Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-04
Spring, Etc.

are multiplying. The budding trees,
springlng grasses END opening flowers,
testify the presence Of the: years
morning" Probably none Of the sea
sons are welcomed with more cordial
ty by young and old than that which
opens bright and fragrant upon the
dark, dreary days Of winter. Every
thing in all the emptre'of nature par
takes of the new life infused by its
coming. Even business. stolid and
unpoetic as it is, becomes impetuous
under the spur of resurrected impul-
SEES, The realms of agriculture; me
chanics, mining, SC, exhibit the same
signs of restored vitality. The entire
machinery Of development; in full
play, enlivens trade, promotes individ-
ual and general wealth, and exhilarates
the heart Of the poor.
With May-day comes from inrin-
natl the mingled hum. of great political
conventions, denoting that in the gen
eral march the political interests of
parties are on the alert in preparation
for the contest for national supremacy.
No more arduous labor befals any class
than does President making the poll
tician. Upon his brains, speech, sym
pathies and purse, he levies conscrip-
ton which tolerates no exemption, and,
in common with the genius of the sea
son, re-warms his instincts for the
mighty work. !.
So with all. The season is epioved
because it is propitious a momentary
flush EFFORTS the inquiry, "why is it
not always so" A strange idiosyn-
Grassy of our nature, it seems, that de-
lights in pleasant surroundings which,
as they are lasting, degenerate into
monotony, A song expresses it:
NpihS "oulu DV SiOoIllN NtdtutT,
If we had nothing else but Spring"
Like those Parisians of antiquity, the
Athenians, we must have variety, as
we'll in weather as in fashion in poll
tics no less than in religion =
1t is wisely provided for us that We
are fanciful. The nearer the torrid or
frigid zones are approached the more
Incidence and less capacity we find
Uniformity of climate has no features
to diversity the habits or promote the
industry of the people living under
them. The Esquimaux spends his life
in wrestle with the cold, and the
Central American in a battle with
mosquitoes-simply because they must
and not from fondness of diversion.
Locally considered, the season prom
iscs much for Frostburg. Dwellings
are being rapidly located and built ;
business is daily stimulated as the pro-
duction Of coal progresses, and the full
stores suggest confidence easily un-
derstood. The coal trade, though not
so satisfactory as last season, possesses
nothing to occasion apprehension.
New REGIME-The term for which
our new Mayor and Councilman were
chosen, commenced on Wednesday.
We learn that a room near JOHN
HlTcHlNs store is now municipal head
quarters.
Our citizens will now have an OPP
portunity of ascertaining the meaning
of the term, reform" and in what
way the new regime" design apply
ing it in the administration of town
affairs.
For our part, we can suggest no
better way to commence than to en-,
force the ordinances. 1t is common
thing for young men to .oaf on the
corners and along the streets on Sun
days, obstructing the passage of ladies
and others, in some instances, COM
polling them to leave the side walk
for the street. This was observed no
longer since than on last Sunday. On
the same day we noticed some irregu-
larities in the conduct of some drunken
colored men in connection with bad
white boys.
Other complaints have been adver-
ted to in our hearing, among which
was the firing of pistols within the
corporate limits on Saturday evening
last, all of which affords capital OPP
portunity for the new Mayor and
Council to make themselves felt in
manner desired by the peace-loving
portion of the community.
The Salisbury Independent is still
jubilant over the discovery of "cat
in our meal-tub," but, somehow, it
cant "see" the cat We don't rise to
explain a confessed "want of the
lucid makes it unnecessary for us to