The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-09-18
New Mahonlng Correspondence.


fall crops and digging potatoes.
Jacob Eberts, of Rockport, was Wis
ing his parents over Sunday. He took
in the picnic here.
Mrs. DR.. Williams, of Scranton, was
the guest of Thos. Musselman and faml-
| ly this week.
The Select School closed on Friday.
The term has been one of nine weeks
instead of ten as usual.
On Sunday evening Mr.. Steckel
preached the last of his series of sermons
here, and very excellent one It was.
He urged the necessity of erecting some
sort of a chapel at the Square. All of
his sermons were intensely interesting
and highly creditable. Mr. Steckel left
for Lancaster on Thursday where he
will remain a seminarian for another
year.
The picnic at New Mahonlng, which
was the last one for the season in this
vicinity, was quite success. No
speakers had been engaged for the oc-
casion and young and old enjoyed
themselves in social way. This lack
of speakers however was made up for
in the evening. A number of young
men from Lansford and Summit Hill. of
the order of Patriotic Sons Of America,
had come with the purpose of establish
ing that organization among us. Some
of them made sensible speeches, setting
forth their aims and purposes. Judg-
ing from the poor success however with
which they met, 1t would seem that our
young men are not patriotic enough.
By the way there is one thing which
these gentlemen sadly forgot in urg-
ing their claims, namely, that if a
''brother' gets mixed at one of the
corners" they will stand by him as
only brothers would,
-Messrs. Ballet, Dreibelbeis, Seidle,
Longacre, Arner, Sitter aid Nothstein,
will leave for Palatinate College on
Monday.
After all, the most prominent fea-
ture of last Saturdays picnic was the
balloon ascension. -Four o'clock found
H. A. Keiser surrounded by a group of
admiring friends on the margin of
large field, ready to make the expert
ment. 1t was fitting place, the broad
open field affording ample room for the
display of talent. II. A. X, who was
hero of the occasion, wore look of
triumph as he set to work. After sew
| eral unsuccessful efforts, he succeeded
| in giving it a lift. Imagine the enthusi-
asm of the crowd as they saw it sail up
right. 1t dazzled all who looked upon
it. Up, up, it went never stopping un-
til it had reached the enormous height
of three feet. When 10! to the dlsap-
pointment Of all it caught fire. And so
not many hours after it had been lifted
to the breeze, it reached terra firma
again. Attached to the ballon, when
it arose, wasa letter addressed in letters
of the sunbeam, to the finder of the
balloon. What the contents of that
letter were we know not. Some think
it was message to foreign powers and
that the peace Of the world was at stake,
If so, then it was providence that burned
the balloon. But may we not take an
other view of the question: A gentle
breeze had set in from the west, and II.
A. evidently expected the balloon to
drop in the meadow a little towards the
rising sun. Was it not the store of
sweet kisses and other cohlbustibles that
ignited and caused all the troubleP JUS
tice to Mr.. Keiser prompts us to say that
this was not his best effort. He will
make last and final attempt next year.
Until another picnic season climbs the
battlements and assemblies the pretty
lads and !asses, we leave the balloon
question, affordlng to our aeronaut what
time he needs for the maturity of his
plans, DASH.