The Frostburg spirit., December 11, 1913, Image 8

About The Frostburg spirit. (Frostburg, Md.) 1913-1915

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IN THE SPIRIT WORLD.
Old-Fashioned Woman From Gar
rett County Cuses Excite
ment in the Land of
Shades.
It has leaded out (likely through
some female spook) that an old-fash
ioned Garrett county woman who
recently blew into the land of shades,
created quite an excitement there.
At any rate the following story is
vouched for by a Frostburg woman
who knows all the spooks, is good at
pow-w f owing, who can stop blood by
saying words, and can also blow all
the “fire” out of people who have
been badly burned. The story, there
fore, is reliable, and runs like this:
“What caused your sudden blowing
in?” asked a veteran of Shade Land
of a woman who had just arrived.
The woman gave a sigh that blew over
a tombstone as she replied: “I am an
old-fashioned woman, from Garrett
county, Md., and I did my work in a
kitchen with *a six-hole range, a big
sink, three long tables, two pantries
and a dishpan large enough to wash a
turkey in. Two days ago I went to
visit my daughter in Baltimore and
found her cooking for her family in a
chafing dish, doing her dishes ip a
washbowl and keeping them stored in
the lower part of the washstand.
When I saw her get the bread out of
a big bowl on the piano, called a jar
diniere, and refich for the butter out
of the window, I felt a chill come
over me, and when she ‘rriade sohp’
by opening a tin can and pouring out
a mess to which she added water from
the wash pitcher, I knew no more.”
Then the old-fashioned woman gave
such a sniff of disgust tfiat it blew all
the shades over into the next county.
Where Is This Terrapin Colony?
There is a terrapin colony in Alle
gany county, or at any rate there was
one that evidently escaped the notice
of local epicures. In a recent issue
of the Meyersdale Republican, that
newspaper had an account of Chas.
P. Meyers and J. Simpson Large, both
of Meyersdale, swooping' down on a
pond about six miles from Cook’s
Mills, this county, and taking there
from 32 fine terrapin, on which they
have been feasting ever since.
The terrapin colony was discovered
some months ago by Mr. Meyers, but
not knowing whether the denizens of
the pond were terrapin or just com
mon turtles, he captured one and took
it to Meyersdale to show to his unclej
Mr. Garge, who is an expert terrapin
cook. “They are the real thing, ” said
Mr. Garge, and .then he and Mr. Mey
ers returned to the pond and captured
32 of them.
Paint and Not
Paint was never before so high as
last year: ' about $2.25 a gallon Devoe
and a half-dollar less for trash.
What is trash?
It looks like paint and pretends' to
be paint, but isn’t worth painting. It
costs a painter’s day’s-work to put-on
a gallon of paint, good or bad; and a
painter’s day’s-work is $3 or $4.
Add that to the price of a gallon.
That is the cost of a gallon. Devoe is
$5 or $6 a gallon; and trash a half
dollar less.
But Devoe is all paint and more too;
you add oil to it; a gallon is 5 or 6
quarts of perfect paint for the paint
er’s pot. But trash is three-quarters
two-thirds or half paint; you pay a
half-dollar less for nobody-knows
what-it-is.
10 gallons Devoe is enough for the
average job; it takes 15 or 20 gallons
of trash. And the wear same way.
Unfortunately, they look alike when
first put on.
DEVOE
J. W. Shea, Agent.’ sells it.
Advertisement.
HE GdT HIS PRICE.
In Fact He Had to Have It and For a
Very Good Reason.
Tody Hamilton had an experience
with an editor of a weekly paper in
Michigan when he was general press
representative with the Barnum &
Bailey show that gave him a new view
of finance.
The big show was billed to appear
at Owosso, Mich., and the contract
agent with the No. 1 advertising car
had failed to, come to gffms with the
editor of a weekly at a little junction
point twenty miles distant. Hamilton
went to the little town, sought out the
editor and prepared copy for a double
column advertisement.
“I’ll give you $lO and twenty tickets
for two weeks’ service in your paper,
two columns, mostly cuts.” said Ham
ilton to the editor.
“Oh, no, you won’t! You’ll give me
$63 or the advertisement won’t go,”
replied the editor coolly.
"Sixty-three dollars' Great Scptt!”
roared Hamilton. “That’s more than
your infernal paper is worth, i never
give more than $lO and twenty tickets
for our stuff in any country weekly.
Man, you’re crazy, stark mad!”
All efforts at persuasion failed. The
editor remained obdurate. It was $63
or nothing. Finally in despair Hamil
ton exclaimed:
“Why do you make it $63? You
might as well make it $163. It’s just
as unreasonable.”
“I’ll tell you, friend,” replied the edi
tor calmly. “I have a note coming
due shortly for just that amount, and
you have got to pay it.”
Hamilton did, for he needed the ad
vertising in that particular weekly, and
the editor knew it.—New York Sun.
Where the Trouble Came.
“Well, how did you get on at youl
Brst appearance?” asked a man of an
ambitious friend who had just joined
the theatrical profession.
“Oh, I got on well enough,” was the
reply, “but I couldn’t get off half quick
enough.”—London Mail.
Subscribe for‘The Spirit for your
absent friends. It will* seem as good
to them as a weekly letter from home
State Convention of Hibernians to
Meet in Frostburg.
The State convention of the Ancient
Order of Hiberians of Maryland will
be held in Frostburg next August.
It is proposed by the local division
No. 7, to feature the occasion with a
big reunion for the purpose of show
ing all the delegations from state
towns a good time to last three days.
With this proposition in view, a
committee of 23 members of the local
division has been appointed to devise
and consider yvays and means to make
the occasion one to be enjoyed alike
by visitors and hosts, and thus adver
tise Frostburg as the state’s summer
paradise.
The committee held a meeting last
Sunday afternoon and started the
movement, adjourning with a call for
a full meeting on Friday evening at
7:30 o’clock.
Letter from North Dakota..
■ Mahlon P. Gichty, who for a number
of years clerked in Grantsville stores,
first for S. J. Givengood, the editor’s
father, and later for the late Hon.
Balthazar Welfley, writes from Zion,
North Dakota, for a Frostburg sou
venir book. His letter is dated Dec.
4th, and among other things he says:
“We have had lovely Indian summer
weather ever since the last of Octo
ber. No snow nor zero weather': yet
worth mentioning. Fall work was all
done in good time, and most farmers
are about"done hauling grain to mark
et. I shall write an article for your
paper ere long.”
Mr. Gichty is an entertaining writer,
and has a great many friends who are
readers of. The Spirit and will read his
communication with interest. Mr.
Gichty is a prosperous retired farmer
of North Dakota, but he has not yet
lost interest in this section of the
country, which he left in 1876.
Don’t Be a Sponger. Subscribe for
The Spirit instead of borrowing your
neighbor’s copy. tf.
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And inspect the fine line of
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Huyler’s Candies,
Cigars,
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Toilet and Shaving Sets,
Combs, Brushes, Perfumery
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THROUGH
Sleeping Gars
TO CHICAGO
The Chicago Limited, with obser
vation parlor and club car, leaves
Frostburg 4:30 P. M., arriving
Pittsburgh 8:05 P. M., and Chicago
8:10 o’clock next morning. Train,
with sleepers, also leaves 3:27 A.
M., arriving in Pittsburgh 7:30 A.
M., and Cleveland at 10:30 A. M.
TO BALTIMORE
The Baltimore Limited, with
observation parlor and club car,
and coaches, leaves Frostburg
12:44 P. M., arriving in Baltimore
6:49 P. M. Also leaves 1:43 A. M.,
arriving in Baltimore 7:53 A. M.,
Via the
Western Maryland
LINES
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