Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

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the foundation with a sandstone base
26 inches square and foot thick, it is
| successively surmouTed by bottom
marble base = feet square and | foot
! thick a sub base 16 inches thick, with
elegant moulding the dais, also finely
moulded, 29 inches square by IA high
a section piece Is inches square and 6
inches thick; a Gothic cap, tastily
wrought, % inches square and l foot
thick-the whole surmounted by a
beautiful urn % inches high. The
monument is quite s feet high, and is
one Of the most impressive objects in
the cemetery. the sculpture and
lettering exhibit taste and skill of high
order. The section piece bears the
Masonic initial, "G," in the quadrangle
formed by the crossed square and
compasses. The following inscription
appears upon the face:
Erected
To the Memory of
ALEXANDER TENANT,
Died
Oct. q, 1882,
Aged
81 years,
By His Brethren of the Mystic Tie, of
Allegany County, for His Long and Faithful
Service as Tyler of Mountain Lodge, No. 80,
A., f. and A. NJ, and for His Devotion to
the Immutable Principles of Our Order.
The monument was made and finish
ed in the Williams marble works, of
this place. 1t is one of a large num-
Der of handsome memorials turned out
by these works.
The opera house was beautifully
decorated for the occasion, Messrs.
Peter Laemmert and John r. Parker
carrying off the honors. The festoons
of evergreen and looped flags over the
stage were keyed by portrait of
George Washington, and other pretty
features adorned the hail.
Perhaps the most brilliant sceno was
that observed by the fortunate ones
who earliest entered the banquet hall.
On the east wall, facing the door, en-
circled by evergreen, the word, "Wel-
come,' appeared under a large square
and compasses. Suspended from the
chandelier in the centre the same
emblem wrought in immortelles and
flowers met the eye. The central
table was ornamented by q Maltese
cross of flowers made by Miss Mollie
Farrady, which was much admired.
All the snow-white tables were pro-
fusely garnished by floral and paper
decorations, in themselves making a
lovely scene. The sides If the long
hall, adorned with intertwined ever
green and bunting, furnished a picture
Of real beauty. Let us return to the
early conner, with this prospect before
him. Add the lovely faces Of forty
expectant young ladies, all in place
and if that scene did not capture any
masculine heart we would set it down
as fit for q cornerstone or baseball.
NOTES.
Messrs. John Oats and Reniamin
Thomas, Of Meyersdale, Pa, and
Thomas Tenant, of Scottdale, Pa,
fell in with Mountain Lodge, as did
also H. A. Kenah and others. of Nit,
Savage.
The newspapers speak of Thomas j.
Shryock as General" He is nat.
ural leader of men.
The Governor went away delighted
with his visit and the treatment ac-
corded him by our citizens. He thinks
we have air, water and ice cream
superior to the Eastern Shore product
in those lines, and we doubt not he
also imagines Mr.. Brace committed an
error i'll not naming Western Maryland
ladies along with the lovely Eastern
Shore eligibles.
Committee of Arrangements,
Mess B. Stern and j. n. Benson,
and Marshal Jacobs deserve great
praise for completeness Of preparation
and execution of their several parts,
At Mt. Savage Abram Casey pre-
sented the Governor with two massive
rhododendron boquets. The Chief
Magistrate hung on and took them to
Cambridge to show the mountain
fashion of spontaneous floral growth.
! Did you get q piece of the Governors
cake?
Which reminds us that q large cake
so named and dedicated was cut by the
Governor into wafer slices and dis
tributed to all comers. They all
came, too, and it wasn't big enough
by several majority Of sparkling eyes.
Didn't the old metropolis shine ?
Personal.-A bill to pension Joseph
Romiser, formerly a member Of Capt.
Frank Mason's company of Maryland
volunteers, of Frostburg, injured by