Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-01-26

this community, while the other
saloons so on III peace and plen
tv. The Grand Jury has contradited
the man who kept it. | don't know
what that means, hut it must have been
something awful. for George says the
saloonkeeper saw the officer COM
ing, and he got on his horse
and left the county, so they didn't
cat il their lird that time. Pm SURE,
for my pant, | don't ses why the jury
should tiNl faIlt with Temperance
saloon, and contradite it because the
keeper don't sell ticker, and let the
other o"es go free. | must say it was
healthy institution, for George was
picking up amazing smart, and his
cheeks were like roses, and eyeh his
nose was ASSUMING rosy hue.
/ an sorry for poor George, for you
know he always picks his company, and
Eever would associate with any one
who drank. l am afraid he will be
brooding over his troubles and go down
in sorrow to the tomb, without leaving
a daughter-in-law TO comfort my de-
clinins yeats, ahd you know / may live
Some time yet, for l was only tifty-fve
last roasting ear time.
/ have some notion of taking a
couple of young men to board, not
that l care so much for the money, but
they would be company for Gsorge,
and who knows but one Of them might
take notion to Sophia Jane. | wish
you would keep your eye on the look
out, and if you see a tub of strung bit
ter for sale rheap, Or some damaged
flour, Just let me know, and | will send
over and buy it; for, if ! get the
boarders, either one will come in play,
as | know by experience that strong
butt will last twice rs long rs fresh,
and there is no telling how long 4
grist of real poor -four will last.
Now, Fidola, | must tell you some
thing which l hadn't the heart to tell
you before, and | must say it was we'll
it turned ont as it did, or you would
have been in mourning this mtnut2,
ard you know how awful You look in
black. \ lew evenings ago | finished
my new green dress | mentioned in my
last lc::ev, and, although it was rather
late ] tired It on to See how it tit, II
did tit just splendid, and, rs | hadn't
pokcd hay nose cut Of doors since
Thanksgiving, | just thought | would
go over 10 the corner store and buy
haif-poEpd of crackers for breakfast.
Nol know, Fidola, the Bible says,
pride must have a fall" though l
don't think l was proud Of my New
and turkey gobbler red; but anyhow |
went over to the store. 1t was the
first time l had been in that store,
and goodness knows it may be the
last, for would You believe il,
Fidola?-as l was trailing through
the store and trying to put
On style, an awful sight met
my bewildered senses In the back
part of the store l saw a frightful
vision, for there was big hole in the
floor which went down-down-to l
don't know where, and above it was
another opening in the ceiling which
vent up to the sky, l do believe. And
| O, li,ola, there was q young man
fastened to the end of rope, and one
of the CLERKS was drawing him up right
over thai awful catastrophe.
| Ny sense, b can to swim and tried
70 scream, bot my very tongue failed
me-. ] was seized with panic, and
oGt vi t4i.lb NGOIc ilhc d NOuHutu
serpent. | dashed across the street,
without knowing where ! was going,
until felt tic ground giving way un.
der my vcly feet, and then | knew that
I WIS going down to--where? o, Fl
doia! how cali I 'stribe on paper the
awful, unknown sea into which
plunged, OF the despair that came
upon me in that fearful mo-
mcnt? AS the turbulent waters
were gurglhlS in my throat, thought
CT the River of Death that the Bible
speaks of, and prepared to give up
tho spirits within me-
just then I heard sound of foot
steps on the brink, and | cried from
the depths of my stomach for help,
end o! kidola, it came swift and sure,
for it w2s no other than nv dutiful
SOL, George Washington Higgins Just
coming LONE from the drug store,
-here he spends his evenings now, in
watciy grave. Well, George helped
me ont, nld l retired to my home a
humber and q wetter woman than a
drowned rat.
shah have to color my dress black,
and / will look just like thunder
cloud, only more so, and goodness
klos when | shall go oat to any place
| aga IL.
Phyletus thought was some other
woman when | came i'll that night, and
| You ought to have seen how quick he
jerIed Off his night cap and looked
| confused, for he was just ready to hop
into 1ol: hut when lie found out who
IL WIS, he just said the same words he
ia at the Thanksgiving supper THOUGH
don't mean the blessing, by long
chalk.
Now, do answer this soon, while
remain yours, in sorrow and affection
TRYPIENA HIGGNs.
p. S.--I've heard lately that the
opening in the ceiling is where they
elevate barrels from one story to the
other, and that the young man was one
OF the clerks being drawn up fol-
sport also, that the dark waters fel
into is n c;stern of water to be used il
case of fire; but 1 have my opinion
about those matters, and will have tC
my dying day. It's my opinion
that that rope is machine TO make
people pay their debts. Phyletus
bwed them ten cents and made him
pay it the next morning, and now he
buys his tobacco elsewhere. But 1
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