Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-07-22
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TIL MINING JOURNAL
FROSTBURG, MD, JULY 90, 1876.

We have advocated this project singl.
handed and alone, receiving no assistanc,
whatever from our editorial brethren
Aaeyanian. 90 q &
So much the greater triumph if you
succeed. Fact is, there is room
enough for all on this railroad matter
but what's the use? When all is
over, won't the Alegamian stalk of
with the laurels ? Didn't it debal
everybody else in the fight for the
Ventilation Bill? Didn't it defeat
new county? In short, haven't sue
cess crowded upon it from its begin
ming? Then, why should anybody
essay to build the new railroad when
this infant Hercules has the contract
in advance? See what has been al
ready done:
Partly from the publicity we have given
the matter and partly from the necessity Of
the situation, there is now very strong
movement on foot to build such road.
Publicity" is a good thing, no
doubt, but necessity" is better by a
hundred to one.
Then follows some gossip:
Our neighbors, the Civilian, the JOURNAL
and the Ne,os have at last awakened to the
fact. Accordingly they at once, after long
silence, begin attitudinizing and posturing
to leap upon the winning side of the fence.
Quite pose for us all to occupy at
once, isn't it brethren? It's lucky
it's side of the fence" we are aim
ing at; if it was post-hole, that ia
miliar tenet Of philosophy which in
culcates the theory of but one body
OCCUPYING the same space at the same
time would be severely tested. But
it is 1.-THE winning side of the fence -
there is ample room for us all-but
the Asleganian finds US with rights
already pre-emptive:
Wei have the valiant and lion hearted (?)
Neps telling us that four years ago in some
antediluvian epoch it did, once upon a
time, in its water-colored, weak-tea style.
say that such road could be built.
If there are doubts about the liter
al construction of "antediluvian;" we
suggest anteAleganiam. The foretop
and tail are similar, and they precise
ly express the situation as it exists.
Then follows cracked spinsters voice
far up the hight at pinnacled Frostburg,
crying aloud in the wilderness that she also
four years ago advocated the building of
some such road. 1851.
We believe ''the voice of one crying
in the wilderness was not that of
"spinster;" nor was the message one
of what had occurred in the past
This similitude is miserable distor-
ton. And then, it would be difficult
to tell which was cracked" the
"spinster" or the voice ~.
Lastly comes the Sabbath Cimlian, and
it also tells that four years ago--in each
case this wonderful event took place four
years ago advertised just such road.
Really, we must leave it to the Cs-
milan to creep out of the -four years
ago statementin the best way it can.
These three champions, like the Repub-
lican party, can point with pride to re-
cord past. They remind us of the three
worthless so touchingly depicted by the
poet
"We three brothers are in one cause,
One smokes, one snufts and one chaws."
Now, we have our true status with
regard to building a new railroad.
The 'lion-hearted Neays" smokes weak
tea in water colors; the cracked-voice
splnster is not crying-she ''snuffs
-"the wilderness we presume,
and the Cirillan masticates it as =.
qu"drennial cud. The Alleqanion
is engaged in digestion for the crowd.
THE most inveterate grumbler can
not complain Of the backwardness of
the season. The slate roofs glow and
the brick walls emit a temperature
which will not be exhausted for some
time to come. The pavements are so
hot that locomotion is an exercise to
be avoided. 1t would bea good thing,
indeed, were there general agree
ment to suspend all kinds of business
during the hot hours of hot days. 1t -.
would promote the comfort and health
OF those who have never learned to
accommodate themselves to the high
est numerals on the thermometer
They cannot abridge bodily exertion
and mental activity to conform to ex-
allied calorics; they plunge about as
recklessly in July as in January, for
getting or ignorant that the secret of
health comfort and safety in the dog
days is to do as the dogs do-remain
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