The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-11-16

Another old female school principal has
made war on her subordinates' bangs.
Now, anyone who knows how dear a bang
is to the female heart, whom notice was
promulgated, 'No more bengs," the pea-
atty was instant decapitation. anyone
would have supposed that with such des
perate alternative the bangs would hsve
been instantly fred in tho waste basket;
hut not so. the rebels appealed to the
Board Of Education and seventeen out Of
twenty-four saved their bangs. Score one
for the bangs and the teachers, but the
principal is yet to be heard from and she is
not dead or sleeping.
Everybody has heard of matrimonial
agencies, and some of them do very
thriving business. In fact, with large
portion Of our Hungarian, Polish and
Russian Jews, marriage is a regular mer-
camille transaction, and no jew of either
nationality would think of surrendering
his liberty without finding out the lady's
dot and having the cash compensation sci
down IN black and white, as much as
Prince Napoleon with Miss Caldwell or
Prince Hazefelt with Miss Hunt ngton.
Israel Isaacson came here from Buda
Pesth about seven Years ago having q
family of five girls, Rebecca, Ruth, Rachel,
Sara and Johan. Now, by some, this
might be considered blessing, and SO IL
would have been If the girls had grown up
as they would have done in Buda Pesth
and have helped their father in his tailor
shop. But the girls grew up in New York
with extrayagant Yankee notions. They
did not like work, and they did like picnics
and shutzenfests, and the old man found
them burden instead of blessing. In
his dist ess he consulted wise Hebrew
friend whose business and pleasure was
matchmaking, and he promised to get Re-
lars, fifty down and one hundred on the
consummation OF the bargain. Abraham
Haltzmeyer was peddlar, he had been
married three times, his heart was now an
aching void, and he was looking about for
some one to console him and he confided
his situation and wants to Rabbi Meyer.
Rabbi Meyer thought he could do the job
for him but wanted twenty five dollars for
a starter, which Abraham planked down
like little man. Negotiations were
opened and Haltzmeyer was taken down tC
Isaacson's store. Rebecca, however. was
not looking for fourth mortgages on ped
lars. She had seen Moses Levy, who KEPT
a cigar store around the corner, and to SET
was to love, for Moses was fair to lool
upon albeit his hair was red and his heigb
was four feet nine. But the RABBI worked
with Mr.. Isaacson and he agreed TO tax,
Heltzmeyer for his son-in-law and givt
him five hundred dollars to take Rebecci
off his hands. The money was to be givei
to Rebecca and she was to hand il to he
husband as soon as tie ceremony wa
over. The betrothal took place and every
Isaacson drew the money and gave it t,
Rebecca. A hail was hired, music wa
engaged, the supper ordered and th
friends INVITED, and the Rabbi notified Il
.
was not idle; he packed his gripsack, sen
a note to Rebecca while her father was ou
preparing for the wedding, which was I,
take place that night. She sent her trunl
around tbe corner to Noses, the pal
jumped on the afternoon train for Phila
delphia where Moses and Rebecca wer
married by Justice of the Peace. Nov
the matrimonial broker sues Isaacson TO
his hundred dollars, for the girl has got
husband and Haltzmeyer Is nearly crazy
he has lost wife, he has lost five hundre,
dollars and the twenty-five dollars he pal,
the Rabbi TO get her. The only man VIII,
really appears to have profited by the oper
alton is Moses Lew, he has got wife an,
FIVE hundred dollars to start with. Blu
Isaacson has four angels still ON his hands
perhaps Haltzmeyer can get one of them
Stocks have not been particularly actlv
this week, oil certificates getting the live
liest shaking up of anything on the mar
ket. don't know what to make of il
Are the oil kings trying to shake the littl
fellows outp This sort of thing has been
success with jay Gould and why not will
Rockefeller and Pratt? Missouri Pacific tina
used regularly to pay its seven per cent
has dropped over twenty points and dou'
pay anything. The bulls say there is
good time coming. Perhaps, "but tn
horse may starve while the grass grows
Yours TRULY.
pnOADBRIM.