The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-06-21


Saturday, accompanying Judge Hender-
son to their home Saturday afternoon,
who returned to Oakland Monday morn
ing to reconvene court.
Mr.. Meshech Mattingly, of Hoyes,
accompanied by his two daughters,
Misses Bernadette and Ola, came up
to Oakland Tuesday, the former to at
tend to some business matters and the
latter to attend the teachers examina-
ton which begun here yesterday and
will continue until tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. A. Thayer, who,
in cOmpanyiwith Mrs. Ella Miller, went
to Westminster to attend the commence
ment exercises a Western Maryland
College, returned to Oakland last Thurs
day evening, accompanied by Rebecca
and Ralph Thayer, the former gradu-
ate and the latter a student at West
minister.
Drs. A. J. Mason, of Friendsville; j.
Gilbert Selby, of Eglon, and G. R. Lin
niger, Of Deer Park. were out-of-town
physicians in attendance at the meet
ing of the Garrett County Medical Asso-
citation held In Oakland Tuesday after
noon. Other physicians attending the
meeting were Drs. NJ. C. Hinebaugh,
Henry w. McComas and John E. Legge,
of Oakland.
County Commissioners Peter J. Ste
phen and A. C. Smith, after the adj
journment of the Board on last Friday
became the guests of Mr.. Joseph NJ.
Conneway, accompanying him to his
home over at Conneway's Tower, and
inspecting the county roads and North
western turnpike en- route. The Com
missiOners returned to their respective
homes via the Western Maryland from
Gormania.
Rev. j. A. McClelland, of the Oakland
Presbyterian church, went to Philadel-
phia Monday evening and on Tuesday
attended the funeral of Prof. David
Steele, D. D., Ii. D., pastor of Theol-
ogy of the Reformed Presbyterian Sem
mary in Philadelphia, Mr.. McClelland
being a member of DR.. Steele's class
while a student in the seminary. He
returned to Oakland yesterday morning.
This office has received from DR.. w.
W. Davis, superintendent, a very hand
some birds-eye view of Mountain Lake
Park, showing the lake, public and pri-
vate buildings, streets etc, of that
famed summer resort. The Association
had several hundred of these views
printed in black and colors which will
be used for advertising the Park and its
advantages as summer home.
By advertisement printed elsewhere
in this paper to-day subscription books
of the Savage River Railroad Company,
which was recently incorporated under
the laws Of the State Of Maryland,
will be opened at the office of Mr.. Fred.
4. Thayer, in Oakland, for the purpose
Of receiving subscriptions to the capital
stock of said company. The incorpora-
tors named in the articles of incorpora-
ton are Messrs. Ninian U. Bond, Alex
ander Reitz, Stephen G. Ashby, Fred.
A. Thayer and Edward H. Sincel.
What debt this world owes to the
jolly man! When we are sad or dis
tracted with care he brings us out of
ourselves and makes us ashamed of our
gloom and taciturnity by his flow of
humor, when he frequently has more
real cause to be morose than we have.
Statesmen, heroes, savants and poets
have had their need of praise, but the
cheerful soul who can smile and joke,
even when everything goes dead
wrong" is fully as much entitled to
laurel crown as these. May his tribe
increase.
The postofiice department has decid-
ed that children going to and from
school shall not be allowed to get their
parents mail, so do not blame the post
master if your children are refused the
mail. The postoffice habit among
children has became nuisance both to
the public and the postmaster, and the
department has done wisely in making
this decision. This has been one of
Postmaster Jarboe's greatesr trials as
the children have gone to and from
school. Of course, school is now ended,
but this ruling of the depart
ment applies to the future as well as
the present.
We publish to-day a letter-in two
chapters-from Mr.. Charles E. Hoye,
recently of this county, but for three
or four years a teacher in the schools of
the Philippines, who is on his way home
from Manila, coming by the East pas
sage and visiting many points of inter-
est en- route. The letters appearing in