The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-11-16

its he4dIn the bosom Of one of the
softest nd most picturesque pieces
of measbw land that ever opened
up under the rays of IA golden sun.
In the @mmer time it's banks are
crowded with wild flowers, ard it is
but seldom that they wither in the
soft hahds of some cruel girhsh
beauty.h
Ii these paintings from nature
are not Sufficient to appease the APP
petite for the beautiful, make for
the woods. marshes and meadows
and bring home with you pheas
,liils, woodcock and wild turkeys.
rAHy abound in Numbers in this
secflun.
Hs9l they desire to look upon
ssonle nHeexhilarating and spirited
scenes n ssse 70 NlvWiow MouMtain,
construct your shed where you can
rest at night with big fire immedi.
liately IN front, and with the morn
ing sun start for chase after bear
or deer 1t requires courage to
visit this rlpuntaln, for If once lost
in its deep broad ravines, Businesses
or thousands of acres of laurel
bushes only the "varmmts' and rep.
tiles will here find you. No sir,
we said, you want no pictures, Wis
| itors who come here will never stop
to look upon Any lifeless paintings
that hang around your rooms, but
will hasten ts look upon those
paintings that Whisper of the maj
csty and power of the Great Jeho-
vah, the great architect of this
beautiful, breat hing world.
Speaking of the game in this
country, the Friday night before
our arrival, "Diek," the eldest son
of Senator Browning, went out with
two Young friends and brought
home two coons. The evening We
reached here, we had baked coon on
the supper tablet was delicious.
! A coon is prepared for the table
| just as large turkey Is prepared at
| Delmonicoes. 1t is first boiled,
then taken out, stuffed and dressed
and baked in the oven until it is
thoroughly browued. Then set
aside, in case Won prefer it, until it
is cold. Ground hog is considered
a great dehcacy here in tins coun-
try---we are expecting one every
day. TO give you some idea of the
sport Of turkey hunting, Nathan
Browning, about eight miles dis
tlnt, on Saturday last in the after
noon, killed an old gobbier and four
full grown turkeys. Last fall
"Dick" killed, on the banks of the
lake, four turkeys. They are now
more numerous than for some years.
Dick, who owns every charac-
ter Of dog and as many guns, is out
with his Uncle William Browning
tonight for coon hunt. They
wanted me to go, but not |. If
Tuck r bbit, Ed Peter, Will Fields
or Jim Nlers were here they would
go wild.
We have occupied about all the
space you can well afford, There
are two matters upon which we
must touch before we close.
In the absence yesterday Of the
Senator and Mrs. Browning, their
daughter, Miss Nellie, and Miss
Lille Walter. who lives on an ad-
| joining farm to the lake and who
happened to call on her, quietly
took down the rods, and although
against the law, started for Il fish
in the lake. We knew no one would
see us and consequently were not
afraid. We had no luck. We then
took one Of the boats and if you
could have seen us making up the
channel, rounding the curves, now
and then making through some
poetic aperture and again out into
the channel where TIE sunlight
poured, you would have thoug ght-
well?-you and your readers must
finish the sentence. ! could but
eXclaim, however, in that now mem
orabIe expression "Where am |
at "
Yesterday we witnessed one Of
the most glorious and gorgeous sun
sets our eyes eyer rested upon. We
were standing on the bridge look
ing up through the vide ravinc
down which flows Deep Greek from
which the lake is formed. There
was a sunburst Of color which
seemed to envelop the whole earth,
brilliant with the imperial glories
that attend the burial Of day that
has been wrapped in peace and
beauty. How different from the
sunset in the crowded cities where
the busy day still fingers, bowed
down with the weight Of sins and
sorrows of twelve brief hours which
the sons of men have laden her,
and the night falls down with noise
Loco ui1nr from boavan n Low hnr