The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
Deer Park.

A feeling of past courteses ex-
tended to us by your liberal paper
induces us to give you some items
from your sister town anG let your
readers know that we are moving
along, trying to keep pace with
this progressive age and especially
not to let our youthful rival, Mt.
Lake Park, otherwise known and
designated as the Getty of Oaks, 3"
outrlval US too far. Although
your little hamlet is looked upon
as one of the suburbs of that great
corporation, we feel that few jot-
things from this great national re-
sort will be of interest to your
many readers scattered all over
this sparsely settled county of ours
and, perhaps, be a-.means of get.
ting some Of your public spirited
citizens TO shake off their lethargv
and wake up to the fact that this
CITY among the Oaks" will find
that the county seat of Garrett
county has nov and will continue
to have mor taxable basis and
substantial business men, and in
population four times as great as
this Getty among the Oaks" and
if you allow her to call your town
one of its Suburbs, we of this ro-
mantle sumner resort with the
prestige already gained as nation
al resort with its many costly and
one of the most commodlous hotels
in the county. We, Mr.. Editor,
propose to enter the aren and
throw down the gauntlet of enter
prise, and call this "City among
the Oaks" one of the suburbs of
Deer Park, and back it up With
that we have more substantial
wealth, more enterprise, more per-
manent residents, more romantic
scenery, more historic associations
clustering IN and around this place
than orr youthful rival will have
| In the next ten years TO come.
AS farther proof of our pro-
gress, our village, or Deer Park
proper, outside of the B. & o Ho-
tel and its magnificent cottages,
mammoth livery stable, swimming
pool, ETC., we claim, with the many
neat and substantial houses built
this spring chief of which is the
beautiful and commodious resi-
dence that is In course of construc-
ton by j. W. Laughlin, M. D.;
next the nicely arranged residence
of ". G. Jones, which is nearing
completion; the Misses Nevens
spacious cottage opposite the
grounds and mansion of Mr.. John
W. Williams; W. E. Georges neat
cottage near his private residence;
then comes Charles Georges sub
stantial house built for his private
use. All of the above mentioned
built or will be completed in the
near future by our energetic con-
tractor, A. F. George since the
first of March, assisted only by two
workman.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we never in.
tended to outriyal your good old
town, around which cluster many
pleasing membranes of days and
and years IN the past. but We do
claim to compete with Mt. Lake
Park IN enterprise. material wealth
and ordinary intelligence, and VIC
glory in her prosperity; but we
don't propose that wind and gas
shall be hurled from the rostrum in
disparagement against our county
seat and the good and substantial
people of your town.
If there is one thing in this
world | detest, it is this spirit of
egotism and self esteem.
So, Mr.. Editor, pardon these
rambling remarks. ! simply want
to remind our little "sister in the
woods that they are not the mo.
tive power that moves Garrett
county, socially, rellgously or finan.
cially.
LATER have Just been in.
formed that the neat cottages that
our enterprising contractor, Mr.
a. F. George has built for the
the Misses Nevins and his father
W. Il. George, has attracted the at
: tention of some of our enterpris
ing farmers, VIZ: Silas Walter anG
Columbus Paugh, who have giver
, the contracts of their respective
buildings to Mr.. George and h,
will, as soon as his various con
tracts are completed here. com
! mence work on them.
". G. Jones new cottage which
t is well under way under the man
agement Of Mr.. George, will be
} model of architectural beauty.
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