Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-05-29

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on . farm then, and every Saturday
night he'd come tsarin' in before sup
Per, grab "a 6stful Of nut,cskss,, and
and 20 of knawin' EN-, and that's
the last I'd see Of him till morning.
And every other night he'd roll and
tumble inThia sleep, and1hollsr, Put
none but Americans on guard
Gsorgs Warrington and on rainy
days he'd 70 out into the corn barn
and jab at picture Of the Pope with
an old cbagnet that was there. /
ought to put my, foot down then |; but
he fooled me SO with his lies about
the Pope''s coming to make all Yankee
girls marry Irishmen, and to eat up
all the babies that warnt born witha
GROSS on their forhsads, and let him
Reiono and encouraged him in it.
"Thsn he jined the Masons. ,Prap's
you know what them be, but I don't,
'cept they think they're the same
kind Of critters that built Solomon,s
Temple, and took care Of his oonou-
binss !; and of all the darnsd nonsense
and CAB about worshipful mas and
squares and lcompasses. and sich, that
we had in the house for the next six
months, you never see the beat. And
he's never outgrowed it nuthsr.
What do you think of-.a man, Squire,
that'll dress hisself in white apron,
bout big enough for monkeys bib,
and 20 marching up and down, and
making motions and talking the fool
iahsst lingo at q picture of George
Washington in a green jacket, and q
truss on his stomach? Amt he q
| Ioonytick Well that's my Sam, an
Tive stood it a. long a. I'm goin' to.
"The next lungs the fool made Was
Into the Odd Fellows. I made it
warm for him when he came home
and told me he'd jined them but he
kinder paci6sd me by telling me that
they had sort of branch show that
took in women, and he'd get me intas
soon as he found out how to do it.
Well, one night he come home and
said I'd been proposed, and somebody
had black.balled me. Did 1t hissslf,
of course. Didn't want me round
knowing to his goings on. OF course
he didn't, and l told him; SO.
"Thsn he jined the sons of Matter.
Didn't say nothing to me aboutit, but
snesksd of one night, pretendin he'd
got to set up with a sick Odd Fellow {;
and I'd never found it out, only hs
came home looking like a man that
had been through a thrsshing
machine, and l wouldn't do thing
for him till he owned up. And 10
its gone from bad to wus, and from
wus to wusssr, jinin' this and that
and tother, till he's Worship Minis
ter of the Masons, and Goddess of
Hope of the Odd Fellows, and Sword
Swallower Of the Finnigsns, and Vir-
gin Csrus of the Grange, and Grand
Mogul of the Sons of Incidence, and
Two Edged Tomahawk of the United
Order Of Black Nss, and Tale Bearer
of the Merciful Manikins, and Skip
per of the Guild of Oaratrins ySium.
bus, and Big Wizard of the Arabisn
Nights, and Pledge Passsr of the Re-
form Club, and Chist Bulgsr of the
Irish Machinists, and Purse.ksepsr
of the Order of Canadian Conscience.
and Double -Barrelsd Dictator Of the
knights of the Brass Circles, and
Standard Bearer of the Royal Arch
angels, and Sublime Porte of Onion
League, and Chambermaid of the C.
lestial Cherubs, and Puissant Potent
age Of the Petri6sd Pig-Stickers, and
the Lord only knows what else. I've
borne it and borne it, hopin' he d get
EN- all jined after while, but tain t
no use; and when he'd got into new
one, and been made Grand Guide of
the Nights of Horror, I told him I'd
quit; and I will"
Here the Major interrupted, say.
ing:
"Wsll, your husband is pretty we'll
initiated, that's fact; but the court
will hardly call that good cause for
4 divorce. The most of the societies
you mention are composed of honora.
bic men, and have excellent reputs.
tions. Many Of them, though called
lodges, are relief associations and mu-
tuaI insurance companies, which if
your husband should die, would take
care of you, and would not sse you
suffer if you were sick"
"See me suffer whom I'm sick |
Take care of me when he's dead |
Well, I guess not. can take care of
myself when he's dead, and, if I can't.
I can get another. There's plenty
of 'sm. And they needn't bother
themselves when I'm sick, either. II
want to bs sick and suffer its none
of their business, especially after the
suffering I've had when I amt sick
because of their carryin's on. And
you needn't try and make me believe
it's all right, either. I know what it
is to live with man that jines 80
many lodges that he don't never
lodge at home, and signs his name,
Yours. truly, Sam Smith, M. NJ, /.
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R. A. b. /. l. T., K. of x, N. O.. L.
e. T., FL. E. R.. J. P, x. Y. e., etc. ="
"0h, that's harmless amusement" /"
remarked Mr.. l. ..ae.
i She looked him square in the eve
and said ~ believe You are n iins,