The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-26

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surmounting its front was a sign In mon
strOus black, fat letters, COURT HOUSE. D.
1 have been intimate with il ever since, prid-
ing in its youth and regretting its decay. But
il has "fallen into the seIe aud yellow leaf %
and may say, with Cardinal Wolsey:
Farewell. long farewell 20 an my greatness.
haste now to my setting, shall fali.~
Farewell, then, thou scrofulous old pile
/ Thy decay has been gradual, but universal
Every part Of thy frame is equally wasted
and worn. Nothing about thee that bears
not the marks Of decay and dissolution
Tradition, indeed, AYERS that In thy corner
stone (interalia) is bottle Of whisky. an ar
ticle which is said to improve with age. But
all else is without vitality. Still we regret
thy demise, and an hour hence we will Give
thee rollickiug funeral and then-peace
20 thy old ashes
Turn we from the old to the newl I think.
ladies and gentlemen, we are now seated I'm
the finest court house in this broad common
wealth. And to the taxpayers present 1 NAV
say, yodr dollars built it. It is YoURs-not
the judges, nor the lawyers, nor the coun-
ty officers, but your own. Cambria county
may well be proud OF her public buildings.
She has poor house where all her unfortu-
mates can be cared for. She has a Jail where
transgressOrs can be prevented from further
crime, building costing 100000 which is
paid for. LaSt'Of allan d most Of aH-she
has Temple Of Justice which is an honor to
her people. And in the erection OF all these
buildings there has never been charge of
dishonesty or peculation to the amount Of
one dollar.
We were fortunate In having Grand Ju-
rors who saw the necessity for new Court
House and decreed the building Of one. We
were still more fortunate In having Commis-
sioners who faithfully performed their du-
ties in its planning aud construction. They
deserve the gratitude of the people for the
fidelity with which they have performed their
trust
You all have seen, or may see, the full ar
rangement of this fine ediice. The room in
which we are now cOngregated Is but a small
part of the symmetrical whole. Here Justice,
according to the laws Of the land. is meted
out between the common wealth and her citi-
zens, and between man and man. Other
rooms are set apart where Jurors decide the
question of fact be tween the parties Then
there is an apartment where the Commission
eTS, chosen by the people, control the taxa
ton Of the people and the proper appropri-
alton Of the money, with an Office for Audi
tsrs to scan and scrutinize the accounts Of
the Commissioners, Treasurer, sc. There Is
also an Office for recording and filing all pa
pers, whether in civil or criminal cases. an
Office for the record OF all deeds and wills;
and, more important stiIl, an office for the
safe keeping Of your money, ''for where a
mans treasure is, there is his heart also
The Goddess Of Justice presides over all
this. She surmounts the building and Is the
highest statue Of said divinity in Pennsylva-
mia If you want higher one you must 90
to heaven. Our glorious constitution pro-
7ides that justice shall be administered with
out sale, denial, or delay" This statue
typiies that there shall be no "sale" or "de-
nial'' of justice, while the dial of the clock
beneath her feet admonishes US that time
flies and points out the danger Of esdelav.Is
~Cavillers contend that the face Of the God
dess of Justice should be turned eastward.
as from the eastward cometh light But she
don't want light-she is blind. She is fnva-
riably represented in paintings and statuarv
with her eyes blindfOlded. This Is emblem
attic Of the fact that heaven-born Justice.
which she represents, shall know no parties.
but their cause, and that suitors, like Brutus.
must be heard only for their cause. At her
feet the native and the foreigner-the high
and the low-the rich and the poor-the com
monwealth and her lOwliest citizen-the cor
poratiOn and the individual-the black and
the white-the Cambrian " to the manor
born and the stranger who enters her por-
tals-shail each and all receive q safe deHv-
erance. Beside all this, being true lady
she was unwilling to turn her back upon the
Family Of her old friend and admfrer across
the street.
In conclusion, see the mothers, the wives.
the daughters, the sisters Of the stalvart veo-
menry Of Cambria county before me. Their
presence is most grateful on this grand Occa-
sion and gives a zest to our ceremonies and
l trust that all your visits here may, like this.
be visits of pleasure, and not as parties OF
even witnesses attendant upon Court, and
that your kind and gentle influence nav de-
ter your fathers, your husbands. your broth
ers and your sons from the perils OF Iitira-
ton. 1t would be no consolation to a party
whose fortunes and perhaps whose cbacrater
became wrecked in the meshes OF the law TO
know that he was ruined in the finest Court
House in Pennsylvania. Your influence In
promoting peace is as great as yoar influence
in the home circle Is unbOunded.
shall conclude by repeating story Oest
you should think me only one story mani
to illustrate A wedding ceremony had been
performed by old Father Stevens, a venera-
Die Methodist Clergyman. The mother Of the
bride was telling her to obey her husband in
all thirgs, 'for (referring 70 Mr.. Stevens)
the husband must always be the he1d Of the
house. Amt that so, Mr.. Stevens =" Mr..
Stevens answered in his deep-toned, oracular
voice, Yes, the husband Is the head of the
house, but the wife is the NECK, and the
neck always turns the head whichever way
It pleases.'
WoN-T CHURS. S.-Notwithstandlng the Pat
ent once at Washington has issued more
patents TO inventors Of churns than for any
other branch of industry by which lahnr h