The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-26
General Clippings.

u supposed burglar. anu was astonlShed TO
hear the fellow ask, "Nazzer mazzer. Glz-
ger? wazser doingg'
THERE is a woman at Duluth who WEIGHS
$50 pounds. At little distance it is diff
cult to tell which is the larger of the two.
the town or the woman.
Tue Marquis Of Lorne and the Princess
Louise are expected to come to this country
next summer. IL is not all likely that the
Marquis will have to keep outside oc the
FIRST circle in the Republican court
AN effort is making to naturalize the
English humble>bee in New Zealand =.
Considering the primitive simplicity of at
tire of the unsophisticated aboIirines. it is
to be hoped that the experiment may fail.
1T looks bad to see dog preceding his
master down the street, and camly turning
down the stairs to the first saloon he ap-
proaches. Jt shows there is something
lacking,-a 6eplorable tendency op the
part of the dog,
THE statement published in some of the
newspapers that Miss Auuie e. Dickinson
Will shortly make her appearance on the
stage, in the character of Joan of Arc, is
without foundation, that lady having no
such purpose.
ALBANY has had her nobleman, too it
was Count BAIL. OF course lie was a
rogue in grain. BY any other nar1e he
did not smell as wheat, when they de-
tected his imposition he Acknowledged the
corn, and left to escape thrashing.
\ WILLIAMsPoRT attorney. in summing
up case, propounded question that the
jury were unable to answer. It was this
Gentlemen, if man was TO enter your
house and shake his nose under your fist,
how would you feel?'' They all gave it up.
THE Obsercer gives the following scene
on the cars not many miles from Utica
Enter lady, who addresses well-k known
railroad official ''MI. -, do you ihink
that Mr.. Beecher is guilty ?'' Guilty of
what, madam 9'' Exit lady, sufused with
bushes.
a Troy stove firm has received letter
from the West in relation to the purchase
of a heater for church, which concludes
as follows 1.-The heater furnished by You
for the church at - works bully. Give
us your rock bottom prices, as we are
poor but very pious.''
hLECTJR II r. -Rremarked,I Tia the dearest
ship in the world was sfriendship." Where
upon young man rose from amongst the
audience and stated that he knew another,
a dearer ship still, and that was coultshipi
\. B. He had once been defendant in
claim for breach Of promise of marriage.
A PU IL -sHsR in Dayton, o, ,tver-
tised by posters Talmage book, ''Old
Wells Dug OUT lie soon received a
note: ''Dear Sir: see you have old wells
dug out. I have an old well which needs
looking to. Send your man round to II
La Belle street, and oblige yours, Richard
Ford
A WESTERN incident is thus delicately
touched by the MilpaUkee NelOs Med
Vose used to travel around Colorado with
a performing bear, but a great change came
one day last week, and now the bear trav-
! els around alone, thinking over old times.
and occasionally leaning MP against a tree
as pang shoots through his bowels. Ned
is inside that bear"
A YOUNG MAN over ut Mount Vernon,
| published personal soliciting CORES
pondence with young cultured ladies. But
the type fiend set it up ''colored" ladies,
and now the unfortunate youth is receiving
render missives from every dusky maiden
in the land. One fat wench down at CaImi
writes him: ''Honey. 70 God. wish you
were clasped in dis buzzem dis Dressed
minute"
4 LITTLE girl braids the hair OF one who
sat in front of her, instead of studying,
when the teacher remarks 'sHome is
the place for arranging hair. not here
What would you think to see me braiding
my hair in school?'' Presently Susan's
hand is raised, and the teacher, supposing
she wishes to ask some question about
| the lesson, mods, when she hears the fol-
lowing MARY says your hair is false,
and you wouldn't dare to do it here y
THE Chicago Tribune of Monday says I:
| To-day is to be weddiug~day of no little
importance. The Hon. William b. Ogden,
the first Mayor Of Chicago, a millionaire
exactly 40 years of age. will lead to the al
tar Miss Marianne f. Arnot, of Elmira, y.
Y. The bride 20 be is a lady of high social
position, ample wealth, and ripe age, being
but twenty years the junior of her husband.
The marriage of her first Mayor makes
Chicago and all Mr.. Ogden's successors in
office feel like boys agsin.
THE N Y. Nal has the following: "A
lady wrote recently to Mr. and remon-
strated with Him for spending $1,000 in
flowers at his Delmonico dinner patty when
that sum of money world have done SO
much good among the poor. Next day tho
lady received a note containing $500 from
Mr., and the postcript read: 'Perse-
we're in your noble work. Notes similar to
the one you so kindly sent me would induce