Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-03
CORRESPONDENTS
AFrostbur% Lady HOnored in Virginia
ROANOKE VA, Dec. 81 1890.

ROANOKE VA, Dec. 81, 1890.
To the MINING Journal.
Inasmuch as the relations, CONNER
clal and otherwise, between Roanoke
aud Frostburg are daily becoming
more intimate, and inasmuch as
Roanoke's manly sons have been do
ing honor to one Of Frost burg S fair
daughters, it may not be wholly
without interest to your readers to give
"these few lines place in your
columns.
4. ID. Rice and Wilmer Z. Andrews,
two gentlemen-not of "Nerona," but
Of Roanoke, gave to Miss Minnie P.
Staples, Of your city, banquet.
TTme-Dec. -, 1890.
Piace-Hotcl Ponce de Leon, this place.
Oceasioa-Miss Staples birthday,
1t was complete surprise to Miss
Minnie, and when, in company with
Mr.. Rice, MISS Emma Engleby and Mr..
Andrews, she entered the dining-room
and saw the assembled guests in wait
ing for her, the pretty confusion and
maideuly bushes played hide and seek
on her face.
In addition to those already named,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Stone, Arthur
Woodson and Miss Ida Moomaw.
John w. Woods and Miss Lizzie Fish
burne, +. b. Caldwell and Miss Viz
ginia Bennett, w. f. Penn and Miss
Cinuie Moomaw, J. B. Fishburne and
Miss Rosa Linsley were present.
The exchange of sweet smiles an
shy chances being gone through with
Mr.. Rice said
Kind FrieHiS LadieS anil GcntleRea-I be
leye speech-making is usually found at the
close Of Il banquet but feel it is incumbent
ginning this one.
First, 1 want to say how glad | am to see
so many friendly faces, and to extend to you
all Il hearty welcome, and, secondly, explain
to you why we have met SO happily this
evening.
I'm all lives there are periods or epochs
"inch we may c"'I 'he ROUNDS IN lie $
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come TO rs an. some oftbem we are won't
to commemorate. and it has been a time.
houored custom to remember the birthdays
OF those who have endearcd themselves to
us and helped strew the flowers which
be,lerl our pathway. 1t is therefore, our
,,, W,
with II, tn celebrate in an humble wov tha
birthday of one who by her sweet and
gentle ways has dropped many rays of
sunshine INTO our hearts and made US the
I''PP'e' l'' ''''l'iS '>"o"'i I.1I' ana l leel
,.,.f,,, f., ,,.r.o tI,i.a han,,, III . and
wishing many happier ones TO our sweet little
friend in whose honor this banquet is given
May her life oe filled with the sunshine she
mas ever S''e'' $" "O"l'dah'y upon the hearts
I'.' 'I.'1...., .....,....
orintrodn..,.S tra ,,noyt of two ovanipn '' a,,.
mutual friend. Miss Minnie Staples, of Md.
Then came the menu consisting of
fifteen courses. which took 81 hours to
dispose Of, when Mr.. Woods was called
on, who said among other things that in
the days Of Knight Errantry if the lady
who welded over him loves mystic
power requested II her Sir Knight
would ''le&rd the lou in his den," or
meet in mortal combat his nyal and
break his lance or break his neck but
that her wishes were complied with.
And so, too, the gentlemen present
might call for him long aud loud. and
he would still sit quietly by thinking Of
his recent arondqJM performance, but
when the adies requested him TO speak
il aWoke his dormant energies, aroused
his drowsy powers, and he could feel
his heart dissolving away in tender
ness. The company would have to ex
cuse him. he SAID. for saving whatever
first presented Itself to his mind ; he
gave lust what WAS on hand. He was
a little like the people of Connecticut
when the colony was first established
In their Aorrvthey resolved that the
colony be governed bv the laws If
God until they had TINA +, nal,a
better.
So far as the celebration of birthdays
goes have to saw that whilst the
.calnbrat;ou', part is somewhat povoI