Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03

rX- A fire took place last ednesaay
about noon in Eylcr's Valley in the noun
tain and burnt over considerable ground
not doing n great deal ofdamagc, however
The rain of Thursday afternoon put IL ou''
FINE RA1N-Af,er Il long dry spell we
had fine rain shower in this local,y 'as.
Thursday afternoon, which will DC OF g'e"'
benefit to the growing corn
tB- We apprehend there will bG spirited
bidding at the sale of the Real Estate OF
Peter Bussard, deceased, for the splchdlo
Mansion House in this town.
r8- The Tent of the Great Forest City
Circus will BE- pitched on the lot OF Mr..
VIM. L. Armacost, Lombard street, on tlie
Gracellam Road.
~ We present the phiz of Grant and
Greeley in to-day's paper
eF- The Rocky Ridge Tournament and
the Forest City Circus are the absorbing
"topics of the day" in Mechanicstown.
rB- Our "American colored fellow-citi,
zens of African descent" from Iiagerstown
will hold a Grand Pic Mic Festival at the
Blue Ridge Summit to-day. Fiddling and
dancing and swinging beneath the old oak
tree and music on the banjo, and sly mr..
tation with glass of especial wine, Will
fill the BILL "Dinah he lovely now,' "Oh
lord gals tomorrow g Sunday, va, va, va !!
are several of the airs to be sung on the
occasion.
B- Plenty of strangers in Emmitsburg
and times brisk.
tB Read the advertisements.
T The Grand Jury of Washington
county in their report of this year refer to
the Montevue Hospital of this county as a
Model Institution. And 50 it is-self-sus-
tanning.
@- The boys are fumbling about for
their quarters-25 cents-to deposit in the
Circus Treasury They never get tired
looking at still vaulting, hearing Mr.. Mer.
ryman crack his jokes, and listening to the
crack of the Ring Masters whip.
The water in Smithsburg is at low ct b.
Only one we'll in the place that holds out.
The water question in that locality is a
serious matter.
rB- Plenty of water in the wells at
Creagerstown.
tB An addition to the Lutheran church
Of this place will soon be erected.
CT The subscription paper for the Pro-
testant Episcopal Chapel of this town is
now being handed round. Subscribe libe
rally.
1t will be hard on little pigs this year
There will be no nubbins. The big roast
ing ears are shooting ahead finely.
The tan bark side is the dime side of Car
roll street
rE There will be lots of fun at Rocky
Ridge to-day. Go and see.
IRON ORE.-Thc iron ore of the Catoc
tin Mountain is in great demand. We
understand u party from Philadclph wish
es to contract for II thousand tons to be
delivered in short time
eE" 1t rained very hard last Monday
evening along the Monocacy, up and down
from the Crcagcrstown and Woodsboro
Bridge--the old Lilly Fording
We call attention to the sale of the
Real Estate and Personal Property of
Peter BuSsard, late of Frederick county,
deceased. The stone Mansion now offer
cd for sale is one of the best properties in
this town or county. 1t was built by
Capt. VIM p. Jones in 1899, with great
care and taste, and is in all respects mos,
eligible and desirable mansion.
Ia See advertisement
tY- The Picnic at Graccham of the
Sunday School scholars will take place to-
day in Mr. Kroms woods near the town.
1t will he a very entertaining OCCASION
THE TOURNAMENT AT Rocky RIDGE.-t
We have been crcdibly assured that the
Tournament which takes place to-day at
Rocky Ridge will he largely attended nv
the beauty and fashion of all the surround,
ing towns and neighhOrhoods Of the Mo-
nocacy and Pipe Creek Valleys Young
gentlemen have been putting their horses
in training for several weeks past and they
are determined that the ancient DAYS of
Chivalry shall be revived. Those who at
tend will no doubt be highly edited and
everything pass off agreeable.
These Tournaments come down from
the Knightly period. when European Chi |
valry gave themselves up largely to ioust-
ings, fittings, lcapings, etc, so graphically
described by Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe,'
James "Chivalry of the Crusades," and
Don Quixotte's attack on the Windmill
In those days the tournaments were atten-
ded with bloody and fatal results. A. now
and for some years popular in
this State, and the States farther South,
they are harmless and pleasant amusc-
ments, consisting chiefly in fine riding.
graceful attidudinizing with the acc0mpani.
ments of Knightly characters, browning of
the Queen of Love and Beauty, Maids Of
Honor, etc
The young men of Rocky Ridge and the
Monocacy Valley have special tact for get
ting up such amusements. On this occa-
sion everything will be gracefully arrang-
ed, and a Band of Music will I've present to
add to the festivities of tho day
Bass CATCHING IN LITTLE HUNTING
understand that in the quiet
little stream that runs close ny CatOctin
Furnace, some Of the disciples of Izaak
Walton, sometime ago placed a number of
Black Bass from the Potomac to spawn
These fish have increased in number very
rapidly-so few days ago Mr.. Charles T.
Kunkel and some of the "boys" about the
furnace thought they would go hobbing
for fish bites. The Bass is Il sly fish. but
by means Of sly angling the party caught
two "whoppers.' which weighed heavily,
enough to make a fine meal for several
families.
AT her residence, La Salctte Cottage,
near Mt. St Marys College, BRIDGET
SWEENI, in the 6}d year Of her agc-a
loving wife tender mother and Il Chart
able neighhor Rfq"t"srnt in po"'