Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-05-28
Thirty Years Ago.

Forthe week corresponding with next
in 1880 the paragraphs below comprise
in part items of occurrence then new:
The new Frostburg administration in
herited debt of 81 252 81 from the next pre-
ceding Mayor and Council and there was
some chatting over it in the June session.
The McCulloh ore mine and. the Blaen
Avon coal NINE without designing it, ran
nto each other.
Thursday evening, June >, 1880, Miss
Susan l.. Parker was married to Mr.. Fred
erlck CAN'T by Rev. p. l.. Harrison, all of
this place.
George NJ. Perdew returned from Brooklyn,
n. V, after a short stay to resume residence
here.
"And did you hear the sermon, Nose,
At meeting here to-day +
VAS sab, hear de sarmint, sah'
What did the preacher say 7"
HE seq, sen he-his text wuz dis
A Election III be took up.
So, 'mcjitly reich my hat
An out de do SOUP"
Rev. j. p. Wilson and Messrs. Charles
Gerlach, w II. Carson, John Knode,
Thomas G. Mason, Il. W. Mason, Joseph
Morris and James Morris represented Noun
tam Spring Lodge, No. II, l. o. G. T., in the
State Convention.
Messrs C. E. Barnard, Nelson Beall. q. A.
Wingert. Andrew Carney. Albert HOLE, jr,,
Peter Cordial, John McCaughan. John
Flanagan, Jesse J. Arnold and A. kalmyer
represented districts No. IL and II in a
county convention which sent democratic
delegation to the State convention opposed
to the re -nomination of Tilden for President
Miss Mary R. Porter. of this place, and
Misses Helen Percy Sloan and Ida Engleby,
of Homecoming. made fine records at the
Baltimore State Normal School.
A daughter of Judge Motter, of Hagers-
town. became the bride of Arthur Shriyer,
of the Cumberland Newe staff.
Capt Nelson Beall, Enoch elise and John
Preston were appointed examiners of pro-
posed road from Frostburg to Bowery Fur
mace Messrs. L. NJ. Gors UGH, Thomas G. Nc
Culloh and Richard Beall of the route for a
new road from Frostburg to Pompey Smash.
A Frostburg turkey gobbIer, promenading
the porch of a residence whose windows
reached to the floor, saw reflection of him
self in one of the panes He was nettled
with this apparent intrusion upon his
domain, and he didn't like the insolent con-
duct of bird that mimicked so precisely
his own pride of life rustic of feathers and
imperial strut. He sidled up to the in
truder; the intruder sidled up to him. There
was mutual oscillation of head. sudden
turn, and savage whack, leveled at the in
truders lower jaw, smashed the pane into
vulgar fractions.
1t was reported of an inexperienced dele
gate to a party convention that he nomi-
mated friend for some place, but in the re-
suit he found that the managers had
voted him in favor of their nominee.
Charles NJ. Taylor. John F. Workman and
Thomas Cosgrove we're elected president
vloe-president and sergeant-at-arms. re-.
spectlvely. of the Frostburg Fire Depart
ment.
While church committee was in session
at a parsonage Thursday evening, June 3d.
1880 knock at the front door called the
pastor out Then he and his wife excused
themselves. Across the hall in the parlor a
couple were made husband and wife. This
over, the pastor returned and joined in the
ways and means consideration of congrega-
tional economy. The committee didn't find
out what happened during the PASTORS alb
sence until the IOrRNAL came ont June 5th