The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-21

q ed IN knowing that a convention havine, -
|, .,s s OBJECT the procurement of ''intellieen
4 Gnu ethclent legislation for the protectio,
81 | OF birds and fish, will be held at V;aIrn,,
ans on the 9Th of September and ma,
PosSioiy ava1l themselves of this opportuni
~ 10 XII two birds with one stone" / e
oeholdlng Americas greatest wonder ana
, , ahing part IN convention which should
'nu doubtless will do much towards ad.
Vahclng most commendable cause.
-b. w. the w. b. paid Burgess Kinkead
tuesday evening the sum of 81 40 for the
privilege OF contributing $40 additional to-
wards defraying the expense of putting
Gown the artesian well. All which see min9
noerailty on par: of the donor grew out of
ms arrest for indulging in too much whisky
under the influence whereof he manifested
so STRIKING an affection for his wife whom
ne is said to have endeavored to reconstruct
WIN the aid of ahammer. that she will like
~ bear the marks of his abuse for some time
10 come, although she might have Jared much
worse had not her piteous outcries brought
some of the neighbors to her rescue The
reconstructed betook herself to other scenes
and for the present at least the brave wife
peater Is master of the situation.
! And now comes Mr.. John Lynch. of
I Washington township, with another wonder
| ful chicken story. This time an old hen be-
| longing to that gentleman is the sheroine
and her popularity consists in taking charge
/ OF a family of young kittens her own natri-
raj enemies, towards whom she manifests
| all those motherly instincts peculiar to her
! Sl'cSicS. L lie hltttuS, IL Is Salu, nave learn
! ell to come at her call, and she takes as much
! pride In scratching and clucking for them
| as she could possibly do if they were of her
! own flesh and blood. In the meantime the
mother cat has to take back seat, no per-
suasion but force being sufficient to induce
! She old hen to abandon her assumed and pre-
suned post of duty long enough to permit
| the natural mother to nourish her young.
If any dOub:s ever existed as 10 the ;bil-
ity of Capt. VIM. Linton to ''keer n hotel -"
they were certainly removed from the minds
of those who sat down to the sumptuous
dinner served up at the Mansion House.
Summitville, on Sunday last, on which oc-
casion his gentlemauly brother-in-law and
obliging assistant, Mr.. Tom Myers, dispeus-
ed the good things with grace and elegance
which did credit TO himself and gave entire
satisfaction to his guests. We are sure that
none we're disappointed, unless it might be
the four gentlemen, three of whom were uot
named to us, who rendered the price of our
dinner, but were promptly though pleasant
ly assured that there was no charge, and
their disappointmcnt, II is fair to presume,
was one OF the easiest things in the world TO
put up with. Long live Captain Linton and
Tom Myers and long and prosperous be the
career of the Mansion House under their
efficient management.
Was it an attempt ut burglary? On
Friday night last the servant girl in the en-
ploy of Hon. Samuel Henry locked the large
watch dog in the hail of the house and went
up stairs for the purpose of going to bed, but
was surprised soon after to hear the dog
barking i'll the back yard. Arousiug the
family they were about TO institute a search,
when Mr.. Henry himself came home accom-
panied by the dog and found the back door
of the hall wide open. \ thorough investi
CATION of the cellar and other parts of the |
house was then made, but without revealing !
the presence of any obtruder, whereupOn |
Mr. Henry rclocked the back door and fast /
ened a chair 10 the cellar door with heavy !
chain, and then retired to bed, leaving the !
dog in the hall as before. What was the (
surprise, therefore, of the family next morn /
ing. upon finding the back door once I
more unlocked and the chair standing in the /
middle of the hall stripped of all its trap
pings? We repeat, was 1t an attempt at |
burglary?
The Turner Fest which held sway in /
Johnstown from Saturday evening of last |
week until Wednesday, morning of this week !
was in all respects "a complete and certainly /
a most gratifying success to all concerned. !
The proceedings consisted OF II grand torch !
light procession and illumination on Satur-
day evening, delightful picnic at Summit !
VILE on Sunday, the partiCi pants wherein /
for the most part did not seem TO care very /
much what the Lord thought about it., a sa-
cred concert in Johnstpwn on SUNDAY eve
ming, a fine parade through the streets and (
another big picnic on the Fair Grounds, in /.
tcrspescd with dancing athletic trats, speech I
making, etc, on Monday, aud business |
meeting on Tuesday, followed by a grand /
ball the same evening-all of which proceed /
iugs were literally interardrd with huge |
amount of heer quaffing well calculated 10
astonish the natives. The decorations in !
j JohnstoWn We're Of a manificent order, the !
music, which of course could scarcely he ex- /
celled anywhere, was furnished by the Great /
Western Band, of Pittsburgh, and band OF /
little if any less merit from Wheeling, w. !
Va, and the festivities were participated in |
by delegates from Turner organizations of |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Birmingham, Law
Wheeling, Beaver Falls, Erie /
and Cleveland, besides all the members of !
the Jo!rnstown society, in all several hun
dred strong. The number OF persons IN at
as IOOkcrs-On 1t would bc lmpoSsl-
BILE to estimate, but we venture to say that !
the people of JohnstOwn seldom if ever wit
messed such an immense assemhage as CON
in that place on the great gala day
of the Turuvereiu Oh Monday last.
A HARVEST FIELD SCIENTIFIC BEDFORD
Inquirer says the other week several hands
were engaged in cradling grain .eld for
Mr. NagIe, in Bedford township, ami among
the number was one, NJ. f., very proiane
man The hail and rain had beat down the
grain and it was difficult to cut, particularly /
that which grew i'll IA certain corner of the
field When the profaue man found that
this particular spot would fall to ms lot 10
cradle lie began to swear terrtica.ly, and
wished the lightning would strike 1t. There
,,,ara no indications of a storm at the time, !