Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-07-05
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Cumberland Letter.

Il Waysid' Romsamce-Te Labor
| Question-A Scientific Tsitor-Ihe
School Board-THe Convention for
krostburg-Tesp Service at st.
Patrick.
Gus alRLAND, July 2, 1879.
FI7i,or Jounal Il was gp herring a
c. imp of rare ferns one day last wesk,
next to the waters edge, at tt. vast
end # the Narrcws. There waa a
sound of approaching wheels. The
vehicle ccatsined young lady and
an ell ssly gentleman, her father. I
looked up. A flush of startled pleas
ure crimsoned face deaf delicate
and pure enough to nave been breath
ed into lifs from ae perfume of a
white rose. "Ah,' she said, Il see
you ave escaped, Herr Professor.
Fools and idiots are plentiful enough,
hla genuine lunatic like ven is a
ra, ty. Ny last letter was sent to he
asylum at -, and l suppose it
has since then been going the rounds
of all the z nad-houses in the land in
the hope of reaching you It was
with such fine iro-5 that the lady ad-
dressed me. hs I not seen her sior
Z years, and my last view OF that di-
vin- form WAS when the bright, alb
rup. eyes raised themselves to mine
in answer to til" ,norous words of
college president Ladies first
prize in Greek My young friend
wac Going to Ciarysville; her brother,
a Boston boy, fresh from Harvard
and his mothers r ,ss, had died ], are
IN bitter war tira9s5. I pointed out
the old localities in that place so full
Of pensive and pathetic desolation,
and then Withdrew t. let them weep
in silence.
| "an resist the impulse to thank
you :or the brave words you ars al
ways say;-r in behalf Of the work
man, in these bootlickinq days when
nearly every newspaper is bought up
by the money power. I tell you
there is no end of the idiocy talked
on this labor question. l am com
munlst-not 's commonly known,
meaning organizer OF society,
but as a const 7ator Of the lights and
Lappil ess cf tne masses, where the
brains and honesty OF the country lie.
/ believe, with John Ruskin, that
there is no such thing as a science of
political economy; that labor is worth
what it will bring in the market, and
all that sort Of rubbish. l say, more
over, that WI n laboring men consent
to OK for what will barely keep
them alive they are fools who do
not dare to Use the weapons that lie
all about them. [ ha, , ths right to
say these things becau. i, I ern a work
ine man n self, ono who earns his
bread ty manual labor. BIT l can't
enlarge on tbs topic now.
Prof. VIM. II. VAIL, Ph. D., one
of the editors Of the Engineering and
lining Jo1 ,.al, and al old school
mate Of mine, thinks he -aay come
up this way during the summer; if so,
| want to take nim trough our coal
region. P,f. Wahi /, still only a
boy l. yes but You may know his
positio:. III the scientific Wo, (. from
II = 1ac. OF his being on tie staff of
such a journal.
There is nothing INV in the Cum
berlaEd newspaper world. I think
cur two eldest newspaper men, like
John; y a1d Lowdermill5, are getting
rather tired of the business. Though
Col. Johnson watches his parer close
ly, he don't work near so hard on it
as formerly But ,hgn he has go:d
lieutenant in Mr.. Al .hur Shriver.
Tn school board has made an ap-
Ioilt. ent of principal Of the hi gh
sch,c!, but are afraid to tell the re-
por ers who it is. They arr try.ng
to teel public opinion, and are too
cowardly to let their action out. A
manitestly incompetent party is to
have charge; the Instruction in Latin
and creek and tt higher u .he-
mates is to go ;'sgging ar. ong the
clergymen of the city. Now, isn't
thst a ine pstcrnal arrangement ?
Then are two den ocrats in the echool
board. The part looks to them.
think they shou.u act together and
relegate to nihilism the cratic indi-
vidvsl who represents the republican
minority.
rejc:ce to see hat there is ae
talk o aolding tha democratic county
convention at Frostburg. Let the
democracy turn over a new leaf. The
party is sick and tired OF this per-
petual wrsngle and snarl, and tas
way to do it, in my opinion, is to
turn town every prominent leader
who has bad anything to do with the
splits.
I attended Vespers at st. Patricl,'s
yesterday, as my custom often is. 1t
is a service that we Protestants have
nothing like. 1t is simply symbolic
worship and adoration. To share
that the cles man has in ,.e exer-
cises is very all. It'll a ear7ice for
dreamy nedita, ion and revery, while
the spirit is waited upward on the
wings of music. The latter is always
certain to be good at St. Patrick's.
The mother churca" has not my 10y