The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-08-04
Mt. Lake Park.

The following correspondence from
Oakland to the Baltimore sam APP
peared in that paper on Saturday of
last week, which we give space in our
columns to-day:
The time between the close of the
Quaker camp-meeting and the Noun
tain Chautauqua is generally consid-
cred the of part of the season here. "
/ The great rush Of visitors who came
here to attend the camp-meeting, as
a rule do not remain for the Chautau-
qua. This season. however, seems to
ditferin this respect from any previous
one. Never in the history of the Park
has there been so many people here
between the two annual rushes as
there are at this time.
As an illustration of this it may be
mentioned that one night last week
some professional man applied to
Manager Rudisill for the use of the
| auditorium in which to deliver a lee
ture. His request was granted, but
the lecturer was told he could not ex-
pect an audience of more than two
hundred. When the professor ascend
ed the platform he faced thirteen
hundred people.
Every house and cottage on the
eight hundred acres included within
the Park enclosure is occupied save
two, and they are engaged. All the
large hotels are full to overlooking. \
gentleman went to theMountain Lake
Hotel the other night to get a room
for the season, and was told he could
be accommodated until August only
as every room was engaged from that
date until the end of the season.
The perpleXing question now is how
are the people to be provided for dur
ing the Chautauqua? \ meeting has
been held to consider this subject and
it has been determined that every
housekeeper in the Park will throw
open his doors and accommodate one
or more persons, and in this way sup
plement the capacity of the hotels and
boarding houses.
Mt. Lake Park is usually called "a
religious summer resort 1t is not in
tended by this to convey the idea that
people are compelled to be in constant
attendance upon religious services.
Everybody does as he pleases along
this line. There are ample facilities
and opportunities for rational amuse-
ment, such as boating, fishing, bowl
ing, tennis, baseball, bicycling, driv-
ing, etc. BY the terms of the charter,
no liquor can be sold within one mile
and a half of the Park, and the asso-
citation has an iron-clad contract with
the B, & O. Co., by which no trains
stop there on Sunday.
An effort was made few days ago
to have the postofice opened on Sun
day. This was brought about by an
application, which was made to an
assistant railway mail superintendent
who is spending his vacation there.
He forwarded the application to his
chief, who ordered an exchange of
mails to be made on Sunday. The
municipal authorities voted unani-
mously against the Sunday opening
and sent i'll petition six feet long
against the matter. The First Assist
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has positively
ordered the office closed on Sunday
and it is believed that closes the Incl
dent for the present at least. 1t is be-
lieved that the whole thing was got
ten up with the intention of ultima
tely getting trains to stop ON Sunday.
The water works have been com
pleted and are giving great satisfac-
ton. The association has now turned
its attention to putting first class
sewerage system, which will be com
pleted at an early day. When this
subject was brought before the town
council there was not dissenting
vote.
Adolph Rambeau, Phi. D., professor
in romance languages, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, usually begins
here with the beginning of the Chau-
tauqua, but this year he has large
class in Latin, which he is preparing
for college promotion. This work has
taken ali his time prior to the begin
ming of his work as professor in TO-
nance languages during the Chau-
tauqua.
The same thing has occurred in the
school of elOcution, where there has
been a class of thirty persons all
the month of July. The reg
ular Chautauqua programme will be
taken up August 4.
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natl, Ohio, September 9TH to 10th,
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For this occasion tickets will be sold
at the low rate of one fare for the
round trip from all points on the B.
u o. r. r. east of Pittsburg, Parkers-
burg and Wheeling, inclusive, good
going on September 3rd and 4th, and