The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-17
GENERAL ITEMS.

Many man of means Is mean man. D..
The French social law frowns upon long
engagements
The times are marching along at lively,
springing gait.
Thomas Cordes. Il native of South Caro-
lima, is n member Of the new British Parlia-
ment.
1t is a very sad thing to think that even
the Ten Commandments on account Of the
panic are badly broken.
| have read the dulcet strains Of many Of
our modern poets, and have come to the con-
clusion that they are very dull-set, indeed
The young lady who married gambler
the other day said she could not help loving
him because he had such winning ways.
The St. Paul Pioneer offers to bet that St.
Paul has four women who weigh more than
any other four women in America.
A Chicago Iadys order for Saturday in
cluded 'One marble igger of Appoler.'
1t is certain death for man to look at
any of the three hundred wives Of Hing
KQ6ee.
An Illinois paper regrets that it went to
press last week one day too early to record
the death Of John Bates.
Years ago the roofs of railway cars were
shinged, and a specimen is still shown on a
North Carolina road.
Adam had one consolation when he fell.
Fifteen or twenty acquaintances didn't stand
on the opposite corner and laugh at the
nliahap.
Queen Victoria is now in the 37th year
of her reign and in the 55th year of her age.
She has nine children and twenty-one grand
children.
The greatest friend of truth is time; her
greatest enemy is prejudice; and her con-
slant companion Is humility.
If a Miss is as good as mile, how good
is a Mrs?
Country practitioner (about to go up to
London on business): II shan't be more
than ten days at the furthest, Mr. Fawceps.
You'll visit the patients regularly, and take
care that none Of 'en slip through your fin
gers-or get well-during my absence"
That was an unhappy editor who wrote
that 'White pique costumes are now popu-
lar, and was gravely informed by the proof
next morning thst white pine collins are
not popular"
An editor says that the only reason he
knows of why his house was not blown away
the other day, during a severe gale, was be
cause there was heavy mortgage upon it.
Ven some mans slaps me on der shoulder
und says: Il vas glad to hear you vas so
vel, und den sticks behind my back his fin
fers to his nose, | hef my opinion of dat
weller"
Pretty bad underfoot," said one citizen
to another as they met in the street. Yes,
but it's fine overhead, :" replied the other.
True enough" said the first ''but then,
very few are going that way"
The latest instance afforded by a fond
mother Of her son : cleverness Is said son 5
correcting her for saying he was all over
dirt. He said the dirt was all over m.
Grace Greenwood relates as an instance
of the eXtravagance of New England humOr
that when young farmers wife made her
first boy pants precisely as ample before as
behind, the farmer exclaimed, ''GOOdneSS
he won't know whether he's going TO school
or coming home
a student in a veterinary college being
asked, "If broken-winded horse was
brought to you 70 cure, what would you adj
wise? ?, promptly replied, & Sell him soon "a
I possible
y lonely fellow adyertiScs in a Chicago
! paper for Il wife. and intimates that he pre-
fers poor girl. The Louisville Courier
/ Journal tells him To take the first one that
responds and he will be almost certain t.
/ get poor one.
/ man one hundred years old went to have
/ pair of shoes made. The shop-keeper -ag,
/ gested that he might lot live to wear then
/ out, when the old man rctorte that he com
/ menced Il is one hundred years good dea
stronger than he did the last one.
/ There are people independent in politics
and Independent in religion why can t f;
man be independent in morals JUS as well
/ The good old times are gone.
/ They have Board of Health in nearly al
/ the large cities, but have been in all OF
! them in my time, and have often found tn
board there not TO he very healthy. woul'
be willing to pay ten dollars week to
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