The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-09
BLOOMINGTON.
Piedmont Independent.

Piedmont IndeDendent.
Mrs. Ollie Rayley is in Cumberland
visiting Miss Emma Ridgelev.
About twelve miners were Through
ed at the Buxton mine on last Tues
day morning for loading dirty coal.
The furlough extended from Tuesday
until the following Monday.
Mrs Howard Carroll, of Piedmont,
was guest of her sister, Mrs. g. G.
Pattison on last Wednesday.
Mr.. Burke Reynolds, "a popular
young gentlemen from Cross, was a
business and social visitor on Friday
last.
Mr.. Emory FaZenbaker, from Say
age. was in town on Monday.
Rev Howard is steadily gaining
strength and expects to be out on the
street in few days.
A broken wheel under the smoker
of the fast No. IL on last Saturday
night, gave the passenger a great
shaking up. The accident was MOTTO
ed at the Junction shortly after it oc-
Cured and the train stopped before
the car was de1 allied. No. IL was de
laved about three ho1rs and when
the train arrived in Cumberland the
entire front of the engine was bespat-
tered with blood and flesh, supposed
to be human. The engineer and fire
man could not account forit although
they had noticed the smell of cooked
meat some time before they got to
Cumberland. kilograms were sent
out and inquiry made and next day
a track walker found four horse shoes
at 21st bridge and some horse hair on
telegraph pole near by. An old
horse was missing from the commu-
nifty and this explained the gruesome
appearance of the engine that fright
ened the citizens at South Cumber-
land.
Misses Jennie, Ida and Ada Knight,
Lula johnson, of Piedmont and Nan
ME Right, of Keyser, a bunch of
bright and interesting young ladies
were in town Sunday.
Mr.. Gus" Rowe, of Savage, report
ed the thermometer degrees below
zero at his home on last Thursday
morning.
The breaking of the ''bull'' wheel
in connection with the rope haulage
at the Buxton mine, on last Saturday
morning, necessiated suspension of
work until Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Nicholas Paugh, of near Frank
vile, a connecting link between the
past and present generations in his
vicinity, was in town this week visit
ing the family of his daughter, Mrs.
Adam Elliott. Nick" as he is famil-
iarly called, has a big grip full of
queerand interesting "reminiscences of
| days that are past and gone, of men
and women whose faces we have
never seen, whose names only are re-
membered. He is an odd looking
character of the typical hayseed va
rietY, but'it would not do for any one
to run him on account of his looks.
In the end he would feel sorry for
"bUt-in.n He went to school in the
days where school teachers were
scarce and school houses. scarcer-
days of goose quill pen. and the hick-
DRY withe, where ink was made from
maple bark, alum and sugar-alum
and maple to make the black the
sugar to add the gloss. His quaint
and humorous yernacular is the best
part of him and in his youthful days
was common with all the country
folks around 1t would have been a
rare find for Mark Twain about the
time Huckleberry- Finn was being
evolved from the mind of the master
humorist. He has head chncked
full of common sense and rugged
business acumen, the exercise of
which in business affairs in the last
few years has placed him on the
sunny side of easy street.
No. 90 on last Wednesday killed a
fine milk COW belonging to Mrs. VIM.
| Price.