Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-08
TNenty-Onc.

Inc cntefprlSlng Cumberland IU"t$
was the first paper able to notice the
completion Of the JOURNAL'S 2lst year.
With its customary brightness it said:
The FRosTBURG JOURNAL will he TWEEN
TI-ONE tomorrow. We have ST. long looked
upon the JOURNAL as the venerable aim" mdtcr
of Allegany County's decent journalists that
the announcement Of It's age does not strike
us as forcibly as it otherwise would But,
truly can we say of it-"age doth not mar on
custom STAGE its infinite Variety
In the order of opportunity the Cum
berland Ne~S came next with rrcog-
milton of the anniversary as elegantly
stated as it is undoubtedly sincere:
To the FRosrBCRG JOURNAL upon the COM
pletion of its twenty-tirst year, the .NcrS eX-
tends its kindest Fluctuations and best wishes
for an indefinite period of the very greatest
prosperity. The JOURNAL is among the
ablest hepdomadal publications of the coun-
try.
The following beautifully expressed
contradiction is clipped from the Bal
timore critic, paper whose. character
isctic yagaries have occasioned the
JOURNAL much unavailing soicitude {:
The FROSTBURG MINING JOURNAL. an
nounCes that 1t is twentv-onc years Old, and
we offer our sincere congratulations to Br
Oder on his success in publishing a lively
paper, but no one would guess that the editor
had had that long experience after reading
the editorial columns of a few issues
The Cumberland independent, edited
by the accomplished Finan and the
gentle Donnelly, is pleased to say:
With this week the FRcsTBURG MINING
JOURNAL begins its twenty second year. That
the JoUKNAL may live long and continue to
bea profit as well Il pleasure to its pub
Usher, is the earnest wish of its neighbours
Then the Homecoming Reriem, with
the dignified conservatism characters
istic OF its policy says:
With its issue ofSaturday, September 9th.
our esteemed contemporary, the FRo>TBuRG
MINING JOURNAL, entered upon its twenty
second year, Under the guidance Of its
| clever editor, the JOURNAL will undoubtedly
continue to prosper, and that it may always
be Il source of pleasure and profit to its owner
is the wish of the H,"ie~.
The best is reserved for the last 1t
comes from he scholarly editor of the
keyser Erho, a heightened represent
ative Of the generally bright Journal
ism of West Virginia:
The FKosTBrRG MINING JOURNAL has reach
ed its majority The late Arthur Shriver of
Cum berlaud, used to say that the JOURNAL
was the sDartest and best edited paper in all
Western Maryland ana we never had any
discussion with him on that point, for we
were more than half inclined to agree with
him. The editor certainly wicldS polished
raper, and woe to the luckleSs wight who
gives him a reason to try its point upon INN.
We would be positive we were right, and
positive that we knew it and knew how to
establish the fact before We vould get into a
controversy with him. If we ever do have
a controversy with him. look out. We re
ioice in the success of our brilliant contierc,
and hope that it may continue until he gets
rich enough to retire and enjoy his oti"" c"D,
diq"jt"tr.
TO all OF tht. contemporaries repre-
scented in this colocation of compli-
mentary excerpts the JOURNAL returns
Its profound acknow Judgments accom-
panied by the hope that it may enjoy
many opportunities to chronicle their
own continuous and abundant pros.
peritN.