The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-06-20
Our Neighborhood in Brief.

The devil to breakfast gayly went,
And gOrged himself to his hearts content.
The devil with many n merry jest
Gave to the meal all added zest.
The devils mother poured the tea
And smiled at her sons impulslYe glee.
The devil finished his early meal,
And started away oil his nimble heel.
'For You know" he said, ~ make It by six,
Or the foreman will treat me TO sundi ykicks"
-'God bless you, son." said the DEVILS ma,
AS the devil caught on passing car
4'God bless the deyil?" 'Tis strange, yet true,
Ola printers devil I'm talking to you.
Cherries are beginning to ripen.
Levi Specher, of Allentown, has
several French coins dated 1884.
There are still a number of pave
ments along Bank street that should be
fixed.
Physicians at ,Hazleton unite in
denying the existence of a fever epi-
demic there.
If you want to get a good bargain
In railroad watch so to L. II. Hohl,
Mauch Chunk.
The small boy has commenced to
save his pennies for the 4th of July and
fire-crackers.
The total valuation of real and
personal property in Pottsviile is reported
at 81 4,0OS,S55.
Gabriel Frick was struck and in
stantly killed by train of cars at South
Bethlehem Monday
The charter of the National Bank
of Catasauqua, Pa, was Tuesday eX-
tended TO June 20, 1909.
G-Go to Frs. RoJerer, under the
Exchange Hotel, for a smooth shave
and fashionable hair cut.
Councils of Selinsgrove are consld-
erirg a proposition from Peter Herdc
to erect water works at that place.
lR-A fine line of elegant new jewel
ry at marvellous low prices at L. II.
III Hohls, Mauch Chunk.
John Vert, Slatington tailor,
claims that he has pair of scissors a
hundred and fifty years old. Oh, Scissors
1t is rumored the Reformed Sunday
school, of this borough will ':eXcursh"
TO Philadelphia, some time next month.
Don't forget the foot race at the
Driving Park, next Monday, between
Peter Whitehead and John Gavin, for
500 a side
AT meeting Of the National Slate
Exchange, in Easton, last week, the
h, price of No. | slate was advanced from
1918 to S,3.S4 per square.
-!Iundre Is of churches throughout
Pennsylvania were abloom Sunday,
"Chillren's Day. with rosy checked
children, clad in Summer finery,
For several days during the past
week we have been enjoying ourselves,
with the thermometer ranging among
the nineties; whew, but twas hot.
The employees of the Union
Foundry and Machine Co., at CaQ-
sauqua, now work 10 hours per day,
instead of s, as for the last six month.
Tomorrow (Sunday,) June 2lst,
will be the longest day of the ycar-the
sun rising at 4.29 and setting at 7.34,
making a day of 10 hours and minutes.
GA 64 page cook book containing
BOO valuable recipes is given away tc
purchasers of one dollars worth of Jad.
wins Tar Syrup. Sold at Thomas drug
store.
The residences of Henry Freiberg
John Broadback and William Kleinhaus
In South Easton, were struck by light.
ming on Monday night, and badly
damaged
There never is better time to dc
Advertising than just before harvest, fol
every line now printed in the interest OF
business is sure TO produce crop o.
customers.
sB-For wall paper, window blinds
stationery, bibles, book or in fact al
most anything, go to Il. +. Luckenbach
6l Broadway, Mauch Chunk, at low
prices.
A. b. Merit. the popular saloonis
has disposed OF his saloon business in thi!
pace and will go to Bethlehem. "Mertzy'
Is jovial fellow and will be missed b,
his many friends.
An unknown man attempted az
assault on Thursday upon Miss MINI;
Ratz, living near Pottsville, but sh,
belabored him so well with a stick tha
he was glad TO retreat.
-Ignatius Buckingham, a prominen
farmer of East Bethlehem, died suddenl,
Friday morning while at work upon tn,
road in front of his residence. Hear
disease was the cause.
during a thunderstorm at Nazareth
on Monday, the barn of Farmer Kosten
bader was stuck by lighting, and, will
contents, destroyed. Three horse
.perished The loss is $500.
Some alarm is felt at Shamol1in, oI
= account of the presence of worms anC
insects in the water supply from Trou
Run, and the people have been instruete,
10 strain the water for domestic use.
Chicken thieves made a raid on tn,
hen-coops of Wendell Schwartz and Alb
Patterson, in this borough, one nigh
last week. These midnight marauder
should be treated TO dose of bird shot
9B- Alfred Van Scooter, of Packerton
has opened a stone quarry at the abov
named place and is prepared to furnisl
building stone in any quantity at YER
reasonable prices. Give him q call
john Linski, Andrew Bobkoski ant
Martin Bovesk were severely burned a
Entesprise Colliery, near Shamokin, b.
the explosion of keg of powder, whicl
had been ignited by spark from lamp
by the breaking of the dirt plane a
j. Taylor's Big Mine Run Colllery, nea
Ashland, Monday, several hunlre,
hands are thrown out of em9loymCn
and work will be suspended several days
eel have a complete line Ct Ligl
Single anl Heavy Double Harness
Collors, Whips, Blankets, &c, on hand
all of which am selling at very rea
sonable price. MILTON FLORY,
WEIssPoRT, PA
sH-You have heard Of the man VIII
chased a mosquito through n five mil
swamp 10 get his fat. This was III
man who would not buy Jadwin's Ta
Syrup. He died With hacking couch
Sold Al Thomasi drug stora