Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
That sPost Office Busin ess."

That ssPOst Office Business.
The Neus boils over with Indignation al
our presumption in placing the money or
der figures of our Post Office side by side
with theirs 1t frantically complains that
we "are never happy save when abusing OF
severely criticising everything in Cumber'
land. This is pretty broad, but the term
"everything" can be easily simmered down
to the Ne,es' fancy that it includes nothing
but itself We must say here, however, that
really we do not dislike Cumberland or the
Ne,cs. We have never abused" either, nor
have we criticised" except when provoked
by their sensitiveness to comparisons their
persistent claim to credit which belongs to
Georges Creek, and public requests incon-
sistent with the dignity of a proud, wealthy
and well ordered CITY, We have been rs
free with irregularities and omissions in our
own town. If the Nens is an independent
paper it cannot question, much less distort
these privileges. But to return:
"If the money order business of 'Novem-
Der 49, 1872 was $7125l, why not let us
hear from the 10Th, Goth, 2lst," etc. y
Because, despite our friends guess to the
contrary, the unsolicited statement of the
Postmaster covered only that day as set
off to the 10th of February" which was
stated as the "heaviest ever known in the
Cumberland Post Office"
This was all right for Cumberland but
not for Frostburg. 1t resorts then to the
whole number of money orders issued from
the two offices, Frostburg, 6,270; Cumbcr-
land, 1927. Even with its three banks
its larger population and number of bust
say nothing of the other unstated fact as to
the money order age of the two offices, the
excess of 4,001 is not much to boast Of
But the whole thing shows how the paper
tolerates no comparison which, for an in
slant, throws Cumberland in the shade
The wingless bird essays high flights only
to founder in the mud, but don't mention
it," because we didn't "Ievel the comparison"
at Frostburg.
But the sum of the matter is: The Ne,es
stated a fact we stated fact. The former
objects to ouls because it spells his; then
lodges behind undisputed questions to say,
0, no, we didn't mean you'll
We might properly refer to slight want
of the Ners' journalistic amenity, but if the
freak gives it enjoyment it is as easily
pleased us il is sensitive to fair criticism.
Isricfs.-Thc CiciIan has a stroke of
humility.
1t is not a fatal stroke.
In the same paragraph it tells us that
Cumberland has rory large numbsr of
re:y poor people to care for, yet when
Chicago and Somerset needed aid, she
chccrfully responded" which means that
not prophets only, but the poor hath no
honor in his own country" and It's distance
lends cnchantment," etc 1t further muses.
-"Shc gave the b. & o. r. r. $4,000" for
which this corporation has been too poor to
render an equivalent
Hence the coal region learns that after
all it contributed something indirectly to
the Chicago, Somerset and B. & o. r. r.
"distrcssed'
We learn, also, that the coal region is
the most valuable section of the county ont
side of Cumberland" Hence, wien Cum
bcrland asks for coal the greater honors
the less
1t is not local option paper. The
coal region should not try to get away from
Cumberland while Cumberland cannot cs-
cape from itself.
We learn, also, that the thermometer of
dignity has a zero, below which the Gisa-
ian thinks we have fallen. Strange it is, its
fancy discovered US exactly where we found
Cumberland.
Seriatinl.-Thc Times disposes of us
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