The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-12-02
Our Philadelphia Letter.

PHLA.. Pa. Nov 2o 1879.
DEAR ADVOCATE have bad to take
the old card - mo Political Discussion
Allowed" from its hiding place and
put Il once more In service OH the wall
OF my sanctum, where 1t did duty so
long and 80 we'll, aud where, from the
look Of things, IL may remain forever
To I've sure much porgress has been
made as regards the settlement Of the
complications In the political world,
and I'm sure your readers will agree
with me that matters are now just
as much in the mud as they are In the
mire. Can ! say more ? Would you
Lave me do what the man who cut the
cherry tree with his little hatchet never
did ? No sir, never With one hand
on my pocketbo0k and the other on
somebody elses, l repeat 1t, sir, NEvERl
Several years ago an under employee
of the Mint managed to rob Uncle Sam
(nOt s. j. T.) In a most remarkable
and ingenious manner and 1t was same
time before he was detected. This is
the way he used to do it He would
set trap for rats and IL he managed
to catch one or more of them the
rodents, he would cram or stuff them
with gold pieces and then carefully
throw them out OF the window into the
street, where he would pick them up
after he had left his work for the day,
and taking them home would disgorge
them of their golden contents.
Shakespeare says in one of his plays
"Dead fer ducat ;"
But l could not apply the quotation
from "the immortal bard" with pro-
priety as regards letter ] received the
other day from the dead letter Office at
Washington, for my correspondent had
mailed his letter from New York but
used u two cent stamp instead of a
three, therefore his letter was dead ,and
Dead for cent"
a gentleman was counting some
money in one Of our banks the other
day when a polite spoken and good
looking fellow came up and said to
him ''Beg pardon, sir, you've drop
ped some of your money" When the
gentleman raised bis head after looking
upon the floor, fruitlessly, for an inst
ant, he discovered that the rolite spok-
en- and good looking gentleman had
decamped and taken $3.50 of his money.
The weather of late has been about
as unreliable as Louisiana Returning
Board.
The times must be sadly out of joint
when Supreme Courts can be treated
with supreme contempt.
Some few days since drunken beg
gar woman with baby in her arms
was found reellng about the streets of
New York. The police took her to the
station house and when her infant was
handed over to the matron, it was
found to be nothing but bundle OF
rags. Jokes about "the rag baby" are
no in order and / hope this incident
will be utilized by some of the politi-
clans. "There's millions in it,"
1t is reported that one of our wealthy
families had turkey with all the nec'
essary trimmings for dinner on Thanks
giving Day. | have this on good au-
thority and yet we speak of hard times.
DIED.
CENTENNIAL.-On Friday afternoon
November 10th, 1876, U. s. Centennial,
aged 6 months. Relatives and friends
of the family are respectfully invited
to meet at the Paris Exposition in 1878.
We had big Centennial once,
1t was our only pride.
1t opened on the 10th Of May.
But on Nov. 10th it died"
Yours, sorrowfully,
MARCUTIo.