The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-02-03
Our Philadelphia Letter.
Phila.. Pa, Jan. 3lst, 1877

Phlla., Pa, Jan. 3lst, 1877.
DEAR ADVOCATES 1t is with sorrow and with
''soautihess about the "head," and cramp"
elsewhere, that "emerge" from my customary
peruration" Of the " hot-house' order, and yet
stand as survivor with nothing co ''browse'
upon, and b. am aching under It's ''piameter."
d" Dott sh" is exactly SO IN "exaclness" and my
services" to your journal always aim high
est" to please ami never to offend Uv "cuuning"
after "galvaIic" nature, by accordingly be-
ing spectfn" and never merciless Of sena.
tor or anybody else, it would be " inconse.
quent" for me to say much more than to co.
aiesce" in hoping that the telegram of "GoOble"
10 not, as some Of our papers tondly imagine,
TREAsONABLE!
| PoKTLANp, Oregon. December /, lo71 Hon.
| S. TuUeI, IS GTamercY Park. n. V; Head,
scantmese, cramp, emergr' peroration, not
| hOt-hOu e, eXactuess of, services, highest Gun.
| ming, dOtush; OF, n. galvanic survivor. by, hc-
Ct rdlngly. respectful, mercless. or, senator,
| incOnstqnent, cOaleace. GoBBLE
| Mrs. Antoinctta KOhn. Countess OF Lachten-
meinfellerschuan," better known as Mrs. Gen.
eral Won SchlaEeDrausders chOft," a very Ordin.
| aTy looking, OIOadfaced German woman, who.
| under the guise OF distinguished Russian
| Countess has been uefr udlng uptown Holland
| of its precious savings, was finally disposed OF
| at the central yesteraly httrrnOon. ~ appear :
| the confidence game quite extensive y of late,
and s,,jOJ bail was ASKED Of her to answer III
| Court
Another murder has been ad ed to the already
| lengthy list Of that ghastIy CRIME. sam. Evans,
| aged 40, was stabbed ana Rllled last evening by
| james Py6, during an alteration IN the street.
| AdIeu iona hopes wen not have Philadelphia
for the Capital just yet. All hOnorto Hon NJ I,
| RAPsHER, OF Carton, for his sugges' ed land well
| nmed) amendments in Tegal TO the same.
George Washington (COiOred) was arrested on
Monday morning Tor stea two sealshin over NI,
ter instead Of borrowing ~ two sealskin over
coats, he would not have larnished the nob,e
name ne bears, nor have been sent " be.Ow . L
T6efe's lots OF fun in 'Our Boarding House, 4"
and tue bOarders receive visitors every night al
the Chest ut street Theater.
| "Helen's Babies can now be purchased at mos
| of our book stores. and they will wrap them vi
for you 80 that you can carry them under you
Twenty millions Of dollars per annum is III.
declared value Of the virginia oyster hsheIies,,
How tins must disgust the man VINO calls thes'
The butter mead OF the /" Dreaming TOlanthe, ;
which was such great attraction at the Cen
The Grand Duke Alexis went duck hunting
the other day in CuIrituck Sound, Va, Will
| IarOn SChilng and other Russian officers. II
Is not EnUwn whether tne count quarter OF z
, dollar went with the party or not.
They called IA IN Old Stumps." and the name
is noe inappropriate iOr he gathers cigar Stumps
for living. His hands aIe yellow ana gilmtl
and stained with tobacco lmce and the maj
himself is as TedOlent of tobacco as the bag o
ticking IN which ne garueTs his store of east
away weeds-be they the remnants Of the fra
grant Havana, the mid Connecticut or Jh'
! Palmy " + or Ce Cabbage"
"Ihe ragged edge OF despair" Will soon Oi
: smOoIhed over for the politicians.
| on to Washington !" Is their cry
"Give us victory or let us dle y
| Rhe most popular man IN che country a
| IIesent seems 10 be r, LeCtOral Bill.
, Yuu can always tell
When an election Is near,
+ BY the many ire lunches
And the quantity OF beer.
! About this time OF the year look out Tor pro
misses Of everything RON candidates
/ Samuel ALcCOn aged eleven and his bTOthe
| aged nine years WeTe arrested IN New YORK IN
= other dav for breaking mo "A Wlne cellar aui
, | Sealing wine by sucking II through rubber
! | tube These boys are evidently not only suck
| nngs BY age but by nature alsO.
: A tiIm In Portland, Me-, have shipped 20
2 live Obsters IN q tanh per steamer o England
\ Thus can our English cousins enjoy The lnNuI
= OF q bite from lOOsterS claw.
| -" Let me out on let me out J" shouted
4 passenger in a o. DIVIDED street car q lew dai
| since No Ona needed the cry ana no one hdut
ed an inch until the conc uOtOr asked WhaL wa
8. the nutter, tn II the excited passenger sara !
l az nlHng tones I" Ny MOtherlh-law IS aitt
h me 7" The dodge mas suc,es siul nd the excite
y PASSENGER wHlhed easily out,
/ Among the cargo OF the steamship PennsN
vania which sailed lOr LverpOO t0-dAy, ware
a car wheels
4, Spitz dogs, hydrOphOOia, death :
The capt. m Ot vessel tnulng that MS era
was frozen IA harbOr got ais bnCK up ana chD
= ned hts way out and made CpIgO of thC1C
N which he intends taking TO a southern COunti
u tOr disposal, doubtless at a handsome prutu,
n Yours, again, MARC '1lo.