Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-08-02

be acknowledged and rigidly account
ed for.
Virginia Page Oder.
Life seems desolate since last Sun
day afternoon, when the youngest of
our household quit this sphere of be-
ing and entered that which ages ago
inspired the harp of the prophet and
to-day vitalizes the hope of the chris
tian.
Over two years of her brief life the
roses of health bloomed upon her
cheeks and lent fragrance to the
bounding impulses of innocent i'll
fancy.
Since last October. however, she
had slowly declined under the invet-
crate waste of an inSidious function
al disorder known to the physicians as
''marasmus." To these, perhaps, it
was given to understand that all treat
ment was vain, but with the parents
hope, deceitful hope, was cherished
with every titful flash of an eye whose
lustre meyer grew dim until death set
upon them its icy seal.
During eight months, therefore, she
was the object of the almost undivided
care and solicitude of the family.
But all in vain. AS stated, last
Sunday afternoon, July -, 1890, at
the age of , years, 10 months and -
days, her gentle spirit passed away.
How the bright, warm day grew
dark and chill Aud how the words
of sympathizing friends fell on our
hearts like stones! All, the system Of
logic that will at once and fully resign
humanity to such losses is yet to be
invented.
On Tuesday we laid her wasted little
body in Allegany cemetery-there to
await the resurrection of Gods hnoun
elect, the firsthorn Of all generations,
who have lived and died sinless.
Personal.
The Homecoming star says "Mrs. j.
H. Hitchins and son, of Frostburg,
spent several days this week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Ma
theney." Also MRS. d. A. Ryan left
Wednesday to visit friends at Frost
burg and Mt. Savage"
Misses Minnie and Maggie Spier,
of Cumberland, are guests Of Owen
Hitchins. These ladies are daughters
of the late Andrew Spier, long time a
prominent figure in coal circles in this
county.
Henry Walsh, of Baltimore, a native
of Frostburg, is here on visit to w.
E. G. Hitchins.
Miss Mollie Lyons, of Barton, is
visiting Miss Annie Cook.
E. A. Browning, of Oakland, was
circulating among friends here this
week.
Mrs. William Warner aud two
children, of Detroit, Mich, are guests
OIL MIS-. w N. Grey.
j. T. Engleby, of Roanoke, Va,
ran in on the JOURNAL yesterday I'M
expectcdly. He came up Thursday
with his own and DR.. j. 7. Peddicord's
family, both of the latter to spend the
remainder of the summer with Will
liam Staples. Joe is still an euthu-
siastic partisan of Roanoke He will
return Monday.
Mrs. George Stever and Miss Aggie
DAVIS, have returned from Somerset,
Pa,
Misses Lille Porter and Maggie
Little, of Piedmont, w. Va, aud Miss
Houston, of Baltimore, We're guests
Wednesday Of Mrs. John Little.
G. l.. HeiDeman and Judge Lynch,
of Baltimore, spent several days in
town this week.
Mrs. A. Hourighaus and two chill
dren, and Mrs. HOLE spent last Sunday
in Mt. Savage.
Miss Martha Landsburg, of Windsor,
Canada, is visiting the family of Vim
cent Raley.
Clarence O. Towles, of this place,
has established a Photographic gallery
in Homecoming. He is an artist, and
the people down there will get good
work.