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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

because their purse is low, they must
needs appease with bad whiskey
!. Look at their faces O, do we not
daily read tale in them which if We
fail to see we are to blame. | tell
YOU, we must awake to this shake off
our hitherto lethargy and see what the
law can do toward helping us to put
away this unholy thing from among
us 1t is the Acts of the Holy Apos-
ties We admire; then, let it be the
act Of men that God and the angels
shall look down upon let the
recording a: gel ascend nightly to
Heaven to record better things of MS
than ever have been done. If there
IS law in Maryland let it be put into
force. Men and citizens, we that have
children to hand back to God, let US be-
stir ourselves let us acquit ourselves
like men and be strong letu en- neasse
come up to the help of the Lord
against the mighty, believing that II e
that is for us is more than he that
can be against us. l believe there
are men good and true that feel on
this subject, and that not little;
men who will help in this cause ; let
Us then be in earnest, put down this
abomination, and in the strength of
Israel's God sever the fatal upas
which is thriving to-day and spread
ing her vile poison over the land.
Yes, | say, let us do this thing let US
abolish by petition or otherwise, this
damnable liquor traffic let us act and
that fearlessly, as for the Judgment,
believing Gods word that every man
shall receive according to the deeds
done in the body; let us array our
selves for battle and not be sickly and
lame while The devils troops are in
vading our premises, stealing and rob
bins us Of our inheritance, and daily
and nightly making raids upon our
houses, despoiling US of our treasure
and laughing at our laxity or tancled
inability to free ourselves from the
+ yoke Of this accursed bondage Q,
men, ye who love purity and peace,
come forth and let us join hands to
strike for higher life let us enlist
in a nobler cause than pampering, or
allowing others to pamper, to mere an
imal qualification, that does not only
destroy soul and body, but drags every
one under its influence along with
them , let US listen to the convictions
of our own heart and determine in
Gods name and strength to root out
this accursed evil at all hazards !! let
us work while it is day, for soon the
night cometh when no man can work !!
i 4 CITIZEN.
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J. I. 0eFsss. i1asitSr.
FRosTBURG. MD, JANUARY is, 1879.

The death Of NAPOLEON III. at
Chisalhurst, Fugland, on Thursday Of
list week, begins the death-roll Of dis
,inerishel names for 1878. He had
been one among the ablest and proud.
ct rulers Of the Old World. He had
made France u lofty name and place
among the nations, until in her hands
rested The aceptre Of European peace
Or war. lie inclined 10 preserve the
former, and, as 4 man Of peace, was
most successful, although one Of his
campaigns conferred upon lin the
reputation of brilliant commander
But his two greatest mistakes were
in the Inauguration Of military enter
priscs the expedition against Mexico
and the German war. The latter was
i.l-starrcl from the beginning, ending
in his defeat and exile, the humiliation
and unharpinoss Of his country. No
successful achievement OF his may ev-
er be deemed as counterbalancing his
errors, but the memory of a brilliant
reign, during which he added pomn,
laagnihcence, stability and wealth to
the Empire, will make his name Illus
t.:ors in French history.
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Communicated
To M.tiler Riggs,


On Recctcsng Some S,ccet Fto,cers
Emblems of all that's pure aud true,
None guess how dear thou art;
Upon ths soil of home we grew,
To cheer the absent heart.
A mothers heart. to nature true;
In fragrance, sweet and mild,
The purest love breathes softly through
These flowers to her child
On fancy's wing they bid me soar
To loved ones true and dear;
wander through the scenes of yore-
seem their joys to share.
Though distant founts my cup must fill,
Where'er my destined lot,
My heart will wander backward still;
Thoult never be forgot.
Tho far from home and friends l love,
In lands less dear l dwell,
The same just God still reigns above,
And "doeth all things we'll"
Comanche Crossing, 7eras.
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[Comnunicated.]

The SIN of Judah is written with pen
of iron, and with the point of diamond; il
is craven upon the table of their heart, and
upon the horns of your affairs"
II, the Lord, search the heart; l try the
reins, even to give ever, man according to
his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings Jeremiah xvii. l, 10.
The time has come when I can nc
longer hold my peace; | feel with
godly Paul of old that should cease
to speak the very rocks and stones
would cry out What, / ask in God S
name, what are these times bringing
us to? and what are we to expect
under present influences from the III
sing generation around US? 1t is no
uncommon thing to hear children cur
sing through our streets; blaspheming
their Creator until we could wonder
at Gods enduring mercy. This, add
ed to other vices, has found root, and
unless plucked up and that soon, will
bear fruit which, like the Dead Sea,
or fatal Upas, will embitter, blast and
corrode to all eternity.
New citizens, where does this thing
begin? to what source do we trace
the windings Of this foul stream ?
answer that | believeit is in the sa-
looms and liquor shops, of which Frost
burg has not few. At almost every
third house on the principal streets
can be found one of them.
Now let us pause and gaze in for a
moment upon one of these let us STOP
our busy life. close our stores and
drop into one Of these vile sloughs
, that infest and infect our little city
1t is not in the daylight they carry
on their disreputable trade, though
they do sell in daylight; still, it is
under cover of midnight that they
hold high ca, nival then, in full blast
can be heard the bacchanalian song
mixed with low repartee. But saloons
on Main street and Broadway dc
not begin to stand against God and
man as does ,heii vile sister on Waite,
street Men, like poor moths, futtei
around them, drunk with the wine
of their own insatiate desire, whict
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

REAL ESTATE TRANsFEEs-The
following is list of deeds for the
transfer Of real estate, filed for record
in the office of Col. Resley, Clerk of
the Court, during the week ending
Saturday, January II:
John Ross and wife to ] W. Mich
ael, one equal half of each Of lots Nos.
= and S in Ross and Michal $ Add
ton to the town Of Barton, 500.
William Anderson and wife to Ow
en- and Adam Hitchins tract called
"Ulium' containing fifty four and
three-eights acres, $3.50.
A Gerstell and wife to John Kight
lot in Westernport containing $3.50
square feet, 800.
Nelson Beall to William J. Crump
lots Nos 7 and s of block No. 90 in
: Beall's First Addition to town OF
Frostburg, $1,000.
Henry Hanekamp and others tc
Leopold Berkenbaugh, lot in Iona
coming known as "Hanekamp Island,
Sl95.
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To Young Ladies.


Young ladies if you wish to be hap
py contented after marriage ceremony
and honeymoon are over, we would
suggest the following:
Do not choose q lazy man do not
fall in love with moustach neither
fashionablv cut trousers or blacIlened
boots, or pomaded and artif ialIv-
curled hair; neither look upon graceful
dancing or horseback riding. No in
deed for with all the above mentioned
qualities Of nowadays fast young
men, you would not be able, with the
best culinary skill to cook meal of
vituals with it. But if a man comes
to ask YOU for your heart and hand
INQUIRE if he is a skilful artisan, or a
thrifty, industrious farmer, who is up
early and late, and does his own work,
and loves TO do it, rather than to com
plain of hard times; or, if he under
stands how to manage his fortune if he
has one, or has the ability to acquire
one; ask him if he thinks there are six
days in the week to work, and if he
improves them, and then on Sunday,
to rest, to praise the Lord and 90 to
meeting, If so, YOU can love him, and
take him, for he is sure to provide for
you.
But if he is one of those who loaf
about half and more than half of the
time, dressed in fashionably cut gar
ments, afraid to work, for fear of soil
ing his clothes, always thirsty, and has
abolished the sixth commandment sew
en- times let him stand in the cold, and
give him the mitten, for with such a
lounging, good for nothing dandy you
would be as unhappy as long. as you
live
If all the young ladies at once join
a society, aud determine never to mar
ry lazy, fippant, good for nothing,
do nothing, the effect would be mar
vellous, and create wonder, for the
young men on matrimonial business
would soon see the secret, and 90 to
work earnestly and honestly, and en-
deavor to be sober and industrious, in
order to get them wife of their wishes
the whole army Of the loungers and
street corner-watching gentry would
disappear from The earth like frogs in
winter. The recipe is bitter and Sc
vere but it will undoubtedly cure
TRY il and see,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

The Coal CcMB1NATIoNs.-THE
New York Sun processes to give fur
Their revelations Of the Combination
Company, the substance of which is
that the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company, the Penn
evlvania Railroad Company, the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company, and
the Reading Railroad Company do all
the coal transportation for Eastern
PENNSYLVANIA They also own coal
mines and coal lands, and the trans
portation Of the mineral must yield a
handsome sum monthly. The receipts
for the year are estimated at S25, 900, :
600 for moving coal from the mines to
tidewater, besides the profit made in
mining and their other business. But
not satisfied with Thu, the Reading
railroad have been attempting for a
year or two past to secure the passage
of an act enabling them to buy as much
real estate as they wanted, in which
they succeeded, and they then induced
some owners Of collieries to sell out,
and made a proposition to owners of
lands to sell to the railroad their
whole product, the company guaran-
teeing a certain price per ton, and
holding it for sale in the manner Of
the oil ring Of Western Pennsylvania.
But the owners objected to this, as
the difference in quality would be
lost to them. Should they consent,
the Reading Railroad Company would
have about six million tons, and could
successfully lead the market at any
time. Should this company join with
The other three great corporations, all
the East would be at their mercy.
The eighteen millions of tons now
raised by them supplies our foundrios
and factories and warns our houses.
By perfect union, with monopo-
ly of the market, they could raise the
price of coal dollar a ton, and keep
it there. There are no other availa-
Bile mines, excepting those Of Mary Wand,
which only produce about two mill
ions of tons a year The Readinh
Company are said to have borrowed
large sums of money in England to-
carry on the scheme
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

ELECTION OF BANK OFF1cERs-At
the annual election of officers of the
Second National Bank, Of this. city
yesterday, Messrs Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.,
John Coulehan, John S. Combs, A. P
Shepherd, Douglas Percy, Nelson
Beall, and Dr. S. P Smith were elect
ed Directors for the ensuing year.
At a meeting of the Directors Hon.
Lloyd Lowndes. Jr, was elected Presi
dent; John Coulehan Esq, Vice Pre-
sident, and Daniel Amman, Esq, Cash
Ter of the bank .-Nears.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18
Advice
TO THOSE ABOUT TO BUY
SEw1,c MAc1rrxEs.
When you are asked to buy Sewing
Machine ask yourself few
questions like the
following:

questions like the
following:
Whit can be the redson for advising me
to get this Machinc2
Do they really know any better than my
self which is best or have they selfish in
terest in the matter?
II I buy it and find l have not the best,
who will be the loser? Win they, or can
they, give me al the necessary Instructions
for using the Machine and keeping it in
order?
If | buy this Machine what assurance
have | that | can get it repaired without
much trouble should it ever get broken or
any part of it get lost?
Am I getting the Machine from party
who Is responsible and reliable and will do
as he or she agrees?
It is cery natorlwi and Il matter Of course,
that any one engaged in the sale Of any one
Sewing Machine will recommend that par
ticular Machine.
Remember this S7ceet talk comes cheap,
but if you buy the wrong Machine it is ex-
pensive; a portion or all you paid for it
lost money!
Dont fool a7ouy yoetr money nor try erper-
iments to get a good Seeing lKactine
We are dealing in all kinds of Sewing
Machines and aohat is better, we know all
about them; how they are made; what they
are made of; what kinds Of work they will
do, and how it is done on them. Also, can
repair and aoyust any of them, no matter
how much they are out of order.
tell as 'chat you eeant a Seeing Mach'"e
to do, and are acW tell you achlch IS best, and
warrant and defend you in getting that
kind of Machine?
If you buy Sewing Machine from us, on
ar recommendation, we will guarantee sat
istaction to you in so doing, or take the Ma
chine back, and furnish you any other Sew
ing Machine in the market EVEN EN-
CHANGE, and we will do as we agree.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

CouRT-The January session of Allie
gany County Circuit Court is progress
ing rspidly, and its business is being
transacted with commendable dispatch
The Grand Jury got through with
their duties in the unprecedented time
of five days, and on Saturday morning
last We're discharged. The trial dock :
ct will be nearly completed this week,
and, by rule the criminal docket will
taken up on Monday next, The Grim
inal cases are not many, and none are
of unusual public interest. 1t is
thought now the session will prove a
short one.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

REDUCTION OF FRElGHTs.-Under
instructions from the general freight
office of the B. & O. Railroad Compa-
ny, at Baltimore, a reduction in freights
from Baltimore to Cumberland, will &C
into effect on and after the IS inst, as
follows; First class freight per lOC
lbs, reduced from 65 to As cts; 2nd
class, from So to As cts; 3rd class from
As to 10 cts; 18th class, from AZ to IS
ats
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Balance on hand for re-
naming 5 mos of year, $2,283

BY the above will be seen that the Aims
House cost the County from June /, 1871
to January I, 1872, seven months, 5,426
dollars, or S775.14 per month, and the re-
manning five months under present Trustees
1880 dollars, or 1853 dollars per month,
and the expired months of present year
2,177 dollars, or 81 dollars per month.
On Wednesday the Commissioners visit
ed the Aims House. They found the house
and grounds in good condition and the
inmates, forty-three in number, comfortably
and well satisfied with the management oil
the institution The Commissioners deci-
cided to add story to the building.
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1920; Georges Creek Mining, 80, 263; New
Central, 213,l16. Aggregate increase, 4l3,-
g85.
Tie following slow decreased proauc-
! ton under last year
Consolidation, 1895; Maryland, 1862,
Midlothian, III SOP Potomac, 7,07s Pied
mont Coal and Iron, 6G5; Big Vein, 49,
SO: Atlantic and Georges Creek, 7,402 ;
Swanton, 1906: Spruce Hill, 20,3l5; Bar
ton, 3t.41S Aggregate decrease 4o3,G61.
There were ,53t tons Gas Coal shipped
by Canal during the year.
KANSAS Stone.-We have received
from Mr. JouN F. SuCCKHART, of Bunker
Hill. Russell Co. Kansas, q beautiful speci-
men of building stone with which that
section abounds 1t is amber colOred
travcrsed with veins of dark brown, afford
inc pleasing contrast. 1t is represented
as of the best quality, easily quarricd and
wrought. Some of it admits of being freely
sawed into any shape more easily than
wood, and exposure to the weather hardens
IT, \ layer OF from six to ten inches under
lies the soil
| In connection with Mr. SHUcKHART, Mr.
JAMES TENANT (both of whom went from
this place to Kansas has accepted a con
tract to furnish the oity of Denver. Colora-
do five hundred car loads of this stone fol-
building purposes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18
sHOE-DEALERs, HARNESS. MAKERS
Z w A MUTH
LOOK OUT FOR THE
Root, Shoe and Hat Emporium

in Bank building, opposite st. Michars
L Church, Main St, Frostburg, Md.
All who want anything in the line of
Shoes. Of the best and finest quality
Shoes of the best and heaviest make; Shoes
for poor or rich, young or DID, Shoes for all,
no matter what their occupation or profess
ion. Boots for Men; Boots for Ladies !;
Boots for Children Boots for all. Hats
for old and young TRUNKS, VALISES,
&c.,-all at fair prices, should 60 to
WILLIAM THOMAS.
s5S' Boots and Shoes made to order. Re
pairing neatly and promptly done. Leather
and Shoe Findings ON hand. Apl IL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18

Two hundred thousand bushels of
coal were in the barges sunk at Mem
phis by the ice-gorge day or two
since.
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The wife of a railroad employee in
Atlanta thrashed a barkeeper for sell
ing him whisky, treated the master of
the machine shop to similar dose tor
giving him money, and took the inc
briated individual home by one of his
ears. What she did with him has
not been reported.
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G. Il. EXAHsTHELL IL CO..

UNDER JOURNAL" PRINTING OFFICE,
Main Street. FrOstblIrg. Hd.,
SADDLE AND HARNESS-MAKER
HAVE on hand and for sale Fine and
L 1 Coarse Harness Collars, lIames, Trace,
Halter, Breast and Butt Chains, Men and
Side Saddles, all qualities Riding and Blind
Brides, Horse Blankets, leigh Bells, Wag-
on and Buggy Whips and everything. per-
tanning to a trst-class shop We make
specially of putting up Fine Harness.
and in this line we defy competition. Best
quality of Mining Work always on
hand, and orders promptly filed. Work of
all descriptions mnde to order. Repairing
neatly and promptly done. Prices reasona-
bic ~ Orders solicited Nov ~
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tDDIONAL LOCAL.
Proceedings OF County Conn
missioncrs.-W clip from the Duty

a.
rmissioncrs.-W clip from the Duty
Ners as follows:
The greater portion Of the time Of the
Commissioners, during the meetings in
Cumberland last week was taken up with
the consideration and adjustment OF the
accounts Of road supervisors.
Upon petition Of Enoch Winter, Daniel
A. Barnard and Others, Mcssrs. Thomas e,
McCulloh, Alden Clary, and William Ward
were appointed road Examiners to ascertain
and report whether the public conveience
requires the opening of county road from
point on the Georges Creek Valley road
bearing southwardly about quarter OF
mile from Borden Shaft where the private
road leaves the Georges Creek Valley road,
leading from the Winter and other farms
on to the village of Pompey Smash and
Astor Mines to follow the old private road
as nearly as possible.
The following are the Road Supervisors
appointed and appropriations made fol
DISTRICT No. 5.-For road from Nation
al road to Pennsylvania line: George
Meese, Appropriation, SO For road from
top of Savage mountain to Wilson's Mills:
George H. Grow. Appropriation, $50
For roads south OF National road: Salem
HENDERSON. Appropriation, $3.50. For
north Of National road; John Kimberly.
Appropriation, $s25.
At the session on Tuesday Of this week
the annual appointments Of officers were
made:
Attorney to Commissioncrs.-GE y.
TnRUsToS
Clerk to Commissioners.-DAvI
ARMSTRONG.
Trustees to Aims housc-L. r. FECH
TIC, AMOS Gross and WILLIAM ARMBUs
TER.
Steward of Aims house--J. II. STALL
IEGs.
Physincian to Aims house--Dr. GEORGE
B. FUNDENBERG.
Keeper of Court House GEORGE METZ.
The report of the Trustees of the Aims
House was received, partly as follows:
"One year ago when the present Trustees
were appointed by you, we found the APP
preparation of June 1, 1871, Of $4,000 alb
sorbed, and an Indebtedness to that date OF
$2,426, and the necessity of carrying on the
establishment until the end of the fiscal
wear, June 1, 1872, upon credit. At your
June Qe72) session, you levied a sum to
cover this Indebtedness and an appropriate
ton for the year ending June l, 1913.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-18
Tic AlnrY of tie Eai.mpr.

The benefits conferred upon man
kind by the farmer. and the pleasure
which attaches to his vocation, are
charmingly portrayed by Rad ph Wal
do Emerson, in one Of his essays, as
follows:
The glory of the farmer is that, in
the division Of labor, it is his part to
create. All the trade rests at last on
his primitive authority. He stands
close to nature; he obtains from the
earth the bread and the meat. The
food which was not, lie causes to be.
The first farmer was the first man, all
historic ability rested on the posses
sion and use Of land Men did not
like hard work, but every man has an
experienced respect for tlllage, and
the feeling that this is the original
calling of his race, that he himself is
only excused from it by some circum-
stance which made him delegate it
for a time to other hands. If he had
not some skill which recommends him
to the farmer, some product for which
the farmer could give him corn, he
must himself return in his due place
among the planters. And the pro-
fession has in all eyes its ancient char
acter as standing nearest God, the
first cause. Then the beauty of nature,
the innocence of the country, his in
dependence and his pleasing arts; the
care of bees, poultry, sheep, cows, the
dairy the care of hay, of fruits, Of or
chards AMI forests, and the reaction of
these on the workman in giving him
strength and plain dignity, like the
face and manners of nature-all men
acknowledge. All men keep the farm
in reserve as an asylum, where, in
case of nlischanee, to hide their pov-
erty, or as solitude if they do not
succeed in society, And who knows
how many glances ofremorse are turn
ed this way from the bankrupts of
trade, from mortified pleaders in courts
and senates, or from the victims OF
pleasure? Poisoned by town life and
town vices, the sufferer resolves -
"Well, my children, whom | have in
jured shall go back to the land, to be
recruited and cured by that which
should have been my nursery, and
now shall be their hospital.
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The GeN'l r, E. Lee Monument.

The grand monument to the mem
ory of Gen'l Lee is now rapidly being
constructed under the direction and
skill of Prof. Valentine. And in Or
der to complete 1t at the earliest pos
sible day, the Executive Committee
of the Lee Memorial Associa 10, of
Lexington, Va, which is composed of
such distinguished men as Gen Pen
dleton, Gen'l Terry Hon. VIM. Nc
Laughlin, Col. Preston Johnston, Chas.
Davidson. and others, have authorized
the publication and sale Of a perfect
steel engraved portrait of Gen,l Lee.
The proceeds of its sale to be applied
in furtherance of the object of this As
ISOLATION, namely to the erection of a
monument to the memory of Genl X.
L. Lee, at the Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va. The por-
trait will be sold only by subscription,
through regular authorized agents.
Every subscriber for the portal twillre
ceive certificate signed by the Secre-
tary and Chairman of the Lee mem
orial Association, We commend this
portrait to the public and hope some
good energetic man will secure the
agency in this section in order to help
on the good work. Messrs. w. w.
Bostwick g. Co., Nos 1T & l79 West
Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio, have
been constituted and appointed Gen
eral Managers of Agencies, and any
communications addressed to them for
circulars, terms, and certificates, will
receive prompt attention.