Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-01-26
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licensed to preach. That is better than
licensing tanner to edit. The latter
has to get rid of some bad predictions
when he goes to editing. and the editor
has to shuttle off some errors of habit
when he goes to preaching. On the
other hand Il preacher has Il good many
things to learn when his idle fancy turns
to editing and running newspaper.
The two professions of editing and
preaching, however, are much closer
than any other two, and from tanning to
either is much longer step than from
the nickel plate bed of Union street to
the top of the marble yard sky-scraper.
The report of Mr.. Randolph's lecture
was written for the JOURNAL by Miss
Lou X. Shatfcr, of this place, and all
will agree that it is well done. The
JOURNAL corroborates her statement that
AL the views are interesting, especially
to the people of this vicinity and adds
that the entire lecture would prove in
viting and instructive anywhere.
Peter Lenahan died at Middletown,
n. Y, Thursday of last week as the re-
suit of falling into vat of liquid six
feet deep ut Il tannery where he was em-
ployed. Lenahan swallowed Il quantity
of the liquid, which caused pneumonia.
He lived only week. All of which
would not have happened had he quit
the profession of tanning and adopted
the trade of trying to edit Il newspaper.
Why doesn't the Board of Trade pro-
posal take shape? People are too busy
getting what's i'll sight to look after re-
sources for future business. Some day
erclong it will be too late
Mr. Pink Whiskers of Pocahontas is
suspected of ii design to remove to Frost
burg and start il paper which he will
call the Roxf,Um. He says Blue Jay is
represented i'll the FOrHm only by its
initials and they are stuck i'll backwards.
But Frostburg doesn't need another
paper whose terminus is tun. Fact is,
Frostburg doesn't want the one it has
not bit more than the word, "phthisic, :"
needs another silent letter.
Somewhere out west last week town
council meeting could not be held be-
cause the quorum was engaged carrying
on religious revival What blessing
to the town of Frostburg should re-
vival like that break out right i'll the
Council Chamber every time the Mayor
and Councilman felt like creating new
office or raising salaries!
dad" reporting for Blue jay Will
liams, infor ned George Washington of
a time when municipal affairs" We're
80 per cent. worse than now. Blue Jay
should be careful. 1t has not been long
since he escaped having his Snout twist
ed across his face by indignant descend
ants of former councilmen, now dead,
for maligning their official integrity.
The Council of st. Joseph, Mo, is con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of increasing
the cost Of bill-posters' license from $50
to $500. 1t is thought by that means the
practice whereby the walls and fences of
the city are covered with unsightly post
ers may be discouraged. Which is
blow at job printers also. Yet the
job printers have their joys. In Frost
burg, for instance, when little
work is to be dished out the Job printer
fares as well as the printer who is
saddled with the publication of a news
paper. In other words, the man who
does nothing i'll the way of advertising a
game Of baseball or football, OF IA fair, or
of keeping alive local interest III such en-
tertainments is not forgotten. Take the
game of football, for instance, last
season-not Il contest deserved word of
mention in il single newspaper
Concerning those expenses on Normal
School account the fund still owes the
JOURNAL ST. As to the pass business,
land it is no longer pass how did
Blue Jay answer the question, when he
applied for his-''are you III any other
than the newspaper business"
The For"m is putting out some gay
Job work. If the commercial work. is
done on the same plane it ought to be
"cheap."