Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-10-09
GENERAL ITEMS.
Religious phraSin1S.

Of all the infinite raSca us have even
seen the worst is the fellow who will &C
the farthest for the dollar.
He'll is SelfiShneSs o,. fire, and it's a
wonder to me that some old deacons
don't catch by natural combustion.
If every politician in Maryland were
to 90 to The gates of hell in bunch
and the devil We're to pc, p out at then
through thu keyhol- he'd shut up shop
right away. Because If i.d let them
come in at ouce they'd call caucus
knock him in the head and choose Il
new devil.
believe God Almigh y project' d this
world on the ''rcot. hog, or die" prin.
cipie. Got to have help" THAI,
what has bank1urttd d th" State and
wrecked municipalities. Pap-suckers
taxes multlpI ylng, maithoud going
down hats the country to-day.
The government which rohS Peter
to give to Bill ruins Peter and makes
ii failure of the other fellow.
A college is to the boy what Il
grindsf"ne is to an axe BuI the AK,
may be kept too lo g at the stone.
If the poor boy hasn't headed the
procession in this country for CEN
tury my names not Sam Jones. It's 4
slauder on America and IL libel on
Providence to say that the poor man
has no chance. He gets there every
pop.
I've never known boy to 90 tc
the bad who honestly reverenced his
mother.
Mode>ty buttons a girls dress close
up around her neck. God save mt
from the society woman who buttons
her collar around her waist.
It's easier to tell the truth than lie
When you drop II lie you have to 90
back the next day to see how its
getting on.
II you don't tryto gotp heaven hard
er than you try to pay your debts, bud
you're gong where water is scarce.
In Indiana they jumped on me be-
cause down in Georgia we are said t.
use shotgunS at elections. just told
them that they had found it cheaper
to buy votes where we thought ii best
to kill.
A man that buys vote will sell Il
vote. And a man who ~ellsa vote sells
Il principle. And the man who sells II
principle will sell anything this sid,
of heaven or hell to yet an office.
Eight years ago the most magnetic
name in this country was that OF
Grover Cleveland. To-day he is missed
in every democratic gathering. Old
Grover amt changed nary bit. AL
the fellows who We're whuuping things
up have changed.
The lap of luxury and wealth has
never cradlrd great man into eXis'.
ence.
America reminds me- of a family OF
spoiled children. Heaven has neve,
emptied itself on any nation or any
generation as it has on us. In Indian
provinces thousands are starving
Cinnamon are living on rails, cats and
dogs Cuba is drenched in blood. We
have our grauaries full; Heaven
bounty is poured upon MS, and still
were growing.
Nothing ever bnthers a fellow until
he gets it. You know that's so. You
never had any trouble with your wife
till you got her.
They tell me that the lndepeudrnt
vote won Maryland for the republican
party last year. There ought nevt
to be anything else than an independ
ent vote under any circumstances
Blind party vote! Why they jnst pu,
collars on your necks and lashes OF
your backs and vote you like billy
goats.
Paying your debts is the lowest type
of honesty. But some of you amt 60,
that high yet.
Character has got to have a founda,
tlon. Heaven has Il foundation, but
hell is bottomless.- s.-4Som J0nes.