Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-21
ErOSthurO.

The people of Frostburg owe the
Cumberland Times a vote of thanks
for a short but well-written, accurate
sketch of their town, its environment
and themselves. The writer is evident
ly the sort of genius who sees things
as they are and depicts them in lively
though not extravagant style. Hence
his good right hand deserves Il shake
by all the people.
In proof whereof the reader may
read for himself:
Frostburg is fast becoming summer re-
sort. And why not? If pure air and water
beautiful scenery and magnificent hotel,
with numerous lesser comfortable establish
ments for the entertainment of the visitors
after health are prime essentials, then Frost
burg need not take second place with any
mountain resort in this or any other State.
Then, too, it is accessible by rail and a
splendid driveway. Seventeen miles from
tins city by the Cumberland and Pennsyl-
vania railroad and eleven by the old National
pike, by either route, through beautiful
scenery i'll an hour or so the seeker after
health or recreation will find himself on the
crest of the Allegheny mountains, seventeen
hundred and twenty-five feet above tide
water, where nestes the pretty little burg
with its five thousand or more busy, hustling
Inhabitants noted for their hospitality to
strangers, who take a pardonable pride in
their pretty homes and in the fact that their
little city has all the modern conveniences
in the way of an abundant supply of alb
solutely pure water, fire protection unsur-
passed, gas and electricity, handsome
churches. substantial and commodious school
buildings, fine stores, up to date in all their
appointments, two excellent weekly news
papers, the JOURNAL and the Ne~s, that keep
things lively by their periodical scraps over
local affairs and thousand other affairs that
1t is the business of live newspapers to dis
cuss.
And last but not least, Frostburg is pro-
verbal for its pretty girls, girls who are not
only ornaments, but practical sensible girls,
who are as much at home in the kitchen as
in the parlor. Them too, Frostburg is gay
town, a fun-loving, music-loving town, just
snch town as will drive dull care away, re-
juvenate the health and spirits and fill the
soul Of the summer visitor with such happy
opinion of himself and the world in general
that when he returns to his home he is con-
WINGED that there is lots of truth in the axiom
that imam eats to live"
The Times errs IN stating Frost
burg's altitude, being short nearly 300
feet. The top of the St. Cloud hotel
milestone is 2,092 feet above tide, and
the summit of Hotel Gladstone nearly
1900 feet. Not so high as Oakland or
Deer Park, Frostburg soil and air are
dryer. No marshy :'glades' lie near,
nor malarious winds sweep across the
great plateau which unites the Great
Savage with Dams mountain.
On its own account the JOURNAL
thanks the Times for the adjective,
"excellent," regretting only that it
was seen fit to make il indiscriminate.
There are some instances in which
ga pleasure divided isl not "a pleas
ure doubled" This is one of them.
But let that pass. The Times has
done we'll by the town in way that
ought not to pass unacknowledged.