Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-06-25
CORRESPONDENTS.
Reminiscent and Personal.


To the MINING JOURNAL.
1t is only through the great paper
that | get an occasional peep into old
Allegany county. The Cumberland
Ne,rs and Times long ago gave me up
as an incorrigible deadhead. SO it is
that all | know of Cumberland affairs
filters to me through the JOURNAL,
which apparently leaves those affairs
to the county-seat papers, or reaches
me in the occasional letters | receive
from friends.
But of good old Frostburg am as
we'll posted as Owen England is him
self, and he very much lives there.
| keep tabs on ''Sandy' Smith and his
feroclous fight with the marble-yard
octopus: on Mayor Nickel, on ex-
Mayor Joseph Bear; on Tom Dillon,
boniface and base baIlist on the fire
company; on the new State Normal
School on the mines on the JOUR
NAILS pangent style of hauling the
Forum over the coals-in short, on
everything that makes life worth liv-
ing IN the old town on the mountain
top. In the JOURNAL see of the mar
rlages of old sweethearts, the death of
old friends and all the happenings and
incidents that interest me, because |
know so well the good, kind friends of
other days and what makes up their
lives.
In return fear | have little to offer
the JOURNAL and its readers. 1t has
been long since / have written to the
great paper, and what | can say | am
afraid will be of little interest to Its
loyal followers.
AS for items of interest. have
none. Frostburgers do not come to
New ork, or at least their visits are
like those of augels-''few and far be-
tween Perhaps Frostburg is good
enough for them ? 1t may be so.
| see lots of Cumberlanders here.
and the great paper has a way of init
mating that everybody is glad TO get
out of Cumberland. Well, mebbe.
Frank Williamson, son of Nh. Harry
Williamson, of Cumberland, is here.
Frank is private secretary to president
Henry b. Hyde, of the Equitable Life
Assurance company. Many Frost
burgers will remember him. Other
Cumberlanders doing well here in New
York are Frank Little and Hunter
Griffith, the latter the son of Capt.
w. f.. Griffith, of Cumberland, now
Maryland National Bank Examiner.
Messrs. William Pearre and w. E.
Walsh were in the city lately.
did meet one eX-Frostburger in New
ork recently. 1t was son of Luke
Burns, formerly of Midland. Young
Burns reported his father and folks
happy and prosperous in BROOKLYN.
Harry Brace. who will be remembered
as a Frostburger, is in New York. con-
Quoting the American Jou1nal0f Health.
solid and long-established hygienic
publication. But it may be said in
this connection that Harry isn't in
business for his health, although he
may be for other peoples.
| hear of tiag-raislngs and much
patriotism IN old Alegany. Here war
talk turns on how bad the situation
makes business, but still we have
plenty of patriotism here that is above
the dollar. Every house has its flag
and nobody complains of the beer tax.
Some unknown friend sent me re-
Gently little book gotten up by the
Consolidation Coal company, which
was OF much interest to me. 1t was a
well-Wrltten account of the Georges
Creek q came near saying "Cumber-
land') coal region. 1t also contained
many excellent half,tone pictures of
mining scenes above and underground.
| CLEAN from these and the context
that Mining superintendent Randolph
Is still bringing modern and scientific
methods into his work. The accounts
of the improved facilities of Ocean and
Hoffman were of much interest to me-
| can see that bosses "Joe" Thomas,
"Phil.' McMahon and "Dan.n krapf
are still vieing with each other as to
whose workings shall be awarded the
palm for model mining.
AS | close this rather uninteresting
letter beg for forbearance from the
JOURNAL both as an individual and
paper, and from my friends who read
this, but have been personally work
ing very hard of late, and while | want
to write home a letter of interest,
somehow | feel unequal to the task.
| also desire to make this an occasion
of thanks to the kind Frostburg
friends who have recently shown a
substantial interest in my welfare.
who have written to me and otherwise
aided In my recent momentous ven
ture. 1t would be a physical impos-
siblllty to write in reply to all. and so
| say here-l thank them very, very
much. know it will be pleasant news
to them whenl say that our new paper,
"Iim," has at one bound made a
tremendous hit and seems established
as permanent success, thanks to the
efforts of my associates, Mr.. Leon
Barritt, the greatest of cartoonists,
and Mr.. H. Wimmel, the most wide
awake and hustling of publishers.
With best wishes for old friends. be-
lleve me Truly yours,
Roy l.. MCCARDELL.