The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-20


same. Step into his little Office, perhaps
he may show us something. / whisper
in his ear aud he takes from his private
drawer the largest cut diamond on the
Continent; it weighs 81 carats and is
worth Sl00 900. It is o bright topaz
color and if it were q pure brilliant
would be worth million. Yet we are
not doing much, he says, for the times
are so hard
Every place of amusement is crowded
night after night. Two grand operas
support the most expensive singers in
the world: food is abundant beyond pre-
cedent in the memory Of living men,
dresses are more costly than they have
been before in fifty years in Il hundred
years, and yet above the roar of the
jewellers. the vivas and the bravos, rises
the piercing cry of hard times. There
is not only plenty Of food but plenty Of
money here. One young lady gives the
Catholic council which met at Baltimore
the other day $500, 600 to found an edu-
cationnl institution, andsanother damsel
who fell a victim 20 her love of travel in
Colorado, left 100000 to Brother Berg S
Society for the prevention OF cruelty to
spayined horses, lame dogs and discon.
tented cats. Lucky Berg, Louis Bon
naud left him 5000, 900 for fear that he
might in the future state be turned into
dog or q donkey, and perhaps this old
maid has left the bulk of her fortune to
him so that she might secure reasonable
protection in case an oyerruling Provi-
deuce should turn her into cat or q
parrot, The lady's heirs contest the
will, but l expect her fortune will go to
the dogs,
But to return to my muttons. We
have abundance of money; rs an evidence
of that fact, loans are made on real os-
tate to nearly its face value, at three and
four per cent. Our store houses are full
of everything to eat Thousands Of bar.
rels of good family flour were sold here
this week away below four dollars Why
should the times be hard? l give it up.
Let the next fellow try it and send
Broadbrim the answer by express, tele.
graph or mail. There are few respec
table and honest people left in the world
| yet, enough for seed, A citizen whose
conscience pricked him sent 81, 800 to
the Brooklyn tax collector for unpaid
taxes on personal property which he did
not render to the city long years ago.
Now the city is in quandary in which
| fund to put it in. II that honest citizen
bad passed that money over to Broad.
brim he would have saved the city hear
of trouble and have materially advan.
| tagged yours respectfully. / have been
revolving in my mind since [ heard the
| news If the man was not insane.
DIR, Damerosch has made success oil
the German opera. I get along with the
German opera very nicely, though the
nouns, verbs. propositions and conjunc.
tions are a little confusing at times
They call the German opera heavy Nc
wonder, the tenor is good for 200 pounds
and the baritone and base will touch
300, the romantic young prima donna
takes forty-six inch belt to her bridal
dress, wears No. 49, glove and 81
shoe, While this is all right to n Ger
man audience who understand this sort
of thing in its proper light it knocks
| the romance out of an average American
to see a couple Of young lovers trying tC
embrace, whose arms will scarcely reach
half way round each others waist, AM
whose united weight cannot be far from
600 pounds 1t may lack the romance
but it has the advantage of stability ant
substantialness.
Notwithstanding our stringent school
Law which compels all children below ;
certain age to 90 TO school, the street.
swarm with hoOdlums who are organized
into gangs, They so about in parties
from two to dozen and when there arr
five or elk together they are not afraid Il
attack mau. Children, however, ar,
their Legitimate game, or messenger boy!
gong with bundles are attacked anC
robbed The discovery ofanother Fngil
who was working about fifty boy thieve
has caused o profound sensation in DO
lice circles. Eight or ten cart leads o
plunder rewarded the discovery whicl
comprised everything from q baby
rattle to gold watch. The younI
thieves are only emulatiug the old ones
q couple of whom attempted to rob
lady at eleven o'clock in the day, an
would have killed her if some citizen ha
not interfered after she had been fighting
them full ten minutes.
Politics Rrs mixed. The retirin
Mayor is determined, If he can, to leav
as little behind him as possible for hi
successor, who comes in with the ne'
yo"i hS 10 pl"Ol NtSpSld't Buihe
but as it is only question of plunde
between the rival factions, all the cit
zens have to do is TO look on aud pa
the bills. The County Democracy want
the sulk of the swag, while Irving Hal
puts in a modest claim for few of tb
loave5 and fishes. Tammany's claim
are not to be eignored, for in the languag
OF one of their Statesmen They may b
conquered but not subjewed," while th
J Republicans hold the balance of powe
not very heavy balance but still
balance, so they want a slice. 1t
pleasant to SEQ all these honest gentle
men casting lots for onr garments, th
: only difficulty is that we can't fin
I enough to satisfy them all
All the stock deals are manipulated i
! the Board; no outside buying.
The weather which was very fine
e the first of the week has been wet an
7 miserable at the last.
The deficiency of two millions in h
: receipts of the N. Y. Central gave I'll
boys shake on change, but the div
: of eight per cent. was paid all the SAM
No cause for alarm as long rs it is keI
down to two millions. Vanderbilt coHl
pay that ont of his private funds for
! hundred years and then nave somethiu
? left, Yours truly,
I BRoADBRIM
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