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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-01
|CHApTER l64.

AN ACT
70 pay the bailitfs of the Circnlt
Court of Frederick county AZ the
end of each term OF said court,
SECTION /. BE 1t c~tct'd dy IL" G'n"r"1
A&mm4h'y If MryI"~d, That the County
Commissioners of Frederick county shall
annually levy upon the aSScs,ahlc property
of the county sum sufficient To pay th'
hailiifS of the Circuit Court of Frederick
county, and provide for the payment OF
the same at the end Of each term OF said
county.
SEC. .. .ind be it cnacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved April I, 1872.
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I.ArrEN 61.)
4 " ACI

10 prevent Swine from running at
large in the streets, lanes and alleys,
contiguous to Burkittsville, in Ere
derrick county.
SEcTIoN |. BE- ii ennrtth by the G.nernt
iwmbly If Naryk'"d, That il shall not he
lawful for any person to allow his, her or
their swine to run at large in the roads,
streets or alleys within onc-half of IA mile
of thy ,Iuar, in I'll, Iillagc Of Burk! tls
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The Isr,selite Population
Of the 1.ilrill.

A German official statement, pub
lishcd in Berlin during the month Of
February, lo12, supplies soIne inter
rstiny particulars Us to the present
dispersion Vi the Jews over the world.
la Palestine they have long been re-
ducvd to :. very small proportion Of
the former numbers. They are how
mvst numcrolls III the Northern part
OF Africa, between Morocco and
Egypt (wAere, especially in the Bar
barry states, they form the chief rle-
ment of the population,) and in that
strip Of Europe which extends from
the Lower Danube to the Baltic In
the latter region there are about
tUW.UOU Jews, most ot whom are Of
the !4.ldlle c $50, among the Sclavonio
natiJnalitirs, wul!e III tho whole vf
Western Enrop" there are not
10000 Of them. In consequence of
l.uvopran Migratiun+. descendants Of
these Jews have settled in America
and Australia, whore they ARE al
ready multiplying in thr large COM
merrlnl town, III the same MANNER IA
in Europe, and much more rapidly
than the Christian popuIatIun.' The
Jewish settlers in Northern .Afric.
are alao Increasing so much that they
constantly spread farther to tho
/ South. Timbuctoo has, since 1875,
been inhabited by Jewish colony Of
traders. The other jews in Atric;.
are the Falaschas or AbySsinian
black Jews and few European Jews
at the Cape of Good HOPE. There
are numerous Jewish colonies in
| Yemen and Ncdsrhrun, in Western
| Arabia. 1t has long been known
, that there are Jews in Persia and the
countries on the Euphrates; in the
Turcoman countries they inhabit tho
four iortrrSses Of ScheriSrbs, kitab,
/ Schamatan and Urta knryan, and
thirty small Villages residing i'll IL
separate quarter, but treated on AN
equal footing with the other inhabit-
ants, though they have to pay higher
taxes. There are also Jews i'll China,
and in Cochin China there are both
whit. and black Jews. The white
Jews have tradition, according to
which, in the year 20 A. b., their
ancestors We're 10000 Jews who
settled at Cranganore. on the coast Of
Malubar, after the destruction Of the
Temple Of Jerusalem. The Jews re-
manned vt Cranganore until I't',
when they We're driven into the intr-
rior by the Portuguese. The black
settlers are supposed to be native
proselytes and have special syna-
goguc of their own.
asA.. Rev. Mr.. Pierce, II Methodist
minister of Syracuse. y. y, hos dis
covered how poly yamy may be- eradl-
Gated. His plan is to introduce into
Utah vast quantities Of fashionable
millinery goods, and induce the Gen
tile women to come out IN gorgeous
style This will produce such a com
petition on the part of the Mormon
siStcrhood, and such heavy bills for
tinerv, that the Saints won't be able
to stand the pressure. Think OF |"
man with six wives and eighteen
daughters lifting out each Of those III
diviluals with Dolly Eardens.
asy- Several handsome young la
dies from Union Bridge rendered our
town a butterfly visit this week, and
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-01
CHAPTER 3O3.
AN ACT

For the better protection Of Birds
and Rabbits in Frederick and
Anne Arundel counties.
SECTION |. Be Il r"octed by the GrnrrnI
.A~"mby IF .Nryln"d That it shall not hc
lawful for any person in Frederick and
Anne Arundel counties, 10 shoot, kill or
in any " ~ tap y. 4,-,.J' any b.I. b4.I
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Gsy- Several handsome young la
dies from Union Bridge rendered our
town butterfly visit this week, and
turned the heads Of Il number OF The
Volatile %vulA3.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Powder Explosion in a Blacksmith
Shop.

The Danbury Conn Ne,os gives the
following free and easy account of late
disaster in that town: There was
trihing affair in Branchville on Friday.
Philos w. Bates has quarry about
quarter of mile east of the village.
He is also the owner of a blacksmith's
shop near by, where he employs two or
three men to sharpen the tools used in
quarrying the stone for the Shepaug
road at Bethel. In accordance with
good old New England custom, the
powder used is kept in the blacksmith
shop. There were two kegs partially
filled and one keg unbroken in the shop
at the time our story opens. 1t was a
pleasant day. There was no bright sum
shine, but the general appearance of
things out of doors was mellow and COM
Portable like. One of the men was EN-
ployed at the anvil, hammering the
sultry end of a crowbar. A few grains of
powder had fallen upon the floor while
replenishing the quarry from the open
kegs. We came near forgetting to state
this, which is a more important,matter
than at first seems probable. The other
employees were busily engaged, as the
cOllo VI eO44 clO P0 W OO GU
by the day. A balsamic perfume filled
the atmosphere of the shop. Suddenly
| fake ofstreaming hot iron shot from the
anvil down among the grains of powder
which held their slumbering fires to the
floor. There were few unnoticed pops
and flashes, then came hiss, as the
fame shot over the open kegs. The
man who held the crowbar mechanically
passed out of doors. Another son O
toll who, with his back to the danger
was looking through a window, turnec
around in time to detect one end of the
shop in the act of moving off, followed
by comrade whose shirt had gone w
in flame. The two partially-filled key
had exploded with the customary VIC
leuce and the full keg was on fire. A
this juncture was displayed an act O
heroism seldom exhibited IN Fairfield
county. Mr.. Bates seized the burnin,
keg and hurled it into the snow in tim
to quench the flames, save the balanc
of his shop and the lives of himself ant
men. Two Of the men were badl,
burned, a portion of the shop wrecked
and two ROSTERS who had been fghtin
near by at once buried all animositie
engendered by the fray and immediatel
started over the hill for home, with tn
rapid and graceful gait peculiar to thos
feathered Mormons.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09

then crushed and rolled into fine crumbs
with rolling-pin. Cut the bread into
slices an inch thick, and these into
pieces about two inches square. To one
pint of sweet milk add tablespoonful
of sugar and one well-beaten egg. Lay
the pieces of bread into a broad pud-
ding -dish, and pour over them the milk
and egg. When the bread is thoroughly
moistened, but not soaked so as to fall
to pieces, dip each piece into the dried
crumbs of the crust. Then drop into
boiling lard, and brown like doughnuts
When done, dust with fine white sugar
and cinnamon, and eat while hot This
"veiled bread" forms delicate dish for
tea. With the addition of hot wine
sauce, into which has been stirred half
pint of Zsnte currants, 1t makes an
excellent dessert.
/ Potted Shdd.-Cut a fine shad into
three or four pieces, discarding the tail
and head place piece in a small stone
jar, sprinkle well with salt and whole
allspice and whole pepper-corns; fill up
the jar in this manner and cover the
shad with sharp cider vinegar. Cover
the jar with stiff paste, and bake in a
slow oven for three or four hours. If
the vinegar is strong it will dissolve all
the small bones of the shad, and the
large one should be removed before
baking. This will keep, in cool place,
if tightly covered, for five or six weeks
so it is well to pot three or four shad at
once. 1t is delicious relish for either
breakfast or tea.
POtted Beef-Take eight pounds Of
lean rump steak, put it into a stone jar
with teacup of boiling water, Level
tablespoonful of salt, a teaspoonful Of
pepper, and few whole allspice, with
one onion chopped fine. Cover with
| paste and bake for three hours. Turn
out all the liquor, and take out the meat
into the chopping bowl. Pound it fine
with the pestle; season with half tea
cup of catsup. Taste it, and if no
highly seasoned add more salt and pep
per. When perfectly fine, press int
moulds, or small cups; and if desired
to be kept for six weeks, cover the top
with melted butter SO thickly that n,
meat is seen. Wet the moulds or cup
with water, and the beef will turn on
in form.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
The Wedding of Two Seas.

The Scientific american, in calling atten-
ton to the statement of an Italian
journal that the recent visit of the Rus
sian Gar to the southern part of his
empire had particular reference to the
projected junction of the Caspian sea
with the Black sea, says:
"The entire length of the canal
would be $50 Russian versts, about 400
miles, though the mountain chain to be
pierced only measures eight versts, or
about FIVE miles. 1t is calculated that
$4,000 laborers will have to be en-
ployed for fully six years in order to
complete the undertaking. Quite apart
from the direct commercial advan-
tages that would result from the
completion of this canal, it would
serve to replenish the Caspian
sea with water, a highly important con.
sideration. During the last decade
and even longer, a remarkable reduction
of water was noticed, so much 50 that the
final extinction, that is, exsiccation, o.
the sea was apprehended. The result
| would not only be malarious in the ex
| IRENE, but also destructive of grea
source of wealth, namely, the sturgeon
sterlet, and seal fisheries. Many thou
sand persons are at present employed il
these fisheries (chiehy at Astrakhan)
10y whom 100000 pounds of caviar alon'
are annually obtained. An insurance
of water supply to those persons would
therefore, give renewed stimulus t.
their local enterprise, though the sam'
may not be nearly as important as the
effect on commerce at large.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
A Happy Woman.

What spectacle more pleasing does
the earth afford than a happy woman
contented in her sphere, ready at all
times to benefit her little world by her
exertions, and transforming the briars
and thorDs of life into roses of a Para
disc by the magic of her touch? There
are those who are thus happy because
they cannot help it-no mlsfortunes
dampen their sweet smiles, and they
diffuse a cheerful glow around them as
they pursue the even tenor of their
way. They have the secret of content
ment, whose value is above the philoso-
piers stone; for without seeking the
baser exchange of gold, which may buy
some sorts of pleasure, they convert
everything they touch into Joy. What
their condition is makes no difference
They may be rich or poor, high or low,
admired or forsaken by the tickle world
but the sparkling fountain Of happines'
bubbles up in their hearts, and makes
them radiantly beautiful. Though they
live in log cabin, they make it shine
with a lustre that kings and queens may
covet, and they make wealth a fountain
| of blessings to the children of poverty
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Hints for the Housewife.

Econonay in the Household.-Mrs.O o. T.,
of Missouri, writes sensibly regarding
economy in the house and on the farm.
Housekeepers should not go in debt to
the storekeepers just because they will
trust them for few months. When one
cannot pay for table luxuries, it is not
wise to use them three times per day.
1t is not right to give children tea and
coffee just because it may look stingy to
outside people, when we know that the
children are better off without them.
Trying to keep up with the fashions is
extravaganza on the part of the farmer
wife and daughters, unless wealthy. To
dress neatly and comfortably is all that
is required. Use more fruits and vege-
tables. The finest -four is not the best
mix the shorts with the -four, and the
food is more palatable and healthful.
She prepares the mixture as follows:
Take about one-fourth fine -four and
three-fourths shorts, raise with yeast,
and bake on griddle. The cakes are
to be eaten with molasses or butter, OF
both, the same as buckwheat cakes.
Her letter closes as follows at is the
duty of every housekeeper to see thai
nothing goes to waste in or about the
house that she can make use of, and il
is the duty of every farmer to see tina
nothing goes to waste on the farm thai
he can make use of. IF we will attend
to these things we will get along bette,
and we shall like farm life b tier. w,
let too much of labor come to naught.
Yelled Bread. = Every housekeepe
knows that it is not always possible s.
to proportion the supply to the demand
that there shall not sometimes be OF
hand loaf Of stale bread. which econ
omy requires shall not be wasted. Gu
French friends have contrived man
ways of converting the stale loaf into
delicious dish, and among them is tn
following:
From the half of a common loaf {
stale bread cut off all the crust. Tn
is put into slow oven and dried, an
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09

Margery to come ard get her little cake
out Of the oven, only Margery's voice
came. so smothered that we ran to find
her, and there she was, under mothers
bed, with the shears haggling her pretty
hair To make me boy SO / tan do
anywhere with papa she said"
In the afternoon spelling class tedi-
Gus little fellow was dragging along a
standing by my side followed his lesson
by the pictures accompanying each
word. When he came to urn, urn, she
said quickly, +" 1 amt Erne, I'm Mar
gerry; Ernes my bruzzer.' Then l
could hardly keep order, and bethought
me of the teacher who turned out :"
Mary's lamb. Only / feared the effect
of such proceeding would be different
from the ancient story, and both teacher
and scholars would be sure to follow the
lamb.
When school was out, sincerely beg.
ged the little guest to come again, and
| guess she will, she had been so well
entertained with the routine of the
school-room.
We asked Bessie, the next day, what
her sister did when she went home.
"Why, she really thought she had
been gone long time, and grown big
too. She went up the front stoop and
rang the bell. Erne and were waiting
at the gate to see what she would do
She could just reach the knob on tip
toe, but she managed to pullit. Mamma
did not happen to come soon enough tc
suit her, so she opened the door and
walked into the parlor, where mamma
found her."
"Then what ?" asked.
go, mamma Rugged her and squeezed
her, and Ernest and ran in, and Tow
ger too, and we danced about ano
laughed till she most cried when WI
told her how Margery told the mistres
she was named after grandmamma.
Mother said we had all better conn
back to school to learn to be orderly
we had such riot. She and Towze
were the noisest ones in it though, til
Margery looked tired, and mother raj
with her in her arms into the kitchen
for her bowl of bread and milk
Christian Weekly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Interesting to Children.

An English clergyman named Furniss
has published book for children. 1t
is entitled "The Sight of He'll" and the
following is one of the glimpses which
it affords to the little ones: Little
child, if you go to hell there will be a
devil at your side to strike you. He
will go on striking you every minute for
ever and ever without stopping. The
first stroke will make your body as bad
as the body Of Job, covered from head
to foot with sores and ulcers. The
second stroke will make your body twice
as bad as the body of JOB. The third
stroke will make your body three times
as bad as the body of Job. The fourth
stroke will make your body four times
as bad as the body of Job. How, then,
will your body be after the devil has been
striking it every moment for hundred
millions of years without stopping 2"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
A Horrible Wife Murder.

The Austin Mimi Register of the
18th inst. contains the particulars of one
of the most -blooded, brutal butch
cries that has ever occurred in Mime
sofa. A man named Charley Melon
ough, living in the town of Rock Dell,
near the southwest corner of Olmstead
c unity, became involved some two or
three wears ago, and to defraud his cred
itors decided his estate to his wife. He
was liberated from Jail, where he has
been confined all winter for resisting an
officer early in March, since which time
he has been very abusive to his family,
and has endeavored by alternately
threatening and coaxing to induce his
wife to convey the land back to him,
which she refused to do. Last Friday
he threatened to kill one of his daugh-
tiers, and his wife sent for one of the
neighbors to take the girl away. He
came, and McDonough did not object
to her going, but after she was in the
wagon he attempted to pull her out, but
was prevented by his wife and the other
girls. A short time afterward Mrs. Nc
Donough went out after some wood, and
McDonough took his ak and placed
| himself behind the door. As his wife
came in he dealt her blow on the
shoulder, burying the ak to the helve
in her flesh, the ak partially hooking
around the collar bone, and in this
manner he dragged her out into the
door-yard. She arose to her feet and
he then attempted to strike her in the
breast. She threw her left hand across
her breast and received the blow just
above the wrist, which completely sew
cred the hand from the arm. He then
struck her on top of the head. AS the
ak descended she placed her right hand
upon her head in time to have it cleft
in twain and the ak buried in her brain,
breaking up piece of the skull bone
as large as the palm of the hand. By
this time she had again entered the
house, where she fell senseless to the
floor. Here she was found by the neigh
bors, who had been aroused by the
children. Strange as it may seem, Mrs
McDonough is still alive and conscious
McDonough was duly arrested and
lodged in the Rochester Jail.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
A Souvenir of President Lincoln.

A curious and valuable souvenir of
President Lincoln is now in possession
OF Mr.. Fell, q gentleman of Normal,
Illinois. When it was first suggested to
Mr.. Lincoln that he might become an
available Republican candidate for the
Presidency he was wholly unwilling to
believe that his name would come prom
inently before the nominating conven-
ton. He was, however, requested to
write brief sketch of himself, and an
accurate statement of his points as q
candidate. After repeated solicitations
Mr.. Lincoln responded to this request,
and sent a brief manuscript to Mr.. Fell,
| with no expectation that 1t would ever
| be seen by any but his friendly eye.
The manuscript was plainly written
offhand," and the language such as
he would have used to friend in pri.
vate conversation. For instance, he says
of his parents: "They were both born
in Virginia of undistinguished families
second families, perhaps I should
say" And in speaking of his early edu
cation he says: "There were some
schools, SO called, but nc qualification
was ever required of a teacher beyonc
readin', writin', and cipherin' to the
rule of three. If straggler, supposed
to understand Latin, happened to SO
journ in the neighborhood, he wa
looked upon as wizard" The manu-
script closes with the following charac
teristic sentence: " If any personal de
scription of me is thought desirable, i
may be said, am in height six feet fou
inches nearly; lean in flesh, weighing
on an average $50 pounds; dark com
plexion, with coarse black hair ant
gray eyes; no other marks or brand
recollected."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
The Texas Cattle Herder.

The herder is character. He is be-
gotten of a necessity, as was the army
hummer. He is sent to fulfill
mission; and that mission is
" herdin' steers" no one who
has ever seen him can for moment
doubt. His pedigree is as much mat
ter of doubt as that of his steers. His
relationship to the gentle cow-herd of
the story books and the pastoral poets
is certainly very remote. The cow-herd
of the books is depicted as mild-man-
nered young man with melancholy air,
lolling about in the shade, reading his
Testament, or the Sorrows of Werter,
lying on his back on the velvet turf and
counting the thistle downs sailing
through the blue sky overhead, or walk
ing hand in hand with his dove-eyed
Phyllis, pouring sentimental nonsense
into her listening ears. The Texas
herder, provided that he can read at all
ten to one that he cannot) takes along
d stray copy of the Police Gazette, or
Beadle's Number 1853, with which to
fill up the intervals between poker and
three-card monte. Phyllis does not
keep him company while he is "herd-
in" but arrayed in purple and fine
cbOlO OAOtl1OSs SAlO awaits LIS GOu4iuS dU
the dance house in the nearest market
town, where, amid the squeaking Of fid
dies, the blinking of glasses, shouts,
curses and pistol cracks, they pass the
night in drunken carnival. As l have
said, we know nothing of his antece-
dents. As to where or when he was
born, or whether, like Topsy, he "jest
growed," are uusolved problems. He
may have had babyhood and boy
hood, but we have no proof of those
facts. Our first acquaintance with him
is in the prime of manhood, when he
presents himself to US a full-fedged
herder. He is usually tall, muscular,
active, andbut for shockingiy bowed legs,
from his constant seat in the saddle,
we'll built hair long and unkempt and
sun-faded; in dress, generally indiffer-
ent to color and texture, pair of jean
pantaloons thrust iHto high-topped
boots, wooden shirt, belt containing
small arsenal Of pistols and cutlery,
SLOUGH felt hat Of great width of brim,
often a genuine Mexican sonabrero. A
part of himself might be reckoned his
horse, from which he is almost INSOFAR
able In morals the herder is not a
model young man for the Sunday
school books. He possesses all the
vices that his limited education per-
mits, and if he omits any it is not his
fault. As profane swearer he has few
equals, as gambler he is not surpassed.
and as consumer of mean whisky he
is without peer. Prodigal of his
money, needless of the future, he lives
for the day only, and his brief life is
usually brought up with sharp turn
by pistol-shot in a drunken brawl
His vices are counterbalanced by some
| virtues. Generous and open-hearted
t ne will spend his last dollar for hi
: friends, or risk his life in defense of {
| comrade in danger. Living his whole
t life without the pale of civilized soci
ETY., associated with vile men and vile
5 women. it is only a wonder that he i
? no worse than he is.-hansas MaQazint
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Woman.

Every man of sense and refinement
admires woman as woman, and when
she steps out OF this character, thou
sand things that in their appropriate
sphere would be admired become dis
gushing and offensive. The appropriate
character of woman demands delicacy
of appearance and manners; refinement
of sentiment, gentleness of speech,
modesty in feeling and action, shrink
ing from notoriety and public gaze,
aversion to all that is coarse and rude,
and an instructive adherence of all
that tends to indelicacy and impurity
either in principle or action. These are
the traits which are always admired and
often sought for in a woman.-Londo,
! Journal