Cambria Jfrccmaiu
iRA'J UIJDAY,
.1ULY 20, 1872.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
jfnpn nucl 1 lalinpt nt nuil nenr jloihe.
I Tle I k i i man bores to put ou its new
jjletl.rs if xi week.
j Three oririoal poetical contributions hare
u unit not L i r wfeek.
Summit ville had a circus on Thursday.
Jhtto rail' tbui;dai.te.
Chest Sprinps is to have a horse fair on
il.e l"tl' 'f " 11 month.
Send us all ilie money jou owe us. We
lets of new 13 pe to pay for
i s liiivt-n't space left even for "A Phan
, w" tins wetk. Will do rx' time.
Much rain, much h v spoiled, much lum.
t.r if' Htcd down thii week. Farmers much
g,.p,v lumbermen oiuch pleased.
J Mr Geo. How, of W hite towiifliip. Indiat.a
ec'inu, Heed 7" jears, was severely slung oy
fcre-i about teu days ago, and died ou Tuesday
j-t
I Ocn. Ccffroth. of Somerset. has Ham
$V!uui:n tui kinp colt for which lie has been
0flereil one thousand dollars, llow is that (or
J Hon. C. L. Perching is at present on a
ti?it to Colorado in company with Hon. John
g, ,,, t nd others. VI ish them a pleasant tour
l d m y'e retuit).
William Jones, a younsr man whose pa
rents it-.-i'i1 near this place, had two of his
rllit h'i'd fiugrrs cut vff by a shingle saw at
CU.-t SiriiLSon Thursday week.
4 J, Iim Hink, n Englishman, cut Simon
gel ..tu a Geimn, eighteen limes with a
pi,rkMi'-'itc- ' Irwin, Friday night last. The
U'.ur is nut expected to live. 15 inks is in j til
1; hi d lit M.L. Oat muii knows
sW" M'Un ti df (IOkiIs, groceries, and hmu-mtr-ibir
oilier articles of merchandise. He
hi a kii.-n-k .ieusit.g in poods and pi ices
tint i i e mil exol and few tqunl.
Tt v run Wednesday put a veto on the
TeiiiJra te I ic "1C ,ne PTOr. hut it was
ciiritij i'ii in tde "Wigwam" a portion of the
dr ai;il nifJit. mid on Thursday right. The
rt.-u)( fii'Hi.cinllv we did not learn,
f i"V.trs have been issued from the IIebaiu
ttk-e cnllii'p lor a meeting, ou Saturday next,
Ol the Catholic cit:zns of Chest Springs and
Ariciiatv to a)ot whys and means for the crec
tiuu ol a church edifice at that place.
I lie lllair county Labor Relormers uom
fraud a full county ticket ou Wednesday of
ta.-t wrtk, and passed resolutions favoring the
lection of Hon It. M. Spcer to Coi gress. aud
Col John A Lemon to the Slate Senate,
j A scaffold gae way in the Pa. R. H. Co (s
loulning ( Imp at AlHOi.a, on Tuesday last,
si d nine painters at woik on it were precipila
Ud a distai ce ol twenty-five or thirty leet, six
-I tl.m ttceivinp nine but not latal injuries.
Will. Hrkwilh, bifiKemiui on the Cin
' Cinnati Kxj itss w est, Tuesday last, was caught
between the cam. at Ueorge's station, while
replacing n brokeu co'ipling, and so severely
injured uiiet'ally that he i not expected to
. lie.
The storehouse of Mr Robert Lan.-berry ,
at Hairet Million, near Clenrfiuld, was burned
on Tut-1-dny tunning, will hll its conlei.ts, nnd
bout eight hundred dollars in money, which
Mr. L had colh cted prep iratury to siartiug for
pliiladelj Ida on tl.ent xtday.
Mies Ma'tif Woods, ated about 18 vesirs,
living in 'he family of Lewis Maichiid, at
Irwiutuwii, West jiorelaud county, fell into a
irn ot water beneath the kiicheu door, the
'trapdoor being displaced, on Saturday lat, and
totuid iii iwned sliorllv afltr.
' Uev. V S Kilte'l arrived home on Sai
mdav iiiornii.g last, as per announcement.
Tok:i.'g xceoiiingly well after his nine year.'
-iJ.iiiiii in tbe Kternal City. Of couise he
rtt-eireti a hearty welcome from relatives and
JriViio. His assigned position, we un iTStnd ,
is the lVet-idency of St Francis' College.
Loretto.
, Mr. Jafcob Lindorf. residing in North
Huntingdon ton.-lip, Westmoreland couutv.
waa ver seriously and perhaps latally ii jured
a tiav tr two einca He was perched under the
pex of the rod of a barn for the purpose l
plaiing in position a heavy croea beam which
was being hoisted to its place, when, by some
'Accident, the beam slipped OLd crushed his head
' in a Irighlful manner.
t Oh Friday evening last, says the Indiana
Jik-M.sciK, dnriug the prevalence of a severe
itoriii.a little daughter ol Mrs Susan Smith,
t$.vl 12 years, of Chamhersville, was struck
Vv lightning. She was standing on the porch
atiai iied to the house of James Swan, when
truck Medical lid was sumir.oned and she
Jar. recovered, wiih Ihe exception that her right
rni r yet powerless.
4 l'r. T. I f!dhhue, of the medical firm ol
pi. L. & T. L. Oldr-hue. Pitubuigh dropped
In on us Fridav, and brief though Us stay, it.
cived to Con film our former impressions of
Id in as a geuial gentleman aud a ripe scholar
'.W e honestly believe the Messrs Oldshue are
J r. riuieut and honorable prae i donors, aud a
tucli we commend them to those of our readers
jWlio may stand in need of their services.
I And it came to pass in those days (in these
ldas, we should say.) that George Huntley
took unto himself an ample supply of the ra
.. liowncti .t M Mowers and Reapers, besides
patent hay rakes, forks, and other labor sav-
ing agrieultural implemeuts without number,
and the Fa lima it going lorth calleth upon n
tilleis of the soil to come forward aud buy
thireof, as much money and a great deal of
" woik is spared to him who caMa to his aid
-- f ucli mighty inventions.
- i This Irom the Daily Mountain Voick
f.fft issue: A hero bold, while paying court to
t..e idol of his sou), in the 2d waid of Coue
tna'jgh borough Sunday last, doubtless by way"
tl illustrating bow he would meicilesgly pUcgli
lT any unfortunate "galoot" who should come
teiwien theTi, shot her through the arm above
41-e elt,.,w, wiih a revolver, secured no doubt
jlT ibis occasion J' The lady recovers while
r va'i.mt kr.ight of the pistol aottly, sadly
lurtiif rs, -If ever I cease to love."
J The Daut Mot staix Voice, Johnstown's
Sew jiiuiiiahsiic venture, made its first appear
tice on Wednesday evening. It is about half
the ize of the Kcuo, Was telegraphic news, local
Haws and geneial tews in plentiful vaiiety. It
iooKs ivtH and for the most part reads well.
J,.J; Campbell A Co are the publishers. Jas
, C lI"i'"-o the editor, Corouer Harrold the
tes.iits manager, and everybodv else. Young
and old. seem io have a finger iu the local pie.
w pi. winch? It proteoses to be indepen
Ofiit - -portly of the ji.g handle persuasion.
Bee coinuieuts elsewhere.
L k S. W . Davis keep a livery and sale
wble -around the collier," whereat good stock
i d tine eq iipages may be had at any and all
,)oun( They also keep on hand various agri
tuhuial machines, for which thev are agents.
uc!i as Hotheiu's Mower and' Reaper, tbe
i'ts, Clipper and Sabine Si Pratfs Hav
J'ukss, and the Freer Hay Forks, in the pecu-l-nr
merits of all which they have an abiding
I'mtli aud pledge themselves to do the lair thing
? pruts and terms of payment with all who
jesire to invest money iu that way. Lem. and
jsrn are good men to tie to. and the oclv
iinenn thing about them i that they me a
-xicily what they say. Faimers, hear and
I'leeJ.
I It is an acceptable saying, that fools will
H'entTAlly rush iu where even angels fear to
r.reij. j,e Mountain Voick, a daily paper
- I'i'is week esUblisLod iu Johnstowu. with ih
' aine of James F. Campbell as its editor, is a
'unst comulete and Dcrfect illLStrations of the
rutli 0f the adage. The AHesjrteny mountain
neeu in labor and has brought lorth iu
shape of tbe Voice a ridiculous and a very
' "S tailed rat, inasmuch as it undertakes to
"aiilt :be opinion ot the Supreme Court in
4 t Mm urLiriuu OU IU IBOUC Ul biiV
I lti;uliiu ..r ?. r-, . ,
H i uisirici ivouri oi vainoria coun-
lr ignorance and impudence could go
, er' "r seek a lower or more profound depih
d rfar' lbat te1 ha9 Tl to accomplish-.
pre-u ",n Ca0ilr" county, or elsewhere,
and """? io,lndeuily and ignoraiitly to ignore
repudiate the official opinion of Judge
Loi,i ' BPe,,k,,1 ,or the whole Court, is an ex-
'S"rt' l Cod. and men. After
lu's will come the deluge.
ot it coiMox sciioors.
Report ft I lie nperlnf ttidfnl nfCatii
krlw loiinly lor I lie Year r li tl -
ft . - . a. m. 'I -1 I U9'i
I. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FOtSES.
JVVtc Jlovst SeVerBl school houses have
been built iu different parts of the county
during the year. Some of these take the
Pisces ol dilapidated structures, and others
supply Wants that have been created by
our increasing population. The best school
house built in this county during tb- year
is one in the Fifth Ward of John?townT It
i9 a fine ttio story brick building, possess
ing all the later improvements in school
house architecture. Its cost Will be per
il aps $1&,00.
fvmiture l3ut few of our school houses
have itich furniture as the State Superin
tendent requires in order to be reported as
having ' suitable furniture," and yet but
comparatively few have what is to be char
acterized a b "injurious fjrniture." Most
of those which 1 have so reported have
seats without backs standing out ih the
middle of the room. To make little chil
dren sit for hours upon such aseat, with no
support whatever for their backs, is a spe
cies of cruelty that is born only of thought
lessness. No parent or teacher who will
properly think ot it, or, what is better, wilt
try it for an hour or two, will ever have the
heart to condemn children to such punish
ment, again. And yet teachers will wonder
that they cannot get their pupils, under
such circumstances, to learn, aid will some
times even whip them to make them ''keep
still.'-
Ajiparaiut. While no school in the
county is furnished with such apparatus as
to merit the report of "well supplied," in
the meaning cf the State Superintendent,
yet we Have many schools that are tolerably
well supplied. These have several at least
of the nquisite articles, such as outline
maiis, reading ar.d spelling cards, penman
ship chart-, &c. A few of our schools hare
globes, while a still more limited number,
have tellurions and other apparatus I doubt
that there is a school in the county that
can boast a Dictionary or a Gazetteer. Still
I am sorry to say, that we have more ap
paratus than is put to proper use. Our
teachers, generally, mike so little use of
the apparatus already provided, that there
is but small "ncouragement to directors to
furnish mote.
Ltngth of Term The length of term
throughout the county was but little diflVr
erent from the year before. In 21 districts
that have reported up to the time of this
writing there was an average increase of
about 12 days. 'I his is but a slight differ
ence ; yet, as it is in the right direction, it
is encouraging. In tbe 21 districts spoken
of the average length of term was a trifle
over 5 montns.
A'ight Srhoolt. I have in former reports
made mention o the night schools main
tained by t''e Cambria Iron Company. The
following I clip from one of the Johnstown
papers published last spring :
"Tho night schools of the Cambria Iron
Co., clostd a term of five months last week.
These schools five in number are kept
open when the evenings are long, for the
purpose of giving the boys that are em
ployed by tbe Co., an opportunity to gain
the rudiments of an education. The boys
vary in age, from eight to fifteen years ;
they are the childreu of laboring men, and
often of- widowed mothers, of whom, in
some cases, they are the only support.
They work during the day in the mines,
about the rolling mill or driving the mules,
which prevents them from attending the
day schools.
"These schools were started fifteen years
ago, by James Morley, Esq., as an Individ
ual enterprise, but the managers of ihe
Cambria Iron Co. enme to his help, and
have generously furnished the means to
pay the teachers. They hare, as near as
we can ascertain, furnished yearly for this
number of years from 500 to 1000 dollars.
Mr. Morley has takeu a deep interest in
their auccess, and has had the chief man -agemeut
of them. Through him an able
corps of teachers are secured for each term,
while he attends to them with anxious care
for their success."
II. TEACHII13 AND TEACHIXQ.
IPaye of Teachm. The wages of
teachers have also made another slight
advance. In the 21 district from which I
have heard, there has been an average in
crease of $2 30 pr month over the year be
fore. Tx.is, though not muchs something,
and is hopeful. The average monthly sal
ary in those districts during the year
wits $36.97. I am satisfied that this in
crease has held out all over the ccunty, if,
indeed, the reports from all the disir cts
would not show it to be somewhat larger.
The following tabular statement will show
the gradual growth or salaries in this coun
ty during the last four years, assuming that
the average for 1872 will hold out as above:
18C9, average salary was 30.65
1870. " " " 33.73
187:, " ll 34.92
1872, " 3j 97
A dozen years ago the average was bat
$21.19.
Qualifications of Teachers. The teachers
of our common schools must endeavor to
properly quality themselves for tbe work.
Great improvement has been made in late
years in tuis respect ; still, several, advance
steps may yet be taken. True it is not
depth of learning or breadth of culture that
mukes a proiession respectable, so much as
the money that may be made out of it ; and
I doubt that teaching can ever be made to
pay ; nevertheless, teachers should en
deavor to qualify themselves that they may
discharge their dunes well. They owe
this to themselves aud to those committed
to tbtir care. He who only teaches to
make money, had better quit, and go at
something ebe. Diogenes with his lantern
would not be able to find tbe man who has
grown rich uy teaching a common school.
The teacher ought to get all the pay he
cau ; he ought to get out of his profession
all there is iu it ; he ought to be mercenary
as other men ; but buck of all that he must
be animated by a desire to do his duty, and
do good in the world, or he ough. to aban
don tbe profession. Uut beside doing his
duty only.the well-qualified teacher stauds
a better chance of being properly paid than
the poorly qualified one Men in this busi
ness as in any other are rewarded accord
ing to their efficiency. Our teachers must
strive to become more efficient. To this
end they must read more ; study more ;
think more. They taunt feel an interest iu
their professiou. The true laborer in this
field is not only a teacher but a learner.
Chaucer has well described in one line the
characteristics of the true teacher:
"And ifladly wolde be lerne, and gladly teache.
In Memoriam Death twice invaded our
ranks during the year. Miss Amanda Jane
Hubert died on the 2d day of October.aftcr
a protracted aud painful llluess. She was
2 years of age, aud had taught school lor
seven or eight years. She was an amiable
lady, and a faithful, competent teacher.
Her eud was peace.
Mr. Johu l'tckman, our veteran teacher,
died on the I2tu day of January, at the ripe
age of 70 years. Mr. Peckuian was an cx
eilent scholar, a teacher of nearly 50 years'
expeiience, aud a dignified Christian geu
tlemau. May the grass grow gieeoly on
the grave3 ot those we have loved.
III. THE WORK or TUX YEAR.
Examinations During the year I held 28
public examiuatious. Some of these were
very well attended, and others were deci
ded failures in as far as the presence of
applicaats was concerned. I hve noticed
that oar later examinations ere 'usually
better attended than our earlier ones
hehce, I have concluded to try the eaperi
meni of holding tbe examinations this year
a little later in the season. Besides the
public examinations. I held 13 private ex-
aminations I have avoided holdind private
examinations as muchas possible, and have,
as I think, got the number down to ti min
imum. It is at present and probably always
will be necessary to grant occasional pri
vate examinations; but they should be
granted as seldom as possible.
At the examinations which I held during
the year, 1 examined 94 male and 103 fe
male teachers. Tbe standard of qualifica
tions was purposely made a little higher
than in former years, and consequently
quite a large number of candidates failed to
pass. I found it necessary to reject 32 of
the male applicants, or about 84 per cent,
and 13 of the femae applicants, or only
about 12 per cent. This is a singular dis
patity, and is r.ot at all flattering to the
lords of creation ". Of the whole number
of both sexes examined, 34 had never
taught school.
Cert-fitetes. As a result of the examin
ations I granted. 152 provisional certifi
cates. The average of these certificates
was 2.2. I issued no professional certifi
cates during the year. Oq account of the
great scarcity of teachers among ua, 1 was
obliged to endorse a cumber of certificates
from other counties. I also annulled one
certificate.
Vinits I made in the year just closed
192 visits to schools. The average length
of these visits was a little over one hour.
I had the company of school directors in
79 of these visits. This has been a rem irk
ble gain on any previous year. In Attend
ing to the duties of the office during the
year, principally in visiting the schools. I
have traveled 1745 miles. Several schools
I visited the second time: I do not remem
ber visiting any one three times. Quite a
number of schools were not visited this
year at all; owing to the lateness and ir
regularity of their opening, and tne fact
that during the month of April, when I in
t nded visiti'tg them, I was for the greater
part of the time ill, and not able to travel.
County Institute Our annual institute
was held in Ebensburg, commencing on
Monday, the 18th day of December, and
closing on the following Friday. It was de
termined to make this session a more com
plete f uccess than any of its predecessors,
and this determination was fully realized.
Besides the labors of Prof. Burtt, of Pitts
burg, and llev. O. H. Miller, ot the School
Department, our own teachers rallied so
earnestly to the support of the institute,
and manifested such a lively personal in
terest in its weliare, that it was made by
all odds the most successful institute ever
held in the county. It would be improper
to name a lew where all did so well ; but
his fellow teachers will take no offence if I
make special mention ot Air. G. W. Cope,
A.M., Superintendent of the Johnstown
Union Schools, whose scbolai ship, intelli
gence nnd earnestness contributed so much
to the success of tbe occasion.
A'ormal Scfionl. In the early part of May I
opened a normal school In Kbensburg. ir
continued in session for some ten weeks. It
was well attended, and was productive of
pood results. Tbe tune spent iu teaching
that school, in accordance with instructions
from tbe lepartinent, bus not been r.iorted
as time "spent in ofliriul duties."
In addition to w hat lias been set forth
above, 1 have written 17 letters on business
connected with my oftice. and have also con
tributed a number of articles on educational
matters to different publications. These va
rious employments, what with examining,
copying, and forwarding the district reports,
preparinir my own reports, and exercising a
general supervision of tbe educational affairs
of the county, have involved a great deal of
labor, and taught me long since that the office
is anything but a sinecure.
IV. SIBGKSTED I M lKOVEMtTS.
Summer Terms 1 think that in many of
our districts, our schools would be improved
by opening them through the summer in
stead of through the winter. The winter
season on this mountain-top is usually very
severe, and ihe snow frequently drifts so as
to make the roads quite impassable for days
together. Under the best of circumstances
it seems hardly advisable to require children
to walk one or two miles through the snow
and cold to school, when thev might just as
well go in the slimmer. It would be a great
saving too in the long run. as fuel, Ac, w ould
not be required in the summer. The custom
of keeping tbe schools open through the win
ter grew out of a desire to accommodate the
larger scholars, who were obliged to work
during the summer: lint that necessity, as I
have discovered in the course of live years'
visiting the schools, no longer exists, as but
very few large bovs and girls attend school
at least such is the case in this county.
A I ant Jlirtciory. I believe 1 have vo
ted in two conventions of Superintendents in
Uarrisburg. in favor of a paid directory. I
still think that our school directors should re
ceive some remuneration for their services;
not sufficient to make it an oftice worth seek
ing by the mercenary, but that good men who
will : crept it. may not lie out bl pocket for
their iKiins. l'.y reducing t he number of di
rectors in each district to three, the business
would lie as well attended to as it is now, while
it would not perhaps be too expensive to pay
them a reasonable per iliem for the time act
ually spei.t iu the discharge of their official
duties. T. .1. CH A I'M AX,
County Superintendent.
From Carrlitow.v. Our aid correspondent
"E ' aain taks up the peu, this time we hope
with a determination to fight itout on that line
it it takes every week to do it. His inklings
this time we are loiced to condense as follows-
A son of Mr. Wilt suffered a compound'
fracture ol ihe leg between tlii knee and hiD
joints, one day 1 act week, in C.rroll.ow tX
being thrown frooa horse Dr. Maucher. m,
attends the boy. reports him as doing well con
sidering the heat of the weather.
Pius Wertner, son of Mr Benjamin Wertner,
was also somewhat injured by being thrown
from a horse, on the 6th inst.
A son of Mr. John Glass, of Carroll town
ship, was kicked by a horse. afew days ago.
and so badly ii jured as tq be considered for a
time almost beyond hope of recovery. We are
glad to say that, under the care of Dr M.
Buck, he is now out of danger?
Mr. Jas Murrav lost a THliKlali...nn .u
I4th mst. He left it in a hotel stable here and
went to church. When he returned he found
that tl e I orse h id broken loose and managed to
cut one ot bis lore feet nearly off on theknife
of a catting box. The horse was taken to the
woods and shot. Loss $150.
Mr. Thos Dougherty and little daughter, of
Kevt.ville, Mo , Mr J" A Kittell and biinilv
ot Emlenton, Pa., Hon. T. P. Fetilon and'
family, ol Leavenwor'h, Kaunas, and Geo. M.
Riddle, of Philadelphia, whose name we put
no handle to becau.-e he has no family, are here
among their relatives and Irienda e j iving the
pure mountain breeze? and other salubrious
delights ol this highly elevated latitude. All
the masculines named are good friends of the
FaioMAtt, take kindly if not enthusiastically to
Greeley, aud are ifbout as clever gentlemeu as
little Cambria ever produced or fostered.
Just after July, or the famous fourth dav,
is the best lime to buy, we've often beard say.
for iheu busmen gets slack and the merchants
are willing, of tbe stock that s left back, to sell
more lor a shilling or a dollar, or five dollars,
or any amount you please. For proof of this
assertion, cousult Vallie Barker, who has lots
of excellent, seasonable dry gooJs. dres goods
aad clothing which he wants to close out right
aw ty, if not sooner, and don't care whether he
makes or loses in the operation.
Grant and Wilson, Greeley and Brown,
toss them up as you will, that's the way they ' I
come dowu; so think as you please, or vote as
you may. at Cham. Roberta' elegant store
every day can be bought Americau watches,
the best ever made, clocks, pure jewelry, fancv
articles, books, stationery, cigars and tobaceo',
choicest brands ,aud innumerab'e other articles,
all at lowest rates for a cash equivalent.
"Excellent fl mr" is what our wife says
a' out the last supply received from. E J. Mills,
aid ihe good bread convinces us that she knows
what he is talking about. Buy oir rl ur and
groceri irom Mills and you will always get
the best at cheapest rates.
Thk Dl-trict Court. Wo publish below
the opinion ol the Supreme Court in the writ
ol q.io wnrianto case of J . K. Hite Prothono
tary of Cimbria county. -aiiivf George T.
Swank, Cieik of the District Court ot Catnl.iii
county. It will be seen that tie Supteme
Com t, in very emphatic turns dec'arcs that
the District Court is whollv nt'ConsuiuM -nal
and therefore without nnv legal authority.
1 ll is decisicn of course tears up the Com t bv
the r. ots, and until some' I ing e se is done, if
it can be U gaily tlcne, the District Court of
Cambria county is a tiling of the past.
7u thr Siii-cme Ctwrt if priinrulrartiti iu and or
Hk, l.i i ,i Ii!ti a;t:
Commonwealth, rx rchitume. No. Jnnuary
J. K. Hite I 'Jinn, 172.
ra. f
G eorg-e T. Swnnk. J Quo Warranto.
Opinion of tfie Court nv Arnew. Jipge
Filkh Jl i.y Ei,
According to the prut tice ro-'igr.fzr'(l by this
Court in Murpliy vs. Kurmers' U:.nk, 8 Harris,
415. the Kespondcnt bus moved to quiisti this
writ. Subject to Ibis motion, he bus also filed
his enswer to the writ; and the parties have
I. eon heard on the quest ions involved in tlu-an-f.ver.
We shall therefore dispose of both mat
ters in one opinion.
In view of the power of amendment, the ob
jection that the subject does not set lorth the
tacts with siiilicicnt legal precision, is not tona
able. The ?tigjrestion is defective in the want
of an averment of the title or the Helator to
f set-else the duties and receive the fees of the
District Court of Cambria county. But the Re
lator has set forth the source of his title, by
stating his election and commission ns l'ro
t honorary of the Court of Common Pleas of
Cambria county and Clerk of the ourt of Quar
ter Sessions. He ought then to have averred
that the Act of i:lth of April, lHori, creating the
District Court of Cambria county, Cfvnlerred
upon him, as such Prth(.iiot:iry and J1 rk, the
rigiit to perforin the duties ami re -eive the :'ees
appertaining to the Clerk of the District Court.
But having .et forth the foundation of his ti
tle, the averment may be supplied b. amend
ment; which we now "permit to lie made. The
case of the Common wen ltd vs. The t omii.crci.il
Dank, i Cmkc-. liKi. is a direct authority on this
point. The objection that the writ can issue
only at t:ic suggestion or t ho Attorney General,
and not of a private Helator, is not sustained.
This would be true according to the Common
wealth vs. rduley, 6 1'. K. Smith. H7l, and the
cases cited on page 272, bad the Relator shown
no private inti rest in himself. But, )i ima fa
ce, be bus tin interest to oust the defendant, in
the apparent title, i-onferreo upon him by the
act. to perform the duties and receive the fees
of the oliico. Whether be or nnv one else has
n truly valid title to tke olli-e of Clerk of the
Dictrici Court is not n questi in upon Ibis mo
tion to quash, there bciu a prima facie title in
the Relator.
The objection that the writ should have been
issued out of the Court of Common l'leasisnot
tenable. Whether tbe Relator is a county olli
eer or not it is immaterial, this court bus juris
diction in all cases, and I he Common i'leas hav
ing only eoii'Mii rent jurisdiction in the act of
1 It h J line, ls;M. We may in our discretion, and
sometimes do, decline to cute i t iu uriijxi.al ju
risdiction, and leave it to be ext rcised by the
Common I'leas in tbe cases over which "their
jurisdiction extends. Wedo not think it would
be proper to decline it in this case.
The ouster of tbe Relator from the office of
Clerk the District Court of Cambria county
by a former proceeding, is answered by bissub
scquciit election as l'rot honotai and Clerk of
the Courts of Cambria county. " I r may event
ually appear that neit her he nor the Respondent
has a valid title to that ollice; but on the mo
tion to quash his prima facie title is siiflieient
to maintain the suggestion. The motion to
quash is refused, and this brings us to consider
the merits of the answer.
That tin- Respondent has no title to the office
of Clerk of the District Court of Cambria coun
ty, and is exercising the functions ot" such al
leged office unlawfully are entirely clear to our
munis. In point of tact the act of ls.i',1 does not
create the ollice of Clerk of tbe District Court,
as an independent office or post. It merely di
rects that the duties appertaining to the clerk
ship, of the District Court, shall be performed
by the I'rothonotnry of the Court of Common
I'leas and Clerk of l he 'oiirt or Quarter Sessions
of Cumbria county. This is its whole effect.
But were the ollice an Independent and existing
one, under the terms of tbe law. no provision
has been made for tilling it by election. It is
contended that this defect in tlf law is supplied
by thelld section of the t;th article of the Con
stitution, directing that l'rot honotaries and
Clerks of the several courts. Recorders of
Deeds and U.-sristcrs of Wills. MiaH at rhe times
and places of the election as representatives,
be elected by the qualiiied electors in each
C'.uuty, or the district over which the jurisdic
tion ot t he court extends, and t-liull be commis
sioned by the Governor. Tlieyrsb;.ll hold their
ollice for three years, if they f-iiall so long be
have themselves well, and until their succes
sors be duly qualified. These proisions are
fundamental, am' undoubtedly govern all pro
tiioiiotaries and clerks of courts, whose officers
are established by the Legislature under the
hist clause of tho lit section of the ,"fb ni-rieie.
Uut they do not supply the phiec of the ieg
isl ition u !s try t provide for tho election
of a person to fill the particular ottiee thus es
tablished. '1 hey do uoF ascertain the your i.i
which ho sbiill be elected, t he notice to tii elec
tors to elect, the persons to hold the election
and make the return, and the time, place, and
manner of declaring the result and ooriiTviiur
it to 'he Governor. In short the uct is totullv
wnntiug in any provision for the lection of
the officer, ami the time when his lerm shall
b gin. For aught to be found in the law the
Siicritf might have deferred bis proclamation
until IfrTJ, or the electors or a majority might
have waited till a later period. It is clear there
fore that the Respondent litis not been lawfully
elected to any ollice created by law, and that
he is unlawfully exercising the functions of
Clei k of the District Court ami receiving fees,
ami must be ousted therefrom.
In order to prevent the disastrous consequen
ces resulting from the acts of au unauthorized
tribunal, it is proper weshoiilti add that we see
no authority to hold this Court, by any Judges
having lawful commissions ; mid that without
further legislation of the most careful and
thorough kind, the not of lWJcannot bo carried
into effect. Some of its provisions, blending
tic action of the District Court and the Court
of Common I'leas, are objectionable, but weilo
not refer to such. The fundamental error of
tbe legislation is in the organization of the
Court itself, wliioh is not only unconstitutional,
as decided iu thecaseof the Commonwealth vs.
Coiiyngl.am, ." 1'. K. Smith 71, hut is wanting
in any provision to correct the error. Had the
proviso, that the Court should bo composed of
the Judges of i ho Common I'leas. not been in
serted in rhe 7th section to qualify the enact
ment, it might have been argued that there
was an inchoate organization of the Court by
vesting its powers and jurisdiction In "a Presi
dent ami two Associates, to bo supplied in some
other tuumicr. There might then be some
plausibility in thoidtm that the places could be
Illle.l t,y appointment, until hi, election to till
the vacancy. Hut even t his thou lit is ncutml
i7.ed by the fact that no provision has boon made
for an election. under the constitutional amend
ment of I.SjO. The appointment would fall in
December, or we should have the anomaly of
the office of a judge of a Court of record, o.v
istiug by appointment indefinitely, and without
any tenure iu the incumbent known to the
Constitution. It is evident that when by the
proviso the legislature directed that the Court
should be organized ly tbe rresident anil As
sociate Judges of the Courts of Cambria coun
ty, it excluded all others from the oflicc. The
proviso, it is true, is not according to trie con
stitution, and t Jiid-res of the Courts of Cam
bria county cai.;:ot lid Ihe ollice, hut its effect
was to quality the enactment so that no others
could till it without further legislation, no sub
stitute having -been provided. The Court not
being one of those created by the constitution
itself, has nothing tostand upon except the law
which created it, and this doing-defective in its
vilal point, it is left without any legal optimi
zation. Nothing hort of supplementary legis
lation can cure this defect. It is to bo regret ted
that the Legislature had not acted on the sug
gestion jf the Governor and repealed tbe act of
lHtJU.
1 1 is proper wo should now say before closing,
that in a case like this requiring the immediate
interposition of the Court, where no independ
ent office exists, and no provision for tilling it
by election has been made, and especially in
view of the unorganized condition of the Court
itself, we will not go beyond the pi-iuiii facie
right of the Relator to make the suirgestion,
but will proceed to give judgment against the
Respond, nt at once, and stop there. We shall
noi give judgment for the Relator except for
COSLs,
And now, July 3d, 1872, the Court do find the
Respondent, Geo. T. Swank, Ksq., guilty of tin
law fully holding the place and exercising the
powers and functions of Clerk of the District
Court of Cambria county, and do therefore
give judgment that the said Geo. T. Swank be
ouited and altoget her excluded therefrom, and
from the exercise of said powers nnd perform
rnce of said functions; and that the said J. K.
Hite, the Relator, do recover bis costs Irom the
said George T. Swank.
State of 1'ennsvlvasia, I
Easteun District, )
ss:
i , 1 do hereby certify that tho above and
-. U.S. foregoing is a true copy of the opinion
' . ' in the above case, as filed in said Court.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set ruy
hard, and nilixed the seal of said Court, at Phil
adelphia, this eleventh day of July, A. D. ls;2.
Jamh Ross Ssow uEN-, l'rothouotui-y.
I'er Wm. A. Smith.
Messrs. Lemmon & Murray have books,
periodicals and Ftationary iu abundance, and
all they need now is mere people to buy them
A full line ol Catholic devo.ioual anti'miscel
laaeous works are among the number, besides
an intiii ite variety cf books that are pretty
to look t, interesting to read, aud well worthy
of a place iu any body's library. II you want
to read or write, be sure to call on L. &. M.
Hollidaysburg is i be the pluce and the
first four days of October the time for lioldln"
the next Blair county agricultural fair.
( OJ!.M rXICATIO 'S.
A I osciii! of Jnrh ii noli leUor rv. S.dltor
ol tl;e Iltickli berry Ink Min;.r.
Some twenty years ago. Jack HuckKberrv
(lr sui-li is our hero's name) ros-ided in the
huckleberry woods, not far from the Summit.,
in appearance ho wa thin, lean and lanky, wi.h
spiiiulolrurs, i ush-likenmisnnd a sparrow head,
i ,u" people in general about the Summit called
o" y i,iM k' liioiurli some called him Shairn
Juulh on account ot his saffron-colored fac:-,
an emblem ot his descent from a scalping Indi
an. At last they dubbed bini Jack Huckleber
ry, from tho 1 act that soiling hm klebcrries was
hisfirst occupation. After a little tune, Shuim
JiiiK'i (yellow Jack) s.ivtd a little monov from
rue sale of berner.. mii-1. bk a ro.,d, in"urr!out
hoy, he went to school and learned is much nr-d
us last as the majority or the scholars. At the
age ot twelve ear Jack was forced to quit
school and take to bis old trade eain. Bern
ot an active turn of mind, he went round the
nf 'gii. ,oi hood during winter nights and tau-'ht
el. 'ui tii i.t tl.e rule ol l':e fo.- a pei.ny. sum!!
us was this sti'-end. our .ro com rived' to save
money out of lt. toi his "uiie, sup i.nu cloth, t, 1
cost him almost nothing.
At the ago of sixteen Jack left tl.o i5nirr.:t
ami made his appeara nee in Johnstown, in or
der, il possible, to conceal bis antecedents, fur
J '.ck be wrote J., and put a liamlh- betw een J
and Huckleberry. Foi Innately lor him. he.
c.une in contact with a kind and genial gentle
man, who took a fatliorlv interest in him and
procured for him. after much solicitation from
others, good and lucrative position. And mic
wo find this same Jack, alias Tomahawk, aii.is
John Suiith.ahus'ngand viilifving the vorv gen
tleman who at 'that time placed him on a. level
with lar more able and rcspeetabie young men.
"Oh ! for a tonguo to curc" such base, vile mid
damning ingratitude! Tim slave who is pos-
j oi such a loaiusome monster lias not a
I particle of manhood in bi'ii, nor oven tho in
I stinciive gratitude of an animal. He is onlv a
I serpent that is ever ready to hiss and spit 1ms
; poisonous shafts at thos- who have done the
i crawling ronrMc tno most favon u-ht ....-
I "'-'M i'ioiiiM i ins copper-colored vut'oo to
I be endeavoring to stab iu the dark a gentleman
who has always noted the prt. of a good, kind i Wo have been invited bv seino scriblor in tl.e
friend tohini: What plea re does ho take in j lUi;:t.l to tell w hat we know auoui im-Count v !
trying to blacken the character of one who is Supei intemlencv. Well, we know a good i.- i :
bis superior in intellect, ability and respecta- J about it. The lust NWinoi .ci mil, edited by our I
bility, by vomiting forth splenetic squirms that worthy Stale Superintendent. Hon. .1 . I". V lei -I
are us wild as a maniac's ravings and as false as ' crsliaui. enlightened e somcw but on tnat sub-
j could be invented by the ru lor of t he lower re- , joct. and e knew a good deal he: ore t hat . Sc
I giotis? Had bo singled out some renegade like I ral persons nave written to 'r. W.ckeisl am j
j himself tho public would not be so much sur- 1 n the subject of bow these Siiperititeii a-nis .
j prised; but to attack a pent lcl.ian w bo during were cloctod of the foul means used how
i bis long and use! ul career has sought to make i money ns spent, bribes given, positions o tier- i
an honest living, is more than we can under- ! d. tu kels bought, dinners n;,id lor, aial out- ;
; stand. 1 1 was not enough tor .lack 1 1 tick leber
; ry to appear two or three months ago over tho
1 iioiii-dc-plumo of Tom A. Hawk, but owing to
; his low nnd scurrilous tdang w the ,ialil
j man linally refused him admission to the col
' lnii'isof his paper. Why docs he not treat the
I Wlf-piug cur in tho same manner now 't 1'rol -i
ably Jii k'sconl reres have given him a douceur
I to g i vo them liberty to fling t heir slimy slander
I through his columns. (I tear I have" lost the
thread of my legeini. so i will not take it up at
present, but Will do so soon again.)
' h ! wad some power the gtl'tio gie ns
To see onrscls as ithcrs see ns.
It winl frae lnony a blunder tree us,
And foolish notion."
Yes, .Tack Huckleberry, il' you could but see
yourself in the same low. contemptible beht in
... I '?',;' '"' ., r " w;.,u "
Z.. i .. ; """''"""""--oi ou-
I.,., .,...w.,. iii.. i, -----
.... .. ii... n,i..i i, iii iii e ... i . 1 1 is i inero
oy your nauseous, usny preset:
must prove true to the adage.
..n.s. o..-, ........ ,...se.iee. ion no, you
A at ii mil fjix I-
.... ...m iuiiii.i. .aiure win
break out despite the assumed tinseled polish
o.i im. i. uro -iiko. ou woiiki slab be
hind the i.l-'id'KCloilk; serpent-like, j on won id
hiss and spit poison upon those who once pro
tected you ; lmlian-liko, you would, ir you
cotild.toinaha wk t hose who proved your friends
when ou needed friends; tiger-like, you now
try to pounce f mm behind the Ht ralil'x hiirfuof
iur) upon ll.osc trout whom you often asked
and obtmaid favors, i our cowardice, how
over, is in keeping with your base ingratitude.
your hiss as harmless as that of a toothless o.d
l..,.. ,,.! ,-....r. ............ 111,.. ,1 .- 1. 1
hag, and your pounce like that of a whin;. e l
th roc-logged pup. Try ir on. Jack Huckleber
ry, and l- all the berries ou e cr sold 1 will
read, more plainly, your pedigree f roic the time
you ran a bare-logged boy to ihe present clay,
when you are "tcuviuu" fora ltepu biieaii in this
county for t be .ake of a little lilt by Iik re w Ii.lIi
has been promised to you.
For the present I will let you slide, but ere I
am done w it h ou I w nl 111:1 ke you feel the loree
and truth of nenm me i. hi nut ima.vif.
Vouis, contemptuously, Kkioxach.
oru COMMON SCHOOLS.
THE lDl'KIM THING.
Tho foui Hi and great tiling wanted is .?,'-rj-nt
among the teachers. Teachers rely too
much upon the hook, or upon oilier tv..chers,
or upon lnstilucs.orupi.il journals ol educa
tion. They are ul ways crying, '-Help me. Cas
sins:" They are I ke children the least ditli
culty discourages them. No teacher will ever
become competent in the sciences without seii
ellort. One might as well expect to learn bow
to play tio ioliu by looking on. or learn t,i set
type l y watching the manipulations of a com
pulsitor, as c.vpcvi to booomc a sclu lar by listcn
isig to sonorous lectures or iu'.ril readings at
lust it ut cs. Young touchers should be 1 cvtiirc1
and compelled to take part in the cxerofje.s Of
Institutes, just as children in school are coin
p lle.l to recite tin ir lessons. As it is. some live
or six of t he best scholars run the I ust it 11 te, and
the re.-t listen. It schools were conducted 111
that maimer how much would pupils learn 'r
Simply none at i.l'. There aie many teachers
iu ihis State that could not write the obituary
of a defunct mathematical point without mak
ing a d.'Z -n or more mistakes. Why ? Ilicny-c
nicy win never pin pen 011 paper, out riy 11.0011
rules, suggestions and lecl 111 es. or ad ice 1 1 om
outers, jusi so long as ney re: use to pn.etice
just so long will they be itupericot. 1'raclice
makes period. Not long cIj-o v.-ill. Man makes
mistakes; animals do not. Man improves: an
imals do not. Someone says that t he swallow
that built its nest in the rnl tcrs of Noah's ark
and the swallow of trtit yesterday built aiike.
There is no improvement there, but man im
proves by the very mistakes be makes. Let
teachers start out on ibis principle practice
ami correct. Let them subject all their cil'orts
to criticism. "Corn will not grow in the shade."
Teachers will not improve iu a bandbox. They
must lie exposed to light like t he plate of me.
photographer. Sailors are not afraid of storm:,
because they have become familiar with liiein.
Let teachers become familiar with criticism ami
ttuy will not fear it, but if they shrink from
tho light :nd from observation they will always
bo liable tu mistakes.
Then, as to experience in teaching, lot mo
ask, how can any body loHru crmit nee from
others? What an absurdity. Teachers must
learn hoto to touch by self-effort. Suppose one I
has taught for forty years, bow could he im- j
part all his experience to others at an Institute
what good would it do the uninitiated youth?
He must go t h rough the ordeal himself hy bun t-ine-
up noiutsand projiaring oases before he can
p.issiiily rcali.e iho mental labor and the men
tal anxiety w hich is inscpamblo from the tr.sk.
And s it is with every other profession, and so
it is with the teacher. There is too much hurn
titnj connected with our Common School m s
tom, and men make money in this way. They
protend to impai r instruction tnat they caunot
impart, and somebody is victimized. I remem
ber when u man na mod Do Sluing traveled the
Cnitod States, teaching people how to add col
umns of figures a yard long hy one single men
tal effort, and how to multiply, anil substraor,
nnd divide in thesnme way. He got their mon
ey, hut he never imparted Lis powers of com
bination to a single individual, l.e simnlv
limnhuimcl the people. So does unv one w.
nrotends to teach ti achors how to touch. I i
no art it is an intuitive power. Some ureal!
ways successful some never. Tho ability can
not be imparted. Men may pmfrxjt to do so, hut
they cannot make Franklins, and Fui tons, and
Morses, and IloWesout of everybody. Neither
can they make successful touchers, nor oven
good schnlur$,out of all kinds of tho raw tnaic
riul. And I doubt whether such can bo im
proved even in the least. One cannot gather
irral.es from thorns ..o tttrs r.-iA, l. .!.
can one change the nature of the cralwioi.'le or
hoke-cherry bv cultivation. Plant tliom where
you may, water them as you will, the fruit,
when it comes, will designate the species of the
tree. To argue anything else would he down
right Darwinism to wit: that man. by culti
vation, and taming, and feeding, is only an im
provement or tho moukny.and that reed ing ami
taming and culiiviition will do it again, i
Jiasc.'f ur, noil fit. $o of teachers. Iton Huv.
nt where
Is Mfmoru'm, Tribute of respect to the
memory of Heory Davis, late member of fro
Dauutles Firr Ei p'ne, liuok, Ladder aud lioee
Co., of Ebensburs;, Pa.
V ii i. rk as. It his pleased Alm";!:ty Gad to
take Irom our midst one who bus endeared
Ii imself fo us by his mninb'e disposition and
ever reaily arm in lime ol need. Therefore,
HisoLViD, 1 hat we deenly sympathize with
the family in their sore i fiiictimi, and that in
him they hve lost au iiiiecnenate son. n lovs
ing brother, and we au tflicieiit and wonbt
nifm'.cr.
KkSOLven, Thit we attend tl.e funeral of
our deceased cotniade in a bud v.
Rrsoi Yr.D, That a copy o! the: e resolutions
be handed to the heteaved family, and that
they be inserted in the Cambkia FuttMAX and
Cambria LikKAis.
K. H PLNK.l
T.W.DICK. C
' Committee.
C It MY KliS. J
Ca ttion. FA-ery genuine box of Dn. Mc
1'ANE'S LlVFKl'lLt.8 bears the signature of
FLEMING I1KOS., and their private United
States Stamp. "' Take no other." Tho
market is full of Imitations.
or .-Normal school y llow could ho tell all that I IvI 1)( J K Lhl I IMi. Sk M F.t lKO
happi'iio! in twelve thousand days' touching? I J r .. ... ...
How could an old. experienced lawyer inform ! , T'?A'l - U 'V.''Vi V-e ori Un"
ti.r -., Kt.ident. nt a lawyers' institute, of ,r n !,'' ',"s" h artlcld t rock, iio .r
all t ho haps a iil mishaps tier hnrrmnrkni hi.. I -' sa w-m 1 1 1 of Anthony Mviics, in Cle.tile-ld
eventful life? He could not. Hut if ho could' townshti.. On -in my, ill l.crmivrJ at
I
Johnstown. Julv 17. j
r T; reman A poor tWu-e.-ontamofi .i:n.n
K. l,.!is. w Ik, has been in this place ni.t much I
o or a week, during which time .e was at k j
lor llio (.as I ompaiiy. w;:s Knot-kco o?t,w?i and i
run ove r yoMorear morni:tg bv a loc-omoi n e I
ee tbe Camdiia lion Cn.V r.t'iii-.'ad. hp I f.4e i e- !
sulr was. one leg r.-rr-Mj n-ann ,i :t it bad
to be amp.Mau.l above il.c knee. I e-;.!cs oic. r i
severe contusion. Ti.o untoi M.naienian sie;- !
pod on the track uiliotitof the moving , , ,.
motive, and w lusthng and other si-i i-ls ,,r d in i
per had mi effect in -n ::rnirvr hiio oi Ins peril i
lie is supposed to have b. en tntoxicrtU-d The '
poor authorities have him in chaive. j
The li-.'i icl Court bet e ,,.is . ei-i been stis- !
ponded. Though nt all times friendly to t lie in
terests if our town, wo always did think thai I
the Court aforesaid was uneoiist it utiontil, and j
we twice tok occasion to express tins thought i
through your columns. W- now o i i for ti:e I
consolidat ion of all our lroiigtis into a ciij. j
which shall have whr.t is toth .:ist it ut iouiii I
and expcdi.-nt--u Major's Court. This would '
n!soput an end to all" tho crimination p.l re- i
criniii-.aTioti between tho citizens of Khenshiiig .
ami Johnstown, and also to tne haul tcelfugs !
between ourselves. An t lie criiui ial business, ;
so tar I'S Hgaius ii-.i-Ucpk s'ih is. ceui l be at
tended lobeie. We would have t In-:i mo ordi
nances 1 or all t ho borougbs. a lighter tax than
when the District Court was in blast, a saving 1
of cost aud inileiic' fn trilling cases, and better '
tunes all round. I. ot is ha .e consolidation. I
Another to.rn'".:f attack has boon made on j
three ot ji.iir -ni ;t'i'"")"nls lhi'iiij!li the col-
Jitiins of tne ;. (,;, v, v i,w localized on dai- j
ly and wecklj papers both iu ;.ur tin c but wo
never knew of a custom il,i'-l allowed locals i
to quarrel. This is usnallv iott to the h -adiug ,
political editors. Readers ot local hit '.'is uu;.t 1
news, not quarrels. Besides, there is no shad
ow of a pology for 4 Ips at lack, ns a t least t vi or 1
the three have not hef-n writ iug anv of !.-;.-The
editor of t ha . rnl. 1 ox pressed' rou rei i..- i
fore that bo hud pTtnitled an uuprovoaed at- i
i iciv. e linn t Know bow it istl.is time. In, I :
I such attacks t1IC i.t u'iroiii'irv
! letter writers.
among local
adct-s hired to electioneer for Ciiiididnti s - how
olitical and even religious issues were made.
ind falsehoods circulated to chU'in e.uiee ; to.. I
viien obtained tiow it is prostituted to lu.ihiog
1
am
money out ot poor touchers. We have m il in
j time nor inclination to write :'ji."i I. tiers c.n t'.io
i subject, and we think one will do. We hope,
i how ever, that directors am! touchers will read
I the articles in the Ntio.. J-in mil. If allt'oui.
I ty Superintendents were ImHr.-t and '( ii.'.i.-.
then- would ho fewer iiu'fi.'..-. in the statistics,
i hee:u.sc, being paid for till their lime, ti.cv
would attend to their duties, ins'cud ot hiring
out at one hundred dollaisa ni .nth. a 1 t y.t..
end securing biisituss by otlcriug ."-peehil in
ducements, higher grade's of cerl ilieatcs. and
winter schools to those who furnish their , r
l .i.T of llic; one liu lid red dobars per n;oii i Ii. Mr.
ickci shtiui is a l rue friend (. I o! ilea I ion. a ml
the acts ot the conn t . file a!
often wound h ill
, to tiie heart, bccausi
II. t'V dt irra.ie the od.ee
( ...... ri.ntin. moiioi , niji'if i lie scm.oi law HitO
lacy siioui.i Ii
, ,! Islt I 11 1 .-. a Il.i so w I I , e -. . . ! . . r . ,. .1 i . i . 1 ... I
j 1 iu ions discord where t !..."- .I....I.1 .i . ..e ... i
: pluck the t in
monistic' us I
a 1 read v e i..: f ii -r I't-odee.-r n '
V no more: nor would this
ha e been p.-uned i!' we h.i I not tx-on 1 h ll no. .
by a meddlesome .Malt.c todoso. ttur love lor
tlu: common schools impels us to say liotl.ir.g
that may injure them, and therefore we oro,.
t his u iiplcMsant subject fo.-evcr. o a less v.c a re !
boreal 'or driven into its discussion. Supci ni-f
icndciils are w 11 paid by tie Slate lor their j
time, air I should not maket.iace a mere sii.c
!(. They are paid three times as much as
j .1,' v ... ' 1 ,,,, ,,
"Ol.HJUOll.
te-.'chcrs, jmd there is alwavs enough to do if !
S'e had an i:ib rvicw tlio oilier dav with an
; old goi.t lemn:i. aged '.' !, named Tboiuas Ward.
! He lives on Vine street, the same on-- on which
; Mr. Woukiaiid. now m-ariy ninety j.mi old ami
slill a sioul man, as we slated some time ago.
continues to reside. Mr. Ward is very strong
j for his age. Some of his bail s are silvcrv. but
! n ost of i-iein are black. He has never used
spectacles and can yet see to read primer typo.
llis voice is stmng and his niomorv ret 011 ti v.
'. He was born at Star-ding Stone. I ! 11 11 in j ion
1 county, in 177r. hut on mo to whore ISaUi r s fur-
n"ce is located when lie was Ihe ago of twoiitv.
H- icnieiiibers t ho t ii.ic f 1 o;n t hi: fact that he
went tosclimd the winter before he came west,
and the teacher made them put the ver.r on
every page ot" tho copy-book, which was 17'rti.
He says there wore man v friendly i nriiaus about
Jii his young days; ti.at is, tl.ey called them
selves li icn.ily, but h"says they w ere troaciier
ous. Mr. Ward can do a J.i' work yet w'n n
tbe weather is cool, t ut admits that it is r:;t her
warm for him now. Ho has made several trip
on loid iuftlx. Two oars a.fo be walked to
New Klorcii'-e along tho railroad, tlioiigii Mr.
James Haines, who is married to hi.; grand
daughter, and with whom he lives, furnish. -d
biia with more money at the time than would
hiivt paid his fare six times over. The dis'an e
is twelve mil"s. The old man tells some good
joked about atluil'i that happened in his young
daj s. lii'i: I'.i. V.
TO CONSUMPTIVES. I
Tho advertiser, having been permanently :
cured of that dread ili-Tii-c, Consumption, bv a
simple remedy, is anxious to make known to bis j
Ir-liow sufferers tl.e moans of tiro. To all who
losiro if, he will send a copy of tlir proscription !
1 used, (f roe of charuei with t
i.nrt;ic;iis lor j
which thev will ;
1 preparing and u - ,g : he saia
tun! a si' UK ct UK 1 or I hu..ii u. 1 ( 10 11,. I ...v :n;i.l H .ti ,
cliitix. Ac. l ai ties w i.iii-ig the prescription wii!
please addri ss
fiKv. KrwAi:r . wilson,
ll-!?.-ly. 1!M Ii m: St.. V. iihanisbuigh. X. T.
This is the t inie ot M tine to V ror oni
svs'em in p.'rfcct order, nnd the mrdi. 'a oi
all ti.oiiic'n. s to do it tvi'.h is the cell !.: atcd
Vinf tar DiMcrs.a pure and jerlcrtlv ri-'iih o
nrlicle ol fhlclt c::.n aliuivf be loui.d a', M. L.
Oattmin's. to thcr ar.'i huv it.
',AlII"Ii)N Ail poip.tis nto liorrbv
tiotitic-1 not to give credit to any body on
my account without a v.ritfon fir.hr from "mo.
1'artics having claims against me will pleas.'
present them w ithin si.v weeks Irom date, and
those hicobted to me will much ob'i.'o by set
tling w itiiout d. lay. l.LO. J LASSl'.ii.
Carroillow,!, Juiy '.Vi. 187.-41. Tailor,
i He H.: oi the ( om m isi oners or said o.iiiMv
until the:rrn pay of Ann st, Ist-j. Plans and
specifications can he seen ar I he Coiu.iiis.-ioi.er s
ollice. JAS. K. NKASilN, i
I'itANCH I'!- !-; KL. -Comm'rs.
WM. I. Mt'l.KI.IAXD.)
Ebcnburg, July ::U, ls7J.-flt.'
A
DMINIf-TATOir.S NOTICE
Kstato r.f ?.f AttT Mt Cni'.r, f'oo'd.
Letters of Administration on the estate ot
MtliT Mt'tit trfF. late ot Horotiifh of l.re'to. t
t 'a in hria county, th-e'd, ha ii Li en grant o.i ; o ,
the undersigned hy the Slighter of said cim- ;
ty, all pi-rsons int. btod to the estate in q-n-tion
are rctpu-stcd to make pay mi nt without
lei ay. and those having claims against t he same i
' w,l please present them properly nut hentlcu-
tod for sett lemont. l'lIANl IS t I l-.L.
Loretto, j uly 'ii, Is7
Adniini- r:itoF.
A
D.MIMSTH ATIOX X YVICK
llstato of Witt l am It ft FY. il-cM.
Letters of Administration on the ostau- of
i.fic.v j. (OKr.isi'osnKx j:.
i
ll.i.IAM ltll.KY. late ot Prosp ct hoto, tain
I to make payuieiit without delay, and ti
"'g
aims against ho same will please pre.
sent them properly n v. tnon I lent fl tor settle
ment. SCSAN If 1 LLV, Administratrix.
Prospect, July 'M, is;.-nt.
T)KNTISTHY
branches hv
c;trrie 1 on
Dr. WF.KTZ i-
ISUO.. nt their DP.NTAL llouM.S
Xu. ls(i Washington strot t, Jolm-
town, l';i., in .loiin j. iuuu. s inuni-'s? i
ing. Thev make the very b-st and
oboapef.t AllTii IV1. T Tl'.Vllt in Johns-ovr..
Beautiful and M ll.r.TK sl.Tsat from !V to 15.
Tectb r.i UAfrrF.ii and villi i free f chatge,
oxcopr tor materia is used. Notioo the f.u,.M--ing
cert iticatc : This is to cert it j tha' I.theiin
tlorsigned, havi- Icannl to the above Dr. V.'i.-jnx
A: lino, a room in my losideiiceou yi"asliin;;fou
street for a term of ix yiars.
Jons Ti. K ' n.
Johnstown, June 11, 1872. I j .il.W.-Kiu.
L.UaKI's Mykh In Common Fl":ts or Cmi:-
- t'ria Cottfty, S-t. -7, June
ItlCIIAIlD JEf T.Y. S TclX'l, fS7'-'.
' ItiCitAiin JEf it. S
Ou tnoti'-n d' Johnston i Scan'.in. tbe Court
appoint John P. Linton, l'.s.j .an An d! r to re
ort distribution r tho money in the hards of
the Sheritl' arising from the sale d defendant's
leal estate on above stated writ.
From the itecord. J. K.Hitf.. Proih'y.
I will attend to the duties or tho nhojo ap
pointment nt mj office in tho lioroii- I. ot Johns
town, on l'illllAV, TITS KTII I'd' ,K At y-'sT,
1.S7-, at 2 o'clock, v. .M.. when and whet-e nil per
sons interested may attend: ofliernl-e be de
barred from cumin-; in on said f und.
July ),-at. JOHN P. LINTON, Au l.tttr.
T?Oll SALK A now Sprinj
A- will bo sold b' the su'i'i'titii r, o
Wa- o i
on lib. rul
11,1.1AM K 1 1. FY. late ot l'rosp or rmlu , l inn- ' , em , sia re at mo niua; .,n put ii,io.,
bria county, Uccetiscd, having boon granted to by the impo st held on thc'J'.th day of Fcuru
th'.' mult rsignc l hy the Uogistorof s:-id .iinty, ary. A. D. ls-.i
all persons intli l.ti d to said estat' aie retpiesi- ; Notice to bo giron to M:ehaol Mc-Tiernot of
in nil iu
forms. Also, olumbia Hay iums and the
V.illev C'htcr Mjvtwr and Itcapor.
iejw.j'u o lo. k. z-vn?i.
era hxts
k h ii ?
FOR THE SEASCrJ.
LADIES' SOTS
172 S 174 Federal ft.
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.
o
Ladies' Suits, frcm 2.?0 to $10.00
Herr.ar.is, frcm
Grenadines, frcm
Real Wash Poplins
Suitings, from
A. W. ERWtN 8. CO.
10 to hO
12i 13 10
12 "i to 20
121 to 25
50 BifTerent Stvles of
rost IkEna. IihIiIc
AL
T?AlT "F! "PT" V I O ' I V 1 1 n n A n if
: llv,J t U ,'!MiV
: 11 " -! " l 1 ) I i. 1 VjKi V J
AMI
-lEcn fiSHi boys' wear,
Wholesale aad P. el ail.
Principal Ollice 101 W. Fifm St., Cincinnati, 0.
I'-o snly CUT i:iI2Isni;S '.a t!-e es-atrr.-
IN VALUABLE GIFTS!
IO t DIsIi.lhL'ihD t.N
Xj . - rs x xr hi '
15Ctti hEOl'Lalt MO.MI.'LV
03
, Jp To be d awn Jianany, Auj. ."it It, lH7'-i.
tin- 1 it ltd 4iiifal Ci-iz rl"
!$5,0G0 IN GOLD I
! Two Prizes $1,0001 f
Two Prizes i00 f MldlES.
! l ive Prizes $100 u i W
: Ou I'ami!;i Cnrrinijt nwl Matrhni IT- rue uitft
! Silr- r-Mmi ul- a Harm 1.1. i tU .:0.
' Ottc Jiori-e iiH't liitiHfif, tritit et Jitm ntet
Jlit lit's, ti-fifth fit, tut.
: Tivo Family Sowing Machines, w ort h Honoaeti.
j unrth row iM tu :iuu e-ich.
j I,::.lie' C.o!d Leontine and ;o-'t's Cold Vo-t
I Chains, Solid ami .1 ou hie- 1'lat ed s.,X).,. '"H,(
j and Teaspoons, lhoti;;ra.h Albums, Jewelry,
! A.C., ic, &c.
Whc'.e Lister Zif s. ..Otio. - - TUists Ll-lei to 50,0.-
I AtJKV IS V VM I.il li Sl II 'iiH.cH. t,
l.lil hilirrx! rriiaimiis v ill Ic 'iv'll.
Si.vrjtr Tkk-:ts I: Six TiCKF-sff.i; Twrt.vB
j TlOK:TS10; TWE.VTY-KIVK TlfliK-ia 30.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a de
scription of the Manner of d:aw ing. and other
information iu reference to the 1 1; .t i ibiition,
will be sent to any one ordering thorn. All let
t'rsmust be addi essed to
OFHOK, I., il. SIM!. ItPX HKt
01 11". Otll St.. ClNflN.NATl, O.
NEW DRAW FEED,
IiOolL Sti tcli
TII KKE are some points in a Sowing Machine
that ladies desiring to purchati stiouid tak
into consideration, namely :
Lii'iUt n. nt linn iiiiiij.
fdsr .V.iiini" i,. r.(.
tV imrit ii fo if tl.r ll'm;,- ncrj-.iirrtl,
i-'rt i iiuiti frrtn nint , anil
.V. ai-l.iatii'iit a tn .i t ''tit nf (tr.lrr.
Wp claim that the lmirv'tl Illliplio pos
sesses all these points, nd tint it is
rtii: vi:y m sr
FAMILY ACEIINS
And wo solicit an examination f it. Aront i
wanted in oery county, to wf-oiri wo wiil givtj
tho most liberal terms. KATw.N .! t'l'II K h-
19 Fifth Ave., I'utswmjii, Fa. Lu-.-eui-.'
TVOTim Jam- McD.rild t r.s- Mis
rhiii'l McDermitt, .Ioliu Mel lermitt. Vi.
chael ,. Mcllcrmit. st-n ol lull l . ilcu; c
Mclicrmil, d.-c ascd. hi,,) hai les . MoLcrmii,
by bis a uar.iiai!, James Li.:ucr- In li.c'.ur'
of Common I'leas of (amhiiu Co'..ul . No. J-.
Iiii-rnuirr Tt rm, ltwi7. Fiuries. Si.u'.m. ns i.i
1'nrtilion.
Ami now. Jutre t-t, 1T'!, Unto upon James fc-D-.
iurt. John McDcrmir. an 1 .hones l.n..i.t i,
(iuai.iian ot t barles V. Mcliorinit, Jiih.i t .
Mclieriiiit. and J;.n.e P. Molcrn.it. luinor
cliil.lren of Henry MclN-rn.it. deti-,ii .1, is
awarded by tl.o Court to appear therein ou th.i
tll-.f l..y of lu ll term, to i.e. eol ,.r r. f ..... t..
ttko t he real estate at the n Ina t i' .n put u,.o..
Ill l.tl o l. V III! I. ;.. a 1 loo s. v linns n: .1... i ......
j In ill '., ,t.:)i. I!v the Court.
(skai.. l iom the Ucco.d. Ccrtilod t?ti of
June. 1s,l. J- K. iilTK I rotl.om.tai v.
I Aff. W. Ii. Don ..'.ckkm, Si. rill. jeJt.fi.l
Ail- rroirs Norici: io ti e Oh-
' PHANS' Ciil'KT OF CamiiI.H . - rY. i it
the in nli i the otc.m.r ..r n i... Ji. ai,i. . .
Atitniiii.-ttaii-i m .juims M. I. i '.,'(. .'. Aid
ro w, Jut.o Id. n niotioii of fl.iif n jkir t
ilerry , John p. Linton, Ls.j.. appoi. ted .i.dilo.
to repoi t list i ibiition of in. mom y in the Immlt
of tho Aominis. i ai w hii..u trom tlosi.lei.f
' rial estate. jKi. W. Oaimam. Clerk.
! I wiH attend tt the unties ol tne hI.o-e ap
! pori.t men t at the Ih.c.i .-.iioema kcr oc ifrti.
iii Koensl.iirir, on '.I'U'Msmt'. ' Dm I'AVnt
j Arta st. Is . at SnVlm-i,, . M-. " ti ami w t.er
. ail persnis i:uor sr.-.l iiii. t:tic.:.i if tl.oj seo
1 proper; oil:eri.e the will be debarred from
! coining in imi s.ud fund.
j July u.-:.t. Jt.il N P. LINTON, Auditor.
i Kvail H- Lvn.: Common Pleas of Can.brU
. . i ' " No. -. Maicii Tiu
I Man- Aim Lewis. !,.-. lt, hivorif.
I ,-d no. Juno in. hs;, motion .f C- L.
I I'er-i.mg. I s.,.. . Horace Uosr. Rs-j ,apjMiiit-
ed a Conimis.Ioucr to U.kc t dt.eioiiv.
I . . Hy the Court.
N.iTti K. is ht r-hy pivon that I wiil it for tin
I purpose of t.ie above appoint mciit, at i.iv n.'liw
in the Borough of .l..i. .... .,..t....-
, Jm.1' ' ZW.a . ' , tt'L
Ai:;i srfi. Wi, at I o'clock, "p. xi.. when ami
where all persous inter t-.i ma v al ten.:.
July l;-.". w. imi: a -je ito.i:, cou.
TN ti 1 1: ( i: ii i . xs cu i :iiT17cZ7-
Btti.v Cor.VTV.-H.il imr he n Hpi'oiute.1 Au
ditor to report distiit.uti. u f the money iu thtt
hamlsof m. if van, Al in rul Josteis Hn..
Uecirsed. all persons itirerostcd m said cst.j
will tike notice tii.it I will attend to im Juru
of my appointment, at my ollioe in K'.cii.ijurf-
Oll Till' USD AY, AtlilsT 15TH. J ' '
July 13, )i. A,.SUVi J.
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