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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

IHK LEssoN or AI5rs ~
Y I94'. ~ the department Ila =, D
Xavier Thilia,. a l,o, ~ oi lie
Tour young girls OF ab.n. '.1' 81 acc
He church. They had Tue sau.
. over owe, which was placed , ,;,..1i eFo,'
Inc boy cr,sScd it .af,.s, igis -
attempted ii fr!l In. NJ, we hG
P"ii"" her oni, aud The, "! ID
waller guided each nf - 14lk
Some TIME was lost hy nj. ,''S gts
reached church late. y. M, aad Q.
: i'eing late. dId nnt ro n,, ''', al
kept behind. lie I,.,cI,r,5 ~ TIE Il
dangerous disease foIl,,gaI s',ae ,.ae
was ieit a complete crir.l. g =. ', "
hl'"e ui moving about -. ~ D'r
Knees, :" completely w.reI'i 20 la
"nd distorted. Comlno ,,r. .,'> tc'
there Was every prosper r,,. 49, ls7
be a leavy charge =. I' ..'' iAal
wretched burden Ia b,,. ,,'N Ian
TINS lie reached mlnho,5 H. lo
ana Intelligent. Rradi,, --a
which he could lay hold = 'us
best educated man ia hiss,..'.. va
iy acquired extensive n,s,..'' .''' "a
always used for r,rs n "
Young people To read ,r5 '1l
contributions To the l,,.,t '.'a,
Echo dss Ioxges. ai'r.,,,... ' ''.e
made him kn"~n. the sc>1l
that further iuiellyrtpal .,,., "
extended to him. III, m.3l, .''.-
8 b"iani~t, mc:nr,,lnri,t and
stiucird others ir these n.
cured the foundation If ..,...,''>
res. lie could not. b,,..
ifed without achieving li, , ',"
Pe"d"ncH aud earning hiS IN.
obtained the position of NJ
3 telegraph at q nciuhbpur,.
secretary la the nlavnr h..
correspondents io s,Arr.l ..
rers, and received ihr l.ipl..,.
French ''Frauklin : .c;,,,-, 7''
Al 'his "aS Accomplishment.
=" character and Strong p.r5
under circumstances r.,, 80.
hui ~ i'Si si.it ah~p'u'e.r
h"r1lble det"rmiry, intense .-4
scuce of instruction. cn.l.i,.-.
these disabilities v.re nrp-.,... r.''
and ''iIS igu"Iant and c,ir,..5 |
himself the light. iu,e}.-c,1sr ,..s
his whole dislIici.-IfEfs,,.., n, b
-l"lir Isvrrh. Of y .''fr7r.,-.-
rested III Sh1rp>,,nr.. r.a- D.
"IlI"r a..y. au3 '2k-u hs.t a..r ~.
lHll 9" ~ '.l' trial iur ..,>rrag... d.
four rhiIiT.u.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

The New Yo:k correspondent nf the
Springfield Mass RepuIIican, writing to
his paper relative to the disclosures .f I,e
turning Board rascality in the case of
Louisiana. says:
] he effect "f these exposures on pppuI,r
ieeiilg here Is less visible than dcep. Re-
pub bIcHns bite their lips, aud, like The Ger
man hoy who had been hnpped tbi,,l,
uap'n. he best portion of the party feel
outraged. and not few confess that ,L.ir
faith III Republican iustltutniious is s,,,k
en. There are men here who know Wells
well and say iie Is equal io the million. dol .
lar proposition. He is rhoinupl,Jv veu,i
and the Administration which y,va h;n'
the power AMI opportunity To dn .ni,ad
mischief Is involved, irr.yncab,v i'm L;s
guilt. N"body dreams that the Iou;s;ana
vote can be given To Hayes These exno'
ures have ruined his prospects. Louisian,
Is his funeral. Two-tliii,l dis of the Renuh
leans of this city to-day are morally Ger
tam that Samuel J. 1il,ien will be the ueyt
PRESIDENT of the United States. and i,
view of recent disclosures, are rather Glad
Of it. s'""
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

a HALE old lady must be Mrs. Hale
aged 9S years. of East Reading. who tbe
Itead:ng Times says, walked on SATURDAY.
from her residence to the conf b,,,.o
net S"e transacted some business, and
'heh walked home again, the en,ire dis
lance being over two miles. She vas ~,
c"mpan'"d by her son. aged s5 years. Who
has foui broiher-i older than himself
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

NOTE uty5n- recent 5 .srlti.f
Room. Io double ta,-ir '"ri.., II..'...-- o. s
better prepared ft"n r,i.T r,. 'i.. i..., ts-.--.
wait nrnn the crowds whl ..'.., .f..i n
tah.ishment ia f1eS' "i 4 ,--..r o.. 81.
rri.,cs. ana would ih'rri'', 60. ~ ar.s
convinced. as wc ere sure i..s ., ..- ae =.
mean exactly what We y as-..s.r3 tLa..
thr would and tae r'-~i .. '... RI. .l.rr3 So.
on TN. w,rI.aih against hitn = .a-
To- fight it uut t. Tie rii.,, I','. s... ul-i!'
y.-ur cash Dr urn3Ir.. '.
So. IN The va, at U.g '"rs .''.'' ..,r..
k.-ift ittN.'
?yce, BAKER Jones
EnnnSI,lfg. N"N- ~ i.''- =,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

WHOM DID MARY kHox MAERY? ?-One
of the most curious eases ot Irrigation on
recuIt. is occupying the attention of court
in Putnam County, New OH. The qu.s-
tuiI at ISSUE is, WHO married Mary Knox?
Ii appears not to he denied that Mary WAS
married 10 somebody on The evening of No
vemUer She says ~, and the minister
ho married her sweals Ia Ut. W ho was
the bridegroom il the question. May Ia! =
|. was john Il. Merritt, il yOu'h some yeaIS
her junior. John says it Wa, mol, and the
minister is uncertain. He IlIiaks. however.
il not Ju.,ii, because it did not look
like Eim-a tolerably good reason. ON.
would say. According to Mary kuoX :
story john came for hcI with carriage, in
puisuaIce of AN agreement previously en-
tered INTO took her to The house oi the
Rev. Mr.. Dean. where they were united III
l!.c isuHds of nairiuony, and then brough lat
her lack To her fithor's house aud leii her.
Since that time he had siudiou>ly kept
away from her, and size was forced to bring
suIt tu recover him.
How John Merritt denies the soft i'm
pcac.,ment and declares that he was never
married Ia Miss Khox the theory sct mp
on his behalf is that the brother Of the
Young Lady per>pna1ed him aud acted the
paIt of the bridegroom, ai:d that II IL "a con
spiIacy Ia force him to take up that role
against his VIII. The qIe.rest part al the
Case iS the testimony of the cieI = uI,u.
He thinks that the Young man hom he
married on the evening iu question lie
senbcd Merritt in SOME pari icuiaIS = tui re
serbled George kuox in some particulars.
In other particulars he looked qliIe unlike
eil,cr oi them ais,. nn the whole, he dncsn
ll,Iuk it was eIther of them. Who, then
:. lie doesn't know ana nuos,dy else
seems I" know, aud tile count is puzzled
over the case. Altogether IL is "a queer
case, aud it Is expected # the court 10 de-
rermine the facts. Either John married
Mary 70 spne reason " hen lac dIdu't waut
IT,. and is try ing t" shirk his marital obli-
CATIONS, or the Kuox,-s have coii>,,l a to
eutrap him into the family, there is
some mysterious tl,iid party mixed up iii
the affair. OF couISe the bare facts pre-
scnieti To the public Constitute Il vciy small
pait uf the story, tie particulars -oi which
are trapped in my sIcIy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

John lynch. Of u .''f-7r.,-..
-"~itf III Sh1rp-,,ur.. ,a.a- D.
"llI'r Day. aui '2k~u hs.t a.#
Jail q" aws.i' trial Iur ..,,.r-..,...
four rhiltiTru.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

\ BRANCH conccrn-the limb of a tree
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
Not A Chicken

At precisely two o'clock by the bells the
other morning policeman who was walk
ing up Beaubien street caught sight of a
negro who was sku!king along fence, and
he called upon him to stop.
''Ize in Il big hurry 4 BIG hurry to ketch
de mawning train for Toledo?" called back
the African
The officer threatened to shoot if he did
not stop, and the skulker halted.
"Does you imagine that [ hez dun got a
chicken heah p he asked, as the officer APP
preached
Yes, sir that's exactly what imagine. "
"And if | hezen't got chicken | kin go
right down to de depot, kin | ?"
Il guess you can.
"Well, sab, den gaze on dis yere an tell
me if de name is chicken !" said the man,
as he pulled a big goose around in front of
him.
The officer went back on his word, and
took the negro under arrest, and the vic
tim was yesterday explaining
"Whar's de use ob trying to get along
wild dem 'phcemen? De best way is to
drop de goose an make fur de woods. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
A Queer Rabbit Habit.
NJ Y. Massey.
EX-Reior!ner.

| Some mountaineer Of the Pacific coast
tells San Francisco paper strange story
Of custom Of the "Owassoes' or Rabbit
Indians. 1t is that of hibernating their
! babies. The narrator had often heard the
story but never believer it, which was
creditable to his sense. He went to see
| for himsf, and saw it with his eves-which
! Is rather hard on the eyes, or else discredit-
able to his character for truth and vera
city. lie goes on to say that the RABBIT
Indians, at the approach Of winter, on ac-
count of a scarcity Of food, sink their chill
dren in the bottom of the lake on the bor-
ders Of which they live. and resurrect them
again III the spring. That they put them
in birch bark "mokocks," like on egg shell.
sealed up air-tight with gum, bury them
beneath the ice for the winter, shake and
wake them up again in the spring, and find
all alive and well, except about two per
cent. OF deaths-not more than would ma
turally have occurred had the children been
running around loose. But be it said to
the credit Of this investigation mountaineer,
that he did not 90 among the Rabbits in
time to see the children sunk in the lake
for the winter, nor did he wait to see them
brought up alive ank kicking in the spring.
He was present at the wedding feast of the
Lady Louisa Na-ga-nups daughter to one
Boyle, broth Of boy from Galway. The
marriage feast lasted week. He saw some
unseated "mokocks' and asked if the story
ofputting their children to sleep for the
winter were true. They assured him it
was, ard stated that there were three or
four hundred of their young people now
under the water since November, and the,
expected they would almost all to be safe
and well about the middle of May, when
they would be able to supply them with
food. This was the evidence, aud the
mountalneer came away satisfied that the
Rabbits would not lie about few little
young ones. Beside, he saw no children
around, and the solemn word of the In
dians accounted for their absence. The
medicine men confined the story of the
custom, but our white doctors may well be
permitted to doubt it, and excused if they
do.-,St. LouiS Repubhcon
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
SeaS0nable Suggestions.

In Il few days, or weeks at most, the
earth all around US will respond to the in
iluenccs Of spring-time. 1t will soon be
| upon US, for ne is relentless, and waits
not upon mans wishes or desires.
Are we ready for the advent of these in
fuerces aud the activities which are their
concomitants in the cultivation of the soil a?
Have the seeds that are to 90 into the
ground been procured Has the proper
care and judgment been exercised i'll their
selection Let it not be forgotten that
upon good seed very much Of the profits OF
the crop depends. BY all means let us OBJ
tain the best seed of the best tested kinds
that can be had They may cost some
thing more than poorer sorts, but it is
economy, nevertheless, to secure them.
Many farmers, in anticipation of the
work soon to commence, have put their
farming implements in complete order,
which will be required, but there are those
perhaps who have neglected them, or have
not had time to attend to them. The
sooner 1t Is done now the better and ifany
new ones are to be purchased, select those
best adapted to the purposes for which they
are to be used, that have them in readiness
There are none Of Us that are exempt from
talIlngs, and one great trouble with many
farmers is the fault of negligence The
delays, veXati)ns and losses that occur
from this source are greater than we are
apt to imagine, and the disasters that fol
low are often far more costly than we are
willing to admit. A day or two sometimes
makes vast difference in the outcome of Il
crop.
When we Glitch on" to the plow our
teams should be in a condition to do the
work required of them, and therefore a
generous supply Of nutritious, strengthen
ing food Is now necessary, with enough
exercise to enable them to digest and as
simulate 1t. 1t does not pay to under-feed
animals under any circumstances, and it is
supreme folly to expect horse that has been
poorly fed TO DO 4 reasonable amount Of hard
work in the spring The horse requires
more concentrated food than other live
stock, for more hard work is required Of
him, still a variety of food is advisable, for
his diet may be too heating. The work of
the first month Of spring is especially try
ing upon horses. If they are not well cared
for in advance, they will hardly be able to
stand the work required of them.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
How Rubber Boots are Made.

The gum used is imported directly from
Africa, South America, and Central
America, that from Central America be-
ing the best, while the African gum is the
poorest. The raw gum, which is nearly
white, is ground several times between
immense futed iron rollers, after which it
passes through the composition room, which
process is secret, but when it comes out
the gum has the black appearance Of com
mon rubber. The next process is that of
passing the rubber between chilled iron
cylinders, Of many tons weight, which are
kept very hot and very smooth. a part
Of the rubber intended for ''uppers," is
here spread upon and fastened to long
sheets Of cloth. The heels and taps are
stamped cut OF sheets Of gum Of the re-
quired thickness The rubber cloth is now
carried to the cutters room, where it is
cut out and sent to the bootmakers. The
boots are made by men, the shoes or
ordinary rubbers by girls, while the over
shoes are made by either. One man will
make twelve or fourteen pairs Of boots a
day, and receive twenty cents a pair. An
active girl will make from twenty-five to
thirty pairs of rubbers. After the boot
maker is through they are placed in an
oven, where for twelve hours they are sub
Jected to a temperature Of 300 degrees
They are then ready for boxing and ship
ping. ln one factory about four thousand
pairs Of boots, rubbcrs, and overshoes are
turned out daily.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.

Come, listen while to me, my lad,
Come, listen to me for a spell.
Let the terrible drum
For moment be dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell
What befell
\ youth that loved liquor too well.
clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed.
Ere with brandy and wine
He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;
| protest
The temperance plan is the best.
One evening he went to tavern, my lad,
lie went to a tavern one night.
And drinking too much
Rum, brandy and SUCH
The chap got exceedingly tight"
And was quite
What your aunt wonld entitle a "fright."
The fellow fell into a snooze, my lad,
lis a horrible slumber he takes
He trem6les with fear,
And acts very queer;
My eyes how he shivers and shakes
When he wakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes!
This warming to you and TO me, my lad,
\ particular caution to all
Though no one can see
The viper bat he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl,
Glow they crawl
All over the floor and the wall 7"
Next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed
And he never got up
To dine or TO sup,
Though properly physicked and bled;
And | read
Next day the poor fellow was dead.
You've heard Of the snake in the grass, n
or the viper concealed in the grass;
But now you may know,
Mans deadiest foe
Is snake Of different class;
Alas!
IT'S the viper that Turks in the glass
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
Hair RnnAWnr.

A correspondent of the New York Her
aid gives a simple receipt for restoring or
rather strengthening the hair, 50 that it
will grow more rapidly:
Steep handful of sage in pint of wa
ter, When cold strain it, adding one tea
spoonful of salt, one gill of bay rum or
other spirits Bottle and cork closely. If
a very dark shade is desirable put few
rusty nails into the bottle or into the sage
while it is stepping This not only pro-
notes the growth of the hair, preventing it
from coming out, but restores the color
My hair was coming out at fearful rate
after a severe illness this compound ar
rested that and restored the color also.