The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-07

CORRESPONDENCE VIEW OF EBFSs-
ao IN tne pittsburgh Telegraph of last
Sing' says Wednesdays Johnstown Tri-
ca,,;,, . einu Ihe following in relation to the
capitai OF Cambria county The correspond
ene reached Cresson in a rain storm ana
pI'.os enat watering places do not look their
pest In this kind of weather Jtwas drearr,
u.oPpy ana sloppy about the station and ON
tne noeral platform. The idIers of the
Mountains House"-those children of tbe
sun ana fair weather-VYere not there Lut
instead, disconsolate porter who called
out Mountain House?" with an interropa-
uVe tone that sounded sepulchraI, apoIo-
geue; The banner of the party accompany
ing hm bore the legend Excelsior. in
IarSe-s1zed white letters shaded with red
anu yellow, and occupying five yards of
ilIusIlh. III was so arranged that it could
oe converted into an Illuminated transpar-
ehcy at night, there being holes bored in
IN" cross-pieces where tallow dips could be
inserted. ~
Ihe letter-writer goes on to say that
eleYen miles of the crookedest road pi,-ipo
one the sensation of moving on the thread
OF a cork-screw, but winding in and out
amidst the liveliest of views clean washed
ny stlli falling rain, brought them to their
Mecca-Ehensburg, which is generally des-
orlDed as "a city set a hill" and which
cannot De hidden by anything on the 4 lle-
gheny Mountains. He then proceeds to re-
mark:
This generation may not know it, but 1t is
erations, that Ebensburg is the county seat of
cambria county; that its Court House dates
Dach 10 1874, and still standing, serene, yener-
abie and white like a New England meeting
mouse. ltlS on the old northern turnpike, from
me East 10 the West, and has not yet forgotten
its old pre-eminence, when such parvenue
towns as have sucked the riches OF the great
ftilroad ana grown proud, were not even heard
of II mas lawyers, and doctors, and ministers
and Judges, and Sheriff and jalurS. A county
town Is q capltal-it Is the seat of empire. Ii is
the fountain of justice. From its portals goes
forth the law. Ebensburg has magniiied her
executive oihce, at least in Uesp.ct to Il jaiI
Not every county can boast of Il Sl0O,CO0 jail
EOensburg can. OF this temple of Justice |
Will say more hereafter.
"Beslucs four or five public houses in the viii
Wge, lnere are two summer resorts here one
oelow the nil and one above il, both excellent,
Out Tor situation we preferred the one on the
top. Belmont is the name i'll which it glories
our most Is Shoemaker. For quiet efficiency he
DeaIs any landlord met with. His
iilodesty is Il model to the head clerk Of any
hrst-clasS hotel. Oh that they might catch
ana practice the virtues of this proprietor but
perhaps II he should ever become head clerk he
might fall from the grace of humanity aud he
no better than they, Ho wears no signct ring
on his little hnger, no diamond breastpin, no
ioad' sleeve buttons, no conductors watch
cnaln--In a word. is not got up to kill by
glance, as are they, The house is surrounded
by a large yard, shaded by shrubbery, and a
belt of trees. The population consists, mainly,
on women and children. Baby-dom and Baby
ION! Some times more sound than melody, but
no matter, the future and all out doors is be-
Tore thetn. The piazza looks like Fifth avenue,
New L ork, at O'Clock it is fun of tbaby) car
rlages In u double stream up and down. AT
land to see all the carriages backed against the
house,.