The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29

Ni"i Oo wv lCI W1lI0 OUT UuUtIHS
thls winter, saw four black bears in
one day, two Of which they killed.
A great many turkeys and several
deer were killed during the winter.
IL is quite healthful locality. and
would be a fine place for summer
resort for the reception of summer
visitors, the only drawback being
that the springs are mostly hard
water.
Many of our farmers are burning
large kilns of lime to be used for fer
teiizlng purposes. They have learn
ed by experience that lime is better
and cheaper than imported fertilizers.
There is plenty of limestone in this
locality, and coal in abundance with
IN few miles, so that large quaint
ties OF lime of the best quality can be
manufactured with but little cost.
Mr.. Geo. Z. Bishoff is one of our
most enterprising men in this line of
business, in this part of the county.
He manufactures thousands of bushels
OF lime every year, and supplies his
neighbors at bare cost of production,
I believe. We are glad to see that
~ farmers are taking more in
terest in improving and enriching
their lands than they did some years
There are considerable improve.
ments being made here in the way Of
buildings, &C., and Sang Run promis-
es at day not far In the future, to be-
come a place of no little Importance.
A fine church for the NJ. E. denomi-
nation has just been completed, and
which will be dedicated some time
in June. Judge D. H. Friend is hav-
ing lumber delivered on his premises.
preparatory to building fine dwell
ing house during the coming spring
and summer. Mr.. William Hoye
has begun the erection of a large barn,
and Others are making various i'm
provements, whom we have not time
to mention this time.
We are in great need of a good
Touring mill in this vicinity. 1t
would be almost the stepping stone
to small fortune to the man who
would erect a good steam Touring
mill here, as many of our people have
to 60 ten or twelve miles to get good
work done. Can't some enterprising
man come to our aid?
After years of patient waiting we
have at last got postoffice establish
ed at this place, which supplies long
felt want. Mr.. S. M. Friend is our
postmaster. He is also doing well
in the mercantile business.
Your Accident correspondent was
speaking several weeks since of news.
;daars, and of the circulation of THE
REPUBLICAN,, With your permits
sion, Mr.. Editor, 1 will say word
on the subject. THE REPUBLICAN
is an excellent paper, and has a large
circulation for local newspaper, but
as a general tking not enough of our
citizens subscribe for their county
paper. They do not patr0nize home
Industry as they should. A citizen
who does not take his county piper
is certainly standing in his own light.
He cannot afford to do without it
his family need it even if he doesn't
care to be enlightened. He should
take it for his children to read. II
he don't, he is certainly doing his
family a great wrong, and depriving
his children of practical means OF
education. A child that takes an in
terest in reading newspaper-and
they nearly all do-will thereby learn
nearly as much as by going to school
This is not merely guess work;
speak from experience l have motto
ed it. In family where newspapers
are taken and especially country pa
pers which contain local letters-the
advancement in general knowledge
is plainly perceptible during the sum
mer. Every citizen should subscribe
Tor at least one county paper, and i
he feels that he can afford it, should
take the organ of both political par
ties, that he may read both sides O
the great political issues of the day
and profit thereby. No man shoult
allow his political prejudices to 81
Sind HIM as to refuse to take hi
county paper because its editor hap
pens to belong to the opposite party
Then if he feels disposed to make fur
Their expenditure on newspapers h,
should send for one or more city pa
pers. Some will say "If l send 70
sny paper it will be some city paper
because they are larger, cheaper ant
contain more news" This is jus
where the farmer is mistaken. 1t i
true some city papers are larger AM
! contain more general news, but the.
are not cheaper in the end. Wha