The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-01-05
wEIssPoRr LETTER.

Mrs. R. II. Shonen, the estimable wife
Of our townsman of said name, is visiting
friends and relatives at Bethlehem.
On Sunday evening protracted services
commenced in the Evangelical church.
The object Of these services is to give
chance " the worldly or sinful To seek par
don for their iuiquities and transgressions.
May their effort have much fruit and call
many 10 repentance.
"A certain individual known to the in
tereSted party, some time ago during ser
vices at the NJ. E. church, at Lehighton.
purloined an elegant silk umbrella. The
miscreant who took the umbrella without
privilege is known to the owner aud unless
it will be returned very soon to the person
the guilty party will be dealt with accord
ing TO law. The umbrella belongs to iss
Emma Arner, Of this place. "a word to
the wise is sufficient"
Horn 4 Anthony are filing the ice
houses of ou. merchants and hotel keepers,
per contract.
The services in the Evangelical Sunday
school,, last Sunday, was very interesting
and instructive. 1t was quarterly review.
The exercises were interspersed with
number of addresses by Messrs. Ditterlne,
Weiss and Ruth. MIR. Weiss made a
spirited aud able address on Temperance"
us taught IN the. school during the past
quarter. He is deeply interested in this
great cause, and hence is an iudefatigable
worker in the temperance field.
The time for the spring election is fast
approaching. II behooves tour citizens to
lnoA around aud single out good aud true
men to fill the various municipal positions
a. their disposal. The most impnrtsat
Gnonget these elective Offices is that Of
School Directors. Above all others the
men tor this position should be good, in
te;!igrnt and positive men, men who know
the wants and requisites of our public
schools, aud are not afraid to supply such
wants.
The ADVOCATE scores another point tor
preparedness and advanced journalism
1t is the only county PAPER that was issued
during the holiday week. II is infinitely
to its credit ani merit. The other county
papers had Tor their excuse according to
an old custom we will not appear next
week" Yes. il is an old custom, but it has
O'cnme ~ obsolete as 10 be considered moth
ing but snare end cheat such an excuse
might have been excused thirty or forty
years ago, but in modern times II s only
sneered and laughed at. Rah for the AD.
vooArEl
The spelling bee "was unsuccessful be
cause the teacher eat too much sour krout."
Well, did you ever2 Our advice to thi,
teacher would be never again to appsint q
time for "bee" until he had gauged HIM
self as To his capacity for sour krout. Fo
he does he might unthinkirgIy indulge
10 excess IN, what seems TO be his faYoritI
dish, sour krOut, and then the same sad re
suit or accident. Intemperate habits pro
duce their own punishment, and intemper
ateness in sour krout is not exempt from
: this fact. A country schoul teacher SHOULD
certainly be above this, ana better ex
ample for his scholars. Let him organize
total abstinence society object, to abstal
y from sour krout.
n Franklin township has a most persis
, tent teacher. He teaches in East Weisspor
He is persistent 10 the fac. that he woul
not yield 10 the importunilies Of his fello'
teachers TO have no school on New Year
y day. There is no such a thing as hOlids
= for him.
Watch meeting was appropriately ol
;" served in the Evangelical church on Ne
Years eve.
:" Mr.. F. 4. Fenner and wife snjoys
" their holiday vacation with Mrs. F.
y parents at shamokin. LoTTA.