Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-04-11


have cause to complain.
lee 1t only remains to be stated that to
many it is unnecessary to name these require
ments Such respect them without notice.
To others they arc here given as rates for the
guidance Of al who desire to take the JoU RNAL.
Balls. The ball OF the Independent
Rihemen, Monday evening in Meats
Opera House, was Il very successful
affair. Nothing unpleasant occurred
and everybody enjoyed themselves.
The New Hope and Allcgany
Drivers have appointed Monday
evening, April 20, and Odd Fellows
Opera House the place, for their next
grand bah. The usual promises of
good order and Il fine time are made,
and we are informed that the project
is in enterprising hands. The prepare
tons Tor Il pleasant occasion are
making on handsome scale.
From all We can learn no less can be
said Of the Independent Boys ball in
Meats Opera House on the same
evening. The gentlemen in charge
are sparing nothing to make it an
occasion worth remembering. For
that evening at least the dancing por-
ton of our population will haye q
jolly opportunity to enjoy themselves.
IN seorcls Of HIS Wje. - Lewis
Brown, of Frederick county, was here
few days ago looking for his truant
spouse. He had traced her to this
place eio Winchester, Va. Romney,
W. Va, and Cumberland. Here he
gathered information winch induced
him to believe she had gone to Me
Keesport, Pa. While here she repre-
Sented herself as the widow of man
named FOCAL who had been run over
and killed by the cars. This Mr..
Brown stoutly denies. He declares
that his name is not, never was and
never will be FOCAL: that he was
never run over by the cars and never
killed, and does not intend to be If he
can honorably avoid it. Mrs.
FOCAL" begged money here upon the
pretense also that her house had
lately burned down and her Two
children burned up. Her object in
going 10 McKeesport was to effect q
settlement with the railroad company
for killing dear Mr.. FOCAL and
among those who charitabIy con-
tributed money to the bereaved were
Mossrs. William Engle, Daniel Hoote
and James Birmingham. Brown is u
terribly afflicted man. Some great
misfortune has fallen upon his face
and eyes. The former is much dis
figured and he is nearly blind. His
journey appears to be a worthy one,
designed, as he ailirmS, to overtake
his heartless wife and guard the pub
lie against imposition. He is travel
ing on foot and asks as few favors as
possible.
The lecture. - The audience III
Meats Opera House Tuesday evening
was larger than usual upon lecture
occasions, attracted by the literary
fame Of the lecturer-Robert J. Bur
dette, the humorist OF the Burlin9 ton
Hrhcyc, and the title of the lecture
"The Rise and Fall Of the Mustache."
If the latter be unique among
"catcl' phrases, the man and the per-
formance are no less so. Briefly intro
duced by Rev. A. G. Haversticl;. Mr..
Burdctte opened by announcing that
he had nothing new to say; that he
proposed reciting facts familiar to all
who had passed from boyhooA, through
manhood into the ''sero and yellow
leaf" This he did as no other man
can, and he occupied two hours and
fifteen minutes in doing it, The ras-
calities and awkwardnesses Of youth
the weaknesses of manhood and the
glories of good ela age, were given
with so much vividncsS and pathos
that every memory could recall the
experiences thus rehcarscd us 4
biography of its own lite, Save one
or two slightly overdone situations the
flow of humor and good nature from
beginning to end was unrullled. Fun,
refined and purSent, rippled and
sparkled all the way along, Climay