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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

TRIUMPHANT MIDAS.-''Aiidas, / want
to 'sposen a case TO you, an want Won to
GIN the gospel truth on your 'pinion 'bout
de matter''
That's the manner in which one Of
Washington's dusl1ey damsels put it to her
adorer last evening.
NOW, Midas, you knows you'se tole me
more times an you Sc got fingers an toes
as you lubbed me harder an a marble ton
wash stand, an at Ise sweeter to vou AN
bucl-wheat cakes and 'lasses foreber
Midas, dis am only 'sposen case, but /
wants you to 'sposen JUS as if,n twas a
shenuff one.
Sposen me an you was goin' on n
'scursion down de ribbcr."s
"1as," broke in Midas. s.dowp IN ,ro,,,
Vernon"
"Anwha's tail, down de ribber. Midas.
kin you swim ?''
no, Luce, Pse sorry to form you dat
de only dreckshon what-I kin circuns.ap.
shiate fiu de water am de bottom"
well den as was latin. 'Sposen We
was ON de boat, gliding lubbingly an har.
munly down do bussum oh de r;bher,s
! stream, de moon was lookin' shininplv
down pom de smokestack, and you was
soften rite up to me jas (slide up here
closer, an lem me show you howl, dat's
de way
"Yah! yah! but wouldn't dat be scrumn-
tuous," interrupted Midas.
'Sposen," continued Lucy, s.you bad
jest put your arm roun' my wal (dat's it,.
dey wasn't nobody bout. Won WINS a
squeezen me up, an was jest gwine To
gimme de loubinest kind OBJ a kiss, am
an'-an' de biler would bust y,
ooh, de debbil - said the disappointed
Midas.
''Now, Midas, / is 'sposen dis case. an,
L wants you to mind de words what 7 am
speakin. 'Sposen when that biler bust
ed we bof went up in de air, :come down in
de ribber, an when we arriv in de waiter
we found de only..thing lef ob dat boat Was
one piece OF board dat wasn't big enuff to
hole us bof, but we bof grab at it. now
Medas, wud you LET go dat board .or x-ud
you put me off an took it all y'self? OATS
de question what I'm 'sposeu.,
Luce, kin you swim ?'' he asked after
hesitating a few moments.
''No, Midas, OBJ course not. Y,u lnov
I can't SWIM
'Well, den, Luce. INV copsbensbps ,,,r
Ion ob de whole matter am dat we wont qo
nno 'scursions."- Washington Chronicle.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

THERE was once a German nobleman
who led foolish and dissipated lie, ne
glccting his people, his family and his af-
fairs drinking and gambling. He had a
dream one night which wildly impressed
him. He saw figure looking ut him
with n serious face and pointing 90 n dial
when the han ds marked the hour of ".
The figure looked at him sadly and said
these words. 'tAfter four ~ What could
it mean? 1t must mean that he would die
in four days. SO he set his house III order,
sent for the priest, confessed his sins and
received absolution. He also sent for his
family and begged their forgiveness for
past offenses. After arranging his affairs
with his man of business lie waited for
death. The four days passed on and he
did not die. He then concluded the vision
meant four weeks, but at the expiration f
that time he was still alive. 1t is plain
now, ne said, the vision meant four years,
and in the next four years he gave his
whole life and fortune for the improvement
OF his people, bis neighbors, and the poor
taking an honorable part in public affairs.
At the endsof four years he was elected
Henry IVth, Emperor of Germany.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

SHE WANTED To.-A pedestrian passing
aiong Fifth street, Detroit, says the Prse
IFeSS' glanced down the alley and saw a
female kicking and pounding ON a barn
ooor lie stepped down and inquired, ssDo
you want to get into the barn, madam p,,
do y she exclaimed, as she pointed tn
|" Dao rake on her nose ''do look like
a woman who'd let any man hammer her
nose with the stove handle and not try TO
XII him ?' AT this moment tie voice of
man was heard in the barn, entreatipr
her to overlook the offence just that one
time, but as the pedestrian turned awav
she had her mouth at the knot-bole ,nd
was saying, "I'I give you just one second
to open this do IL ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
ARDkEsa EsssEDCssIE.
FROM THE DUTCH.


Hroo der shdreeds of Frederigtown,
Nit der rade hot sun sdringin down,
Bast der saloons all filed mid bier,
Der rebel fellers walked on der ear.
All day droo FrederiCtown so fassed
Horse und food der soldiers passed
Und der repcl flag shone out so brighd,
As If, py jinlls, it had got rigid.
Ware vas der union flag? Der sun
Looked down on not pluddy Won.
Up jumped dot old Miss Frietchie den,
Beud out Ply her nine schgore years and ten
She grabbed up der flag dot der men hauled
down
Und fasdened it r'ghd on her nighd gown,
Den she sad in her Window, so all could see
Dot deT vos Won yed dot loafed dot flag Sc
free.
Up der shdrecd comes Shdonovall Jack,
A riding on his horses Ir,rk
CHdcr his prOwS lie squinched his ewes
Dot old flag caused him grand surbrise.
"Hald - Each ferler shCi roi MIN shdll;
Wire - vas echoed vrom hill to hill;
ed bushd der shdrings of dot nighd gown,
But dot old Barbara she vas aroundt."
She fasdaned it once again so gwick
Den of der window her arms did shdick
"Bushd, if you must, dis poor old head,
But leafe alone dot flag" she said.
\ look of shameness soon came DER
Der face OF Jack, und der deeTs did bour;
who bulls hair of dat bald he'd
Dies mighty gwick go ahet, he said.
All dot day and all dot nighd
Dill efcIy repcl had bassed from sighd,
Uud leared pehind dot Frederigtown,
Do: old flag vas siidicbed on dot nighd gown.
Dat Barbara Friadchie's work is done;
She dOu'd eau efer haf more fun.
Ruily for her, ChoOst drop dear
For dot old woman midout some fear.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

How DID IT GET THERE ?-The Frank
fort (ky.) YeonaGn says: Mr.. S. South,
Jr,, one of the officers of the State prison,
furnishes us with the following remarkable
item: The other day, while one of the
stewards of the prison was carving shoul-
der of bacon for the convicts, who were
then at dinner, he found imbeddcd in the
shoulder next to the bone near the joint, a
toy metal tea cup, evidently one of set
that formerly belonged to some little girl.
Now, the question is, how did that toy
metal tea cup get into the center of that
joint of meat? Did it get there by the hog
swallowing it? Or was hole cut in the
hog while still alive, the cup placed in
there, the wound sewed up, and the cup
left to work it's way to the bone?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
The FEELING IL THE RURAL Drsrp,c,

1HE FEELING II THE RURAL DISTRICTS.
SONG negro in crowd asked 81 yester-
day what the Legislature was doing.
'Dey S pikin' long dar wit de new con-
stetushunville bill and de prezcmptin' oh
corn and cotton from de payment of taxa
tion," replied ST.
"Weh I'm against de new constetn-
sherlnm--l n is :. said one dapper darkey.
What You knO' bout it anyhow. nig-
ger? ?" asked ST.
The daprer fellow had 70 justification to
make. "
'.Dat's de way wild yon gnorum nipoers
-allns 'posiDg of somcfing dat yer dop,t
unnerstanl How IS your foxes ort !, do
districk p turning to country teansster
Il gcliy. de ricgerS ont dare Is oD;na.
fur any thing dat's got corn in It, whed6er
us CRIB ur a box-kyar-aud devil oft do
corn If IT'S dar - replied the cntbusisstio
rural negro.
81 swore and stopped the conversation.
Atlanta tGo.l Constitution.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

LIMIT Your WANTs.-From the nature
of things, the income of most of the inhab-
itants of the earth must be limited within
very narrow bounds. The product of la
Dor throughout the world, if equally divi-
ded, would not make the share of each in
dividuai large. 1t is impossible that every
one should be what is called rich. But it
is by no means impossible to be independ-
ont. And what is the way to compass this
GLORIOUS privilege? The method is very
simple. 1t consists in one rule. Limit
your wants; make them few and ineXpen-
sive. To do this would interfere but little
with your real enjoyment. 1t is mostly n
matter of habit. You require more. or you
are satisfied with less-just as you have
accustomed yourself to one or the other.
Limit your wants, estimate their cost and
never exceed it, taking pains to keep it
always inside of your income. Thus you
will secure your lasting independence
Young men, think Of this. u great deal
of The happiness Of your lives depends
upon it. After having made your money,
spend it rs you choose, honestly bus DC
sure you make it first
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
No Dogs AUo,ced on the Cars.

1t happened the other day on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. The train had just left
Easton and the conductor was making his
first round, when be observed a small
white dog with bushy tail and bright
black eyes sitting costly on the seat beside
young lady SO handsome that it made his
heart roll over like a lupsided pumpkin
But duty was duty, and he remarked in
his most deprecatory manner:
'1'm very sorry, madam, but It's against
the rules to have dog in the passenger
cars
ooh my, is that so ." and she turned
up two lovely brown eyes at him beseech-
ingly. "What in the world will l do e? 1
can't throw him away. He's a Christmas
present from my aunt"
"By no means, Miss. Wen put him
in a baggage car, and he II be just as hap
by as a robin in the Spring"
'What put my nice white dog in a
nasty, stuffy, dusty baggage car ?'
'Tm awfnlly sorry, Miss, I do assure
you, but the rules Of this Company are as
inflexible as the laws OF the Medes and
them other fellows, you know. He shall
have my overcoat to lie on, and the brake
man shall give him grub and water every
time he opens his MOUTH
81 just think it's awful mean, so l do :;
| and know somebody will steal it, SO they
WILL" and she showed half notion to cry
| but he was firm, and sang ont to the
brakeman, who was playing solo on the
stove:
''Here Andy, take this dog over into the
baggage car and tell ,em to take just the
best kind of care of him.
The young lady poutcd, but the brake
man reached over and picked the canine
mp as tenderly as though it was two
weeks old baby. but as he did SO n strange
expression came over his face, like wave
of cramp colo, and he said hastily to the
conductor
''Herc, you just hold him minute till
put this poker away" and he trotted ont
at the car door and held on to the brake
wheel, shaking like a man with the ague.
The conductor no sooner had his hands
on the dog than he looked around for q
ho!o to fall through.
-wh-wly, this is worsted dog"
''Tes, SIR" said the little miss, demure-
! ly, ''tidn't you know that ?''!
''No, I'm most awful, sorry to say
! didn't know that and he laid the Christ
mas dog down in the owners lap, and
walked out on the platform, where he
stood half an hour in the cold trying to
think of a hymn tune to sut the worst sold
man on the Lehigh Valley road.-B0ston
Transcript.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

MORMON CoCRTsHTP. On Soturiav
Mormon by the name of Fnlmer. who had
been chosen among the faithful to 90 ON n
mission to Arizona, called upon Brigham
Young
'Married?' quericd the Prophet.
Not any," said Fuliner, DER whose
brow forty odd years had left their imprint
Must marry, Brother Fulmer. before
you go to Arizona to build up the King
DOM
Don't know anybody who will have
me, was the reply.
Il II lind some one. Do you know Broth.
er brown in the Seventeenth Ward ? We'll
he has several daughters you 90 TO Broth,
er Browns aud tell him l want Won To
marry one OF bis daughters
Fnlmer left and obeyed counsel TO tho
letter Knocking at the door. be was ad-
nltted by Brother Brown. who. uno,
learning what was wanted, called i, his
several daughters to be selactad fron,
Fnlmer taking his choice. Brown told tho
girl to get ready in fifteen minutes. sT,u
do as you say, dad" was her meek ren,v
as she walked ont.
mats the way raise my daughters If
'hey disobey there's war in camp.n
The wedding festivities take p,ace 70
night.-iSdH Lake T'riJyu6.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

AN OLD MAIDS OPISIoN.-If it doesn't
make me laugh, and l can't help it, to hear
married women pity old maids, never think
ing for one moment how an old maid might
pity the married women.
Oh, no.
Poor soul, she hasn't any husband.
Poor dear, she hasn't any children.
It's so very, very sad.
OF cou: sc it is, POLITICALLY speaking but
don't you ever pity woman for not mar
rying until you are quite sure what sort Of
a man she hasn't married.
I've known a broken engagement or two
that really were subjects of congratula-
tion.
There isn't any other time when wo-
man feels so like feeling Of her shoulder
blades to see whether the wings have
sproutcd, as when she has slipped the
wrong mans ring off her finger, md feels
that she will never bear the brunt of his
hateful temper, or put up with his neglect,
or grow old before her time because of bis
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. she stands free again
and ready for the right man to come along.
I suppose n woman never feels quite GER
tain that the right man won't come in all
her life.
However, we're talking of old maids,
and the people who pity them.
1t is all very well 20 get poetical over
married life, and set single women down
as miserable creatures but, like most
theories the thing ''won't wash.'
If you get an adoring husband, ready to
cherish and protect you while life lasts,
you re certainly a happy woman but how
many do? Ono ont of fifty, perhaps.
It's lottery with few lucky numbers,
and even an old maid doesn't bitterly envy
a woman with mean, or q quarrelsonle,
or n neglcctful husband-a woman who is
left alone with all her cares, a woman who
is a slave, not a wife--nOr even always al
that falls to the lot of the bes! loved wife OF
earth.
There is peace and res. in life when one
is ones own mistress, at all events and
when | hear worn-out, sworricd matrons
plying single women, l often feel like
laughing it is SO funny.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
TEgST.

Searching for strawberries ready to eat,
Finding them fragrant and large and sweet,
What do you think | found at my feet,
Deep in the green hill side?
-Four brown sparrows, the cunning things,
Feathered on back and breast and wings,
Proud with the dignity plumage brings,
Opening their four mouths wide.
STOPPING low to observe my prize,
Watching their motions with eager eyes,
Dropping my berries with glad surprise,
a p!alntive sound / heard
Aud looking mp at the mOurnful call,
L spied on a branch near the old stone wall
The poor little mother bird.
With grief and terror her heart was wrung,
And while to the slender bough she clung,
She felt that the lives of her birdlings hung
On a still more slender thread.
"Ah, birdie L said, eff you only knew
That my heart was tender and warm and
true!''
But the thought that loved her birdlings
too
Never entered her small brown head.
And so through this world of ours we go,
Bearing our burdens of needless woe,
Many heart beating heavy and slow
Under its load of care
But OH! if we only, only knew
That God was tender and warm and true
And that He loved us through and through,
Our hearts would be lighter than air.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

/ noticed my face all blackened with dirt
and smoke, and that / was riding another
horse, he remarked, ''Why, Captain, where
is your horse ?'' ''Poor fellow, l reckon he
is dead, General said /, '.and this is one
that Warner was riding when he was Slot
down. When came to dismount | found
the poor horse also bloody to the foot from
a wound in the hip, and the front of the
Mcclellan saddle strapped on him entirely
shot away.
The part taken in this action by our di-
vision was brief and determined. 1t fought
until the last cartridge was gone, and then
fell back slowly aud stubbolnly until re-
lieved.
That evening, after lying down among
! the dead and dying to obtain a little much
needed rest, the cries of .the sufferers rem
dered it impossible for me to sleep. Invent
to the assistance Of many of the poor fel-
lows, on both sides, who were calling for
water. l was accompanied by Lieutenant
| Houghton, of the staff, and, supplied with
! six or eight canteens, we ventured on our
errand Of mercy. Many called to US whom
we dared not visit, from the Imminent risk
/ of being shet, as the firing of the pickets
was incessant but we had the satisfaction
/ Of mOistening the lips of scores of dying
men, who, doubtless, passed to their long
account with unspollen but heartfelt pray
| ers in our behalf.
! We rode down next morning and brought
off of the field great many wounded of
! hot T..
been shot through both thighs, just above
the knees, and was utterly helpless. He
| had, however, the same proud look of de-
! fiance that doubtless characterized him
| when in full strength, and as he was placed
/ upon the stretchcr, exclaimed, with an air
of hauteUr remarkable to observe, II am
much obliged to you, Colouel,'' and was
| borne III silence to the hospital. Another
! officer Lieutenant Perkins, of an Alabama
! regiment, was also carried off the fold by
us. He had been shot in the foot, and also
! lost q thumb. lie was polite ani gentle
! manly young fellow, evidently unused to
| hardship. He told us shat his mother had
begged him to go into the army as a duty
| TO his country. [ saw in spite OF his in
/ juries he was glad that 10 had. never
| met either of these officers afterward.
| One Of the most singular sights I ever
! witnessed was on the morning of the 18th Of
! July, after all the fighting was ended. Tn
/ der locust bush, in a yard near tho bat
| tle-ground, was lying, fat on his back, a
/ dead soldier, with all lis accoutrements on,
and dead comrades scattered thickly around
/ him. His eyes were widely open, and
| strange to say, instead of having the usual
! glazed and CHASTITY appearance, were as
bright and clear as they could possibly
! havo been in life. AS ! knclt down beside
| him to observe carefully this strange
| phenomenon, could see as distinctly as in
the eyes OF living person tho reflection of
| the leaves and sprigs of the bush that
| waived above his rigid and motionlcss
! corpse. l called the attention of many OF
my brother officers and several Of them
| came to look at him.
MAJ. BEN. NJ. PIATT, L. S. \.
-CoUington Christian Lounger.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

PERHAPS children are the silver cords
that bind ms to heaven, and yet man
doesn't think Of that who, after listening
until three n. m. 20 the music Of his Infant,
just glances YEARLY at the clock and re
marks TO his wife: 'My dear, think IN
60 out into the wood shed and try to get n
little sleep"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

THE New York papers tell about a
drawback on nsugar." Pshaw! that
ing. There has been fearful pul,-back
on 'lasSes all summer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

'E 'aT''S. with your name finely
s..a--, - We have 100 STYLES.
/. rr.r1 samples sent for stamp.
.-l---L * CO. BrocktUn. Mass.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


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place.
yiinE HI?PoDRoME TRANSPORTATION SCENE
The wrong party gets credit In the Evening News Of
April AZ Following are facts: AT ~ o'clock r. NJ April
~ Mr. Charles ueckmAnn. with IS Of his
he Hppodrome TOR the purpose OF taking down partitions
Finding number Of lads belonging the Twelfth reg
msnt destroying tho property. To his loss. Mr. eckmann
ordered them from the premises told them
could fuhi his contract without assistance
whatever Mr.. Heckmann's ~ o'clock
r. NJ April 10 nnti O'Clock r. NJ. April ~ lie finished
aud some lAborcs gvon credit in the Evening News
for their work They had nothing With the
ments whatever stand there with and mouth
open looking
THE RUSH TO TIE BLACK HILLs-W AEON
trains laden with freight and passengers from
Sioux City for the Black Hills nearly every day The
via sioux City Is the
OF the low OF the excellent roads, the
sonabe prices Of teams aud provons and its superior
ducements All Quitting poni. The sioux City aud
ack Hills transportation Company running its line
able Corn PROVISIONS miners toois
and untion and general outfits he purchaed
Sioux City cheaper than other Quitting
the West. Replies TO particular questions and valuable
printed inform alton the Black Hills will be furnished by
addressing JOHN BRENNAN. Sioux city, Iowa
Use PROF D0REMrs' BEARD CoMPOUND-ir
u forces beard smoothcs face in four
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DEAD THE SUNDAY TELEGRAM
IL IT CONTAINS Alb TIE NEWS FOR TWO CENTS
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HORSES, CARRIAGES. sc.
Ar1ucrIox.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE or
FAST TROrTERs.
TRACE HORSES.
HORSES THAT CAN fROT ALL THE WAY FROx
$50 10 . ~.
AND THE SPEED SHOWN BEFORE THE SALE.
TOP WAGONS bull, bv BREwsrFRs.
NO TOP WAGONS. bull, 81 DCsESBURY.
PHAETONS. built BY STlvEKS. &c
since and double Harness. made BY
DUNScoABE.
CAMPBELL.
sTILLISGs
and other frst class makcrA
}. DUNN WALTON. ESQ.,
NESSRS. VAN TAssELL KEARSEY.
WITHOUT RESERVE.
AT THEIR AUCTION MART.
ITO and liz East 18th st.. near sab sv..
On THURSDAY. atn May
IL o'clock
THE STOCK WILL BE on EXHIBITION AT Mr..
wALToNS stable i40 West 39th ST. Saturday. the
18th Sd Of May, when they will be removed
tho auction VAN rASSELL a. KEARNEf. ITO
and IL East 18th 18th during which time me
public invited ride behind and TEST THE SPEED
or ANY OR ALL or THE HORSES advertised for sale:
CATALOGUES WILL BE READY BY THE 9TH
The New York herald., 1876-10-04
POLO.
PLAYING OF THE CALIFORNIA COMPANY AT
BOSTON, ZINE Afternoons SPORT

Bosrox Oct. 8, 1876
Tho California Polo Club gave Of their exciting
and entertaining exhibitions tho ground OF tho
Boston base ball club the Highlands, this afternoon
There was an attendance OF perhaps 1000,
including, among the witnesses, representatives OF
the best classes Of society; and the games,
although novel, were highly enjoyed and loudly APP
plauded. The Reds wero Captain Mawry Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Figuero aud Mr.. Fuller and the Blues were Cap
tain Morgan, Mr. Ballard. Mr. Carrillo and Mr. Nshan.
Tho umpire was David Blanchard, sr.
4 HANDSOME TROPHY.
The game for medal offered by the
Baseball Ground Association, . silver horse
shoe, about three inches In diameter
from toe 70 heel tho nail heads and calks being Of
solid gold. At the top and bottom shown the ends
of pair or polo malists, the heads OF which OF
gold Within tho bow OF the shoe Is hung sIlvor
plate on which Is raised halt ball OF gold and the in
scriptions giving the date OF tho match and the
Of the donors and The winners II announced that
tho playing would last hiy minutes, and tho side
ing the most games the end OF that time would DO
the winner.
PLAYING.
The FIRST game, which lasted only eight minutes,
won ny the blues, the second occupying twenty eght
minutes, was triumph or the rcds and tho rubber.
blues, and amid loud cheers they declared Tho
winners Of the field and the day
During tho playing the ball twice Knocked
among tho spectators. arst coming unpeasanty near
the press reporters, and again slightly nuring lady
In the ankle Previous TO the game the members OF
the club gave Interesting exhibtions OF
which were warmly appaudcd.