Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-09-09

HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL.
the CompauionShip of ones fellows.
Deprived of this pleasure, us many are
who live in the rural districts, they be
come dissatisfied with country life and
move to the towns and cities. Is 1t to
be wondered that so many boys and
girls leave their country homes and 20
to the city rs soon rs they become old
enough to break away from home ties
our bad roads prevent the women
and our young people from driving ont
and mingling together as they SHOULD
in order TO develop the social side Of
their natures that is so essential in
forming the most useful and well
rounded life If the women who live in
the country We're to wait for their huS-
bands To tax" them calling. their calls
would be few and far between. The
long winter evenings should be the
most pleasant time of the year upon
the farm; it should he the time for so
cial and mental Improvement. Liter
AIRY and social gatherings should be
had. adding both pleasure and i'm
provcmcut that would do much to
max" oHr young people content with
country life. our bad roads prevent to
Il large degree this being done, If the
people in tn" rural districts We're to
havr an opportunity of minglnS to
getl1er Frequently, rontentment and
prosperity would come to many Il
farm home that is now ruined by dis
cord and poverty. our young people
who live in the country must have bet
ter social relations in order to prevent
this unhealthy flow of our best boys
and girls from the farm te tn" city.
1t has been wisely said that the
SchOolmaSI"r and good roads are the
two most essential features Of civil
2ation." We should imStill in the minds
of elT young people that each of us
has a duty to perform; that we owe II
duty to ourselves and to each other in
that we should always cndcavOr t. de
vclop the individual and mold charac-
ter that will make the best citizens and
help to develop the district where we
reside and not live for self alone Tn
less our young people have an Opportu-
nifty of minglng together in social
way they will become selfish and mar
row and Will not develop into that
broad minded citizen that is desired for
full and speedy development of the
United States.
We should as far as possible get
away from that petty Seltishncss that
often prevents us from making thc
most out of our lives and is so often
noticeable in highway Improvement
All Of the roads cannot he made good
ut once. Why not help build good
piece of road in one section of your
county ANA not refuse to work if that
Improvement does not happen to be
right along by your farm We must
necessarily begin somewhere with per
mancHt road Improvement if we ever
expect to have any. one reason for the
prevalence of bad roads throughout the
United States is lack of agreement and
united action among the advocates of
highway Improvement.
Everybody prefers good roads to bad
Everybody knows that the roads can
be improved only by the expenditure
of money and labor but there the
agreement ends. There is Il great va
riety of ideas and schemes for Sccur-
ing the desired object. Some people
would rather travel through mud than
10 have the road improved by any
other plan than their own pet scheme.
Holding conventions of this kind will
not in themselves build good roads.
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