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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-01
THE MAN WHO swALLowED as
TEETH.

About eleven months ago Marion { Pal
mor. of Gansovoort, Saratoga county, while
eating, swallowed metal plate in the form
OF a crescent, and to which four false teeth
were attached, in such a way that they could
not pass through the esophagus into tho
stomach, but lodged fast in the passage l1e
physicians of Saratoga ard vicinity were con
suited, and subsequently DE-. Mclean, of
this city. made an examination, but al. efforts
to remove the obstruction by way Of the
mouth were abortive. Meanwhile Mr. lai-
mcr could not swallow solids but was com
PEELED 10 take all his nouriShment IN liquid
form. His general health continued quite
fair and he suffered no other serious iDc5n-
venience than the difficulty in swallowing
above mentioned. About year ago a MI-
Campbell, Of W est Troy. met with a similar
misfortune in swallowing his teeth. which
also lodged in the esophagus. Or. Mclean
was called to operate and succeeded ~ re
moving the teeth by laying open the esopha-
gus Mr.. Campbell shortly recovered en-
tirely, excepting that his voice was impairr-l,
a difficulty which * Row decreasing. Mr-
Palmer. hearing Of this case, felt anxious 10
have an operation Performed. and visited Dr..
Mclean seFerul times concerning TIE mat
ter, but he~itatcd to submit to the surgeons
knife until yesterday, when DR. Melon was
summoned - the Ic-ilence of Mr.. Palmer S
h-gthcr-in-iaw al Glen's Falls, and the opera
tlon was successfully performed, with the Aid
Of DR. Chaplin, of Glen's Falls, and Or.
Wentworth, OF Troy Several other ply
sician> from this city. Saratoga, Fort Ed
ward, Sandy Hin and vicinity, were present,
as was also Mr.. Campbell, Of West Troy,
who attended at the request of Mr.. Palmer,
and whose neck was hared by the physicians
to aid them in the dissection. The opera
ton required about an hours time. After
attempts to recover the teeth through the
mouth an incision was made IN the side OF
the neck at the top of the breast bone, about
eleven inches from the mouth. A sac had
formed around them. from which they were
removed with great diEiculty by forceps-
The teeth lrai become iOUsenei from the
plate. and. while attempts were being made
to remove them, they slipped down into the
stomach. where they viii OF course cause no
inc0nyenicnce. The plate was corroded at
one end. bat was recovered entire. The con-
dition If tie patient aiter the operation was
very PROMISING, ami there appears to bc no
reason why he may not recover The opera
ton Of csopha-otomy is very inirequently
performed, bat In the majority OF instance
IL successful The case of Mr.. Palmer has
attracted widespread attention hereabOuts.
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a nE4AHKArlE rouSe LADY.

Miss Mollie Clark, aEet seventeen, whose
parents reside t,go and a lalf miles west of
Craig. has bad. within the past few days,
a number of very remarkable sCmnambulic
sleeping spells which have attracted con.
siderable attention. The three latest spells
that she mas had lasted respectively thirty-six
hours. one hundred and one hours and fifteen
minutes. and thiTty--ix hours. She neither
eats or drinks during her prolonged sleeping
spells, and talks Of celestial things, such as
She ange-s, heaven, departed friends, etc
She frequently Gepio.eS, in her sleep, the
necessity OF remaining in this world Of
trouble. Her description Of the scenes in
tho heavenly world are, at times, raptur-
ouslv captivating Mis- Clark has pre-
sentiment beforehand whcn a ">plll' is
coming on. When she comes to. she has
not the least knowioIye Of what she has been
talking about in her tranc.->leey and she
feels degree Of hashfulness for being the
object Of 50 much attention by the people.
Daring her trarce->leep -he has been
visited by all the doctors within a radius Of
twenty miles Of Craig. but none Of item hava
been able e. accoUnt fer her remarkable cOrt-
diiiOn. After she wakes up she fees ~ligi.t
stupor, which wears away "a she gOes about
her work. She says the next sleep viii bo
tie longest sleep Of them all, from which she
will not awake in tbs word. Miss Craig is
now -t.pping in the family Of Mr.. Duncan
Parrish, n Craig, No.
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a DtrF1cUIT oUEsTIo,S.

\ curious instance of >crupulsUsness in a
drunken man is afforded BY the case Of an
en.ia1-lriger named Thomson, in thc en-
l.l.,y of the North British ilWay Company,
against whom complaint WIS heard at the
instance of the Company AZ the Edinburgh
Summary GcGI. Jn Saturday last. 1t secms
that Thon~ou. Who was acting a. engine
driver for the conduct Of the traffic at the
Purt5beilo Station, was found drunk while
serving ia that capacity on the 23i inst.
lie admitted his guilt, but pleaded that,
feeling himself on thc dayin question over
come by the liquor of which ne had SPAR
ingly partaken, he Gid not persist in re-
naming at his post, but left the engine of
which he had charge to another person.
The Sheriff, alter making ~,lnc severe re-
MARKS a. to the danger to travellers hy rail
caused by the intoxicated cngine-lriyers,
fined Thomson Is, wijh the alternative Of
thirty days imprisonment. There can be
no doubt that. ~ a rule. drunken cngiuk-
drivers deserve exceptionally segere p.nish-
ment, but, as matter Of policy. IL Is a
question whether it would not have bscp =
vase course to havc given II. is', Z. ,--
of Is. Instead Ct fini..< r.in thar "a'd
"a e',soafas''cat = 'aii"-y ofieials - iiS =
f'w '''e w. sample sc, by him of n,t >,
inainns at his post when he ici, .sovc,.,,.,
by liquor and unit to discharge hi, an. -
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4M4ND4S PRESENT.

Mrs Brown had retired for the night.
1t was now near 12 o'clock, but she was
awake and watching. She had gone to
bed at 10, and would have resented with
Indignation the imputation that she had
slept, solemnly declaring that she had new
er closed beg eyes, but, nevertheless, GER
tain sounds had row and then come from
under the sheets which indicated that at
all events she had breathed very hard
She was now awake for a purpose. She
was a woman Of purpose Her cousin s
daughter was about to be married. She
had received invitation 10 the wedding,
and was determined on making her hand
some wedding present, and to wedding
presents she knew Mr.. Brown had a most
decided aversion.
The cathedral clock struck IL, the chimes
rang out the quarter, then the half hour.
Brown had not come in. She smiled as
she heard-a drowsy, sleepy smile ; then
she breathed hard again.
1t was election times, and for the last
two months Brown had been out nearly
every night. At first ne must go to see
about the nomination, he must work Tor
the party, go to ward meetings, general
rallies see that this man and that was
posted, and talk and canvass, and SO the
nights passed. Then came the election
One night iae was not home at all. After
that the returns kept him away until the
1--WE sma' hours" Now, the election had
been over week it was next morning, and
he was not ut home.
She had been very good-natproa and pa
tient over it ali ; and staii at home uncom-
monty close, attended to her six children.
When Brown does not stay out too late,
he finds her on his return industl1ously
sewing. She listened to bis excuses with
out a word, and never scolded. This made
him quail and feel badly. Why she did
Not fly at him he did not understand.
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EBENSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, JANUARY /, 1875.

His swift s.eed bounds along, as if spurn-
ing control
But the bridle-hand guides him unerring 6
and true,
And each stroke of the boots is thew an
swering thew.
Through the moonlight they 60, fading
slowly from sight,
Till both rider and steed nix way in the
night.
But they go not unheard, and they speed
not unseen
Dark eyes furtively watch flashing fierce
ly and keen
From dim ambush around thenlike spec
tres arise
Wi3ite>robed figures thaC follow the rider
discries
Them on slope and in hollow, and knows
But he fears not their craft or the deeds
they may do,
For his brave steed is eager and strong, and
the pace
Growing faster and faster each stride of
the chase
Now the slopes right and left seem alive
with the foe
Gliding ghost>likc along, but still stealthy
and low,
AS Y lid creatures that crouch in jungle ;
they think
To entrap him when back from the terrie
BILE brink
Of the chasm he returns, for his steed can
not leap
The dread gulf, and the rider will hall
when its steep
Ragged walls ope before him, with death
lying deep
In the darkness below they Will seize him,
and take
From his heart, by fell torture of fagot
and stake,
Every secret it holds then his fe-blood
But he never shall ride TO the camp OF
Bugeaud.
Still unflinching and free through the moon
light he goes,
And each pulse with the hot flush OF ca
gerneSs glOws.
Now a glance at the path where his gal
liant steed flies,
Now a gleam at the weird, spectral terms
that arise
On the dim, rugged slopes, then still on>
ward and on,
Till he nears the abyss, and its gaping jaws
yawn
On his sight; bat the rider well knows it
is there,
And his speed is soon cautiously checked
to prepare
For the desperate leap he must now put
TO proof
The true mettle beneath, fcr the slip Of a
hoof
Or swerve on the brink will dash both
into doom,
Where the sad stars shall watch Ger a
cavernous tomb.
Girth and bride and stirrup are felt, to be
sure
That no flaw shall bring peril-and all is
secure
Then with eyes fixed before, and brow
bent TO the wind,
And one thought of the foe ana his COM
TadeS behind,
And low, earnest prayer that all heaven
must heed,
He slacks bride, plies spur, and gives head
to his Steed.
With bound it responds, ears set back,
nostrils wide,
And q rush Of a thunder-bred storm ii IFS
stride
Now the brink now the leap they are
over, Hurrah p!
Horse and rider are safe, and dash wildly
away;
Not a slip, not a finch, swift and sure as
the flight
OF an eagle in mid-air they sweep through
tue night,
While the batfied foe glare in bewildered
amaze
At the fast-fying prey speeding far flom
their gaze
And the soft stars grow dim il the dawn S
early glow
When Mac Mahsn rides into the camp o.
Bugeaud.
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YTYATCU UIMl-The Young sneak

Wv thief who tore a couple OF boards off
the roof Of the granary on the farm of the under
sIgnad in Carroll township, and then crawled in
and stole new oil can, will bear watching, not
wfthst a uting the fact that he deemed II pruieHt
return the stolen article Just IN time TO escape
arrest II may be proper TO say that | know the
party well and could give his name, but 1t should
suficc for the present to warn him. as now do to
keep hanis off my properly in the luture Il ne Ge-
JOSEPH GUTW AID.
Ebensburg. Dee. IL, 1si4-St.
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to buy that present. Tell him to send the
bill to the store"
He had no cause to complain Of his din
ner or his wife's amiability during the next
| rr-ai-
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,seRN FRoDE Is no more-shat is, thore
is no neTc John Ffcde. Perhaps you we've
not acquainted with the gentleman, but he
lived in Western fiissouli, whore, on en-
tcring the smoke-h0Rse OF a neiSGEcr X see
how the hams were getting along, Il traps
gun blew his head OF.
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CHERTFF'S SALFS.-By virtue

GHERIFF'S SALFS.-By virtue
- of suudry writs OF Veild ErpOn., A}ias
yend EgpoliGs and tfSt1 L1ctms Issue issued; ont or
| bria County. and to me directed there will be
t% P96s on MS ff the "ss" . day Of
January next, at l o'clock, p. M, the fol-
lowing Real Estate, to wit:
ALI the right title and interest OF John Full
ton o. in ami to a lot of ground situate in Cone
maugh borough, Cambria county Pa, fronting
on an alIev and adjoining land Of Jonathan Or
ricks, having thereon erected n two story plauk
house. in the occupancy. OF John Fulton
Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of
Also. ali the right title end interestof Wilson
Etchinson. Of in and to lot OF ground situate IN
Johnstown borough. Cambria county. Pa, ad-
Joining lot of John Etchnson on the north, front
ing Union street on the east Vine street on the
south. and S;oney Creek on the west. having
thereon erected a two story plank house now IN
the occupancy of William Etchinson: Taken IL
execution and 10 be sold at the suit oil Joseph
Also. ali the right, title and interest of William
A. Peterson Of in and to a lot Of GROUND situate
in Conemaugh township, Cambria county. Pa,
tknown as Buckstown,) fronting on the Town,
Conemaugh Township School, having thereon
erected two story plank house and blacksmith
shop, now in the occupancy OF William A. Peter
son. Taken in execution and TO be sold At the
suit of David J. ShaEcr.
ALSO, all the right title and interest of George
Al5ert of, in and to piece oi paTcel oi anu sIs
nate N Lower Soder township. Cambria county,
Pa adjoining lands OF c. Kurtz, John kurtz, and
others, containing about four acres more or less
all cleared having thereon greeted erected r one
Nancy Of Geo. Aiebrti Taken in execution and
70 be sold at the suit Of Highland X King.
s in IN snd 10 3 baif lot of rround situate in
tie First Ward of Johnstown borough, Cambria
comfy, Pa fronting on an alley on the souIa a
the north and lot of Mrs. Gruble on the west
having thereon erected two story frame mo9sS
in execution and to be sold at the suit OF Peter
Click. ,,rurp Sbortf
ShevfFfs OFce JohnstOWn. Dec. IA. 1874.
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Stretching dimly afar,


Between slopes that are rugged and bare,
Half obscure under moonbeam and star,
Half revealed in the soft, misty air.
Runs a rude, broken way that Will lead
Gallant rider and sure-footed steed
Westward forth to the camp OF Bu2eaud,
Forty miles over high land and lows
Put the steed must be trusty and fleet,
And the bride hand steady and keen
That shall guide him by rock and ravlne,
Where each stride of the galloping feet
Must span dangers that siCmber unseen {;
And bevond, scarce a league to the west,
Yawus a treacherous Chasm, dark and
deep,
Where death turks like serpent asleep,
And the rider must ride at his best,
And his steed take the terrible leap
Like a winged creature cieaving the ar
Else grim, CHASTITY corpse shall be thefe'
With uerchance steed stark on lIs
breast, -
And the moon shall look dowP with
stare
Where they lie in perpetual lest.
Now the silsnoe is broken by neigh and by
champ
Aud the clatter of hoofs, and away from
the camp ~ ,;-,,t ord
Rides MacMahou, as gallant, as llsht, anu
as free
As the bridegroom who goes to MS mar
riage may be.
With pranco and with gallop and gay car
acoie
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GTRAY SHEEP-Came into the

%, II 4 > II Y Il 4 = = ttTIIt 4IIIV ''iS
~ enclosure of the subscriber, in Allie
ehcny township, on about the first OF Deteper
last, nine head of Sheep, eight OF which are al
white and the other black Several oil thei1 nave
both clipped others have one ear clipped,
and some have no marks whatever. The owner IS
requested to como forward, prove property, ana
take the same away otherwise they viii he DIS
posed OF according to law. -, ,,r,
JOSEPH CRAMER.
Allegheny Twp. Dec. Is. 1871.
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1t is night, and Il stiffness profound
Folds the camp; Arabs steaithiiy creep
Here and there in the moonlight beyond,
With cars eagerly bent for sound
From the garrison, watchful and weak;
O'er the tents welcome night
sweep,
Prinoinp balm unto brow and cheek
Ofmen scorched by pitiless sun
TO hue almost swarthy and deep
As the hue OF the foe they would shun.
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'''OyO Iickets-6,OO0 Cash Gifts.
R25O,OOOg
'V EE GIVEN AWAY,

'bbi .csa,s 5000 Quartc~ Ticllets,s $50
IT" Ticket. s,sr.,..,5 200 Eleven Tickets. loO. 90
Pei. IA, 5rs. &c, address
.--u-5.l li'NINf '. MOORE Sec'y.
NORFOLK. VA.
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An Episode in the Career Of Pres. MacMahon.
In Algeria, with Bugeaud,
Harassed by crafty foe,
Were the French, in eighteen hundred
thirty-one
Swarthy Arabs prowled about
Camp and outpost and redoubt
Crouching here and crawling there,
Lurking, gliding everywhere,
Tiger-hearted, under stars and under sun,
Seeking by some Stealthy chance
Vengeance on the troops of France
Vengeance fierce and fell, to safe
Savage rage and savage hate
For the deeds of des0lation harsh3y done.
On rugged plateau,
Forty miles from headq quarters OF Marshal
Bugeaud,
Lay an outpost, besieged by the merciless
foe.
Day by day close and closer the Arab lines
drew
Round the hard -beset French.
To dash out and flash through
Like a wind-driven flame, they would dare,
though host
Hot from Hades stood there. But abandon
the post?
Nay, they dare not do that; they were sol
ders of France,
And dishonor should stain neither sabre
nor lance;
They could bravely meet death, though like
Hydra it came
Horror headed and dire, bat no shadow of
shame
For trust left to perish when danger drew
nigh
Should ere dim the flag waving free to the
sky.
But sosn came terror more dread to the
soul
Than wars wild thunder crash when its
battie-clouds roll,
And the heavens are shreuded from light,
while a glare,
As of hell, breaks in hot, lurid streams Oh
tke air :
It was Famine, grim-visaged and
gaunt,
To the camp most appalling of foes-
Slew to strike, slow to kill, but full sure
As the swift headSman' S deadliest
blows.
Ger the ramparts it sullenly strobe,
Glided darhIy by tent and by wall,
Spreading awe whereSoever it went,
And the gloom of dismay over all
BEghting valor that ne er i'll wars red front
had quailed,
Blapching checks that 40 tempest of strife
e'er had paled.
III.
Then a council vas held, and the com
mandant said
Dircst peril was near they must summon
swift aid
From the Marshal, or all would be lost ere
the sun
Ofto-morrow went down in the west. Was
there one
Who, to save the command and the honor
of France.
Would ride forth with dispatches? He
ceased, and = glance
At the bronzed faces near showed that spir-
its to dare
Any desperate deed under heaven were
there.
But the first to arise and respond was
youth
Whose brow bore natures signet of courage
and truth,
In whose eye yalor shone calm and clear as
star
When the winds are at rest and the clouds
fade afar.
Who was he that stood forth with such
resolute air?
Young Lieutenant MacMahon, bold, free,
dob0nndj<e,
Never knight looked more gallant with
shield and with spear,
Never war-nuriured chief ain less conscious
sf fear.
In his nien was the heroic fash Of the Gaub
With the fire of the Celt giving grandeur
to all;
And he said head erect, face with ardor
aglow,
Il will ride with dispatches to Marshal
Bugeaud -
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TSE WEEKLY SLIM a

r dependent. honest ard fearless newspaper. OF 56
a-olu columns especially designed TOR the farm
-- fHe mechanic. the merchant and the profess
mn man. and their wives and children. We aim
%. %. 'le the ~ HeciKiF SUB the best family news
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from the Catholic World for January.1
TIE LEAP FOR LIFE.

An Episode in the Career of Pres. MacMahon.
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''1'' iN Act of the Virginia LepisIatrre
ipaSscd March Stb IS-2,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
-
sand showers in Oh in IL

Every year witnesses curious sand showers
in China, when there is neither cloud nor fog
In the sky, but the sun is scarcely sible, look
ing very much as when seen through smoked
glass. The air is filed with fine dust, entering
the eyes, nostrils and mouth, and often caus-
ing serious diseases Of the eye. The dust or
sand, as the people call it, penetrates houses.
reaching even apartments which seem securely
closed. 1t is supposed to come from the
Desert OF Gold, as the sand Of Sahara is taken
up by whirlwinds and carried hundreds
OF miles away. The Chinese, while sensitive to
the personal discomfort arising from these show
ers, are resigned to them from conviction that
they are great help to agriculture. They say
that year OF numerous sand showers is always
year OF large fertility. The sand probably
imparts some enriching elements to the soil,
and it also tends to loosen the compact alluyial
matter Of the Chinese Valleys. 1t is possible
that these showers may be composed Of micro
scopic insects like similar showers which have
been noticed in the Atlantic Ocean, This
would explain their fertilzng power.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
The Illinois Grangers.

The Illinois State Grange held its final meet
ing at Champaign, ILL.,, on the 18th instant Not
only was the routine business of the Grange con-
cluded, but we should judge, from the business
done and the general tenor of the meetings, the
State Grange was virtually obliterated at least
as regards having any potent influence on the
agricultural interests of the State. The work
ngs OF the system have fully demonstrated
to the farmers that the concentration of their
business into the hands Of few parties in no
way conduces to their interest. On the con-
trary, they have learned that their sue
cess depends entirely on personal attention
to their private business, and that nothing is
gained By the action dictation Of societies.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
POlitical Notes.

The Scranton (Pa. } Republican (Rep) express
es its preference for Presidential candidste as
follows :--"Between Meesrs Bristow and Blaine
az Presidential candidates there is one notable
difference viz whatever support Bristow has
for that position has come to him voluntarily;
whatever support Mr.. Blaine has lie has worked
for; whatever Mr.. Blaine has done in public
way during the past four years was done with AN
eye single to the Presidency The same paper
sdds -"It is pretty generally understood that
the Pennsylvania delegation has already been
promised to Mr.. Blaine. We will see in due time
whether the goods can be delivered
1t ID now intimated that the recent Richmond
earthquake WAS nothing but an atmospheric col
lapse from the vacuum CAUSED by the exodus OF
Virginia office seekers to Washington.
The Philadelphia North American (Rep.) i'll
casting about for the political millennium, gives
this advice Let both parties agree to the one
term amendment and the school amendment, and
80 the next Presidential canvass Will be reiieyed
of it's chief disturbing elements, and Two great
progressive steps forward be taken
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

The buying of farming material and implements
by purchasing agents." and business Of Like
character, appears to have been very unsstis-
factory, and consequently has been abolished.
These agencies have proved nothing more than
means for having impoenl upon them the
many jimcracks Of inventivd bovices, who may
havo had for sale some so-cs1led improvement
in agricultural implements. There are at pres
ent but two Oranges in the State that do their
business under the Grange system as originally
formed The failure of the system is
attributed to political interests being iden
titled with it at least this is the rea-
son given by the officers Of the State Grange
Taking into consideration the feeling among the
farmers generally az regards the workings Of
the system, it would seem that influences other
than political have been the cause OF the failure,
and most prominent Of these is the Grange sys-
TEN itself In matters in which the State Grange
WAS supposed to hsye a strong influence, moth
ing WAS done or even suggested for the ensuing
year. No resolutions on finance, tfanspora-
ton or matters of general interest were INTRO
duced or discussed. The State Grange will re-
man an organized body but does not promise
any great work during the coming year. !.
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