The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-06
Local Correspondence.
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in regard 10 he p. o.. between:P Portage and
Sonm;n. l have seen no correspondence troIn this
hourish.nE village with your valuable and enter
tanning Journal Being weekly reader OF IT, ana
always looking with anxiety for It's appearance,
f.vcu though / should have to borrow copy.)
conceived the idea of trying to contribute liJJc
mite To- oits columns by giving you from time 20 time
r70a. trrn2 Of tEc local OF our town and its sur
r"GTIIu4-- And ! assure yOu. Alr. Editor. and
rH-.g-l you the multitudmous reatersof the CAM
Hl-a fEEENAN. that this town IS ttTGc enough,
enough, and with proper eXcrtions On part
Hl.ug z snt' c,J,iti, and with the ueccssa-
rssf.Hlrf correspondent. and still leave proper
shrinking of scattering sensation items for one
two locals OF good city daIlyIsay the 4. thmnS-
or So. Of Johnstown. But. lest the ''eXorGtum' be
longer than the speech, Will cut that of right
here. and proceed 70 say-that Is rse 10 explain,
or words u that effect. Well was lust about to
say that l UilIs that he (now) of ''Possum Iiol-
low" and he of ''Slahtown' gave you and all the
rest o. 'em pretty clearly TO understand how very
iIruaerutey this town IC But what it lcaS-say
a good mite No, gentlemen, or, rather should
say, ladies and gentlemen, our town is growing
and to grow, both IN IOPuiatIon anu importance.
Since the time of which they wrote, many new
buildings (no old ones) have been built and much
babies have been born cana more tNlSctell, anu
some people have got married. For the proof OF
the first proposition Ujde McCfough, Ciossln x Co
BIG stable, glttSS tch-pin aiteHs h"Geinin ueputy
p o.. &c. BY the way. it is the outside talk among
the butchers here, that the Superintendent OF hc-
tive Power of the Township roads W es;ern Dlv);
whose name do not just now--write' has issued
order for the renordi of said tenpin alley, with
all its contents, on some day IN the near future,
from its present location on Portage street, in the
of Portage, TO point at or near the mouth OF
Een's erect, and that he (the SupD has actually
contracted with Billy Ske!ly, OF No ?, 20 furnish
der. The Sup't aforesaid gives as his reason ior
the promu CATION of the order of removal, iHfFIqS
ON the rights OF the corporation oI Mhlch ne
is the head and tail. Ana So II may come 10
plss' that this riiHOT reaches the ndnBtrieRdS
0f the Ur3tsT, the denizens OF Ben creek may De
the proprietors and thci friends will be left setting
On hel pins, thinking they had only guilt a Gas
sell in the air, but convinced OF the Tact that the
Sup'S has made Il 'tcn-sIohe.
Ii is said also, that the large and elegant store
rooms of William Prugc, ir., on the north, and OF
Martin \ Co the south side OF the Pa 4. r.. as
also the s,ablin:s, etc. Of Gillespie - Co, are for
apOut' ia me centre of the corporation
As the second cnllt, it Is only necessary to 90
YOU nave counted the CUiis, You will have ''shooh'
out at least three Of en- Then Il you are IN
ktne(mire)i to cross over to the other siae, YOU
will not 0pCTTjC long before you VIII ind that the
population has lost nothing on that liIlc and tho
"Old Narginny has aided no statesmen an you
may Wag0nterl on for some distance in a trtr~Iess
search you will soon t ialspie lots OF young Amer
YOU may. at no distant day tnd another Flmntg)
Of the same sort. As 10 the thrd count IN the IN
dictmeut have not Inuch TASTE lor his'lsIJ ~ @
with the subject. Marriage Is honorable among
all men. ami therefore should not be entered mo
una VssdIy or lightly, but soberiy, plousty anu IA
the fear of the Lurd''-and when parties conclude
to get married, they should neither be ashamed
afraid TO call upon nome author.Ies 10 perform
the ceremony. l am led to make these remarks
from the fact that parry went from mere to Al
Squire the hqppy groom being thereby made
J,y,fbJ. by the possession OF wife NJ 2one mere
and one in the v est. This, II so should not ne
thus .-,.
There is another case or two in this community
of a somewhat similar character, only little more
So NV humble opinion is that in Christian com
munity-whch ours is--Tnen ana women should
not he permitted to live open, fla grant violation
OF the laws of God, and man. and societ y-ahd thau
if a few of them had the Stitfii shook cut OF en-,
il would be healthy for society.
have spoken too long but not TOO tOud) already
and Will quit. -, - -, ,,
don't quit turning up viii Uell YOU HUBBUD-
WILMoRE, Fe5. 3, 1874.
DEAR FREEMAN - Our mutual. gentlemanly
vo1n.r friend, hIr. John Gallagher, on Iuesiay OF
issr week took to himselfa fair ana amlaDle pride
in tbe nerSon of NJ isS Cecclia Branin. OF GiIltLih
Tohn was & cherished chum OF ours IN the Gays
when we enioyeJ single blessedness together, ana
- Thar ne las followed example and joined
~. Grand army of bOuntifully blessed Deneulcts,
Sra w sn him ali the happiness imag inipe not eN-
oan.ino something less than score oI SoI-sIfohts
=. IA now and then a S5chdOioger OF OJiisr Peisu'
go IN break the mOnOtony. May he De granted
t,c nriyiIcge which was yOuchsaIeI 10 Jop ol Cit'
benoIding his posterity 10 the fourth geler
.tsnn and may aforesaid I'ostefi0y D 9i i
IN - G1nfis.,Ile and wor, hy our friend John mas
- oI,r,eared 10 the writer of this passing hoVlce
SncIi huuse belonging 60 Mr.. DaVId Sills'S, VINO
Lies short distance from town. ana IN "iiIcII ~
i,gi slowed n quantity oI gram etc., M1S I
III 10 c.ptpufs consumed, on IhutsddH cNcIhs.
o.. mr. \ was absent from home az tI'e 1liit0 Ht
- e., which was caused by sIno-.ihts hiS't1 IA
- -. Loss not including house. apohS E-JO;;
- +trc was any probability oil thc NV az 81