Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-15

WILLIAM NEED,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Mechanicstswn, June IL, 1872.
GRASS AND POLITICS.
, Maud Muller on a summers day,
RaAcl the meadow sweet with hay
! p0- The people of Frederick conn-
'ty will vote understandingly at the
next Presidential election. At the
Cattle Show IN the fall of 1869, they
had the pleasure of seeing and shak-
ing hands with Gen. ULYSSES s.
GRANT, who it is reported was an e1-
cellent judge Of fast trotting horses
and mountain mutton. At the Cattle
Show last October, they seen and
heard HORACE GREELEY express his
views upon the proper method for the
cultivation Of Grass a. one Of the
great elements of Husbandry. Mr..
Greeley faced the old farmers of Free
derrick, county on that occasion, and
told them in plain words what they
should do to make grass grow. "All
flesh is grass" so the Psalmist informs
us; and the Importance of cultivating
grass ranks foremost among the Agri-
cultural topics of the day. Consider
ing the scarcity of grass at the present
time, and the high price which it
brings here. and at Baltimore-from
$40 to $45 per ton we think Mr..
Greeley was right in choosing it as
his theme - the right mode to cult
vate grasses. As far as we can learn
stock raisers Of this county were ra-
Their pleased with the Farmer of Chap
paqua, and believe in his theory.
Gen. Grant undoubtedly knows
more about fast Trotting Horses and
driving Bull Team for that was his
forte (for to draw saw-logs with an OK
team was Ulysses delight when a boy,
so Jesse Grant, the Postmaster at
Covington, Kentucky. informed us in
Bonners Ledger some time ago., and
understands also more about the Whit
Of good cigar than Mr.. Greeley =
but the Farmer of Chappaqua knows
more about cultivating grasses and
growing pumpkins and turnips than
the present occupant Of the White
House.
Gen. Grant when he was in Fred.
crirk in attendance on the Cattle
Cattle Show, was the guest of Mr..
Lawrence Brengle, after dining at the
Far Grounds on mountain mutton
and turnipS. lie also took an even
ing lunch with Mr. John Loats, Il
Brother Tanner some say tho Prrsi-
dent was n Tanner, and tanned the
hides of Lee and Seymour, but whom
and whore h" learnt his trade we can t
ell. Probably nobody knows, unless
it Was at Appomlttox Court House
and the last Presidential election,
! After being dinrL and wincl and
toasted and shown around the sights
If Frcderirk-the house where old
Barbara Fritchie lived, and whore she
raised the American Flag. and dared
the advancing Rebels Of S,onewall
JackSons column to fire upon it =
shoot my old gray hairs, bu, spare,
oh spare, the flag Of my country" He
also rode up TO the top of the noun
tam to en- JOY the pure air OF the Ca
toctin Base where he behell the
lovely Valley of Middletown: and
there is where Capt. Henry Clay NALL
rs usher and illumination and ilInStra-
tor enabled the resident to cast his
horoscope and view the Sugar Loaf
mountain, the Blue Hills of Maryland,
and the Valley of the Potomac down
toward PeterSville, Berlin and Har-
per's Ferry. The President certainly
was pleased ut the beautiful autumn
nal picture before his ewes, but he was
more gratited when he passed over
the historic battle field of Antictam.
Mr.. Greeley, as u life long reeto-
taller, was an excellent Judge of pure
mountain water. He was the guest
Of and dined or supped or brake
bread with Mr.. Samuel l.. Gonver-
neur, Editor of the Frederick X,yu1d,
when he talked about farming and
growing big apples and peaches, and
not about politics-didn't think or
dream about the Presidency. No! as
Whittier says, he was talking of Maud
Muller and the new mown hay" and
the beautiful array of horticultural
and vegetable products brought to the
Fair by the farmers wives and daugh-
tiers of Frederick county. lie was a
cold water man, and partook freely of
boned turkey, bran bread and fricasee
a la MODE, but could not be induced to
imbibe a single glass of Mr.. G.'s spark
ling 'Catawba, but drank freely of the
iced beverage of the roaring Tnsca-
rora. One don't drink nor smoke,
nor taste anything that will intoxi-
cate PERHAPS the other does. Which
is the most sensible in this respect
the reader can determine for himself
We say Gen. Grant and Mr.. Gree
ley-the big and little Care both
known to the old farmers of Fredcr-
ick county. They are both good look
ing. Our people have seen them face
to face. Who will get the most votes
next November among the tillers of
1 ,x> Il. III