The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-10

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Dr. W. NJ Nihiser, of Keedyville,
Washington county, came up to Oak
land Tuesday night and on Wednes-
day returned home, accompanied by
Mrs. Nihiser and little daughter, who
had been here several days visiting
Mrs. Weems.
The week OF prayeri is being observ-
ed in st. Paul's NJ. E. church in Oak
land and is being conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Asbury Mick. At
the end of the week the meeting may
be continued indefinitely, the pastor
having sent out cards to his member
ship asking their help in the conduct
ing of a revival or protracted meeting.
a recent ruling of the PostofIice
Department prohibits us from mail
ing to our patrons along with the
regular issue of our paper the calen-
dar we have prepared for distribution
and i'll consequence we will be com
PEELED to procure envelopes and send
the calendars out in them, which we
hope to do the latter part of this week.
1t is stated by the Uniontown pa
pers that the sale of fire arms is in
creasing rapidly down there and that
nearly every one goes about armed to
the teeth. One of the papers warns
women who are left alone at night TO
refuse to open the doors on any pre-
text and it also warns people to look
out how they walk around at night.
There have been innumerable hold
ups and murders in the town and
county.
Local housewives can now have a
chance to pay for the fight that the
coffee and sugar men have been wag-
ing for some time as the rivals have
agreed to get together and bury the
hatchet. They will now make the
dear public pay for the losses incurred
in cutting each others Threats and
the fight that has been hailed with so
much JOY by those who were profit
ing by it will then be seen to be bad
thing for us since we have to pay the
bills.
The Messrs, Speicher Bros, of Ac;
cident Md, have the goods on the
way for their new store, which they
purchased in the eastern cities last
week. This will make the third store
for that enterprising little town. I'm
til recently these young men were
farmers, but having disposed of their
farm, they now enter into business
lines i'll which we hope they will be
very successful. Mr.. G. A. Bender, of
Grantsville, Md, veteran in mer-
chandising, accompanied the repre-
sentative of the firm east and assisted
in selecting the first stock of goods
Meyersdale Commercial.
John Reynolds was before Justice
Gender Monday afternoon charged
with having poured oil upon the per-
son of Richard Kerens and setting it
on fire. Reynolds conducts a saloon
on Second street and Kerens went in
to his place the night before Christ
mas where he INDUCED to some ex-
tent, after which the proprietor of
the place "jokingly'' made a human
torch of Kerens whose whiskers, hair
and eye lashes were almost complete
ly singed off. Reynolds was fined
which with the costs of the prosecu-
ton amounted to $500, which was
paid.
Many of our friends while in town
this week attending the sessions of
the farmers institute and the meet
ing of the County Commissioners.
made us pleasant visits, among the
number being Messrs. James H. Will
son, Elisha Aronhalt, James Aronhalt,
Il. p. Davis, James Chisholm, Sidney
Harvey, J. H. Sanders and Chas. E.
Hilleary, all of District No. 8; Elec-
ton Supervisor G. E. Ellithorp, ex-
County Treasurer Thomas b. Wiley,
Joel Orendorf and Jonas Bittinger,
of District No. 10; j. G. Elsey, ESQ.,,
of near GAINESVILLE; Andrew Sebold,
of near McHenry, and others.
The Maine man who has been en-
gagged for 90 years in trying to find
an ear of corn with an odd number of
rows might learn a lesson from the
old slave who succeeded in finding
one and thus won his freedom. While
the corn was still growing and the
rows had but formed ON the ears. he
carfully pulled down the husks and
with his pen-knife scrapped out
row. The corn matured in due sea-
son and the slave easily met the con-
ditions upon which he was to be set
free. That the number of rows of
corn is always even under normal con-
ditions is no more remarkable than is
the fact that a capital NJ may be seen
on the back of every blade of oats
just before that grain has begun to
ripen. On some blades it may not be
we'll defined but it is there neverthe-