Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-07

ply grand to witness those solutions IN
| ratio and variation.
But Messrs. Burns and Black. are
musicians as well as liuguisus and MAJ II
kematicians; and hence, their classes were
formed into huge singing class and
were placed under drill i'll this science
also, during much of the last term. A
grand exhibition and concert WAS given
IN the hall on the last evening of the
examination. Tle singing indeed was
superb--much of the speaking excellent,
and some of the essays and select read
mgs of th2 young ladies as fine As L ever
heard "rhe Old Family Clock" and
..Our City Cousins were rendered ex-
ceeding well. The instrument was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Burns who touched
its KEYS with a skill that indicated a long
and patient practice.
Happy was / to perceive years OF
abode in the North has not lessened but
rather heightened the natural charms
of this Southern lady.
An exceedingly amusing episode oc-
Cured near the close of the evenings
entertainment--Mr. Thompson one of
Mr.. Burns pupils Ia perfect was by the
way) was to deliver a speech on 'Edu-
cation" in broken German. He had
clad himself in costume suited TO this
character. He entered the hall as
though he had been some rough fellow
from the street, and came staggering
ard jabbering down The isle towards the
s1age. Before he reached his destina-
ton, the Weighty hands of town Mar
shal Brown were upon him as an in
truder and disturber of the assembly. A
slight alteration atfirst tensued-Thomp-
son pressing on toward the stage, and
the faithful officer OF the law trying to
hold him back. Both actually got upon
the stage iiQjd some excitement. At
this junction ST affairs Prof. Burns with
eyes dilated to tragic expansion called
to the vigilant officer about as follows
"Brownl BrownI! BrowuI,! this is
part of the play J! IA student or two
bounced upon poor Brown with all the
courage OF watch dogs, when poor
Brown apparently shocked by this mag
mum e,aat,tn OF official zeal, beat hasty
retreat amid the most tremendous
stamping, clapping, cheering and laugh
ing OF the large audience, that can possi-
oily be Imagined. Again and again did
it break out whenever Thonl .json at
tempted to speak The fun at the mar
shal's expense seemed so coed that
every man, woman, boy, girl and child
in the vast assembly were half fconvulsed
, q
how we felt, when order was restored,
and Prof. Burns having offered {. very
tender apology for the marshal, we were
assured by both Thompson and, Brown
| that the whole thing had been by them
concocted in the cloak roomn to sell
the audience, pupils, professors and all,
and they were happy TO see that they
had succeeded. The laugh nov came
out of the other side of all our mouths
excepting those of Brown and Thomp-
son, and they laughed naturally. The
great question, next morning in St.
Clairsville was "who struck Billy Pat
terson? ?' Thus ended one of the most
pleasant of visits to one of the most
pleasant of places in all this region.
| Without any discount on what / last
week said of the good people of Cumber-
land, st. Clairsville, must ever rank
high in my regards. The bar in this
place has long been justly regarded as
one of the strongest in the State. Three
or four of its members are candidates for
Congressional honors in the 18th Dis
trict. Aud these are all first class men.
had the pleasure during this visit, of
making the acquaintance of Col. Poor
man; aud although differing with him
politically, would not be afraid to trust
the interests of this District to him for
two years or longer. And / only hope
we may get no worse man To represent
us, we may not get as good. We do not
now have a better.
Here lives, too, that noblest old Ro-
man of them all, John H. Heaton, cam
didate on the Democratic ticket for
Controller of the Treasury.
To say that Mr.. Heaton is not only
esteemed one of the best men of Bel
mont county, but in the State, is but
repeating what every body knows; yet,
to feel the force of this fact, want any
one who comes, to visit him in his beau
tiful residence one mile west of the
town, and take tea, supper, dinDer-I
mean chat with him and his lovely
family and if he does not feel that all
the good things that have ever been
said of this gentleman are true and all
the bad ones false, / will acknowl-
edge myself mistaken, which I seldom
do.
| But | close-not from want of matter,
but remembering your space as well as
the patience ofyour readers is limited,
so now goodbye till We meet at Con-
cord, NJ. Y. n.