Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

sIp 10 FfOS:bdrS add Wsat Paw
and Thoughts
MFssRs. EDIroRs Having arrived
at the depot was directed 70 the
McCu!!oh House. where vigorous
and tasteful internal admins tration
of its affairs, makes the weary trtv-
eIcr comfort ll!c and happy. After
doh g ample justice to the good
things' with which the supper table
was bountifully supplied, strollcd
out to sec what was to be SEGA.
had form ii an idea of FrostburG
as being "a right smart town." aS
they say in some parts of the coun
try. but | made no calculation on
finding ON the top Of the hill, after
leaving bustling Cumberland such
a short distance below, any such a
thriving town as Frostburg turned
out to be. Its spacious churches,
its large stores, its vast business, its
daahing energy and enterprise, and
its fine improvements, including that
gem Of beauty, the NJ. Il. Church
now rapidly approaching completion
all these indications Of 'li:e' as
tonishcd me
! dare not attempt description
Of tAc grand and sublime beauty of
the scenery surrounding Frostburg,
but | can say that the pure noun
tain airis cxlilarating and health Civ
ing, as is evidenced by the noble
looking specimens Of youth aud man
hood, busy in their vocations, wheth-
or mechanical, mercantile or profess
sioMAl, al seeming happy, and many
of them, doubtless, really so. And
ibis brings me to an Important point
in my letter. l noticed in Frostburg,
rs in most places Of its kind, that
the business, especially mercantile,
begins early i'll the morning, and,
for obvious reasons, is over, or near
ly so, at an early hour in the even
ing, Sc that it appears to me if a
general agreement could be entered
into by the merchants to close their
places Of business at ali earlier hour
than they now do, it wouli be q sa-
wing to them as gron observation am
led TO believe that the business done
Ivy night "dort pay for the candle" "
Bat there is another reason why
such measure should be adoptcd:
those young men kept in these p!a-
ccs of business for 50 many hours
during the day and night, haze not
as much time as they should have
for recreation, or study and i'm
provement, and are deprived of the
means of pleasure ana enjoyment
whic!, trey would have if the stores
were Ct ,scd earlicr--say at half after
I or $ o'clock. In conversation
with some Of the young men,
learned that they had felt the need
OF this short relaxation themselves,
and also the unproiitablencss to
those most Interested, of the night
business, and further, that an at
tempt had been made to get all to
agree to close up at Il certain hour,
and they were successful with all
the business men, save one. " no
he was | do not know, bnt | would
say to him in behalf Of the young
men Of the entire town (fnr all the
other merchants are restrained by
his action) give them Il chance: you
owe it to God, to society, to your
children, and yourself, to do all
you can for your young men
by whom your children and the
generations yet to come will be a.
fectcd for good or evil, and the
world thus made better or worse by
your influence and actions over these
you now control. Again | say. give
your young men chance and God
will bless both you and them
! hope soon to have the pleasure
of another trip to Fros.burg, and to
find in addition to the many improve
ments now in progress, a change for
the better as regards the hour of clo-
sing the different places Of business.
j. L. l..
Washington, D. c., Sept, II.