The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-01

The Republican bosses hereaway called
in several of their brother bosses from :he
south of the county and held counsel ana
compared notes with them in this place on
last Monday evening, and the result of the
conference was the fixing up of a full county
ticket and the sending out of proficient Do.
Htical tTimmers to arrange for the elect of
the right kind of delegates from the several
wards, bOroughs and townships 30 TatifY
their work. All fright, gentlemen, set 'em up
to suit yourselves and we will knock 'em
down to suit ourselves when election day
comes around.
"A legal gentleman in this place, whose
punishment ought to be great, was in Johns
town the early part Of last week, and while
in conversation with several of his brethren
of the bar, the remark was incidentally made
by the Elder, though not the eldest of the
fraternity that the waters were very low
referring, of course, to the waters of the Con-
emaugh and StOnycreek. YES" promptly
responded the pungent punster from Ebens-
burg, "that is true Luther Is about three
hundred ahead This unlocked for sally or
apneO-pOhtico wit brought down the house,
. as a matter of course, and 1t IS scarcely nee
I essarv to add that the "euffaw" of the pun
ster was as loud and as long as any Of 'em.
Mr. Henry Cassidy of Munster township
a notice Of whose visit to our office Will be
found elsewhere, left bis home in NeWry,
Blair county, with his mothers blessing on
his head and no shoes or boots on his feet, on
the 4th of July, 1885, and vending MS way
TO the old Portage railroad, drove team TOT
tie following two wears on the level between
Planes 3 and and and 10. Ever since that
time, forty seven years ago, Mr.. Cassidy has
stuck to the railroad, and what IS more Won
derful still has never met with an accident OF
any kind, not even so much us losing enough
of his cuticle in that way to cover the con-
I science of a man who would cheat the print
er. It NAV well be said that Mr.. G. has been
as fortunate in his calling as we know him 10
be honest in his principles, intelligent IN nus
knowledge, and entertaining in his conver-
sation. Long life to the old veteran.
Another corps of civil engineers, whose
/ mysterious movements caused much specu-
latiOn, tramped hither and .thither ID TINS
neighborhood tor a week or so. leaving Tor
Philadelphia last Saturday in response to
telegram from that city. They are under
stood to be in the employ of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company, though the precise
object they aim at IS merely matter OF sur
mise One theory hints at the extension OF
the Ebensburg branch to the Blacklck town
ship coal and iron region, so as to interfere
with the line surveyed by a rival railroad lasS
year. while another holds that the shortest
route between HOllidaysburg and PittSburg,
for a special freight track, is being sought.
AS was the case with the engineers last year,
so too do these keep their own council, and
the interviewing process as applied TO them
il found to be MIA cum drOtls-nl1 forSthdy
We were greatly pleased on saturday
last TO take by the hand our worthy friend
and long time subscriber, Mr.. Levi r Bra-
ler, OF Dixen, Illinois, formerly of Blacklick
township, this county. and also the hand or
his equally worthy brother, DR. Jacob Bral-
lier, Of Lewisburg, Pa, both of whom are at
the parental home on a visit to their father
who is ill., and to their many other relatives
and former neighbors hereaway. Our Hi
nos friend brought with him half bushel or
so of monster onions OF his own production,
and on Monday last presented US with four
of the largest and finest vegetable eye. water
ers we ever sampled. These onions are of
the Yellow Danvers variety and were grown
from the seed, less than a quarter pound Of
which was sown on piece of land about 18
rods square, and not only produced some 90
bushels of onions but the same ground also
brought forth 24O heads of cabbage and near
w half that number of beetS. That is what
may he called truck farming extraordinary.
MIR. Ross Piper, OF CTessOn, is the owner
of a big fine-lOOking Texan mustang. He
brought it to town last Tuesday, to get 1t
shod by Blacksmith Tom Evans, but it turn
ed out that the mustang had well-detned
scruples against the shOeing process as ap-
piled TO itself. The result of an hours con-
test was that eOOd-siZed section of the
blacksmith shop was kicked to pieces by the
enthusiastic animal, and fearing, possibly
that the anvil might be damaged by one of
its terrific hOOfs, the mustang was removed
to stall in the Messrs. Davis livery stable.
Another attempt was there made to tie the
animal, but after a couple of stalls had been
demolished it was agreed all round to call it
q day or a day and q half and quit Tom
says it is the only beast he ever failed to shoe,
"but," he added, "whO could shoe 4 thing
that kicked with both the fore and the hind
feet at the same time and reached out a rOdi'
The mustang is quite gentle under harness,
and was hitched up by Mr.. Piper after the
circus and driven to CressOn.
DR. William A. smith, who became
resident of this place in 1888 and removed to
Philadelphia in 1858, where he still resides,
has Just been paying his usual periodical visit
to our town, arriving on Saturday and leav
ing on Thursday morning. On this occasion
the Doctor was accompanied by Mr.. Thomas
WoOdhouse also Of Philadelphia, most in
telligent and entertaining gentleman, and
Democrat Of the first water being as strong
in his political faith as the Doctor himself,
and when that is said nothing more need be
added. Time has dealt gently with DR.. 5,
his health being as vigorous and robust as il
was when he left here twenty-fOuryears ago.
His numerous friends and dacquaintanceS who
are yet living in this locality, and who enter
tain for him a feeling of the most sincere re-
gard, were much gratitied at being afforded
an opportunity Of again taking him by the
hand and reviving old time associations. The
Doctor has two children, Thomas and Rob
eTt, the first named being employed in
banking house in New York, and the latter
cavalry officer in the United States army,
with his headquarters at Santa Fe, New
. Mexico