The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-11-30

Congress.
This week strolled oyer to Castle Gar
den, the great emigrant depot Of the Am
erican Continent. 1t is strange place,
and you never realize it more than when
four or five steamers arrive In single day.
They land = conglomeration Of every ma
tionality, Of not only Europe, but also of
Asia and Africa. It may be called the
emlgrant custom-house for here the car
goes are examined, and are passed, If
found worthy, and If not they are sent
back. But II very often occurs thai the
Commissioners of Emigration, who by the
way are a lot Of pot-house politicians who
owe their position TO their pull, mistake
the extent Of their powers and constitute
themselves as q sort Of moral police. They
are continually fighting among themselves
the hardest battles being for the bones
which they can throw to their individual
followers.
But one of the most remarkable uses
that Castle Garden has been put to is as q
matrimonial agency, and the matches made
there annually is by no means small
Only short time ago the keeper OF the
lightship outside OF Sandy Hook came to
Castle Garden looking for wife, his OBJ
ject being to secure cook, and at the
same time to pocket the emoluments that
the Government offers for tha; useful per-
son. 1t suddenly occurred to the gentle
man having charge Of the matrimonial
branch OF the service that he had seen
that ancient mariner there before MANY
time and off," On being questioned lie
acknowledged the fact that this was bis
fourth requisltion, and that his last heart
sease was stout Irishwoman who had
succumbed to the ineYitable, and started
| up the golden stairs exactly three weeks
before; her predecessor was Swede and
his first Dutch woman. But the light
ship afforded no chance for Irritation OF
display, nothing but cook, cook, cook and
scrub, scrub, scrub and the eternal MUIR
mur of the "sad sea waves" Now pas
senger at sea, however long the voy age,
has some hope of getting ashore. but from
the lghtsbip there was no release but
death. TIE ancient mariner had a tolera-
bly, easy time with his frst two CONSIDERS,
but when he secured the affections of Miss
Bridget McCartY he struck a snag which
made him wish himself in paradise oI
Fiddler's Green hundred times. Bridget
did not belong to the meek and lowlY like
his first two wives, with them he had
things all his own way, but the honeymoon
was hardly over till she mace his life a
burden, when death stepped in again and
made him free man. Bridget was holy
terror, so no more Irish need apply. Num.
Der four, believe, is an Italian. Ne late
news from the liRhtship. One applicant
sent letter some weeks ago:
Dilouth. Sept. twenty.-Deer sur, Ms
ter KGsal Garden Kermisins-I heer you
have menny likely young wimmen furren,
els lookln' fur situations. should like tC
lnGkge one for to be my wife ef she i,
strong an healthy, and has no disese.
should like her to be toleblY tall, well pu
mp, an good lookin' as l am myself, O.
You no OF emmy sich send EN- along CUES,
We can Get away with half dussen rleh
RroVnd hsre.-Your obedient suryant tt
kommGnd. JAEEs Russell SMITH.
p. s. should prefer woman with somt
little munney and plenty of close.
This week an old Irish farmer from Con
necticut who said he had eighty Thousand
dollars, applied for = wife fresh from IN,
ould sod, but up to Saturday he had failed
to End exEctlY the article ne wanted. TIL,
arbitrary power exercised BY these Com
missloners In sending persons back hL,
been one OF the crying scandals OF the city
Only last week woman was sent back OF
the allegation that she was an alien AnC
likely to become public charge. Sh,
came here many years ago, aad lived will
her husband In New jersey. A son va,
born to them, then the husband WAS takeT
sick and died, and the woman went bach
TO Scotland with her child; two weeks asC
she returned, and was ordered back tC
Scotland by tie Commissioners. Her sor
was a native born American citizen, and Il
he got Is lucky lift as Turner, the younJ
ieemGn, who three weeks age was drying
an ice cart, and now Is nominated bY Tam
many for Congress, this young expAtriateC
citizen might one day occupy the seat re
Gently warmed by Grover CleYeland ant
now filed by Benjamin Harrison. Al
appeal was taken on the mothers behalf
TO the secretary OF the Treasury, and Mr.
Window with his level head decided al
once that there Was no power within ol
without the constitution to turn natlv,
born citizen from our gatcs. The atio
returned back from Washington beamirl
with smiled aud prepared 10 annihilate the
Commissioners. but when he arrived In
New York be found that his client hal
been shipped back TO Scotland three day.
before. The infamy OF this railing is right
here. Every week or two a cargo of Nor
mons Is shipped for Salt Lake. One hal
or more Of these are assisted Immigrant
whose passage is paid BY some one, an,
who have not dollar in their pockels
Among them are hundreds Of young Girl
/ who have been gathered in BY the elder
ard missionaries. Yet these arc pSsse.
without question. Hare the saints got
pull In New York. IL spec So"
Speaking Of pulls We have jusl discover