The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-27

That was sharp retOrt made by a |
lady teacher of one of the Cohoes /
schools to one of the School Commits /
sioners a short time ago. The Com /
missioners had been elected in the in /
terest of reform, and his perpetual hob /
by was the reduction Of teachers sala- 1
ries. The lady, demonstrating against
further reduction, said, to enforce her
argument, that they could not live on
less, as they were idles long during va
cation in the summer time. ''You
should do as my brother-in-law does -
said the Commissioner. "He teaches
school in the country, and during vaca-
tiOn earns his living by cradling.' I'VE
would gladly cradle, too, - was the arch
reply; but it is necessary first to get
husbands" " There was no further talk
of reduction on that occasion.
In Washington City is a living
curiosity in the shape of boy of many
colors, known around the neighborhood
as white Head Sam His name is
Samuel Lewis, and he is the only child
/ of his mother, with whom he lives. He
is about eleven years old, and is remark
ably well grown, but presents a very
singular appearance, his face being OF a
light yellow and his cheeks darker than
the other parts of the face, while his
head is covered with short, white. feecy
hair his eyebrows are of yellowiSh
white, and his eyes, once pink tint,
: are now a dark red, and they seem con-
tinually on the move. His body. legs
and arms are as white as the fairest
/ Caucasian, and the tops of his feet and
the backs of his hands are as black as
the ace of spades, and besides these pc
culiarities, he has double row of teeth.
, He is boy of more than ordinary in
. fol of
The West Chester JeferSonidn says
/ that on Wednesday last, during q severe
! thunder storm, the lightning struck
number of trees on the premises of Mr..
. Lewis Frees. in ChaTlestOwn township,
that county. Under one of these, a
cherry tree. three guinea hens had
sought shelter. After the storm had
cleared away, two of these were found
lying dead with not the Vestige of
feather on their bodies, while the third
had about Ope-half its feathers torn off.
The latter finally recovered, and pre-
/ Sented strange appearance while walk
| ing about in semi-nude state. After
! striking the fowls the electricity separa-
ted in three parts, each going in differ
/ ent directions, As shown by the feathers,
. which were carried for some distance in
its tracks. Another singular circum-
stance was that there were no marks
upon the bodies of any of the hens to
show that they had been struck by the
lightning.
Edward Payson Weston has at last
won a walking match. and is now
champion Of the world in pedestrian
ism. On the sixth and last day of the
long contest in London. Weston kept
pluckily at work and steadily increased
his lead over Brown, his only antagonist,
and when the match ended at IL O'Clock
i'll the evening he had scored 80 miles
to Browns 453. From two O'Clock in
the afternoon until eight i'll the evening
Weston, after having been over five days
upon the track, accomplished the aston
ing feat Of making five miles an hour.
Five minutes before eleven he completed
his 550th mile, thus making the best
time on record, and winning, besides
the belt, bet of s., 800 that he had
made on Thursday with Sir John Ashley
that he would make that distance.
ROwell, who held the belt before this
match, but was prevented from starting
in this race by an accident to his foot,
has already staked 600 to walk Weston,
and another match will probably take
place before long.