Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-20
BreyitieS.

Brevities.
"This paper" says the Forum, "wait-
ed its non-arrival." ETC., which, in
plain English. means this paper
it finds fault with Mr.. Crouch for not
furnishing it with something literally
unexpected.
Messrs. j. }. Hoblitzell, of Hynd-
man John NJ. Reynolds, Bedford; Fl &.
d. Brunn, Milton |. Baird and w.
W. Staub, P,ttsburg, directors of the
Pennsylvania, Maryland and West
Virginia Telegraph and Telephone
company, and A. E. Hitchins, of this
place. met in Cumberland Tuesday
and talked over the project of erecting
an Independent telephone line connect
ing Cumberland, Frostburg and Iona
coming, and later with number of
Pennsylvania aud Maryland lines as
far eastward as Baltimore. The out
look is favorable
Fair Play" was in sight for awhile
of all the trouble at the base of the
stairway over the big drum cylinder,
but when it came to giving it real
lift he funked.
The working of the new railroad
schedules frequently brings the Balti-
more papers on the same day the New
York papers arrive.
A Pueblo lady who happened to see
copy of the Frostburg Forum that
somehow strayed away from Allegany
mine. writes to friend here that "it
is like Frostburg men, homely and
understood" In behalf of the helpless
Forum the JOURNAL resents this i'll
vldious comment. Colorado people
measure everything by the mountains
out there.
Two officers from the vicinity of
Grantsville came down the pike Mon
day looking for two of Allegany's
wild-turkey hunters who had killed
some tame turkeys belonging to a
farmer named Shaw, living in that
neighborhood. Whether the hunted
hunters we're overtaken by the hunting
hunters the JOURNAL has not learned.
The Forum does not see the joke in
''hopes to be able to attempt to make
an effort to endeavor to instruct" etc.
The Forum needs tips from the marble
yard it is evidently not getting, and
getting some it does not need.
DO not fail to read Jim's "P. s.
number too"
The Forum finds fault with the JOUR
NAL for speaking of warts on think
pan" 1t drops half of the compound
and yells ''warts on pan! :" Wonder
if "a paper that is paper knows the
difference between a pan that is a
milk.pan and a pan that is dish pan ?
Ii it doesn't, how can its readers expect
it to know that "think-pan" is 81 ang
for brain-pan
Time tables changed this week.
See both G. and P. r. and B. & O. R.
The Forum will not let the JOURNAL
plead Typographical error. Very
well-the JOURNAL will have to hold
the Forum to "bran nOao." 1t knew no
better.
The JOURNAL has been unable to
take the requisite time to fulfill its
promise of last week to point out the
material points missed by "Play Fair"
who broke into the sunset controversy
as Fair Play" and the immaterial
ones whose import he exaggerated.
Pc, haps it can be done next week.
Of course, Frostburg will some day
get rid of the hog pen menace to health,
but why not now9
People who complain that the JOUR
NAL is unduly advertising the Forum
forget that such prominence is fire.
quently indispensable to the suppress
sion of pests rs we'll as unavoidable.
What is the use, for instance, of es-
tablishing quarantine and not max
ing it known? Why put sign on a
house locating case of small pox?
How did the JOURNAL get the town rid
OF the COW nuisance except by adver-
Using! Sometimes a blessing like
Sunday mails can be prevented by
sneaklng letters to the Post Office de-
partment, but all real salubrlousness
must be reached by more or less ad-
vertising.
Col. Ham will "turn to the west"
and lecture in Fairmont Wednesday
evening, without stopping there to
start "a paper that is a paper"
The Forum, it is reported, has made
complete arrangements to launch and
float McComas boom for the United
States Senate. If the Judge knows
~. VI tuio IL uuodIS IudI he ell
ttertains no thought of leaving the
bench.
In its remarks last week upon the
hygiene of good pavemeuts the jour
NAL omitted to state that when the
town compels people to protect them
selves from dust and dirt, it should
perform its own duty in the way of
keeping the crossings clean. AS long
as the people will not consent to pace
the streets, making them thus self. cleans
ing, they should be- made to paw for
clean crossings. Finally, the road to
health lies over paved streets as well as
paved sidewalks.
The Forum moved this week into the
Wittig building. lately Beall, Baush
d Cos. Jim says lit wuz phormerly
either too dern fer frum the toomstone
shop, or the improving eend couldn't
stand sich voltaic pressure no longer
Fred. Schofield had much trouble
getting the dingus of the big drum
cylinder into the right location, and a
place for the doo-dad hasn't been found
yet