The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-07

ties TO make start, OlLlAehe KNOWING hnhs
nuisances exist in their neghborhood
should report the same to the Burgess
without delay. Delays are often dan
gerous.
When one is in hurry, due, for ex-
ample to business of vital importance,
death or response to notification OF an
unexpected inheritance, the ocean Hyers,
the time-annibilstinR monsters Of the
deep" or whatever else they are called,
are a convenience, if not blessing. But
the ordinary traveller for pleasure, or not
pressing business, must have found out ere
this that slower steamships afford grester
comfort, more satisfaction and enjoyment
True there is not the great excitement, the
gambling and the other features incident to
greyhound" experience, but one can
cheerfully forego these things for comfort
and safety. Some one has said, tOo-it may
have been Haliburton-that hurry is only
admissible in catching aes."
The sur ject Of drainage is uppermosJ
/ of every practical mans thoughts. Money
spent on good drainage system
would be we'll spent and movement
of this kind would soon become popular.
For the health OF our people it is necessary,
now, more than ever. Perhaps il will b9
postponed until many deatha occur before
some of our old foges see the necessity.
One of the alleys of town is note
worthy for the extraordinary amount Of
slops and decayed vegetable matter that
covers the road way. Sufficient arguments
haYe been made to convince people of the
disease breeding qualities of such flth but
me peoples craaiums seem so thick that
the arguments could not be driven into
them with d sledge hammer.
The next soldiers monument should be-
located in shenandoah Pottsville, Mshs-
noy City, Tamaqus and ST. Clair ave one
| each and shenandoah, the largest town or
the county, should be next il line If it
raising the money for the purpose is
commenced, the better and when start is
made, let there be no mistake by putting it
up in an out-of the way place
1t was bad policy TO erect the Mahsnoy
City soldiers monument IN the cemetery
away up on the mountain. Such monu
ments should be erected in the town. This
view is concuFred in by two prominent
gentlemen OF town who are willing to con-
tribute literally TO soldiers monument
find providing rite for its erection be
selected in town.
Down in the Coal Mine, song, very
popular in its day, is seldom heard now
1t is acted every day, all the same, by those
digging dusky diamonds" who
may not sea the light Of day again.
underneath the ground City people,
who zrumble because the price OF the
''dusky" article has been put up peg.
have no idea of the danger and hard work
the poor miner has to contend with to earn
the pittance doled out to him every two
weeks. Advance in coal rates means
better wages for the miner.
1t will soon be time for chestnutting
The boys and girls (snd many Of the older
people, too, are awaiting the arrival Of
Jack Frost before making charge TO
the woods. The chestnut crop, il lie ex-
pected, will be large this year, and con-
sequently the nuts ought TO be cheap.
considerable has been said in town the
past two days concerning THE lion and
the Lamb" The talk was precipitated by
Superintendent Freeman, who, upon seeing
John f. Finney and A. B. Lamb seated in
one carriage in the Mahanoy City parade
declared that The lion and the Lamb
we're in one fold again. This explanation
is made for the benefit OF number Of
people who fail to understand why the old
fable is being referred to so frequently.