The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

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DouoHvlrLE (NEAR TA1lAuassr,, FLA.,y
March 81. 1875.
came H nitSer from Cambria us' county some % time
ago, Tor the benefit OF my hssith; ny physi1al
reason Of hard work done in the traces Of my
political party during period extending over
He Hearing that Florida was the Mecca Of the
PLAYED, out; q veil ell g the sick and sil.ins:
air and wateryiianor isnored, 90 to speaT.
Prsmisins that am doing as wen As could Se
Ssss % % slaeie me 70 taiss Sosshssd With vii ' my
hole. I will drop mere personalities. aud give
you : description OF ny trip asd Of the section
my trip, ss 1t were. SO to speak.
ny fRrr.
Owing to the fact that the sleighing in the
the year. or At any Other was @ 20" Obliged h1 per e
force to perform the Journey by rail- There
CLASSY surface in bob -sied at the rate Of three
or four mikes an hour. which is more exhiler-
tion. except il may be ridina in a canal boat;
and it was much against my will that was de-
ever. % w:li do Justice to the railroad By saying
that had it not been for it, must have walked.
WASHINGTON.
The first point of importance at which
stopped was washington City, the National
Capital, you know. 1t is right At the Potomac
Magnificent Distances" because it is such a
magnificent distance from the centre of the
from ali other places of importance. or
course, my nrst business was to pay my re-
CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF rHr xArroN.
found Mr. Grant the same man, bearing pre-
cisely the same name as when saw him bd-
nayoF
qnired, for am a man not accustomed to
m life lived in the Drimeyal forest. like Gin
cinnatus and Daniel W ebster; Mr. President.''
aSss s this r.py ab9a
manly and straight forward: when anybody
ssa se see
one hand on the side of his mouth, and lower
YOU do don't en know e% nothing about This ought
to settle all controversy on the third term
riddle.
Jones, OF Nevada, called on me at my rooms
on Strawberry street, near the market house:
finance in ADVANCE @ Of the arrival Of Sharon, OF
the same State. who had not then got to the
leader on the same basis. told Mr. Jones that
/ had always held that whenever a paper dollar
should be left as il is; when it was worth sew
enty- five cents, the gold dollar should be shaved
il should be cut in half. and so on. He took
me by the hand. and enthusiastically remarked
he was satisfied he had not lived in vain, since
he had received my Endorsement on question
BILE shape could now have no terrors for him;
and as for Sharon. he could boost ahead with
his diotic financial schemes as much as he had
a mind to, his goose being virtually cooked,
without the stuffing.
other important personages;'' but the limits
of one issue of your paper (which is a most
speak, would not contain tithe of the valua-
bic information could give you l therefore her
ital for other letters. and pass on to
RICHMOND.
Richmond is the capital of Virginia. and is
about the size of Ebensburg, with Harrisburg
and Johnstown tackled onto it. 1t attained
prominence during the rebellion. from the fact
the eI rlace ws to Which the direc
ed his footsteps in the interests of peace, in the
he rebellion Sb % and its several detaiis consult an
historical work on the subject, which was writ
by my friend Horace Greeley, since deceased,
and which is for sale at all respectable book
stores. Cham keeps them up there in Ebens-
b ratr Is on NO, is mere hro he
ders restless, as il were, SO to speak, but, then,
it may be as well to remember that 1 wander,
and wonder, too.
CHARLESTON, 8. G.,
has not recovered from the effects of the war.
and 1T may be added, if she neve. does | will
t@re of South he Carolina @ was in session Vile
was there. The majority of that body is COM
inent of our population in behaIr of whose
rights have fought, bled and died all my life.
When cast a retrospective glance in the di-
rection of o certain terminus of the under
racaa ID fSe Dig ba the
ory seem to make inournful rustling in the
dark" Your friend and fellow -Cambrian. Tom
Knox, were he here, would be astounded at
the dizzy elevation his race has attained, so to
speak public oil tb reception would have d 3, been
been for the fact that my visit chanced to be
on a Friday "hangman's day." you know, and
also n day when the country legislators go
home to eat hog and hominy"-a dish which is
not down on the bill of fare at the spotswood
here, whereas in Cambria county the ruling
''''' FLORIDA Is A WARM STATE.
But l must hurry on. Reluctantly shaking
teens / took the broad-tread railroad, and.
touching here and there tanent which L will
write again, a at Length srryed dat at the ne point
from.
is the capital OF Florida, il am correctly in
formed. 1t is a trim little city, albeit it suf-
fers under the the disadyantags OF not being 10
The inbatitants are energetic and hospiiable-
% There IS splendid brass band here. Fl sere
naded me the first evening after my arrival.
The tIne p;a it & PLAYED sa was old old and fn|sr
brought tears & to my eyes and male me think
DOUGHvILLE.
Doughville is about two miles east OF Talla-
loon line, which makes trips every ten min
utes. IL is precisely such place as Cresson,
and fine scenery; whereas Doughville has sand
hills, muskeeters and aliigators. Price of board
per week IN the best hotel, where board, Is
ten dollars. in adpaace. 1 having little or no
baggage. This, of course, dosent include IA ed
ical attendance and cocktails, because one
cant always tell how many OF the latter he or
she mae desire or need.
GENERAL REMARKS.
As before stated, the space you will be able
to alOt me in yeur columns will not nearly
suffice to enable me 10 tell you all know about
this country, although have not been here
very long. This being the case / will bring
this screed to a close by throwing in few gen
eral remarks. The soil here is of such a ma
ture that, il you tickle il with a hoe, it will
bring forth an exceedingly abundant harvest.
When the rains fall on it heavily, 1t b. comes
muddy, and sticks to ones boots; when the sun
shines on 1t hercely, IL gets dry, turns to dust,
and sticks to ones clothes-in both OF which
respects Ii closely resembles the soil of Cam
0rfa county. down about Wash. Loyds and
Platfville, as IL were. The air is generous and
life-giviug, and warranted to cure any disease
named in the MateFia Medica-the only excep-
tton am Informed, being that IL is fDpOtent
70 make an amputated leg grow 10 its original
proportions, provided the owner of said leg
was twenty one years old when the accident
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