The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-06-14

T.. T. collars q near oakland. lett mere
Monday evening for Charlotte Hall,
Nd, where ne will remain until after
Friday when he will accompany his
brother William home. The latter is a
student at the academy at Charlotte
Hall.
Mr.. William Farris, of Pittsburg,
representing the Penn Bridge Company,
who was here yesterday on business be-
fore the County Commissioners, made
this office call in company with Mr..
Shank, of Romney, who will operate
the automobile line between Oakland
and the Park this summer.
DR.. A. j. Mason, Messrs. Leon Har-
die and J. Arthur Chisholm, of Friends
vile, were in Oakland on Tuesday af-
ternoon and evening attending the Ma
sonic Hodge. They were accompanied
by Mr.. A. R. Frazee, of Selbysport,
who was passed to the Fellow Graf de-
gree by the lodge the same evening.
Revs. Shoup, of Bittinger, and Salem,
of Accident, were in Oakland Monday
en- route to Carmel, West Va, where
they attended the sessions of the Allie
gany Conference of the Lutheran
church. They were accompanied,by Mr..
Henry Schlossnagle, of Accident, who
represented the Accident church as a
delegate.
The patronage accorded the ladies of
st. Matthew's p. E. church at the sup
per and musical entertainment given on
last Saturday evening at Offutt's Hall,
was very generous and highly appreci-
ated by those having the matter in
charge. The net sum realized was con-
siderable and will be used for church
purposes.
The marriage of Miss Nellie Thrasher
to Rev. w. H. Faust, pastor of the
Deer Park Baptist church, will be
solemnized at the home of the prospec-
tive bride in Deer Park, on Wednesday,
the 10th inst, at $50 p. m. Miss Irene
Haulenbeek will be maid of honor.
Quite number of out of town guests
are expected.
Mr.. Henry Lauer spent day or two
in Baltimore last week on business, re-
turning to Oakland Monday evening.
While in Baltimore Mr. Lauer pur-
chased some additional machinery for
his ice cream manufacturing depart
ment which will be installed as soon as
it arrives from the fnctory, thus doub-
ling the capacity of his present plant.
On Saturday last Mrs. C. H. Jen-
nings, of Jennings, Nd, met a party
of fifteen young ladies with a large
tallyho and drove them to her home.
The party was composed of schoolmates
of Miss Jennings, all of Washington,
D. c., who will spend two weeks as the
guests of that young lady. With the
party also were Miss Sweet and Mr..
L. S. Moscrip, of Towanda, and Mr.. Vic
tor E. Piolett, Of Wysox. -Meyersdale
Republican.
Corn is beginning to thrive in this
section. Although there has been little
rain since planting time, there was suf-
ficent moisture in well prepared soil to
cause termination. While there is gen
orally good set of grass, the drought
has hindered growth, and the grass is
very short. Oats is beginning to cover
the fields, but ordinarily the plants
should be more than twice their pres
ent length. There is yet time, with
favorable weather conditions, to develop
all kinds Of crops into a bountiful har-
vest.
Mr. John O. Michael, who came to
Oakland a week or two ago and took a
clerical position in the office of Clerk of
the Court E. Z. Tower, was summoned
to Baltimore Sunday morning by tele-
gram announcing the very critical i'll
ness of his wife. Mrs. Michael was
taken i'll year ago with a cancer and
later it was removed at a Baltimore
hospital. Since the operation she has
been unable to gain strength Her
many friends here will regret to learn
Of her condition as she was held in high
esteem by all.
The English sparrows, being of a
naturally hearty appetite and strong
stomach, seem to be immune to the
effects of liquors. This is the opinion
of Weighmaster Henry Diehl who has
been greatly hampered in his attempts
to keep the borough building clean. the
sparrows carrying litter Of all sorts into
the building. He procured some whisky
and soaked some bread with the liquor.
Then he put the stuff where the spar
rows could get it, reasoning that they
would eat, become intoxicated not being
equipped with high pressure brains
would become diSpuSted with tho p1oca