The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29
Communication.
ST. Box1FAcr. March u. ISIS

ST. BoNIFACE. March I3. 1873.
Enron TR-rYAN Ia looking over ynur c,i-
NUNS iuSt week l observed cum1nun icl tian
signed "RHttlc Axe whose suppositinns feel
IT nv duty to correct. First. then. % was not
to be very vi,ir. he ;rnb alone hcio
wished ~ get at Battle Axe alleges THAT Tho
Boniface and then sent TO CarrpIitown TO ha,e
II properly S}iced; but ! wish him TO know
that the people cs 81. Bonifacc can cook and
spice thelr own oishes-and 50 can I. It WIS
not NY Intention to have that dish very uaIatft-
bic Tor ;he EitirriteS. though tho splicing was
Just right Tor The nion mon; hence was not
the leasi surprised to hear il called bad dish
by B. a" aud his hackers. knowing as I did
That u conid not be digcsted very well b. s
fraudulent stomach.
'Ratte Ave snys that the Elder men kept
cool on the day OF the election, which was quite
natural. People who in lulge iE dirty tricks
are prone 10 ke"p .ol ani say nothing.
The learned Mr.. Battle xc' tells Of several
ways IN which the petition might have been kept
out Of the hands Of Mr.. Iasly long enough to pre-
but don't deizn to ten how it actually was man
ipulated for that purpose. This is question
however which he end the Elder men who had
the job in hand are not likely to answer. thouV h
they could do so il they would. Certain it is that
the postmaster at ST BoHiface holds a certincatc
from the postmaster Mt CaTroiltown stating that
the letter in question came duly % hand on Fri
day. February Sth. when il was taken out or tn =
mail bag and put In Mr.. Fasly's box though on
the next morning. when Mr. Easily. as he AYERS
called twice in succession for his mail matter be
found no letter from St Foniface for n m Row
the question naturally arises, how did the pcti-
tion anI its wav to Fbenshur.- frnr whence ,yo
know it was sent back to Carrollto,yn n on the fol
lowing Nonday. on which day Mr.. Easy went to
t5cnsburg without the petition. Mr. battle
Axe would have Us believe that il was taken
~ o. the Carrolltown post-office joke on Mr.
Fasly. but It Is not easy to see whore the laugh
comes in, for it is plain to he that It was done
for q purpose. and that purpose is not hard to
conjecture. The joke story ''b;n eedIe to tnn -
and hence we justified in LAYING this piece Of
rascality he calls it at the doors Of the Elder
men, l am not surprised, however at hearing
them plead Innocent OF the fraud. Nen in higher
stations OF life than either of them-for instance
John sherman, Stanley Matthews and Zach
Chandler-are very earnest in the assertion that
they were not guilty OF the great national fraud
OF counting Mr.. Hayes into the Presidency though
they had Wells, Anderson & Co., of Louisiana.
to do the dirty work and no doubt furnished ali
the money necessary 70 complete the JOB. What
then WfS there TO prevent The Elder men from
accomplishing like purpose In similar way
Moth ng whatever. l fake il.
In this connect on allow me TO say tha. I esteem
II a very small piece of business FOR Mr Hattie
Axe TO be dragging Mr. FTI-s Of Susquehanna
township, into tho controversy and putting an ac-
cent upon his tongue that doesn't belong there
Hr. Fritz does not speak German, nett her does he
end hence It is that I do not like TO see min i'm.
posed upon cali hy tiss " / hope. however that
the man with the SAM uiusry name will .'rna Ike
dat al right mitt AistheT Fritz
Then 700 notice hat Mr.. ''BattIe- Axe'' seems
TO have great autipatby 70 Doctor PilIsbury OF
this place. AMI that too without any reason for
the young man in question has been doing all he
can Tor the alleviatipa of suffering humanity in
thiS vicinity. Since She time your Chest township
correspondent. Chest or Chase - advertised him
III tue FR'E2f ~ as a doctor lie has had gre8t
ihlh IN His cl4sTncrry pOutiee. and he fcoIs very
conntent that II Battle Xe'' would apnly ono
oyergroYR brain Of all the gas and yapor that have
been aG -mulating there tor these many years
''Deprsr<t tlsS y-s4 bin all right"
~ WoULD-BE UsIoN MAN.