The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-12-31
Letter from Homecoming.
Correspondence of the Democratic Advocate.
IoSACoNING, ND, December 81, 1881.

LoNAcoyING, MD., December q, 1881.
MEssRs. EDITORS Feeling sure you had a
iovful Christmas, | halt between refreshments
to indict a New Year greeting. AT our con
yention it was unanimously resolved that our
thanks are due and hereby rendered to the
editors and reporters, printers and pressmen
of the DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, for its weekly
and welcome arrival at our home thanks for
its rare editorials, contributions and cores
pondence; for its personals, locals and judi
cious clippings for its clear, good type and
strong clean paper for the inevitable verdict
of a first-class paper when the files OF the
nation are examined, and thanks to Senator
Vanderford for this brace Of editorial f1lnts for
the van of the press.
After nearly ten months in the mountains
we are getting acclimated. domesticated. ha-
bituated and variously regulated. This Is the
best foreign population that crosses the At
lantic, polyglot but mono-ethic at least IN the
manly virtues of industry, generosity and pa
triotism. For their opportunity we'll read and
generally informed Their children are nu-
merous and smart. We have the largest
school population in Allegany county, not eX-
cepting Cumberland. Count the children,
take the size of juvenile Xmas. We have
more than LOO school children, and possibly
]. 200 more too Young to go, which no man
has numbered. 200 children and Amas in
a town not Incorporated. Abundance OF rain
spoils some social pleasures, but the tempera-
turc is favorable to the elegant rebuilding OF
Homecoming on the ashes of her former self,
while the miner and toiler on President Cor
mans towpath harvest Il little more winter
hay. The coal miner digs his bread from the
laws of peril. Joseph Graham, our church
treasurer is moving about his room and
Alexander Nicol, another one OF my men,
| hurt in another mine, but the same day that
Graham was, is recovering beyond all eXpee-
tations. DIR. Geo Z. Porter, whose protes-
sional shoes can never be filled i'll this region
bv any other, is the miners friend. Nicofs
back head was scalped, his upper jaw, from
cheek to check. his right forearm and several
! ribs. were all broken. Through slush and
! storm, at ten o'clock at night | went up to his
/ home and saw the horrid sight and prayed for
him and his poor young wife and little child
rem. | hope our Father brought him back
from death for holier life.
Mr.. ID. r. Sloan. of d. r. Sloan Il Co,
leading merchants in Allegany, Superinten-
are as true to cold Hickory as his name,
DR.. Porter. above referred to, and Isaac Brad
burn. a fine christian gentleman, were com
mittec from the citizens to present Pastor ).
d. Still and family purse of gold Christmas
Eve night Mr.. Sloan said it was token OF
esteem to the pastor and family from outside
the church. The pastor replied as best he
could. and said to his congregation: III your
great kindness is followed up by such deeds
as this, will nail a shanty to the mountain
side and stay in Ionaconing-l could not leave
people who treat me this way.
Yours truly. fTINERANT