The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-11-11
Our philadelphia Letter.

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take down the card which so long has
borne the inscription, "No Political
discussions Allowed" and cast II into
the fire, for it has grown dirty and
dusty in its well performed service, and
its days of usefulness are o'er. Now
that the contents Of the political ealdron
have simmered down, let us give more
attention to our duties at home let not
the children longer be disappointed, as
at evening hour they press their little
faces 'gainst the window pane and look +,
and look in vain for the coming Of pa
pa Let not the good wife find fault
any more at the lateness of our coming
home, our irrtgularlty of step or our
incoherency Of speech. Let us reform
indeed. Let us he more cOnsiderate to
the neighbors with whom we may have
differed on political points, If their
choice has been successful, good II
ours, better At any rate let US say
"With malice toward none, with charity
for ALL with frmess in the right, as
God gives us to see the right, let us
finish the work we are in"
The New York Herald says, IRE
turns from 119 districts in Brooklyn
give Peter Cooper 13 votes, and in this
city (New York;, he comes out with
the solid vote of 252, resOlute support
ers." Peter will now, 1t is presumed,
stick to his glue.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of to-day
says, THE election OF Mr. Tilden, IL it
has occurred, means the repeal OF the
Resumption law of 1879, and under
that repeal there is hope that business
confidence will be restored and trade
revived"
The Philadelphia Press Of to-day
says, "The voice of the people has been
heard, and 1t is the duty of every good
citizen to give his support to an Admin
istration in conformity with the Con-
stitutiOnal safeguards OF the Republic.
The man who said "Did mt tell you
so 2" is to be found on most every cor
ner. How wise we are and how know
ing we bccome-when we know every
thing
They say the source of the Salt River
commences in pool" which may he
so, but l fear there are many who will
not wish to investigate any further in
'poOls" for many long years to come.
Raw, raw, for victory /" he said,
go they gave him half dozen on the
half shell ard put him to bed.
1--WE have glorious victory" say
many Who did not vote for the winning
side any.
"Bind Up my wounds, give me an
other boss - say thoss who are anx-
ious to repair the loss.
Aud he wheeled tbs victor 10 an old
wheelbarrow, whilst the wintry winds
chilled him through to the marrow.
He hung his boots upon the hat rack
and attempted to take off his hat with
the boot jack. His better halt hurried
from her bed and these were the words
she said Augustus, I'm glad the
election is over, ard l hope you'll not
dabble in politics any more" Angus
tus simply said, "Hc, hic, hic, no use
talking darling, I'm sick, sick, sick |"
A few days since visitor to the Cen.
tennal handed the conductor of one of
our street cars five dollar bill to
change, and to take out the fare for
himself and companions. Now it so
happened the conductor at that moment
had to get off at a steam railway cross
ing to zee If all was clear before signal
ing the driver to come on. Imagine
his surprise at being overtaken and
collared by our guest to the big show,
who said "See here young man, I'm
from the country, know, but I'm
darned II you get away with my five
dollars in that way"
She had been shopping, she was just
getting out of the cars, she held a
sa tchel and a bundle in her right
hand and in her left she held q glass
globe filled with water, and fish swim.
ming timidly in it. The car stopped
suddenly. Oh, horrors the satchel
the globe and the gold fish the other
She was exceedingly angry, she picked
up herself, she was assisted In recover
ing what she could from the wreck, and
as she marched out of the car with her
satchel, her bundle and the globe with
the poor gold FISH squirming and gasp
ing for water, she said "l'll be glad
when this old Centennial is over"
We are to have another steamship
line between this port aud Liverpool.
The first steamer is to leave the other
side on the 1lth of this month. How
handy this will be for me, should be
cOu missioned to report the Paris Expo
sition of 1873 for the ADVOCATE. You
see 1t would give me the chance to select
either of the lines l might perfer, OF
perhaps we may have five or six lines
before that time for me to select from,
who knows =?
There WAS city of 10000 or more
which did not cast a single
vote for Tilden, and many bets were
won on the same by the knowing ones,
d. G. was the city. Hayes
did not receive any votes there either.
The attendance lessened considerably
nc the Centennial last week, and the
voting trains were flied with voters
who were hurrying home to save the
county by casting their ballots for the
man Of their choice.
Lots of hats were won and lost on
he eleotiOn, but in many cases bricks
were carried in the hats OF both win
ners and losers.
Yours, peacefully,
MARCUTIo.
p. A. Fitzgerald aged 81. a Philadelphia