The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-06
Editorial Mention.

BEER and Bible are well represented
in Connecticut. In that steriI home OF
the Blue Laws there are !, ,1S9 bar.tenderS
against 1855 clergymen.
WHERE is Judge McCurdy2 Kate Field,
who is 10 Denver, sent a note to the
Windsor Hotel, asking for his aadre' 8.
The answer came back from the CLERK:
.'Don't know; he's been dead eight
years"
SMALL places are frequently made the
scenes Of great events. Slatiugton has
been selected for the first serious attack
on the stronghold of monopoly. Within
the last few days a man of that town gave
kick TO q mule.
TINS must be a pretty rich country Of
ter all. Notwithstanding the drain made
by our ten-dollar-a-day legislators there
is money in the Treasury. 'Tis diff
cult matter to realize but it is so.
TUESDAY Of this week is memorable as
being damp introduction to the Carbon
County Fair, and the five thousand six
hundred and forty-fourth anniversary Of
the creation Of the world, according to
the Jewish chronology.
GEORGE. D. ROBINSON, the Republican
rival of Ben Butler, is a Prchibitionist.
He says himself that he has ''never known
anything but to let intoxicating liquors
alone" The SUN is very sorry that this
is all Mr.. Robinson known.
IT Is stated authoritatively that the
word donkey" was never used before
the middle of the last century. The fact,
however, for which that word stands,
came into existence when Adam ate "tbat
there apple" Men have been kicking
ever since.
The whip is mightier than the quill.
King Solomon never made. this remark
but lady was brought before the Potts
vile conrt. on Monday, for thrashing an
editor. The judge paid tribute to her
editorial victory by allowing her to pay
the costs. which were quite handsome.
WHAT difference there is between
Presidents. A Boston paper says thnt
Mr.. Arthur drinks three kinds of wine
at dinper and asks no blessing. The
husband of Mrs. Hayes omitted the ex-
pense of wine and asked blessing.
When Mr.. Holman gets there he will
drink the wine and ask the blessing"
~" s.wHAT is law and order?' said an
Irish bishop to an American reporter in
Ireland, last week. "Iil tell you," be
proceeded. "Law and order in Ireland
is collecting rack-rents from starving
teuancy at the point Of eixty thousand
British bayonets. That is law and order
in Ireland" The bishop has got il
''dewn fne."
Mn. BRENNAN, of the Irish Lant
League, stated in his lecture at Philadel
phia on Monday night that Ireland wal
ripe for revolution. The remark is con
firmed by the experience of Franci
Murphy. who. during the two weeks h'
recently spent in Belfast, gained owe
thirty two hundred recruits to the arm!
of temperance.
MARR1AoEs made in Heaven are differ
ent from some of those which take plac
at Parryv,lle. A man said last week, q
he walked home along the canal, "Befor
and;after marriage is different matter
Fore married thought my wife woul
darn my socks and let me alone of even
ings. But she doesn't. She darns m
sid let's my socks alone"
"GATH." the great newspaper corrti
pendent, male trip last week lhroug
the Lehigh Valley. He asked q Wilkes
barre friend about the political talk
that region. Through this lart {
Pennsylvania" said W. F., "the Repul
licans all want Blaine and the Dtmocra
want the old ticket of Tilden and Hel
drlcks." That's bosh.
TIE Hazleton PLAIN SPEAKER shcV
signs of well-deserved prosperity by e
larging its size and slightly lutreasir
the price. Both Improvements Al e worl
of Necessity. The PLAIN SPEAKER is Il
newsiest daily in this district. The ed
torials are always sensible, and the par
graphs are characterized by pith, poir
purity, patriotism, political principle al
profound philosophical pen, tration.
A FEW weeks ago Boston turned out
do honor to Sullivan, aud few days {
terwards Philadelphia turned inside o
TO receive the Base Ball Athletics. B
what will the great athletes do now IL
the season is over? They can't very W
all run saloons. Two of them are C
lsge men, so, of course, they can't be
pected to do anything. But some of
others may be moderately useful citizel
and the canal boats are not locked
for the winter.
THERE is an ancient saying to the
feet that "whom the Lord loveth
shasteneth." If this principle be nrpl
to trades there can be little doubt 4
sigarmakers enjoy more than their leg
mate share of divine affection. A
weeks ago twelve thousand cigarmak
were on strike throughout the count
That difficulty was removed and L
they are in trouble again. TheNew Y
law against tenement cigar factories W
into operation last Monday and there
seven thousand Of the craft out OF VIC
TEE Shenandoah NEWS very sensi
says: The marrow Of the apportionm
question is just this: The Democri
Legislators have the weight of reason I
justice on their side in demanding
Apportionment which shall regard po
lation and contiguity OF territory in
composition of districts; but when
Republicans have declared their de
mination not to allow these consid,
tions to govern the matter except WI
fhav cnnirihute IN their nolitiosl sfrap