The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-02
Our Philadelphia Letter.


week, one of them was fair maid OF
twenty summers. They were all re.
stored to their parents with the excep-
ton of the latter, she was restored to |
her beau. Candy and cake made the |
little ones reconciled to their fate but |
nothing but square meal would satis- |
fy the young lazy. Children are lost
almost daily In some one or other of |
the buildings, but the Centennial police
take them in charge as soon as they
find them astray and take them to the |
station within the ground and see that |
they are well taken care Of until anx-
iOus papa or mama comes TO the rescue. |
The regatta has been well attended
so far this week and II Is estimated that |
the races of Tuesday and Wednesday
were witnessed by at least one hund-
red thousand spectators on each day.
The Dublin crew did not cUme up to
the expectation generally formed of
them, and were defeated by crew
from Newark, New Jersey, the Eu-
rpkas Thus far the crew from London,
England, have undoubtedly given us
the best exhibition of powerful rowing
and have made the best time as yet,
over the course. Yale led them tight
race yesterday and came in only i've
feet behihd their competitors from
across the water I viewed the races
from Peters Island, and a mere desir-
able spot could not be wished for
from which to get good look at the
regatta. The island is reached by TAX
ing a row-boat from Belmont, on the
west bank Of the river, bOatEden are al.
ways on hand to take you over and
back for five cents each way. The
greater part of the race and the "fin-
ish" is in plain sight from this point OF
view. Those who have never seen this
most exciting and exhlarating sport
should not let this opportunity go by,
for the regatta will continue for some
time and many interesting races are
yet to take place.
"Old King Coal was Jolly old soul,
And jolly Old soul was h."
This ballad of the nursery has been
sung in many ways during the pat
week, though, | fear some of the sing
ers have substituted sorry for "jolly."
At this time of the year many of our
people are troubled with cold in the
head, but coal Oh the brain seems to
be the present prevailing afIlction with
many at present Thousands have put
off buying their winters supply and
consequently there q many hungry
cellars and starving bins waiting to be
filled, and the retail coal man is dscon-
sOlate. Some Of our buyers are very
foolish and begin to thil the time ia
near at hand when they will be present
ed with house and lot every time
they buy ton of coal. Ice on the
head and cooling beverages | would re-
spectfully recommend for such rattle
Drained people.
Grapes, grapes, Packerton grapes.
Sweets nay come IN many shapes:
| But, as for me in this land of the free,
Please rive me sweet PacSerton grapes.
The Caliope at the Centennial plays
its music by steam and seems to keep
up with the times. for while | was at
Peters Island yesterday. watching the
boat races, / could plainly hear it play
ing "Down in a coal mine"
September I'd and 9th (Saturdays),
twenty-five cents will be the rate OF ad-
mission to the great exhibition Th6s
far these cheap days have been very
successful, and more children are pres.
ent than on any other day and it seems
hard that they should not be admitted
each and every day at half price.
September will be lively month
with us. The Volunteer Firemen will
have their parade. The Odd Fellows
will have theirs and we will have
nearly all of the militia of
Connecticut encamped within our bor-
ders, besides any number of side shows
of all sorts, kinds and descriptions.
Considerable excitement was caused
in our city last week by rumors that
the CLIQUE and Atlas Hotels near the
Centennial grounds had been DESTROY
ed by fire. There was fire but it ap.
pears that an incendiary set fire to the
shed in which the packing boxes OF ex.
hibtors were stored, hence the alarm.
The loss was from three to four thou.
4 sand dollars. This the Centennial
Commissioners. will make good. In
surance companies are cancellng their
risks as fast as they can upon the build
ings insured by them in Shanty.tO
and the packing box fire" has helped
considerably to bring about such re-
suit.
AS New Jersey day was such a sue
cess it is expected we will set a day
apart for every State in tie Union.
PickpOckets are here in great nuns
bers, and their light fingers are daily
occupied. I saw two Of them scooped
in on Tuesday at the regatta, and their
demeanor showed that they were ac-
complished profcients in rascality.
! Nice Keely, Esq, of Leverington,
Pa, Gone of the wards of this city,
makes a nice display of paper barrels,
boxes, kegs, ETC., in Machinery Hall
Mr.. Keely successfully demonstrates
that paper can be made to hold most
any thing, Kerosene oil not excepted.
Surely If good boats can be made out
of paper it does not seem stange that
other articles can be made out of the
same material, and Mr.. Keely success
fully shows that 1t can be done.
We are having warm weather again
by way of change, and 1t seems as II
the Centennial summer was bound to
hold on until January next at any rate.
Never mind, so be il, we will not see
the next Centennial unless we live To