The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

III "NAN OhOy VIII 80 SOlue IllHe IHls
week to make their future home. Mr..
Flanagan is one of the leading farm
ers of the Deer Park District besides
being good all around citizen. We
join in the wish with many friends
for the success of Mr.. and Mrs. Flana-
H gan in their new home.
H WANTED TO BUY-One hundred
farms in Western Maryland for stock
raising. Parties answering will give
\ full description of his property.
\ Western Maryland Land and Live
Stock Co., 1922 N. Fulton ST., Balti-
more, Md. 49-5t.
Mr.. w. II. Spedden returned to
Oakland from Midland Friday even
ing last, having completed the build
ing he has been engaged upon during
l the past several months in that town.
After spending Sunday here he left
for some point on the West Va. Cen
trail Railroad where he expects to be
| engaged for the next six or eight
months experimenting the erection
of a number of buildings.
There is a class of men infesting
the street corners and some places of
| - 11who are continually critics.
ing the government; the newspapers,
Fthe borough officials and everything
in general Nothing suits them.
They have no regard for other peo-
lle's opinions and if you cross them
hey get angry. They haye a high
regard for self Importance and a vain
tndency to be heard. This kind of
people are the gall worms of So
city.-News Standard.
The young man who is petted too
much at home is seldom any good.
Wat is wanted nowadays is q practi-
calman who can do something else
besides smoke cigaretts and twist a
care. The time to learn business
hatits is ones youth. He who leads
thelife of a butterfly until he is % or
30 years OF age, and then recognizes
the fact that he has made an ass of
himself, has precious little to recon-
mend him when he applies for a job.
This may be "chestnut,n but it fits
not a few men of every town and city
in the Union. The boys on the farm
are better off, if they only knew it,
than thousands Of the boys who are
at large. There is nothing like being
practical, and there is but one way to
be so. Acquire business habits, and
train yourself TO good, hard work.
Don't waste your time learning to tie
a cravat. You can buy cravats al
ready tied.
Lent began on Ash Wednesday.
February 18th, and for forty days
from that date various churches, par
ticularly the Episcopal and Catholic,
will observe the fast by abstinence
-s 81 meat, lard, ETC., and from gay
festivities and social events of pre-
| tentious character. The Lenten sea-
son is not SO strictly observed in this
country as in Europe Those whose
labor or health initiates against a
strict observance of Lent are exempt
| ed from fasting. Shrove Tuesday,
the day before Lent begins, is called
Pancake Day, because the lard and
drippings on hand at that time were
used by the housew ife to make pan
cakes, inasmuch as the fats could not
be used during Lent. There is a su-
perstition that if the pancakes were
| not made then the house would be
infested with reaches and other in
sects throughout the year
The year of 1899 ought to be good
year as it begins and ends ON Sunday,
and there are 50 Sundays in the year
Five months have five Sundays each,
and we are glad to note that we will
have more Sundays this year than we
had last year, for we get awfully tired
of SO much bad weather. Ground
Hog Day, February 2, came on Thurs
day; Valentine Day, February IA, on
Tuesday, and Washington's Birthday
February %, on Wednesday; st. Pat
rick's Day, March II, on Friday; Eas-
ter Sunday comes April 9, next day
after All Fools Day. The Moham-
medan year begins May 5, and Dec
grafton Day comes on Tuesday, May
30. July 4, comes ON Tuesday, and
Labor Day, September 4, comes on
Monday and the Jewish New Year be-
gins on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The next
Thanksgiving day will be on Thurs
day, Nov. 20, 1899, and Christmas
will come on Monday.
Rev. Frank A. b. Wunnenberg,
pastor of st. Peters Catholic church
in Oakland, had an experience with
the storm last week which he will
not soon forget. He had been at
Hoyes for number of days prior to
the storm and when he made the at
tempt to return overland Tuesday he
found that the snow had drifted to
such depth in the roads that it
would be impossible for him to get