The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-11

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The Lord had the right idea when he
made man.. He said it was not good for
man to be alone, but had he made more
than one wife for Adam there would
have been more trouble than there was
in the shade of that old apple tree.
Mr.. E. B. Berkeley. of Baltimore,
passed through Oakland on Sunday on
his way to Gassaway, w. Va. Mr..
Berkeley had a feast of the mountain
scenery coming up the 17-mile grade
and declared it surpassed his expecta-
lions.
Mr.. Charles A. Deffinbaugh, editor of
the Democrat, left Oakland this morn
ing for Washington, where he will visit
relatives few days and then return
home accompanied by Mrs. Deffinbaugh,
who has been in Washington for two
weeks.
Prof. Morris X. Turner of the Oak
land High School, and Attorney A.
Totten Matthews, were raised to the
Sublime Degree of Master Mason at
the regular communication of Oakland
Lodge of Masons held Tuesday night of
this week.
Ex-senator r. 7. Browning came up
from Thayerville yesterday evening and
remained here to day to see his son
Richard off for the West The latter
departing for Spokane, Washington,
tonight, where he has a number of
timber claims.
Mr.. Leonard Lochner, of Homecoming,
former employe of this office, came
to Oakland Tuesday en- route to Acct
dent, where he was to visit relatives
for short time, but the storm condi-
tons prevailing he decided to remain
here for few days.
Just received at A. D. Naylor & Co. s,
one car of Granulated Lime; one car of
Fertilizer for Potatoes, Oats and Corn;
one car of two and three-ply and granite
Roofing, and big lot of Building Paper,
Roof Coating, ETC., etc. Special low
prices for the next ten days. st
Mr.. R. Harry West went to Balti-
mnre Monday morning to attend the
sessions of the Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias of Maryland as the representa-
tive of Garrett Lodge No. 113 of Oak
land. Mr.. West was accompanied by
his wife and will return to Oakland the
latter part of the week.
Miss Grace Jones spent last Sunday
at Terra Alta as the guest of relatives.
Rev. John A. McClelland, pastor, and
Mr.. Scott. T. Jones, delegate to repre-
sent the Oakland Presbyterian church
in the Presbytery in session at Clarks-
burg, w. Va, this week, left Oakland
for that city Tuesday morning.
Mr.. c. F. Hammond, who spent the
past three or four weeks in DeLand,
Florida, returned to Oakland Monday
night. Mrs. Hammond and son Roy ac-
companied him on the journey home
ward as far as Baltimore, in which city
they will probably remain for a week
or two before coming to Oakland.
Mr.. B. D. Karlin, who taught the
Bloomington Public School during the
past winter, was in Oakland Monday,
spending the evening with Mr. F. E.
Rathbun, and taking train No. from
this point for Waterloo, Iowa, where he
will locate permanently, engaging in
some other line of work than that of
teaching.
The world is full Of woman who can
amuse the ordinary man. They can
sing, dance or recite to him; can paint,
write or decorate in a manner most
pleasing, but the poor man often goes
begging for woman who can sew on
buttons or mend his clothes; who can
cook his food with economy and flavor
it to his taste.
Messrs. William Garside Parsons and
Chas. j. Penn, well known house paint
ers of Baltimore city, have been doing
some good work near Deer Park. Both
gentlemen have been to Mountain Lake
Park and Oakland and are very much
pleased with the reception accorded
them. They will be at Deer Park until
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Mr.. James o. Cleveland, of Oakland,
recently lost the sight of his left eye
from some unknown cause, the affic-
ton coming upon him almost instantly,
since which time he has been unable to
distinguish night from day with the af-
fected eye. Mr.. Cleveland went to
Cumberland last Saturday where he
consulted an oculist who gave it as his
opinion that the sight was entirely de-
stroyed.
MIR. Bert c. Feather, of GAINESVILLE,
who purchased the Charles Shaffer
farm adjoining Oakland on the west,
removed from his old home to his re-
Gently acquired possession last Thurs
day. Mr.. Feather has been interested