Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-09-02

f:s1er is the Kings beef eater, and
"I,o to no church Then said the
Kik, down On your knees, and you
shall. have the honor to kiss the
Queeis hand to which the boy re-
piled, No 1 won't knecl down, be-
cause 1shall dirty my new breeches. "
Their aajestys made the boy pres
ent of five gineas. This anecdote:
Mr. Ma,uire says, was often repeated
among tie mcnand women Of Frede-
rick town, and they frequently said
when the dswn2f Independence was
beaming, that tey would not kneel
to the King, forfear of soiling their
new breeches an clean dresses. This
little circumstace made Frederick
town quite famos across the water
and DR.. Adam .ischer used to repeat
it with inimitah gusto.
Who were th'pstriots here at that
time who discerrd the fires of dlscord,
the angry elemets looming up in the
horizon, ready tcDurst upon the peace
full inhabitants { the Monocacy VAL
ley like clap { thunder in cleal
sky ? Foremos among these was
John Gomber, z Evolutionary veteran
mild manuere man of peaceful De,
meanor, with tie Are of patriotism
burning in his bsom. He had Otter
made visits to tie Pennsylvania Line
and scaled tt, mountains througl
what was afterwards known as "Har
mans Gap, to see if he could descry
the footprints o the savage foe, who
guided by the Lmissarics Of the Brl
tish Crown, we're believed to be Ii
the habit of making predatory incur
sons upon the settlements Of the Mo
nocacv and Bu,h creek, Had We
Benedict Arnod amongst US? Ner'
there any Of Our people living here a
that time, who while they prolessed It
be indoctrinated with the spirit o
Liberty and Independence, still clun!
with bold tanacity to the fortunes o
the "Eightful, Lawful King over tn
waters?
The news from London took from
two to three months to reach TIN
wnndr '",,a, where the wood pigeon
breed, aNtt ,n~-- IL ""l' '.iii neI
up nightly revels in dense forests
There vas no Bartgis "Marvlan'
Chronicle or "Gazette, the Herald
Of a noisy world, with news from al
nations numbering at his back, t
spread intelligence along the Monoc
acy. and Benefits creek, and Hunt
ing creek and Owings' creek up to tn
PENNSYLVANIA Line. No cars with tn
shrlll whistle to announce the COMING
Of the Iron lIorse--no Telegraph wire
to stretch from London or lavre sub
merged under the ocean, with th'
latest intelligence from Rome, Cal
cutta and Constantlnople.
The state of the country was quit
different then from what it IS now
and the inhabitants met in squads O
three, four and half dozen to tall
over the good old time in Germany Oh
the River Rhine--for then they had
Father Rhine House in Freder!cl
where malt beer and pretzels wer
drank and eaten--or of the roast bee
and plum pudding they ate in "Merr.
England long time ago! Nha
tremendous recolections sprang up il
those days And the best book use'
in the "old time was the Bible an,
the Hymn Book of Martin Luther, o
some strange story which found it
way across the Atlantic, telling hoy
Dr. Faustus and the Devil had invent
ed the Art of Printing. Il Printer
Here in the bockwoods at that tim
they had never seen a Printer, an
types to the 'old inhabitants of tha
day, would have appeared almost a
miraculous as they did afterward
when NJ. Bartgis opened his Printin
Office in 1913 in Market street, an
some people said he was coniurol
and many persons came for miles t
see him pick up his "tacl;s," an
wondered what he was going to d
with them and the "pelts" with whic
he used to beat the form Of stud
horse handbill!
And here, good reader, just let u
pause and consider what Frederick
town and county must have been a
that day and how the people locke
and how they bobbed their heads, an
how they smiled and shook hands a
at a Quaker meeting house, when the
met and had something to say
Do you know at this time tha
Robert Eden, grand papa Eden, d
he was called, who lived at Annapc
lis, really thought there was some
thing terrible brewing in Wester
Maryland toward the setting OF tn
sun, and he was sorely distressed t
learn what it was. "Somcthing is i
the wind, and grand-papa Eden scent
it, said an old lady with spectacle
on her nose, who used to reside up j
Third street. Good Heavens wha
can it be?
This old lady was one of the shrewd
est and wlsest Of the matrons of Fred
erick. Her name was Madelaine 0
MndclainA Shaffar thn moi hnr E