Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-04
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
Public Opinion,

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Scott B,rton
I'm thunderin' glad the JOURNAL
has struck something the Cumberland
Ne,os eau write about. Titus 4 Brick.
Grover Cleveland, after all, is the
man for the place; you can't stick IA
pm in him without puncturing big
vein.-Capt. james Little.
| shall probably review the parade
whenever it passes IL point about mid
way jackson avenue.-H G. Rank.
The Cumberland Ncus doesn't
amount to much as Il discusser of the
tariff, but its Il daisy on the canal
Col. Iih0op Ketcutter.
expect to attend the inauguration
after it is all oyer-say about the first
week in April.-Henry .Nayer
You see, it is better to haye made
haste late than never to have made
haste at all.-Peter Lammet.
Still twinkling u. j. Robinson.
Our Most Trusted Citizens turned
out 50 badly that it is doubtful
whether we will ever again enjoy the
same measure Of political self respect.
II. h. ShGfr.
By the way, does anybody want to
buy a tombstone 81. B. Williams.
Yes, I'm from Piedmont am run
ulng IL combination drug business and
ed-store.-Nyer Bear.
The progress of education at Mt.
Savage is great.-P. O'Ro,rhe.
This Is Lent, though early piety is
at II standstill until it is over we will
feel ely.-Four Hundred.
If the Cumberland Ne,cs would dis
! pose of new equity figures and the
jury commission bill like it can rattle
off canal lingo, there would be more
fun. But 1t can blow off only when
canal fog fills its horn; otherwise, lis
warwhoops are for peace.-M. Pink
| Minister'S, of Pocahontas.
We have been accused of having
eaten a great deal of crow lately. To
brand this as calumny would give
but feeble expression to our sentiments.
We have eaten nothing for four days.
AS matter Of fact, a crow just now
would be regarded as IA delicacy, and
it is doubtful whether we would stick
at the feathers. Hunger makes slaves
of us all.-The Fly.
This favorite expression post mortem)
is supposed to mean latter death"
| just as post Office means after Office
Cumberland Courier.
Public Office is not the only private
ap.-Henry T. Worthington.
| The feryor with which the Cumber-
land NetoS commends me for my work
in behalf of Maryland interest IN the
canal has not been equaled since Joab
took Abner aside to speak with him
| quietly" preparatory to sticking him
under the fifth rib.-Col George 4.
! Peore.
The Cumberland (Md) Courier is be-
coming, under the editorship of E. R..
Johnston, one of the brightest weekly
newspapers in the State, and fit
rival for the epigrammatic Frostburg
Observation-Disclosures Ns,cs.
My mission to the United States is
/ to put into operation the colonization
! plans that have been so successful in
Europe. lam glad to see that the
Frostbuig Ledger Is in line with my
missionary plans. Major General Ball
iHgt0n Booth.
/ am Il strong republican, but if
there We're an election for postmaster
| should vote for Heu.-J0hn f. Gehaut.
There is a very airy notion fitting
from cell to Cell of the honey -combed
brains of some people, that those mem
bers of the human family, that ha e
stood great deal, should therefore
stand more, aud never answer back
when the high water mark is reached.
/ They think that after 20 or more years
of public grading they cannot be
weaned and the crib belongs to them
let an everyday American dare TO