The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-07-11

unknown. Avaricious landlords reap
large profits from their real estate, and
the tenants have poor accommodations,
and large rents to pay. Here the poor
live from ''hand to mouth" as is seen
by the numerous pawn broker shops,
where a poor wretch can have a few
pennies advanced on the smallest article
of wearing apparel. Second hand stores
abound in the vicinity, and junk shops,
and suspiciouslockin restaurants are to
be seen on every side. Small groceries
with half decayed vegetables exposed at
the door, and windows hung with cheap
goods, adorn the, corners, and whiskey
shops where villanous compounds are
sold, are plentiful. Sickiy lookingchil-
dren are playing in the cutters, white
anu black mlnglihg indiscrlminately
together, while'the pavements and door
steps are filed with ydrnnken men and
women. What a contrast there is in
city lifel In one protion of the city
hundreds struggling with poverty, while
few squares distant, millionaires are
living in luxury and gandeur.
John Cinnamon has lately taken up
his abode here, and is in active compeii-
ton with Bridget and Dlnah in the laun-
dry business. John works cheap, wash
Ing clothes at about half the usual price,
and consequently is well patropized
John perhaps is not aware that he is
exciting the ire of his opponents, and
we are afraid that he will wake up some
morning and find himself ''interyiew-
ed, and will learn as he has done in
California, that he must HE to some
more congenial cline. ..,.... ..,
OUR HIGHWAYS.
Z We are to have some of our principal
streets paved with the American Patent
Stone Pavement, q recent invention.
and which experts pronounce decided
Improvement on the paving now used
here. This has been claimed for all new
methods OF paving, most of which have
proved to be failures. Wood payements
of all kinds cannot stand the Strain that
Is put upon them by our heavily loaded
drays, and they have proved worthless;
and the cobble stones have many obiec.
tions, Whether the new pavement is
to be "job," or to be of practical
value, remains to be seen. The new
pavement is laid with rectangular gran
lite blocks, of uniform depth. filed in
with a semi-hexible cement. in a liouid
state, which hardens, making an even
surface.
-, GEOLOGICAL GARDEN.
This new enterprise. of which brief
mentlon was made In our last letter was
Iormallyopened to the public on We'd
nesday last. The collection, although
ID lts INFANCY, is quiet larg 9 one. com
prlsihg sVO quadrupeds, 674 birds, and
10 reptiles. The Geological Society
state that the garden is not near com.
pleted, and that there are number of
animals soon to be added to the colec-
ton. The garden" comprises thirty
acres, in the West Park, and is fitted up
with every convenience. Strangers
visiting here should by all means make
It a visit, as it will well repay them for
the time spent in visiting It. .....,
coUNTRYMAN swINDLED.
1t is surprising, when confidence
men are so thoroughly exposed in the
newspapers, that persons visiting our
city will allow themselves to be ap-
preached by entire strangers, and be-
come so intimate with them. A gentle
man from Cape May, N. j., formed an
acquaintance with stranger here few
lays ago. The stranger treated the
jerseyman to several drinks. and finally
to trade watches. The jersey
nan handed over valuable time piece,
Ind received in exchange a tin bulls
'ye, aud while the sharper was attach
ng the watch to the Jerseyman s chain,
le abstracted wallet from his vest
'ocket containing $50. The Jerseyman,
although pretty well intoxicated, missed
us money and seized his new-made
riend by the leg as he was running up
pair Of stairs, and received in return
severe kick on the forehead. When
le recovered his friend was gone, and
lie returned home to tell show he had
cen the elephant. H..