The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-06

returned Sunday night from Hamil-
ton, Ohio, where they spent several
weeks.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Calls is sick
at his home near Hoyes, where he
went Saturday last to see his family.
E. NJ. Coddington, Esq, of near
Friendsville, was in Oakland day or
two this week on business.
The ground hog has started on his
work with a vengeance. 1t is to be
hoped that he will not be able to keep
up this pace for the next six weeks.
Mr.. Norman S. Heindel, after a tus-
sic of a few days with an attack of
the grip, is better and attending to
business.
The Masonic fraternity of Oakland
is making preparations for . banquet
to be given at an early date. About
one hundred ladies and gentlemen
will be invited. The banquet will be
served at the Glades Hotel.
MIR. Ronald O'Hanley, formerly of
this city, but of Grantsville, Md, is
in Homecoming the guest of Rev.
Father Stanton. Mr.. O'Hanley is a
student at st. Mary's Seminary, but
was compelled to come home ON &C
count ofhis health.-Cumb. Times.
Sundays storm was hard on the
telephone lines in this section. Three
breaks occurred between Oakland
and Hoyes on the main line of the
Garrett County's system and the
Deer Park line was almost totally
wrecked. Repairs were made on the
main line Monday. Tuesday the Deer
Park line was repaired.
Recently an Oakland young lady
dropped into a store here and said:
ut is my desire to obtain pair of
circular appendages, capable of being
contracted or expanded by means of
oscilating FURNISHED steel appliances
that sparkle like particles of gold leaf
set with Alaska diamonds and which
are utilized for keeping in position
the habiliments of the lower extremi-
ties which mate delicacy forbids me
to mention" The clerk dropped dead.
Special dispatches from Oakland to
the Baltimore San lately contain such
matters of news as the following,
which appeared Tuesday:
E. E. Friend, who was deputy post
master at Mountain Lake Park for
the last two years, is appointed clerk
| of the Orphans Court at Oakland for
Garrett county.
The fact is Mr.. Friend was elected
last November to serve for the term
of six years as Register of Wills and
has already been sworn into Office.
The Board of County Commission
ers met on Tuesday of this week with
Commissioners Taylor Friend and
Jacob Stump present. President Peter
j. Stephens failed to arrive owing to
the prevailing storm which was much
| heavier in the northern section of the
county than in the vicinity of Oak
land. The Board transacted routine
business, heard and determined a
large number of appeals from assess
ments and made transfers on the as
sessment books.
The snow storm of Sunday and
Monday caused much inconvenience
and more or less suffering to residents
and stock in the Northern section of
of the county. Nearly every road
was blocked by drifts. No mail since
Saturday up to yesterday morning
had been received or dispatched from
Bittinger. The road from Accident
to Grantsville was open Monday but
during that night they became block
ed and the mail between the two
points was abandoned for that day.
The young man who knows how to
lay off corn and potato rows, and to
regulate the distance of the same so
as to get the greatest crops, is worth
a COW pen full of kid gloyed fellows
who know how to lead fashionable
waltz. Setting pillow just right and
adjusting the gears SO that the har-
ness will not injure the horses, are
worth a thousand fold more to the
country than to know how to pose in
the parlor. Yes, girl who can bake
a loaf of bread and cook the meat and
potatoes just right, is worth whole
seminary of those soft-headed, silly
headed angels who sit in the "pahlah'
and let "Mah' do the work in the
kitchen.
The only wild goose farm in the
world is situated on Chincoteague
Island. The industry of raising wild
foul to ship to Northern markets was
begun several years ago by Captain
Joshua w. Wheaton. one of the most
wealthy men of that section. He be-
gan first ON a small scale, increased
his enterprise year after year, until
now he has 200 acres of land and ships
annually 500 fowl These, besides
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