The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05
Letter from Michigan.
POM AHDERsoN. Mich. June p, ISIS.

PORT ANDERSON. Mich. June -, ISIS.
DEAR FREEMAN. Presenting that a few lines
from This port VIII fare w5Tse than my let
ters from other points have done. I take thc
liberty of once II ore addressing you.
The Inhabitants Of this place consist priuci-
pally o: French, Danes, York STATE Yankees
and Pennsylvania Germans. OF the latter there
The wea5her here is very brittle. the lntest
phase Of it being an almost iucCssant d0wnpour
OF rain during the past three or four DAYS, the
boys meantime enjoying themselves by fishing
between showers, with what result may be In
fcTred from the fact that they caught 2iS bass
ena perch to-day which VIII average in weight
from one To two pounds each.
The FREEMAN reached Us Jhis evening, and
learn from an item or two therein that the pic
mCNlsis ar ulnkiUE big preparations tor the
glorious Fourth. How | would like To be in
Cambria on that eNentful day To take han:
In some ot the sport. also RlCan from the
same source, albeit no names are mentioned,
that my friend James Perry. of Chest Springs,
Il doing his best tn hHvoa biE tplc there on that
uay. II was sure my cofeuIent friend would
occupy position on TIC dnncing platform b.
side one of Cambria's fair daughters, ] would
almost venture a voyeEe across Lake Erie 20
There viii be little if any recspz ftion Of the
nations birthday in this neck O timber" as
the lumhermeP are all too busy just NOW to
give vent to thesr patriotism. All the mills far
and near ara being run to their fun capacity.
while some with double crews are being oppra-
ted day and night. The shipments Of lumber
are inmense-larger indeed than they have
been tor n number of years. The CurD0ration
drive on Fiat river started to day. With il will
20 into market sixty million feet Of pine logs,
IDS ieIs Is the second drive Of the season on
Fiat river.
The Pennsylvania Mill at this place Is being
rapidly pushed towards completion and by { he
middle OF August, II all goes well. il will com
mcncc running on sixty million contract.
MrSSrS. LOuden, AndeTs IN s. Co. arc the pro-
prletOrS of this new r.tll.
The Staunton Branch of the D.. l.. and n. r
X IS being extended for thirty miles through
q dense pine forest, thus opening up IA feld
tor capital and labor.
by the way, our friend James L0uden, OF Al
toOna. Pa. - registered al the hotel at which
TINS letter Is being written. He il here looking
after his lHmber interests, Jim is good fci-
low. although a bachelor of uuctrtain age who
does not seem TO rake any stOcFl in the fair sex.
Inc scarcity OF women IL this region often
causes trouble. \ recent case of the kind was
tndt OF one man stealing another man 5 WIFE,
Husband No. l. eftf- a lapse Of six years, came
to claim his lost property. Husband No , not
only declined TO fork over the stolen goods, but
the du1hy welded wife positively refused to
he fOrkrd over. Shots were thcreupOn eN-
Changed, but nobody was hurt, much less kilt"
Exit Husband No. ].
The crops in this section are looking well the
wheat being particularly fine. OId wheat can
be bought here at present for 90 SjS. per hushel.
The Cambria boys here a-c IN good health, III
OF them thus tar hGi''. fortunate enough to es-
cape tue t9s,urCs of the ague.
MS surprised at the absence from the FREE
MAN OF hymeniRl concentrations TO Messrs. n.
, and c., who left here a few weeks ago on mat
rim0nY intent. I suppose. however. that after
/ being absent so long good deal OF the billing
and oCoinS had to be done over again, Hence
the delay. Bye, bye, EGROEG,