, including normal schools,
need to be ventilated. ''FdciljS decenSuS AUe-
rim, etc.
ABOUT THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
My ideas about the new constitution are
that the State didn't need new constitution
half so badly as the people did. / have some
one hundred and fifty thousand people in
my minds eye (must be large eye) who
need good, honest constitutions Individual
ly. If these were secured the State could
get along without one-it could live on the
bylaws. People that would lie, and steal
and cheat, and swindle under the old consti-
tuition can do the same under the new. Re-
form must commence i'll the hearts of the
people. That's what's the matter" now.
ABOUT THE DISTRICT COURT.
Without any reflections on our law judges,
who are as honest as the days long, there
was more lar than justice dispensed at the
late slttngs of the Johnstown District Court
Juries are not always what they are cracked
up to be. And then this thing of swearing
them to render a true verdict according to
the evidence, and then starving them until
they agree, is not only a humbug- but pat
eIt conscience sitter. Why not put women
on the juries-people who can agree? Then
look at the cost piled on the taxpayers by
trying trifinG cases two or three times be-
cause juries cannot all think alike. y jury
trial is we'll enough, buC the majority should
rule. What does the new constitution say
about that?
ALL ABOUT THE PANIC.
If the people wouLd hang all the Wall
street brokers and all the bankers who send
other peoples money there to speculate on,
l think it would be capital punishment. In
his message Gov. Hartranft strikes the nail
bankers, which makes me think that he is
good 4 Democrat is Grant is a Rcpubli-
can. There is no punishment too severe for
the raScalS who would take the one dollar
deposits of poor men, women and children
for the purposes of speculation. As the
Hinglishman SAYS, ''Givs 'em 'l!' And it
is still worse when it is spent for election
eering purposes. Let him that rapneth read.
ALL ABOUT THE WEATHER.
The potato bug was bad enough, and l
would advise those who plant potatoes next
spring to plant in new ground. But there is
greater bug than the potato bug. 1t is the
huDt-bug weather signals Their falling ba-
rnructers and rising barometers are delusious.
Not so with Benton & Titles hardware es-
tablishmentin in J Johnstown. -Four warehouses
and one immense store-room filed with arti-
cles that farmers mechanics and housewives
we'll know the use of-Hagon wood work,
plows iron, nails, corn-shellers, reaperS, cut
lery, willow ware, etc, and so forth. whole
sale aud retail ten per cent below the prices
of other dealers. Don't call that humbug,
eh but do call at 210 Main street, Johns
town. ROB Roy.
WILMoRE, Jan. 49, 1874.
Dear Freemup-T had several local items
to communicate last week but that ''Unmis-