Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-09

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sponsibiIity for bad appointments
upon those who recommend improp-
or persons for office 60 tire appoint
ing power. He refers to the com
mission appointed under the act Of
Congress Of March 81, 1871. to oe-
wise regulations for the reform Of
the civil service, and promises to
give to the experiment a fair trial.
Taken as whole, the message is
of moderate length, simple ard un-
prctentious in it's style.
An affecting incidcnt--rcportcdby
the Racine JourHnl: 1.-The other
day o father and SON were dressing
= hog, the father choppiAg. BY a
misstrokc, Instead of splitting the
hog open he split his sons hand. In
explanation how it happened, to the
doctor, the father exclaimed Il can
not tell lie, doctor, indeed can
not. done it with my little hatch
et.' The son was deeply moved,
and was heard to remark that he had
rather have such a father than
whole slaughtcr-house full of dead
hogs. "
Concerning Josh Billings, a cor
respondent says: "Of all the conn,
cal looking specimens of the grnus
homo he takes the lead. Tall gaunt,
homely motion like that of
an elephant celebrating wethcr or
not he shall cross dangerous place
but with face lit up with good
common sensc-iriendly intercourse
and fun enough for tho nation-he
is at once the embodiment of ugli-
ness and beauty. He is the hand
soonest homely man | ever saw in
my life
The New York Herald tells
charming story Of the vagares com
mitted by the reporters table at
Plymouth Church. At times this ia
bic assumed almost salutatory ear
nestncss, curiously correspondent
with the outflow of the currents Of
Beecher theology. Whenever the
preacher made an effective perora-
ton he thrilled the table as we'll as
his hearers, while in seasons ofmere
ly ordinary interest tho table had
scarcely pcrceptible motion.
SOMETHING WORTH REMEMnERINc.--
The London Lancet, excellent au-
thority, gives the following recipe
for the cure of bone felon: AS soon
as tho disease is felt, put directly
over the spot fly blister about the
size of your thumb nail, and let it
remain for six hours, at the expira.
ton of which time, directly under
the surface Of the blister, may be
seen the felon, which can be instant
ly taken out with the point Of nee
die or lancet.
; At an early hour Wednesday morn
ing Major J. w. Hooper died at biz
residence in Grafton, w. Va, after
a protracted illness. Mr.. Hooper
was extensively known as a hotel
' keeper. He was proprietor of thu
Grafton House. at Grafton, and also
in connection with his con, Of the
Revere House, in Cumberland. Ill
was highly esteemed and his deccas'
will be greatly regretted by many
: friends and acquaintances.
8 Slightly sarcastic was the clergy
: man who paused and addressed
8 man coming into church after tn
: sermon had begun with the re
e mark, "Glad to see you sir com
J. in; always glad to see those b ere lat
f who can't come early" And dc
J. cidedly self-possesscd was the ma
n thus addressed in the presence o
e an astonished congregation, as h
j. responded: Thank you. would 20
l. favor me with the text ?"
: An Illinois paper edited by Nj
c Steel, says: IA printer last wee
d proposed to go in partnership wit
v us. His name was Doolittle. TIL
n firm name would sound very bad
= either way you put it-Steel Il Do,
little, or Doolittle & Steel. We can
# Join. One of us would be in til
= poor house and the other in the poi
d itcntiary."
j. The Reading (Pa) Times ola rccer
e date announces that it has been detinitcl
r decided to build ten new iron furnaces o
!. the banks of the Schuylkill,'in that city, III
r. der auspices of the Southern Fcnnsylvani
u Iron and Railroad Company, aided by til
Reading Railroad Company.
= There arc about three million eight hun
~ drcd thousand head of cattle in Tcxa
Seven hundred and fifty ii ousand calvt
= are raised and branded every year. All
J. raised on the great Texas plain, which COY
If ers an area of 152, 100000 acres.
= The trial of Mrs. Wharton, fu
: the murder Of Gen. Kctchum by po
', soEing, is in progress at Annapolis
e Clara Louise Kellogg has closed
e contract to sing twenty nights il
: San Francisco for $40, 900 in gold.
l.
l. If Christians lived near or to God