The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-23
Deer Park Notes.
Interesting Items from
the Mountain Village of
Beautiful Homes.


and his christian wife and corps of
assistants for the first time in twenty
years comes to the mountains alone.
the last of their beautiful daughters
having married Doctor Kane, of Phil
adelphia, but we feel sure they are as
bright and happy as when they first
started the voyage of life, and are en-
joying one Of the most cosy and ell
egantly furnished mansions and with
its 80 acres of lawn and 8 miles of pri-
vate drives and the rich farming and
grass land of over 200 acres, we know
of no other place so typical of that
Heavenly land as "Glamorgan.n
-Four Winds" the quaint and rus
tic summer house of Doctor John K.
Mitchell, son of the distinguished
Weir Mitchell, D. D. of Philadelphia,
enjoys his few weeks from his profess
sional duties and large practice in
his native city. This unassuming
cultured gentleman and his charm
ing young wife with their two beau
tiful little girls enjoy this life to its
fullest extent, and the mental and
physical training of the lovely girls
are one of the solicitudes of the devo-
ted couple.
We cannot close these rambling
and imperfect jottings without men
toning our new young NJ. D. who has
recently located here, and who occu-
pies the artistic home of his medical
predecess of, DR.. J. w. Laughlin.
Doctor Lininger has made many
friends in his practice and won the
confidence of all his patients, and the
writer has heard many expressions of
implicit faith in his medical and sur
gical skill.
LATER.
l can't and must not forget among
all our pleasant summer "manors'
the "Altamont Springs Farm Col.
George Truesdell, proprietor. This
enterprising gentleman, through his
efficient manager, Mr.. VIM. H. Chad
derton, has done more for the mate
rial welfare of this section of Garrett
county than any of the many capt.
talists that have invested in lands
The Colonel gives employment to the
worthy laborer the year around and
all who want work and are honest
can get employment and he pays out
monthly hundreds and thousands of
dollars for labor and material A
sketch of this model farm and graz
ing lands and description of his i'm
ported Rambouillet sheep, one of
which is finest in the world and at the
same time mentioning the two gen.
tlemanly Scotchmen from the high
lands of Scotland, who are the shep-
herds of this valuable herd of the
finest sheep on the American CONT
nent, will be mentioned later.
We were pleased to meet and greet
Miss Sophia Hendrickson, of New
Market, Frederick county, Md, who
is spending the summer at the Indi-
ana Cottage, Mountain Lake Park.
Were it not for intruding on the
Journals contributor from that place
we would like to mention this splen-
didly equipped and coy place and
with permission of the proprietress
and your sanction will do so in the
future.
The unfortunate young colored
man who was killed at the depot at
this place on Friday last was decently
buried by Col. w. E. Burwell, after a
fight by the officials of the B. & O. to
impose the cost on our county. We
thank Colonel Burwell for the honor
able stand he took in backing up his
word to one of the officials of this
place, said official standing Oh the
ground that when the railroad COM
pany kills people they should be
compelled to give them decent bur-
ial, and in this light Colonel Burwell
concurred and carried out, and in his
own language said, "If the company
can't pay l can and will" This is
the sense of justice of a western man
that don't cater to eastern shoddy.
Mr.. F. B. Harvey, of Baltimore, is
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Swan
Frick, at Hunting Ridge. Mr.. Har-
yey but recently returned from trip
to Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Worthington
Williams gave tea on last Friday at
their beautiful summer home, "Gla-
morgan" near Deer Park. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Swan Frick, Col. and Mrs.
George Truesdell and DIR. and Mrs.
John X. Mitchell, of Four Winds,
were among the guests.
MORE ANON.