Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-02-17
Our last Fire.

OuI Ae<ASt iTts
On Monday evening. Feb. ), the inhabi-
tants Of our ino,in,ain town were alarmed
with the cry OF Fine" The streets and
bar rooms were soon free of loafers; the
services of the Methodist church were
brought 10 u close; the congregation and
the worthy pastor came forward to battle
with the flames
As is usual with ell fires in Frostlurg,
ii Was found to te u small! affair, and under
favourable circumstances for the town :;
only some stables on fire. The night was
tain, and the roofs Of the adjoining build
n-s were covered with snow.
1t is very strange thing that whenever
fire occcrs ii is generally found to be q
sand house, lager beer factory, or the
ho,ue of the poor African We never have
any pianos and Brussels carpets burnt up
in this town. five did it would not be
long before a Fire Company would be or
ranizcd, with Engine, Hooks, Ladders, and
better supply Of water.
Oh. that water works! Oh! that Hose
arrangement! what farce, to be sure
When the fire was discovered It WINS pro-
posed by some one to bring out the Hose,
and when the fire was nearly over, Messrs
Hose X Co. made their appearance; the
town policeman was captsin of the Occa-
sion and gave instruction how the "kreter"
was 81 le wicked.
In the first place the plugs on Broad way
were found TO be in "irizon" condition,
yet one end of the Hose was left there and
the other end taken to Water street. That
Was wrong and had to be reversed. After
wrong end; then the wrong end had TO be
put in ,hc right place and the right nozzle
put OF ,he wrong end things were well
mixed up by this time. One Of the many
bosses cried out ...
"Uuk ere. OTIS halter 'crcs Its no
hood icing tn urk it at hay. Now, the
'ottom ends al thur hop, an thur hop ends
At thur 'ottom! Axe EN- inks ont. How
:.urs ig,.t-ur hur on.'
was afraid that the great force of wa
ter would burst the Hose, when knight
Of the paint-pot' pushed the small boys
away and took hold Of the nozzle. He
had seen fire in the city and "llnew how
was himself" He assumed a pugilistic
,tti;adc like they do in the city. He pu,
MS thumb over the hole, like they do in
the city. He braced himself for grand
,,pluyge; ditto. He cried out ION with
her.' like they do in the city. She came
md what was she? why. little dirty
stream of water, three feet long and al
| most ~ thick as 4 ryc-straw. A hors,
tailor stood by and allowed they know'd
rothin about frcs---ort to bin in the cities
| where he was; bet he could put the fire ont.
| Ono Of our poets, who is fond of the ex
I tcmpore style, gave vent to the following
lines when he saw how much the snow
had prevented the spread of the destruc
tive clement
Oh, the eautiful-bcautiful snow!
! How to praise vOu don't know;
/ But for You we'd stand no show.
, For we'd agon up lihe-slle-car- go.
turned around, with tears in my eyes
and saw young gentleman walking of
with chicken under his arm, I asked
! him where he got that chicken? he said i
! came out of TIE fire saw at a glance tina
it was destined for the frying pan, or tina
| pot, from whose bourne no chicken
doth return alive" as Bill Shmkspcar
used to say. so I advised him to ''pu
it in its little bed" and the owne
would feel obliged to him. This wa
the first time l ever saw SNOWFALL
ing put to practical use, 1t was brough
to bear on the house of Mr. VILLA,
THOMAS, so that glass was in demand mex
..aocait$y.
! Well, the ire is all over; the customar,
talk is going on s1ous fire engines an
companies In every store and bar room
and on the corners of the streets, tn
knowing ones are discussing as to villa
they would do if they was them. Thi
kind of stuff generally lasts about min
days, when every thing subsidies TIL
last fire becomes thing Of the past, AM
those who could do something only say
"lrt Us have peace Yours,
BLACKBIRD.