The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-04-28
Lehigh Gap Gossip

Mr.. E. L. Straup will attend Snyder's
select school, at weissport, this summer.t
Miss RapP, of Parryville, was the guest
Of Miss Edna Hugbs, at Crag's Hotel, oyer
Sunday. g..
Mr.. Dallas Bloss moved his family in
to the recently repaired old school house ,on
Thursday. He had it nicely fixed up and
il is "quite a comfortable" home now.
We were informed that the debating
society Of Aquashieola would not be allowed
to meet any longer in the public school
house. This society was just fairly organ
ized, and we think only biased people could
object to their further meeting in it.
Mis- Robert F. Musshlitz. of 81 abingdon,
is visiting friends and relatives here for two
or three weeks.
Sheriff Lentz passed through our neigh
borhood, on business, Wednesday.
by the frosty tracks on last Saturday
morning it appeared that Jack frost had
been about, and on Monday and Tuesday
he no doubt shook off the refuse on his
winter cloak, as we beheld the downy
snowflakes fall, thick and last at intervals,
so much that our old "blue ridge" had to
put on his white night cap.
The debating society. Of Aquashicola,
held second meeting in the LehIgh Gap
school heuse last Saturday night. Question
fer debate was "Resolved that nature is
more pleasing than art" Speakers on the
affirmative side were, Messrs. E. L. stroup
and L.. F. Kern; on the negative, Mr.. Chas.
Prutzman and Miss Edna Hughs. The
judges, Messrs. Penn Bowman, Thos. Craig
and Miss C. E. Snyder, decided in iavor of
the affirmative. A full house was present.
Lebigh Gap should have regular organ
ICED literary society.
| Miss Edna Hughs' term Of school closed
Friday. She speaks highly OF the hospital
ity Of our people, and that they had also
taken much interest in the work of the
school. We very much regret Miss Hughs
departure from our midst, as she took
and is a ready arguer on points. The Sun
day school will also miss her. Here she
was especially beneficial, as she readily
participated IN the exercises.
Farmers are nav engaged in preparing
their lands for corn, and no doubt the
crows and blackbrtls are anticipating rich
feast. The crows are plenty now. The
blackbirds have not yet put in an appear
ance so far as we know. Every farmer
hates the crow, AID we must acknowledge
he is not very lovable bird. He has
neither beauty nor song; for his eternal
cav, cawl" is a note renewed SO often as
To be at decided discount. Nor has he
civIlity or manners; and has ideas con-
eerning private property are extremely
vague. Yet, Of all the bird tribe he is far
the most intelligent. He will curry of lit
tie chicks as slick as any hawk. Nor is he
a hypeerlte. There he is, on some old tree
by the roadside, clothed in sable suit, and
as you go BY, looks demure, interesting and
melancholy. But should there be gun in
the bottom of the wagon, though it is care
fully covered with bundle of straw, q
blanket over that and large fat boy sitting
on top Of all, he knows It is there, and,
trusty sentinel, alarms the whole commun-
ity of crows in the regions round about; and
away they wing, "Svsr the hills and far
away" Cav, cav. caw!'' You didn't
catch him that time. H. is very well aware
that you intend to kill him-if you can. He
just wants to see you do it-that's all.
ST. JOHN.