The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-11-17
The Carbon Advocate
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1888
Current Events Epitomized.


Church festivals next.
Winter is getting closer.
The year 1888 is waning
THE rattle season cometh.
Christmas is six weeks off.
-Buckwheat cake festivals are the latest.
Are you ready for the Engineers first
annual grand ball?
60 to Val. Schwartz's for all kinds OF
furniture. Prices very low.
"A reliable watchmaker;- S. Book
opposite the Pubic Square.
Have your saleI bills printed at this
Office. Cheaper by far than you can get
them elsewhere.
The Adams express Office has been re-
moved from the Lehigh Valley depot into
Wheatley's store room.
Opera Honse reserved seats for the
present season can be secured at the store
of zern & Snyder, Opera House Block.
Don't forget!
November "a. On the premises at
Packerton Thomas Weaver will expose TO
public vendue a valuable lot of personal
property, including, horses, cows, pigs,
wagons, &c.
Christmas Services for Sunday schools,
immense variety of speakers, dialogue books.
hymn books, Sunday school libraries and
Sunday school supplies at Shafer's Popular
Book Store, 38 N. 7th street, Allentown.
"A counterfeit silver dollar, which is
0@I hut lan
silver and made of some sort of composition
is we'll calculated to deceive, and all should
be on their guard.
Remember, that Shafer's Book and
Fancy Store is not on the main business
street, but half block fronnit, few doors
from the old Allentown National Bark,
No. SO NJ 1th street.
Bob Sweeny circulated at Hazleton and
Drifton on Sunday. 1t is said that he
viewed the Democratic Salt River pageant
at the former place on Saturday evening.
Of course he enjoyed it highly.
The Lehigh Wagon Company shipped
on Saturday, a finely constructed and hand
somely finished butcher wagon to W. A.
Sitter, of Tamanend. Schuylkill county.
II this is an indication of friend Stler's
success we are pleased to notice it,
Sabbath services in jamestown; Sun
day School, at 0 A. NJ, Young Peoples
meeting at 7. P. M, Preaching by the
pastor at 1880. Prayer meeting on Tues
day evening You are all cordially invited
10 attend these services. G. BURNS.
Ed. Mccormick, of Lehigh street, an
employe in the Lehigh Stove Foundry had
his right hand severely injured on Friday
by the bursting of an emery wheel on which
he was filing stove legs. DR.. Dcrhamer
dressed the injured member with his usual
skill, and Ed is doing well.
Engine No. 315 coming east on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, ran into the rear
end of coal train on Thursday evening Of
last week, near Whitehall, and the caboose
of the coal train was wrecked. Engine 3l5
was thrown from the track and the engineer,
Harry Blank, of town, was severely injured.
The man who handles the local depart.
ment of a newspaper learns, after due ex.
perlence, mot to expect even briefly expressed
thanks for column of pleasant things, but
he knows as surely as comes the winter
that a single line in which there is an un'
Intentional Misrepresentation will cause
some one TO be heard from.
Artists wax and paper flower materials,
oilcolors in tubes. water colors, china paints
all colors of lustre paints and powder, 7t
different colors of French tissue paper
panels, plaques, 'canyass, brushes, oils
yarnishes, and everything in artists wax
and paper flower materials to be had al
Shafer's Side Street Book Store, 33 N. I'll
Street, Allentown.
-Gunnen and hunters, with and with
out dogs, are at present giving the farmers
great trouble and annoyance. They dC
not confne their perambulations to tn,
woods or swamps, but trespass on the fields
damaging fences, &C., and shoot anythinl
in the feathered line, from quail to
barn yard rooster, If the latter unfortunate
ay happens to stray out of sight from tn
dwelling.
To suffer and be pleasant Is almost i'm
possible for an adult. and quite so for
baby. When il is afflicted with collie
diarrhoaa or other troublesome disorder
nse DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price 25 cts.
When the indications are that perfect
ly reliable medicine is needed to regulat
the liver, to strengthen the stomach an
renoVate the system, no one should hesitat
TO use Laxador.
All who visit Allentown, Pa, shoul
not fail to call at Shafer's Side Street Boo
Store, the largest in the Lehigh Vale,
for books, bibles, albums. games, plusl
goods, gold pens, pencils, fancy ink stand
fountain pens, fine fancy stationery, artist
wax and paper flower materials, scrap bool
and pictures, chIldren's books and game
Christmas cards, satin novelties, and 4
immense variety of fancy goods, novelties
ETC., at Shafer's Popular Book Store, SO \
7th street, Allentown.
DO you owe The Advocate anythin
II you do will you kindly get up and hum
yourselves, hustle, around ana send us,
not all you owe, at least a part. It cos
Iaoney TO print paper. Some people mi
be able 10 exist on snowballs, and duril
the siege of Paris hundreds of people liv
on broth, the nourlshing qualities of whi
were drawn from boiled skate straps. "
can't do Il; we have tried it. As we sit
our frozen office, meditatlvely breakll
! icleles on the ink bottle, We think abo
= shese things; We have.