The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-02

a middle-aged citizen of this place; who
mas the misfortune to be numbered among
countless thousands in this broad land who
are 700 fond OF looking on the wine when it
Is red, confesses to the soft impeachment of
having recently "bull-dozed'' his internal
improvements with whisky, at the rate of
a half to full pint of the "liquid daiiina-
tion per day, f5r period of Two weeks aud
tke result was that his stomach finally fe-
fused to submit 10 further imposition and
forced him to cast up his accounts at a fear.
Iut rate. This upheaval of nature he assisted
Ivy occasional draughts of strong tea contain
ing neither MIX or sugar, until III the course
Oh ten hours or SO he had disgofgeu nearly
gallon of stuff such as no man living perhaps
ever before looked upon. 1t resembed in
fact composition of coal tar, vitfiol, lamp=
black and Paris green, and I'm its passage
from the stomach to the liy,a it cut its Way
like a stfeain pf molten lava and blistered his
mouth and throat to such an extent that he
was unable 10 swallow any nourishment ex-
cept gr,iel forlihree days, and that he was
forced to take into his stomach through a
nexlbie tube provided for the purpose.
Since then he has been obliged to live on soft
food exclusively, though he hopes i'm less
than weeks time to look a square meal
straight in the face without blushing. He
says thar while he blames no one but himself
FOR the demOralized condition of his inner
man, he has fully made mp his mind to take
no more of the vile stuff in his n for all time
to come, a resolution which we trust he will
have the moral courage to keep against all
temptations.
Luke A. Platt, of Plattsville, susaue-
hanna township-the party TO whom we al=
iuded last week without giving his name as
a former citizen of this place who was
strongly suspected of being one of the many
/ in this and the adjoining counties of Indiana
and Clearfield who have of late been engaged,
/ in showing spurious "silver" coin-was ar
! rested on Monday last, as was also a young
/ man named Adam f. King, resident of the
OIL region, and brought TO this place, from
whence they were taken to Johnsto wn by
the way of Wilmore on the same day and
accorded hearing on :he above charge be
fore U. S. Commissioner Rutledge, who de-
cided to bind them over for trial at the APP
preaching term of the Z. s. District Court in
Pittsburgh, but whether not they have
J been released on bail we are unable to say
, though the Tribune of Monday alleges tina
word was received from Platt's father tina
| he would be on hand the same night for the
purpose of entering security for the appear
ance of his son when wanted for trial A
dispatch was also received from Pittsburgh
+ that n like arrangement would be made or
} behalf of King soon as he reached tha
city. The arrest of these two parties bring
the number now in custody belonging to thi
one gang alone up to fourteen, if we mistake
not, two OF whom were captured in Clearfiel
county, on Friday last and another of tn
party, A. Blair Mahon, of Indiana county
was brought to bay in Johhstown on Thurs
day. Two other men in the north of thi
county whom could name are also sus
pected of being implicated in the same nm
lawful transactions, and the probabilities ar
that they will both be brought up with
round term before many days.