Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-10

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one seems to elaine
the furst notiss The Oldest shall be
| furSt.
Thare Wis the Hopewells; Uncle
Jimmy, bald-pated even then, with q
fringe of gray hlir aud n gray beard,
WIS one of the happyest old cristians l
eyer hna; an his wifa--she wus slim,
Black haired woman oodent be beet
fur pure goodness. But she wus VERT
umble speritca rursch an thought ev-
rybody elsG vas better than she was.
Then thare was the Taylors, some
sort of relation to the Hopewells, or
else tina cum frum the se'm town East.
Uncle Josev %asent gray BIZ, tho
he was older than brother Hopewell.
Evry body thawt lots of Uncle Josev
He he'd round, full, rudy face, the
picter of good mater, nm his hair was
brown and kinder curled under ut the
ends. He was an awful quiet man IA
meetin; he scanned nf~ade of his oan
voice thare, bat he never was afrade
to hc hund among the sick or dyin;
actin out his religion.
Uncle Josey's wife Good talk fer both,
an still the@e'd BE- more to foller."
Was she "sanctyiide?" Well, | RELY
believe She thawt she WIS, an it m~dt
her happy all the timr Except when
she was rrteNin about other folks sins.
II was scd that the Oldest man in the
place was Squire Burnam; if it was
so, he held his age remarkable His
hair was black as cole folks scd his
barber KIM WHY. an he had way of
tossing it back, an stlikin nttituods
when he was n Speckin. He was very
tall an spare, an allus had a smooth
face,
He he'd bin widower twice fer n
short time. Mrs. Burnam, No. 3, was
a tloocnt speaker whether she was in
meetin or cumpanS, nm her voice was
very pleasant. Sum folks called her
a tartar mebbey tina knu her better
than did.
Up close to the North end of Main
St. lived the Rudgers folks. Most Of
the men called Mr., r. "old Rudge,"
fer he was sech crusty sort he Good
hardly give man civil anser to a
question.
His wife was a reglar litenin woman,
whether with tung, hands or feet. If
she talked, it was hard to keep track
Of her words; if she worked, her hands
farely few, an if she walked we'll, she
got out of site in 10 time,
Further north yet, jest at the top of
the bluff thcs Ivcss lived Tina was
outside Of town, and had farm, but
tina allus took part in everything that
went on. Hein Millcritcs tina kinder
favored the Baptists, but was friendly
with all,
Sech smart folks tina was too! The
oldest Miss Ives taut skOol. an held a
very ny Eosishon in society, an every
body looked to see her make good
match.
But good land "there is no accoun-
tin fer taste" is there? Miss Ives had
bows plenty. an the one she CARED
fer, everybody was down on, an her
parents worst of all. The poor girl
Good not SCOT herself an every one else,
IN it maid her awful unhappy, an her
hclth failed.
One day the newse flu thru the town
that Miss Ives wuz dyin, an tina
thawt she had took pisen by mistake
fes medsin. Sum sed it WIS purpus.
1t maid big commoshun, | tell YOU,
an eyry body went up to see her.
She suffered awful, but KEEP cheerful,
fer she was good Ciistian, an when
She died, there WIZ sweet smile on
her face.
How we did miss that deer girl
Thinkin of her makes me sad, so lie
hav to quit li;in, fer spell. Your
TREND, JUMPER BERRY.