The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-08

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ugh the weather was inclement over
seventy five persons were present and
We're agreeably entertained during
| the rendition of the following pro-
! gram:
Address by Rev W. H. Faust whose
| theme was Music
Comic prelude, by Sargt. John Ian
dis
A selection by band.
Recitation, by Miss Bessie Deal.
| Tableau, Confidence that Causes
/ Trouble.
| Selection by band.
| Dialogue, Bessie Deal and Jessie
McRobie.
Music by graphaphone, Gary me
Back to Old Virginia.
Solo, S. P. Specht, You Know How
| it is Yourself
Selection by band Maryland Ny
Maryland
! Dialogue, Misses Grace Marley, Jes-
sic Taylor, Grace Walter and Ersel
Taylor.
Music by graphaphone.
I Address, Come, by Clarence Lash
/ Orn.
/ Music by the band.
/ Closing address by Rev Faust, and
4 the sale of boxes of CONNECTIONS by
Sargt. Lands. Boxes tied with rib
bon to match eight young ladies, who
were to partake of the lunch within
the boxes and the favorite ribbons
were conspicuous by the spirited bid
| ing by some of the young men espec-
tally was it noticed in the case of our
young friends "Gay" and Clarence
and our Rev. young brother was bid
ding lively when.he noticed the color
of the ribbon on the box, and then
glancing to same color onIone of Deer
Parks fair daughters.
The fortune telling booth, presid.
ed over by Miss Grace Marley, was an
enjoyable feature of the evening but
not pa tronized by the young gentle.
men bidding on the boxes, as they
seemed to think their fortunes were
on the eve of being realized and thus
the fortune telling booth was failure
financially, but the tables with every
luxury were well patronized and with
the guessing bean bottle with the
persistent and courtly Jess McRobie
soliciting guesses at cents a guess, a
handsome sum was realized. Door
receipts, IS; boxes, $11; and other
sources, grand total of over $50 was
placed in the hands of the Treas S.
p. Specht for the.benefit of our band
which we all take a just and merited
pride in. Thus closed an entertain
ment that was a credit to the town
and pleasure to all that attended las
no disorderly person was allowed to
come to mar the pleasant intercourse
of the joyous and fraternal feeling of
of neighbours and friends, and
with the closing selection by our gal
! liant boys of the band, of that most
/ appropriate piece, 'God be with you
Till we Meet again. all returned TO
their homes with glad hearts feeling
| that the money had been we'll spent
and for noble cause, for who is it
that does not loye music, which was
so touchingly and feelingly express
ed by our worthy young Divine in
his ad dresse of welcome on this occa-
sioL, and with Music his theme
With the pleasant things and hap
penings we are called to relate the
sad. The infant daughter of our
friends and neighbours, Mr.. and Mrs.
James w. Walters, died on Friday,
Dec. end, after lingering illness of
several weeks, aged months and II
days, and was buried on the Bird frsm
the home, Rev. Faust preaching a
feeling and appropriate sermon from
the text, Suffer Little Children to
Come Unto Me, etc." The writer who
has known the bereayed friends for
years, could say more about this an
gel child, but an obituary will follow