The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-06-01

in no matter where why should I give
him away? Halo, here is another and an
other Why, the woods are full of 'em.
Jimmy Mclaughlin sweeps down the
course Of Terra Gotta. Thousands recog-
nize the man who landed over a million
Of dollars for the DIV, er Brothers-and
who now on the best blood of the Vest is
prepared TO tear the laurels from the brows
Of his former employers. Taylor is on
Hanover, the sure winner of the race;
Snapper Garrison is on a famous crack,
and all the others are objects of more or
less interest, except one ugly little darkey
who is mount on worn-out plug that did
good work several seasons ago, but 1t is
now one of the has-beens, and scarcely any
body bestowes on him a passing glance.
All eyes are riveted on Terra Gotta, Han
over and Prince Royal. Which will 1t be?
After several false starts thev are of. Hell
10 hellol Who is that that draws ahead,
and like fash leaves all the great cracks
behindP Hamilton; bis mount is the old
plug Exile, Mercy on us. see him go. No
whip, no spur on his sides. and that pro-
voking little niger. won hurry for a cent:
he rides as if he were going to a camp
meeting. All the others p whip and spur.
Terra Gotta and Hanover tear down the
track aud are doing their level best,
but II Is no use; the ngy little niger and
| the old plug have got EN-, and he dashes
under the string only half a second hort
of the best time eyer made on the Ameri-
can turf. Everybody was excited, every
body was betting. Merchants, lawyers,
doctors. deacons, bootblacks, and gamblers.
The women were just as bad as the men
not common women by any means; no,
.ir; but very fine ladies, and as they staked
| their all on the favorites they went home
| an uie nd
tellow got confidential tip that orning
on Hanover. He went to the savings bank.
rev out all the hard savings of years and
vent to the races He put it up on Han
over. Lostl lie went to a cheap hotel,
iired room. aud blew his brains out
Moral: When you go to the races on a
sure tip, aud as you step into the pool TO
lay down you money, button our breech-
IS pocket and don't you bet. Then, after
i've race is over. you will find IL fine amuse-
uent TO figure how much you might have
On, or now much YOU might have lost,
in your cash account entirely unimpair-
q II you haye any money in the savings
Jank. keep it ere; don't draw 1t on tips
lon't play poker, faro or seven-up. II
an. bod Is going to wear Gamers han
shawl, or sealskin sacq T., let II ne YOU
own wife instead Of some gamblers wife
Save dollar by dollar, and don't be tempe
20 To take a tlyer. IL is slow process
Jut IL Is very sure, and then. II by chance
on ever do want TO see a horse race yot
aou't have 10 walk home on our uppers
On Saturday a couple of detectives wer'
>. ustliug about for Sir Richard Sutton
brother who created such a sensation
among the club men a GO pie of weeks ago
With the penitentiar, before him, no won
q lhr that he got out. | sometimes thnl
hat our people rather like TO be taken in
We have had a half dozen swells within th
, iast six months who have nourshed for
lew weeks. borrowed right and lefC, rul
big hotel bills and then vanished.
The week has been quiet lively. Henr
Willard, who is neither dead nor sleeping
ave the Bears such shaking up on ore
gun and Ttanscontinental as they will no
. he likely to forget till the summer vacation
is over. He played the DO, for rise o
wenty points and got IL, and walked OF
= IN Saturday with pile of Bears scalp
angling from his belt
The re aindeTs and effects Of Hatch
he thieving broker who got away vii
$500, 600 of the Produce Exchanges mon
l. ey, went under the merciless auctioneer
hammer. Hatch was gay boy and kept
'e magnificent bachelors establishment, bu
o he always had several nice bouncing fl
lc male cousins aronnd TO superintend hi
| hphot ohh ihaht AhiiSo piVeoohhs AAN W.
D. a royal entertainer, and when the propert
" was attached by the Exchange after b
y flight there was a lot Of good wine an
III other things in the cellar, and other thing
y besides; some of the cousins tried to get
a claim but the Courts put them TO fiigh
10 and everything was sold last week. I'll
'e account is closed for the present, but
~ was exceedingly lucky for Mr.. Hatch thu
~ the brokers did not catch him the day thu
III the robbery was discovered.
~ l regret TO hear that a pious colore
* friend of q Inc who Is pastor of the Africa
y Methodist Oh rch In Brooklyn, has bet
D. pulled up before the Deacons and Trustee
ne because he went fishing on Sunday. I'll
ne true facts of the case are that he atten
= ance was very light that particular afte
Ne noon aud the congregation was dismisse
ei the weather was cloud porges were b
I'D ing sharp and fatfish just lined the botto
We of the river The temptation was awt
-, strong and de flesh is awful weak. If ey
III there was a case for mercy, this Is OF
= Let us hope that the Recording Angel d
ct not put single porgie, aatfsh. eel or sue
o. er to Brother BIS account.
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