The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-15
w1rnPORr LETTER.

WeissPort on Sunday.
MIR. Charles Driesbach, Of Mauct
Chunk, was doing wsissport on last Sun
day.
The auction ADVERTISED BY Henry Eai
for Saturday evening, was well attended
The goods were mostly sold.
We are sorry to note the fact that th'
pleasant little daughter Of @. II. Laury Il
iudisPosed, with light attack Of pneu
monia.
Marsh & Zern are still heavily engaged
in the numbering business They ship
three car loads of props every week from
here. They also load and ship props from
Penn Haven Junction to the mines.
Some one has asked. "why is a presel
er like printer? They are both after Its
deyil. 10 what respect does a prehche,
differ from a printer Printers make the
devil work, and the devil makes the preach
er work"
Rev. Miller, Of Mauch Chunk, will
preach Ia the Evangelical church next
Sunday evening. The rev. gentleman has
q very good voice for minister, !. e. he
has lots of volume He delivered u short
exbortion last Sunday evening.
Miner Bros, are at present working
only two-thirds OF the time. The foundry
work is just as slow and stagnant as most
all industrial works. The cause assigned
is an over pr, duct.oE Of commodities, aud
not Carisle's election. How easily folly
and ignorance ascrlbe such a condition OF
affairs to the latter.
Road master Everett, with gang oi
men, has been doing some good work dur
ing the week on the borough streets. The
street. in font of the Wcissport House has
be filed up to level and a comtnend-
able gutter dug 20 drain off the water. This
used TO be regular mud hole. The work
is conmeudable.
Mr.. John Schabo and Mr.. Ross, from
shamokin, passed through weissport for
Monroe county, on Monday. The object is
game, deer in particular. Mr. Schaho was
former resident of this place. For the last
six years he has lived at Shamokin, where
he has established himself as one OF the
leading business men, aud has become very
wealthy.
Mrs. Emma Leuckel, nee Knerr, died
very suddenly on Thursday night of last
week OF pneumonia. Her remains were
buried on Sunday morning. The remain.
were followed by large concourse oi be
r.aved relatives and sorrowlng friend q.
Her husband died few years ago in New
Mexico. Rev. DeLoug conducted the
funeral services.
AT lastthe buzzard legislators have
adjourned. II ever legislature has proved
Iurce, then the late adjourned body ha;
proved to be such. We are sorry to uott
the fact that our represen tatives belong tu
that glorious baud Of representatives who
took pay Tor mo session or sham session
Lords day and holidays" Legislators will
ma that"nO session, sham session, Lord'f
day and holidays" will prove to be the end
POLITICALLY speaking, of many of the patriots
and amongst these will be the Carbon
Patriots.
Our old friend Jonas Hartman, Of
Maria Furnace, Franklin township, has al
last joined the band OF "Denedicts." He il
as happy as can be over the Termination OF
his love affairs, and manifested his 10Y on
Saturday evening by calling his friends to-
gether aud treating them To all the nice
things he could lay bis hands on. The
boys had good time at Jonas exnense.
We congratulate him upon the happy
event and hope that he will have a prns
porous aud eontented journey through
life.
One OF our residents who has acquired
veay unsayory reputation, in the last fe W
years for that which is conteniptible and
mean, absconded on Friday night. The
absconding docs not amount to so much
"fur 1t is good ridiance Of bad rubbish, p
but he cheated and betrayed those that had
6eIrended him. The pity is that the law
does not protect victims more fully from
such rascals Scranton may be able tu
nurse and take care OF him. Weissport ca
well afford to rejoice oyer his mysterious
departure. WeonIy pity those who through
desire OF Oelriending the man, are his
victims.
Mr.. John II. Kroner passed his doth
year last Friday. lis host of frinds know
Ing this arranged for a surprise for him in
the evening. Some thirty or forty couples
coHgregated at some friends house, and
blded their time. when they swooped dow
upon honest John TO his utter amazement
and astonishment. The surprise was great
vet Kroner was equal to the emergency
w. course his faithful spouse was in the
secret, for if she had not been the surprise
would have been barren of success. The
crowd after happily enjoying themselves
served good supply of good things, known
as refreshments. II was a la te hour before
the friends began to tread their weary
way homeward."
The teachers of franklin townshiu
have organized literary society. 1t.
meetings will be held every Tuesday even.
ing IN The Maria Furnace school house
The purpose is, in particular, To discuss
educate and more fully develop religious
social, political, scientific and all otnei
quesli"nsn ni Importance. The object is EN-
pyl eau like and We are glad .T it. II is q
! step in the right direction and speaks well
for those who are engaged in the work
Literary sooielies are a beneieence and
| a blessing To those who interest themselves
ia labor that rises above the baser feelings
and nature Of manKind. Let the good
work continue, and the time will come
when the franklin teachers will reap theiI
reward.
Considerable excitement prevailed in
East Weissport and vicinity last Thursday
and Friday on account ol the arrest of q
Mr.. Mertz. of Caiasauqua, for relieving a
numbcr OF henneres Of their live contents
When arrested this man had over 500 lbs
of poultry. The parties or owners went Ia
| Cherryvile, where he was taken in Gus
tidy and identified mnch OF the property,
Rumor has it that some Weissport individ
nal or individuals had been the guide of
th 5 midnight narander. The eireum
stance Of the robbery strongly points to this
claim. This style Of petty stealing has been
carried on for a number OF years, evidently
by the same person. Let the law take this
in hand ana deal with the thief as ne Justly
merits.
Rev. D. D. Babcock, State Lecturer for
the Good Templars, was in town on Thurs
day evening, aud treated good sized audi
ence to very able and analytical rxposi
ton Of the evils, immoralitles and wrongs
resulting iron intemperance. lie treated
the subject from natures standpoint as well
rs from q spiritual view. The treatment
was logical and comprehensive in eysrv