The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-21

ripple on the smooth surface. Fashion
able Mauch Chunk is lettering at the
seaside, and if things were dull before
they went, they are much more so now.
Indeed, we're rapidly assuming the
character of men of leisure, for the sim
pie reason that we can't find anything
to do-,at least nothing that'l pay.
Everything is stagnant-dead. Our
hotels are empty and the streets almost
deserted. Even the boisterous, frolick-
some school; boy is no longer visible, as
the schools are closed and the watchful
eye of ma is keeping the mischievous
pet at home. If he sallies forth at all,
it Is after dusk, when he joins the
crowds of pedes trians on the sidewalks
or watches in front of lce.cream saloons
to see what girls bigger boys of his
acquaintance are toting around"
which knowledge furnishes him the
material for next days gossip. "Mur-
ply meetings" also have their charms
for him, and it is principally aC these
gatherings that the gamin must be
sought should he be missing OH the
pave. Indeed, they fairly monopolize
these meetings, in consequences of which
a vast majority of them have assumed
the blue badge, in imitation of bigger
boys, no doubt, for the gamin is always
bound to be in fashion,, be it at talking
slang, "bladSing" Murphy, or eating
cream at mas or pas expense. And
what airs he puts on while he is hand
ling the spoon and how glbIy he talks
about that 'ere girl and her fellow !"
And what trying time this must be to
larger boys, who hardly dare venture
out for fear of being beset by number
OF young lady acquantances who never
hesitate to suggest plate Ct cream. 81
hate to go out nights" heard one of
them say few evenings ago sit costs
Ike blazes. How sorry / am it isn't
leap year, then the girls would have to
buy the cream" Now l can sympa-
thize with such fellows, especially il
they chance to be forty dollar clerks
with two hundred dollar pretentions-
can't you? Now that the ice-cream
trade and Murphyism are fourjshing,
the swill (yclept beer) trade is suffer>
ing accordingly, which is sufficiently
plain from the fact that most of the
saloons are, in a manner, deserted o.
nights. Whether the world will event.
ually be the better on that account re-
mains to be seen.
Some individual or ndividuals-per-
haps with view of starting sausage
factory-on last Tuesday night caused
sad havoc among the CANNES in town,
as on Wednesday morning quite a num-
Der of the genus were found dead.
Sundry pieces of bologne that were SUBJ
sequently discovered scattered along
the sidewalks indicated that they had
been poisoned. That there was some
swearing among the owners of the ours,
you may Imagine.
The man that hath no music in his
SOUL will henceforth have TO be sought
outside of East Mauch Chunk, as they
propose, ,shprtly.to set up in the musical
line Independently the first steb in
turtherance of the project having been
taken on Wednesday, when the picnic
of the embryo band was we'll patron
ized.
1.-THE vilest sinner may return" " Now
that Monkeys joined the Murphyites
and Packers cadets. the country's safe
Who'll be the next ?-that's the uues-
ton
Who'll be postmaster? continues to
agtate The mind of the average denizen
of East Mauch Chunk. After the ap-
pointment's made we shall know.
The flour for quarter dollar" artist
is still doing the best business in town,
his peripatetc gallery being crowded
from morn till eve'. ...
Mr.. Milton Dimmick is about TO
evacuate his fine Broadway residence
and getting his traps in order for an ex-
tended trip to more congenial climes.
Jocko will accompany him in the capa-
city of body servant and general iacto-
tum.
Under the new arrangement Mount |
Pisgah is rapidly becoming fayorite |
resort and Doctor Brighton's business |
Increasing. His ten.pin alley being
finished, what fine chance our young.
sters will have for bumming "aboVe |
the clouds" unseen
Harper's Ferry John is still about |
and making the most of his shOTt-lived
vacation. Yet a few days, and the |
smiling cOnntenanee of Mr.. IL. f. j. |
Brown will vanish from our streets.
The chief men of the irrecOncilable |
or Cameron wing Of the Republican |
party have concluded not to make any
demonstration on arrival of the ex-
pected members Of Hayes Cabinet. |
Right so, gentleman none but a fool |
would exchange principal for interest. |
Mr.. Jas. S. Loose's name is promi-
nently mentioned ia connection with |
the District AttOrneyship, knowing
ones asserting that Mr.. l.. will be a can
d!date for nomination before the Re
publican County Convention.
Night excursions to other peoples |
potato patches are much in vogue along |
the line of the canal just now. The |
paStime principally INDUCED in at these
is called 'help yourself"
ITEMS.
superintendent Packer of the Easton ana
AmuOy DIVISION l.. V. II. r. 4, absent ON a |
hsnhg oXcu SION at the Thousand Isles
Mr. anu Mrs. G. o. Skeer ard daughter Fan
ME arc at Asbury Park.
"A new weigh scale for the weighing Of coal
from hemmeIer Il co 5 new breaker al Pond
CrteA, has recently been put lp by nc Ceutral
halllOdd Company. Mr.. Serfass, late operatOr