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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-28

THE Louisville Courier Journd! pays the
following elegant and beautiful tribute to
the late John c. Ereckinridge, one OF the
most gifted of Kentucky's gifted sons;
But what shall we say of a rind SO
gifted and genius so commanding AS
a reasoper and a logiciaH he was the equai
of any adversary of his time. AS rhetor-
ician and an orator he was perhaps the
superior But he never allowed the latter
to overshadow the former. In parts OF
lis best arguments i'll the Senate, during
which his feelings were excited by conflict.
he finds vent for bursts of patriotic and
poetic rapture. but lie was the master ana
not the slave of his emotions. The VIVID
imagery which adorned lis speeches never
impaired their strength or ebscured the clear
common sense on which they were based
lie was massive without being heavy, and
graceful without being weak. lie VINO
reads his speech on the removal of the
Senate from the old cham ber to the new, ana
his reply % Andy johnson just previous to
his withdrawal from the Senate, will find
an illustration of what we say. The one
.sWould have made Quintilan stare and
gasp.
The other would have captivated and
convinced a bench of august Judges lie
was not only a statesman and an orator, he
was also a soldier. His was the mud to
grasp extensive military plans, and his
was the courage TO execute them with
calm and noble valor. elf had an army,
said Gen. Lee, 81 would at once put it
under his command" We have indeed
tried to recall character in history which
we might compare with his own. But we
have failed. lie combined so many of the
best quantities of the great and good who
lived and died before him, that we cannot,
without difficulty, fit his genius to the mold
of any one. He had the valor and energy
cf Iiampden, the ardent public spirit OF
Sydney, the discernment and eloquence OF
Burke, the humanity and moderation of
Lee And when the youth of Kentucky,
in some future peril of their country, shall
wish to gather strength and derise lesson
from the lives of the immortal martyrs of
human freedom, they can resort to the spot
consecratcd 10y the ashes of Kentucky 5
greatest son, and breathing an atmosphere
still instinct with the spirit of the departed
hero. their hearts " i'll beat with Il warm
love OF liberty and their souls be enkindled
| by new and more glowing inspiration,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-28

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-28

An attempt was made to burn Shenan-
doah, Schuylkill county, on Thursday
morning last. AT Rile's Hotel it was dis
covered that coal oil and lighted matches
had been thrown in at the windows. In a
few minutes after the above discovery was
made a second alarm was sounded i'm anoth-
er direction, and dwellinghous and car
penter shop were burned to the ground.
While the firemen were working in an ad-
joining building third alarm was given
up town. A lumber-yard had been fired and
partially destroyed. The citizens are very
much alarmed, and Vigilance Committees
and Committees of Safety have been or
ganize6. Charles Hays was arrested the
same afternoon, charged with being cons
nected with the incendiarism, and was
held in 81 900 bail 10 answer at the next
term of the Court.
A NorIistown, Pa, dispatch Of Friday
says /: There is still great excitement here
over the murder of Miss Mary Ann Whitbv,
at the residence of James r. Weikle, her
sisters husband, near Trappe, on Tuesday
last. MI. and Mrs. Weikle started from
nome Tor this place in the morning, Mr..
Weikie having been called on a Jury They
left at home Miss Whitby and their hired
boy, Thomas Francis Curley, aged about
1S years. The latter has been arrested on
suspicion OF being concerned in the murder
Yesterday John Herpst was also arrested.
He answers to the description given by the
boy Curley Of the tramp whom, he alleged.
he had seen leaving the house during the
after noon, and on whom he endeayored to
throw suspicion. Hcrpst had been com.
planned of by woman for following her
and was captured while trying to Chamber
into yard i'm the town. His account of
himself was that he came from Reading
and was peddling brushes. II is boned
that the Corcner's investigation viii. throw
some light on the mystery
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
Wild Men.

The London Acaderny says: "During
last season Mr.. Bond, an Indian surveyor,
while at work in the Madras Presidency,
to the southwest of the Palanei Hills,
managed to catch couple of the wild folk
who live in the hill jungles of the Western
Chats. These people sometimes bring
honey, wax and sandalwood to exchange
with the villagers for cloth, rice, tobacco
and betel nut, but they are very shy.
The man was four feet six inches high;
he had round head, coarse, woolly hair
and dark brown skin. The forehead
was low and slightly retreating, the lower
part of the face projected like the muZZle
of a monkey. and the mouth, which was
small and oval, with thick lips, protruded
about an inch beyond the nose; he had
short, handy legs, comparatively long
body and arms that extended almost to
his knees; the back Just above the but
tocks was cOncave, making the stern ap-
pear to be much protruded. The hands
and fingers were dumpy and always con-
tracted, so that they could not be made to
stretch out quite straight and fiat; the
palms and fingers were covered with thick
skin (more especially the tips of the fin
gers, the nails were small and imperfect,
aud the feet broad and thick-skinned all
over The woman was the same height
as the man, the color of the skin was of
a yellow tint, the hair black, long and
straight, and the features well formed.
This quaint folk occasionally eat flesh,
but feed chiefly upon roots and honey.
They have no fixed dwelling places, but
sleep on any convenient spot, generally
between two rocks, or in caves near
which they happen to be >benighted.
Worshipis paid to certain local divinities
of the forest. Although the race has been
reduced to a few families, their existence
was not unknown, but this is the first
time they have been described with any
- ~.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mr.. RAY, of PhiladeIphia, wouldn't con-
sent for his wife to make trip TO Europe,
and she Raysed 81 ,000 out of the bureau,
took lightning-rod agent on her arm and
away they went. +. -s-aL @
IT is said, and, perhaps, with truth, that
the only time a woman doesn't find much
diversion in looking-glass is when she's
crawling into dentists chair to have a
tooth drawn.-Brooktyn Argus.
Persons who fail in spelling-matches
may derive consolation from the fact that
Josh Billings is a cOnvivial soul and has
said some Of the brightest things OF the
day. -a.-t ~ Cd.
THE sums expended in observations OF
the transit of Venus appear to have been
well invested. for NJ Poiseux, French
astronomer. row reduces the distance to
the sun to 81 100000 miles. The outlay
of money was certainly trifliRg consider
ing the distance saved.-Nsu0 York Mail.
AFTER man has been quarreling with
his neighbOr all the week, as to whether
hens should be shut up or allowed to run
at large, ii impresses one with the myste-
ries of religion to hear him get dp IN
PRAYER meeting and tell that his heart Is
filed with love for every body.-Rons
Sentinel.
BRooK1YN's great centennial event will
occur next year. 1t was on the morning
of the 3Oth Of August, 1776, that General
Washington, then residing in this city,
remarked to his wife: martha, high
taxes will be the ruin Of us here" and
moved with his family over TO New York.
-BrookLyH ATyles. ..... ....- "a.
A PHYSICIAN, who had been greatly an
noyed by numerous questions concerning
the condition OF a certain patient, was
stopped while on his busy rounds by a
man with the old question: SHOWS Mr..
-?" ''Sick,n replied the physician.
ssDoes he keep his bed % "Of course, he
does. You don't suppose he's fool enough
TO sell his bed because he's sick, DO you q
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
Ditehing GrasshOppers.

The st. Joseph MOI Gazette says Mr..
A. n. Blake, residing about five miles
from st. Joseph, on the Sparta road,
called upon US yesterday for the pur-
pose of detailing some successful efforts
he has made within few days past in the
exterminatlOn of grasshoppers from his
fields. Seeing that something must be
done to destroy the pests, he concluded to
try ditching. Employing at once few
stalwart labOrers he commenced digging
bitches Just inside the fence, about sixteen
inches wide and about eighteen inches
deep, and at Intervals of ten to fifteen feet
he sinks in the bottom of the ditch pit
holes about three feet deep. Into this
trench and into the pit-holes the grass
hOppers poured in continuous tide.
They are urged along by Blake and his
wOrkmen until one field was almost COM
pletely freed, and countless millions OF
the hOppers destroyed. The pit-holes
would fill up in short time, and then
workmen with stout poles were enabled
to destroy them. Mr.. Blake is satisfied
that with concert of action on the part of
all the farmers in his neighborhood some
of the growing crops may be saved, and
the country cleared of the scourge at a
date so early that corn may be replanted
with favorable prospects of securing
fair crop. The success that has
attended his efforts so far afford
so much encouragement, that Mr.
Blake has determined to continue his
labors. He is of the opinion that if neigh
boring farmers could witness the success
that he has obtained by the ditehing and
driving process, they would adopt it as
the cheapest and most practicable that has
been adopted. The secret undoubtedly
lies in the pit holes without these the
devOuring wave would pass over, but in
the pit holes they are easily destroyed.
Mr.. Blake had only spent three days at
the business, the most of the time having
been requ red to dig the bitches and holes,
still he estimated that on Saturday he de-
strOyed fully thirty bushels of gTasshop-
pers. Mr.. Blake says, if Governor Har-
din had issued proclamation to the peo-
pie of Missouri to go forth and dig bitches
and kill grasshOppers, vastly more good
would have been accomplished that
prayer is well enough, but that grasshop-
pers can only be exterminated by the
hardest kind of work-and he has adopted
the working plan. Grasshoppers that are
killed before the wings grow lay no eggs,
a very important consideration. There
fore, killing now strikes at the root OF the
evil. Com may be planted with fair pros
poets Of crop as late as the 10Th OF june
and may be sown for fodder as late as the
middle of July. Turnips and beets may
be planted as late as August, and a good
crop be secured. AL is not lost. Let the
people 90 at this business with will, and
the best results are likely to follow. 8 7
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
Kindness to Animals.


Many motives appeal to all for kindness
te our domestic animals. Selfishness
should suggest to their owner. that he can
make more money by treating them kind
ly. They will do more labor. produce
more meat, milk or wool if treated with
Kindness. Duty demands Kind treatment.
To lead one into position where he can
not care for himself, and then neglect or
misuse him is universally regardedas base
in an extreme degree. A man is under
obligations to help any one in want, but
his obligation is many times increased If
by his own act he has made the needy
ones dependent on him and this is what
we have done with our domestic animals.
We have deprived them of their liberty,
made them serve US. and for food, shelter
and comfort they must look TO us. -
Cruelty TO animals not only injures
them, but Injuries the person inflicting the
ill-ueatment. The man who purposely
makes an animal suffer unnecessarily I;
who treats it with cruelty, by so doing
makes himselfa a worse man. helps to de-
velop the bad and repress the good in him,
and brings himself nearer the savage. The
influence on the young is isespecially harm
full. To bring a boy up in the daily wit
Messing of harsh, cruel treatment of the
animals around him, especially If he Join
I'm this treatment. is 60 do much in the
way OF educating him to be harsh, cruel.
unfeeIing man In his relations to other
men, and especially towards those weaker
than he.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
How to Obtain Choice Butter.

l. Securing rich, clean, healthy milk
milk obtained from good cows, well cared
for. kindly treated, grazed upon sweet and
nutritious pastursge free of weeds, and
provided with an abundance of clean, fresh
water.
2. Drawing the milk from the COW in a
cleanly manner, and setting it in an un-
tainted atmosphere and keeping it at
uniform tempersture-abOut 50' Fahr.,
while the cream is rising.
3. Skimming at the proper time, and
before the milk becomes old and bitter or
decomposed. -
4.Proper management in churning.
5. Washing out the buttermilk thor
oughly and working the butter so as not
to injure its grain. f..--..fr-s
6. Thorough and even Incorporation OF
pure salt and putting down in tight, clean,
well-made packages-packages that VIII
exclude, as far as possible, the admlsslOn
of air. v aa i ~ -
Z. Placing the butter after II IS packed
(if not sent at once to market) in clean,
cool. well ventilated eellar-One that is
moderately dry and absolutely free from
all impurities and offensive od0fs.
8. Cleanliness in all the. operations from
the time the milk is drawn to the packing
and marketing the butter is Of imperative
necessity. Judgment. and experience in
manipulating the cream and working the
butter must, of course, be an element that
is not to be overlooked nor dispensed
With.-MooTs's Rural. lilz1a1st&
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
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Rebuke in Private.

Find fault, when you must find fault, in
private il possible. and some time after
the Offense, rather than at the time. The
blamed areless inclined to resist when they
are blamed without witnesses. Both par
ties are calmer, and the accused person
may be struck with the forbearance of the
aecuser, who has seen the fault and
watched for private and proper time for
mentioning it. Never be harsh or unjust
with your children or servants. Firmness,
with gentleness of demeaaor and regard
for the feelings, constitutes that authority
which is always respected and valued.
IS France cheap wood is now made to
perfectly initiate mahogany. The surface
is trested with nitrous acid. Then mix
ture of an ounce and half of dragons
blood, pint of alcohol, and some car
Donate of soda is put on with soft brush.
Furniture thus prepared cannot be distin-
guished from genuine mahogany.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
Captain BOytOn in High Life.

The London correspondent of the Inter
national Gazette, of Berlin. says: The
Queen commanded Captain BoytOn to APP
pear before her at the Isle of Wight, and
the American wavc-detier. with the readi-
ness of an out-and-Out monarchy man,
very properly oheyed the royal summons
stood not on the order of his going, but
went at once. Her Majesty. with her two
unmarried children, from the decks of her
roval Yacht, in the river Medina, saw him
float. paddle, eat, drink, and smoke, and
re4d his newspaper. She was delighted
with his performances, and gave an order
for suit of lndia-rubber, and now that
the highest lady in the land has settheeX-
ample orders will ponr in upon the COM
mercial department of Captain BOytOn's
staff. Boyton is a lucky fellow. He has
without any trouble secured what hun
dreds OF enterprising people would give
finger, arm, leg, ave even head to obtain,
the magic aid of royal patronage. Cap
tain BoYton is fine, ank-loOking young
fellow, who pretends to no manner of
what is called culture, who acts rather
than talks, and who pleads guilty only TO
a Newfoundland love for the briny
deep. He went down to Osborne, and
amused the court ladies and gentlemen by
his hOmely fashion of talk. A man who,
when asked a question by Princess Beat
rice. answers by an innocent Yes, Miss"
ought to get on in the world, and L am
further told that the Queen laughed
outright when, at the close OF her inter-
view with him, the New Jersey human
ltarian said he hoped her Maje>ty would
overlook any defectiOns in etiquette on his
part ON the plea, - You see, Madame, it is
not TO be expected I'm posted up in this
business" An amusing story comes TO
me on good authority that when on Sum
day Lady Churchill, lord or two, and
brace of generals from Osborne called
upon Boyton at his hotel in East CoweS,
the worthy young man backed to the fire
place, laid his hand upon the bel-handle,
and Hospitality and politely asked them
what they would be pleased to take to
drink. When Boyton returned to town
he could talk of nothing but his amaze
ment at. the Queens appearance. What
he expected to see he did not say !; but he
certainly did not anticipate, he says, seeing
plainly dressed than any of her servants.
When he walked to the Alberta's quarter
deck he was about to pay his homage 70
fine, grandly- maid of honor, quii e
overlooking the kindly lady behind and
around whom bareheaded courtiers bent
low. At the close of the performance
Boyton was summoned a second time 70
the royal presence. and stalked aft-just
out of his shell-his big, good humored
face beaming like full moon, and his hair
sticking bolt on end ike an angry hearth
broom.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

TIE experiments made in London, in
which either oil or glycerine is made TO
perform the functions OF steam by the
same Ineans 1.-The application Of heat-have
excited no small interest. The heat ex-
pands the oil placed in small cylinders,
and from il, it is claimed, q pressure Of
ten thousand pounds per square inch may
be obtained without the danger of steam
explosions, which latter prevent fhe use
OF pressure of more than two hundred
pounds 10 the square inch generally. In
thls instance. II Is asserted. an explosion
would only crack the cylinder confainir,o'
the OH The application Of this process
appears, from the accounts published, to
have been successfully made TO the print
ing press and TO machines for riveting and
punching, and it is alleged that the variety
of uses of which it is susceptible will be
found very great,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

WRITING about the medical profession
of New Y orb. correspondent, a fashion
able practitioner has difficult role to per-
form. He knows that sound advice to bis
patient is useless. Were he TO speak his
mind he would say, " You must stop this
course of dissipation go to bed at ten,
rise at six and take walk before break
fast" etc Such language, however,
would be Intellectual. The patient likes a
social chat, and the elegant manners Of the
physician make him apleasant companion
for half an hour. A little repartee, a little
gossip, and q little allusion to ill-health
are all that is wanted, and the physician Is
entitled to charge $40 forsuch an inter-
view. a..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

Thevery lamentable failure Of the wheat
insqaiie a large asea. Of the West sneeessi-
tates the substitution OF some other grain
/ TO MI the gap; quick growing and prof
ltable gratH. aSncil afoucsis buckwheat.
wherever the farmer has, a piece Of tOler-
! ably good land, he may be sure Utmost of
as profitable harvest of buckwfeat as if
| he had sown Faprahanoek Wheat And
| just1fow 3 the time 90 prepare for il we
say Z" prepare" for it Is not to be sown
until all the wheat and oats is stacked, all
the hay made, and the corn laid by.
For good crop Of buckwheal, we plow
the land the firstweek of juno, or there
abouts. That gives us double advan-
tage. In the first place, we turn under all
the weeds and grass which were sncking
the life out of the land without returning
anv benefit, and make thenlsio hs good as
a sort Of green manure. We believe in
manure any way, and in green manure
when no other can be had. In the next
place. we destroy whole generation OF
weeds Just when they are about 70 make
seed for another ssnine years wedding"
After this, we let tie land lie and enjoy
a summer fallow, We also believe In fall
low lust as much as we demand rest for
our own arms and the legs OF our horses.
The proper time to sow buckwheat de-
pends somewhat on the climate. As
rule applicsblet to all pertioRs-of the coun-
try, we may say, that it will mature Its
seeds about sixty days from termination.
"A frost, however slight, at once puts
stop to further growth OF 'sthe plant;
hence, IL follows that we must SOW it
about two months before the first frost
may be expected 70 come. In the laii-
tude of Missouri and Kansas, the last
Wesl< OF ,Isly is e-pEoper time TO sow.
Twenty years observations have shown
on. ID has failed only twice during the
twenty years to be the RUE. This is then
Just the thing to give the buekwheat a
good start-and the turnips, too-fOr, as
won Lrf1oU e.H "a aa--1r"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

A HUSBAND demonstrated with his other
half about wearing spring clothes when
the weather was so chilly. She sileneed
him fhusly: als.You just tend to your
own affairs. 1t is the season of the year
when light goods are and-do
you suppose I'm going to be dictated to
what shall wear?'' That settled it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10

. The practice of setteng aside one day
each year for planting trees has been
adopted by Minnesota, and we hope Wis
consin will consider it. A number of
healthy saplings near the school houses
would save teachers many a weary walk
to the suburbs for persuasive MATERIAL
Mill0dllkee Sentinel, -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-10
zee salafE oE 7Hk fasass.


"Now God be praised :" the rich man SAID,
''My children are well housed ana ieo
NV wife well dressed and highly bred -
o.r.siS.1 sS %SeR Se7GnS aSs sifsss Fl sss s,.ssd
The world now teaches"
There came, one evening, rather late,
A stranger to the rich mans gate;
He passed the portal, down be safe,
In grace exceuingi ltAF
And muttered, ION my soul, this ia 80
A prtncely dwelling 80
The rich man entered; ''sir. good. night.
Your name-ahi let roe guess Alright
You are-dear me, how dim my sight a..f
must confess, sir, "a
know You not" The stranger said.
III an Assessor .cs 81
'At least. I'll be one by and by:
Come, come, do check that rising sigh
My price is hot 90 very high -.
For this election"
How much, - the host said, with moist eye,
For this selection7"
g A thousand, and wen call Il square;
And poor mems shoulders then shall bear
The burden oftaxati0n's ctre."
'''Tis well, I" cried CrDsus
Let them take more than have our share
But don't you fleece us"
The bargains done. On, SIM on, shameI
How'e all a fair land bear this blame
For rogues who heed not name or fame tr-.
Wed 10 dishOnOre = sl- 80
How shall we strive 10 wipe away .r aa
The scorn upon herr rt p f.Hssr-
How cleanse the blot: BY holding those
The city's iceoifhiesf, meanest foes-
Up 30 strong satire's jibes and blows
To shame and sorrow; 81 .r
For Justice may be lax To- day,
But sure to morrow. fTF
AN EPIGASFRIc EPIC. Si''i f
Twas in restaurant we met - "a
/ still recall the glance she gave,
And how enthralled was as II
That glance had made my soul her slave
How quick she turned aud deeply blushsd,
As il she would avoid my eye;
And hung her head and went 70 work
Upon plate Of chicken pie.
How more and more confused she grew
i was my duty sad 20 note
Until. with such despatch she ate,
A chicken bone stuck in her throat. ~
How then she started, chokd and gagged
never, never can forget,
And dropped her teeth--I think they were
~ least hfty-doll set. F.tsHt
So paled my hopes as pales toe light ~
That fancy lends her fairy scenes
She grabbed her worries up and Ned.
And resumed my pork and beans.