The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-02-04
Bds7l9tllS as u Young LOCei'.

That was big book =. I. Barnum wrote
about himself. It is very complete too,
but there is one little incident which lie
either forgot to mention, or which got pied
when the forms went to press. 1t occurred
when the great Snowman was a young
man, and resident of this section. He
was paying impetuous attentions TO = young
lady living in Newton. Being a son of
poor but honest parents, he was obliged to
walk over to the village which contained
his adored, on the Sunday nights he visited
her. When there he labored under anOth-
er and more awkward disadvantage. The
young lady's father conceived singular
and most violent dislike of the amable
embryotic Snowman. This necesitated ex-
treme caution on the part of the lover, and
lie was equal to the emergency, as 4 matter
Of course. His ingress TO the house was
by a window on the second floor, which lie
reached by springing from the cover of a
cistern curb, and catching hold OF the
window ledge. His egress was effected by
hanging full length from the ledge, and
then dropping to the cistern cover, fall of
about six inches. One Sunday he took
with him on the visit Il young man who
now carries his silvered hairs behind a
Daubury grocery store. They reached
the place, the young lady saw the signal,
opened the window, and the famous Bar
mum sprang up into bliss. The young
man was to amuse himself about the vii
lage until the hour of departure. He
7. In
that anybody could be so brutal, but that
young man actually removed the cover to
tho cisteIn, Then he sat down by the
fence and ate currauts, and calmly waited
for the result. z. +. finished lis spark
ing, and backed out the window the full
length his hands would permit.
"Good by" he gasped in whisper. as
lie prepared to drop.
GOOD by, Phinny," sue whispered back.
Then he let go, and instantly shot from
sight into Il yawning abyss OF darkness
and rain water, and if he had been OF solid
iron heated TO a white glow he could not
have created more of a commotion III stIik-
ing the water 1t is not necessary to re-
peat what Mr.. Barnam said, both when
crawling out of the cistern and during the
eight miles walk home, but shortly after
he became n niversalist.-DanjuTy NeJcS.
ASAD SToRY.-A New Yoik letter says:
There is in this city, however one most
amusing low comedian who has a reason
for never smiling. In his youth he was
the father of little girl of refractory,
obstinate disposition. One day, to punish
her for something, he locked her in bed
room, and with his wife went down TO
dinner.
Soon the child began TO scream III ter
rible manner, which the parents considered
was only temper ; bat as the shrieks con
tinued the wife became alarmed and de-
sired to go to her. He however forbade
her doing SO, as he said the child must be
taught obedience, and that she should not
gain her end by screaming.
They went on with their dinner, the
fearful shriel<s continuing for awhile and
then ceasing. As they were about leaving
the table, smoke began to pass through the
house There was fire somewhere. hush
ing to release the poor little girl they found
her dead. Her clothes had evidently taken
fire from the CRATE, and while the parents
were eating, the child was dying
The comedians wife took horror and
hatred of her husband after this, as she
believed that if he had allowed her to go to
the poor infant she might have saved her
life. They were divorced. No wondir
that man never smiles off the stage.
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OREGON boasts of grandmother who is
only thirty-two years of age.