The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

ance even" and do not hurry in
getting WELL should be stamped
across all the invalid calendars for
six weeks to come. at least.
Grantsville.
Charles Getty, of Frostburg, visited
his relatives here over Sunday.
Miss Della Mckenzie and Arthur
Jordan were married in Frostburg
last Wednesday.
Howard Bittinger recently pur-
chased the Muhlenberg residence, lot,
etc, of VIM. r. Getty for $500
Katie, daughter of James Bevans,
who had been very i'll with pneumo-
MIA, is convalescing,
Mrs. Winterberg, who has been
severely afflicted with erysipeIas, was
improving at last accounts.
Minnie, daughter Of John waste,
died last Tuesday of pneumonia. The
obsequies were held here on Wednes-
day, at ? p. m, Rev. E. S. Johnson
officiating. Deceased was year and
days old.
Frank Spicer died on Monday, Feb
ruary 8. The remains were taken to
New Baltimore, Pa, and inferred
there the following Wednesday. The
deceased had been a wagon maker by
occupation at this place for many
years. He was about 81 years old.
Mahlon E. Hershberger died to-day
(Monday). Funeral is to be held at
the Mapledale Amish Mennonite meet
ing-house, north of town, Wednesday
at 10 a. IN.
While Mrs. Louis Stanton, of Frost
burg, accompanied by her infant
child, was visiting Mr.. StantOn's re
latiOns, the little one became quite i'll
at Mrs. J. w. Blocker's, thus pre-
venting a return home at present.
The statement that our worthy and
efficient postmaster, T. H. Bittinger,
had voluntarily resigned the post
mastership, as the local press has it,
is erroneous. The majority of the
patrons of this pOstotfice do not seem
to concur very heartily in the APP
pointment by the outgoing admins
tration recently made.
After considerable DELAY. we will
endeavor to answer briefly those crit
ticisms of our brief educational in
stitute report. In announcing our
intention of replying we stated that
it had evidently been misinte3preted,
instead of the misrepresented, as the
typo had it, To the personal thrust"
phase of the question we give little
attention as it had been grossly mis-
understood, as we have been duly as
sured. The statement that the two
principal addresses of the evening
We're overlooked and unmentioned is
erroneous, as Examiner Palmer's was
one of them, and it was mentioned.
In regard to the select reading which
we commended we did so because of
the excellence of the thoughts CON
tanned therein without intentional
favor or Partially. Observe, we did
not call attention to personal attain
ments, but to thoughts and princi-
pies" The article read did not re-
quire magnifying. Its thoughts stood
easily head and shoulders above any,
thing presented at the evenings SEES
sion, if for no other reason than that
of applying to education in general,
and not merely bearing a local rela-
ton thereto. Then again we are I'M
willing to concede the laurels of value |
or virtue to originality; or, in other
words, to make it test of merit. In |
especially calling attention to the
select reading we wished to empha- |
size the dominant thought contained |
therein, which is so essential to edu-
cation, and that is thoughtful and /
thorough reading in opposition to the
hurried, needless practice of reading
so prevalent in our supposed-to -be
advanced era, especially among the
devotees of frosty, yellow bound,
cheap literature. Our assertion that
being schoolish is not synonymous
with being scholarly" was intended
as further emphasis that mere read
ing or attending school never made
scholar and never will, and we re-
iterate it, in its entirety, without fear
of contradiction of any SGcant of any
age, much less by the local talent of
learning. We did not mean to accuse