The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-01-06
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

WORDS OF CONDOLENCE-A sNOwLES
cB2rsTMAs-BUT ONE MORE PRIZE T,
CAPTURE-wHO SHALL THEY BE-THl
CoSTISESTEL INDEPEEDENTs-THER
NIGER IN TIE wooDPILE-oLD CON
GERS BAssOOS-TwIsTTNG THE BRITIsI
LION sTAII.-THE ''BLARsTED'' BRITIsHEI
AND wAsHISGTON SOCIETY.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2, 1882.
Irregular Correspondence of the FREEHAS.1
DEAR OLD FRIEND-I am deeply paine,
to learn that the fell DESTROYER death ba
again entered your domicile and despoiIed i
or two more of your children. Ithas pleased
God to lay His affecting hand upon YOU. bu
you may rest assured that when be raisesHi
hand to strike, it is guided by His heart. anC
you have naught to fear from a heart that
loves you ''Whom God Ioveth He chastis
eth. All things fall out by Gods appOint
ment. What the world calls an affiiction i,
an advantage, a grace, a favor from heaven
when considered in the order of Providence
IL was pleasing to God to take your loved
ones to Himself They are now exemn-
from all evil, and happy in the felicity 81
God. They are better in His hands thar
they possibly could bein yours Ranounce
your will, and beg of God that His will NAV
be accomplished in yours. May God bless
you with grace to bear in a spirit of penauce
all the trials and tribulations with which He
In His merciful Providence may be pleased
to visit YOU. May God grant that the New
ear Will have happier ending for Won than
was Jhat OF the closing of the year that has
Just ended. May all YOUR happv friends
share their joys with you in your utter mise
~. May they bear in mind that charity is
an inexhaustable fountain of pleasure and
proht to those who gather at her shrine. and
that the tytheS she takes are returned to her
VoUdrleS increased thousand fold in the
most delectable ways. Nav a liberal stream
or patronage be accorded by a discerning
generous public, to encourage and sustain
yoi IN your Journalistic course In reference
10 all the great questions of the dav. NAV
you long continue and prosper in your good
work OF exposing and denOuncing fraud and
yLllainy, that the vitality of our Government
MunlclDal, State and National, may not be
impaired, but may be perpetuated in purity
ana IN strength to those who shall come af-
yer yer you. a Happy New Year to you and to
all the patrons of the FREEMAN.
GREEN, sNOwLEss CHRISTMAS.
A lovelier Christmas never dawned on
Philadelphia than December 25th, 1881. A
green Christmas to our fore-fatbers was a
sign that there would be fat graveyard
during the twelve months. But a green
christmas instead of a snowy one has been
the rule OF late years rather than the eXcep-
ton, ana instead of making fat oravevardS
tends to make lean ones Inmodest homes
Where Goals are luxury and firewood a rarI-
ty, a green Christmas is one of comfort
W ME there Is luxury for the affIuent or
weu-tO-do IN snOw-coYeIed ground. inyit-
VIZ 1-AlittidtiOu Vi Sltl0D DellS and the
IKE, Tor the millions held on the verge of
want mild Christmas is a blessing. IT is n
sign ana token that some of the woes of
want such as perishiug cold from lack of
Iuel or ralment, are not to be added to their
oERer hardships While the snow is a gift
Di santa Claus to the rich, the green is the
glft of God 20 the poor, the homeless and the
hopeless. The reVerent can detect in this
world OF inequalities, where chance birth or
.OIhe ION I0rtuitlous incident set the few above
me caiamities most painful to the flesh,
while the millions are the creatures of all the
7lclssitudes of time, that a balmy Christmas
Jones as benedictiOn, imparting i'm some
legree that original equality inalienSbIe to
Ri the children of the same humanity.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
1t IS impossible to resist the influence Of a
Jhristmas-the day that means so much. the
lay on wLlch our Lord and Saviour made
rs way 70 spiritual empre-the daV on
which fell the full light of the glory of the
Of the cross. The cross. the en-
)lem of disgracefIl and cruel death. has
become the symbol of mans best and high
sSt hopes. Each year the feast of Christnoe
seems to bring wider and still mole widen
ng circle within its blessed influence
CHRISTMAS awakens a tender sentiment. A
human sympathy, that Sanctifies it even to
hose who have little heart TO take part in
holiday merry making Though Christmas
'OmeS 10 me IN my older dayS with less of
lager anticipatiOnS than i'm my Younger davs
md while hail it with much less of simple
pleasure aud with more of pathos and OF
sorrow, yet the more does il awaken in me
tender sentiment of human SYMPATHY
that sanctifieS- the day even tho
take no part in the merry-making Christ
mas this time was made doubly ENJOYABLE by
he mild weather. The observance on SIM
lay was confined to the churches and the
iulet home circles, but on Monday humanity
ndulged itself freely. The juvenile horn,
or rarity, was conspicuous for its absence,
citizens to enjoy the season un-
by the screaching noises which
lave been the terror of the past. Monday
vas generally observed as Christmas day
throughout the city, the day being thus given
dual celebration.
But ONE MORE PRIZE TO CAPTURE
Every branch of the United States Gov
rnment but one (and that one will soon
Ome) Is now under complete control of the
'talwarts. There is but one more BODY for
hem TO capture, and that is the Supreme
Bench. The capture of the Senate and
House of Representatives were real sub
tantiai victories. Eveh the Garfield State
vas captured and reconstructed on a Stall
gart basis McVeagh, the embodiment of
progressive Independent politics, did not
niger long enough in The Executive ante
chamber to be kicked out. Window linrer-
a long enough to receive the kick: James.
Who had refused to side with Messrs. Arthur.
and P1att in the New York Sena-
Orial fight, was made to walk the plank,
nd Blaine, the sPlumed Knight, was re-
ired to O5scUrity to give place to Frevling-
luysen, the Grant Stalwart. All of Car
leld's Cabinet has gone by the board. In
ess than three months after Garfield was
'urled the Stalwarts captured every branch
# the Government. The sweep in the Post
Office Department is a clean one and the
,lace that knew James will know him no
more forever. The Stalwarts have now got
What Grant and Conkling imperiOusly de-
handed at the beginning of the Garfield ad-
THE CONTINENTAL INDEPENDENTS.
The reform within-the- party 'Cohtnental'
Independents are not making much head
way. 1t is real independence that is bother
ng them, and they have not yet fully re-
olved to be Independent. They are holding
Onfdential conferences and issuing ad-
lreSSes to the people, but issuing addresses
5 very harmless pastime and bosses are
lot in fear of addresses. They read declar-
tions of the Continental King of independ-
mt addresses with calm satisfaction. The
eform- within -the-party Independents are
ar more Independent with the tongue than
With the ballot. and they Will find out that
he ballot is mightier than the tongue. The
eform- within e-party Independents are
he great humorists of the day. Everybody
auGhs at their jokes.
THERE'S A NIGGER IN THE WOOD PILE.
Gen. Grant and his chaplain, Parson New
nan, of fragrant hot scotch memory, have
umped the Methodist Church and Joined a
one with an $50, 600 debt
lpon it. There's a Niger in the wood
BILE" The public has seen Grant a sot, a
oldier, a President, and mendicant and
low he appears as churchman.
OLD CoNGEK's BAssooN.
Those who are driven to the verge of des-
,air and suicide by the Christmas horn of
he depraved urebin may remember with
pleasure that the United States Senate will
Ia We To ctand old (rnnnnr'S haSSnnn for