The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-09-11
Com %, unicUsiosa.
SUuMERuILI- Sept. 9. 1874.

SJNAEitHiLI- sept = 1915.
EDITOR FIREMAN. Dear Sir: sec in a late
issue OF your worthy sheet "a communication
which I presume was intended a reply to
Il ncie Sam :" letter. ana which am sorry TO
say is devoid Of everything but InisrcprUsenta-
Iion and n shameful perversfDn of facts; but
"a do not propose to occupy more OF your
valuable space than can possibly help, L will
not attempt reply TO all of his vague and no
Doubt yerv sarcastic asser,ion. IL il could only
be discovered where the sarcasm comes in
In regard TO the church house in our quiet
and peace-Ioving village. | desire 10 .ay once
for all that the house was built for rhe use of
the Lutheran denominatiOu with the union
proyiso that other sects should have IN. HIyer-
ty of worshiping therein when not occupied by
the Lutherans- With this understanding every
thing moved on quietly and sa satisfactorily until
in evil hour few "rebs" from South Fork
sowcd the seeds of discord i'm our midst. there
by creating sore disSat atisaGtion among por-
promote peace and good will among all. our
worthy school directors thcreupDu leased the
school house in this place to those who were
dissatisfied with the church arrangement BY
tabliShed in our midst. and nothing occurred
TO again mar the prevailing harmony until
few weeks ago the school board. for several
good and su ubstanTial reasons declined 10 rent
rhe school house any longer for religious pur-
poses Hence ii was that a few of the citizens
OF this place and vicinity, without regard to
denomiuational distinc ions. including one
two of the school directors themselves, Joined
building tof which mention has already been
made by your correspondent -,C- III y for the
OF all woo desired u worship God therein
Permit say just here, however that
during all this time and up To the present, ss IL
was open To- all who came TO worship God with
in its walls. 1t was built as q union church
and Is union still; and had il not been for few
rebellious spirits at South Fork there would
never have been any cause for dissension on
this question
.Demet,ius" also boasts very loudly of Sc
cessiou and how much better they fare now
old order of things but L have II from some
OF the best citizens of South Fork. no would
T,pFn to tSe shat t fser &
pcnsation. These are facts based on t0ItTes
that tDoH't lie
..Demetrius" talks very fiuently about Wash
ington having been secessionist- which iss;lo
doubt true TO certain extent, but his seces-
sion sentiments were far from being OF that
stamp which the South Fork rebels indulge in
He favored and fought for secession from a
foreign and tyrennicai government that rad
no right to demand obedience when IL refused
to grant the right of representation, and the
grand result of such secession sentiments as he
entertained is 10 be found in thc-fact that this
vast country wa. thereby made aid has long
continued to be the home of the brave and the
land of the free. when the South Fork seces-
sionists some of whose characters, II depicted
on A black board. could be whitewaShed with n
piece of charcoal hen they. say, accomplish
anything that Will bes the issst possib com
parison with the grand work which Washing
secf fssiOn. IL will he time enough TO hold him
up as their great exemplar.
As / end nothing else in .DemerYius',' long
drawn out communications worth wasting inh
and paper IL replying 10. will -let up on n nun
iious nephew. '-B. T. r. who evidently had
one of his toes very badly pinched, II ye nay
up his ears rs II in mortal pain thIhk; now
ever, like AN Old man said OF his SON tnat ne Is a
very dutiful boy. because he dion hit me after
knocking me down
Nv dear nephew intirnates that am wrong
about the south Fork Sabbath School report.
We'll all have TO say ON that subject is that
had nv information from one Of the most re-
liza hie citizens or South Fork, and IL he mis-
taken or misinformed am in the zane boat
In conclusion. 1 would advise uiy rebeiiious
nephew, who says nothing else worthy or a
reply, to corne back To his dear old uncle. and
learn II behave himself in the future and re-
frain from rneddiing in other peoples busi-
neSs- UNCLE sAH.