Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-27
IL HIE TIES.

jlRIEIiES.
COUNTER -lERrrANrs- Rude statesmen.
The worst sort of grate-An migrate.
CouRr1NG bliss often ends in welded
blister
The lie abilities of some men are
wonderful.
The new Golden Rule-To get all the
gold yon can.
GOLD is lower, out not yet within the
general reach.
The rosues' commandment Thou
shalt not squeal.
How TO keep above board-Stay away
from boarding houses.
Times don't go at Long Branch so
swmmingly rs they did.
TnE worst writer man is, the more
he links Of his writings.
CoNrRIBt roKs to the DaiLy Graphic
are requested to punctuate their copy.
Our compositors are not pointers, but
settlers. -NcW York Graphic
A YOUNG gentleman at Kansas City
sent IS cents to New York recently for
a method of writing without pen or ink.
He received the following inscription,
in large type, ON a card: "Write with
pencil.
Tine Boston Hcrold mildly expostu-
lates with correspondents: The man
who writes Il letter without signing his
real name is coward and an idiot and
when he signs his letter Fair Play, he
is II liar.
A CLUB was organized in Rochester,
n. Y, last week, called the Dismal Six
all the members old bachelors, whose
sole aim is to make themselves miser-
able The presiding officer is called the
doleful grand, while his deputy is known
as the vice-doleful.
eyes, take her and welcome" re-
Young man asked for his blushing
daughter "She's run away with Il
schoolmaster, elopcd with a Snowman,
shot a wildcat, and whipped her mother,
and the sooner you take her the better.
"TuAr's IL very stupid brute of yours,
john" said Scotch minister to his
parishioner, the peat dealer, who drove
his merchandise from door to door in q
small cart drawn by a donkey; 81
never see you but the creature is bray
ing" "Ah, sir" said the peat dealer,
eye ken the hearts warm when friends
meet"
AN old Troy river man says he is dis
gusted to hear people nowadays talk OF
low water in the Hudson. He remarks
that he can remember well, years ago,
when the river was low. He asseverates
that one time all the passengers on the
New York boat had to close their win
dows during the entire trip down be-
cause the steamers wheels raised such
dust
AS THE country becomes settled the
wages of labor both East and West are
gradually sinking to a common average.
A good mechanic in New York earns
$3. 80 or 81 day the lead miners of
Missouri receive from g to 81 day;
while the daily pay of miners in the
Territories seldom exceeds s. in gold or
silver; and the difference in prices and
in the amount of comfort which can be
obtained for the money rather leaves
the advantage with the New York
mechanic. Agricultural laborers are as
well paid East as West. A useful Ia
borer in the East can earn his $40 or
$50 a month and board in winter, and
81 or - 80 day with board i'll harvest
time. The Western farm hand has the
advantage that he can take his 160 acres
and work for himself until he gives
mortgage, or a Credit Mobilier Congress
gives his land to railroad company.
AS for the wages of workingmen, the
Middle States seem to have the advan-
tage of the West.
Few people have just idea of the
immense amount of capital in the butter
trade. According to statistics, the dairy
product of the United States aoprepates