The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-03

tion was put to him about Shakespeare, he
rather thought Shakespeare was person
OF superior mind. breathe freer was
afraid he was going 10 pronounce the Bard
Of Avon a lunatic. How lucky for posterl-
~ that he let him of so easily. With
Birdsall on one hand and Ignatius Dom
nelly on the other, Shakespeare was
mighty lucky to get of as he did. The
referee is given 10 strophes and dactyls
himself, so think they win hardly break
the probate on poetic luuacY.
II is long lane that has no turning.
This is brought to my mind by the return
Of william A. Bushnell, the thieying book
keeper Of Butler, Stlllman & Hubbard. 1t
is an old story-just a decade ago since the
town was startled one morning by the in
telligence that Bill Bushnell had vanished,
and with him ono hundred thousand dol
lars belonging to his employers. Every
body on the street knew Billy, for he was
what our venerable Secretary Of Agricul-
ture calls Jim Dandy. indeed he was all
that. He was one OF the best dressers
down town, for as yet Berry Wall and Bob
Hillard had not materiallzed, and the
modern dude was q dream of the future.
well remember that morning-all sorts OF
rumors were flying, and some put his de-
falcatlons at a million. On investigation Il
turned out to be about thhty-eight thous.
and dollars, but Billy Bushnell vanished,
and there was no more trace Of him to be
found than IL the earth had swallowed
him; he was completely and thoroughly
wiped out; some said suicide. -others
thought he was murdered; but there was
one thing certain, he was gone.
In the mad vhirl of city life, Il Is inn
possible to think of one man, for any
length of time, and IL was not many months
till Bushnell and his forgerles we're com.
pletely forgotten by the general public
Not so, however, by the men who had "a
90 down in their strong boxes, and pay
nearly forty thousand dollars for their alb
sconding clerk. They retained mosl
lively remembrance of him, and one of the
partners for years kept on still hunt.
About two years ago, one Gerald Hanson
was arrested at Santiago in Chilli, for de-
frauding an Electric Light Company oul
of eighteen thousand dollars; his photo
graph fell into the hands of New Yorl
gentleman, and eventually reached In
spector Burns, the Chief of the Defective
force. The Rogues' Gallery was run
through and the mug of the stylish GeralC
Hanson, of Santiago, Chill, was found t
be identical with that of William A. Bush
nell, one of the Rogues' Gallery's chiefes
ornaments. Phil Reilly, trusted detec
tive, was sent after him; we had no extra
dition treaty with Chilli, but as matter o
national comfy the thief and forger wa
given up, he will be here this week, ant
when he finds himself in Sing Sing o.
Auburn State prison, he will powerful,
realize the good old saw which began thi
paragraph, "That it's long lane that ha
no turning"
Funny things are all the time occurring
here, but there was one exceedingly funn!
thing took place in our police court las
week. The complainant was a stylishly
dressed woman OF about thirty-iYe who
under ordinary circumstances, locke,
abuudantlY able to take care of herself
and the defendant, a respectable, hand
some looking man who was said TO be
masher. The lady complained that he FOL
lowed her in the streets, made all sorts O
insulting propositions to her, and had fin
ally seized her by the arm. That locke,
bad for the masher who, on the other han
swore that the boot was on the other leg
and that the lady had been mashlng hiI
till he felt compelled to tell her that II sh
did not desist he would call on the polio
for protection. 1t then transpired that IN
lady was not the unprotected stranger tina
he represented herself to be. She had on
protector in Boston who was armed with
marriage certificate, and one in New Yor
who was not, and it is very possible tina
there may be number mere; but whethe
there is or not, the lady did not stop for
second count but she got up and busted 70
Boston by the lightning express.
The Worlds Fair of 1892, the four hun
dredth anniversary of the discovery @
America, takes shape and Mayor Grant ha
issued a call to our principal citizens L
take the matter under consideration. A
classes favor it, and it would be grea
thing for the whole United States. N
mere money estimate can be placed on tn
advantage this country received from ou
Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The ma
tion has grown wonderfully since ther
Only eleven years had passed since Ia
close of one of the most disastrous wars /
the history Of the world; depression Dor
upon us with heavy hand. Gold an
silver were unknown In our circulation
We groaned under debt of nearly tw
thousand millions Of dollars. The new e,
position will find New York a new cit,
The visitor of 1876 will look around hil
in amazement at the wondrous change thi
has taken place. Splendid buildings hay
been swept away to make room for palac,
rivaling the glory of Solomon, and fortun,
have been piled up that find no parallel
ancient or modern times. Rapid transl
the telephone and the electric light al
, like the revelations of the Eastern mag
and we ask the world TO come and see /
and we will give them royal welcom
l To those who cannot come we would mo,
D estly suggest, put in an early subscrDtio
for this paper and you will have a duplca
of the letters of 1876 from Philadelphi,
and 1878 flom Paris, both of which al
e among the brightest memories of
Yours TRULY,
, BROADBRIM.