The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-04

Harvard ssasient- ApreArInE =. zsaIsa~
na~capi~~ OF the Celebrated -&sshete.

A clever use - fAflrry on TRcsiay evening
fsiied g. caFsare Boston for Oscar Wilde
IL WaS. however. grccgea by an imme@e aa
dgsues- Saaie fhree ~ faur Thousand people
u~rc hacked into Nas;c Hall. Il was given
out In advance that he Harvard students IN
tended 10 give the celebrated scsthete = ruas-
ing reception. and i Is sats 90 say that three-
s,5arths q the asrosd caHs 70 see the taa. Il
was respectable sadicnce. IN which there
wege no pgazaiasrnf persons.
AZ about clock there entered . pEocsss
SION 81 s.xsy Young BunshoTnes- The tresh.
men Wcre clad in exaggerated limitation 1t
Oscar : well knuun costume, including dress
cozis. knee hreeehes. and haimg neckties q
striking saIoTs. Ssreral sore immense wie<,
and al had lilies In haitonhfles and carried
big suuaoaers. Ihey entered a. Bunihorne
comes upon the stage in ~Psticnec, sna
took seats ia the $50 front ross The isetuF-
81 made his appearance shortly aiteTaar'i, and
received very much the SANE rrccpti0a that
had bsen given his imitaiors-
Ca his caaiHg IN sight, the great crowJ
broke inia loud spplaRse. which wes changed
to imm0sierate laughter hy the time tbs lee
turer had rcaehed the desk He had discard
"a the knee hres.ches. BAT otherwise his Tas.
men. was the same a. that ia which be has ap-
reared in other places. Oscar vas but slightly
aiscamnosed b the doahiful gTeeting and
quickly silenced his EFinning listeners BY cS-
pressing the hopoF be felt in appearing in bos-
ton. Which j.. be said, ths only city in Amer
sea that has gwen q school q thought and
philosophy "a Earppe. He vas evidently
prrrarri for the college boys. for be added
that he was also honorel at seeing al,oat him
such evislenees of arr. lie had no dopls that
these were y0uag mca sincere IN their adnsifa-
ton Il ART tiui for the FIRST time ia his liie he
breathrd silent PRAYER Ia b. delivered trOW
his disciples flc felt Ike quoting from,
Wordsworth.
Tuna frosa shcse bid. had Inea.
The audience applauded heartily, The
Young men on the front seats were squelehcd
into behavior tina, averaged as gaod As those
around them, but their fellow students sup
piled the deficiency IN the way Of demonstra-
ton.
Oscar proceeded With his regular lecture.
The crowd listened To the dull, eiieminaie
monotone very patiently for nearly fifteen
minutes when MANY hogan 10 leave. and the
sunhawer fans IN the audience began 20 iiutier
ominously Presently the lecturer paused TO
drink glass Of water. After a moment a
rattle of clapping and stamping began, which
continued for some time after the prosecuted
speaker was ready 10 rceommeHce. There
we're quite number Of true wOrshipers IN the
audience. and they soon manifested their dis
approval by vigorous bissing. The perform
ance was several times repeated. Wilde bore
il bruvely for more than half an hour, even
permitting ms tOrnentors 10 again interrupt
him after attempting to begin. He WAS hoarse
aud ia rather bad voice, having 10 resort ire
quently to the glass Of water at his side. This
was each time made the signal for sarcastic
applause, and kissing in condemnation Of II,
until the lecture was finished.
The sixty Bunth0rmes fled out rs they en-
tered. before the audience rose to leave the
hall. They were not the only ones whose en-
ioyment Of the evenings entertainment had
not been as complete as they anticipated.
Wilde remarked with evident satisfaction. that
''the Young men rather lapsed into aequies-
eenee, but his impressions OF Boston esthet-
ieism are not entirely pleasant,
MURDER AND LYxcHING ~ WEST VIRGINIA
"A dispatch to the Wheeling Register states
that last week eOlored man named Luckey
aud white woman named Collins, living in
Randolph county, West Va, eloped To one of
the western counties of Pennsylvania and were
married On FRIDAY last the newly-wedded
pair returned to Randolph county, whereupon
the father oe the woman visited them with the
view of furnishing luekey. A fight ensued,
during which the cOlored man drew q revolver
and shot Collins dead The news of the death
of Collins spread rapidly in the neighborhood,
and in a short time a crowd Of hardy noun
taineers were on the spot. They wasted no
time in useless ceremony, but overpowering
the murderer, took him to the woods imme-
diately in front of the cabin and strung him up
to convenient limb, and left him hanging
there.