The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-01-18
WBTSSPORY BREEZES

Mrs. Milton Letter 10 visiting Monro'
county friends.
samuel Walp ls doing q few days thIi
week with influenza.
For sale cheap, carriage In good con
ditlon, Price will be made 10 suit. Apply
to c. A. Goth. A.
Charles Arner has his traction engine
at Millsport, where he is drilling wells for
Joel strohl.
5000 fence and atbor posts for sale
cheap Apply to George II. Enzian, East
Weissport.
Our friend Lewis Horn had the misfor-
tune one day this weekto break the thumb
on his right ha1d.
George Boyer, well remembered BY our
people as a former resident, didd recently
at his home In Scranton.
Lee Wills received this week another
lot Of California trout, for distribution in
the several streams in this section.
Chester Buck, Of Cooper's Phlladel-
phia Custom House, spent Sunday at home.
The Squire likes his new position.
-R. j, Sewel and family, II. q. Trapp
and wife and Mrs. Frank Laury spent sew
eral days at Ashley, guests of Joel Heydt
and family.
The employees in SnYder's planning mill
we're this week paid their regular monthly
wages. The total aggregated something
over $1,000.
Central station agent Benninger was
confined to the house for several days this
week, a victim Of the all prevalent epi-
demic, la grippe.
-Poho. POGO Tribe, Imp. Order OF Red
Men, adopted three pale faces at their reg
ular meeting on Tuesday evening. The
tribe now has membership of 113 braves
and is in an exceedingly hourishing con-
dition.
On Sunday afternoon our young friends
Bert. Arner and Miss Lena Hongen were
happily united in the golden bonds of mat
rlmOny by the Rev. s. B. Brown, of the
Evangelical church The yOung couple
have the "Stroller's' best wishes for safe
and prosperous voyage DER mstrlmo ny q
turbulent stream.
"A number Of our prominent young
men formed themselves in line of parade
on Sunday evening, and headed by two
men carrying lanterns, marched to Lehlgh
ton and thence wended their way by cir
cuitous route, giving the impression to an
observer that they were on their way to
''rob grave"
The Reformed congregation of Weiss
port will observe Reformation Day on next
Sunday in accordance with the direction
of the General SYNOD. The Rev. ]. H. A
Bomberger, D. D. l.. L. D., President of
UrSinns College, Collegeville, Pa, will be
present In the morning and evening.
Everybody is welcome.
Widow Boyer, while in the act Of step
ping from the door onto the porch of her
residence recently, fell and sustained q
compound fracture of the lower portion Of
the right forearm and right leg. The in
jured woman is probably seventy years of
age, but bears up with wonderful patience
and christian fortitude under her painful
afflction.
In horse deal the other day Jerome
Schelly, of Bowmanstown, pulled the wool
over Bob Rehrig's eyes. Schelly was seen
recently to drive valuable horse, which
he claimed belonged TO him. Rehrig also
had pretty good piece of horse flesh, and
after the usual preliminsries, deal was
made, with the understanding that Rehrig
was to 20 to Lizard Greek for the animal
traded, This he agreed to do, but imagine
his disgust on reaching that place to learn
that Schelly had never owned horse aud
that he was in the soup. Bob therefore
had SchellY arrested for swlndling, and his
funny little game cost him about 500.