The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-21


For some time past Allentown has been
overrun by an army Of hawkers, fakirs and
mountebanks. A petition praying City
Councils for protective legislation was cir
culated among the business men and pre-
sented to City Councils Tuesday evening.
An ordinance raising the license fees for
hawkers, fakirs and others from 50 to $50
per day was passed. The same thing should
be done in this borough. Consumers will
do well to patronlze only legitimate bust
ness houses, and they should only be the
ones who advertise.
Don't say times are hard and business
is dull, brace up, wisp up your goods, dust
off your counters, make things look bright
and your trade will increase. Every time
you draw long face and cry dull times,
some body gives you kick. The success
ful business man, is the one that is con-
tinually handling his goods and placing in
position to be attractive to the eye, and to
let people know through the columns of the
local papers what he has to sell and where
he does business.
This is put down as the latest swindle,
er objects to giving his note and having it
discounted for cash. The sharper says:
"Oh, we'll keep the note," and writes
across the face, mot transferable" In
a short time II is found in the hands of
another party with an "e' added to the
"Not," which makes II read''Note trans
ferabIe."
-Lansford people, or that portion OF
them who are awake, live and progressive,
want the electric light introduced into the
town. Lansford has many possibilities
which can be made substantial facts of the
people of that town get TO work and push.
The attention of builders and contrac-
tors is directed to the advertisement of the
Mahohing Township School Board, in an
other column of to-day's ADVOCATE, for
proposals for the erection of two new
school honses in Beaver Run.
-Lehighton will get the silk mill il our
monied people act right in the matter.
$50, 900 is all that is needed to make it a
success. Who will start the subscription
list? Come! Comel make move in the
matter.
David Rehr, of town, showed an AD-
voCATE man on Tuesday bottle of goose
berries each of which measured oyer an
inch and half in circumference. These
were raised in his garden on Mahoning
street.
There was atemperance meeting in the
Packerton Methodist church on Sunday
evening The vital question was interest
ingly presented by several able takers.
You can see the moon eclipse to
morrow Sunday night at midnight
Astrologers predict that it will be very
plain.
We are equipped to do all kinds of jol
work at prices, positively lower than the
same work can be done elsewhere.
The Junior Mechanics excursion tC
Luzerne Grove on Wednesday is said tC
have been very much of success.
The Monroe county jail is without {
single occupant. This speaks well for thu
morality OF that county.
Miss .Nettie Guion wall appear in th,
Opera House tonight Saturday. Dom
miss il. She is good.
Summit Hill will organize Harrison
and Morton club and enter the young Re
publican League.
Thieves are operating in stores ant
private residence in many of the adjoining
counties.
by looking at the direction tab on you
paper you can tell how much you owe.
Harvest home services are being an
nounced in many of the churches.
Card photographs $3.50 per dozen al
Rishel's gallery, Lehighton.
New payements in various parts o
town are necessity.
Patent medicine fakirs peddlers shoul,
be bounced.