The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-31

two highly respectable and we'll
known families-Ridgley of this dis
trict and Bevans of the lower end of
Allegany. He possesses a solid mind
we'll trained in the principles of his
profession. DR.. E. H. Glotfelty was
born in this town in 1877, graduated
at the University of Pennsylvania,
commenced his medical career in
Accident in 1870, and has continued
there ever since. He is considered
we'll booked in this his profession.
bright and studious, with careful
habits and pleasant manners, with a
literary turn of mind. Don't believe
in reading and studying just enough
to be admitted and then stop for the
rest of his life. He lately became
connected with the internal revenue
system for Garrett and Allegany.
DR.. Samuel q. Boucher. born about
3 miles South of Grantsville. studied
under DR., Bevans and graduated at
medical college in Baltimore in
1887, and has been practicing in Bar
ton over two yeals. He is attentive
to his duties, with excellent moral
training and habits, energetic and
ambitious of success. which is sure to
come.
Selbysport, though another COM
munity than Grantsville. being
voting place since 1899. has had but
two resident physicians, DR.. VIM.
Frey, a man of old-time manners
and high character. He practiced
more to oblige his neighbors than for
gain, He was in 1856 member of
the Legislature. Died about 1864.
DIR. T. j. Graham practiced at S. for
a short time a good many years ago.
DR.. Conn was the first doctor in
Oakland. He was mysterlously shot
dead while standing in his office door
from the window of a house on the
opposite side of the street. Corne-
Illus johnson was tried for the homi-
eide in 1854, and acquitted. The
testimony not being sufficient to con-
vict. A woman in the case and she
the wife of Johnson. DR.. J. Lee Nc
Comas has been in full practice ever
since war times, and still continues,
but tries to avoid its hardships as
much as he can. DR.. RaYenScraft of
w. Va. has been an Oakland prac-
titiOner for - years, good physi-
clan with high character, pleasant
manners and much esteemed. DIR.
E. II. Bartlett says he is 80 years old
in the practice in Garrett county, but
hale. hearty and vigerous-getting
ready for another heat in the medical
arena. having been connected for a
number of years with the School
Board. He is a graduate of Old Yale,
a man of thorough education with
like training and experience in his
profession.
! Bloomington has had at least two
physicians since it has had corpora.
tion existance. DIR. E. H. Parsons now
of Piedmont, practiced there for sew
eral years. He is recognized as able
and experienced in his calling. Dr.
Howard M. Kemp, graduate at the
Maryland University, has been prac.
ticing at B. for about five years. He
was deliberately educated and train.
ed from almost infancy. He lately.
with great propriety and good sense,
declined a government appointment
at Baltimore.
The natural wonder is what did
the people in all this large range OF
} country do for the want of resident
doctors prior to 1912. The people
then had their axes, pains, broken
bones, fevers and births as now, but
they then used "yarb" teas and
home remedies more than now but
still doctors had to be sent for at long
range. Frostburg, Cumberland, Sal
isbury, Berlin. Petersburg and Union
town, Pa. At Salisbury the names
, of Fare. Haynes. J. B. Porter, Red
graves. Joseph Sheetz and Brookman
are recalled, the latter Hungarian
of pronounced type-a SCHOLARLY
man, quite linquist in ancient and
modern languages, His pious wife
: used to demonstrate about his swear.
, ing, so he made arrangements with
himself to do all his swearing In the
pure old Hungarian dialect, by that
she did not know an oath from an
invocation. At Berlin were Drs
/ Kimmell & Wright. Well-known in
! times past. Drs. Snyder and Lupton
. of Petersburg, received occasional
calls. In the far past DR.. Mucken'
: hoap is dimly remembered. He
: would appear occasionally from
r somewhere in Pennsylvania on horse
= back. covered with an immense plato
| CLOAK, (the fashion of the time. which
gave him the appearance, in the dis