The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-16

The attendance at Carroll Literary Society
last Monday evening was not 50 large as on
previous occasions, bat the exercises were
ouite entertaining. First was q quArietle,
@Fairy Moonlight" after which Rev. B. z.
Clarkson, of Keisterstown. Nd, Was intro.
duced and delivered well written and spicy
lecture on IAN Evening with the Poets. =
He paved glowing tribute Shakespeare, Nil.
ton, Dryden, Hood, Goldsmith and Gray, and
eulogized their works, claiming thai they rank
high in modern literature. he also paid
passing tribute 70 numerous other authors Of
Europe and America, and read several choice
selections from various authors and elosed
with a recitation OF 3 number Of epigrAms
nnd epitaphs, few Of which were pathetic,
but the NEST Of = humorous character.
The committee have determined TO make
the entertainment on Easter Monday evening
the most attractive of the season The pro-
gramme is not only elaborate Ia quantity bat
varied and attractive in eharai;ler. consisting
OF music, select reading, dramas, &c. Prof G.
II. Spurrier and lady, Of Westminster, will
sing several duets and solos, and Mr.. Chas.
II. Baughman, Of the same city, will favor the
Society with few Ene selections Of reading.
Rev. Z. Manages, the new Lutheran minis
ter, arrived last Tuesday with his family and
household goods, and now occupies the par
sonage.
Rev. W. D. Lefever and A. E. Keeport, of
Liltlestown, Pa, and VIM. Ii. Harris, Of Ia
neytown, Nd, met a number Of land owners,
for whom they had analysed surface speci
mems of rock for gold, for the purpose Of or
ganizing q mining company. J. 5. COrnman
was called to the chair; Chas. j. II. Ganter
was made secretary, and Christian Hunt
treasurer They resolved TO form a stock
company with a capital of $4,000 in s.
shares. A committee was appointed TO draft
articles of association. The committee viii
meet next Tuesday, after which the president
will cali meeting of the stockholders and
charter will be applied for. Forty three per
sons took stock on Thursday.
Our public schools gave an entertainment
on Thursday in the public school house, be-
fore a large audience. The exercises con
sisted Of music, dialogues, recitalions, &c.
Your correspondent will not give his own
oninien of the merits Of the performances, but
hearing the teachers so warmly Congratulated
by persons competent to judge, and the ap
plause and laughter brought out h the pupils
at the close OF each piece, he feels justified IN
asserting that the entertainment was q sue
cess and all left the house well pleased. We
have not time to write, nor would you have
time to put it in type, a detailed account Of
the exercises, therefore, we will only men
ton one, Miss Ella Tracy, little miss of six
summers, and small Of statue for her age, but
her lack in statue is more than made up in
mental development. Dressed in trailing
light silk dress, trimmed with all the style Of
the modern ladies' dresses, she stepped on
the stage and with sweet clear voice, sang
''When | was single lived at my ease, &C.,
and carried the time through three stanzas,
equal to an artistic performer, and had to ap-
pear a second time The object of the en-
tertainment was to raise funds for bell for
the sehoolhouse. The net proceeds were
about $50.