Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-26
CRAB ORCHARD.

ham, and not Luther Lauham, who fig
ured in the police court case reported
last week.
The lovers Of the Terpsichorean art
enjoyed themselves few hours at Col
lege Hall Friday night after the enter
tainment was over.
The W. G. r. L. is arranging for an
other medal contest to occur in about
three weeks. and the manager requests
us TO ask all the members to Toe present
at the meeting Saturday afternoon,
which will be held at Mrs. W. T. Ste
phenson's.
A iour.foot alligator, a. numbered go
pliers and other natural curiositles
enough TO form a small museum, brought
from Florida 10y Mr.. j. :. Edmiston,
have made the small boy quite numer-
Gus in and about the post Office this
week. As Barnum is dead, We suggest
worthy successor to him in Mr.. I'd
mission.
MIR. J. b. Gilkerson, who met the
Hon. John Young Brown in Louisville
. at the convention, says that Mr. Brown
. promised him that in his canvass of the
State this summer he would certainly
stop at Crab Orchard and regale it's peo-
! pie with one OF his mastery speeches
. All right, Mr. Brown. Wen try and
have Col. A. I Wood here about that
time TO stand chin to chin with you aud
| give you measure for measure.
, Miss Kate Vanderpool is back from
. Pine Hin, where she spent a week with
, relatives. Miss Fannie Crawford, of
Gum sulphur, was in c. o. on Saturday
. shopping. j. I. Lynn, Of Louisville,
h. was here talking trade to our merchants
I this week. DIR. Bronaugh and wife, OF
! stanford, attended the closing exercises
; OF Prof. Smiths school. Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Miller are down from Hazel Patch,
the guests OF her mother, Mrs. Sue
T Holmes. Mrssrs Sam Magee and W. J.
. Edmis;uu would make good sardne
= packers, judging from the way they ush-
a cred in and packed away that tanning
!. audience
r. Long before 5 o'clock Friday eve
e ming the plank walk leading to the col
4 lege began to reverberate the sound oil
,ramping feet, and into the spacious up.
b.. stairs hall, filling every available nook
: ana corner, poured an expectant stream
o. Of town and county folk 10 witness the
p closing exhibition Of Prof. J. W. smiths
9 school After few Introductory re-
- marks 10y the Prof., the exercises began
with Miss Mamie Deboard. who stepped
? 10 the front and in a singularly clear and
!. impressive manner read The Salutato-
4 ~" She was followed by Miss Nora
Dunnigan, whose recitation, Have
@ Charity was received with the gcnu
/ inc appreciation that it deserved "Onl :
A the Best OF Friends, bv Miss Ada Go
4 yer, fixed the earnest attention for few
10 minutes, when Master George Bronaugl
- set faces 10 smiling with his Little Boy
!. Demand Susie Dillon in pretty way
"A told how We Must All Scratch" Will,
A, Master Joe Bailey, who, like his daddy
n has ia him a tincture of the comedian
- came on with piece entitled The
say" which was we'll received. II
Aunt Betsys Beau, an amusing pla,
h. in two acts, Harry Magee as "Squr,
Il Hooper and Miss Norah Dunuigan a
4. aunt Betsy did some exquisite bill
n ing and cooling, but Aunt Betsy wa
A. too anxious, and her bachelor beau 20,
% shy OF the "old gal, and she, poor crit
ter was forced to remain silver.h hair
| ell old maid. Deafening applause fol
a lowed this, which gradually died dowI
N for the three succeeding recitationS b,
y Misses Minnie Munday, Linda Tucke
A and Grace Tudor, all of whom acquitte,
% themselves creditably. How Cyru
:. Laid the Cable" by James Bronaugh
a was delivered in a manly tone and lief
the impression that Jim has some of thu
seeds of oratory strewn around in'hi,
IL versatile makeup. But "The Master
n piece" three.act comedy, was the hes
a of all, and in it Messrs. Holdam Stuart
n George Deboard and Carpenter Stuar
,s and Miss Ada Cover did some superb
G acting The interest OF the piece cen
/. tered in Carpenter Stuart, the "nev
v house gal, +" creature as black as burn
,e chunk at midnight, and she kept tn,
2. house "conhaberated' with inextin
E. guishable laughter by the pranks sh,
a played and the dialect lingo that sh,
is shot oil. AS negro character, Mr.. Stu
st art would be a drawing.cnrd, ever
Is among professionals Master Henle,
s. Bastin's recitation entitled ''The Boys
IN which followed was beautifully deliver
No ed and called forth expressions OF ADM
DO ration from all. Miss Bessie Magee'
as parody Of "Anybody's Business in whicl
- was mention OF nearly all the boy
It and girls in town, together with joke
y and incidents of their love-making, mad
e a great hit, and while it brought blushe
Il