Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-05-13

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Withal, the system of courtship in
vogue since the fall, is conducted here
as elsewhere, and dreams even do not
vary the process. 1t goes on despite
hard times growing harder. On the
promenade and in the parlor, the long
tailed coat and graceful pin-pack en-
bellish the scene when the tale Of love
is the medium of reciprocal agony.
It seemed that our chivalry and beau
ty were never on better terms, that
matrimonial bargains were never
Easier to make,
Or harder to break.
Your marriage chronicle will fulfill
this part of the vision from time to
tirae.
Up street a man saluted US with
"iSiavt mai =
We told him we Thought so, too, !"
and so we did, but man from
Be all S addition said our reply was i'm
proper. After some palaver we got
this matter straight, thanks to the op-
perfume Interpreter. Further on he
inquired
do you see that little mound over
the way p
Adjusting our glasses to the requis-
lite elevation and focus, we replied
ut appears like the beginning of an
o,ratorical cemetery
Quite correct said he, there lies
all that is mortal of the Writ Literary
Society. Every member of that emf
nent body could trace his lineage
crossways to Demosthenes, Cicero,
O'Connell, Henry, Webster, Clay, etc.
The interpreter had heard speeches
by members of the deceased that
would have done honor to any parlia-
mentary body ever assembled" With
feelings akin to Addison's in West.
minister Abbey, we pondered on the
doubtfulness Of uncertain things. FL
nally we inquired the"cause of death ?"
"An overdose Of finance, brought on
by spelling BEES said the communica-
tive interpreter, evidently intent upon
bringing up the bottom facts And
then, looking upon us with a spiritu-
alistic expression, he quoted:
But softly We'll speak of the money that's
gone,
Nor Ger their cold ashes upbrald them;
But little they'll reck if We let them sleep on
OF the naughty finance that Stayed them"
With sigh for mouldering oratory
we followed on to "Loafers Rest "a
place where souls (soles) not immortal
are repaired. We found quorum
resting-and grinding national and
individual affairs Unfortunately.
We gazed on this giant assemblage
without thinking of Josh Billings an
swer to the Cincinnati query, what
shall we do with our loafers p LET
them count in collery times. But
while disabusing our mind of the JUS
tice of this judgment upon this amia-
able class Of our public spirited citi-
zens, our eye caught view of the most
gorgeous panorama of the age. Lions,
tigers, wild cats, Jack Shepard, Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, Heir Of the
Mills" Partisan Detective" ct hoe
genus on1me, in fact, the whole universe
of startling situations had poured its
terrific reflex on these walls without
regard to the nature of things. We
paid our footing" by contributing a
strikingly faithful photograph Of
Taurus of the Forest on the rampage
to complete the symmetry of the hall.
From this point we went to promi
nent locations on Broadway where
democratic hidalgos and republican
magnates assert political opinion.
The subject of rings" was before
both houses the real estate pool"
and Germans legislature were respec-
lively and roundly denounced. The
results determined this strange SINE
qua non, that the good Of all the
States demands the destruction of the
republican party, but the good of one
demands the humiliation of democracy
Our companion pointed southwark.
There r said he, sis the Juno of
Frostburg!' Like the wandering
Magi, we naturally turned to the sky.
But what was our overpowering aston
ishment when, instead of the Queen
of Heaven" we We're introduced to
a man and quondam member Of a
literary society now deceased and a
former staff correspondent of the
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