Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-11-05
Thirty Years Ago.

WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER +, 1880
A debating society, located near Grants
vile, discussed the question
Is ROSTERS knowledge of day break the
result of instinct or observation
To head off, man from Pocahontas
who INDUCED words so big that the ruralists
couldn't understand them a SCh0ol-master
from Preston county, w. Va. was imported
and it was believed the latter made good"
when, in the debate he said
once knew rooster who in the line of his
profession as chanticlccr, once crowcd so
loudly that he busted his curviinear Cantogas
phOtOba,
The importers applauded the Preston man
vocIferously But when POcahOntas came
to the bat again he said
While | coincide considerably with the gent
who has just Sot down must say on the other
side that the most imprCgnable obstacle in the
way of utilitaran archaeological intelligence
is the Interchangeable las of the morning glory
species toward hyStcria larynNia poOgOlO-
mcn0n cauphemia
The importers were completely Frustrated
while each Pocahontas man went home
grinning like watermelon with a long
slice cut out.
The Cumberland Times observed that
"Limburger cheese has great strength of
character"
An important annex was made to the
Savage Mountain Fire Brick Works. 600
Ittl Ol dtulllOIldl Trying SuTldCt. bOlH
Messrs. l.. NJ. GorSuCh and Arthur Baker
are mentioned i'll complimentary terms in
connection with the improvement.
Frostburg republicans celebrated the vic
tory of 1850 Wednesday evening, Nov. 10.
with illumination, torch-hght procession
and little cannonade, James j. Hoblitzell
was chief marshal DIR. w. H. RavensCrOft
chief of staff; John p. elise, j. N. Robinson,
Howard Hitchins and John Vogtman aids.
DIR. c. H. GetZendanner was marshal of the
first division John b. Rees and Benjamin
J. Thomas, aids. Charles A. Greene was
marshal of the second division; w. H..
Evans and d. w. Hartman aids. K. l..
Jackson was marshal of the third division ;
William Redrck and Robert Dorsey aids.
William Staples was marshal of the fourth
division amounted y no aids. Hon. Milton
&. Urner, Congressman-ele elect occupied a
carriage in the parade. Large delegations
from Mt Savage, Homecoming and Barton
were in line. The Aron Band at head of
first division, led the procession, which eX-
tended quite all over town, although fall
of rain shortened the route laid out con-
siderably.
The prosecution in New York of Ken
ward Philip, charged with the forgery of the
Garfield Morey letter, got local tinge in
the testimony of Robert Lindsay" de
tective" employed by a working men
union to walk around the Cumberland coal
mines" He had lived in Cumberland IL
wears, but didn't know names of streets.
Had drawn a salary of S75 month out of a
niche in wall of Eckhart slope. Ransom
T. Powell was placed on the stand, and his
testimony led to Lindsays confession of
his true name as O. Brien, living in George
town, ID. G..
Location of the new &. c. a c. depot at
Pompey Smash was fixed, and the railroad
authorities gave it out that 1t would be
known as Yale summit Station"
Josiah Porter, one of Eckhart's oldest and
best citizens, died Sunday, November I
1880, aged 81 years He was born in the
Porter Settlement" near by. in 1889. and
lived in the same ncighborhood all his life