The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30
M0CSh0ne Re<liptcus.

FRIeNp Mao.l caunot refrain from ecrib-
bling; 90 you win pardon me, Harry, II again
the fRKfaAN l shall this week giye you some
OF my experiences ola
TRIP TO PorTsvILIE.
ieit sys spc,ent village" by, sleigh. fearing
that the brahch road might close. IA n was
sT9.inT IoS. at E Jesripl rate Just then; aud the
nsa so.ed az s %
about as often within the past fortnight de
Took nilann9 ~ EmDses: aoseS: ., cre..,r AK, 49,
Il At nisht. Was eomp.lied to ..iie .overa iii
Went to Bottoms and found that mob Of
Assembis men had juet snbsided. Fortunately
ing a body OF o. s. soldiers al Harrisburg. as
tainly If the same occurrences had taken place
In either Of the two cities las, named a body of
to keep the peace. and n commission of cf-rfiians
would have been sent along 10 ask Mr.. Pinks-
however. Bolton himself IL host. Net many
our Representaiives from I:ttie Carnb bria. whose
conduct and Standing Is good. o2h as rhs hest
shall say nothing about Harrisburg Your
readers all know more about 1T already than
Tuesday motninR, in the Reading train. Leba-
non Valley X: r. This road. passing rs 1t does
o: your readers. nor indeed by myself. con-.
cluded 10 mnke observations, This road runs
IN an eaSreriy direction from Harrisburg, and
after passing through the southern part OF
nauphns and the ccntre of Lebanon, enters
Berks e, conDnty n near womelsdaf and come cts
with the Phila. and Reading r. r. at Reading,
which ROAD II intersects at right angles.
My fellow passengers, like much the larger
this road, are OF the old Pennsylvania German
persuasion. They are quiet and sentontious.
not often using an unnecessary word. Even
the three taps tclink! clih3i ciung gieen Ia
the inspection of car wheel on the p. r. r..
Is re1uced To a single tap on this road.
The men nearly all stout and thick
inuiining To corpulence, while the ladies have a
don't catch any of them reading the latest
novel in the cars or the five ladies in the
aion9" while the other two. more literary. had
each German almanac which they seemed to
per time for pl nting garden seeds.
They are not very iieIrsU on this road. I ask.
the conductor for morning paper. He said
there were none on the train, hut the newsbOy
would get on at Lebanon. He did get on at
that place, and approached me with an armfuI
among them. selected Frank Leslie" as the
newest looking one he had; price Is cents. On
the front page was the o"i@iana 'is%r Resrrnin@ m
paper found portraits of the to com mission
which elected Hayes. On looking Mt the date
l found II February II, 1877"
called the boy and asked him why he charged
mo fifteen cents for paper more than q month
its age and consequent scarcity that made it so
dear. He declined TO take it back on that or
threw il from me on the fioor bni was srs net to
get rid Of IN so easily. For when left the car
at Reading the conductor followed me n square,
with my Frank Leslie in his ha nd, nrid in
formed me that had left part or my haggsge
In the car" ] replied that his honeSfT : demand
I'd proper recognition, and thereupon geuer-
cuSly douatrd the psp"r to him.
In passing through Lebanon county. | kent
n sharD look out for the ''Cet!ars of Lebanon
that had read about In the good book. hut
they had all been chopped down. and nothing
bit the bare fields met nv eve
On the way we passed Palmyra. I had read
OF the ruins OF Palmyra, and looked for the
ruins. Didn't see them. however. nor any
Thug else that can be rnined.
l leave of nj Reading and viii 90 1rrifino
n1ain nnxt week, inasmuch rs have not yet
reached Pnttevilc. MAcSuA.E
March 20, is =.