The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28
BrOalbrim'S New York Letter.
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE:

For some years past large sign has
hurg in front of the Cooper Institute,
Gospel Temperance Services conducted
by c. A, Sawyer" Thousands uron
Thousands bnvo listened to the stirring
exhortations of this eloquent evangelist =,
aud many have been gathered In from
the streets aud slnms to live new life.
and once more raise their heads in the
hannts of men. There was no kid.gluve
aristocracy about the audience that a..
semhled there each Sabbath, but there
was always place and q welcome for The
ragged tramp and II e outcast whom tie
rnest aud Levite passed by; the working
principle being, that ANYTHING which
bore Coils image was worth saving
Each Sabbath in that vast multitude
there was one central figure standing out
bold and clear, aud as he spoke of the
savIour's forgiveness, and the JOY ofthe
promised salvation, he seemed to he
transfgured into an Angel of Hope. 1t
will carry grief to the hearts of Thousands
TO hear that the great evangelist bas fallen
from the glorious height on which be
stood for years He has been hurled
down to the depths by the Temp,er-
though not trust, like Lucifer never to
rise again. 1t is more than forty Years
since John B Cough met with a similar
miNhap, but John B. Cough lived 10 ie-
pent his momentary folly, and has b, en-
spared for many Years of useful labor
and the end las not yet come. Every
eff rt will be made hy the friends Of the
unfortunate gentleman to rescue him
from bis present humiliAting position,
III the hope that lie may OF ce more +
restored 20 lie Uf usefulness and
honor.
st Patrick's day has passed by. ard
not mau killed even skull
cracked. For many days the air las
been inll OF war and rnmors OF war. II
WAS Ao not only in New York, Lut our
Brooklyn brolLers and sisters we're on
the north side OF friendly; and across
the North River our fellow. citizens OF
New Jersey we're torn bY intestine dis.
cord, which threatened serious conse.
qHences ou the natal day Of Irelaud'-
patton saint. Several weeks ngo resoIu
tions had been p ssed in the common
councils of both cities that it woull b.
the proper thing to do to decorate ali the
pablic buildings on the 18th Of March.
Accordingly, at sunrise the green fl ,g OF
"Ould Erin" was hoisted over all the
pnblic buildings and the two cities We're
as gidly decorated as if ST. Patrick was
native OF Brooklyn or Manhattan. But
trouble had been brewing for weeks.
The Ancient Order Of Ilibernians, which
up to tha. time had presented solid
front against tue Saxon foe, was house
divided agllhst itself. A number of its
me nbers lined the Clau.un- Gael. and
the Ancient Order promptly expelled the
otfen lers. Tuen the expelled members
resolved that tie expellrrs were an lille.
gitm ue body, and that tbey-the ex.
pellsd--were the Only Original Jacobs:
aHd right there came the hitch on the ST.
Parick'S day procession, and it lool ed
aS it We were going to have n battle Il Mt
would throw Vinegar HILL or the Boyne
into the shade. Each of tine rival fac
tionS gota permit to parade. hut "a the
Mayor Of Brooklyn discovered the belig-
erebt attitude Of the parties he promptly
rvoked the permits. Then il vas
agreed that the two factions should par
ade at different hours OF the day; aud so
matters were compromised. At the la,t
moment, however, one of the factions
resolved that they would not pa rade at
all, so peace reignsd in Warsaw. The
faithful guardians OF our cities peace
buckled on their long night-clubs, but
the crowd they had to deal with could
have been ruled with lady's fan. The
procession, ii not as large as in former
years was, nevertheless large enough to
convince Lny Yankee skeptic that ST.
Patrick was one OF the liveliest saints ON
the American calander. And if the
spirits of the blessed made perfect are
ever permitted to get peep through
tue gates of pearl, or over the golden
wall, b., Patrick must have been exceed
ingly gratiGed at the respect paid to his
memory in the Republic OF the West
The day WAS bitterly cold, but the men
stood in line like heroes, aud never
sought the usual consolation which even
heroes on the march sometimes seek on
a frosty day. There was no event OF any
cons qnenee to mar the days eujnymen',
The procession, considering its size, be-
ing one OF the most orderly that We have