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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01

tribe with the interests Of the people, or
become corrupt, they have been super
ceded by those in whom the people
thought they could repose more conf
deuce, or whose views better reflected
their own intuitive sense OF right. So
long as this happy prerogative of the
people shall continue to be properly ex-
erclsed, we need not apprehend any
danger to the Republic, and may safe-
ly refuse the nauseous panaceas of po-
litical quacks, by trusting to the recu-
perative energies of the patient-the
voice End wisdom of the people. II
they choose wisely. "all's WE'LL"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01

The Navy Department learns that
the Svatara was to leave Melbourne for
New York March !.
The Post Office Department has con
cluded a postal agreement with the
Japanese minister at Washington.
Sarah Walker, alias Puss Oakley, has
been sentenced to three months i'm
prisonmsnt for stealing achild at George.
town.
Eight persons were severely injured
and two trains wrecked, Monday, by O
collision between Baltimore and Wash
ington.
The man who was killed in the
miners attack ON Morrison's house,
near Hazleton, last Thursday night,
was Peter Mundy, desperate character
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01
County superintendent.

We have carefully pernsed the three
communications contained 10 the Mauch
Chunk papers Of last Saturday, but,
permeated rs they are with egotistical
self.adulation, fail to find one word
therein contained which induces US to
recall or retract any part Of our article
Of the 18th ult, There Is the same "I
am the man" ring In each of the letters,
which would lead US to infer that all of
them had been written or dictated by
one and the same person, and all con-
tain the same prominent aud one great
reason for the non-re,election OF Mr., r.
F. HoffoFd as County Superintendent,
as that contained in the card previously
published, viz: "tliat Mr.. Hofford has
"held the Office for twelve consecutive
"years," consequently, In the opinion
Of the writer, he, Mr.. H., should "step
down and out" In order TO make room
for Mr.. Rowland. There Is no attempt
on the part of the writer Of these letters
to prove the unftness of Mr.. Hofford
for the position, either by neglect of
duty, want Of ability, lack Of honesty
or impartlality, or even to prove that
hs is not q" live man" in the profession.
For what reason, cause or object then is
Mr. Hofford to be thrown overheard 3?
Simply to make room for Mr.. Rowland,
who desires to secure the position for
himself A very pungent reason truly
Mr.. Row lands ability as scholar
and teacher we do not doubt, nor did
we refer to that point In our previous
article; but while we may be willing to
admit that as q scholar and teacher
Mr.. Rowland is unexcelled by any other
man, we are by no means convinced
that he is better fitted for the position
OF County Superintendent than the gen.
tleman who has SO well and faithfully
served the county In that capacity for
"twelve consecutive years." and who,
for this reason, hs urges should "step
down and out" In order that he, Mr..
Rowland, can "step in and up" Until
Mr.. Rowland is prepared to prove lack
of executive ability, impartiality, hon
esty, generosity, courtesy, and evenness
of temper in Mr.. Hofford, and proves
that all these requisites are possessed by
him (Mr. R. In pre-eminent degree,
we shall not he willing TO advocate any
change in the superintendent of the
schools of Carbon county. Az we be-
fore expressed, we hope the School Di-
rectors Of the county will, in apprecia-
tion Of past services, his eminent fitness
and thorough acquaintance with the
educational needs Of our people, again
unite in Mr.. Hofford's support as the
most acceptable name to the people Of
the county.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01
NOTICE

NOTICE
IN Is hereby given that an application will be
made on wednesday, June and, 1878 to Samuel
8. Dreher, President Judge Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas for the County Of Carbon, under the
Act Of Assembly Of the Commonwealth Of Penn,
sylyania, entitled San Act to provide for tho In.
corporation aud Regulation Of certain Corpora
tons,H approved April Goth, 1874, for tho Charter
OF AN intended corporation to be called, 'The Car
ton County Industrial Society" the character
and object OF which is, the encouragement and
dustrial enterprises Of Carbon County, and for
these purposes to haze, possess aud enjoy all the
rights, benefits and privileges OF said Act Of As
sembly. Nm RAPSHER SollOltor.
Nav lst,lsT5 ,3-W
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New Advertisements.
udftOr,s Notice.

IL In the Orphans Court of Carbon
county, account of James Weeks, Guar.
dian of Prudence Greanleaf, minor
child of Chas. Dougherty, decd. The
Auditor appointed to audit. examine
and IL necessary resettle and restate the
account, hereby gives notice that ne
will attend to the duties of his appoint
ment at his Office, in the borough,
of Maueh Chunk, on THURSDAY,
MAY 9th, 1875, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
P. j. MEEHAN, Auditor.
May 1st, 1875-4t
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CAEE THING FOR AGENTS. -
pAI ~ Article to be sold pays spendidly.
Prime necessity In every family. Ladies' make
large commissions In selling. Agents report i'm
mense sales. Article light, elegantly put up; cir
culars given free to help sales Write at once TO
Jas. NJ. Stewart, Franklin, Mass.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01

The President has offered the Attor-
ney Goneralshlp to Hon. Edward
PieFFepopt, OF New York, and Mr..
Plerrepont has accepted the position.
The President has written a letter ac-
ceptiag the resignation OF Mr.. Will
liams.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-01

Secretary Delano has concluded to
inde6nitely postpone his resignation,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-04-08
Noise OF G.c Morning.

1t viii hardly be credited by those
who have never visited a hill country
in the tropics, that soon after sunrise
the noise Of awakening beetles and
tree-loving insects is so great as to
drown the believing of a bull, or the
roar Of q tiger a few PAGES off: The
sound resembles most nearly the me-
tallic whire of a hundred Bradford
looms. One beetle in particular,
known to the natives as the trump
eter," busies himself all day long in
producing a booming noise with his
wings. have cautiously approach
ed tree on which | knew number
of these trumpeter-beetles to have
settled, when suddenly the sound
stopped, the alarm was spread from
tree to tree, and there was a lpll in
the forest music, which only recon-
menced when | had returned to the
beaten track.
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4 TERRIBIE C0MBAT.
A Farmer ylanquished by an Ar
my Of Rats.

- -
Mr;Jesse Layerty, of East Penns-
lbsre, livingnear Booser's mill, Penn
sylvania, was lately very much an
noyed by rats, which carried off his
eggs, and made sad work with his
corn in his CRIB, and then invaded
his granary and commenced destroy
ingza bin Of wheat. Mr.. L., on ex-
animation, found there was but one
place where they got in. He there
upon resolveasto Eill, the rats by an
aftiice well worthy of the cause
strewed corn meal liberaly on the
floor of the granary, and about one
hour later he nailed the hole shut;
he then. called his dog. "a, Spanish
terrier and.armed with club, went
forth to battle. - ~ a.
Now, Sie door 10 tho grai' saiss:
tened with a long wooden latch ex-
tending full across the door, and can
only be opened from the outside, and
Mr.. L., on entering the granary, drew
the door shut, heard the latch fall
He then thought the enemy was his,
but this was an error, for the rats
were more numerous than he expect
ed, and, finding no way to escape,
attacked both Mr.. L. and his dog with
great fury; one blow, aimed at a rat,
unfortunately killed the dog.
Mr.. L. thus deprived of his faith
full ally, would have fed, but could
not. He then commenced calling for
help, the rats meanwhile kept skir-
mishing around his legs, ran up his
body, bit his hands, and one 5older
than the rest, bit his nose. 1t is i'm
possible to say what the result of this
unequal contest would have been,
had not passing ncighbor, attract
ed BY the noise and cries, went to
the relief of Mr.. L., who presented a
shockingspectacle, hisface and hands
bloody, and his clOtheS TORN lAto
shreds.
Mr.. L. being washed and rchabili-
tated, sat down to reflect, when he
luckily hit on a better plan of war
fare. He went and borrowed twelve
cats, which with his own made tif-
teen; these in the evening he shut
up in the granary with the rats, and
the next morning he found on ex-
animation, ten dead cats, one blind
one, and two with one eye apiece
The remaining two were unhurt, by
actual count he found 119 dead rats;
of the dead dog there was nothing
left but the bones and hair, the rats
doubtless having eaten him while
Mr.. L. was hunting cats.-Ca]ta!c
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-04-08
A Fortunate Name.

A ninety-nine years lease Of DO
acres of land in Baltimore has Just
elapsed, and the Chilcotes are the
owners of the fee, while there is every
prospect of their getting sS0,O00,O0o
in England. The Baltimore proper
ty is said to beworth s70,0O000O A
family of Chilcotes reside in this
county who are abel to trace their
ancestry directly back to the Balti-
more family. Some of the same
family reside in WestEirginia. Mr..
Watkins James, Of this place, has
been investigating the subject for
Mr.. Chilcote, and is of the opinion
that there will be little difficulty in
establishing their claim to the title.
The amount is so large that however
many heirs there may be, all viii re-
ceiye q handsome amount-EoMI~toeE
Herald.
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Qmeer Tom.

Tom Flossofer was the qu2eTest boy.
It don't seem as if he evercried. No
one ever saw him cry. IfFleda found
her tulips all rooted up by her pet
puppy. and cried, as little girls will
cry. Tom was sure to come around
the corner whistling, and say:
What makes you cry? Can you
cry tulips too? DO you think that
every sob makes a root or blossom?
Here, let's try to right them.
So he would pick up the poor flow,
ers; put their roots into the ground
again, whistiing all the time; make
the bed look smooth and fresh, and
take Fleda off to hunt hens eggs in
the barn.
One day his great kite snapped the
string and flew away far out Of sight.
Tom stood still for a few minutes,
and then turned round tocome home,
whishing a merry tune.
why, ION, aTent you sorry 10 lose
that Kite?
'Yes but what's the use? | can't
take morn a minute to feel bad.
Sorrow won't bring the kite back, and
! want to make another
Just so when he broke his leg.
Poor Tom,' cried Fleda, you can't
play any m-o-r-c'
i'm not poor, either, You cry for
me: I don't have to do it for myself,
and have q splendid time to whit.
tie. Besides. when | get well, l shall
beat every boy in school on the null
tiplication table; for | say it overand
over until it makes me sleepy, every
time my leg aches.
Tom Flossofer was queer, certainly,
but it would be well if a great many
more people were queer that way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-04-08
CUyEClI DIRECTORY.

FIrSr PGESEYrESIAN-Scrvicc on the =
and .lth SabbathS OF each month, mornin:
and evening. Rev. Dr.. Lane, Pastor. Sab
hath School cycry Sunday morning at 90
clock. B. Gilmore, Superintendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CmrRCu.-Main street, be
tween 7,h and Sth, ". L. Hill, Pastor; Res
ilcncc. Wand and Sth. Preaching every
SUNDAY 4, l0l \. u. Sunday School at
\. NJ. Lecture every Wednesday evening
Sermon 10 children every second Sunday
alternate months ii ) P. NJ. Preaching il
Pleasant Flats. the lSt and ID Sabbaths n
PIP. NJ. In Brucc'S Chapel, Mcrccr's Boz
tom. ON the 4,h Sabbath at y ?. NJ. Al
Pis.ah Church every other month at >! p
", and at the Upper. Flats ahencvcr a5th
Sunday occurs.
Protestant EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rcv. I,
II. Lacy. Rector. Services as follows: III
Christ Church, Point Pleasant, every sun
day morning ut lOl O'Clock, except the I'd
Sunday in each month, and every Sunday
evening, al 6! o'clock, except the Sd Sun
day in each month. Sunday School at s
o'clock. T. Striblins, Sup't. Vestry meet
ing on the evening OF the ID Monday in ev'
cry month. Services at Brucc'S Chapel on
the ID Sunday at 10! 4. NJ. Mason City
on the Sd Sunday at 81 P. NJ. West Col,
mnbia the 81 Sunday at 6! P. ".
N. Z. CnURCH-ServiccS on the lst and
Sd Sabbaths OF each month, in the even
ing. q. C. Widing, Pastor. Sabbath school
every Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. L,
Prihblc, Superintendent.
u. +. CHURCH, SoUTII-Sc7v;ccs on the
ith Sabbath OF each month Rev. c. T,
Crooks, Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning at 9 o'clock. Robert S
Birkel, Superintendent.
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The Great Farmer of the World.

A Sacramento paper publishes the
following respecting the farming op-
efations of a man whom it denomi.
mates ;.the larest farmer in the world
which, considering that DR.. Glenn
s'ruusS his farm of 5o,000 acres him
self, personally experimenting It all,
the appcllation is correct:
@The great farmer Of the worlg, DR..
Hugh. ]. Glenn, of Jacinto, Colusa
county, California, has raised and
harvested the past season on his own
farm, 5000 bushels of wheat. This
would load eighteen 1000 ton ships
or three'hundred canal boats. All
this wheat he has now in his Own
warehouses, ready shipnrentwhen
the water in the Sacramento river
rises sufficiently. The DOCTOR pays
s9o,o9O. .fEeight topnt this wheat in
San Francisco, The Doctor is . Won
trlea sagriicnlt sSl lyesli and 20
himself. BE runs ninety gang ptows
and a whole county's population in
the harvest field with a dozen thresh-
ers. His market is not confined 10
wheat alone. He markets 100000
worth of stock each year. DR.. Glenn
is practical farmer and manages
all his immense business himself.
He can mend trace and make 4 key
to an OK bow with his jacknife. just
as easy as drawing his check for
100000, which he can do every day
in the week. DR.. Glenn has only ex-
pe.ienced one surprise during the
wear, and that was when a friend in
formed him that panic had entered
the land. Glenn is big hearted man;
was born in Augusta county, Virgin
ia, and docs honor to the "old Do
minion.7 Send the medal to Glenn
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men watched her without Saying
word. Presently bang went the.
nn, and aeroau was heard. Bang
!ent tlae second barrel, anda screech
paih resounded;through the house
caused the blood of the brothers
urcold.
s brief pause ensued and Marie
hue tripping up stairs, bat her face
re & aetermineG dissatisfied look.
asked for powde ball to re-
d, which were furnished; but be-
she finished loading, footsteps
re lseard retreatiag from the
20 ono slept In tae aeuse that
hit ofwere5 they again melested-
at early dawn, ,:on going down
fsSS pool Of blood on the hall
showed that one rebber. at least,
henh seriensls,if not mortally,
sed:pnds siiss vas plain Is see5y
s6 Lo6dF path il the earthtiHTr
IN fad been dragged to the river.
&S marked the whole distance, and
the police were at once put on the
alert for the arrest of the living
thieves and the recovery of the body
of the dead one.
But all efforts proved vain, and the
bravery Of the young girl was dis,
cussed far and near.
The grateful bachelors were SO
overwhelmed that they offered to give
Marie dover.
"Ah, messieurs," replied she, afiec,
tionately, chow can | leave you?-
You may again be attacked by rob,
bers."
"But we Will not, nevertheless,
stand between YOU and happiness,
they replied. aHerc are thirty thou,
sand francs-you have saved our
lives, and richly deserve the money.
If you choose to live in this house
with your husband, We will repair
the lower part for that purpose, and
you can also be hired to keep our
room neat as at present"
Henri married Marie, and they &C,
cepted the dover and the house.
Years passed and recently the real
facts of this midnight robbery came
to light. Both Of the old bachelors
were dead, and had willed Marie an
other thirty thousand francs: 1t
turned out, however, that the robbers
were not plural. Henri acted as the
burglar, the blood was from a lamb
killed for the purpose, and the whole
was but q rusc of the two lovers to
open the hearts and purses OF the
two old miserS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-04-08
Only Hope ofBig Sandy.

Judge Moore of Kentucky, when a
Confederate Congressman, told this
writer of a rare example of the pow
er of commissary on Christianity
The Judge was present in his Legis-
lature when the member from Big
Sandy-an unlettered delegate
made speech on the relation of ma
tions to religion. The question was
whether the premium paid for killing
wolves and foxes should be abolished:
The member nodded to the Chair and
said: "N1r. Speaker, is this House
going to take away the consolation OF
religion from Big Sandy? Sir, no
Episcopal parson breaches there, for
nobody has read enough to scotch for
him. The hePresbyterians, the proper
est preachers in the world, won't
come, because we can't always hold
in and behave ourselves. The Bap-
fists have tried all the streams about
there with 4 pote and none ,oi Inc
streams about there are deep enough,
and they are skittis about taken 'cm
into Big Sandy, for that amt place
to tussle in ifthey can'tswim. They
are afraid to undertake Big Sandy 50
they quit. The Methodists are our
only chance. IfKentucky don't keep
on paying people for killing wild yaI,
ments the foxes and wolves will Kill
all the chickens, and then you may
say farewell to the Circuit-riders."-
The House didn't takcaway the 'con-
solations ofreIigion" from Big Sandy,
but paid for killing the garments"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-04-08
4 LOVERS aUsE.

Some years since, two wealthy
bachelors lived in the vicinity Of
Paris. They had 4 young maid-of-all-
work named Marie de Ia Font. Ma
RE was sweet, pretty girl, and live
ly and piquant in her manner, al
though modest in the extreme, and
this was the reason that the two
brothers kept her in their employ
They knew that she was frugal, eco
romical, and dressed in the most
moderate manner imaginable. One
day Marie surprised her employers
by informing them that a young ar,
tisan, residing in Paris, had asked
her hand. They strove to dissuadc
her from accepting the offer of mar
riage, but she told them that she
could not be happy unless she be-
came the wife of her dear Henri
So it was arranged that she should
quit the service of the two brothers
at the end of the coming month.
One day during this interval the
two brothers sold some valuable real
estate, which they owned jointly,
and the sum realized amounted to
10000 francs. 1t was all in bills on
the Bank Of France, andwas paid too
l,tn for 1rOoSit tha same afternoon,
Night came, and as the old bache-
lors seldom had such 4 large amount
in the house, they were considerably
concerned lest robbers should attempt
to rob them. Their fears were
strengthened by the numerous bur
glaries that had recently taken place
in that vicinity.
The residence of the old men was
some distance from the main road,
and stood near the river Seine. 1t
was q lonely, gloomy location, and
on the night in qaestion the winds
swept through the tall larches sur
rounding the mansion with dolcful
and moaning cadence.
About midnight the old men retir-
ed; butscarcely had they fallen asleep
when Marie raped at their door and
informed them that robbers were at
work below.
Both the bachelors were terribly
frightened, and when one commenc-
ed to bar the door the other began
removing tile from the hearth to
hide the bills.
"You have a gum" said Marie,
'take it and shoot the Williams"
But the too trembling men paidno
heed to their advice.
"Cowards,', said the brave girl,
scosnfully. II wish that | were a
man for five minutes"
Just then there came a heavy crash
from the apartments below.
The brothers crept beneath the
bed, where they shivered and cring-
ed unable to speak from terror.
"Nc shall all be murdered in our
BEDS" said the girl. "NFe will be
found by the police in the morning
with our throats cut from ear to ear.
Pestc! fools give me the gun"
She seized the double barrcled gun
that lay upon the shelf, and started
down stairs, while the two frightca-
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APluclty Editor.

A few days ago an interior journ-
alist came to Detroit on business, and
in some way was induced to leave
the straight and narrow path and
take more liquor than he could carry:
He fell among bad people, was robbed
of his all, and was found in an alley,
next mornin, by policeman. As he
was reused up he looked around him,
go. his bearings and started Off
'Here, where are you going?" shout
ed the officer. CLONE" replied the
editor,a as he halted. "But you haven't
a cent in your pocket. You'd better
20 around to some your friends and
raise something" Friends be hang
cd" replied the editor. cts only
sixty miles, good going, and three
days before my paper comescut!" and
he started of at a pace which made
the dust jump mp, in little clouds and
float over the fences.-Dctroh Free
Pres.