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lam clean out of the State. He added tb at
he had organized oranges among farmers
in our most populous cities, but never had
he encountered such pitiful ignorance re-
garding the farm as he found here. He
hoped that they would henceforth confine
themselves strictly to the business in hand.
tailor wanted to join on the strength
of sewing and an artist because he had
drawn saw-logs-drawnt them with crayon.
a father of a large family claimed dis
tinctiou on account of the years he had de-
voted to 'cradling,' and a preacher because
of the effective manner in which he had
handled the AK of the apostles.
Enough names at length enrolled, tho
question of the election of officers was next
in order. The chairman, in looking about
for a chief officer, asked who had raised
the most during the past year. A man in
the poultry business said, when it come to
! chickens, he guessed he had raised about
as good ''crops' as anybody.
The solitary farmer, who had had very
little to say, remarked, very solemnly,
that the man who was entitled. above all
others, to be the chief officer SO far as
raising was concerned, was nov, unfortu-
nately, serving a term in the State Prison,
under the odious and oppressive laws en-
acted to put down the farmer.
''We'u change all that, - said the horny
handed farmer from Utica; but what did
he raise -
.'Ie raised a ten dollar note from one "a
This nealy broke up the meeting, the
crowd roaring, and the boss granger flying
into a towering rage. He declared he
didn't believe there was drop of agricuI-
tural blood in the whole lot. He added.
with biting sarcasm, few agricultural edi-
tors have exhibited such contemplate 10
norauce with regard to the farm as they
had shown at the meeting. He doubted
whether any individual present could ez-
plain the use of a straw-cutter in sub-soil
grating, or calculate how many gTidiruus
1t was necessary to plant in order to raise
an acre of buckwheat. With this he put
ON his OveTcoat and left the haI, and was
seen 10 more. We have since learned that
he wasn't a granger at al, but base fraud
who goes about imposing upon simple vii
layers. But lie didn't make much out Of
US, as the door keeper ran away with the
box receipts, one dollar and no sense. But
then there was no sense in the meeting
Ne,0 Trorb Weetly.
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Scarcely had she finished her patriotic
address when there was = general rush.
The less active were trampled over like
puffed goat skins a. a bacchanalian festival.
''Nfiss Sally, axe you
''Miss Sally, spoke frst.''
81 bespoke her for my son Billy"
squeaked an octogenarian, struggling for
ward to seize her arm.
To hide her confusion, Sally covered her
face with her apron, when she felt strong
arm thrown around her, and heard a stem
torian voice shout
''She's mine, by gauler ~
Sam Bates cleared a swath as if he had
been in grain field, bore his unresistimg
prize into the house, and slammed the
door on the cheering crowd.
The wedding came off that night, and
the following morning Sam rode home,
driving his white COW before and carrying
his wife behind him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

''My ORDERS ARE TO PUNCH ALL TICK
ETs. One of the principal men of the St.
Paul S Sioux City Railroad got on the
morning express last week. The conduc-
tor had never seen him, and consequently
did not know who the gentleman with q
gold-heaGed cane was. In amoment after
the train started, the conductor passed
through, and among others he tapped he
railroad capitalist on the shoulder and
said
'.Youg ticket, sir -
The capitalist looked up at the conduc-
tor and said
Il carry my ticket in my face
Again the conductor demanded his tick
ct, when the capitalist said as follows
- tell you, sir, I carry my ticket in my
face, at the same time patting his cheek
with the left hand.
Very well,'' said the conductor. plac-
ing himself in HeenaD attitude and push
ing up his sleeves, my orders are to punch
al tickets, and here goes yours"
How Messcr settled the matter cur re-
porter failed to learn. st. Peter Ia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17
EBENSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, JULY II, 1874.
YE TOAD,
BY ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN.

<AAGno Al
Close by the basement door step,
A representative toad
Has made, all the sultry summer,
His quiet and cool abode;
And the way he bumps and bounces
About on the area of stones,
Would break every bone in his body,
That is if he had any bones
When man is cringing and abiect,
And fawns for selfish end,
Why they should call him a t0ddy
What mortal can comprehend
Since for resolute independence,
Despising the courtier's code,
And freedom from mean ambitions,
There's nobody like the toad
know how strongly against him ...
Some popular WITNESSES go;
But the toad is never vicious,
Nor silly, nor stupid, nor slow.
Stupid? Perhaps you never
Never noticed his Jewel ewes?
Slow? Of his tongues red lightning
Striking the darting flies?
Oh, but the mouth he carries!
To make dimensions clear,
One longs to describe it briefly
AS reaching from ear to ear;
But that no Professor of reptiles
Is able $50 far as appears
In books upon kindred subjects)
To locate ba.rachian ears.
No matter how stern and solemn
The markings about his eyes,
Ihe width OF his mouth preserves him
From wearing too grave a guise;
1t gives him the look Ono matter
How sad he may be the while
Or deep in profound abstraction)
Of smiling a chronic smile.
His ponderuus 1ocomotiOh,
Though brimful of nerve and force,
And well enough here in the area,
Wouldn't do for a trotting course
zoo modest to run for Congress,
Too honest for Wall streets strife,
His principles all unfit him
For aught but u virtuous life.
a hole in the ground contents him.
So little he asks of fate;
Philosopher under n 6ock-leaf,
He sits like king in state.
Should Il Needless footStep mash him,
In gravel absorbed and blent,
He never complains or srumbles,-
He knows it was accident.
No gruGging scribe in a sanctutr1,
No writer OF prose or rhyme,
Gets through with SO much hard thinking
In the course of SHmmer-tine:
And If sometimes he jumps at conclusion.
'T He does it with accurate aim
And after mature refiectiOn,-
Would all of us did the Samei
But what will We do in winter,
MidRJ the wind and snow and hail,
With his poor soft, unclad body
Unshelrercd by wings or tail?
He cannot go south, poor fellow,
In search of milder air,
For spring would be back triumphant
Before he was halfway there!
But what are his rlans for the future,
Or where he intends TO go,
Or what he is weighing and planning,
Are things we shall never know.
He wInks if you ask him a question,
And keeps his own counsel well;
For in fact, ike the needy knife-g grinder
He never has story to tell
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

HISTORY or THE OLD RED CEET.-Aa
the old red cent has now passed out OF
use, and, except rarely out of sight, like
the .-old oaken bucket" its history is q
matter Of sufficient interest for preserv1-
ton. The cent was first proposed bg
Robert Morris, the great fnancier Of tic
Revolution, and was named by jefferson
two years after. 1t began to make its 80
pcarauce from the mint in 1892. It b. q
the head of Washington on one side, and
thirteen links on the other. The French
Revolution soon created a rage for French
ideas in America, which put on the cent.
instead of the head Of Washington. tho
head cf the Goddess Of Liberty French
liberty, with neck thrust forward and aO1g-
ing locks. The chain ou the reverse was
replaced by the olive wreath OF peace.
But the French liberty was shot-livod
and so was her portrait on our cent The
next head of the figure succeeding this
the st.tid, classic dame, with a flIetarouud
her hair-came into fashion about thirty
OF forty years ago. and her finely chiselod
! Grecian features have been but slightly
/ altered by Tie lapse of time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17
AUDITORS NOTICE-RrFLE's

a UDITOR'S NOTICE-RIFF.LEi 5
II EsTATE.-The undersigned appolnted
Auditor to report distribution OF the t9nIT m tor
70 T,,,rs NJ RIrFIE deceased. as appears ny nis
fourth filed and conhrne az ae9 desedent's SS8
money arising from the sale oil par o bIre first
pavment for property sold John Spade nSFspg ~
gives notice that he will attend 70 the aLer 4
SechIcr in the Borough of Ebens burg on -, ,nd
nay JTIY 23D. 1874, at 9 O'Clock. A NJ " 80 Do
where a n persons Interested may ilttH"i Vi 49,
barred from coming in on the tund.. ,,,,or
Iuu, % ar mo. y. LINTON, AndlIOr'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

" Hsfaa.,'N.N or persons who shall be
.n. hnrNHrh or individUoI nroncrfv
.T .T'-.-.aa %, this Borough. shall forfeit
1.ra %. .L'nse fine Of not less than
(. .r grE..'a ,.'at twenty-five dollars: Pro-
4 'ra .ts.I 'he Injury is accidental no
nd EN- imposed than the amount
\ An. NJ ms" of repairing.
]. q, and. " found guilty Of wilfully
y arr..-- --'i or other fircarm, or care
g-r.r. ..-iri'y handling the same or
rarrr bHu, except in defence Of
1.r4 r."'n the limits Of this BOr-
A.. .lt1 ..u dollars. man ''''
a-r...t 'i persons engaged in
= HtE.. "r otherwise creating dis
On. -, .Ar limits Of the Borough.
NAN fr-....,.' less than three dollars
FIlf.-HTrUt,Ns
--H...-. .' N-iY ot any officer Of
receive any Of the funds
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

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L ensburg, Pa. Ohicein front room Oh II II
J. LloyGs new building. Centre street; 80. =.
manner Of legal business attended TO sitthStSC
tUrily, and collections 4 speciality. tlO-iA'H'I
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

\ DASBURY young man who left on a
far Western eNpe ditiou was bidding his
friends goodbye al the depot, when 4
young girl cried out, Bring me the scalp
of a Modoc won t you 9'' The Young man,
feeling a Ettlc hurt at her indifference to
his departure and tAe dangers he WAS
about to encounter, sadly replied, 'tNo,
Emma you should not look for more hair
until you have pad for that you now wear. 1"
The remark appeared 10 subdus he.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

\ rcbelIiouS school-boy who had thrash
ed his teacher recently, said he had raised
old Lirenduster clear out Of his pumps
aud a female crusader allowed The tavern
,-eepers whisky had raised more dissurb
snces than anything else.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20

Mrs. Duniway's promised serial, "Fhe
Happy Home, or the Husbands Tri-
umph,n is commenced in this issue.
Those who have followed the fortunes Of
"Amie and Henry Lee" to a successful
and happy period, will now have the
additional pleasure Of studying the
characters so graphically drawn and
SO pleasantly introduced in the initial
chapter Of the forthcoming story. To
our agents and friends in every locality
we would say, row is the time to send
in the names Of new subscribers and the
renewal fees Of old ones. Besides the
rare treat in store for the readers of the
NEW NORTHWEST in the racy aud orig
inal story mentioned, we shall spare no
labor TO render the paper medium OF
general intelligence and instruction,
which will be welcome guest in every
household, while we shall, as heretofore
lose no opportunity TO strike vigorous
and telling blows for equal rights. Send
on the names, friends, and be sure that
the cash bears them pleasant company
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
CHAMPIONS OF THE RED CROSS.

The Grand Encampment c. of r. {.
for Oregon with Washington and Idaho
Territories, which was in session in this
city during the past week, closed It's Ia
bors on Friday evening the 18th inst
The session was quite busy one.
About fifty representatives from the
several Subordinate Encampments were
in attendance, and perfect harmony and
good feeling prevailed throughout.
From the reports OF the Grand OIL
GERS, we learn that the Order through
out the jurisdiction is in healthy eonT
dition, and that its membership num-
bers about five hundred. When we con-
slider the fact that it is not two years
since the organization of the first En-
campment Of the Order In this State,
and also that only persons of sound
health, mature age and good character
are admitted to membership, this is not
bad showing.
Few changes were made in either the
constitution of the Grand or SubOrdi-
nate Encampments. Prominent among
the latter, however, was one allowing
each Subordinate Encampmentt to fix its
own initiatory fee-nOt below two dol
lars.
We are pleased to see that measures
were introduced looking toward union
of the Order with the L. c. r. c. of
course this can only be econsummated by
the highest authorities of the two Or
ganizations, but the fact of this Grand
Encampment evincing q willingness to
cooperate in bringing it about is good
omen. 1t foreshadows the good time
coming when true men and women all
over our fair land shall lay aside their
petty strifes and jealousies, and uniting
under a common standard, make com
mon cause against the whisky traffic.
The purposes and aims of the Order of
C. r. c. are briefly set forth by the Su-
preme Council as follows: "To shield the
innocent, to succor the tempted, to en-
courage the struggling, to give relief to
the suffering, to bury the dead, and
more fully to strengthen the paternal
bonds that should unite all true men
and women in their mission Of mercy
aud love-"
Every lover of his race must be pleased
to learn that an Order laboring for the
promotion of such noble objects is stead
lily gaining in numbers and influence or
the Pacific Coast where it originated
and that in answer to the request o.
men and women of character and influ.
ence in the Atlantic States the work ha'
already been carried there. God speed
every organization that has for its OBJ
jeet the elevation of the human raeeI
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
WOMANls CONGRESS.

This body met in Chicago on the 18th
of last month, its sessions continuing
through that and the three days follow
ing.
This Congress is noticeable from the
fact that 1t is a new and distinct phase
of the Woman Movement. 1t is osten-
sibly not an organization of Woman
Suffrage, indeed this subject does not
enter into its discussion. Woman Suf-
frage embraces all-its platform is free
to all, while the Congress is what its
name implies. rC"r
Women of highest culture are gathered
together by it, and essays of careful
thought upon such subjects as bear upon
and relate to the culture, advancement
and best interests of the race are dis
cussed.
knowledge of mental strength comes
only with mental effort, and from the
agitation of Woman Suffrage has sprung
either directly or Indirectly this knowl-
edge of strength, this desire of woman to
develop her own powers.
Who shall tell Of the grand achieve
ments in the various departments OF life
that have resulted from this agitation
This Woman's Congress, though not
discussing Woman Suffrage, is never
theless an outgrowth of it, and its sue
cess is acknowledged even by those who
oppose its origin.
At its recent meeting at Chicago, the
subjects chosen were such as were calcu-
lated to call out the best and deepest
thought, and were discussed with
marked ability. Who shall say that s
movement that has led to the ear.
nest, able and dignified discussion by
women Of such themes as the In
fluence Of Literature on Crime, Pre-
Natal Influence, Dress Reform, Fl
nance, Crime, The Genius of Crime
Fallen Women, Prison Reform 70
Women, The Physical Status of Womer
as it is and as it should be, Woman
Part in Journalism, etc, is barren of re
suits
tits said that no convention has proba
bly, ever assembled where more abilit
aud deep original thought was sdisplayet
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
YAMHILL COUNTY W. s. A.

The third annual meeting of the YAM
hill County Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton will take place at Lafayette, on Fri
day, the 9th inst. There will be a
morning session beginning at eleven
o'clock of the day mentioned. This
will be devoted to business and prelimi-
nary arrangements, and in order that
these arrangements may be made as
speedily and satisfactorily as possible,
full attendance of the members is espec-
tally requested. The afternoon session
will commence at two o'clock, and the
evening session at seven.
Preparations are being made TO render
this session interesting and instructive.
Numerous persons from other portions
OF the county are expected to lend Their
presence, aid and voices in promulgating
the great doctrines Of Equal Rights.
Opponents of the cause are also invited
to join in courteous discussion of the
principles which it is the object Of the
Association to advance.
Any person taking an interest in the
meeting and finding it impossible to be
present, will please forward to the Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs. NJ. +. Cooke,
Lafayette, any letters, essays, statistics,
poems, or anything relating TO the
progress or for the good Of the cause.
Remember that it is the duty of off,
GERS Of the county organizations to
gather at these meetings all the infor-
nation possible relating to the work in
their respective counties, and report the
same at our next annual meeting in
February. Clackamas was the only
county that presented anything like 9
full report at the called session OF the
State Association at Salem, in Septem.
ber. Yamhill, ever on the alert, will
not permit this again. There liv,
within her borders some of as noble anC
efficient workers in this and its auxil,
liary, the temperance reform, as are to bC
found in the State. The material /,
there-the opportunity is there-let
these Jealous workers improve the lattel
by gathering up the former and present
ing them in concise form, first to tn,
readers of the NEW NORTHWEST, anC
then to the State Association at its an
nual meeting. F
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20

By THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
OREGoN-A PRoCLAMATI0N.-A the
close of year which has been distin-
guished for abundant harvests and busi-
ness prosperity; which has been free
from the scourge of pestilence and the
devastation Of fire and flood, and which
has been noted for general health and
happiness of all the people of this State,
it becomes US as a community publicly
to acknowledge our obligations to the
Great Giver of every good and perfect
gift, for these manifold blessings.
Now, therefore, /, L. F. Grover, Gov
ernor of the State of Oregon, in recogni-
tion of approved custom, do appoint
Thursday, the 26th day Of November,
1874, as day Of Public Thanksgiving
and Praise to Almighty God for the
numberless benefits and mercies of the
past year.
Done at the Executive Office, Salem,
this 10th day of November, A. D., 1874.
/. +. GROVER,
s. +. CHADWICK, Governor.
Secretary of State.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
AN OREGON FOSSIL UNEARTHED

Some months since an aged lady i'm
Ohio, having accidentally become pos
sessed ofa copy of the NEW NORTHWEST,
was so highly pleased with the same
that she requested her soma well-to-do
mechanic residing in Oregon, and whom
she had not seen for two decades-to
subscribe for the paper, and have it sent
10 her address.
Being one Of these good fellows who
are always bossting about the protection
and consideration women receive from
men, one would naturally suppose he
would haste to do his mothers bidding.
Not he. He didn't believe in woman's
rights, and forthwith decided that
paper advocating Woman Suffrage was
not one fit for his mother to read. So,
Ike dutiful son, be wrote his mother
a most insulting letter, declaring that
he would not allow the New NORTH
WEST to come into his house, that it was
disgrace to Oregon, etc, and winding
up, as our correspondent informed us,
with a TRADE about strong-minded
women, ''that showed he had neither
reason nor common-sense." And she
adds, "he did not seem to consider what
was so apparent TO all the rest Of US, that
q man who could thus insult his aged
mother was disgrace to State, greater
than any newspaper could be-"
We wot of this same "woman pro-
tector'' years agone, who, when woman
was struggling to clothe and feed her
fatherless children, objected to giving
her the village school TO teach, not be-
cause she was ineompetent-nor yet
because she was unworthy-but because
she was t0omd1l, averrlng that "it
wouldn't do for woman TO get too in
dependent, that she would forget her
piSce-" A disgrace to Oregon! say rather
uiSsrSee to manhood; but thanks be TO
tue progress Of events, such as he have
lost their gripupon public sentiment. and
VIII In the near future depart 70 the
shades Of oblivion "unwept, upbonored
and unsung."
1t is but just to add that the venersbls
mother was supplied with the paper she
wished by another son-the antinodas ~
the first, and that, notwithstanding hi,
mandate, she weekly listens to In,
truths it teaches.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20

Mrs. A. ]. Duniway, of the NEW
NORTHWEST, y arrived in Walla Walla
on Sunday last as per previous announce
ment. She gave two free lectures in the
City Hall during the present week-the
first on the subject of the Woman
Question:" and the second. WHISKY"
On both occasions she was favored with
quite large audience. Her lectures
were delivered in clear, forcible man
ner and were very interesting, even
though one might not fully endorse her
views. Her arguments were rather in
genious and in many respects were
pretty hard to confute. She will lecture
again during the evenings of next week,
when those who have otheard her will
have an opportunity to do Wottd
Wdtta Spirit Of the West. a f
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20

\ suit for damages was Instituted
some months since in the District Court
of Washington Territory, by Sheriff
Smith against Mrs. Money, the proprie-
tor, and VIM. Pickett, editor of the
Kalama Beacon. The paper named
contained some structures upon the off,
cial acts of the Sheriff aforesaid, which
that dignitary deemed improper and
severe to the extent Of twenty thousand
dollars, which sum he claimed as
damages. Thejury, after short delibera-
tion, gave a verdict in accordance with
their Judgment in the premises, which
was to the effect that the Sherif's repu-
tation had been damaged 10 the extent
OF one dollar and i've cents. The meagre
damages awarded throws the cost of the
suit upon the plaintiff. A somewhat
doubtful balm for his wounded official
diCnifv