The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-04-25


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n'1erzerI e ~ fF1IeF literary 9ecizty ~ -
lefe Assyl4e4 ce.'sss rllie4 - e<1ehrasei
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EAa appeihte2 kouf. sgesy aeai r.s 1ccapied,
and large and ox,srians aniisaee sa-ted
anEieaaly foF ne opening Il tie eFeainxa
en,eF1Ainrens The Eeufirsnaaly nad elISc4nf
tste-z, NeEir8 Todd aad { ksRey ,erf1runed
tbeir eeFeral da.ies u . qaiel and aatIzsaesery
mahner. WHICH was 80 nosfeaahis - Be- paAsssa
plthozt special rrentien- An Gsser =
Hlixed asaela1iAse < a0ea faeeed Il n.pleas
AL Fsaaitiens, oEias b The Fariei xhtnses<fs
and dlEp0sisiona NTH HhicA Il has % cc1iesd,
AID lAs nannsr n shieh he psriorlas his d.
iies zdiS eonzider4hsy - tks pieassss q he
evening. Therefore. . ny he .-lrsinzf mads
= rise ckoicz = The ssieeaion cf her Csksns,
Il uazeienl Theexer- ueicnsns .Afnphig1s'
weFe present and aiseoarsea sons az their
sweetesz nuziE, aiding Erezzly % The eni1F-
nent u Al, and making he dneaIg nonea1s
pass rzyidig, until q 80 the enxsed enrtain
sas raissl, and the Irving Literary Soeie1y,
n ~ the pride q early flaahood. dreE t1c
attention n thaE se& o. expeclaal fsees 70
then1elres DaEing The op@ninK prayer b
Her. J. I. Ward, presidens Of he College,
NOS excellent order preFailed; sseF whieh
James H. Diaenh4agh, q WESTMINSTER, Pres
idea; Of The SOeieEy. waa iafroiaced aruiaz@,
he applause Of his nnmenoas friends a1d 81
mirsrs- His Anniversary address, On The
life sad character Of Waehiagioa irving, wAs
not oaly beautiful piece q eonposiiioa. bat
showed depth of thoaght and briliiaaey Of
conception wogshy 81 aa older and more prae-
tised orator. Il Is s difseuli matter TO con
dense the life and character d 70 great q nan
as Washington Irving into 40 small space,
and yet do justice 10 the profound respect
which bis every word aud action inspired !
but the address Of Mr.. Dliieubaagh proved
conclasively that be possesses the rare talent
Of expressing very much IN few words. and
Westminster may well be proud Of this rep.
Fesentstive Of the talent Of her children. and
the bouquets aud cards Of eougratalation re-
ceived By him proved that his effort was well
received. The laughable drama, " Freedom
Of the Press, performed by Messrs Amoss,
Gushing, CLANCY, q. Devilbiss Y. Devilbiss,
DiHenbaagh, Joyce and White, which followed
choice selection BY the " Amphions, afford
ed nnbounded enjoyment, judging from the
shouts Of laughter which greeted us several
characters, FROM the Editor pro. tenn, so
well represented By o. " Devilbiss, 10 the
ssage-slruek printer 5 :. Devil, 10 which char
acter the dramatic talent Of Mr.. Il. CLANCY,
JF vas 20 forcibly brought out; while Messrs.
White and r. Deyiibiss, as sensational author
and poet, sustained their several characters
admirably, their prose and poetic efforts anus
ing the audience as much Is they did that
irrepressible Devil Hon. Frolhy Ban-
conbe, member FROM Charcoal Hollow, per.
sonsted By ME. Il. Cushing, eoald not have
been better, while NeBsrs. Joyee and AmOss,
as Teddy D Brien and SPorter, in their pugil-
is,ic characters, made us welcome the timely
arrival Of the real Editor, Mr.. Ditfeabaagh,
who catered in time 70 restore peace TO his
troubled sanctum- The familiar story Of
- PznhasiuzH lost none OF rs interest b. be-
ing read in a quiet and unaffected manner By
NJ. w. ". White, OF Plymouth, North Caro-
lima, who had none Of the Disgusting AfectA-
tion which ruins 50 many naturally good read
ers. The HYMN TO Immortality, acclaimed
By Mr.. ". II Ozg, of Westminster, il. IN
itself. beyoad criticism, and i Is sufficient 10
say, that be did jassice 70 is beauty, IN his
rendition Of this gem q Cur glonoaS Bryant-
However, many we're disappointed that Mr..
Ogg did not favor Us with one Of his Own Sae
compositions, a. be has proved on former oc-
eAsi0ns that be has aiInd rich IN . store Of
beantiiEl ideas, aad full Of promise " bni-
liaaf future. The orarionof Mr.. q. W. Devil-
hiss. Of louisville, Nd, en1iilsd Whose
Fault, was certainly well rriftea, and !; uRs
not the hHl Of this promising yoaag orator.
bal the fuit Of the 1asppEeciafiFs mind Of
the hstener, II any failed % discover the many
gems q th0aghi, EpriEkied 50 piensifzliy
thnozgh his ozaiion- The drama, : 10 Paris
and Back for IS, vas, II possible, more
amszing, and more ably performed than the
q Freedom Of the PrssA Mr.. Chaney. IN
his perfect representation Of the lsdier01s
Samuel SAozzle, lad 6ne opp0Etnnsgy FOX
displaying His drzmasic talent ani exercising
his ready ~. b. hnriiag inPronpsa Eifricisns
a. the Telegraph eierk, personated by Mr..
Whife, and Il which character he was ably
supported by NJ. q. Dssilhiss, a. Charles
Msrkkan- Mr.. 0gg. a. Dick Spriggins, vas
the perfection Of Country urcie, and Mr..
Jas. H. Dsaenhaagh, g AiEs Fanny SpTig.
gins, eouh MOI have bsen better. Nj. Joyce.
IN the fascinating brass batfons q Lieutenant
Spike, znd Mr.. Nelson, az the superintendent
Of The kAilnoad Company, performed their
several paris sdDir1biy, while Mr. Bardesf,
a poaace, the Defecfive, and Mr.. Cooper, a.
james, the Waiter, IN which be certainly
proved himself :. Prince Of Waiiers.- de-
serve special mention This anniversary
drama closed the evenings enierszinuent
The Western Maryland College mar well be
proud Of the Irving Literary Society, which is
an honor 10 Der, As she Is an honor and glory
&c our beloved Maryland