NEWS:  Cambria Freeman; 1909; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 28 May 1909
Volume 43, Number 22


Cashier Broke Tendon 

Cahier Robert Scanlon of the American National Bank is limping around 
the streets these days as the result of an accident that befell him 
several days ago. He was walking down a flight of steps in the dark.  
Thinking he had reached the last of the flight, he took a step forward 
and broke a tendon in his ankle.


An Enjoyable Shower 

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Tibbott last Friday evening entertained a score of 
Ebensburg young people. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbott knew nothing of their 
entertaining until the guests arrived about 8:30 o'clock. The affair 
was a miscellaneous "shower" and Mr. and Mrs. Tibbott received a great 
number of gifts.  Mr. and Mrs. Tibbott are at home at their new 
residence on Sample Street.


Gone to Delaware 

Mrs. Frank S. Gates, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. A. V. Barker of this 
place, left Wednesday for Wilmington, Del., where Mr. Gates is now 
employed and where they will reside in the future.  The best wishes of 
their many friends here go with Mr. and Mrs. Gates in their newly 
chosen home.


Home from Extended Visit 

Mrs. A. V. Barker returned Saturday from a six weeks visit to  
Philadelphia and Atlantic City where she had been in company with Mr. 
Barker, who is receiving special treatment for rheumatism at a 
sanitarium in Atlantic City.  Mr. Barker is improving rapidly and is 
expected to return home within the next ten days.


Shot at the Cat and Hit Italian is What He Did 
Ebensburg Stone Cutter Thought for Sure His Enemy had Kept His Oath
Was Baldy Scared

Torquato Buffoni, an Italian stonecutter, had visions of the vendetta 
during a thrilling experience about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening.

Buffoni was at work on a lot on Sample Street when Edward Humphreys, 
who lives near by, sallied forth with his shotgun to administer the 
final rites for a cat which had been after his chickens.  The cunning 
feline was crouched along the bottom of the fence, awaiting a favorable 
opportunity to spring, when Mr. Humphreys raised his fowling piece to 
his shoulder, aimed, as he thought, so that what shot didn't hit the 
cat would bury themselves in the ground and pulled the trigger.  
Buffoni heard the report of the gun and when he felt a stinging 
sensation in his left cheek and heard the shot tear up the ground at 
his feet, he thought his day had come.  An enemy over a year ago had 
promised to put an end to all of Buffoni's worldly cares and the 
Italian naturally thought he had been caught napping.  He was badly 
frightened but hardly more so that Mr. Humphreys when he heard that he 
had hit the man. The shot which struck Buffoni did not even draw the 
blood and he has recovered from his fright.


Oldest Veteran There

Edward Owens of Ebensburg who has returned from Petersburg, Va., where 
he attended the ceremonies at the dedication of the monument to the 
memory of the veterans of Hartranft's corps, was the oldest of the 
veterans who attended the affair.  Mr. Owens is 81 years of age. While 
in Petersburg, he was warmly greeting by many of his old associates. 
Gov. Stuart talked to him for several minutes.

Mr. Owens is the father of County Commissioner, John Owens of 
Ebensburg, who also attended the reunion. 


John Brown's Captor Dead 
Mitchell, S. D., May 27

Major Israel C. Greene, age eighty-five, the man who captured John 
Brown of Osnwatomie at Harpers Ferry, is dead on his farm near here.