The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-03-03
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Our PlilAdelphia Letter.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 2sth, 1sI


DEAR ADvoCATE;-
The voets are getting ready to peep at the sky
And the pretty daisies will he coming by y-and.Dyi
The buttCrcups too. with their petals of yellow.
hue,
VIII look alike with the rest to the dome of blue.
Tam4ga says; " Juseph was president of the
first life insurance company the world ever
saw" And Talmage evidently thinks he knows
ali about 1t. 1t IS a pity and shame that the
teachings of the Bible should be thus interpre.
ted or distorted In the mteIes of sensational
ism. for sensatiOna.lsm is but another name tor
Talmage. r.. .rr.r.
The 5urningO FOX's theatre on Sunday morn.
last was happily uuattendeI with any loss OF
life, though it Is safe To say. that had the fire
broken out an hour or two sooner, we would
have had u repetition OF tine BrOOKlyn horror
beyond doubt. The upper gallery, on Satur.
day II gnt contained an audience of 1900 men
and boys, and the only means Of egress was one
narrow stairway The destruction OF this place
OF amusement tll does not occasion any regret
among the respectable members OF our COM
munitY, for les performances have long been of
a very questionable, if not. immoral Kind.
Tue Oregon rooster bids far 10 stop Cronin
The lay which has most trOu 0led the Repub.
licnns, has UeSu de-LuY.
All the Observation-Disclosures are not dead yet
A FOOLISH tel. Ow, preceeded by two boys with
drum and fife, has Just passed my sanUtum
wheeling barrow full of bric6s.
New bills were presented at the theatres for
tins week. Tho Two Orphans" suffered their
suifeungs at the Chestnut' "rhe Pc lis OF the
Night made the halr TO stand On end AT tue
Walnut, and Edwin BOOoh ma Rome lOw. at
the Arch. All laughing must be done at the
Tnat's Watt. the matter is supposed to be
what Cronin, sand wnen he heard OF The oeclsiOn
in regard TO oregon
The tiags had an airing on washiugton's
biIthduy.
Bad seeds seldom. if ever bring forth good
fr1it. Perhaps this is WHY fellow namel ia Is 1,
attempted TO shoot man or two iast week
What are you going to do VITA yourself on
Conkhag has been accused of Diug ION the
| fence"
lhIs ougnt to be common saying; show me
| his oahK accOunt ana L II tell you wnat XII Of
The buster the Republic ms dread is supposed
| TO Ue none O,her ,han fiibustef.
1he body OF an unknown man was found near
/ elm stat on last WeeA and MARKS OF ylO snce
/ Were Iluihly visible, on the emulns IL Is sup.
| posed that the poor fellow was mu defel on or
! near the the Orange . EncamOmcnt UurIng the
ENh DlUOn.
Cabinet maxine seems to be a popular trade
| at pteseat Nlth many OF our ;,rOmIneu uL men,
/ and many bl cS bottles uIe taken slyiy from
| cab.neUN IN corners ana cOnsu,ted us re- sards
| An old topper was told that his nose was some.
what li6e Bret Harte's last woIk, Thankful
| blossom"
! An AnnihfatoI Company made an experiment
| cut NJ tbs CeutelnIa, grounds on FrldIy last
| an lnsOead Ut Iht a. ulhllatOr eXtiugpshing tAe
! Iii tne nre ext NJ ulshel Ia auuluIatOr,
! The Ice yaUuL Wh n, which was on exhibition
| in acuiuesY liza /, uuflug tho greJ, EXuiUI,
ton was the winner of recent match Ol tGe
| huuaou.
Geueral Peasantsons blue glass theory con
| tlnueS 90 o. sulnewhat Ol a seIlsd ttOL and con
! sequent Y the Dlue Is al the 20.
l. cot week II seemed "A, If SDring had sprung
thrOush suow s.O!m o. 50 wOu.u seen to dI5
| sIUate thut idea.
rne bul, contlnues to duze and win liSely dc
! so uuui March 4Gh
1he times are out of JOINT ana so Is Bill Bug
gins nose.
The caHdldute for Mayor Is not at all deDress
ed aud therefore lie CUu d not, with proprlpI,
be called "A CaVen OF despair.
Watches worn ou elecuol day, are called re
peatersF'
i Yours, repeatedly MARoUuo