The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-07-17
BTOadDTimS New York Letter

me glorious anniversary of our ma
tional independence, looked forward tc
with so much hope and anticipation 10y
the gamin and the hoodlum, and with
so much dread by those who have
houses to look out for and doctors bill:
to pay-has come and gone. The
youthful mind can see no fun in Fouril
of July unless it can succeed in explod.
ing fire cracker in your pocket or a
torpedo under your nose. 1t is such a
delightful thing to see an old man or a
woman jump, or horse run away, OF
to have Johnny come running in, his
hands and face all blackcned with DOW.
der. But the patriot who loves his
country must grin and bear it, or Mrs.
B. comes at him with the cutting re.
mark--l s'ppose you never wuz boy
yourself, and it shuts him up like a
steel trap. But it is all over, the last
torpedo is like the bank, busted, and we
may now look to a season of peace
simply because the ammunition is ex-
haustcd-for which, with an humble
and contrite spirit, Heaven be thanked.
Future writers, when using of figures
of speech, instead of saying they fed
like flock OF sheep--if they want to
make the figure strong will undoubtedly
say, "they fed like q flock of shep-
herds;" for while the great body of the
sheep remain behind to be gobbled by
any rrowling wolf or bear that may des-
cend upon the flock, our spiritual shep-
herds are all gone; or if pcrchance some
solitary wanderer remains behind, he
can eXclaim with the apothccary in
Romeo and Juliet-"My poverty and not
my will consents"
For two months $4,000 children will
be turned out on the strcets-streets,
where in July and August the hot winds
sweep down like the breath of simeon.
and the burning pavemcnts blister the
little feet that play upon them. For
tunately, for thousands of these waits
and strays, they are not of man and
God Observation-Disclosures and kindly hearts
are considering their haplcss case, and
hundreds of men and women are busy
organizing seaside trips and excursions
into green fields, for the children on
whom the curse of poverty rests with a
heavy hand. Not only the churches
and charitable guilds are engaged in
this holy work, but all the great news
papers haye special funds devoted to the
children of the poor. The railroad
trains and steamboats, are carrying them
of daily by thousands; if IL were not for
this outlet, don't know what we
should do. This is the way these chill
drcn's excursions are managed: Ladies'
go through the poorest and often The
yilest districts in the city, and gather
the children in from the tenements and
the strects--Jew and Gentle, Christian
and Pagan, all are welcome. At an ap-
pointed day their parents bring them to
the rendezvous with clean faces and
clean clothes, and there lady assumes
the charge of them and takes them in
the country for a two or three weeks
iaunt, which will never be forgotten as
long as life remains.
IT has been a lively week among the
sports. TO the honor Of New York.
Mayor Grace knocked Sullivan and
Aitchell ont on the first round. and the
lO9th anniversary of our national indie
penacnce was spared the disgrace of a
brutal exhibition under police protec-
lion. All honor to Mayor Grace
good can come out of Naz-
lreth.
Our horsemcn are greatly exercised |
by the defeat Of Miss Woodford. the |
pride of the Brooklyn stables; it is some |
line since the colors of the DIVERS were |
rallied in the dust. The sports were |
)ut in force; the odds were heavily |
against the Troubadour, "bnt the best
aid plans of mice and men aft gang |
'slee," and when the flag dropped at
'heepshead on Tuesday there was weep
ng and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
or Miss Woodford, hitherto considered
llmost inyinciblc, came in at the tail OF
he Kpntppl,v GRO oil Il ,,., . lr
Unlocked tor--and the amount ofmoney
cooped in on the winning horse incal-
'ulable. | wish it distinctly understood
hat l am against gambling in every
orm' | believe it is an immoral prac-
ice, and ought to be suppressed by law,
'ut am still human, and full of frail-
les, and prone to evil as the sparks ly
Upward. There may be men who can
ee two such horses as Miss Woodford
md Troubadour coming down the
'omestreLch neck and reck, and never
eel their blood tingle, but don't be-
ons to that family; and when a man
hakes a ten dollar bill under my nose.
nd says, Ten to one on Miss Wood
ord and | reflect how much good that
EN- dollar bill would do the Bible Socie-
y or the Board of Foreign Missions-I
eel like going for him on high moral
rounds. MisforLunes never come
ingly-and the Priscilla on which we
ad built so much, got her log walked
y the Puritan, so that much of the
pare change that was floating about
ere a few weeks ago, may now be
)und'in the yicinityof Boston or Louis. ,
llle. We find consolation, however,
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