The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

dCl CulullIdI6u Ill DU1hcS PpiOfs
with whist, dancing and games sand
wiched between. A couple of "Thir-
teeners" 1.-THE heroines of 'An Even
ing Adventure in last weeks RE-
PUBLICAN,) got it up with the liberal
aid of Papa P.'s pocket-book. The
prizes were a solitaire scarf pin and a
tin Donkey for the gentlemen and a
lovely scent sachet and an etching for
the ladies. The "ThirteenerS" hired
Mr.. Harne to bring out the guests
invited from Oakland and sent them
home the same way. Among those
present were Misses Blanche Teel,
Essie Teel, Blanche Palmer. Grace
Palmer. Rose Palmer, Hetty Bell,
Georgia Laub, Jennie Johnson and
Mrs. Matte Yost and Mrs. Johnson,
Messrs. Nydegger, Veitch, Stallings,
Ravenscraft, McComas, Johnson,
Smith and Palmer. Misses Grace
Palmer and Blanche Teel won the
ladies' 1st and % prizes, and Messrs.
Veitch and Stallingsthe gentlemen's.
Delicious cake, candy and ices were
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer left for WASH
ington on the midnight train, called
home by illness in their family.
Last Wednesday Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Yost gave progressive EUchre
party of four tables, which was quite
enjoyable. Miss Hetty Bell, of Wash
ington, won the ladies' LIST prize and
Mr.. Bowie johnson the gentlemen's
1st prize. The following day the
"Woodlanders," Joined with the
guests at Thayer's cottage hotel. and
the Teels. of Washington. to the
number of 40, went pic-nicing TO
Paradise Rock, better known, per-
haps, as Table Rock, a lofty cliff that
juts out from the crest of one of the
highest Of the "Big Backbone" range
of the Alleghanies. 1t seems to have
gotten its "hack up" to considerable
extent just here, and standing there
on that rocky Uertebrde Of the Apala-
chian's spinal column, one has a soul
satisfying view Of woodland and
meadow, hillside and valley, trimmed
round by the bilIowy blue mountains
that heave up their soft misty out
lines, till their indigo tint melts into
the amethyst hue Of the sky, miles
away beyond the confines of our
own State.
The flavor of fried chicken and h9 m
sandwiches was never more fully ap-
preciated than when eaten at that
altitude. There is not a finer or
more healthy site for summer hotel
in the State of Maryland than the
vicinity of Paradise Rock, and if
some one will build it L will name it
by calling it 1.-The Cloud Cap House."
The ride behind four spirited horses
dOaCn the mountain road with its
steep grade and graceful curves was
quite exciting, though not at all
dangerous.
One night during the last full moon
the "WoOdlanders," to the number
of 20, had a long wagon, beloved
with new mOWn hay, and spread
with scarlet blankets, to which four
horses, Wreathed with bells, were
harnessed, then the crowd having
been provided with flags, bandanas,
trumpets and half bushel of pea
nuts, and Joined by couple carriage
loads from Oakland set off for "Hay
Ride" to Deer Park. Up the hill we
60 past the illuminated windows and
open doors of 1.-THE Rest" down
through the "dim religious gloom"
of Mountain Lake Park, and PAST
Youghiogheny Lake, which the
soft, caressIng moonlight transforms
into Venetian lagoon with motion
less trees mirrored like silent ghosts
in its depths. The Chicago express
dashing around curve just at that
moment supplies with its cleaning
windows and dazzling headlight the
Doges Palace far down in water that
then looked fathomless by the light
of the moon, but is very shallow and
commonplace in the unrelenting
glare of day. On we 60, up and down
the sweeping curves of the mountain
road, hemmed in by trees and lacedl
with shadows and CLEANS of light,
past the Garrett cottages, silent and
tenantless, whose hearthstones shall
CLEAN for their owners no more past
the Hotel whose cleaning lights
show ms four and seventy maidens,
and not a man AMONG them;
past the Cleveland cottage, where our
stern prosaic President proved him.
self Ito the whole world akin" by
bringing the beautiful "Queen of
Hearts" he had wooed and won
three years ago. Though the house