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VOLTJME8.-
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY; EBIIIJAIIY 13, 186&.
NUMBER 52.
nLUMKITTELL, Attorney at
tf ILUi Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
IfiSriKSLO Attorney at Law,
llU EHeDPburg. Pa.
ft ..nnr.slte.tte Bank. !n24
EOKGTnpJ Attorney at
f-r Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
gj. office in Colonnade Row. jan24
TrTnEHXBY, Attorney at Law,
K. Wburr, Cambria county, Ta.
-"-Office iuColonnade Row In24
VTFsCANLAN, Attorneys
Ofirf "opposite the Court House,
f&sioi. jn24 JSCANLA.
TAJIKS C EASLY", Attorney at Law,
X Carrolitown, Cambria county, Pa.
Architectural Drawings nd..frPeclJj
I .
nrtmf A T.TP A ttftmew t
to collections.
JWftce one door cast of Lloyd i Co. a
OiUEL SINGLETON, Attorney at
Vn Office on lliru
jllt' US'. "1 fc) "
3 Fii'i police in the Courts of Cambria and
to the collection of claims
(if Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
C.mbri coanrr Pa. rj0untv, and
1 C coctcd. Ileal Estate
vrht and sci.l, ana y. u.--
. . i. i.... Vntna. Due Eu:3.
-iients. tc, collected. Deed., Mortpa
IVreenieuts. Letters of Attorney, Jonds,
i"eatlv- written, and all legal busmen
-efuIIy 'attended to. Pen-ions
a! EwaVized Bounty collected. "
DEVEKEAUX, M. P., Physician
R.
cr- Office east of Mansion House, on Ratl
roaf street. Night cal promptly attended
u. at hia onice. Cma-v2"
II. BE WITT ZEIGLEU
Having permanency located in Ebens
bin. oifsrs 1.:J professional cervices to the
of town J vuiruy.
Teeth extracted, u-Hhoui pain, with Kilrout
Ctidi, cr l.aujhinj :($.
Rooms orer it. R. Thomas' store, High
tueeu Lepl
i.'.YTLSTKY. .
" ice cnaersigurn, vjmuue of tuo uai
V.mare College of Dental Surgery, respectfully
oUrt Lis prefe-isionu.! services lo the citizen3
of Ebaueburj. He baB spared no means to
tliaronHilr u nuiiint himself with eTerv in-
prjTexe;a in bis art. To many years of per
louil esperienve, he has sought to add the
iaijaxted eiprince of the highest authorities
ii Deutal Science. He simply aeks that an
opportunity maj- be given for bis work to
ipnak its wn praise.
SAMUEL EELFORD, D. D. S.
RtUmcts: Pruf. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond,
Jr.;"T. R. Handy; A. A. Bhindy, P. n. Aus
tea. of the Haaimore College.
CJ" H'ill beat Ebensburg on the fourth
Xand&y ef each nmith, to 6tay one wjek.
Uauarr 24, 18C7.
LLOYD k CO., Bankers
E-aEXS3URG, Pa.
JkSTGold. Silver, Government Loans and
aJier hiecuritieg bought and sold. Interest
Clewed on Tim Deposits. Collectioa3 made
01 til accessible points in the United States,
ad ti Qcueral. Eanking Uusiness transacted.
January 2A, Wrt .
3L LLOYD & Co., Bankers
I Ai.toona, Pa.
Drafts on the principal cities, and Silver
3d Gold for s:tle. Collections made. Mon
eys received on deposit, payable on demand,
;ihout Interest, or upon time, with interest
t fair rate3. jan2i
w". Jl. ll.oifD, Prcs't. joiis lloti), Cashier.
J7H1ST NATIONAL BANK
OF ALTOONA.
GO VJEJIXJIEXT A GEXCY,
D2BIGKATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
Corner Virginia and ADnie ste., North
Altooaa, Pa.
Asthoeiibd Capital $300,000 00
Vis Capital Paijj ik 150,000 00
All business jertaining to Banking done on
f7orftblo torms
!-.'eradl Reyenue. Stamps of all deaomina
V.T.t ilwaya on hand.
c To p-:r(riirt3er3 of Stamp?, percentage, in
V.1 ""ill be allowed, follows : $50 to
2 per cent.; $10C to 200, 3 per cent,
and upwards, 4 per cent. jan24
JKES J. LLOYD,
Sttecrstor of li. S. JJunn,
Pp. Dealer in
''-Rf DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
1LS, AND DTE-STUFFS, PEUFUME
viv',ANr) FANCY ARTICLES, PURE
Pii d,S ASD BRANDIES FOR MEDI-
AL EPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
Ti n. ' Also:
MUer, Cap, &nd Note Papers,
Pencil:., Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
W.vW r.r - hy Dru?'iat generally.
i)V 'tre,cr'pttit3 carejully compounded.
KrtttZ rtlB. trett' opposite the Mono-
"pLUlUDGK STILES,
Mnf . Eben-sbcrg, Pa.,
Wooden vl" f Barrels' Kps Tubs' and
rant . i t'eacrally. Meat stands and
S n LanJ antl for wle.
(l to a distance promptly attend-
l.Nov. 7, 18C7-3m
gAMWEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub-
n-, tt. 1C' Ebenburg, Pa.
l on Hlh 8trt, west of roster's Ho-
' . Pan24
A Hundred Years Ago.
Where are the birds that sang
A hundred years ago ?
Tho flowers that all in beauty sprang '
A hundred years ago.?
The lips that emiled,
The eyes that wild
In flfshes shone
Soft eyes upon .
"VVhere, oh I where are lips and eyes,
The maiden'3 smiles, the lover's sighB,
That lived so long ago ?
Who peopled all tho busystreets
A hundred years ago ?
Who filled the church with faces meek
A hundred years ago?
The sneering tale
Of sister frail,
Tho plot that work'd
A brother's hurt
Where, oh ! where are plot3 and sneers,
The poor man's hope3, the rich man's fears,
That lived so long ago ?
Whero are the graves where dead men slept
A hundred years ago? . . ;
Who were they that living wept
A hundred years ago ?
By other men
That know not them
Their lands are tilled,
Their places filled
Yet nature then was just a3 gay,
And bright the sun ahone us to-day,
A hundred years ago.
THE GHOST R083ER.
On a fine evening in tbc pprinq of '30,
a straDger, mountcu ou a noble looking
horse, passed slowly over the snow-white
limestone road Ieauiucr through the Tmck
Forest.
Just as the sun was s?oing to rest for
the day, and gloomy shadows were begin
ning to stalk forth, he drew rein before
tho door of an inn, eaying :
"This must be near the stiot, surely.
will stop here for a time, anyhow, and see
what 1 can Icarn.
IIo thereupon dismounted, and entered
the parlor of the mn, where he sat down
before a email table.
"How can I Ecrve you, mynheer V
asked the landlord.
"Seo to my horse outside," replied the
gtK-an4.I aiy ypt at thcfaL" tXtua eye
ing the landlord from head to foot. "And
let rue have a bottle of wine' he added.
The landlord was turniDg to withdraw
from the stranger's preseuco, when be
stopped and said :
"Which way, mynheer, do you travel?"
"To Naustadt," replied the guest.
"You will rest here to-night, I sup
pose'" continued the landlord.
"I will stay here two or three hours,
and then must be off, so aa to reach my
destination in the morning. I am going
there to purchase lumber for market."
"And you have considerable money
with you, no doubt?" said tho landlord,
inDoecclly.
"Yes, considerable," replied the guest,
in a matter-of-iacfc tone.
"Then, if you'll take my advice," said
the landlord, "you had better stay here
till moruiDg."
"Why V asked the stranger, looking
up curiously.
"Because," whispered the landlord,
lookiug around as if he were disclosing a
great eecret and was afraid of being over
heard, "every man who has passed over
the read between this and Naustaat at
night, for the last ten years, has been
robbed or murdered under very singular
circumstances."
"What were the singular circumstan
ces V asked the traveler, filling his glass
with wine, a bottle of whieh had been
placed on the table, and then slowly emp
tying it.
"Why, you see," tho landlord went on,
approaching his guest's table and taking
a seat, "I have spoken with several who
have been robbed, and all that I could
learn i'rom them is that they remcmbcj
meeting, in the lcnesomeet part of the
wood, a something that looked white and
ghostly, and that frightened their horse3
so that they either ran away or threw
their riders. After that, all was confu
sion with them ; they felt a choking sen
sation and a sort of smothering, and finally
died, as they thought, but awoke in an
hour or so to find themselves lying by the
roadside, robbed of everything."
"Indeed I" ejaculated tho stranger,
looking abstractedly at the rafters in the
ceiling, as though he were more intent on
counting them tjian he was in listening
to the landlord's story.
The innkeeper looked at him in amaze
ment. Such perfect coolness he had hot
witnessed in a loug time.
"You will remain, then V suggested
the landlord after waiting some time for
his guest tq speak.
"I?'' exclaimed the stranger, starting
from his fit of abstraction, and speaking
as though he were not quite sure that ho
was the person addressed; "oh, certainly
not. I am going straight ahead, ghost or
no ghost, 10-night."
An hour later, the stranger and a guide
called Wilhelm were out on the road,
pushing through a driving storm at a
pretty rapid pace toward Naustadtv
During a flash of lightning, the Btran
ger observed that his guide's face wore a
00k of great Uneasiness, while his horse's
pace was being slackened, as though with
the intention of dropping behind.
"Lead on. cried the stranger : . "don t
be afraid." -
"I'm afraid I cannot," replie d tho per
son addressed, coatiuuing to. hold baok
his horse until he was at least a length
behind his companion. . "My! horse is
cowardly, and becomes unmanageable in.
thunder storm. If you will go on,
though, I think I will follow close enough
to point out tho road. ' .
The stranger pulled up instantly. A
stranac light sleamed in his eyes, while
his hand sought his breast pooket, frou
in
which ' he drew something. .- The
guide
saw tho movement and stopped also.
"Guides should lead, not follow,' said
the 6tranger, quietly, but with firmness,
which seemed to bo exceedingly unpleas
ant-to the person addressfodr . -
"But, faltered trje guide, 'my. Jborse
woo t go. --.-- '--
"Won't he?" queried the stranger: witln
mock simplicity in hra tone: ' . . -
J he guide heard a sharp click, and saw
something gleam in his companion's right
hand, lie eeemed to understand what it
meant perfectly, for he immediately drove
his spurs into his horse's flanks and shot
ahead of hia companion without another
word. -
- lie no sooner reached his old position,
however, than the stranger saw him give
a short turn to the right and then disap
pear, as though he had vanished through
the thick
foliage of tho trees skirting the
road
The stranger
dashod
up
to tho
spot
and saw that the guide had turned down
a narrow lane leading from the road into
the heart of the wood. ,'
Without hesitating an instant,' he gave
his horse the rein, and off the noble ani
mal started like the wind ia the wake of
the flying guide. The stranger's horse
being muoli- superior to the other, the
race was a 6hort one, "and terminated by
the guide being nearly thrown from his
saddle by a hand whieh was laid upon his
bridle, stopping him like a fiasb.
He turned in his seat and beheld tho
stranger's face, dark and frowning, and
trembled violently as ho felt tho smooth,
cold barrel of a pistol pressed against his
choek.
"Thi3 cursed beast almost ran away
with pac" cried the 2uide, .comp:9"n
himself as well a3 he could under tho cir
cumstances. "Yes, I know," said his companion,
dryly; "but mark my words, young man
if your horse plays such tricks he that
again, he'll be the means of endangering
his master's health."
They both turned, and cantered back to
the road. When they reached it again,
and turned tho heads of their horses in
tho right direction, the strauger said to
his guide, in a tone which must have con
vinced his hearer as to bis carnestue3 :
"Now, friend Wilhelm, I hope we will
understand each other for the rest of the
journey. You are to continue on ahead
of me, in the right road, without swerv
ing either to the right or the left. If I
see you do anything suspicious, I will
drive a brace of bullets through you with
out another word of notice. Now, push
on !''
The guide started on as directed, but
it was evident from his movements and
hia muttcrings that he was alarmed at
something else bebide the action of hia
follower.
Id the meantime, the thunder had in
creased in violence, and the flashes of
lightning become more frequent and more
blinding.
For about a mile, the two horsemen
rode in silence, the guide keeping up to
his directions, while his follower watched
his every movement as a eat watches a
mouse.
Suddenly the guide stopped aud looked
behind him. Again he hoard the click
of the stranger's pistol and saw his up
lifted arm. . .
"Ilave mercy, meichertl" he groaned;
"I dare not go on."
"I give you three seconds to go on,"
replied the stranger, sternly "oue 1"
"In heaven's name, spare mo I" implo
red, the guide, almost overpowered with
fear; "look before-meiu the road, and
you will not blame me."
The stranger lookefl.: At first he saw
something white standing motionless in
the centre of the road, but prenontly a
flash of lightning lit up the scene, and he
saw that the white figure was indeed
veryr horrible and ghostly and frightful
enough looking to chill the blood even in
the veins of the bravest man. If his
blood chilled for. a mouieat, therefore, it
was not through aay fear that ha felt for
his ghostly interceptor,: for the next
instant he set his teeth hard while he
whispered between . them, just loud
enough to be heard by his torror stricken
guide:
"IC it man or devil rido it down
I'll follow. Two!" y
With the cry of despair upon his lip?,
the guide urged his horse forward at the
top of his speed, quickly followed by tho
Rtrangcr, who held his pistol ready iu his
hand. - ' ' " 1
' In another moment tho '-.guide would
have swept by the dreaded spot, but at
that instant the report of a pistol rang
through the forest and the stranger, heard
a horse gallop through
less.. ; - :
the woods rider-
i -uunding
himself alone, the stranger
raised
hi3 pistol, took "doliberato aim at
the ghostly murderer, and pressed his
auger upon the trigger.; . :
, The apparition . approached quickly,
ut in no hostile attitude. The 6tranger
stayed his hand. At length the ghost
fddre33ed him in a. voice that was any
thing but sepulchral
yilere, Wilhelm, ye mope, out' of your
yefeh this" minute and give a . helping
land. I've hit the game while on the
ng, haven't I ?
Shb stranger was nonplussed fbr,jV mo-J
ment, dug recovering nimseir, ne grum-
something unintelligible and leaped
to the ground.. . One word to his horse and
the- bravef animal stood perfectly still. By
tho snow-white trappings on the would-be
ghost, he was next enabled to grope his
way' in the dark towards that individual,
"whom he found bending over.' a black
mass about the size of a man in tho road.
, " As', the tiger pounces upon his prey,
the-stranger . leaped "upon tho stooping
figure before him 'and' boro him to the
ground.
k"I arrest you in the king's name," cried
the stranger, grasping his prisoner py tue
throat and holding hia tight. "Stir
hind or. foot until I have you properly
secured, and I'll send your soul to eter
nitv." This was suoh an unexpected turn of
affairs that the would-bo ghost could not
bslieve bis senses, and was handcuffed and
stripped of his dagger and pistol before he
found breath to speak.
"And vou are not mv Wilhelm?" ho
gasped.
"No, landlord," replied tho individual
addressed, "I'm not. But I'm an. officer
to the king, at your service, on special
dutv to do what I have to-nicnt accom
plished. Your precious son, Wilhelm,
who thoueht he was leading a sheep to
the slaughter, lies there ia the read killed
by fits lather -a hand.
Two weeks later, at Bruchsalo prison
in Baden, the landlord cf the 6ign of the
Deer, and the Ghost Robber of the Black
Forest, who was the same identical per
son, having been proven guilty of nume
rous fiendish murders, and artfully
contrived robberies committed at different
times in tho Black Forest, naid the penalty
sJEhia-oriuiA bv letting fall his l)JAdJ.keoause their veosreance 1
-belore tho exeoutionor s axe, since wnen,
traveling through Sohwartzwald has not
been so perilous to life and pur?e, nor
has there been seen any Ghostly Knight
of the road in that section
Westward I2a:
Where are those "Western frontiers"
Lof which wo have all heard and -read so
much 7 The maps will tell us where they
were in times past, but with the
cr 1 n n
stride? of civilization, marshaled by the
Pucifio railroad, it would ba impossible at.
any given moment to tell whero tho fron
tiers aro now. A little paper was some
time ago started at North Platte, called
the Frontier Index; then it movod to
Julesburg; then to Cheyenne; and now
it is forty miles onward, at Fort Sanders,
where they are founding a new town.
The tide of emigration carried tho paper
along; it had to changa either its local
habitation or its name, and it cho3e the
former. Another little sheet is printed
at Hays city, called the Ilailtcay Advance.
What and where is Hays city ? It is a
"city" 575 miles west ot St. Louis, foun
ded on a spot where buffalo, antelopes,
and beavers were the undieputed land
owners up till midsummer of last year.
It has already 400 people, a railroad de
pot, three railroad machine shops under
way, two hotels, a fine thestor building,
stores and dwolliog houses in profusion,
.two express lines, two overland mail and
stage lines, and a brisk little newspaper,
with probably tho largest number of "bus
iness advertisements" ever collected in a
town which a few months ago was a howl
ing wilderness, with no inhabited settle
ment within fifty miles. This is the way
they do things "out West" a phrase
cow, probably, as indefinite and deceptive
as "the frontiers." Hays city is likely a
specimen of a dozen railroad towns inhat
region. We hardly dare venture to write
what we hear, says an exchange, lest, by
to-morrow or next day, we receive an in
dignant protest from some Hays citizen
to the effect that the city contains 800
inhabitants instead ot 400, has ten hotels
instead of two, aud two rival newspapers
instead of one. As for the Frontier In
dex, it has probably made another move
towards "the frontiers" before now.
Concerning the climate of this seotion,
a correspondent writes, under dato of
Jan. 7th :
"We are having splendid weather 'told,
but clear and very easily borne. Yrester
day morning the thermometer stood at
twenty-two degree? below zero ; this morn
ing thirty degrees, and the day before
yesterday at eighteen dogrees. It has not
been above twelve degrees below zero for
four days, yet the air is so dry I have not
yet worn my overcoat, except to ride in,
and then that is hardly warm enough. I
do not understand why tho cold is so
easily borne here, unless it is on account
of the dryness of the air, and the fact that
the people her eat more meat than they
do in warm climates." '
The following, from the. Clearfield Jour
nal of the 5th instant, gives lull nnd
startling "particulars of .the late murder,
for " political reasons of an. Irishman na
med'Casey in Clearfield 'county
- "A murderous' and fatal assault was
made upon an Irishman named Casey, on
the public highway, near Clearfield boro.,
on Tuesday evening, January 28th the
circumstances connected therewith being
substantially a3 follows : .
"Casey was one of the number of Irish
railroad laborers, .who fraudulently voted
at Phi.Hpabure:,. Centre -county, on the
oecona xuesuay ot UetsTber, 107. On
Wednesday morniag, January 23d, 1SG8,
uasey and three others were taken to
Harrisburg, by proper officers sent hither,
to tostifv in the contested alenlinn na
(ltobison vs. Shugart) now. in progress
before a Committee of the State Senate.
On the evening of tho murderous assault
upon him, (Tuesday, Jan. 2Sth,) Casey
was returning to his home here, when he
was set upon by a number of unknown
persons, about one milo east of this plaee,
aud struck on the left side of the head
with 6ome heavy bludgeon,' and loft lying,
helpless and unconscious, on tho highway
to perish from the wounds inflicted' upon
him. In ihis unconscious condition
Casey was found, with his face buried in
the snow, by a farmer, who took up the
injurod man, placed him in a sled, and
brought him to a hotel in this borough.
A physician was at once summoned, who
dressed the wounds of the injurod man,
and used every effort to restore him to
consciousness and save his life ; but all
was of no avail, aud ho died on Saturday
morning, February 1st never having
recovered his reason to designate who
were his murderers.
"Notwithstanding the facts rehting to
the assault upon Casey, and the great
probability cf his dying'froia tho iujuries
received, were known to the officers of
the law, yet no step3 wero taken to ferret
out and
horrible
secure the perpetrators of this
crime, until after the doath of
the victim. Isow, why this winking and
conuiviog at crime
Why this delay to
discover and securo the as3a33ins of Casey ?
Was it because the perpetrators of the
deed were so-called Democrats and for
tha purpose of allowing them to cscane
. 1 - - L
fell upon ono
"au jusc lesunea to
the election
frauds committed in the interest of that
party ? This soeni3 to he the only plau
sible hypothesis, as thert is no cood rea
son why officers of the law should other
wise exhibit so great inattention to duty
in so plain and flagrant a case. True ;
Casey died from the wounds inflicted upon
him by a number of highway assassins
and that the guilt of his death is imme
diately chargeable to them for dealing
tha fatal blows, yet, had these guilty ones
succeeded in making their escape on ac
count of inaction, would the officers have
been entirely blameless in the eyes of the
law ? Lot them answer this question
satisfactorily to themselves, if they can !
"But again : How far docs culpability
attach lo the leaders of the Democratic
party who concocted and instigated tho
causes that ultimately led to the murder
of Casey ? AVhere do the persons stand
who planned acd advised tho frauds upon
the ballot-box in Philipsburg? How far
are thoso answerable who forged and furn
ished the fraudulent naturalization papers
to bring about the election of Mr. Shugart
in the Centre county Senatorial district ?
Aro all these free from any responsibility
in the death of this too confiding and
illiterate man 1 These are highly impor
tant, and serious questions. Let those
who wero in any way instrumental in
bringing about the frauds at Philipsburg
answer them, if they can, to the satisfac
tion of their own consciences.
"Thai Cast-y was murdered, there is no
denying for he is dead ! That somebody
is amenable for the crime, is equally true !
We do not prelend to say who is guilty,
or not guilty, for the reason that we do
not know; but that the responsibility of
the crime rests with members of the so
called Democratic party, there is no
doubt ! Will any one dare to deny this
assertion ? But we will leave a discrim
inating and impartial and law-abiding
public judge for themselves a to who is
responsible, or not responsible, for the
sudden and tragic death of Casey a
stranger in a strange land, and the victim
of a political conspiracy besause he dared
to tell the truth when compelled to do so
by the laws of his adopted country."
Mrs. Jones is Mr. Jones' wife. Mrs.
J. is verv proud of her youngsters.
"Th ey arothe tendercst hearted children
in the world, I do believe," she is wont
to say ;
fetch a
-a- vuu uuiu'J itlJ uuu Ul LiiCJii IU
bucket of wator but what he'll
Durst out a crying."
"Why do you always buy a second
class ticket ?" asked a gentleman of a mi
ser on the railroad. "Because there, is
no third class ticket," was the unexpected
reply.
A r:tiNTTEit wanted to advance the
proposition that "wo arc but part of a
stupendous whole," but the types made
him say .that "we aro but part of a stu
pendous whale."
A winter day is usually an ice day.
Editorial XoUuss.
We have been inside watch and jewelry
stores in' many places in Johnstown,
Altoona, Hul'.idaysburg, Huntingdon
but we have rarely if ever met with au
establishment of this kind so complete in.
ull its appointments us C. T.. ltoberts'
clock, watch, and jewelry store, in Ebens
burg. His stock of clocks -is from tho
beat manufactory in the United States,
and embraces all the styles ia the market
each clock warranted, a .perfect tirae-'
keeper. He can sell -you any kind of a
watch a gold ono, away up in the figuresv
aa. to price, .or 1 silver; ono" for a mere
song! To attempt to enumerate what ho'
keeps in the jewelry. lino would be, an
eo'dless task, for ha keeps evcrylJunj.
Then, in addition, he has stationery, pens
and ink, miscellaneous and school book?,
toilet" articles, musical instruments, guns
and pistols, with or without fixed anima-.
nition, cigars and tobacco, .notions, &c. i
All in all, the establishment is a first class :
one, and a credit to -onr- town, and . its',
proprietor entitled to thc'lullest measure
of support that can be bestowed upon him
by the public.
Our friend Mr. Vail.- S. Barkcr its tho
owner of probably the oldest book in this
section a series of lectures on tho fourth,
chapter of John, printed in 1G32. It
will be remembered that we made some
mention of this book in the last issue' of
our paper. On the day following tho 1
publication of that paper, frosi fifty to
on.e hundrd persons called on Mr. Bar
ker to regale their eyes with a sight of
the musty old tome, and the rush of curiosity-seekers
.has continued ever since,
until now nearly everybody in town has
looked at it, laughed at it maybe, and
criticised it to their hearts' content. If
there should yet be one among our local
readers who has failed to see the book, .
he should go and see it now. Inquire
for Vail. S. Barker's Cheap Cash Store
the great dispensary of bargains in ready
made clothing, dry and dres3 goods, hats
and caps, boots and shoes, hardware, gro
ceries, &e., for the people of Ebensburg
and vicinity.
Amono the witty aphorisms on the
unsafe topic of credit are Lord Alvanley's
description of a man who "muddled away
his fortune iri "paying his tradesmen's
bills ;" Lord Oxford's remark that timber
is "an excrescence on the face of the
earth, p'aced there by Providence for tho
payment of debts ;"and Pelham's argu
ment that "it is respectablo to be arrested
for debt, for it shows that the party once
had credit !" Credit is a very convenient
thing in its way, but it is infinitely more
convenient to pay as you go. "Pay as
you go!" is the golden maxim. Live
within your meaDS buy what you need
at A. A. Barker's mammoth store, Eb
ensburg keep out ot debt. Then you
must prosper iu life.
Though Boreas' blasts are yet biting, it
is well understood that spring will soon
be here. Acting on this knowledge, the
enterprising firm ot Mills & Davis havo
commenced closing out their magnificent
stock of winter clothing, wioter dress
goods and dry good3, &c, &c, at cost.
When the proper time arrives, they pur
pose laying iu tho largest and best assort
ment of spring goods ever brought to
Ebensburg, and do not want their rooms
filled up with au old and unseasonable
stock. For a short time, therefore, tho
winter goods spoken of will be sold very
low. A bargain may be awaiting you
there, reader 1 Go and see. Store near
the "diamond," High St., Ebensburg.
Mr. George Huntley's hardware and
house furnishing store, Ebensburg, is a
real "Old Curiosity Shop." Besides a
very large stock of stoves, he keeps on
hand everything in the hardware line
from a needle to an anchor, and in the
house furuishiog line from a barrel of
flour to a cake of soap. In fa-et, he has
by. far a larger variety of articles than any
other store in town. By dealing strictly
"on the square," lie has secured a run ot
custom as large aud as lucrative as is en
joyed by any like establishmeat in West
ern Pennsylvania. Those who consult
their own interests will not fail to call ou
Mr. H. often.
"Brethren and sisters," said an exci
ted orator on a certain occasion, "if I had
tho world for a pulpit, the stars for an
audience, my head towering far above the
loftiest clouds, my arms swinging through
out immensity, and my tongue silver
voiced as a trumpet, I'd set cne foot on
Greenland's icy mountain, and the other
on India's coral etrund, andl'd exclaim,
'Buy your ready-made clothing at E. Le
opold & Bro.s Oak Hall Clothing Store,
Main street, Johnstown, Pa.' ''
In connection with his fino grocery and
confectionery establishment, II. 1. Thom
as keeps, on High street, Ebensburg, an
oyster saloon, whero tho freshest and fat
test bivalves can be procured at all hours.
As good groceries and confectioneries
as are kept ia town can be bought at G.
G. Owens', High street, Ebenburg. Ho
al.-o keeps boots and shoes, notions, oils,
&c. Patronize him.
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