The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-26

Mr.. John D. Hoffman, of Morgan
town, spent a few days in Oakland
recently with riends.
Dixon & Kelso have one thousand
bushels No. yellow shelled corn to
offer at 60 cents per bushel.
A New York preacher shows how a
minister may live on S12 month. A
man who can do that is wasting his
talents in the ministry. He ought to
be in the newspaper business.
The Board of County Commi ssion-
ers will meet on Tuesday, April 14th,
for the purpose of laying the county
taxes for the year 1908, as per notice
given elsewhere in these columns to-
day.
Mrs. George Kildow of Oakland,
was in the city Sunday, the guest of
Mrs. j. W. Proudfoot, on Wilfred
street. She was returning from Man
ningtOn, where she had been attend
ing the funeral of a sister.-Grafton
Sentinel
The Rev. II. E. Friend will move
from here back on his farm near
Hoyes, Md. Rev. Friend thinks of re-
firing this fall from the ministry nd
will turn his attention to farming
some. We are sorry to loose him and
his family, but what is our loss is
Hoyes' gain-Cranesville Corr. Terra
Alta Republican.
Mr.. Edward Finzel, of District
No. 8, who served as a grand juror at
the present term of the Circuit Court
was paying caller at this office
Monday afternoon. He left for his
home the same day. His visit here
marks his first trip to Oakland in
more than ten years and he was high
ly gratitied with the improvements
to be seen in all sections of the town
in that time.
Last week as William Miller was
walking down the pike above Cor
man, he noticed crouched by the road
side large wildcat. Mr.. Miller en-
Favored to pass around the cat, but
the huge beast sprang upon him. He
was carrying asingletree on his shout
der and beat the animal off. Several
of the town boys followed the cat to
a den in the rocks and endeavored to
smoke it out, but did not succeed.
The Jennings railroad in this county
is being extended in two directions
from the present terminus of the road
at Jennings. The two branches now
building will penetrate virgin timber
lands never before been brought in
to market. The company has opened
the coal on their lands and are ship
ping it daily to eastern markets and
the quality is said to be excellent for
domestic and steam purposes.
The first engine has passed through
the 800 foot tunnel on the 1000, 900
cut off on the Baltimore and Ohio be-
teen Patterson S Creek, w. Va, and
Pinto, Md, which has been build
ing for the past three years. The en-
CINE belongs to BENEFIT & Talbot, of
Greensburg, Pa, the contractors. The
Baltimore and,Ohio will conect up the
tracks at once and will be using the
new route by July 1. 1t saves twelve
miles and cuts off much traffic from
Cumberland. Only few hundred feet
of the tunnel yet remains to be cased.
Over one hundred men have met
violent deaths since the work com
menced; ten were murdered.
The violin is the king of musical in
| struments. Within it's hollow breast is
contained more speaking melody
than issues from any other creation
designed by gods or men for tuneful
phrase. Its many superior virtues
as musical instrument, says the Con
nellsville Courier, were early recogniz-
ed in this country. The pioneer set
tiers, rough and hardy frontiersmen
though they were, had music in their
souls as well as adventure in their
hearts. Not for them the lovesick airs
the sobbing signs, the classics. Theirs
were the lively tunes, the music that
stirred the blood and moved the feet
to motion. The "violin was a fiddle, y
and the performers were "fiddlers. y
Some of the most popular airs set to
music, since played by millions, were
the product of the old-time fiddler
The old-time fiddler does not pretend
to be an ''artiste." His music is moi
soulful. He does not dream when he
plays. On the contrary, every nerve in
his body, not to mention his feet anC
arms, vibrate to the music.