The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-08

The cold snap has been boon to
the blacksmiths of town. 1t came so
suddenly and without any freezing
preceding it that uine-tenths OF those
owning horses were caught smooth
and in consequence all rushed to the
man of the anvil for a remedy. Some
of the blacksmiths report remarkable
feats in shooting during the first few
days of the freeze. Dozens of horses
were standing at all the yards wait
ing their turn, and some who had
waited nearly all day did not get
home until late in the evening before
being attended to.
Mr. Micheal Harden. the mail car
rier, whose route is between Oakland
and Accident. Uj0 Hoyes, had a hard
time getting through with the mail
on Monday owing to the badly
drifted roads. His schedule time for
arriving here is 11.45 q. m, but it was
nearly 4 o'clock before he put in his
appearance. Mondays mail for Acct
dent and intermediate points were
not dispatched from here that day,
as it would have been an impossible
ity for the mail carrier to have gotten
through so they were held here until
Tuesday morning
A good plan for storing away chest
nuts for the winter is to place small
quantity of salt in the bags with the
nuts. They will then become soft
and sweet, any worms that happen
to be among them will be driven out.
The bags will become covered with
sweat, caused by the salt, but this
will not impair the quality of the
nut in the slightest degree. This
plan is followed by many persons and
is considered one of the best.
Mr.. Percy Proctor, who is spending
the winter in Chicago, in letter to
the editor, received on Monday, saws:
Il am pleased to read in your paper
that DR.. Henry McComas intends
opening sanitorium. | wish him
success, as it means a great deal for
Oakland. 1t will not only attract the
patients to the town but their friends
and relatives as well, who will first
patronize the hotels and later may be-.
come residents. With little care
and not much expense the streets can
be made good. Oakland to-day is
both heater and cleaner than Chica-
go"
Girls, how would you have liked to
live under the laws of the English
parliament of the 10Th century? As,
for instance, the following act passed
in 1870; A woman at whatever age.
rank, profession or degree, virgins,
maids, or widows, that shall from and
after the passing of this act, impose
upon, entrap into matrimony any of
his majesty's male subjects by scents,
paints, cosmetics washes, artificial
teeth, false hair, Spanish wool. iron
stays, high heeled shoes, or bolstered
hips, shall incur the penalty of the
law now in force against witchcraft,
sorcery and such like misdemeanors.
and that the marriage upon convic-
ton shall stand null and void.
Mr.. Charles Bolden, the oldest liv-
ing settler of Oakland, can tell more
anecdotes of a local nature, both fact
and fancy, than any other man of his
age hereabouts. He is now ~ years
old. He was born and raised down
in Grantsville district and moved up
to Oakland from that point nearly
fifty years ago and engaged in the
carpenter business here, working by
the day for a contractor whose name
has escaped the memory of the wri-
ter. Speaking of cold weather he re-
lates that the first year of his resi-
dence in Oakland was one which he
will long remember, as snow fell
every month during the year except
July and August Since then the
seasons have changed.