Frostburg mining journal., 1881-01-01
TVr Times yetoes the new arrange

IHE IWteS Fetoos Iho ho" niiohSo
ment in the Cumberland pest ofice; ;
it goes even far enough to designate
it "pig pen" meaning of course a
habitation for "runts in more
euphonistic lin6o-swinettes. 1t is
suggestive of remark, however, that,
from the actual establishment of old
Caiuctucuc's headquarters down to
the probable location of the Insane
Asylum in or near the city, this is the
first great public imprO Vement the
Times has welcomed with bloody
hands to hospitable grave"
NOTWITHSTANDING the general
understanding" in the Legislature
and among the people at the polls
that the Insane Asylum was to be
erected upon the almshouse farm, the
general understanding" now seems
to be that the farm is in nowise suita-
Bile for the purpose. The general
appears to be as full of phases as a
cycle of the moon. In an astrological
sense perhaps "fair Luna" reigns in
the generals" horoscope, just as it is
said she presides over the operations
and issues of insane affairs in "gener-
al" The Times follows the crescent
by running after the tide, though
Cumberland is generally" under the
dominion of the greenback efigy of
the auriferous image of the Juvenile
Taurus.
JUDGE MILLER, Judge Bowie con.
curing, dissents from the majority
opinion of Judge Bartol. His paper
is specifically spacious but technical
and narrow in terms. It's author evil
IDENTIFY lives in the past-the earlier
and (if possible) better days of mo-
nopoly, when it was thought no rob-
berry of the people to confer extraor-
dinary privileges upon corporations.
Our fathers want of foresight, in
deed their utter want of ability to
measure the rapid and colossal growth
of their corporate creations, are too
often taken advantage of to strength
en- the strong and weaken the weak.
Privileges, harmless in one age,
grow dangerous in the next, and the
greatest peril lies in judicial con-
structions which make them perpet-
ual. Hence, Judge Miller has dis
cerned the weaker points of this case
with great penetration and dignifed
them in an able argument against
public policy.
The Cumberland postmaster has
occasioned another volcanic eruption
of the powerful Cumberland mind.
His offence consists ia an arrange
ment restraining the fierce populace
from getting all their mail matter
from single stroke of delivery
clerks paw. 1t was deemed best to
supply this Unsuitable population by
sections with their mail on the install
ment plan, but it has even turned out
that ono individual is by himself more
than an entire subdivision of a section
He "has to send," or whoop from the
rear 1T tho clerks to dump his JiIIet-
dour in the back yard. This urhap-
py state of affairs is materially reliev
ed by one everlastingly redeemiug
feature of brother Johnscn's conduct !;
he is guiltless of a seditious, disloyal
effort to establish the Insane Asylum
at Frostburg. We assert this without
the usual fear of successful contradic-
ton, and in exact accordance with the
general understanding" of that par
ticular branch of the great topic of
Cumberland's illimitable capacity FOR
restivity and receptivity.
IT should be put down as certain
that whatever the Commissioners do
with regard to the location of the In.
sane Asylum the final step will be
taken with reference to the interest
Of the taxpayers at large. If it be
found that the institution can be es-
tablished and managed more econom-
ioally in or near Cumberland than
elsewhere, let il be put at that point,
and all the people will say, amen |
none more heartily than those Of
Frostburg.
But as crimes have been committed
in the name of liberty, so there have
been some dreadful things done under
the guise of economy. This specious
pretext should be scanned closely and
deeply in this case. The speaking
trumpet of the Cumberland tax-pay-
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