The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-05-01
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mahOntmE TWlnkltnRs.
The number of students Of the Select
School has increased to sixteen.
-Amandas and Jacob Kistler we're busily
engaged in hauling lime during the past few
weeks from the Weissport kilns.
William Sandel. carpet weaver, was at
Summit Hill and Lansford last week collect
ing old bills and attending to other business.
DIR. Keiser was called on to attend the
child Of Mr.. Fritz, proprietor Of the White
Bear hotel Two physicians had previous
~ attended the child but failed to give re-
lief.
David Longacre caused much happiness
among The Summit Hill and IIansford folks
by supplying them with several loads Of po-
tatoes
Daniel Kressly is active in grating trees
and supplying some of our friends with the
same. On Monday evening N. Ballet, Jr,
was the recipient of thre fine pear trees
from Mr.. X. The price paid was seventy
cents per tree. Now ladies, YOU must keep
on the sunny side of friend Nate and you
may enjoy some of the fruit, that Is, if the
trees ever bear any.
Mrs. N. sensinger paid visit to her
daughter last week she asserts that trip
on foot to the lower end of Beaver Rdn and
back is not very enjoyable for 5iie of her age.
Nathan zimmermat is busily engaged
excavatng place for cellar, as he intends
building q house ere harvest sets in Mr..
2. is quiet, sobre. minded young man and
he will be cheerfully welcomed by the peo-
pie Of his heighborhood.
AT last two have been made one by the
| Rev: Mr.. Strauss. Josiah Miller and Miss
Amanda Mertz are the happy couple. We
wish them we'll for the future and hope they
may lead q happy liiei haying many joys
and few sorrows.
| Tuesday forenoon witnessed the burial
of Mrs. james Wchr, at the st. Peters
church. We have not learned what caused
her death nor are We aware how long she
was ill.,
Miss Alvena Mosser returned from her
trip across the Blue Mountain, and 50 Ma
honing again enjoys her pleasant face and
cheerful conversation. She is quite uneasy
on account of seeing her first name spelled
wrong in the "Twinklngs" last week. We
are sorry for the occurrance and hope it will
be right this week. Her fellow traveller,
Miss q, has not yet returned. She must be
more Of pedestrian.
Quite a number Of young ladies and
gentlemen had assembled at Mr.. Longacre's
house on Sunday evening. After ?artaking
freely of the good supper prepared for them,
they assembled IN the parlor and there en-
tertaned one another in an admirable man
ner. All passed Off pleasantly indoors, but
on the way home several of the gentlemen
had all the ladies. This of course was too
much for American blood and they Glamour.
ed loudly for a new law. They should be
elected to the next Legislature, for they must
know best what that new law should be.
Owing to the unpleasant weather on
Saturday evening but very few attended SER
vices in the Evangelical church. There will
be preaching to morrow afternoon Sunday
by Rev. b. j. Smoyer. All ale invited to
attend. The subject for discourse TO be "The
TRANSPORTATION"
--Wednbsday Evetihg found quite force
assembled at the home Of Miss Susie Houser.
Games of a complicated and amusing char
acter were in order, among which we shall
notice but two "hunting the key" and
"menagerie." In the first mentioned Prof
Rauch figured smart at the thing but be-
Ii ewes that he could not have found it in a
week, and no wonder for it was tied to his
coat-tals. We read of transformation in
some instances of remarkable kind, but, 81
remarkable transformation as occurred in
: second game nohe INDY ever have read of
A Rauch to a COlumbus,a Smith 10 Shake
sperej Ballet to an elephant and Kistler
to moon, is we think, quite out OF the
%ut V;nei VI .nI n"usioi .ila'.oG t III ~
genuity of Mahoning's fair ones. Strive on
little ones, III due season you will reap ii you
, do not grow Weary.
Excelsior Society tuet at the appointed
time and the subject wattil1 discussed Inv
Mes.rs. Smith and Balliet on ihe afirmotiv,
and Ranch and Ynung ON the negative
> Question was as war unsuitable IN any
: case" Decision in favor of NEGATIVE In
, repulor dnbate Messrs and r lad the foo,
, as indeed thew had il nearly the whole eve
ming; decision in favor of Affirmative. So.
clety aalgariied TO meet again ON Saturday
evening. The only visitors were Mrs. Il. S
Hopes and Mrs: seidel. As long as The
gents Will lersist III obllglng the ladies TO g
home alone, so long Will they oblige thoi'
gents to do without them. Some OF the Sc
lect readings were long and tedious. Pieces
. short and spicy should he selected. We
o must praise Mr.. hllngerman in this respect
: not that we desire all the selections to be q
a such character, but a change will do gooC
to reader and hearers.
r. W. Smith was elected superinteud
ent of the Sunday sthool held near the brlcl
Y church at East Penn. Mr.. S will not b,
there are several other duties requiring hi
attention, Levi Frants assistant superin
tendent will oilcate during his absence.
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t ,sh ia,,,,, td,' -, ,L e"Iue" III tne L"s
$ Sunday afternoon. lie dealt sneciGlIv n,
s the words "vet lutte while b brincinl
Q home to the minds of his hearers the rnniT
ity with which time passes. In the co1,rs
Of his sermon he alluded to a visit he mai,
to his former home, where he had been en-
gagged As a teacher! saving that after an ali
u sence of ten wears he vas made sensibl,
aware of the changes which baJtaken nlncc
y Instead of the Young children that he ha,
II under his tuitioii he found grown i'm meI
5, and women,
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