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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-10
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
A Modoc in the Camp-The Miners
Meeting gets Shot.
FRosTBURG, MAY


Mr.. EDITOR Please find space in
your columns for few brief comments
upon the Mass Meeting of May Sd
to form a Union, which | think was a
failure as it should have been. I sup
pose there were about fifty persons
there to effect that purpose for all this
great region.
After organizing by calling Mr.
DAVIS to the Chair, and an address
from him, Mr.. THOMAS Brown, the
San Hedrim of Pompey Smash, made
a wonderful speech, as some supposed.
He said we must have miners union
because the headings are driven too
narrow because the coal wont dig it.
self; because the air is little bad in
some parts Of the mines because the
air cannot pass through. He must
have a union to bring the legislature
to Pompey Smash to make laws and
obey his calls. This is about the
amount of his mighty effort.
Mr.. Somebody, q forget his name
from johnson mines, then put forth his
mild speech. He said we must have
union because the headings are driven
so wide the air cannot pass through !;
because it is necessary to make the
legislature pass law to reduce those
headings to narrower widths; because
bad air makes him sick ; because the
company treats him too we'll; because
Major SHAW wants to do all that is
right in short, and without testing,
because the masses Of our people will
not be led by humbugs. A MINER.
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APPOINTMENT OF A COUNTY CON-
MIssIoNER-John NJ Buchanan Esq,
received notice on Wednesday of his
appointment by the Governor and his
commission as County Commissioner
for Allegany county, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by S. L. Townsend, Esq,
being made a nonresident by the for
nation Of Garrett Ncars.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
For Rent!

A SHOP ON WATER STREET,
NEAR the corner OF Main and Water
~ first door from c Lapp's Confcction-
eryl well suited for Shoemaker, Sadler,
Timer, or Small Store
Rent reasonable. Possession given at
once. Apply to {. ii. WALKER.
April )
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Temperance Conventional

Temperance Conventional
County Convention assembled in Cumber-
land on Monday for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates to the State Temperance Con-
vention held in Baltimore on Wednesday.
Resolutions were adopted recommending
such action as "will bring the question of
Local Option TO the ballot box" and urging
"the friends of Temperance in Allegany to
vote for those candidates for public offices
who plant themselves on the platform of
prohibition" etc.
After sore discussion the following nam
cd gentlemen were elected delegates and al
ternates to the State Convention:
Delegates-IIon GEORGE A. PEARRE,
Rev. S. V. LEECH and Rev. A. Nj. COURT
ENAY, of Cumberland, and G. G. SHoCKEY
and ISAAC BRADBuRN, Esqs., Of Lonacon
ing.
Naturalization. HENRY w. HOFFMAN,
Rev 5. NJ. Afford, JOHN II. Young and
ARTHUR SHRVER Esqs., of Cumberland,
and r. W. Mason, Esq, of Frostburg
New Engine and Saw-MilI.-
We noticed the arrival on Tuesday Of one
of what Mr.. J. W. BEILER, Agent, terms
the 'monarchs of the folest'-a steam saw
mill apparatus, manufactured by Messrs.
GRIFFITH & WEDGE, GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
whose advertisement appears in another
column. This stcam-mill was purchased
by Mr. JOHN RAvENsCRAFT, to be located
a few miles from Frostburg. In connection
with his brothers he designs engaging ex-
tensively in the lumber business. Judging
from the substantial appearance oftheir new
machinery we think they have done well in
patronizing Mr.. BEILER. This gentleman
during the short time he has had the agency
has made several sales. From the satisfac.
ton given and guaranteed by this firm and
the energy shown by their agent here, we
may expect to see more of their machinery
introduced into this section
TssC Mining TrOubics.-Ane x-
PLANTATION of the causes leading to the stop
page of the Consolidation No Mine will
i've observed in another column.
This mine was closed on Thusrdav, 1st
inst. On Tuesday the New Hope men came
out, and on Wednesday, it is said, the men
Of both Hoffman and Ocean mines were to
, quit work, in order to exhibit their sympa-
Thy With their brethren OF No ,. All these
Smhhiinct are owned and worked 10y the Con
,qsa6a .iNjst amnt Coal Company.
tn9oaavhAiftAm ALLAN CAMPBELL Esq of
New York; eifesident of the Company, on
Tuesday, FId Th6 effect Of determining some
fh i.Ht2fctt tfINrA fth Sresdcnt authorities did
i24R7664 Rqf wsaitfa1a e9tccide. The men of
.Yh6draAqo'h,R Uaa{ iaercforc, continues
q and .hoec Of New IIslg and No, resum
/. ,ar wepl1 I'm. "Wednesday aoahe great salts
faction Of all concerHetIno5 q Il
s. NJ. PETRUE
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ADp0inflncnt.-Mr s. NJ. PETRIE
has been appointed Assistant Superintend-
Ont of Maryland Coal Company at Lon
aoonipg.
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IS ESQ., who some time since conducted a
concert in this place, is editor of Welsh
paper entitled y WdY'-" The Press" re-
Gently started in Pittsburg, assisted by Rev.
Mr. DAVIS and Rev. Mr. THOMAS The pa
per is published by stock company with
$4,000 capital.
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handkerchief, and also laughed violent
ly, but silently. Peals and cheers
arose, and it was simply impossible
to pursue further serious treatment of
the subject.
Mr.. Charlton himself was obliged to
smile, in the midst of his wrath and
discontinue. He handed the paper
back to Fanny, and said few words to
her which none of us could hear in the
uproar, and she bowling, went to her
seat
The funny scene ended, and all was
studious enough for the remainder of
the day, and indeed for many days
thereafter.
well remember when we went up to
the next grade" Mr.. Charlton was
talking to the teacher whose depart
ment we were about to enter
Fanny stood near, and patting her on
the head, he said:
This girl, you will find, will always
have her lessons, but look out for her,
or she'll be too much for you. There's
danger behind those black eyes -
If this were "story" Fanny would
of course be my wife now, but as it is
n simple reminiscence of real life, it
doesn't end that way. Soon after our
entrance into the higher grade Fanny
discovered charms in q youth named
Smith that far Outshone mine. This
threw me into a cynical frame of mind,
from which it took me fully two weeks
to recover. Then to spite her event
with" another girl.
Then came the breaking up of our
class, some tears and hearty hand-shak-
ing. That was dozen years ago, and I
believe Fanny is now the wife of a man
out West Such is life
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and can be bred by farmers. and if he
shows great speed he willbring for
tune, and if he don't he Will make a
fine buggy horse and bring a good price.
All the high priced horses now are
roadsters, trotters. These bring the
big sums. The saddle horse, the farm
horse, the draft horse, is nowhere in
comparison with the trotters, SO far as
price is concerned. If trotters are bred
and are not very. fast, that is, world
bcaters, they still are far faster than
other horses not bred for speed, and
will command prices proportionate to
their speed, Hence we don't see why
they should not be more generally bred.
Too many scrubs are raised by farmers
horses without blood, without speed,
without value. All this is wrong. We
should turn over a new leaf and seek
the best trotting blood, be they Morgans,
Pilots, Golddusts. Mambrinos or Mes
sengers. All these strains have their
-1erits, but some of them far more than
atbara
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VOL. XVIII. NO. 80.

Charles gaEed with perfect amaze
keep quiet, and do as he was told,
started off, feeling happier than for
many weeks.
That was only the beginning of Miss
! Prudence's kind actions. What had
caused the change of feeling, neither
May nor Charlie could imagine. Miss
Prudence kept her own counsel, secret
ly congratulating herself on the clever
way she had managed the awkward
affair. e...t
Things progressed so favorably under
her management, that in the early fall
Charlie won his love.
After the marriage. when the happy
couple were receiving the congratula
tions of their many friends, Gus manag-
ed to draw Miss Prudence aside and
whisper:
"Miss Pieper, have you heard of the
firm of Dunn, Brown IL Company %
That was the signature to the letter
that had such a magical effect on Miss
Prudence. Her face flushed but before
she could call up and answer, Gus said
"Ah, / see you have. Well, Gus
Hawthorne. Esq, is the principal in
1hCG, tile WnOle Oh bildL lI1SVlIUIlOu, WHICH
is for the help of those suffering from
Cupid's wounds. If you know of any
such, wish the favorable consideration
Of opposing relatives, send them to nae.
/ can write letter that will bring round
the most decided opposition to a cordial
consent, with blessing in the bargain.
Good day, Miss Pieper.-Charlie will
not be disappointed, if you should"
And with a merry laugh he joined the
company.
A few weeks after, when May and
Charlie had returned from their northern
trip, Lilly could not help divulging her
secret. She said:
Dear May, once heard you say
only kind fairy, cold change Miss
Prudence's feelings toward you. / am
the fairy p-And then she displayed
that magical letter; after which she
added
"You cannot chide me, or Gus either
for that bogus fortune secured for you
the truest fortune in the world, and one
who is more than all the world to you
the true and worthy heart that is now all |
your own!
May did not chide--how could she? ? |
A loving embrace was her answer to the |
merry girl. And in time Miss Prudence |
grew to think, after all, she was glad |
it was as is was, for May was great
comfort to her in her old age.
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Breeding Horses.

There is no animal that merits more
attention than the horse He is useful
to man in thousand ways. At this
time he is more than ever appreciated,
because his services, to considerable
extent, have had to be dispensed with a
few days. 1t has not been fully known
what good and excellent animal he is,
until sickness has prevented his usual
usefulness. The saddle horse is an alb
iect of admiration and has been in all
ages. The faithful farm horse is good
institution, and we could not cultivate
and gather our crops without him. The
handsome draft horse is useful in his
way, but he is slow in this fast age
too slow for general purposes. The age
being fast one-steam and electricity
being very fast, and found very useful
to man-the more progressive qualities
of the horse have been developed until
2: IL to the mile has been accomplished,
at square trotting gait. Some people
don't care how strong horse may be-
come, but scold and growl terribly, if
he becomes fast. There will be old
fogies while the world revolves.
But the majority of the people are not
old forgles-they are progressive people,
udNH i've luettS anu De116Ve, as deHTy
Ward Beecher does, that God has not
put speed inithe horse unless he wants
it brought out. Who wants to be ten
minutes going a mile when he can Just
as well travel it in five minutes, and
thus save five minutes valuable time
The trotting horse is fact, and all the
croakers in the world can't unfix him.
People will have him. The merchant.
the banker, the lawyer, the man of
business-everybody wants him, and
they all want speed; they don't like to
take other peoples dust, and they won't
do it either if they can help it.
Because he has speed at trotting is no
reason he is not otherwise useful. He
can still be used in the carriage, under
the saddle, or before the plow, even.
He will make just as good farm horse
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shakespeare's Handwriting.

It is nothing less than marvellous that
n man who wrote as he wrote-and,
altogether, no man ever wrote like him
that poet, the author of such plays
and such poems that a man possessing
so many friends and admirers, with
whom his correspondence must have
been extensive, should not have left a
single line behind him traced by his
own hand. OF all poems and plays
there does not exist a page, a line, n
single word, in manuscript AU
Shakespeares manuscript plays could
not have perished in the fire which
DESTROYED the Globe theater. The
author must have made little account of
them himself t; but how great woHld our
estimation be of single act of any one
of Shakespeare's plays in his own hand
writing We have Just now among MS
a parallel to the tulip mania. Thous-
ands of pounds are willingly paid for a
picture which the same number of
shillings would once have purchased.
Rather, let us say that the shillings
were given for the picture, and that the
pounds, by thousands, are given for the
painters name. Well, what would not
be willingly paid (for the sake Of Shaks-
peare's name for the original manu-
cript, say of Hamlet =? There would be
a fierce fight among competitors Tor
even Il single passage. We fancy that
the lines beginning with ''rhe quality
of mercy is not strained, or those that
open with "She never told her love"
and hundreds of others, could not be
had for g1iineas covering each letter
What contention there would be for
the first love-letter, or for any love-
letter which the poet wrote to Anna
Hathaway or. indeed, for any letter
addressed to any one. A costly holo-
graph /? Alas ! there are neither lines
nor letters. All that has been saved of
Shakspeare's handwriting is confined
to compile of signatures of his name
to certain deeds, and in those subscrip-
tions the name is spelt differently.
Even the forgers have not dared TO pro
duce letter by Shakespeare.
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JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
KindIing Wood.

Young man, when you have tew sarch
''Webster's Dickshionary" tew find
words big enuff tew convey yure mean
ing, yu, kan make up yure mind that WI
don't mean much.
| We admire modesty in woman for
| the same reason that we admire bravery
in man.
Genuine grief IL like penitence-not
kIamerous, but subdued. Sorrow from
the hous-tops and penitence in market
place shows more ambishun than piety.
About the best thing that experience
kan do for us is tew larn us how tew
enjoy mizery,
1t is a great art tew know how tew
''gather figs from thstles, but philoso-
ply reaches it.
The reazen whi so phew people are
happy in this world IL bekause they
mistake their boddys for their souls.
We are poor not from we need, but
from what we want necissitys are not
only natral, but cheap.
had rather hav drop ov pepmint
lie than quart Ov pepmint essence-I
had rather drink out ov a spring than to
drink a hundred yards belo, for this
reason, when l read a book it liz one
written by an old author whose thoughts
the modern writer haz attempted tew
improve bi diluting.
This world IL phull of heroes and
heroines, and the reazon whi so many
ov them live unnoticed liz bekause they
adorn everyday life and not an ocka-
shun. -r..
All suckcessful firts have sharp eyes,
one they keep on yu and one on the
other phellow.
Vanity IL called discreditable pash-
un, but the good things that men do
kan eftener be traced tew their vanity
than tew their virtew.
Man IL hily eddicated animal.
Don't never phrovesy, yung man, for
if yu phrovesy wrong nobody will forget |
it, and if yu phrovesy right nobody will
remember it. Toung-tied wimmen are
very skarse and very valuable.
Excentricitys when they are natral |
are sum indikashun of superior mind,
those who think different from others !
are very apt tew lackt different.
Vain men should be treated NJ boys |
treat bladders, bio them up till they |
bust.
1t IL a crate art tew be superior tew |
others without letting them kno it.
Thare is not only phun but thare liz
virtew in harty laff animals kant laff,
and devils won't.
Don't never quarrel with loafer
Skurrility IL hiz trade; yu never kan
make him ashamed, but he iz sure tew
make yu.
j have alwus noticed that he iz the
best talker whose thoughts agree with
our own.
He who acquires wealth dishonesty
is too corrupt tew enjoy it.
When beset with misforting We should
DO az the sailors do in gale-run be-
fore the wind.
Adversely il the fire that tempers the
iron ov man into steel.
I never had a man cum tew me for
advise yet but what I soon discovered
that he thought more Of biz ownopinyun
than he did ov mine.
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singular Effect of shyness.

4 small dinner party was given in
honor of an extremely shy man, who.
when he rose to return thanks, rehears-
ed the speech, which he had evidently
learned by heart, in absolute silence,
and did not utter single word but he
acted as If he were speaking with much
emphasis. His friends, perceiying how
the case stood, loudly appladed the I'M
aginary bursts of elequence, whenever
his gestures indicated pause, and the
man never discovered that he bad re-
mained the whole time completely -,
lent. On the contrary, he afterWard
remarked to my friend, with much sat
isfaction, that he thought he had sue
ceeded uncommonly well.--DaTT01n
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DEFEAT.

He took her hand, and looked at her,
No sound did that deep stiffness stir,
Even the weary, wandering rain
Had ceased to beat upon the pane;
Only about the perfect mouth
4 sigh more faint than the faint south
lowered moments space, and then
Died into nothingness again.
The words he spoke were brief and slow
What could he say, she did not know;
What pulse of that impetuous soul
But owned her calm, serene control7
No need for him to test her heart
With cunning fence OF verbal art;
Only to ask and wait her will,
And, winning, losing, love her still.
Perhaps she vavered-ay, perhaps
Tbs shadow of the cloud that wraps
The future from our questioning gaze
Let in some glimpse OF after days,
Some hint OF all she might possess
In that true spirits tenderness,
If but her weaker life might move
Unto the music OF his love.
Perhaps who knows? He only knew
The large gray eyes were dim with dew;
Saw only on the mouths sweet bl sou
The shadow of reluctant doom;
Felt only ono sad, gentle word
And then through that deep stiffness hearS
Once more the weary wandering rain
Beat dull against the window pane.
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rHE MASTER HAHD.
1T N. Il DODGE.

Br n. H DODGE.
KAfe is a picture, warm and grand.
OF human colors made:
Each touch IL by the Masters hand.
And His the light and shade.
What lines are those SO bold and strong,
And these, but hslf-defned7
There do the earnest workers threus.
AID here the dreamy kind.
That sweep of pure, delicious light-
host Of souls at peace.
Yon troubled, stormy gloom Of nights
Mans struggle for release.
These oolors, warm and fresh and BRIGHT
All here the foreground glous!
Some souls are brave and glad by right,
And God, the Master, knows.
What though my earthly ways may be
Obscure and gray and drear?
HIS picture was in need Of me,
And He hath set me here.
Ny shadows may bring out, intent,
The brightness Of a soul
That must be free and prominent
To make the perfect whole.
Or, IL may be, = sadder lot,
colder dash OF gray.
Falls somewhere near and mine "a not
The very darkest way.
We cannot change up by n tint,
Nor make our lines alone;
But we may catch His sub.lest hiot,
And hold q as our own.
To learn the mighty Masters will,
Aud rightly do our part;
To bow before Almighty skill,
And reverence His art;
To he content, one touch to be
This is enough, o soul!
=hen God, for all eternity,
His picture shall unroIl.
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LONELINESS.

The waning moon was up; the stars
Were faint, and very few;
The vines about the window sill
Were wet with falling dew;
A little cloud before the wind
Was drifting down the wet;
I heard the moaning Of the sea
In its unquiet rest;
Until, know not from what grief.
Or thought OF other years,
The hand | leaned upon was cold.
And wet with falling tears.
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BY THE MILL.

A few short hours, few short hours,
The noisy wheels go round;
A few short hours, little while,
And hushed is every sound.
Yon stream that lows 30 swiftly by,
So swift by lawn and lea,
Shall still flow on when you and i,
Have long since ceased to be-
A few short hours, few short hours,
We wander by the mill;
A few short hours, little willis,
And all Is hushed and still.
The ivy wreaths that upward creep,
Shall clasp yon stalwart tree,
While scarce in memory men shall keep
p A thought of you and me.
Then let us wander while we may,
The noisy wheel goes round
And strangers, where we roam to-day,
Tomorrow shall be found.
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Doctrines are of use only as they
are practiced. Men may go to perdi-
tion with their heads full of truth. To
hold the truth and fight for it is one
thing to be sanctified through it is
another.-H. L. Hastings.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

After testing different prescriptions
for 20 years, a writer in The american
Agricutt,tTist concludes that the sim
plest and best way to barricade the
canker worm is to make bands of
sheathing-paper six or eight inches
wide, tack them around the trunks of
the trees, and then cover them with re-
fuse printers ink. The ink costs 121
cents per pound, requires from two to
four applications each season, and the
entire expense is about 10 cents for
each tree annually
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

Miss Amy R. of Iowa weighs
1852 pounds. No man will marry her,
for fear of big Amy,
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An eccentric party, OF which Jer-
rold was one, agreed to have a supper
of sleeps heads. One gentleman pre-
sent was particularly enthusiastic on
the excellence of the dish, and as he
threw down his knife and fork, exclaim-
ed, Well, sleeps head forever, say / !
Jerrold-There' egotism.
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Sealed Mysteries,

He came in and sank down on chair,
and burying his face in his hands look
ed up inquiringly.
'tJames, said /, kindly, seeing he
made no Increment. .s'how do YOU find
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Columbia Classical lns'tu,G

Boarding School for Young Men and Boys. For
Circulars addross Rev. Ii :. ALEXANDER, Col
umbs, Pa