Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
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Fairmont is on the ragged edge
of boom, partly dependent upon the
| building of new railroad from the
rich interior of West Virginia down
the Monongahela river to Plttsburg
Should the road be built Fairmont
growth will be immensely stimulated ;
should it fail. the more sanguine people
say Fairmont will grow anyhow. The
! town furnishes more business for the
b. q o. than any between Wheeling
and Cumberland. 1t is filed with
clever people-that is, if the mass may
betypitied by those whom the JOURNAL
met, the ladies particularly.
Monday morning the Frostburg doe
tor aud the JOURNAL went down the
tortuous river to Morgautown-the
Athens of West Virginia. The great
paper had never wanted to ''see Naples
and die but it had wished to see
Morgantown aud live. We found it
nesting beside the river and walled in
by the everlasting hills. Nature had
been prolific Of picturesque embellish-
ment, and the modern builder is be-
ginning to enrich the scene with bright
and pleasing developments of archi-
tectural art. The landscape view
westward from Il point near the Uni
versity grounds comprises IA series of
bold projections, field and forest
threaded by broad, winding river
To the south the prospect is hardly
less interesting. The town, the long
suspension bridge spanning the river
and other conspicuous artificial fea-
lures make up in part for the moder-
ated impresSivenesS of natures handi-
work. To the visitor it would appear
that the available territory for town
had already been occupied, but the
people contend there is still room for
growth, and that. with no boom at
tached, the place is steadily gaining in
population and buildings. With a
new and ample supply of spring water,
natural gas in abundance and other
accessories to health, convenience and
comfort, the towns endowment as q
place of residence is undoubtedly at
tractiye. Add to these its high social
| characteristics and educational ad-
vantages. and the reader will find
solid groundwork for the pride with
which the people speak of their town.
With A. a. Rogers. formerly of
Frostburg, the JOURNAL explored the
United States Experimental Station
and witnessed several interesting dem
oHstrations by Prof. Rudolf de Roode,
| PHI. D., chemist of the institution
The apparatus is novel, elaborate
to the uhilitiatcd wonderful. The
| station lacks agricultural ground. how
| ever, for final tests, and its usefulness
is to this great extent hampcred. The
| hour spent here was most delightful
and Instructive.
Led by Misses Maggie Criser and
Myrtle Hayes the JOURNAL also made
the tour Of the Univ6rsity's museum of
models, fossils, mine,al specimens,
curious relies of the stone age, etc.
The catalogue is II long one, ranging
from patent Wheelbarrow to square
piece OF petrified honey comb. The
University is well equipped and
differed with its 200 pupils III all the
lines of modern study it is, as it
deserves to be, an object at once of
State pride and liberal patronage.
Morganrown has two splendid local
papers-the Post and Netc Dominion H
II. Morgan is editor of the former
Julian +, Fleming of the latter. The
JOURNAL has seen occasional copies of
the Post. bur the Netr Dominion has
long been one Of It's very best eX
changes. In due time II expects tt
be able TO say something similarly
good of the Post.
Among the many gentlemen whom
the JOURNAL met must be named Hon
George {, Sturgls, encouragement o
West Virginia DrS. Brock and Wade
Capt. Walker, Of the B. IL o.. and DR.
George B. Morris. The great pape
was the guest OF Col. II. E. Fast. ;
popular citizen and general hustler
AS Clerk Of the Court and Mayor o
the town he has made an impress upol
county and municipal history whicl
will never be etfaced, Col. Fast is ;
half brother of Dr.. G. C. Jacobs.
Our former citizen, A. A. Rogers
is establishing confectionery an,
notion store in a popular portion o
the town, There is every prospect o
successful business.
There is II sort of pride cultivate,
and entertained in every town whicl
embodies the superstition that it ha
the prettiest girls on the planet. Nor
gantown is in the swim. The JOUR
NAL saw only few. but these, t,
Wordsworth, would have been
"Phantoms of delight"
This sketch, necessarily brief, mus
close here with unaffected thanks t.
: the very many who sought and sue
; ceeded in making the JOURNAL
visit TO Fairmont aud Morgantown on