The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-21
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' ne FalTWOunG SL5amDOAb Is WOlk6u
by hand"
With each glass OF soda water SOLD
Boston dealer gives his customer a
fresh pon1 lily.
"A manuscript autograph volume of
John Locke brought G42 .at recent
London auction.
Fifty thousand acres of land in Ar
kansas have been purchased by colony
Of Poles. They are we'll fixed to raise
beans.
Said q freshman to senior the
other day, "Well, what do you think
of the College Presidents bacchanaian
sermon p"
If you are stung by a wasp while
pic-nicking, apply the end of the cigar
which has been chewed for few mo.
ments to the wound.
Tom Thumbs houseat Bridgeport,
Conn.,, was recently entered and robbed
of nearly all the lead pipe and gas fix
lures it contained.
Owing to conflict with the local
gas company, Easton is about to return
to the primitive plan of lighting her
streets with oil lamps.
Reports from indianapolis speak Of
q revival Of business in that section of
the country, and of general hopeful
ness for the future.
Judge Moore, of Chicago, called
the general docket of the Superior
Court one day last week, and dismissed
24O0 cases for want of prosecution.
I'm water drawn from Reading
(Pa.) hydtant the otter day a snake
2 1-g inches long was found. There is
demand for water filters there now.
"A French notary, Eugene Guilhot,
OF AngOuleme, madeaway with 5000, 900
OF his clients funds. He was prosecut-
ed on an indictment with 100 counts.
Prince Bismark has said that one
Of tho great obstacles to the consolda-
tion of the Empire is the excessive in
dividuality which marks his country
tnen.
Miss Kate Kelley, of Decatur, ILL.,,
was stung in the mouth by bee re-
Gently, and SO rapidly did the poison
take effect that she was dead in eight
minutes.
The moral Lesson. Mother: eff
Mrs. johnson comes, Jenny, say m
not at home" Jenny: "Oh, dare
sayl And then you'll give me whack-
Ing for telling story
The other day, when Admiral Rous
was taken fatally i'll, the doctor coming
to attend him said, swell, Admiral,
what's the matter?" "Eighty-two,"
said Rous. "rhat's what the matter"
The fact that the largest class-l1S
students-at the University of Virginia
this season was in Latin, demonstrates
pretty clearly that the love of classical
lore and classical education has not
quite died out yet in this country.
There has been secured for the
coming exposition in Pittsburg the first
train ever run In the State of Pennsyl-
Vania. 1t comprises an engine and two
passenger coaches and was built by
John Stevenson in 1918 for the Hudson
River Railroad.
"A correspondent furnishes the fol-
lowing: Rudolphe Hoch, being the first
HOch who emigrated to America, faith
er of Johannes Hoch, who died July
11th, 1777, one hundred years ago, was
buried on the old burying ground on
the farm OF Gideon w. Hoch, in Obey
township, Berks county.
Only three persons have life passes
on the Hudson River Railroad. One is
John b. Jervls, the first engineer of the
road, another is his wife; and the third
Is Governor Kimball, of West Point; the
passes are made of solid silver, on
which is engraved the name of the
holder, datewhen given, and occupation.
During the recent hot spell in Cali.
fornia, growing corn made rapid pro-
gress. In Fresno county, the growth
OF the cereal was almost visible to the
naked eye, one small patch showing
gain in height of an inch and three
eights between six O'Clock on Sunday
evening and the corresponding hour on
Monday following.
1t is strange provision of nature
that deaf mutes always hear the sound
of drum. Drum taps are used in all
their schools tu call them to order, and
they understand the sound as Ieadily as
other children understand that of a
bell. When asked if they hear a sound
they say no; they feel it in the pit of
the stomach.
The oldest person in the vicinity Of
Fritztown, Berks county, is John Sny.
der, a rail splitter and fence maker, so
years of age, who is still engaged for
many days of the year in making posts
and rails for the farmers of Lower
Heidelberg township. The next oldest
man In the same neighborhoOd is Geo.
Hahn, aged 80 years blacksmith by
trade, who is in the enjoyment of vigor-
GUS health, and is capable of walking
twenty miles in one day.
"A Virginia newspaper thus rejoices:
"Dnuville has built fifty large factories
and warehouses since the war. Her
population has doubled, and except
perhaps Norfolk, hers is the most active
and prosperous population in America.
In Petersburg scores of tobacco factories
and nine cotton factories have been
renovated or started since the war.
Lynchburg, Staunton, Salem, Abing-
ton and Harrisburg, all have vastly
grown and prospered, while all along
the railroads villages have sprung up
and are rapidly growing.
"A curious scene occurred in the
General SessiOns COnrt Of Nav York on.