Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-01-11
Mechanicstown, Jan. 8, 1894

MIR. Editor
noticed in your issue Of January 4'h
aletlert TO Mr., Shipley signed Ivy n Stranger,
She says, with this name 'Thurmont we
will end our existence. AS understand
It, that is just what we want this name to
Ne recn.,uizcd as long as this is a town and
when once it brcom,s large enough I" de
serge the apprlaunn of city then to sutfix
city to Thurmnnt. But She adds further
tina, with TIL s name Thurmont, we may as
well be cmbalmei and laid away Now, as
has been said of our immunity that it is
al intelligent one, will leave It to the con.
| Si6ciatinn Of the more earned ifthiS remark
shows ANYTHING more than the intention OF
sarcasm and sarcasm of this Kind is never
INDUCED IN hy any, except those who, toi
wan; OF a better aud more inteltitc'' arrl,.
r,nt. + sort to This tayorllc Ola lesser clu
Gated people.
The stranger" very tUcnt'r cnd"ayo,s
his lnan villa, lIraNen i, to Ii. chlisljan
the only tulurr comfort his simply comes
from an OVERT ~ OF Il big,ied opinion,
She also SAYS, "as to the Post Office De
partmcnr ohj"rting, thai is all bush" When
! .tuD To consider this remark, it becomes
more forcihlv Impressed upon my mind 'lm'
It Is hardly to hc wondered AT that such u
, strenuous ohicclion Shout come rom this
souicc. Nothing more could be expected
from ohc WHO is so fan back ~ the trlighten
.m"rt Of oar nation rs To assert that her
Judgment on question referring to Postal
Matters IS paramount to the judgment OF
one who is given his posti N by the I. ;.
Government to carry out laws that are rs
plan, in ';his case as the Sketches in the
pubi.c school books gwen children to teach
them the meaning and construction ol our
language And again | have heard the
r, ma, K thai The letter from the p o d.
partner, was probably written and Signed
In this town. Now would any intelligent
person itV one nome / assume tiat repre-
snnla, We business men oftu's tomn would
ey tr think OF forging the name Of a Govern
ment ficiai.
1t is one of,hc graNcst of Grim, S, il is high
treason, ard would tie vigorously pros. cu,ed
as SUCH by this grand aud glorious govern
men
At to Thurmont becoming more WORTH IS
and menatngless, it today has the same
meaning ,bn 1t always had and viii con
tnue to have as Tong rs Tie english n4Uagr
IL standard with US, 80 there is SO suCn
thing as the name becoming meaningless.
In referring to the past history of this
reason that we are no; today a prosperous
nnrufac,uI ing town is, because when any
enterprise was seeking 10 locate here they
were encouraged by The enIcrpr'sing men
and discouraged my dear friend, by such
people is You would .ppear to be, that is,
by thos;. who were afraid some individual
who had ihe necessary enterprise and not
the capital would get his Just honor from it.,
To put it IN palmer words. would say that
it is caused by a degrading feeling of envy.
A large meeting consisting principally of
the representative citizens of our town,
believing that caangc ofname would benefit
it assembled in Me Tow Ia and unaA
smyu.Iy selected the name Thnrmont and
bel eyed tn., were working for !he best for
the fn,u Of this town; if the name WAS so
objectionable (Y) why where NOT those to
whom it was distasiefu there to push
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