The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-08-19
4 GARRETT COUNTY PICNIC
on \ TREMENDOUS SCALE
Hoyes Was The Center CT Attraction
on Saturday.

Last Saturday the Annual picnic of
the Methodist church az Hoyes, was
held in DeWitt's grove. The weather
was ideal The attendance was esti-
mated at 500, not counting candidates.
They were there wearing smiles, shak-
ing hands and interviewing the dear
people
The picnic this year was not neigh
borhood picnic by any means. 1t was
a Garrett county picnic, emphaticaLy so.
Bloomington, Grantsville, Kitzmiller,
North Glade, Bittlnger, Accident, Deer
Park, Oakland, Crellia. and Mountain
Lake Park were represented oy q good
natured, well dressed and pleasant
constituency. Automobiles by the
score brought happy people to the
grove. OF course there were carriages
and buggies, we'll filed with pioneers.
Old folks, young folks and children were
present, a well behaved and reighbor-
ly company. Methodists. Presbyterians,
United Brethren and christians of many
denominations were there, with Demo
Gratis and Republicans, as friends and
neighbors, making each other feel at
home as members Of the Garrett county
family. From start to finish it was 2
most enjoyable CAV.
The Friendsville band and the choir
furnished good music throughout the
day. A number Of short addresses
were made. An interesting game OF
base ball was played between the Ac-
cident and Friendsville teams. A fish
pond delighted many patrons. The
souvenir, ice cream and dining tables
were well patronized -Four hundred
people ate dinner, a splendid enjoyable
chicken dinner, a good square meal,
such as is only served in the country
neighborhoods.
Automobiles from Cumberland and
Pennsylvania points were on the ground.
Such pjcnics are valuable IN any COM
munity and make hte worth living and
neighborhood that can give such a
picnic is worth living in.
Two games of base ball were played:
Hoyes and Sang Run, in favor of the
first named, and Accident defeated
Friendsvlle.
The ladies cleared for their church
fund about $40.
Hon Gist Blair, of Silver Spring was
the orator who spoke as follows:
Have any Of you, my friends and
citizens Of Garrett county, felt as you
stood in some new place, that it was an
old and familiar spot; if SO, you will IN
derstand my feelings now. This place
is to me like memory of my childhood
As remember my grandfather, Francis
Preston Blair. at Silver Spring, Mont
gomery county, his guns, his enthusi-
asms, his love of these, his former hum
ting grounds Mechack Browning, his
friend, comes to my mind, and his
| Drowning former associates, where
he resided, how he lived and who he
was is what | intend to talk to you
about. Now please listen attentivelv.
You, or many OF you, have Browning
blood in you. If not his blood, then the
| blood of those who hunted, cleared for
ests. laid out the roads and started the
civilized life of this county, in his CON-
pany and along his side under his
guidance. How can one fail to remem-
Der the Friends, the Elbows, Dewitts,
Bealls, Hoyes, Ashbys, Frazees, FItz-
waters, Brooks, McHenrys and dozens
of others who knew him and whose
names now escape me? How can one
fail to think of the places in these scenes
so connected with these names of these
families of Garrett and of Browning
almost in our sight? Little Crossings,
Yough river, Land of Milk and Honey,
Blooming Rose, Negro Mountain, Back
bone Mountain, Selbysport, in all OF
which the rattlesnake, the wolf and the
panther threatened the life of man and
child until those hardy pioneers drove
them out. killed them, and so prepared
! these grounds and those around that
you and your children are able to live
and be happy dwelling as you do here
without danger in prosperity and hap
piness.
Browning was here in 1881, and at
an early age married Mary McMullen,
who came here with him when he first
settled. His life is associated with
almost every county of the Sixth Dis
trict. He was born in Frederick coun-
ty, lived in what is now Allegany, at
Fintstone. A brother lived in Mont
gomery county, and his family resided
there and frequently with them here.
Whatever you may think of him, never
fail to remember Mary McMullen his
wife. The women today is attracting
the attention of the world Why not,
my friends, turn to these noble, self
sacrificing women of the past who
! helped men? None deserve a greater
fame than Mary McMullen. She bore
eleven children. When she settled with
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