The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-30
DEER PARK AND ITS "AAR."
Natives Are Proud OF Their Midsummer AT
mosphere, and Sing It's Praises.

Letter in Pittsburg ChronicIe-TeIegraph.
1t is regular saniCarium for infants.
They come for. the, air. and the natives
make their living by providing for them
residents really live on air.,
The air Tor the 'aar," as the Marylanders
call it) Is good for grown people as we'll as
babies. Certainly there Is no better any
where. 1t is dry ana cool, balmy and In
On the hottest days. at noon. when the
sun is raising the mercury to the top of
the Thermometer. this blessed air is in
making life delightful. After sunset il is
trifie too cool, even in midsummer.
Heavy bed-clothing is necessary, and fires
were comfort to dress by yesterday and
this morning.
and take great deal of credit to them
selves for keeping unlimited supply of
it on tap.
In six miles along the railroad there are
the three points of Oakland, Mountain
Lake Park and Deer Park, and the denizen
of each thinks his particular "aar" is the
best.
Deer Park is the exclusive and aristo-
cratic resort, where such celebrities as the
President, Mrs. Harrison and Baby Mckee
inhale the ''aar"
1t is so named to distinguish it from
Mountain Lake Park, which comes cheaper,
though you would never infer that to be
the reason from the way they spell Deer"
But If you want doctor or medicine in a
hurry Oakland is the place to be at, for
here is where the physicians dwell and
where the druggist holds forth.
At Mountain Lake Park the other day |
asked !d a cottager where the drug store was.
ply, but you'll find no finer 'aar in the
United States
Still, one cannot live on air alone, be it
never so pure, People must do something
-.
even wants medicine, and when he wants
medicine. he wants it badly, like the
Texan and hisrevolver.
"Why do you always carry that murder
Gus weaponf" asked q home missionary of q
citizen of the Lone Star State; You don't
often have to use it,"
Nav. that's So" replied the Texan; "a
man might travel over this kentry ten year
and not have no call to use gun, but
sometimes he mought want 1T, and then,
stranger. he'd want it ALFRED bad"
1t is very hard to disabuse the mind of
the Marylander of Garrett county of the
idea that "aar" will not take the place of
anything and everything else.
"Oh, that we could turn on the natural
gas these cool mornings and evenings. as
we could at Pittsburg." sighed a gas citi-
zen-
I'VE have no natural gas, that's a fact"
apologized mountaineer, but then our
WANTED to mail letter one night when
first came here. The mail train leaves at
9:45 o'clock. so thought letter left at the
postoffice by o'clock would surely be in
time A few minutes before s O'Clock
went to the little building where Uncle
Samuels employees attend to his mail, and
it was closed. Inquiry elected the fact
that the custom here is to make up the mail
at z o'clock, take it to the station and shut
up the shop.
Your postal facilities are hardly as per-
feet as they might be" remarked to the
druggist, whose stock have been depict
ing during the last two weeks.
Mo- he replied. 'our postal facilities
might be improved. but there are no flies
on our 'aar.'o