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I wlllfnow state that I made a miraculous cure of
one or tne worm cases or skin disease known. The
patient Is a man forty years old; had suffered fif
teen years. His eves, scalp and nearly his whole
body presented a frinhtful appearance. Had had
the attentlen of twelve different phTslelans, who
prescribed the best remedies known "to the profes
sion, such as Iodide potassium, arsenic, corrosive
sublimate, sarsaparilla, etc. Had paid $?ix) far
me. ucai treatment wita out little relief. I pre
valjod upon him to use the CrTtrrm Rsoi.v!t
Internally and the t't'TicTRA and I'uTirrm Soar
externally. He did 10 and was completely cured.
The skin on his head, face, and many other nnrti
of his person, which presented a most loathsome
appearance, is now as sort and smooth as an In
fant's, with no scar or trace of the disease left be
hind. He has now been cured twelve months,
tported by
F. H. Brotvn, Esq., Barnwell, S. C.
SCROFULA SORE.
Rev. T)r. , In detailing- Ma experience with
the CrricAB Karwamiea. said that thro' IMvlne
Providence one of bis parishioners was enred of a
scrofulous sore, which was slowly drainlnz away
his life, by the C'rTicrR Rfjsoi.yknt Internally,
ana tTirrRA and tTTicrn cor externally.
The poison that had fed the disease was complete
ly driven out.
ECZEMA.
Sixteen mons since an fro.iilin broke oat on
my lee and both feet, which turned out to be Ke
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I used the Cptiitra Hbsm.vkjit Internally and
Cr-rn-i-FiA and lTTi rF. Soap externally, which
entirely cured me so that my skin Is as smooth and
natural a ever.
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CUTTCURA.
The Outleura treatment, for the core of Skin,
Scalp and Rlood Iisees. eons'sts In the Internal
use of t't-rici RA Rknoltkyt. the new Blood Pnrl
flcr, snd the external Ufe of C'rTicfRA and Ccti
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small boxes, Ve. : birse boxes. fl.W. I'm
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cleansed, disinfected ami healed, breath sweet
ened, smell, taste and hearinir restored, and con
stitutional ravnices checked.
I'otiSh, Bronchitis, Iiropplnes Into the Throat.
Pains in the Chest, Iiyspepsia, Wastinir of Strength
and Flesi, Loss of Sleep, 4tc, cured.
ne bottle Radical !nra. one box Catarrhal Sol
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.I-lver and I. units, Klieuma
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Female VI eakness. Malaria,
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Amon? the medicinal tnenns of arresting
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pre eminent. It checks the further progress
of all disorders of the tomnoh, liver and
bowels, revives the vital stamina, prevents
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ly heats the sores and
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Hat f ever. 'i-c.
I'nennaled forcolds in
HAY-FEVER
the head. Aitreeahle
to nso. Apply by the
little ffnirer into the
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v T Liver Conmlatnt. Dyspepsia. Sick Headache.
Indixestion. snpation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West s Vcietshie Liver Tills, whon the
directions are strictly compiled wiih. They are
purely veiret..hle.and never fail tn fclvesstis'uctlon.
Sus;arl'.iatel. Lance Boxes, eontaininic r,0 Pills.
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terleiters and Irr.lta-ors. The r in nine manufuc
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' v Liseaaea of tha Pulmonary
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BE WILLISO TO TRY.
Don't Rive up so easy,
I pray yon, my friend.
Nor judge at the first
IIow the journey will end.
The pathway is rugged.
The mountain is high,
But eru you lose courage,
Be willing to try.
You gain quite a foothold,
You step by step climb ;
Look out ! Have a care
IIow you step, and take time I
Lt bope be your watchword
Let truth be your cry.
Though evils beset you,
Be willing to try.
You're up near the summit
You're sighting the goal,
Where rivers of beauty
Unceasingly roll.
Forgetting your footsteps
To think of the crown ;
One single step backward
And you may step down I
If so don't Rive over
Men greater than you
Have niissed, nor lost heart,
Starting each time anew.
With staff well in band.
And a glance at the sky,
They said to their comrades,
"Again will I try I"
Persistence works wonders,
Ar.d pluck is like gold,
And he who would thrive
As oft we've been told.
Must wrestle with fate,
Till the day he shall die,
Or sink like the coward
Vvho never will try I
IlEMINISCENSES
OF THE
BENCH an. BAR OfCAMBRIA COUNTY.
JTLL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BT
B. L. JOHNSTON, ESQ., AT THE DEDICA
TION OF THE SEW COURT HOUSE,
THURSDAY, MAT25TH, 1883,
To perform the duty assigned to me by the
Committee of Arrangements is a labor o-
love on my part ; and whether it pleases my
audience or not, it affords me infinite satis
faction. I have taken great care to put my
remarks In pure and classic language, bo that
if there is any violation of the "Queen's En
glish" found by the reader hereafter it will
be the fault of the reporter or printer, and
thnsthe proper shoulders can bear tho re
sponsibility. To a portion of my audience this discourse
will be dry and uninteresting ; but I am
compelled to be truthful rather than enter
taining, as, like another great man, I am de
termined to make this the "greatest effort of
my life."
The 2Gth day of March, 1804, was the birth
day of Cambria county. She came to the
world the last of a litter of six bantlings
namely, Jefferson, McKean, Clearfield, Pot
ter, Tioga and Cambria yet, though the last
to see the light, she has far outstripped all
her older sisters in population and material
prosperity. Nay, she has done better still.
Owing her maternity to Huntingdon and
Somerset, she has largely outgrown both her
mothers in population and material great
ness. Strangers to Cambria connty speak of her
as having natural boundaries, and occupying
the table land between the Allegheny and
Laurel Hill ; whereas she has no natural
boundary except on a small portion of her
southern line, made by Stony creek and Paint.
So far from Laurel Hill being her western
line, it all lies within her border, marked by
straight artidcial line from Conemaugh river
to Cherrytree. And while the act of Assem
bly of 1804 runs her eastern line "southerly
along the Allegheny Mountains," yet tftal is
no line, the summit of the mountain being in
good part a flat surface covered with farms.
Much litigation resulted from this cause, as
every surveyor had his own line, until a more
recent act of Assembly appointed E. A.
VicXroy and the late Judge Gwinn to ascer
tain and mark the line of division between
Cambria and Blair counties.
The act of 1804 was only provisional in its
character, leaving Cambria annexed to Som
erset for all judicial purposes, and also leav
ing the location of the county seat undeter
mined, except that it was to be within seven
miles of the geographical centre of the
county.
The act of Assembly of 29th March, 1805,
fixed the seat of justice at Ebensburg, ap
pointed John Horner, John Evans and Al
exander Ogle to take conveyance for the
public buildings from Rees Lloyd, as trustees
for the y?t unorganized couuty. On the 7th
of June, 1805, the deeds were made to these
trustees, who on the 8th of August, 1808, con.
veyed to the county and surrendered their
trust. These deeds were recorded on the
5th and 8th days of December, 1810, In Re
cord Book: volume 1, pages 199 et. seq.
On the 26th of January, 1807, was passed
"An act to organize the provisional county
of Cambria." This act provided that from
the first Monday In November following
(1807), Cambria should enjoy alt the rights,
powers, ptivileges and liberties of other
counties, etc. ; that suits pending in Somer
set county, within her territory, should be
certified to the Courts of Cambria ; that offi
cers should be elected, give bonds, etc ; that
public buildings should be erected, and in the
meantime a temporary court house should be
secured, etc.
On the 24th of February 1806, what was
known as the General Judiciary Bill was
passed. There were then ten Judicial Dis
tricts in the State, and ten President Judges.
There are noworfy eight districts and seren-fy-aet-en
Judges. Cambria county was at
tached to the Tenth Judicial District The
same act provided for the appointment of
Judges for the district, the office then being
a life office, or during good behavior, which
meant nearly the same thing.
Hon. John Young was in the same year
appointed President Judge of theTenthdis
trict, embracing the counties of Westmore
land, Armstrong, Indiana Somerset and
Cambria. He held that office till 1837, when
non. Thomas White was appointed. Judge
Young was a native of Scotland and settled
at Greensburg about one hundred years ago.
He was a roan of more than ordinary culture
and'possessed of some poetical talent, though
somewhat visionary. As early as 1791 he
was In full practice before Judge Addison,
also a Scotchman, who was Circuit Judge of
all the southwestern counties In tbe State,
afterwards including Cambria. His first le
gal effort on record Is found In Addison's
Beports, page 1, Pennsylvania vs. Susanna
McKee, tried in Allegheny county at Septem
ber term, 1791 fifteen years before bis ap
pointment as President Judge. This was a
case of homicide, and his client was acquit
ted. But his most notable case was a civil
suit tried at Greensburg at December Term,
1798. It was an ejectment for two tracts of
valuable land, on which I am informed the
convent and celebrated school of St. Xavitr's
and St. Vincent's college now stand.
Theodorus Brower3, a German Catholic
priest, settled with a small colony on this
land, which he bequeathed to his congrega.
tion and the regular clergyman thereof foi
ever, on certain conditions. Mr. Browers'
settlement dated back long before the first
Catholic Bishop tn the United States was ap
pointed, and still longer before the advent of
Prince Gallitzin to Cambria count. It was
the earliest Catholic mission west of the
Conewago, in Pennsylvania, After the death
of Browers, Franclscus Frotnm, an irregular
priest, without the sanction of any church
authority, undertook to perform the duties
of a priest and to hold possession of the
property. J udge Young brought suit for the
executors of Browers and ousted the Intru
der. The case Is full of ecclesiastical learn
ing. I refer my legal friends to Addison's
Re pott, page 362.
Long afterwards, learning that the will of
Rev. Theodorus Browers tended to a perpet
uity, and that the land might escheat to the
commonwealth, a curing act was passed on
the 7th of March, 1821. and under that act
another ejectment wast ried in 1829 McGirr
vs. Aaron. 1st Penna. Rep., 49 In which the
late Father McGirr, of this county, was plain
tiff. The Court still decided in favor of the
congregation, Chief Justice Gibson holding
that tbe bequests In the will of Browers was
in ease of the congregation,"
Judge Young's term lasted thirty years.
and about the age of eighty he voluntarily
retired, nis Integrity was never impeached,
but his want of fitness and his neirliirence
were severely criticized on several occasions.
At one time, about 1830, I think, there was a
strong effort to have him removed by legis
lative enactment, and a cloud ot witnesses
was called to narrisburg at a heavy expense;
but the Judge escaped, and held his seat for
several years afterward.
Many ludicrous Incidents connected with
his administration of jurtice have been told.
I shall repeat only one of them. It was an
afternoon session of the Court at Indiana,
and the court room was crowded. H is Honor
had sunk Into a gentle slumber. A member
of the bar, noted for his stentorian lungs,
was arguing a case in his loudest tones. All
at once a donkey behind the court bouse
commenced braying In his loudest tones.
The Judge started In bis sleep, rubbed his
eyes and roared out : "Order 1 order I Only
one at a time, gentlemen I"
This seems ludicrious enough, but some
thing a little like It occurred in higher quar
ters about the same time. William Allen,
(now known as "Old Bill Allen") was, some
half century ago, elected to the United States
henate from Ohio. LTe was regarded as the
father of "stump speeches" In Ohio, and to
this he owed his success. The Senate was
always a grave body, and more so then than
now. nis stumping style and stentorian
lungs at once brought on him the title of the
"Chinese Goug" an article just then Intro
duced at hotels. He was universally known
as fhe Chinese Oona.
It was a sultry, post-prandial session.
Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, a good
eater and tolerable drinker, was in the chair
and had yielded to a gentle nap, during the
speech of a prosy Senator. All at once,
with the voice of a stentor, Mr. Allen cried,
"Mr. Speaker." Southard meekly open ed
his eyes, "The gentleman from Cftt'na." A
boisterous laugh followed, which was scarce
ly suppressed by his "Beg pardon the gen
i-
tleman from Ohio,"
Tradition says the first Court was held In
a building on property now owned by Rees
John Lloyd, Esq., but afterwards the build
ing known as the "Old Red Jail" was adopt
ed It was here that James Farrell was
confined. It was an old log building, weather-boarded
; the Court sat above stairs and
the prison was underneath. I find this entry
In the Court record : "7th Sept., 1813, James
Farrell committed to goal for drunkenness
and rudeness in the face of the Court, to be
kept till to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock."
This was in the morning. Jimmy was in a
devotional frame of mind when he entered
the prison below, and compelling the only
other inmate to join him, commenced singing
camp-meeting hymns at the top of his voice.
It was impossible to proceed with business,
and Judge Young adjourned the "Court till
to-morrow rooming at 9 o'clock."
The first Court in Cambria county was
held on the 7th of March, 1808. There were
only three townships in the county Alle
gheny, Cambria and Conemaugh. The pop
ulation by the cecsus of 1800,was 403. The
Associate Justices were Abraham Htlde
brand and George Roberts, Esqs. the form
er representing the German element In the
south, the latter the Welsh population of
Cambria.
For many years the Courts were usually
held by the Associates, Judge Young not at
tending. In some instances the clerk made
the minute to read, "Hon. A. Hildebrand
and his Associate, George Roberts."
Very few important civil cases were tried
during tbe first decade of the history ot the
Court. A majority of these were disposed of
bv arbitration under the old reference laws.
The more important cases were taken to the
then existing Circuit Court by virtue of the
provisions of the act of Assembly creating
that Court. Slander cases were not uncom
mon, and, Vhether tried by referees or a
Jury, the usual verdict was five dollars not
because character was cheaper then, but
because money was a great deal dearer. On
the criminal &ide of the Court, under the old
license laws, tippling house convictions were
frequent and the standing sentence was a
fine of one dollar and costs, which, it may be
supposed, did not, to any great extent, inter
fere with business.
In short, to use a mercantile phrase, every
thing was put at the "lowest cash prices."
At the first Court the Sheriff's fee for keep
ing prisoners was fixed at twelve and a half
cents per day, or four cents per meal. At
the first Court Samuel I. Leipr, Esq., pro
duced a letter of appointment as Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney for Cambria county.
Thomas McKean was Governor, and in bis
last year Joseph B. McKean was Attorney
General and Lei per his Deputy. Tbe seat
of the State Government was then at Phila
delphia, and their duty was to give the new
county shape and form.
The county had no resident lawyers. At
the first sitting of the Court, March 7th, 1808,
n motion of Mr. Leiper, Robert Allison and
William Orbison, of Huntingdon, were ad
mitted; and on motion of Mr. Allison,
Thomas Burnside, of Bellefonte, and Messrs.
Carson and Riddle, of Bedford, were soon
afterwards admitted, became regular visit
ors, and transacted the bulk of the legal
business for two years. Mr. Riddle was af
terwards Ingloriously suspended. Judge
Young had iven umbrage to Mr. Riddle in
the case of Mary Beatty. charged with In
fanticide. A Flaxseed court was held and
the course of the Judge commented on pretty
freely. This was followed by a pamphlet,
signed by "Harry Hemlock," the object of
which was to cast ridicule upon Judge
Young and the Court. The paternity of this
production being fixed upon Mr. Riddle, the
Court, on Sept. 15th, 1811, made an order
suspending bim from practice for eighteen
calender months for contempt of Cort. I
saw the pamphlet many years since, but
could hardly see where the "contempt" came
in. The wit. Indeed, was contmptible
enough, but if bad wit were a sufficient
ground for stupending, your orator would be
In the most painful suspense all the time.
Until as lats as 1843 the honors, and, what
was worse, the profits of the bar were car
ried off by lawyers from abroad. Indeed It
was some years before we had any resident
attorneys. Charles nuston, author of "Land
Titles In Pennsylvania," and Thomas Burn
side, of Bellefonte ; Todd Ross, offPittsburg;
Coulter, of Greensburg, and Black, of Som
erset all afterwards Judges of the Supreme
Conrt practiced bere; as did also Thomas
White, afterwards Judge of the Tenth disr
trict ; Thompsdn, of the Somerset and Bed
ford district, and John Reed, of the Cumber
land district, author of "Pennsylvania
Blackstone." Besides these, we had Allison,
Orbison, Smith, Bell, Miles and Taylor, of
Huntingdon; Hale, of Lewistown ; Hale and
Blancbard, of Bellefonte; Ogle, Forward,
Cox and Baer, of Somerset : Foster, of
Greensburg ; Kelly, Banks, Stanard and
Drum, of Indiana, and Calvin, noflus, Blair
and Banks, of Blair county.
The late Moses Canan, Esq., was our ear
liest resident lawyer, ne was a man of fine
education and attainments, but disinclined
to the turbulence of Jury trials.
Michael Dan Magehan, Esq., was the first
native attorney admitted in our Court. Born
and reared in Cambria county, he studied
his profession under William R. Smith, In
Huntingdon, ne was admitted to Af bar
in 1828. Because he was full of genial bu
rner, and well remembered for that, It Is for
gotten that be had been a very close student,
well read In elementary law, and soon at
tained a high position at the bar. ne was a
very able jury lawyer, his tones being loud
and clear. Where pathos was wanted he
was eminently pathetic , where humor was
required, he was rich more than rich ; and
he retained his powers till shortly before his
death. He lived and died poor, because he
never exacted from wealth the pay he should
have secured, and never refused the case of
a poor man because it afforded no compen
sation. He was eloquent, and had a gTeat
power of swaying juries, nis humor in ad
dressing a jury was peculiar and always ef
fective, while his Invective was terrible.
nere allow me to pause I Of the resident
members of the Cambria county bar, wheth
er dead or living, there would be little pro
priety in making individual mention. In my
own brief career I have followed fourteen t
their last resting places. Let us only say,
and that with reverence, peace to their ashes.
"Tso further seek their merits to dlcp,se.
Nor draw their frailties from their last abode ;
There they alike. In trembling hope, repose
On the bosom of their Father and their Ood."
Of the living members of the bar now in
this presence It becomes me not to speak.
Still, I cannot refrain from expressing a
hope nay, something more than a hope a
conviction, that the Immense clientele now be-
Lfore me will always find in each and every of
T them. In case of need, an advocate worthvof
the high trusts Imposed upon him in the per
formance of ti:e duties of an honorable pro
fession. And I may Indulge In a well
grounded trust that the same amenities and
eourtesy, the same forbearance with each
otber, shall be In the future, as it has been
In the past, a shining characteristic of the
Cambria County Bar.
Pardon me if I retrace. The earliest days
of our Court possess the most interest to me,
and I desire to dwell upon them. Struck
Juries and views were in vogne, and chal
lenges of jurors were settled by triers. In
ejectments, when a Jury came into the box
ready te deliver a verdict, the plaintiff was
called three times, and if he did not answer,
Instead of the verdict a non suit was enteied.
The pleadings were more formal and
classical then than now, and law Latin was
much indulged in. As an example: George
Hildebrand, lately deceased, forgot his Dun
ker training so much as to give Samuel Gal
Iaher an unmerciful beating. A civil action
was brought, and after a most elaborate de
claration, defendant pleaded "tioti cttl et son
assault demesue." Replication, "Ds injuria
sua propria et absque tati causa."
As a contrast with more recent knowledge
of the dead languages, I recollect of appear
ing for three defendants in an action of as
sumpsit. I put in the plea of "non assump
serunt and payment." Plaintiff's counsel
asked what that meant, and I explained that
it was the plural of the Latin verb. "Then,"
said he, "yon should bave made it consistent
by pleading 'non assumpserunt and pay-me-mnt.'
"
About 1842, Judge Black, President of the
Bedford and Somerset district, introduced
tbe innovation of booking up the Grand Jury
before Court, thus saving the time and labor
of an oral charge, nis Honor, Judge Dean,
first introduced the practice here, to our
great advantage. The practice, which still
exists over the State of delivering an oral
charge, formerly prevailed in Cambria coun
ty. These charges were all made on the
same last, except an occasional new vamping,
and became very monotonous to the bar.
I recollect Judge Taylor's eighty-eighth
charge. Tin announced, as he had done
eighty-seven times before, the duties of the
jurors and tbe definition of offences, with all
tbe force and fervor of new discoveries. In
side the bar this charge fell on dull ears, but
the Grand Inquest sat with ears and mouths
open inhaling the stores of legal wisdom
which were to guide them in their delibera
tions. Jadge Young, In his best days, delivered
able and lucid charges, always following up
his definitions by illustrations. "Suppose,"
he would say, "A strikes at B within strik
ing distance with an instrument, a pitch-fork
for instance. It he strike bim it Is a battery,
but if he fail to strike bim It is simply an
assault."
One morning the Grand Jury were In Uieir
box, but Judge Young was absent. What
was to be done? When Judge Peters and
Judge Washington occupied the bench in
Philadelphia, Peters was more distinguished
as a wit than a jurist, and the charge was
always imposed on Judge Washington. At
the close of an Important case Judge Peters
turned around to his associate, but he was
absent. Tne Judge then promptly turned
to the jury. "Gentlemen of the Jury," said
he, "I find myself this morning in the condi
tion of aa unhorsed warrior I have lost my
charger. Take tbe case and do the best you
can with It." Not so our Cambria county
Associate Judges. They felt that a Grand
Jury, like a gun, could not be discharged
without first being charged. Accordingly
one of the associates proceeded to charge
them. He told them (interalia) that "an
assault and battery was where A tried to
strike B toith a pitch fork. If he missed him,
it was an assault, but if It hit him, it was
an assault and battery." As it was not tbe
hay season, the Grand Jury found "not a
true bill," as to A and B, and all tbe rest of
the alphabet.
In the certified list from Somerset county,
as per act of Assembly creating the county
of Cambria, there was only one civil suit
certified that of Thomas Vickroy vs. John
Skelly and Daniel Dimond. Plaintiff was
the father of our esteemed citizen, E. A.
Vickroy, Esq. It was tried in 1809, and the
plaintiff was non suited. A second suit was
brought ten years afterwards, and resulted
in a verdict for defendant. Writ of error to
Supreme Court, judgment reversed ; see 14
5s. & R., 372. It was then removed to the
Circuit Court where Vickroy obtained a ver
dict. The land lies In Croyle township.
Downing vs. Diggs, an ejectment brought
In 1811, was the earliest cause from Cambria
county that reached the Supreme Court. It
was for land in Allegheny township, and
was In that Court twice ; see 2, S. & R., 455,
and 4 S. & R., 348. Tbe opinion each time
was delivered by Judge Gibson, and was the
fiist opinion ever delivered by that eminent
Judge.
In 1837 non. Thomas White succeeded
Judge Young. After reading law In Phila
delphia, he married a daughter of Alexander
McConnell, f Huntingdon, and settled in
Indiana. On April 2d, 1824, he was admit
ted to our bar, and practiced bere till the
time of his appointment.
Judge White during bis term presided
with signal ability, ne was highly educated
both in literature and law. He was Indeed
our beau ideal of an able and upright Judge.
At the end of his term tho bar and tbe peo
ple of this county, without a dissenting
voice, urged his re-appolntment, and it was
refused solely on political grounds, ne and
Judge Black were contemporary Judges of
Cambria and Blair : and It was once said on
a convivial occasion that Blair and Cambria
bad the two best Judges In the State, and
had them as lawyers liked to bave every
thingIn Black and White. The only differ
ence between them was that White was a
black Republican and Black was a white
Democrat.
non. J. M. Burrell was appointed by Gov.
Shunk to succeed Judge White. He resided
inGreensburg.and afterwards became Judge
of the Westmoreland district, ne only held
four Courts here. The Senate, being Whig.
rejected him. Several other nominations
were made, but they too were rejected. Fin
ally John C. Knox was accepted as being
the least obfcnozious. Judge Knox remained
on tbe bench till the present district was
formed, ne afterwards attained to the Su
preme Bench, and subsequently became At
torney General. He still lives, but bis men
tal powers are entirely prostrated.
Judt! Taylor was the first Judge in the
24th district. He was appointed in 1819,
elected in 1851. and unanimously re-elected
In 1861. His administration of justice is too
recent for criticism. All his opinions were
models of English composition. No Judge
ever went further to reach what he honestly
believed to be the justice of a case. When
he thought a conviction necessary he gave
the jury the "reasonable doubt" In a low
tone of voice, but when he thought an ac
quittal should follow be emphasized the
"reasonable doubt." Indeed, his charge as
rendered and as furnished afterwards, tho'
the same throughout, seemed entirely differ
ent. His emphasis and gestures made the
difference. His charge would appear In
plain Roman type, while it came from bis
lips fearfully italicized If be bad a fault it
was sluggishness, and there were great com
plaints of delay in the later years of his term.
But he was a pure, honest and upright
Judge.
Of the present in?umbent it is difficult to
speak bere and in his presence In befitting
terms. Elected in 1871, his re-election by
acclamation In 1881 is the highest tribute
the people could pay to his worth. Bringing
to the performance of his duties a well stored
mind, a good legal training, a great force of
character, unflagging industry, and the most
determined honesty of purpose, he could
not fail to give satisfaction to the bar and
the people the lawyer and the layman. If
the present omens continue (a thing that I
by no means insist on) be must acquire a
stage of more extended usefulness. More
than this I ought not to say less I cannot
say.
Cambria county has furnished hersbaie of
land litigation, many cases of more than
comiuou importance having been before our
Courts. Tbe Mullin's 11111 cases were nota
ble among these. That territory was in con
test some twenty years. My quondam part
ner, Joshua F. Cox. Esq., had the laugh
turned on him In one of these cases. It is a
melancholy fact that if the witness gets the
better of the examining attorney, the laugh
from the jury and the audience is always in
favor of the witness. "Now, sir," says Mr.
Cox, severely, "Mr. Mnllin, you are on your
oath ; wasn't the mansion bouse on tne touth
side of the turnpike as you go from Ebens
burg to the Summit?" "Yes," as quick a3
thought answered Michael Mullin, "or as
you come back, either." Of course, tbe
crowded court house was in a roar, and Cox
was disconcerted,
Tbe Adams vs. Jackson controversy, which
involved the title of Summitville borough,
was a noted a case and repeatedly before the
Court. It was last tried at a Special Court,
Judge Woodward presiding, from whose ru
lings a writ of error was taken ; and while
the Supreme Court decided that Judge
Woodward was wroug in almost everything,
it affirmed his decision, and ended the con
troversy forever. Spe 4 W. & S., 55.
But the greatest land case of the county
perhaps the greatest ever tried in Pennsyl
vania was the celebrated Ross and Barclay
case, involving the title to 20,000 acres of
land a great part of two townships. I
brought the first suit In 1844, and the case
was finally ended only a few year since.
Even yet land speculators are occasionally
burning their feet on the embers of this old
litigation. Twenty lawyers and eighteen
surveyors have been employed In this case,
and it has been tried before Judges White,
Knox aDd Taylor In the lower Court ; by
Judge Grier In tbe U. S. Circuit Court, and
under different names in the Supreme Court.
See 7 Barr, 67 ; 6 Harris, 179 ; Hoffman in
Ross, 3 Wallace, Jr., (a book, by the way,
that never was published, but annotated by
Wharton) ; arid, finally, in McDermit vs.
Hoffman, 20 P. F. Smith, 31. The fees and
expenses cost more than the land was then
worth ; but if the 52 tractsow stood in their
primitive integrity tbey would be worth more
than one million dollars. I may here remark
that Rev. Demetrius Augustine Smith was
involved in more than one of these land trials !
before he bad resumed bis family name of
Gallitzin.
Speaking of lands, I find this entr in tbe
minutes of the Court; "3d December, 1818,
John Murray, High Sheriff, conies into open
Court and acknowledges his deed to Peter
Levergood for two certain tracts of land sit
uate In Conemaugh township, one of said
tracts, surveyed for Charles Campbell, con
taining 249 acres, w hich on said tract are one
forge, one gristmill, and one sawmill ; tbe
otber tract, surveyed for Henry Wise, con
taining 2S3 acres, adjoining above, sold to
bim for the sura of six dollars." These tracts
embrace a great part of the borough ot Johns
town. This seems to be a low figure, but
bear in mind it was a cash sale, and property
there has advanced in value since that time.
Seriously speaking, on no part of this 5.12
acres could one square yard be bought at this
day for that sum. It is within the bounds of
a young city, whose increase in population
and material wealth seems fabulous.
Leaving the Common Tleas, I cannot re
frain from noticing two of the criminal cases
which our annals afford, On the Sd of J
ion, vj wen rememoer it, or mere was a
midsummer frost,) I was called upon, as a
Justice of the Teace, upon the information
of John Wherry, to issue a warrant against
two good citizens of our county for the mur
der of Betsy Holder, an old lady whose cot
tage stood close by the turnpike, one mile
east of Ebensburg. The murder was com
mitted, but those then charged with it were
wholty innocent. A reward was offnred,
pursuit made, and Patrick and Bernard Flan
agan weie arrested a few days afterward
Tbey were strangers to the county theirob
ject, plunder. At October Term, 1842, tbey
were tried and convicted, 'and a motion for a
new trial overruled by Judge White, and
sentence pronounced. No death warrant
was signed, but the following winter an act
was passed authorizing Judge White to hear
a motion for a new trial, and, in case of bis
refusal, to notify the nearest President Judge
to bear the motion. Judge White promptly
refused the motion, and notified Judge
AVoodward. ne refused, also, and pro
nounced the act unconstitutional. The year
1843 then passed, and in 1R44 an act was
pased for the hearing of the motion for a
new trial before a Judge of the Supreme
Court. Accordingly Judge Molton C. Ro
gers on the 4th of July, If 44, beard the ar
guments and refused the motion. The
night before the election in l.44 the death
j warrant was received by the Sheriff. On tbe
same evening the Flanagans escaped fiom
prison. They owed their escape from prison
to the heroic devotion of a sister. They were
never retaken.
in tne argument or uommonwealth vs.
Houser and Buser, Jndge Woodward, then
on the Supreme Bench, called attention to
the similarity of their case to that of the
Flanagans. In both cases the victims were
females ; in both cases tho murderers were
strangers to the county; in both cases the
object was plunder; In both cases the attack
was made in the dwelling bouse ; in both
cases Innocent parties were first arrested ; in
both cases the conviction was mainly upon
circumstantial evidence ; in both cases there
was a mistake in the identity of tbe offend
ers, and in neither case did any witness pee
the killing. The only difference was that
the killing of Polly Paul and Cassie Munday
was a double murder, and the perpetrators
underwent tbe extreme sentence of the law.
Connected with this case is something per
haps without a parallel in judicial proceed
ings. Riddle and Ream were first arrested,
imprisoned, tried for murder, and acquitted.
But only one of the victims was embraced in
the indictment. They were remanded to jail
to await a trial on another indictment. Tbey
broke jail and escaped and had not been re
taken when Houser and Buser weie tried.
And the same witnesses, truthful witnesses
too, who identified Riddle and Ream as
prowling in the neighborhood before the
murder, transferred the identity to nouser
and Buser when they came to be tried.
The Michael Moore homicide was equally
atrocious, but so recent as to be in the recol
lection of my audience. I shall therefore not
dwell on its horrible details.
Several panics have passed over Cambria
county, in common with her sisters rfbtably
that of 1842. The distress and sacrifice of
f-Tuiteny mtmcea tne legislature to enact a
"stay law," which provided that if property
levied on did not bring two-thirds its ap
praised value, the writ should be stayed one
year. Then I first beard of "borrowing a
levy," and supposed it a very small loan. I
r la-fterwards, however, learned the true mean-
Ting ot tbe term. Executions were Issued
against nearly all in the north of the county.
They took advantage of the "stay law;" and
It was done thus : An immense pile of lum
ber was stuck up at Dan Swyers' saw mill.
Dan loaned this to his neighbors for a levy,
and whenever the Sheriff or any constable
appeared with an execution, the defendant,
whoever he was, showed this pile of lumber.
An appraisement was had by three citizens,
acd as the property of course would not bring
tbe necessary two-thirds, the writ would go
over for a year. Thus lumber, not then worth
fifty dollars, staved claims amounting to
thousands.
This was In the autumn and winter of '43
and '43. In the srring the rains fell, the
waters rose, tbe lumber was rafted to market,
and before the year expired the debts were
liquidated. Then, as now, that portion of
Cambria was like the roof of a bouse sup
ported by the rotten.
An anecdote is told of my old friend. John
Westover, about the same time constable of
Susquehanna township. Henry Learner, an
old teamster, through the vicissitudes of bus
iness was reduced to a four horse team of the
sorriest old animals that'ever performed duty
in harness. An pxecution against Henry
was put in Westover's hands, which in due
time he returned, "No movabfo property."
The plaintiff's lawyer tiok John to task and
asked him why he had not returned it "nulla
bona." He promptly replied that be could
not do that therev were bonis enough, but
nothing else. "But where's his four horses?"
asked the man of law. John's indignant re
ply was, "Do you call them movable proer
ty ? Why, you couldn't get one of them off
the premises if you were to go to the devil
for it!" j
I first saw the old Court nouse nearly half
a century ago, and thought It a very hand
some edifice. This was
"Before decay's effaclne flnpers
Had awept the linee where beauty lingers."
I knew it was the Court House, because
surmounting Its frout was a sign In mon
strous black, fat letters, 'COURT HOUSE.
I have been intimate with it eversip.ee, prid
ing in its youth and regretting its decay. But
it has "fallen into the seie and yellow leaf,"
and may say, with Cardinal Wo'sey :
"Farewell, a Ions; farewell, to all n-.v irreatnest ;
I haste now to my setting:. 1 shall iall."
Farewell, then, thou scrofulous old pile.
Thy decay has been gradual, but universal
Every part of thy frame is equally waited
and worn. Nothing about thee that Iwars
not the marks of decay and dissolntion.
Tradition, indeed, avers that In thy corner
stone (tnfrra'ta) is a 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 wi'l give
thee a rollicking funeral; and then peace
io thy old ashes !
Turn we from the old to the new! I think,
ladies and gentlemen, we are now seated in
the finest court house In this broad common
wealth. And to the taxpayers present I may
say, yoar dollars built it. It is yours not
the Judges, nor the lawyers', nor the coun
ty officers', but your own. Cambria eounty
may well bo proud of her public buildings.
She has a poor house where r.ll her unfortu
nates can be cared for. She has a jail where
transgressors can be prevented from further
crime, a building costing f 100,030 which Is
ases Uaid for. Last'of all an d most of all she
u'vyj has a Temple of Justice wbicb Is an honor to
ner people. And in tbe erection of all these
buildings there has never been a charge of
dishonesty or peculation to the amount of
one dollar.
We were fortunate In having Grand Ju
rors who saw the necessity for a new Court
House and decreed the building of one. We
were still more fortunate lu having Commis
sioners who faithfully performed their du
ties iu its planning and construction. They
deserve the gratitude of the people for the
fidelity with which thpy have performed their
trust.
You all have seen, or may se, the full ar
rangement of this fine edifice. The room in
which we are now congregated Is but a small
part of the symmetrical w hole. Here justice,
according to tbe laws of tbe land. Is meted
out between the commonwealth and her citi
zens, and between man and man. Other
rooms are set apart where Jurors deride the
question of fact between the parties. Then
there is an apartment where tbe Commission
ers, chosen by the people, control the taxa
tion of the people and tbe proper appropri
ation of tho money, with an oCi?e for Audi
tors to scan and scrutinize the accounts of
the Commissioners, Treasurer, Ac. 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 snd wills ;
and, more Important still, an office for the
safe keeping of your money, "for where a
man's treasure is, there is his heart also."
Tbe Goddess of Justice presides over all
thin. She snrmoniita llio KniM;,,.. nnA 1
. ...... l,v. 13 IUU
highest statue of said divinity in Pennsylva
nia. If you want a higher one you must go
to heaven. Our glorious constitution pro
vides that ju-tice shall be administered with
out "sale, denial, or delay." This statue
typifies that there shall be no "sale" or "de
nial" of justice, while the diilof the clock
beneath her feet admonir-hes us that time
flies and points out the danger of "delay."
-Cavillers contend that the fac of the iod
des of Justice should be turned eastward,
as ftom the eastward cometh light. Ent she
don't waDt light -ehe is blind. She is inva
riably represented in paintings and statuary
with her eyes blindfolded. This Is emblem
atic 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 tbe native and the foreigner the high
and the low the rich an l t ,e 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 tbe stranger who enters her por
tals sbail each and all receive a safe deliv
erance. Beside all this, being a true lady
she was unwilling to turn her back upon the
family of her old friend and admirer across
the street.
In conclusion, I see the mothers, the wives,
the daughters, the sisters of the stalwart yeo
menry of Cambria county before me. Their
presence is most grateful on this grand occa
sion and gives a zest to our ceremonies ; and
I trust that all your visits here may, like this,
lie visit of pleasure, and not as parties or
even witnesses attendant upon Court, and
that your kind and gentle influence may de
ter your fathers, your husbands, your broth
ers and your sons from the perils of litii
tion. It would be no consolation to a party
whose fortunes and perhaps whose chacrater
became wrecked in the meshes of the law to
know that be was ruined in tbe finest Court
House in Pennsylvania. Your influence In
promoting peace is as great as your influence
in tbe Lome circle Is unbounded.
I shall conclude by repeating a story (leit
you should think me only a or story man)
to illustrate. A wedding ceremony had leon
performed by old Father Stevens." a venera
ble Methodist clergyman. The motherof the
bride was telling ber to obev her husband in
all thirgs, "for (referring to Mr. Stevens)
the husband must always be the hrnd of the
honse. Ain't that so, Mr. Stevens?" Mr.
Stevens answered In his deep-toned, oraeU'ar
voice, "Yes, the husband is the head of the
house, but the wite is the sfxk, and ti e
neck always turns the head whichever way
It pleases."
Wov'i Chuhn'. Notwithstanding the Pat
ent Office at Washington has issued more
patents to inventors of churns than for any
other branch or industry by which labor i
to be saved, still the turning of the everlast
ing crank is soen in motion on almost every
fai m. and in mot cases the tired arras of tho
weaker sex have to bear the burden. We
have often looked upon this operation at'd
hoped that the time would come when sons
means for the release from the trouble could
be secured. We feel pretty much like.lo-h
Billings when he dwells on "the virtues of the
churn, in Wa delineation of the "tirandpa."
whom, he says, "Is of a promiskious temper
amert, and is a common nr-currence In a'l
well-regulated lawilys. Next to a be'thy
mother-in-law, they t.avc more akt ive biztiess
on hand than any other party in the household-"
But bo concludes th:"it "liran.lpas"
are not entirely useless, and stnws in how
many ways they can be advantageously em
ployed, a'mong others be Includes that of
churning, but adds : "I am a grandpa mi
self, but I wsn't churn butter for no concern
not if I understand nnself. I am az Solid on
this konkhision as a graven iiage. I am
willing to rofc baby all the time while tne
wimmin folks are tiling sope ; lam willing
to kut rags to work up into rag-carpets : they
can keep me hunting hens' etri.s wet day;, or
picking green currants, or i will even dip
candies, or kore apples for sass, or turn a
grind stun, but, by thunder. I won't churn.
I bave examined mvself on this snoject, anl
I will bet a jsk knife, so long as be remains
In hisright.Tuind, Josh Billings won't churn.
rvcTon bills are abominable and not necj
ed In livet and kidney affections, as 1'ESLsa
and Masalis will cure them.
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