The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-10-19

poor and suffering almost without fee or
reward, and the Reverend Heber G. New
.on, sharp and scholarly, whose unbellef
In EYES apple aud Aaron's rod has failed
TO undermine his standing in the orthodox
Episcopal church. Everybody seems
pleased and happy; the little tussel over the
apostles creed and the alterations in the
Book Of Common Prayer, only served to
cement a stronger union, and so passes in
to history the centennial celebration of the
founding Of the Episcopal church In the
United States.
Tuesday was a memorable day. As !
sat at my desk writing heard the thunder
of guns from the Navy Yard. What could
it be? The widest fight of Imagination
could scarcely conceive It. A negro born
in slavery, who never know his fathers
name, doomed by his birth to the bitterest
degradation and the lowest estate that
man can know; who for one half of his
life never dared to set his foot within the
limits of the State where he was born for
fear of being tricsd up to the whipping
post, sailed out of New York bay in ma.
tional war ship, to the thunder of guns, as
the representative of the Rrandest Republic
on the face of the earth. In history or fic-
tion there is nothing like it.
1t is over twenty years ago was on my
way from Maine to New York and had
telegraphed from Boston for stateroom
on one Of the magnificent steamers that
ply between Fall RIVER and this city. 1.
was tired and sleepy on the arrival of the
train at Fall River and went at once to my
stateroom, and lying down slept for a
couple of hours. Ithen arose and walking
out in the main cabin saw an elderly col
ored gentleman doing in one Of the chairs.
passed him by, but on my return took a
closer look and saw 1t was Frederick
Douglass who had been down in Maine at
Mr.. Blaine's invitation to stump the State
for Gen. Grant. l reused him up and
asked him what he was doing there, and
learned that he had no stateroom, nor
could he get berth on that grand New
| England boat. ! at once offered him half
| my stateroom, which he was GLAD to ac-
cept. and 1t was a service he never forgot.
And now he goes forth as a nations repre-
sentative to Republic founded by his own
people, which so far has scarcely demon
strated its capacity for self government.
Perhaps the arrival Of this new prophet.
who has demonstrated in his own proper
person the highest possibilities of his race,
may help this benighted semi barbarous
Republic on Its way to the light. Let us
hope SO at least, and bon voyage to oul
departing minister.
But while Frederick Douglass was steam
ing down the bay on national warship ar
extraordinary scene was being enacted in
one of the Criminal Courts of New York
The Court room was crammed to suffoca
tlon, men craned their heads, and many
stood up on the benches despite the staye
of the Court officers, when the Court erie
raped on the Judges desk and exclaimed
in loud voice, "Oh, yesl oh, yesl Jame
Fack, James Flack, come into Court,
and there before the bar stood the Higl
Sheriff of New York arraigned for felony
the felony consisting of a conspiracy will
certain Judges and Court officers to pro
cure fraudulent divorce from his wife TO
the purpose Of marrying creature by tn
name of Cherry with whom he had beef
/ living for eighteen years past under tn
name of Raymond. Sheriff Fack Is
bookblnder and keeps a large number o
people employed, among whom are som
very pretty girls. Eighteen years ago Mr
Flack became infatuated with one of tn
book sewers and went to live with he
under the name of Raymond; son wa
born to them who Is now eighteen years O
age, and here is the extraordinary part O
this affair,-that for eighteen years h
, could have carried on this liason, living a
fashionable boarding houses and hotels a
Mr.. Raymond, and never got detected ]
| Is not as If be were an unknown man; h
; was one of the best known politicians Il
| New York, Grand Sachem away up i
q Tammany who had sufficient influence t
! claim to claim the two highest and riches
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' Sheriff, each worth nearly one hundre
thousand dollars year. Beside the Shel
| i'll in the criminal dock stood his only so
' the son who had conspired against hi
E own mother in favor of his fathers harlot
a No wonder he bowed his head in sham,
3 Nothing meaner or more dastardly crawl
the earth to-day than he. His old mothe
confided In him; she trusted him implicit
o ly; he was the darling of her old age, be
4 only staff. His father had deserted hel
y but she still had a son to whom she coul
confide her sorrow, and he, Judas-like, pr,
: pared the papers that betrayed her. Sue
a crime is almost past belief, but that wa
1 the offense for which William Fack stoo
a indicted on Tuesday last.
g Yuum Klppur, the most sacred holida
I In the Jewish calendar, occurred this weel
\ and secured very general observanC
4 FROM all orthodox jews. The last day {
the sacred holidays that precede Your
e Kippur is observed as strict fast, nC
v even drink of water being allowed b,
/ tween sundowp and sundown. OF lat
i years, however, there has been quite
d large body Of Jews who still claim to hol
+ to the faith Of their fathers, who have nc
e been especially strict In their observanC
=, of the orthodox ritual. To remedy thi
i reprehensible laxity. Rabbi of great san,
e tity and learning was imported from Ru
y sia over year ago, and backed by some {
Il our most influential Hebrews, he went fC
: these prohigate sinners without gloves, bl
Il the Ihunders of the Pentateuch and IL
Il lightning Of the Talmud made no moi
=. impression on their rhinocerous hides tina
!. "The Saints Rest" or "Bunyan's Pi
a grims' Progress" The rebels are know
e as Progesslonists. They only attend th
II synagogue when they feel like it, the
Il don't observe fasts, but whenever there
Ia a. oh kax ,