The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-21
Communications.
SOUTH FORK, Aug. II, 1874.

SOUTH FORK, Aug. Il, 1874.
EDITOR FREEMAN Dear Sir: do not pro
eiseYi TO crowa your columns with locals" bu
VIII rise again., feel 1t to be the duty of som
one TO iitt the veil of hypocrisy that hides from
over estimated lords of Summerhill From tn,
..Inoi tTne on me zany's letter who signs himsel
Ghcie sam those who don't know bette
might be led to believe that all the talent al
the loyalty, all the business qualifications, anc
Iast put not least all the rebellion crushers anC
HOerty loving people of this broad land of ours
.IVe IN mat delectable village, while the rea
! truth is that more selfish, Jealous and bigoteC
people can be found now here else on this mum.
oane sphere To all this mig ID add ignorance
Wnlch IS certainly not undeserved when we con
slder the fact that under date of Aug. Sth the
| thrasonical writer alluded to rendered "A tribute
OF thanks 10 tbs school directors for their LTD
erality in granting the use of the school house
! 70 those against whom the doors OF the church
mouse had been closed. Now is ii possible thai
/ 4 ncle Sam is not aware that not only the
church there, which was built with the express
understanding that 1t was to De union church
house, to be used by all Christian denomiua-
tions-under tChich ttnion heading the money
Tor IT'S erection was coilected-was not only
J closed against all Methodistical denaminntions
/ but that the school directors, following in the
same trail of pl ejudice and bigotry. actually
refused before that date TO permit the use of
toe school house for religious purposes? To be
/ falr, however, for | do not wish to misrepre-
sent anything or anybody, it is but Just to sa v
that 1t was conceded that the church building
in question should he dedicated to the Luther.
an denomination, although L am sure that no
one then thought for moment that it would
he closed against any other form of religious
worship. Such is the fact, however, and tina {
too, as have reason to believe, against the bet
ter feeling and more deyout members Of that
particular branch of the Christian Church
Now, reader with these facts before YOU nN
think that people who could make such a re-
cord for themselves can possibly possess such
an overgrowth of that God fearing and Iiijp1fu-
toring spirit 0f Christianity which Uncle sam
so loudly prOclaims to the world asIone of the
attributes of the people OF SummerhilIY IN an
htndIbaSS- gentlemen, we must tell you that W q
south tnrkers do not envy the spirit you have
manifested either towards us or Your more i'm,
Sn m -
whom we are sorry to see has fallen so low al
to laud such people with such eulopies as he ia
pleased to write with such little regard for
truth, and we are forced to exclalm, 20 thou
modern Pharisee. hast thou not vet learned
that mans inhumanity To man makes count-
less thousands mourn'2 "Smite thee on thy
breast and say, 20 Lord, be merciful 10 me
sinner.''
And now from whence cometh these mutter-
ings of jealousy against South Fork? Ours is
IA quiet little village pursuing the even tenor
OF its way. the people whereof mind their own
business and succeed to their own plrnsem1nt
and all the prating abOut the business men and
business energy OF Summerhii will not cause a
single ripple to retarl our onward course. Yet
we must confess that fai! to sec the super
excellence OF those business qualities i'm the
people Of Summertlll about which so much has
been said, and we think that not only your ven
cradle squire but all others of you see things
through glasses dimly.'
the Squire aforesaid to whom 'Uncle Sam is
pleased to pay so many icft-handed compli-
is simply false, rs none of our citizens have had
any trouble of that kind during the present
At
ity there is no end to the cases of assault and
battery, ssnder, etc, in which not only men
but women are the contestants. Great Jeno-
van, how moral those people are
Another strange thing forces itself upon our
minds. Is it not singular fact that those who
voted for this Squire of tlel'S always gain the
suits? Glasses or no gia sscs, he seems never TO
forget a favor. Loyalty seems to he the pet
lea of this modern Demosthenes. His method
of doing business reminds me very forcibly of
Artemus Wards declared willingness to SacTi-
nee ali his able- -hoded relatives in the effort to
pat down the rebellion
II uClo sam" calls as scccsh. So was wash
ington and the men of rs. And they succeed
ed and so have we. They were taxed to keep
in Opulence the rich lords Of England, but they
rebelled and gloriously triunpheG. We were
taxed to keep up the schools of CrOyle town
ship, from which we received no benefits. We
rebelied and victory percned upon our banner
and to day we havca free'and independent dis
trict secured against all your opposition. We
glory in the name of secesh first. because the
constitution gives us the right to secefe whom
we are oppressed, and, second; because we SWc.
Cee,iei IN our sec cSSt0h Ana the stale name OF
johnny does not apply with half the force to
liens OF Suninernili, tor, as we are well aware
the tnt les chartered about Washington and his
kn0wicdgcd him and them as the greatest ben
efactorS of their country. owe have no doubt
that long httrr thc county at Eif%G mas admit.
ted the wisdom IndGpendcnce ana energy OF
the people of South Fork. this chHtt"rng tribe
of I1lr fIDHtTlS AID hiqh 0ccipifuis will prick up
their ears at the Slght or even one or tue uu-
assuming but CtucISjan citizens of South Fork.
And won't he at all surprised when we go
up there about our own business to hear these
invinciOlcs cry out lik ass -nsins, There comes
EI-ncle sam" tries in vain to lower in the es-
tiuation of the people one of our most worthy
citizens by miSrcpreScnting him i'll the matter
of he Republican delegate election at Summer
hill which election hc did not attend. But i'm
their great desire to build Themselves up by
pulling others down they nominated men from
south Fork for the very purpose, as they them
selves have unmistakabiy shown, OF InJuring
the reputation OF Que aud making tun OF the
other. Webster on one occasion thanked God
that if he had none of that spirit that would
lift men up he had none of that other spirit
that would drag angels d0tcH. Will the p".r'9
OF sum nerhill ponder "v"r th'- PiodH podSt u
Aside from all this, however. I wish to say
tina I'VE did not appear in full force nor indeed
in any force at all at the delegate election al
Iuded To. and are therefore constrained to re-
mark that Uncle Sam is rs sparing OF the
And now. Mr. Editor, if you
know any person possessed of any loose change
who wishes to make a good Investment, advise
him tn buy the people of Summcrhill at their
actual value aud sell them. If he can, at thciI
own estimate. There would certainly he :" big
fortune. in the venture If market could only
I must however. just here give credit to n
few persons in that place for having some en-
ergy aud pluck, inasnuch as they went to work
a tier Jcig deharred from the use OF any suit
able building i'll which 10 worship ana withina
nnriod of six days pushed near to compile
non a church edifcc of their own that ON sab
bath last Rev. Wakefield, of the NJ. T. Church,
hold communion services therein.
And now Mr.. Editor, feeling that have at-
ready intruded too much upon your space. |
will bid the Summcrhil recreants IA short fare
"e''' ' Hope that they may long survive
The people all around, to tell that they are still
Ions, may the winds that by them howl
Their " orth abroad proclaim,
a nj even the bat and hooting owl
Shall chant their mushroom fame.
DEMETRTUs.
WILDWOOD, PA, Aug. II, 1874.
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