The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-04

CLABADALE. July 50. 1852.

not conspicuous. a distinctive family of the
Smith tribe. Our parents We're both or
phanS, and neither my sister nor myself ever
had single relative, outside our own family.
we never saw an uncle, aunt or cousin
Had our parents died without issue their
races would have been extinct yet, If there
were reunion of all their direct descend
ants, enough could be collected together
about PittsburG and its surroundings to make
a firStcIass camp meeting and If book OF
prose and poetry were written about thelr
vices and virtues, it would make a large II
not an interesting volume. III all Uhe de-
sceCdantS of the orphans, William and Ag-
nes Smith, were collected together, they
would almost equal the swarm of descend
ants Of the sturdy Walter Palmer, who lately
. OYerrun StOninTtOn.
CIaUadale, in Washington county, is de-
lightful spot, overlooking MOnongahela City,
on the MOnongahela river While it is not
perhaps as ailuring n spot as AndaluSia, 1t IS
nevertheless lovely one. No softer moon
light baths in floods of silver sheen were ever
vouchsafed the orange groves of Andalusia
than are shed over Claradale. No bamier
breeZeS blow over ATaby the bleSt, or the
gardens of Gul and Cashmere in their bloom,
than the zephers which finger in loving dali
ance amid the rose beds janiea thickets and
honeysucke arbors of this Eden No bluer
skies bend their sapphire arch above the
Bay of Naples, or the Lake of Como, than
here on MonOngabela's enchanted shore. On
all the beauteOus pendant globe, no fairer
realm unfolds itself to tempt an angel down.
IDefe comes q Ulnc IN Ire, however. WHtu
wealth, position, and all the faScinatiOns Of
the world fail to charm-a time when we
realize call is vanity" A time when those
we would care to please are no longer with
US, when with Tennyson we eXclaim
ooh, for the touch of a vanished hand,
Or the sound of a voice that is still!'
The other night while wandering through
the labyrinthian passages about Claradale,
when the katydids were chirTuping, the fes-
tive lightning bugs were giving out their
phosphorent flashes, and the moon had risen
high in the heavens, suddenly body was
seen to fall The fallen victim looked Woe
full, and remained silent for some time, after
which he said, ''Well, I'll be damned. -
When a man makes use of that expression
he gives all to understand that he is badly
beat and accepts the situation. There is no
other popular expression in the English
language which so fully expresses a mans
disgust. and at the same time bis resigna-
tiOn. Fearing that the readers of the FREE
MAN might think your correspondent was
romancing, he will not attempt a further
description of that fallen body, but change
the subject.
Monongahela City's elite society is on tip
toe over the pleasing news that there is a
probability of having an American Victoria
as well as an English Victoria. Mrs Wood
hull is to be candidate for the Presidency
of the United States, and it seems as if the
people of the whole world are going to rally
around her Meetings are being held
! throughout England in advocacy of Victoria
! WoOdhulPs election to the American Presi-
dency, and all of Europe and the balance of
the world are likely to follow suit. The
American Victoria is said to he very hopeful
Why not have an American Victoria? Very
pleasant in the higher circles here, too, is the
news that American society Is to be hOnOred
with the presence of that English beauty, the
Jersey lily Mrs. Langtry. We have
England's word for it that she is the most
beautiful woman in the world. This English
LangtTY "Lily'' will eclipse the aesthetic
Wilde the glaring ''SunfloweT.' The Pitts
buTgE Dispatch, however, has the assurance
to say that the average American lady 'will
discount her fascinatiOns before she has been
twenty-fOur hours in our expansive atmos-
phere."
While upon tine subject of female beauty,
I will take occasion to say that lady guest
at Claradale is beautiful beyond my power
OF description. This lovely Young lady but
recently gave the most precious treasure of
a wOman's life, her love. to a young man. a
prominent railroad conductor, and is here
summering for the restoration of health
She is beautiful as q flower. In the delicate
lines of her lovely face there is an expression
which tell more than words can speak. Her
deep brown eyes flash a passionate love- and
her voice is one of thrilling tenderness. -
While it is pleasurable to gaze upon this
lovely young wife, il is painful to think and
fear that, like a summer flower, her summer
is about to close.
Roses bloom, and then they whittier:
Cheeks are bright then fade and die
Shapes Of light are waited hitheT,
Then, like visions, hurry by.
Quick as clouds at evening driven
O'eT the many cOlOred west
Days are bearing her to heaven,
Home Of happiness and rest.
How long I shall remain in this Eden is
prOblamatical. NY stay here depends en-
tirely upon the action of the ''wisdom
chunks" of the "caye of wind and the "fog
bank" and the movement of Guiteau's Pres
0n1 dot faa1 mol to I1-
the White House until Congress faes out un-
der the combined d pressure of bad ventilation
and malaria. At this writing, speculation is
rife as to where .'ChPt'' win 90 after the adj
jOuTnment of Congress. Some say that he
has selected the Soldiers Home as his sum-
mer abode some declare that he is going to
Alexandra Bay; some say he will either
summer at Grove Spring, on Lake Kenpa, or
at Conemaugh Lake, on the Allegheny
mountain some contend that he will sum-
mer at Long Branch or COney Island but
Madame Grundy positively asserts that
"Chet' will summer at Greenbrier White
sulphur Springs, and if there is anybody in
this wide world who has his secrets and
knows what he is going to do, it is Madame
GTundy, and, although "Chet's' pretty cot
Gage IS being arranged for him at Long
branch, think that what Madame GruDdV
asserts is true, and that ''Chet'' will 90 TO
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Wher-
ever 'Chet' goes ] will 90, and it NAV be be-
fore this letter reaches you, or is in print,
80 at iitbb bp-ilb NV next leUJer
will be written. Up to this time ''Chet" has
maintained SphynX-like silence worthy of
the Great Git Taker'' himself. Ii is ex-
ceedingly gratifying to know that ''Chet''
GraciOusly accepted the present made him bv
the President of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rallroad of Scotch collie dog The sCireat
Gltt Iaker' refused the present of a bull
pup because the eXpressage had not been
prepaid. 1t should be a matter of rr1de tn
the American people to know that PI esiC,ent
Garrett prepaid the expressage on the Scotch
coIile g. n. S.
, AHE MARTINDALE COLLIERIEs.- find
the following in regard to an extensive and
prosperous Cambria county industry in fine
Altoona Cal of Thursday last
The Martindale branch Of the Pennsylvania
Ialiroad connects with the main line at Portage
ana extends south nearly three miles to Martin
Gale the new mining town recently established In