The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-05
Letter from Manch Chunk.
.MAUcn CHUNK, Jan. 3, 1878.


.MAucH CHUNK, Jan. 3, 1878.
In making my bow to your readers on this
Sd day of January, in the year of grace 1878
it may be proper to wish all of them a
happy New Year." and though the year just
past may not have been very prosperous
one with many ofthem, let us fondly indulge
a hope for better days. Only hope, and it
will matter little in the end whether our ex-
pectations shall be realized or not, since we
have the sweet consolation that he " who
lives upon hopes" may expect to " die
fasting = and the latter fact, the fasting, will
certainly render us more fit for the regions
above. So what's the odds2 To the young l
would say Go it while you're young, throw
care to the dogs, and as for the rest-trust to
luck and Providence. Never meet troubles
halfwayJ for " sufficient unto the dav is the
evil thereof" To the old have nothing
to say as past experience must have taught
them what to do. Let them continue in the
path of duty, convinced that, no matter
what fate may have in store for them the
end will be the same, and one of these days,
be it early or late, a kind Providence will
graciously permit them to " shuttle off the
mortal coil" and thereafter rest in peace.
Never fret, as you may thereby add to the
number of your days, and when the games
up, and you shall be called away, die laugh
ing, if possible, and thus rob death of half
his sting. So mote it be.
The late increase in the number Of board
ers at Raudenbush's Hotel, on West Broad
way, causes business to be quite brisk at that
establishment. The latest arrival is that of
Thomas Durkin, who was gobbled up at
Wilkes Barre ON last Monday, and, brought
here by officer Peeler, was committed as an
accomplice in the George X. Smith murder
He is the third individual under arrest for
completely in this murder, and fourth is
expected to arrive shortly. AT the District
Attorneys Office all is life and activity, and
a motley crowd of coal and iron police, wit
nesses, etc, may always be found in attend
ance, and | may safely assert that what Mr..
Siewers doesn't know about the Smith case
by this time isn't worth knowing. There
is, however, no likelihood that these new
Mollie cases will be reached before April or
June term.
District Attorney Siewers, now occupying
an office in Major Kloiz's building, on Broad
way, has certainly the most cosy place of
any of the legal fraternity in town. And for
convenience it is not eXcelled.
The near approach of Court causes quite
stir among the legal profession, all ofwhom
appear to be full of business.
Now that the holidays are over, and men
have again settled down to business and
sobriety, the streets of the Switzerland"
again look quiet and deserted as usual, but
January term Of Court is expected TO change
all this, and hotel proprietors are of good
al, ttats,a
vest of filthy lucre. What indeed would
Mauch Chunk be were it not the county
town? Oh, dear!
But little is heard of the doings of Thos.
P. Fisher, and if the reporters will only let
him alone, he would probably make his
exit as quietly as "any other man." But,
will they2 There's the rub, and we shall
probably yet get such surieit of Fisher, be-
tween this and the Goth of February, as we
have never had before. The better plan
would be to exclude the cheeky craft alto
gether.
The suspense is over, and we all know
now of a certainty that, unless the Lehigh
Valley R.R. Co. should revoke the negative
vote given at Wednesdays meeting Of the
carrying companies, the project Of combi-
nation will be abandoned, and individual
operators left to weather the storm as best
they can. Indeed things appear to have ar
rived at such pass that all faith in the
present practicaDility of q combination, as
attempted, may as well he abandoned. The
fiat has gone forth, and individual enterprise
will naturally be the first to suffer- And if
prospects are discouraging TO the individual
operators, they are anything but encourage
ing TO the holders of coal stocks, who know
only too well that once fairly entered into
the strife it will engulfall in Il common ruin.
The resumption by the Lehigh Coal and
Nav. Co. of their Summit Hill and Mosque
honing mines and the caual, is very favor
ably regarded by the former employees of
that old corporation. Whether this change
of employers will eventually benefit them as
much as anticipated remains to be seen; but
"Giye me the old Lehigh Company" is just
now an expression INDUCED in by most of
their former employees, who are longing for
the realization of the project as ardently as
the hungry Jews in the desert may be sup
posed to have longed for the aesh-pots of
Egypt. And here will colse. W.S.