The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

There is noticeable increase in the
number of travelling men to this place
6as compared with the same time a
year ago. Every day not less than
EIGHT or ten have been coming in
since the break up in the weather and
Pald our merchants a business visit.
Nhis is the time of year, however, for
tHls class of business men to come
ABOUND to take orders for spring
goods, and if all statesmen report as
good as one did there has been a
great increase in the amount of goods
purchased this year over that of last
spring.
Seeds.
i If You want to buy Glover or Tim
lothy Seed call and see our line of
samples and get prices. J. NJ. Davis
4 Son. = 5O-3t
Preston county now seems to bid
fair for big railroad development in
the near future. The prospects are
bright for three enterprises that are
NOW already underway, and with lots
of preliminary work done. John Sill
ney has been surveying across the
Reno coal fields from Cecil, in Taylor
county, on the line of the b. & O.,
and has about decided to tap the b.
u o. at Rowlesburg, cutting clear
fhPnncrh Tho 10
county. Then the Pittsburg capital
lists, headed by j. M. Guffy, are push
right of way up Cheat from
Point Marion to Rowlesburg, and the
survey has already been made. Then
again the new company that has been
organized to push the road from
Kingwood to Morgantown seem to be
in earnest and want to get a good
start on it this year.-Argus.
A note was handed to Judge Stake
while presiding oyer the Circuit Court,
in Hagerstown on Wednesday, writ
ten by lady from Williamsport who
was in the witness room waiting to
be called to the stand. The note read:
II am much disguised with this
Court and want to go home, because
| have to make IL dress for a woman
who wants to get married." 1t is
needless to say that the Judge took
cognizance of the request and so Or
dered the business of the court that
the lady could proceed with the dress
making. The Judges natural gal
lantry caused him to grant the re-
quest, but a further incentive to his
action was his Discrimination to place
any impeachment in the way of mar
riage, knowing, as he does, that un-
less the particular dress selected for a
wedding is ready at the time there
will be no wedding.
The eleventh annual report of the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station has been submitted to Gov
ernor Lowndes, president of the board
of trustees. The work of the Agri-
cultural department has been mainly
continuation of that undertaken in
| previous years. Some of the culture
tests have been running for four or
five years. A number of important
variety tests with wheat were CON
| Quoted, and also a number of tests
| with potatoes, the results of which
have proved very satisfactory. The
most important experiments under
this department were those of lime.
The objects of the tests were to prove
the practicability of applying lime in
the economical renovation of worm
soils in many of the formations of the
State. Tobacco experiments were
also conducted under this depart
ment, and consists of fertilizer tests,
culture tests, curing tests and tests of
varieties. The work of testing the
possibility of culture of some of the
cigar types of tobacco on our soil with
peculiar methods of fertilization and
culture give promise of very valuable
results. A filler of excellent quality,
good flavor and fine burning qualities
has already been produced.