The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-24

JUsT LIKE HIM.-The remarks made by
cur distinguished fellow citizen, Il. u.
Johnston, Esq, at the dedication, July 2d,
OF the handsome rev Court House in Holl;-
daysbprg, have only now found their way
INTO print along with two other speeches de-
hvered on the sapue occasion aud here thew
are (Mr. Johnston's remarks) as we find
them in the Tyrone Herald of last week:
Ladies and gentlemen, and brother Id,ryers.-I
just came to sec things, and not to speak !; but
me remark OF my friend, Judge Hall. has
tion with this Suildins in which we are enjoy
ing ourselves at this moment, His Honor re-
Of Couri House % before His Honor t'i is entire ire"
~ correct; II is quite an unusual tifng-quite
unusual Co,ut H"-,sg; and having Court
House, as his Honor Judge BLACK has said. un-
equalied 10y any in the country, we ought and
You ought, to have an unequalled deinonstra-
ticn The dedication ought to come no to the
among the fathers of the bar here as to who is
the Oldest and who the youngest. think can
district, not as a lawyer. but as citizen of the
2ith district. / happen to have the pleasure of
and never have been out Tit OF il in the whole tic
of 62 years for two consecutive weeks. Ard /
divided my life among the three counties very
fairly. l was horn in Huntingdon, reared 10
biair, ana my rcless1onai career To the end of
my, my iie e wiz, III he in in Cambria have dYpe great
Go The largest days work that was ever done
tn election in iS3s Gangi,terJ, and Charles Kin
kead and myself as clerks did that big days
they hanished Mr. Kinkead to the Leg aislatmre.
and escaped to Cambria. The majority
75G out Of poll of 1.l0o. 1t was serious days
Mr. Bqmfs--what was .he population
aLou, 8ioI IProlcaecd iauehteri But in the
erection of Blair county in lSi6-aIid sympa-
new county-there was one Thing that disap-
proved of very much. and that was the division
of Morris county, which occurred at the same
time. They gave the township the name of
Morris county after my time, and ~ dividing
vided into two townshiIs-ore was ca He'd Cath
arine ard the other Norris. There was great
deal of complaint found about that election.
Poor Mr.. Kihkead and rever saw anything
wrong i'll it. We had a great deal of work To
ton was held on Fox Run, which is the line be-
tweer Blair and Huntington counties row,
the whClc election. (LaughtcrD But while |
sympathizcd with Blair county in its erection,
L was pleased with the very large aud re-
Specialize vote they gave in H"ilidaysburo here
in favor of the new county members. by the
way, recul!ect they nominated Henry L. Pat
ters0n, of This place, aud the other side noini-
mated Adclphus Patterson of williamsburg.
Adulphus was opposed to the division nd Hen
ny l.. was for 1t ard the voters had to bc eau
toned all the time to vote for Patterson the
miller. and not for Patterson the diStiiIcr.-
U.aughter.) But / was astCnished when | saw
the vote OF HCllidaysburg! You see there
were no challengers around at that time: all
parties went together, and they gave the most
fearful vote! L thought there must 6e some
fraud about il, Lut afterwards | locked and
found that the populal liou .of the town Icds
larger than the vote, and then l thought it was
all right. IIau2htcrD
But, ladies and gentlemen. know you have
been here all morning listening to the able re
marks of the speakers set down in the bill,
while came here entirely innocent of any in
tCntIOn to weary you, not suspecting that any
fraud or outrage OF this kind would he com
mitted upon my person. We have u en- listen
ing a long time to the very choicest and hUest
oratory tha. may be heard anywhere, and |
know that you will excuse me from making
any extended remarks. / must. however, aud
do say, that your court house is the finest huiid
ing for the administration of Justice in which
i have ever teen, 10y all odds and beyond all
comparison: and / trust thar, having erected
such an cdifice as this, in which the laws are tn
be judicialIy administered. you people of Blair
will see that the integrity of the laws is always
maintained in these sacred walls and that you
will uevcr be sorry for the dedicatio1 OF this
noble edificc, cdifice that your children and
your chidren's children may well be proud of.
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