The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-12-08
BROADBRIM'S n. Y. LETTER.

this week, very unique In character, In one
case the son sues his father for stealing,
and in the other the father attaches his
sons property for debt. John r. Andrews,
or Jack Andrews as he was farmiliarly
known about town, was one of the best
known brokers in New York. A clubman
par e1cellence, a first nighter always, a
lover Of good things and good fellows, and
general bowling swell, Jack foated along
on the surface Of society, enjoying all OF its
sweets and escaping more of its sours than
any fellow within my ken. A member Of a
popular firm of Wall street brokers, with a
seat worth twenty FIVE thousand dollars in
the Stock Exchange, he gathered in his
shekels in the way of commissions suftici-
ent for all Of his earthly wants with a few
dollars to spare for a needy friend, for
Jacks purse strings were never drawn
when any of his chums were little short.
| Besides his commissions Jack occasionally
took little flyer on his own account, ami
he had some outside business ventures just
to keep the pot bilin'. Among other
speculations he took some stock iu Tiffany
& Co.'s. the great jewellers, to the amount
of two hundred thousand dollars, and be-
ing short fifty thousands be raised it from
his father, giving as security certificates OF
Tiffany stock to the amount of one hun.
dIed thousand dollars. After time Jack
called upon his father and asked him to let
him haye the hundred thousand dollar GER
tificate and he would have 1t made into two
fifty thousand dollar certificates, fifty thous-
and being the amount of his fathers loan.
Jack got the certificate aud that was the
last the old man saw of it, for shortly after
J Jack skipped for Europe, This week jack S
! father tried to attach his seat in the Stock
Exchange, which is only worth twenty-five
thousand, and as there are no more avail
: able assets in sight, 1t now looks as though
the old man would be out twenty.eight
thousand dollars and interest. Fortunately
, he can stand it without being hurt, but the
whole story is beautiful illustration OF
I that homely adage, with twist, "Bring a
e child up in the way he should go, and when
he grows old he'll go it,"
The other case was of young hopeful
who tried TO beat his father out of his
board, but there were no flies on the old
boy. who was only eighteen years old, had
!, spent al! his spare change on swell over.
u coat, and he informed the old ina n that he
must hang up the board bill. The old mai
: seized the overcoat and locked 1t up
i swearing by the big boot that he should
> not wear il Till he paid his board. Straight
: way young hopeful went to the Court ant
: swore out warrant for the larceny of hi:
coat. He did not mention to the presiding
u judge that the criminal was his father
IL You can hardly conceive the judges amaze
g ment when he discovered who the accuse,
e was. The case was at once dismissed, ant
u the sitting magistrate would have sent tn,
young scamp up for ten years if he had haC
jurisdiction in the case; as 1t was, he CAV
10 him such raking down that hardly thinl
he will eyer try that experiment again.
This week lunch took place here whicl
i, promises TO work a complete revolution
: in ocean navigation, and If the claims o
!. the inventors of the machinery in tue ne,
:. vessel are to be believed we may expect I
a see ships dashing across the ocean with tn
- speed OF a railroad train, and Three days be
:. tween here and Liverpool will be consid
- cred ordinary schedule time. The Eurek
was built as an experiment, the new powe
49, being gas with mixture of common al
exploded by electricity directly against th
water thereby doing away with paddles c
propelers, and having power more col
ne Lrolable and far less dangerous than steam
re The only fire used is for yaporlzing the pc
es roleum out of which the gas is made, an
he this supply of fuel only occupies vel
ir small portion of the vessel. If it Is Il
mn success that its projectors hope it will rev
rly lutionize the river and ocean carriages
the world.
lot The Sunday journals are among the mo
er. interesting features of our Metropolis
ate life. / looked over one and found that fv
ate entire pages were given over to prize hgt
ms. ers, horse races and walking matches, Il
his latter entertainment being the only prop
item of Sunday news, for just as the clo
yed stuck twelve ON Sunday night about TWEEN
lis pedestrian toughs began that dreary pC
M formance called walking match, and
six days thereafter the aforesaid toug
Ike will plod, and plod, and plod TO the ID
uld strain of human endurance, and when th'
ain legs are swollen and their bodies are SC
uld some pickpocKet or prize fighting pug "
ta be called upon to award them the social
ing champions belt which, six weeks aft
OF you may expect to see adorning the bar
3 some low grogGery or in pawnbroke
ms window in the BowerY. We have had ma
bS of these exhibitions in this city in the pi
J OF few years, and they have always beeI
the shame and disgrace They bring togetl
eds the very vilest class of the community, a
/ of on the last TWO DAYS you can generally f
her there the principal thieves, gamblers a
hArlets In the city. In the paper spoken