The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-07-02

can see only as far as their noses.
For instance, on Monday, Carroll
Dulaney, writing in his daily column
in the Baltimore News-Post, was say
ing what wonderful advantages Mary
land offered the vacationist. There
was the seashore, the Chesapeake,
the historic battlefelds of Western
Maryland, and that's as far as he got.
Garrett county to those Baltimore
news writers and columnists is will
derness. They don't realize that while
they shrivel and boil in the heat of the
city, we are comfortable up here dur
ing the day and sleep under blanket
at night.
They don't seem to want to find out
that all the boating, swimming, and
fishing anyone would want can be had
right in and on Deep Creek Lake,
which winds among the mountains and
offers scenery such as cannot be found
in any other part of the State.
AS far the burning up" goes,
guess it wouldn't grieve any Baltimor-
cans if the only thing left of me was
grease spot, but 1 still can resent
their attitude.
If they would only come up here
once they would become convinced.
And let them bring along some glasses
so that they can see farther than the
tip of their noses.
Age is something that creeps upon
all of us, and although 1 haven's got
to the point where I'd be considered
an aged person by any means, have
at least got to the point of thinking
about it.
To become aged with the reten-
ton of all mental faculties and be able
to get about physically, would be the
ideal way. Several gentlemen of the
county and community are typical of
this.
Tuesday morning Jonas Glotfelty, of
Addison, Pa, come to Oakland. Un-
til few years ago he resided on a
farm in the McHenry community.
Mr.. Glotfelty, on Monday prior to his
visit had been engaged in preparing
the soil for sowing of buckwheat. On
Tuesday he came to town and had
four front teeth extracted by a dem
tist-and they were his own, too. The
man is go years old and looks not
day over 60.
Last week my uncle visited me here.
Although soon to be 81 he travelled
lat miles the day he arrived here,
then he attended five hundred party,
playing cards until midnight and was
up at the usual time next day "ready
for another one," as he said.
Garrett county has a number of re-
markable people who have reached old
age and still remain active. George
d. White is just an example and John
Ault is another.
That's the menu that I'd dish out
for myself, if 1 were doing it. How
ever, I am not, and I'll likely take
what I get. So will you.
*%*
Don't" For a Happy Fourth
The mouths of all parents and
others will be full this weekend of
"don'ts."
So here's another don't or two. Don't
shut your eyes to the great Fourth of
J July hazards, fireworks, automobiles,
drownings, fires, firearms, falls, pois-
ons.
While fireworks are especially dan
gerous for children to play with, in
all probability this Fourth of July
will pass as others in recent years have
passed, with more deaths from au-
tomobile accidents and drownings
than accidents from fire crackers.
%*#
The series of accidents in this sec
ton during the past ten days makes
one wonder whether it will be safe to
even drive car in the next five years.
Insurance agency business has in
creased this week to a new all-time
high, or nearabouts.
Ever since Senator Tdyings spoke
in Oakland several years ago, have
admired him for his ability and his
convictions. That respect 1 had for
him took a sudden tumble last week,
however, when after being continu-
ously opposed to Roosevelt and his
New Deal measures, Senator Tydings
rises in the Democratic convention to
second his nomination. Whether good
politics or not, that's hypocrisy.
The New Deal has always harped
about putting men back to work by
their measures, but the records show