The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-05
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all the great patent medicine men.
Wanamaker, Joseph Horne, md
all the millionaire merchants, knew
that the printer was their friend.
The man who keeps his name and
his business before the people, in
big letters, all the time, be he city
or county merchant, is the man
who gets the customers. and makes
the money. .-Ex.
Mrs. d. Tasker was the fortunate
recipient Of two large boxes of fruit
from the friends of the Rev. d.
Taskcr, IN Florida, as n Xmas gift.
There was an assortment of pine
apples, oranges, lines. grupe fruit,
etcs, aNd-scvcrafinrs ~ the fan. ous
guava jelly. Considering the cold
weather it arrived in good eondl-
tion. II little being spoit. Mrs.
Tasker has the thanks Of The RE-
PUBLICAN for quantity of the
above mentioned fruit which was
eaten with much relish by the office
force.
Garrett Council, No. 35, Jr. 0.
Z. A. NJ, has elected the following
named officers to serve the ensuing
term: Councillor, Il. |. West: vice.
councillor, W. f. King; recording
secretary, John Legge; assistant
recording secretary. j. G. Peddi-
cord; financial secretary, George
Little; warden. Perry Il. Kimmell;
conductor, j. W. Whorton; inside
sentinel, HamilI Casteel; outside
sentinel, G. ID. Chisholm; treasurer,
j. G. Dunham; State representa-
tive, j. o. Cleveland; trustees, John
Arnold, Eli Williams and A. S.
Teats.
Monday evening Of last week,
number of the members of st.
Johns Reformed congregation,
Salisbury, Pa, gave their pastor
and family quite pleasant sur
prise. 1t was Il genuine donation
and surprise party. But the "sur-
prise' part of it only became APP
parent, when it was realized how
much cash was received, and what
a generous supply of choice and
well selected provisions were
brought. 1t was a "Merry Christ
mas" in the superlative degree.
The kind donors have the sincere
and hearty thanks of Rev. Evans
and his family.
The most destructive fire that
has visited the city of Wheeling for
years broke out at 5 o'clock Mon
day morning in the sheds of Cald-
well & Peterson's corrugating
works, and the big plant was en-
tirely destroyed; number of ad-
joining houses were also destroyed,
and at one time it looked as if the
Baltimore and Ohio depot would be
burned. Loss estimated at $780,
600. Caldwell & Peterson lose
$40, 900; insurance about S45, 900.
The fire is supposed to have started
from a spark from a Baltimore and
Ohio engine.
What wonderful stories have
been told around the freside be-
tween the bites of an apple! One
apple is finished and another be-
gun-the flames leap high among
the birch logs and consume the cores
in an instant, and all the while
there is "a constant flow of talk.
How Aunt Abby shot the bear, how
Captain Paul fought the Indians
and Aunt Roxy found her rolls,
which she had put down cellar to
dampen for spinning, taken from
the basket and hung up two by two
all over the walls. That was in
witching times. Now we eat our
apples dccorOusly and carefully
after we have partakcn-by hole
in the floor through which hot air
kindly arises. There are no STIR
ring tales of adventure, nor any of
those delightfully."- uncanny stories
which make little shiyers run down
ones back; instead, all is conyen-
tional and decorou5 and common
place, but intensely comfortable.
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