The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-17

Some two OF four or more;
Fast fast away along the street
The fiery chargers bound,
And to the sleighers' ears how sweet
The tinkling sleigh-bells sound.
Away, away, we leave the town,
It's roofs and spires behind.
And crystal snOW-fakes float around,
As through the lanes we wind.
Our sleigh ride, with its happy cheer,
Is much enjoyed, indeed,
AS with our blooming girls so dear
To CaTrOItOwn we speed.
The skaters on the ice may sing,
While all around they charm,
But we prefer the sleigh-bells' ring
While wrapped up snug and warm,
It safely bears its precious store
O'er mountain, hill and dale,
And shouts Of JOY from every door:
Our merry party hail.
Our hearts beat free as on we glide,
Fleet rs the bounding ''rOe,"
And fOndly nestles by our side
A gentle, loving doe"
Whose bushing aud unsul'ied cheek,
And clear and dreaming eye,
In bright and winning glances speak
OF loves sweet reYelry.
When safe arrived at Carrolltown,
Where we set out to ride,
Coats hats, boAnets and Overgown
Will then be laid aside
When all win on the manson floor
Join in a merry haze,
Then feast upon an ample store
OF PRETs. and SCHwET1ZER KAsE.
In Illuminating the columns of the FREE.
MAN with the above poetic effusion, your
bard don't gush over it as newspaper lau-
reates are apt to do over their ready muse.
He does not even wear a Byronically dis
posed shirt collar, and lacks the poetaster's
usual estimate of his own powers. Though
wanting in fuliness Of design and the polish
Of execution, it is, nevertheless, a sleigh song
Of considerable power and mark The per-
son who has nice taste for poetry of this
kind will find in the lines an inner music
which is demOnstrative of the true poet
+ The imagery IS happy and original, derived
from objects the writer had seen in his i'm
pressible youths sleigh-ridings. The Ebens-
burg sleighing bucks" can sing this song to
the air of the once popular song, "Bonny
Boat
EX-Speaker Samuel J. Randall busted him
self for several days previous to the delegate
elections in this city in the Interest of Mr..
Pattison as a candidate for Governor. Now,
the time has come when the Democratic bos-
ses Of Pennsylvania should be snubbed -
The day has arrived when the Democrats OF
Pennsylvania should come manfullv forth
and declare the Democratic party of the
state to be the master Of its own servants
1t is ferventy to be hoped that the coming
Democratic State Convention will be COM
posed of men who are slaves to neither ex-
Speaker Randall nor ex-senator Wallace
The time has come when these two presumed
( leaders must either be snubbed or the party
go to smash. Randall and Wallace have too
. long subordinated the Democracy of Penn
sylvanla to their own uses and interests, and
it is to be hoped also thattbe next Democrat
ic State Convention will not be simply COM
posed of followers of Wallace and Randall.
but that it will be tribunal that will rise to
the dignity and majesty of discipling its own
leadership. Wallace and Randall are selfish
leaders, with more ambition than can be
gratifed, and have become so obnoxious to
the unselfsb members of the Democratic
party that they are determined to check the
careers of these rival leaders. When the
disputes of leaders degenerate into indfvidu-
al strife for personal domination, it is ALWAYS
at the cost of party safety. Let the next
Democratic State Convention assert itself
over all leadership, make proper nominations,
and create healthy organization throughout
the entire State. Let the people be masters.
lam pleased to see that James II. Hopkins,
of Pittsburgh, is now fairly in the field as
candidate for Governor, not of himself or his
immediate friends, but of the Democratic
people of Allegheny county. In the Allie
gheny county convention the other day the
Democrats of that county wisely preserved
the traditions of the Democratic party by
trusting to the people. In that convention
the friends of Mr.. Hopkins, who were large
ly in the majority, submitted the question in
volved to the arbitrament of the people The
Pittsburgh aspirant for Governor, altogether
different from the Philadelphia Democratic
aspiraut, enjoys the triumph which an un-
qualified popular endorsement affords. I'm
like Mr.. Pattison, Mr.. Hopkins comes to the
front unembarrassed by allegations of snap
judgment or star chamber chicanery. Under
such an endorsement Mr.. Hopkins at once
vaults into the lead as the heir apparent to
the Democratic nomination. With James Il.
Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, and Moses Veale, of
Philadelphia, at the head of the ticket, the
honest people of the State will rally to its
support. Under their leadership Democracy
will triumph. Let the people be masters
Tho Democratic party is bigger than its
parts, and let IL govern,