The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-03-13

Pentecost, and that the faith cure was
the biggest thing out.
I New York is not good place for re-
formers, in fact / don't believe they
were ever popular anywhere. The
apostles were stoned to death in the
streets. John Huss died at the stake.
Sidney perished on the scaifold, and
now they are going for Harry Hill and
Jake Sharp. Harry Hill was not salts
! fled to let well enough alone, he must
try to reform the police. lie had no IL
cense, but that was no bar to his bar
business. On week days there were
/ boxing and wrestling matches and other
moral amusements, and on Sunday night
a sacred concert with clog dances and
horizontal bar. He was prevented by
law from selling anything but temper
ance drinks. If you wanted a whisky
cocktail you asked for angels food.
! Brandy and water was the elixir of life,
Burton ale was heavy wet and rum
punch was salvation army. Harry
wanted to sell rum but he did not like
to nay for police protection to sell it
without license, so he started in to
reform the police; the result was not
unexpected, his place was pulled the
other night and he now begins to real-
| ize the experience of reformers in all
ages. 1t will cost him more in week
to appease the offended majesty of the
law than the police protection would
| have cost him for a month.
| st. Patrick's day is close at hand and
unless Parliell or the Land League or
some other potent and benign influence
intervenes with the ancient ordther ov
Hibernians, it looks as though there
might be wigs on the green. The order
! is divided in New York Eachfaction
claims to be linealy descended from
Bryan Boroo. Pbelim ClancaFty wore
sash six inches wider than Terrence
ODhriscoll the legitimate head of the
ordther and he had six rosettes instead
Of five, and the green feathers in his
cooked hat were six inches longer than
anybody else's. OF course this could
not be borne and in very short time
there was ruction. IL Is somewhat
singular that they should choose st.
Patrick's Day for their fight, for st.
Patrick was peaceable saint; but last
ST. Patrick's Day riot was only pre-
vented by laying out the marching
routes in different parts of the city, sew
eral miles apart. We are In. hopes that
the Sons of st. Patrick will keep the
peace on the 18th of March, but already
there are wars and rumors of wars, and
the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn
will refuse them a permit to parade un-
less some amicable agreement can be
arrived at between the rival factions.
The old Latin motto similjd similitus
.curqntur finds magnificent illustration
in the different branches of the Salya-
tion Army, When we had only one
wing they painted the town bright
vermilion, we had professions and
music every night. Now the bones are
silent, the banjo is dumb, the tambour-
inc no more discourseth. Halleluiah
Mary and Praise-the-Lord Maria are
kept in the barracks and their mclliflu-
ous voices gladden. our ears no more.
We have an English and an American
Harmy ere. In every respect except in
the matter of finance they are as like as
two peas. They dress alike, they talk
alike, they hact alike, they both lave tie
| same haccent and the same delight in
knocking the letter II into several
cooked hats. But since we have had
the two divisions here we have enjoyed
a peace that passeth understanding, so
ii you are troubled with the Salvation
Army up your way send and get a few
more of the rival faction and cure them
by the Homeopathic formula.
OF the misery of the terrible blizzard
through which We haye past it is i'm
possible to speak so as to be thoroughly
understood. We have had nothing like
IL hardly in the memory of living men.
People in the most comfortable houses
suffered. God help the poor. what
must have been their fate during that
bitter time. The biting wind seemed 10
puncture everywhere; suicides were
numerous and several people were found
frozen to death in the street.
The trial of the Texan who killed the
thief and gambler Davis has brought TO-
gether an unusual number of assassin
and toughs. The main witness for tie
prosecution is the brother of the muir
dered man and as unsavory sc6undrel
as ever stretched hemp. If was on
the jury the only ground on which
could be induced to convict the prisoner
would be that he did not kill both the
rascals at the same time. The jury
found a verdict of mot guilty."
The railroad riots in New York have
been unprecedented. Labor has never
had such an organization before since
the world began. This first struggle is
but the keynote. Brooklyn is nearly
in as bad condition as New York
What the final result will be the future
alone can tell. BROADBRIM.