The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-16
Letter from Mnuch Chunk.
Mauch Chunk, Sept. IA, 1S

failing, with no prospects of a possible
recovery.
The genial G. T. Ziegenfuss, of the
Bethlehem Daily Times, visited Maurh
Chunk and vicinity on Saturday last.
Now that the Republican egg is
hatched, the merits and dement's Of the
different candidates are being actively
discussed.
The Hayes and Wheeler Club OF
East Mauch Chunk have established
their head quarters in a cellar in the
"Ghetto."
Passenger traffic over the L. v. r.
r. has been unusually heavy during
the week, and Mauch Chunk filled
with strangers.
The able manner in which Fred
BeItolette, Fsq., presided over the de-
liberations Of the late Republican Coun-
ty Conv, ntion, is highly commended
by all.
The Dublin University Crew, con-
sisting OF the three Barringtons, &. and
E. Iickson, and G. N Ferguson were
among the guests Of the Mansion
House" on Tuesday Of this week.
Great uneasiness Is said to exist
among PackertOn shop hands domiciled
here, lest a further reduction of the
working force should consign them to
involuntary rest.
Free drinks, Light professions,
political clap traps, etc will be in or
der to fire the patriotic heart of the aver
age American. Glory
The Rescue Hook and Ladder Com,
pany of this place contemplate holding
pic,nic on the Goth inst, in Moxheim-
er's garden.
The trustees of Evergreen Cemetery,
East Mauch Chunk, having at last
obtained deed for the ground occupied
by them, extensive transactions in
burial plots may be anticipated.
Among the visitors of Mauch Chunk
en- Monday were the members of the
Lin-ta &. B. Of Towanda. They we're
then on the, return from Philadelphia,
where they had participated in last
weeks firemen's parade.
In loaning their Hose Carriage to
the defunct of Philadelphia, the Marion
Hose Company, of this place, appear to
have done very well, the borrowers had
evidently devoted considerable
amount to the improvement of its ap-,
pesrance,
That pap" Painter, with fair pros.
pect Of being elected, ct this particular
time, feels particularly happy, who can
doubt ? A look at the aged veteran
Will catISfxy that uhot uo
asserted is . fact, for isn't he smiling
all over?
TIE -four and feed firm of Dndson &
Province, has, as we learn, been dis.
solved-not by mutual consent, but by
the mysterious disqualification of the
senior partner Hence all Is quiet
about the old mill, and the doors of the
-four and feed market are closed.
The great "shbeech" which Balaam's
ass "shboke," We are crrditably
informed will coon appear in pamphlet
form. The price per copy we have not
yet learnt, but are sure that, as cam
paign document, it cannot fail to prove
of almost inestimable value.
"Wss will Er ?-Eine Rede halten-
Wenn Er was haten will damn halt Er
-scin Maui The above, which we
extract from German farce entitled
"Der Weltumseglrr wider Willen"
would no doubt, save many an aspiring
orators reputation were he but to sp-
preciate it.
A party of the Bachelor Barge Club
of Philadelphia, composed of Messrs.
John Hazard, Thos. l.. Hazard, Geo.
d. McCreary, S. B. 7. Howell, and
Harry c. Miller, who were " toting"
the Dublin University Club through
the Switzerland. stayed at the Mansion
on Tuesday.
From Prof. Moran, whose pleasant
countenRnce illumined Mauch Chunk
on Wednesday last, we cleaned that
he still follows the calling OF music
teacher, and Is at present teaching ten
bands'-4 in Carbon, 2 in Lehigh, in
Northampton, and three in Monroe
county. He must have his hands full,
we think.
Saturday evenings Republican eau
Gus meeting, at which ID. K. Marrow,
Josiah Smith, and Chas. Sigfried were
elected delegates to represent East
Mauch Chunk in the County Convention,
was more largely attended than ahy of
its predecessors, and when the voting
was over, and Balaam's ass had ceased
"shbeaking" much merriment is said to
have existed.
Squire Beckhardt's great "sbbeech"
still contiuesethe all-absorbing topic Of
conversation, and though the Shbesk-
er" slipped up on the expected Con-
gressiOnal nomination, he has establish
ed such reputation as a finished ora
tor, as will henceforth, and for all time
to come, cause him to be considered one
of the luminaries in the Republican
"barty." What, indeed, would East
Mauch Chunk do without Beckhardt7
A Republican meeting having been
imprOyi>ed at the Court House on Mon
day evening, it devoIved upon Messrs,
Ashmun, OF Philadelphia, and w. q.
Freyman, of this place, to address the
audience, but neither OF the two gentle.
men being q 'crack" speaker, the af-
fair is repres epted as having been
complete fiasco, particularly with regard
to the latter, VINO, although universally
acknowledged to be a. clever Office law
yer, Is anything but an attractive speak
er, While We SSmDathiZe with