Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23
En,IniiIim VMrntY.EiNC.

I found the Skerished face of Maria
Ann Wrcathed in smiles, the other
evening, when | returned from my ar
duouS daily toll Il am engaged as
standing man in saloon. So many
candidates are treating that the saloon
keeper hires six of us to be treated.
We all drink with every candidate
vino comes in, and it makes business
pretty brisk.)
SAID NV chosen one, Joshua, am
afraid You don't always find Inc an an
gel i'll disposition.
said |. that's so-hic-my dear.
| don't seldom find you nangel in
in any thing
"AnI, she added, you are not al
ways the most leasant man in the
world
l did not feel called on to reply.
"Now,' SAID she read that.
She had cut an item tr IN the col
umns of some parcr. wherein Il de-
mented VIZ. ter told about some impos-
-lb!c woman Wilo beng troubled with
a had temper, counted twen1r-ti e
every time she got provoked, and thus
l,-, ne a ~ Get, aniable, and dearly
loved ornament of the house of her
delighted h,. band. Tread he artice
as we'll as the condition Of my head
would allow, and remarked,
&" to~h
Maria Ann paid no attention to me,
bat u,ltolIcd her plan. She said that
every time that | got mad that |
should count twenty five, ! asked
her who she Thought would pay our
rent while we sat and counted twenty
1--WE overland over. all day long Then
She SAID vas always raising objections
to her plans of mutual Improvement,
and sad was not, and She SAID |
was enough to try the patience of a
saint, and said she was too, and she
came for me, and told her to count
twenty-five; bat she forge, all about
that, and just tailed me one Oh my
left We
Then [ was going to demonstrate
with the poker, and she told me to
count Twenty-Five, and said | would
not; bat did before she had pIlled
more than half of my hair out Then
she made me count twenty-five over
and over, until | was out of breath
and teIt real pleasant and good
naturr, SO We went to supper.
Now tie cat WITS curlcd up in my
chair, but did not see 1t Gntli -at
down: and did not see it then, b'It
| was pretty sure 1t WAS tE.rr"--in Iit, ,
knees ii was there as well a want
e,l To. and more too. felt inclined
to rise suddenly. bat As gathered to
spring she brandishcd the teapot and
murulurcd: ''joslra, Your temper
is rising; count twenty-five or | II
break your head, and that eat was
drawing a map of Montana with her
claws around behind me, with the
towns and counties marked in my
blood. ! rose to explain, and said
nav dear, i but she caromed on
my head well shot tea-cup, aud sprin-
kled my face with quart of hot tea,
and | sat down and counted twenty
five; but it killed the eat. The old
fellow died hard, though. could
feel hiin settle as his nine lives went
out, on" by one.
a Iew days practice Of this rule,
under the loving instruction of Maria
Ann, Las enabled me to conquer my
temper completely. Nobody can get
me mad now am in a state of per
petual calm: and | want to see the
man that wrote that story. | want
to tit him for the hands of the under
taker, end make demand for mourn
ing goods among his friends. Then |
die harpy-counting twenty-five,
After carefully reading one Of the
circulars of Wells Grand Distribution,
which takes place in Bridgeport, Conn,
Dee To, 1877, we have become satisfied
that it is an enterprise worthy the at
tentlon and patronage of all. 1t is ii
home affair, endorsed by all the lead
ing citizens of Bridgeport, aud the
vast amount of property to be given
away will afford an opportunity to
hundreds Of securing valuable gifts of
various kinds, including Houses and
Lots, Horses and Carriages, Bank
Stock, Government Bonds. and many
articles we have not space to enumer-
ate. All are advised to send early to
the Great Central Office of Wells
Grand Distribution, at Bridgeport,
Conn, and secure il handsome Chrome
or Engraving, ranging in price from
81 to s., and u share in the Grand
Distribution for each dollars worth
of pictures purchased,
Sut+crbs for the JouRNAu.