The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-11

Wishing no longer TO bear with the
troubles which for considerable time mad
been b7-ttiyl in his sheep-fold, Mr.. William
Cawley of CIearfield township p, concluded on
a recent occasion TO "lay" for the varmint
which time and again had feasted upon the
lambs of his flock With this object in view,
he armed and equipped himself few nights
ago and lay down near the sheep-fold to
watch for the intruder, but before MIR. B-uin
had put in an appearance old Morpheus
gobbled up the watcher, who IN due tlme
woke from pleasant dreams to ind one more
of his flock among the missing. Giving
chase with his doc Mr.. Cawley managed ere
long to frighten the bear so effectuaily that
1t dropped its plumber and broke for cover,
whereupon the stolen sheep, which seemed
little the worse for its bear ing on, was
brought back and restored to the told. Not
willing to give it up so. however, the foolish
"bar"- -bear-ian once more returned To the
charge but this time found TO its sorrow THAT
Mr.. @. was wide-awake and el(oow) pent
on shooting, and as a consequence bear meat
found its way TO market a day or two after.
We did not learn the weight of the animal,
but understand that it was a big one.
John Dougherty, ESQ, of Mount Q nion,
Huntingdon county, long resident OF Hoi-
lidaysburg, aud well known in this place,
has been nominated for Congress by the
Greenback party in the district OF which
Huntingdon forms part. Mr.. ID. $ llte mas
been a most eventful one, and we could de
tail it pretty accurately il it was necessary
old man. in the sere and yellow leaf-pos-
sesses n great deal of mental activity-1s full
of crotchets aud theories on nearly every
imaginable question, and richly-earned the
title of "Agitator" by which he vas long
and Familiarity known. Yet he IL a man OF
the best intentions, the most kindly i'm
pulses, and the most remarkable conversa-
tional requirements. II he should ever get
into Congress, of which we suppose he has
no hope, Tom Benton's famous speech on
faX believe n
nally concluded, would be n mere tritie in
point of length to the one that John Dough-
erty could and Icould deliver in favor OF rs
suing untold millions of greenbacks, or, as
Ben Butler now calls them, '.fdt money.
We have very warm feeling for the old
gentleman, yet when we heard os his nomi-
nation we could scarcely refrain from re-
GREETING that to such base uses he has come
at last
We understand that Mr.. A. ID. Criste,
OF Munster township, has announced himself
an independent candidate for County
Treasurer. In 1873 Mr.. c. was the Demo
cratic nominee for the same office, aud after
q bitter and exciting contest was elected hy
the small majority of t,Centy-eiqht votes. We
will do him the Justice to say that he dis
charged the duties OF the office with credit
TO himself and satisfaction 10 the people
He was candidate before the last Demo-
cratic county convention for a denomination,
but the delegates to that body, believing
that the Democracy of the county had amply
compensated him for bis services 10 the par
ty, refused to- recognize his pretensious to
the Office, and conferred the honor upon
another gentleman. OF course any Demo-
crat has a legal right to become a candidate
for county Office without having first re-
Ceived nomination for it. but we deny, as
we have always denied, that any man worthy
of being called Democrat, has the shadow
of light to ask n nomination from r county
convention, and having failed to get il, then
attempt 20 defeat the choice of :he party 10y
setting himself up as volunteer candidate.
Mr.. Criste, it seems has now done this, and
we have no doubt the Democracy of the
county will give his case their special atten-
tion at the coming election.
If the item in our local department. Iast
week rendering a couple columns for the Use
of our Greeuback friend, Mr.. John NJ Cor
mick. has had the effect of stirring mp some
parties who are personally interested in the
success of the Democratic ticket, and in
ducing something like All active campaign, as
we certainly hoped it would, the announce
nput has not been unproductive of some
the effect have reason TO believe, and
now that the good work has seemingly com
menced in earnest the friends Of the FREK
MAN may rest assured tha. it will not he
found wanting in the performance of its
duty to the Democratic party. AT most
there was no Intention TO permit the use of
our columns for any purpose other than =
discussion of what the new party calls it's
cOue OF prlnclpleS, ana III tnat we hau no
reason to believe, and don't believe, that the
cause of Democracy had or has anything to
lose. Others there are who seem to think
differently, and as we are unwilling 10 lay
nurself open to the charge of putting a
stumbling block in the way of Democratic
success, and at any rate didn't make any
promise as to the time when the new de
partuTe was TO be taken, we leave the mat
ter for the present in allegiance. Meantime,
if the Green5ack-Labor men think they
ought to have n nearing, they should come
down with the stamps" and enable Mr.
Mccormick who is able and anxious, to es-
tablish a paper devoted 10 the advocacy of
a cause which they seem, or at least pretend,
to have so much n heart.