Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-07-15
A Letter from Frostburg, MARYLAND.

and feel comfortable, but as soon as / TOOK
the G. g. p. r. r. and was about ten miles
north of Cumberland the train commenced .
putting and blowing as she was seemingly .
with great difficulty winding her way up /
the mountains caught Il refreshing breeze
as it came sweeping from the Alleghanes |
and it seemingly put new life into my sys- !
tenn Frostburg, it is true, is an enviable |
and desirable summer resort, yet my ambl-
tious and sinful nature leads me to envy the |
plenteous purse that can take its owner to |
the seashore in this tempest OF an evil time.
"How sweet it is at Ave, TO catch the land
ward breeze,
A swing, with good tobacco, in hammock
meath the trees;
With negro lass to fan you, while you lis
ten TO the roar,
OF the breakers on the bar side that never
reach the shore"
Frostburg is about two hundred miles
west of Washington, pleasantly situated on
the east side of Mt. Savage, one of the ALE
ghanies. There is an ascent from Cumber-
land, twenty five miles below, OF one hun
dred feet for every mile. tits one OF the high
est towns east of the Mississippi. Blankets
have been in order every night this summer.
Freed from the pests Of lowland life, you can
imagine how delightfully."- one. can sleep.
There is no hot perspiration TO scald your
eyeballs, no bed-bugs and mosquitoes to
suck your blood while you are trying to
sleep, in fact there is nothing seemingly that
wants TO disturb tired man VINO mas cohles
from warm climate 70 tne mountain re,
gion IN order TO gain ms lost nesh anu puiio
up his shattered consututoh, save now anu ,
then lice can ne leit experimenting, DuV
he is very CAUTIOUS III doing so, SHOWING
that the law is as stringent as that of the
Medes and pprsions and il Is instant death
as soon as one IS caught.
The pike from Cumberlaha tnrougn ioss,
burg on 70 Plttsbufgh, "a, Is Gle roau ellae
Gen. Braddock tooK Wheh nc le''u ms aiiiiy
against inc french anu lnoians ehoa'npeu
at Fort Du 'Sueshe' IN ltoo IL was a,s0 Wy
man tnoroughiare III py-Sonc u"y9 iio'''
'iiT ,,' IT, - ,,;ninn rey;on-there are
, LIE G Gu'y ,, ,,,inas nero emn,oving from
c'n. e. ,i,a,,aa,J mon and ,yhen FIJI
,uui " n!o ~ iii NJ Hon, hetwean three
and four hundred thousand dollars change
hands every month. But with all the money
they make nothing could induce me to be a
miner We all know that life is but brit
tie thread ana una! we are liaole 10 W w, ia, az
any moment, yet' IL Seems W my Inv So,ns
right IN me Jaws Oh ueath When .noy on' "a
the mines buI WIN aeaCn slarliis .ivlii II, II,
4 4 L.
ana as uhconcerheo us larlneI Mouiu W an, iiis
plow,-not knowing az whaI lhonlenS 'ney
VIII DC crusneu ny VIC 'aiIiliS ooai an,'
hurried ihlo elerhity. leu on tney ~, oali
ing on oou 10 uaihh ticr SOUS ahu us.hS
Ills name III the most horrible manner, iur-
gettihg or caring not 10 Link th.'' 9ui,u Iiie
thunders and flames oil MI olnai doo saiu'
Thou shall not take the name OF lne LoI9 i
my Gou IN VAN, lor inc L0ru WIN noe NOW :,
MN guiltless mat taKeIh Ills h'sihe III VAIN
Every day OF TWO we near Oh u inlll anu
sometimes TWO anu tnree pelng proush. ouV
OF the NINE Win their arms, iegs Vi pecn
prokel' some arc proughI oue pIea'lilhs
their last, whiie others are purieu uhuei
tons oil coal. Iruely we can exchim WIN
the poet
"A miners life is full Of strife,
With danger all around,
Still he works where danger turks,
Far, far beneath the ground;
H.. ,,,ua ,.. =, H., ooos
ny IN ii'v'u w.. ~ i';a III, ~ ir m
a. hari, iii, Nil Josdl,, fauo
| Hi i,a ,,,,,,,harod Win ,ha daad j
/ 10 'i''''''.U' WIN wv
| lheIe are large villages at several Oh the
mines, but wlthln radius OF elght 10 zen
miles, AL depend on frostpurg ior mercnan-
die and also Tor cnnrch- privileges Inns Inns
truly Is town Oh churches, there Doing
eleven white ana Two colore1, the congrega-
| gatlohs are Seheialiy goou anu ouhuay
Schools are iourishlhg, Judging rom the
number OF children see gong 10 ana from
churcl-the name is legion, ior guess
there are not as many cniiureh III any IoWh
IN the united Suates 10 lhe SIZE Oh II as mere
In oappatn Scnooi crowded 10 its utmost
capacity WIN little urcliliis ol esi orlsll'
the superlntendentihqu HOW uid oaiilp,
son destroy the 1eids OF the rhihsuhesf
WIN hie salu one OF ,he ii'.le schoiars'
YES with nre, brands put he ued the IRE,
brands 10 the tails OF certain animals What
animals We're they
silence anu suooueo Whispering:
nat animals are those' cohtlhueu lhe
SUPERINTENDENT, wh'cn stay awake al lllg dit
and are noted Tor oelng so cunning
Daples, yellea lttle poy'
Altef which tne SUPERINTENDENT loucned
ms hand Dell ana told the scholars 70 sing
Let Us be Joyful" but the little fellows
shrewd remark seemed 10 Dear on some OF
their MINDS, grown people as Wen as emil
dren' ana they could not refrain from llugh-
ing, ana indeed tne worthy ola superlhtend-
ent could not quiet them, when the pastor,
an old man about Tour ana a-hail ieet nigh
ana four ieet IN circumference arose speak
ing. in very broken English, being combi-
nation OF welsh ana English, ana SAID, VI
want you To know that ! don't claim any
power To work miracles, but have an UNI
disputed right to cast out devils and will
cast out every devil in this church who don't
quit their laughing. Seeing that the old
man was so Determined silence reigned
supreme over the church,
The Young Mems Christian Association
is rapidly prosperng, and think doing
1 good work here.
i.s a,,1 snpo" W '"''o"s d""'o's VI '''e
1 a conf mine near here. which has been
/ burning constantly for eight or nine years,
/ prasantS a somewhat rurioug