Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
II INNING JOU R n AL.
j. z. ODER. Editor.
FROSTBURG, MD, nov. 1G, 1879,
The Boston Calamity.

oCGu4 GU III q go W ''' - " 49, ace
been accepted With comparative lndli-
ference a. an incident ot the mighty
tragedy. Bat The iifemen OF distant
towns ana clsles were awakened from
slnlnber and summoned to
Chicago. The tolllng bells, the rat'ie
Of englnorT and the rushing trans
fell upon the hearing and VISION oil
Lreathless mnititndeS as suddenly a.
Nh the portcntous preIlmihaiieS OF
the general )"dgiHont, 1t was a 'I"e
u quiet, Of peace OF sleep; no great
national excitement had un5irung the
popular nerve; no epizoo''c faV"6es
had pretaced thus suddenly Wlltien
page OF American history but through
out the country tranQWil'y pfeValIea'
1t was the ':thunderboit from cloud
less sky, dealing rum, but command
ing sympathy Ereion5 sWilt-pooho
trains LAID surprising contributions OF
TODD and cIo'hihS AT 'he l'e' Oh '''V
stricken city FROM 'lo Dio",'- u easy
ed ana acknowledgements INNS u 'i'o
North and East, from me r1ch l''a''iS
OF the mlShty west, ana from 'he
t.owery and iFoluoI regions ana 5'""'
sAvannahs Of Inc 9oa'h' ana even
from Old Europe move" Tue il' 81 o.
life which already gives pohP' prll'l-
ance and magnlhcehce 10 1lle he"-i'Se''
city. II the o"tery OIL ol9'lesS DIS
sudden and appaIli''8' 'Ae S"h' re-
Spouse carried WIN II 'he lh0hilieei'
offerings OF a generous people, II inc
subllmlty OF national charity mas re-
suited IN a picture ehIoel''sheo p> en-
tAusiaStlc feeulef"'io"' 1t eAl''pi'7 d
gFahdef l4iuS'ra'lo" Oh 'he oio'hei
hood OF man anu 'l'e la'hefhoou OF
dod.
On Monday morning last ere YET
the sun had rlsen' the few citizens on
the streets told over again the story OF
Chicago. They lald the scene OF con
migration IN the anelent and historic
city OF boston Later lnteiil5ence
though sad enough as TO loss OF prop
ertv and as affecting great industries
was relieved measurably OF the darker
phase OF human dlstreSs-the destr''c-
ton OF the homes and property OF the
poor, The flames reycled mostly
among the palatlal store-houses and
mansions Of the ailluent and amid the
glitter and glare Of metropolitan splen-
dor. Whole blocks OF compact gran
ltc-the product Of years of lndustri-
Ous ehternElsc-"eht Gown resis'leSslv
before the sweeping nre. The tabled
cities called into existence and actlIl-
ty by the magician lamp during a
night, like the camps OF discipline"
armies, disappeared with the sunrise
Bnt the sturdy Puritan had placed
here one OF the "buldcd wonders Of
the land, no. tor himself and his age
alone, but tof the generations to come
yet the monuments OF hls labor pass a,
quickly and more surely from has sight
1t truth IS sometimes stranger thar
fiction, II Is never more truly eHem.
ll!tled than when the world S strong
est stablllues yleId quickly and thor
ou5hly to the MEMORABLE Ia" OF muta-
ton, while the fragile ana intangible
often defy the wear and tear Of centu-
rles.
We h1po the country will yield hel
oeneiactlons to an extent corresp'nd-
ing with the call and necessity, and
with the same heartlneas that distin-
gulshed the great effort OF last year
If "one touch OF sympathy makes the
whole world akin, we Of this country
may now dra% the lines Of affinity
nearer to Boston.
but there IS duty we owe TO our
fe!Ves which 1t were little less than
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