The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-08
THINGS INTERESTING
HERE AND ELSEWHERE
Story of a Man in Marietta Who Won
Fame by Finding Dead Corpse"
OAKLkND's NOTED NATIVE JOKE
A Citizen at Deer Park Adapted Him
self Admirably to the Strenuous
Ways of Hon. Henry q. Oavis-A
Pennsylvania Judges Reasoning.

! 1t Is impossible for one who never has
| lived in river valley which is flooded
about every year to appreciate the
great damage which comes with each
overflow OF the river. Millions of dol
lars worth of property are lost in the
twinkling of an eye, and hundreds of
/ lives are lost often in a similar length
of time. People are made homeless for
weeks, living anywhere until their homes
can be repaired, cleaned and dried out.
There is seldom very little humor in
such disaster.
However, sometimes there are out
bursts of the ridiculous which cause
these homeless creatures to laugh even
though their homes have been carried
away, and bodies are lost which never
will be found to comfort the bereaved
ones. In the food that swept over
the valley of the Ohio river in June. an
event occurred which shall never be
forgotten by the residents of Marietta.
The waters had left the principal streets,
and everybody was on the lookout for
bodies of drowned people One man
found a corpse in his back yard. Part
of the body could be seen projecting
from pile of rubbish. He went i'm
mediately and notified the coroner who
secured jury and doctor to recover the
body and make an examination thereof
When the austere and dignifed legal
body had assembled and the corpse was
dragged out from its last resting place
and the doctor was brought forward to
make examination, 10! and behold. his
| instruments would not enter the corpse
at all. twas not body, but clothes
dummy, upon with clothing of men
had been exhibited to show customers
in stores. The days of that man who
made the discovery have never been
without some remark to him of his
wonderful discovery of a corpse.
Oakland never has sent out men or
women who have worked wonders in
the world. There are no meccas here
which are visited annually by thousands
who wish to honor some dead person
who once travelled these streets Of ours.
However, Oakland will be remembered
by many as being the birthplace of a
joke which has gone out into the world
and has made thousands laugh. Wher-
ever ore goes today, he will find this
Joke told in one form or another.
The son during the morning had dis
obeyed his mother, and she got down
the strap to punish the child. She had
struck but a blow or two. when the
child took to his heels, and made his
| escape. The mother pursued him, but
she soon was unable to keep up the
pace, for the boy climbed away up I'M
der the house, amid the dirt. darkness.
and cobwebs, where he knew his moth
er could not reach him. There he rest
ed in peace. The father came home at
dinner and the mother poured her tale
of woe into his ear, and told him to 90
up under the house and bring out Tom
my. The father did as he was hidden.
When he came near where the boy was,
the child inquired, What, Pap, is she
! after you too?"
In a town near Oakland, a telegraph
operator married a school teacher and
of course bride-like she wanted to help
her husband. A train was fifteen minu-
ties late, and true to her school ways,
wrote on the station blackboard mo.
55-15 Minutes Tardy."
1t Is said that Hon. Henry Gassoway
Davis when he lived at Deer Park, and
was actively engaged in business there,
used to work his men very hard. Moth
ing was omitted which would go to
make the returns from the workmen as
great as possible. One of the workmen
now living near Deer Park, when visit
ed by friend, was found to have nc
bed in his room. What's the matter.
don you ever Sleep" ''No, " was the
reply, Give been compelled to sell nv
bed to buy a lantern. | have no time
for the former and great need of the
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