The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-08

New Jersey, and at points along the
Hudson as far as Dobbs Ferry. 1 was
talking with one of them on the New
Jersey Central train this afternoon. He
described to me the pleasure he bad
every evening on returning to his place.
"You should see my corn fields be
said. "They are beautiful" does
your farming pay your He laughed
well" he answered, II don't know
that it does. We use no vegetables In
tue house except what We raise ourselves.
1 figured it ont what they cost me some
time last fall, and found that they are
worth very nearly their weight in gold,
and yet we do not waste anything.
Rev, Henry Ward Beecher used to say
that his farm at Peekskill, ate up nearly
his entire salary which was $50, COO a
year, and leading and eminently Sue
cessful artist once related at ainre
table that be had to paint four pot boil
ers a year to pey for the running ex'
penses of his farm, before he had the
leisure to paint genuine work of art.
Quite flutter was created in Wall
Street this week when it became that
Mr.. John j. Astor had entered the den
of the bulls and bears, become heavy
buyer and leagued himself with the
Gould clique. The fundamental maxim
of the founder of the family was to in
vest your savings in land. This was the
only real property. Oyher values we're
snbject to chaDge--land remained. The
family has been living up to this maxim
and the great.grand-children have been
adding to the blocks of real estate owned
by the family almost as eagerly as old
John Jacob himself NJ wonder, then
that the fact that one of the Astors has
leftfthe smooth waters Of land specula-
ton for the troubled seas of Wall Str, ct.
has excited so much talk. For Gould
he is valuable ally, for he as WHIT is
very much needed in Wall Street at pres
ent, ready money, or something which is
as good as that.
Ga the other hand, the VLudtrbilts are
gradually retiring from the turmoil oi
the Street and becoming land owners.
William II. is quietly adding lot afrel
lot to his possessions in the city, while
his sons are buying along the line o
their fathers roads, and are adding tt
their estates on Long 1, land.
The Stewart Memorial Cathedral a
Garden City, is to be dedicated on th,
10Th, and Bishop Littltjohn will proba
bly, perform the Ger, mony Whether tn
body of the founder has been discovere,
and placed in the crypt is not known
Judge Hilton preserves the most rigi,
silence, and. the people employed ther
are also remarkably reticent.
o The inhrx of English Noblemen to thi
country continues. Among the ne,
o comers due here next week, areNLor
Q and Lady Roseberry, Sho,sailed on til
n Cunarder Pavonia last week. Lor
. Roseberry is a leading member of ih
r Liberal party, and a shining mem
i Der of the Jockey Club. His racing al
a breeding establishment is one of the fir
: est in England, aud in his career on th
i turf he has won many of the most desii
Q able victories. Lady Roseberry i,
i Rothschild, and her wealth contribute
:. TO the revival of the family splendor {
: her husband. Lord RoseberrS's 5 famil
uaWe is Primrose and his racing color
are primrose. Tie Belmouts who al
q closely identified with the Rothschildi
O will probably chapercne the Roseberry
/, during their sojorrn in this countr,
t Whether his LordsLip also intends |
i become land owner here is not know
E perhaps he is, as it has become almost
5 mania among Englishmen OF wealth I
II invest in Western realty.
e The suicide of young Doctor Hunte
t whose beautiful young wife died fe
S weeks ago from spinal meningitis, by
% under circumstances which led the poe
}. young fellow to believe that she was II
l. victim of malpractice was the snddest j
{ the large list Of cases of self destructio
). which occurred within the past fe
: weeks. There is no doubt that he VIZ
s. wrong in his assumption, but the bruti
. conduct Of Coroner Martin who had IL
Y case IN hand, to the bereaved husbau,
S had much to do WITH the entire upsettiu
II of his mind. A Coroner's position is nj
y an easy ore, and for the delicate operi
Is tions and investigations which he is fr
If quently called upon to perform, n ma
d Of the utmost tact, fine feeling aud
= knowledge of human nature is require,
II Martin is an upstart from the lowe
10 ranks of city life, and derived his claim
'o to political preferment from the fact thi
;. be was commonly assumed to be one
r JoLn Kelly's heelers. Even now. it
y said, that he would sooner fight tbs
g eat, and such man is put in positio
> which requires the utmost natural sen.
n and refinement.
e Last Saturday, the Life Saving Sta
ions along the coast were reopened.
st w.s none too soon. Autumn storm
of along the coast have made their appca
i auoe much earlier than usual, aud II
- damage done to the shipping is alread
ss v3ry heavy. The lot OF Life Sayir
II man is not happy one, and the pay
y not commensurate with the value OF Il
p services. Congressman Cox has doI
st much to increase their wages and allcy