Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-04-03

ready for the next charge, and ! gusss
it'll lot the red devils out for the
present campaign "',,.f.f.,o l,,, = n..,,
The savagss again advanced.
Mark attended to the powder, and
Dan sorted the shot. 70 70 speak.
"Jsems Pidsss song, Ny Mountain
Home, o..', = :,
"Good for the Indians sock 'sr
in" ,.'.. A..
can acrostic BY John r. Ride, I'M
long primer r.....J
''It'll paralJzs 'sm," ..,...
Frank Pixly ON the Constitution,
half column Of loaded brewer" =
"It'll paralyxs en-"
"Your leader on Law and order"
"Save it as a last resort"
Dan pulled the typs out Of the box
es, and stuffed column after column
in the howitxsr's mouth a. the say
ages came charging on. Another
round from the gun and the redskins
rolled over and over esch other" like
boulders swept away BY mountain
cloud burst. Mark in an scstacy Of
delight pulled an American flag ost
Of, his effects nailed it to the tail.bcard
of tho wagon, and was about to make
a speech, when the duiky figures of
the foe were once more seen moving
to the attack. w. j"
The piece was again loaded, andthis
time with double charge. Marx
leader on Law and Order" the pua
Of an auction house by Fred NoCrSl.
ish Gas sioksnsr,," Dan ssid) } Frank
Goss's verses on "I'hs Rebel YsfE,"
an agricultural article By Sam Be-
baugh, showing the chemical propsf.
ties of corn-juice as an educational
lever. maiden poetical effort o.
Olive Harper, and some verses BY
Col. Crsmsny and Frank Senls con'
pletsd the load. "'''' ''' =
| THAT postry reaching en- first
will throw them into confusion, and
my editorial coming upon the hselI
Of the rest will result in q lasting d.
moralization. 1t will be Ike TIL
last cavalry charge Of the French .
the battle Of Austsrlitx." =
| For the third and last time th'
faithful howitssr bslchsd its typc
graphical compliments to the advAn
cling foe. The havoc was terrible
There was a wild ysll from . score 3
savage throats, aud then tbs los
groans Of the dying foatsd up til
ravins on the gentle wind. The tw'
men walked over the field Of slsugh
ter and counted 6fty-six Aboriginal
lying in heaps. The bodies were hor
ribly mutilatsd with nonrsrsil, lcSl
primer, two-line plea. bourgeois
caps" mitsrsd dashss, and unasert
cd pi. +.
"My leader cooked that mAn'
goose" said Mark, pointing over tn
limb of cedar.
my geological article did the bust
mesa for him" rsjoinsd Dan, noddini
oarslessly to an Indian whose .hsas
was lying twenty yards away.
THE pen is mightisr than th'
sword"
"You bet. Hurrah for Faust ant
Gutenberg"
"Is there any type left ?"
"Not pound"
Ten days later two Journalistic
tramp, reached Virginia City, wear.
discouraged and footsors, and securst
place on tho Enterprise.
| TWAIN REMINDERS THE DEAD.
| A few days ago Dan received th
following from his former partner:
| HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 1, 1880.
Dear Dan Il send you the congratula-
tons of the New Year. Do you recollec'
the time we exterminstcd the tribe of un
lettered () savages in Mendocino county
If you can spare the tine, wish yo'
would make pilgrimage to that hiitori'
spot, gather the ghostly relics tsgsthss
and plant tablet (not too expensive, d
your own expense) to the memory Of tn
departed. Have shooting-stick lyinl
across q long bow, with our monogram
and coat of arms entwined, and some sp
propriste epitsph carved in the stone; n
extract from Carl Schurx's "Piscs Policy
might do. Inclosed il a dollar and . hal
for your Incidental expenses; you cal
deadhead travelling expenses. 's