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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22

MEN OF BnAlNs.-Wendell Phil
lips says 1.-The biggest brains don't
20 to Congress- The biggest brains
IN the country control the industrial
enterprises, the railroad and the iron
business and the cotton business; 1t
takes Napoleon to grasp it IN his
hand. These are the great men, these
are the big brains-the Stewards, the
Vanderbilts, and the Scotts while III
the second line of intellect come the
editors, professional men, of vast
strength, and then out Of the third
average come the Congressman. And
out of 800 of them you get, perhaps
10 marked men, but the average are
only third-rate men.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
MONEY CANNOT BUY 1T.
FOR SIGHT Is PRICELESS,
But the Diamond Npectacles will
Preserve 1t.

WE now Offer Glass to the publ,
w which is pronounced 10y the most
celebrated opticians Of the world To be the
most perfect, natural artificial help To the
human eve ever known
They are ground under our own eup"rvl.
t!On, at our own manutactory in New
Haven, and are 50 constructed that the
core or centre of the Tense comes directly
in front Of the eye producing clear and
distinct vision, as in the natural healthy
tight, and prevents all unpleasant scnsa-
sions, such as glimmcrng and waVcring o.
sight, dizziness, sc, peculiar to all others
III use.
These Glasses arc manufactured from
minute crystal pebbles, melted together
and derive their name "Diamond," on &C.
count of their hardness and brilliancv.
These Glasses are mounted in the finest
manner, at our own manutactorv, in all
styles of Gold, Silver, Steel, Rubber, and
Shell Frames, of the hest quality
Their durability cannot he surpassed, and
their finish is such as will suit the most
iastidiUus.
None genuine unless bearing our trade
mark, stamped on every frame,
Manufactured by j, Il. Spencer q Co.
Practical Opticians, New York.
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Western Maryland r. r,

\ REGULAR Daily Freight Train is
. \ now running between Baltimore and
Smithsbur~ in Washington county, Md.,
eight miles from lIagcrstown. The We~-
tern Maryland Railroad Company is pre-
pared TO receive and forward Freights 20
and from Baltimore and Smithsbnrg aud
Wayneshoro' Station, and all other Sta
tons on its line Merchandise destined for
these points should be sent to the Northern
Central Freight Depot, corner North and
Centre Streets, marked to the care of the
Western Maryland Railroad Company.
Information concerning rates &c.. will
be furnished at the Freight and Passenger
Agents Office, 100 North Calvert Street.
JOHN r. RlGNEi,
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAM III. JoRDoN,
Freight and Passenger 1gcnt.
feb. lift
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
NIGNONETTE.

Thy gift il like thyself, dear friend;
No tri!liancy of bloom,
No wreath Of outward charms reveals
Its presence in my room;
But healing fragrance, such as breathes
From out a spirit pure.
That hulpbly loves and humbly learns
To trust and to endure:
Exalings Of our inward peace,
Which whisper to my heart,
That who 80 loves, and who so learns,
Doth choose the better part,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
Coach Factory.

/ l>HE subscriber having rented from Mr.
l. John Rouzel, the old stone building
in Mcchancstown, known as Capt. Vim.
p Jones Tannery, is prepared to carry on
the
COACH MAKING B USLNES.S
Ind Repairing Coaches, B'wgtes, etc.
in the best manner and in the cheapest
style He will warrant his work to be sub
stantial and Of the beet quality of mate
rails. He solicits a fair share of custom.
G. +. HITESHEW.
ETn N. B.-The work will be executed
at the lowest rates for CASH.
June law
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
Broker and Real Estate
Agent.

vINIIE undersigned has established an Of
| fee for the purpose Of carrying on the
Real Estate and Broker business Private
securities bought at reasonable discount.
Overdue time of mechanics, aborcrs, &c,
with their employers, bought at very low
discount. Money loaned for short periods
Of time on receipt Of good security. Par,
ticuar attention paid to the sale of real
estate entrusted to my hands. Ny strict
and sole attention will be paid to the above
business,
~" Office rear room, ground floor of
gilds' Hall Entrance by the Hall door.
address CliAS T. CAHSEbl
apr g. gmo4' Mccnaucslown Md
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CENTRAL HOTEL.
Corner Main and NORTH Streets,
CH1NICSTO " ". N ID
JACOB SPROW, Proprietor.

T'HIS establishment having been thor
J. oughly renovated and cleaned up from
the garre, to the cellar,is now open tor the
reception Of permanent and transient boar
ders, and the travelling public All who
may call will be waited upon with polite
ness and attention. Ike soicits a share OF
public patronage,
NAV 1 -3W
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Notice.

4 LII persons knowing themselves in
N Gebted to me on book account or note,
viii please call and settle; otherwise their
accounts will be placed in an officers hands
for collection, as longer Indulgence will
not be given.
FREDERICK WHITE
apr eff
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
CUSTOMER BOOT AND SHOE
MANDATORY.

:" VIE subscriber has opened a Boot and
Shoe Mandatory, 1T the store Room
on South Market street, Frederick city, Md
recently in the occupancy Of Dr.. Joseph
Il. CARROT, A. a drug store. Ladies. and
ltcntltmtn's
SHOE AND BOOT WEAR
of all kinds will he made from the hest ma
trrills and in the latest styles by rNppricn
ccd Workmrn. The undersigned being a
practical mechanic, the work viii be made
under his own supervision, and customers
can fully rely upon the character Of the
work furnished them. Under no circum-
stances, work other than his own manu-
tacturr will be sold to customers. BY strict
attention to business and promptly waiting
upon customers, the undersigned hopes to
merit fair share of the public patronage
Cali at No. IL South Market street, and yet
measured. a good tit is guaranteed Re
specially, JOHN \. STEINER
july Sly
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MA NJ. Z. EYLER,
GLOVE MAKER.


Quality HI, NccEon1FstoN0, IA.
Manufactures all kinds Of GLOVES
Buckskin, Shccpskin, Caltskin, FoXskin and
Fur Gloves of all descriptions.
.,$~ Only made to order, in the most du.
rablc and substantial manner,
Persons at Il distance who wish gloves
made in the most elegant style will please
end in their orders dCCo3omos.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22

Strawberry Festivals are about over.
Everybody remembers his first cigar
and first sweetheart.
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OBS. nj-sg y2j

Obs. njj-.sg YER
~ NJ SMITH, Manufacturer and Deal,
II. or in Furniture and Mattresses
Particular attention paid to repairing OF
FU RNITVNE. Looking Glass plates re.
placed in old frames. All of which can be
had of the latest styles and for the cheap.
est CASH PRICES.
CT@ CHERRY, BLACK AND WHITE
WALNUT AND COVERED
O. GDFEENS. a,
Of the latest City styles, made to order
from the cheapest to the finest quality
at the shortest notice with promptncss
METALLIC COFFINS and CASKETS
can be procured on the shortest notice at
City prices.
also take pleasure in informing the
public that have a first claas HEARSE
and am prepared to attend funerals in this
place or anywhere in the vicinity, And
kindly asks for 4 continuance Of liberal
patronage in all branches of my bust
ness.
! Shop on Carroll street near the Depot
june Limos
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22

CYRUPS.-Thc best article Of Syrup,
> at 50 cents per gallon; also good quad
i,y at 80, 60 and Is cents per gallon. Far
mcrs and house keepers should call and
taste these fine syrups,
GEO W STOCKSDALN,
may 1l-tf At the Railroad Depot
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Administrators Notice.
HOUND.

A few days ago, near Mr.. I.ohr's build
inc on the Mcchanicstown and Emmits
burg Turnpike, Il VEIL, which the owner
can have by proving property and paying
fer this advertisement. Call at the Clarion
Office. mar Soft
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
thursday, FEBRUARY q l872.
ignorance and Bliss.

A scene occurred a day or two
since, upon the, Lake Shore Rail.
road between Erie and Cleveland,
that occasioned a momentsry sen.
sation in one of the coaches of the
passenger train. A young coun-
tryman entered the cars to Girard,
Pa, and taking a seat by the
stove, began to, unwrap sveral
yards of q home made "comforter"
from bis face and throat, which
operation. when completed, dis
closed a countenance that glewed
with the healthy tint of the boiled
lobster, relieved In spots by occa-
sional darker discolorations, indi-
eating cutaneous disorder of
so-.e dismal character. In addi-
ion to these "spots on the sum-"
his brow was surrounded by a
corona of hair of the Thompson
ian type, that stood erect and FORM
ed a waving nebule Of capillary
beauty that heightened the rich
and royal tints below. After get
ting comfortably established, the
new passenger looked around and
discovered an acquaintance in the
seat adjoining, Greeting ensued,
when the latter asked, what is
the matter with your face?"
"Well,"' replied the ruby-tinted
chap, II don't know exactly what
does all me; some think it is small
pox, but | don't believe it, though
our folks kick up such a muss
that I thcught | would run up to
Cleveland and see what was the
matter" !" 10
The conversation, which was
in a loud voice, was lis
:ened TO with interest by the 9TH
sr passengers, but when the speak
,r had ended, there were several
vacant seats in the vicinity, and
though a medical expert who was
IN the train, pronounced it simply
a case Of erysipelas, the man who
did not know what allied him"
lad all the room he needed for
or repose the rest Of his
rip.-Clere7aRa Leader
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
TERMS,
FTwo Dollars for one year, sava-
T'ably fn advanoe; Two Dollars aud
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three

TTwO Dollars for one year, snvd-
s';ably fa Advance; Two DOllnrS aud
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the coun-
ty 10 be paid for an advance
OF Single copies, Ten Cents each.
"Advertisemeutsi inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
insertion; Fifty Gents for each continuance.
F Local aDd Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
F a liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months. ~
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
0F The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited 70 their own Immediate and
regular business; and the business of sn aa-
yeTtising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual members. 0STNo de-
Walton from these terms under any eircum-
stances.
OF Advertiserne nents not marked with the
number of insertions " Ken handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
eKscted.
OF No advertisement inserted grain touslV
sT Advertisements Of an sbusive nature
will cot be inserted at any price.
t6@ Announcing, candidates Five Dollars
to be paid infadvsnce in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and Oh as reasonable
terms as any Office IN Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
A Novel Ceremony.

The ceremony of choosing
compadre and camadres for the
coming year,-a custom pecu-
liar to the people of Spain and
Mexico-is to be performed up
on the advent of the new year
, by some of, tho ladies of this
city. The custom is an old one,
and its origin dates back many
years. The matter of its per-
formance is as follows: The
names Of the ladies and gentle
men known to be mutually ac-
Iquainted are written upon slips
of paper and deposited in hats,
the name Of a lady being drawn
from one hat with that of a gen
tleman from another. The two
whose names are thus drawn to
be conpodres and comadres to
each other for the year. The
obligations incurred toward
each other are very simple
THE gentleman is to be the es-
cort Of the lady on any and ev-
cry occasion tnat she may de-
sire; and she in turn must con-
slider herself engaged for any
and every entertainment which
he may wish to attend. OF
course, the relationship can be
dissolved by mutual consent,
either temporarily or perma-
nently, during the period for
which the agreement is made
The custom is an agreeable one
in tills particular, that it insures
to both gentleman and lady an
escort and companion, thus do
ing away with the disagreeable
incidents which sometimes. oc-
cur through not having part
uers for an entertainments
And it also secures to the lady
having oOmpadTe, the positive
certainty of having some one
to dance with her at every ball.
San Diego (Cal.) Union, December
ST, 1861. n -I.E .at...
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
A Remarkable Set.

Old Farmer Gruff was one
morning tugging away with all
his might and main at a barrel
of apples, which he was en-
deavoring to get up the cellar
stairs, and calling at the top of
his voice for one Of his boys to.
lend a helping hand, ,butin vain.
When he had, after an infinite
amount of sweating and putting,
accomplished his task, and just
when they we're not needed, of
course the boys made their ap-
.pearance.
"Where have you been and
what have you been about, I'd
like to kn ow, that you could not
hear me call?" inquiredthe far
mer, in an angry tone address
ing the eldest. ~
"Out in the shop, settin' the
saw" replied the youth.
"And you, Dlck?"
"Out in the barn settin' the
hen" !"
"And you, sir?" 80 ~
"Up in granny room scttin'
the clock
"And you, young man"
"Up in the garnet settin' the
trap" ''
. dAnd, now, Master Fred,
where were You, and what were
you settin'?" asked the old far
lmer of his youngest progeny,
the asperity of his temper be-
ing somewhat softened by this
amusing category Of answers.
t"Come, let rs hear" ",.
"Out on the door step, settin'
lstifl," replied the youth hopeful.
IA remarkable set, / must
confess, added the amused sire,
dispensing the grinning group
with a wave Of his hand.
H#H
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
Free Love Exemplif1ed,

"A Boston gir4 who had more
than once during the continuance
of a Encouragement shocked her
lover, ipiouss burgher gaof the
Quaker city, by her declamations
in favor Of free love, completely
disgusted him when the time for
the marriage drew near BY refus-
ing to submit TO the performance
of the ceremony, and Offering her.
self to his connubial embrace
without the sanction Of the re-
ligious right or legal authority.
In vain he demonstrated, She
professed herself ready to UNDER
go all the pains and pleasures of.
the marriage state, but submit to
the tying of the nuptial knot she
would not. And when he de.
manded her reasons for her extra
ordinary dislike TO the idea Of cleri-
cal or magisterial Intervention, she
claimed that were she bound ir.
revocably to him he would take
no pains to please her, but were
she free to, leave him at any
time, her happiness would be his
chief thought to provide for; and
then, -too,s she wished to bestow
her affections and embraces on
another man if at any time she
should cease toe love him. At
this candid avowal Of her proellv-
tiles he professed to consider the
broken, but this she
would not allow, and has entered
q complaint against him for breach
of promise Of marriage. The
case promises interesting develop
ments at its trial, as, Of course,
the defence will be, as above, that
"Berkis is willin," but the lady
not. % rf --r-- -.. -. ~ -~-- .t--.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

The Cincinnati Enquirer says {:
t'The State of Kentucky, in her
sovereign capacity, ia prosecuting
claim against the General Gov.
ernment for damages received In
various forms during the late war.
In order to arrive at q correct un.
derstanding as to the time when
damage began to he inflicted, and
when it left off, il became neces-
sary to define the limit and du-a-
ton of the war. This the Su.
preme Court did a few days ago,
1t declares that the war began
with the blockade proclamation,
and ended with the Presidential
proclamation, April 3, 1866
Hereafter, when a Republican
stump speaker is heard announc-
ing the firing upon Fort Sumter
as the commencement of the war,
land they all do it, it will be in
order to quote this judicial ruling
against them"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

THE SFEREosCoPE.- Stereo-
scope wasinvented by Professor
Wheatstone, and first described
by him in 1888. 1t was only d
year after this that NJ. Dagurre
made known his discovery in
Paris; and almost at, the same
time MIR. Fox Talbot sent his COM
munication to the Royal Society,
giving!an account Of his methaeli
of obtaining pictures OIL paper by
the action of light. iodine was
discovered in 1911, bfomine in
1926, chloroformo in, 1881, gun
cotton, from which collodion is
mades in R46, electro-platiDg pro-
cess about the same time with
photography call things great
and small, working together to
produce what seemed at first as
delightful, but as fabulous as
Aladdin's ring, which is now as
little suggestive of surprise as our
daily bread -...1..l-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

|. CoNUNDRUM FOR MARRIED
PEoPLE.-In a trial before the
Mayor of Oakalona, Miss, few
days since, the question as to.
"whether a wife could sleep
with her head upon her hus-
bands arm all night without
paralizing it sufficiently to
wake him up and cause him to
withdraw his arm from under
her head" was sprung. 1t
proved too hard for the yonng
attorneys who were conducting
the trial, and an old physician
was called to decide the ques-
Ition, and he said "she. might
and then she mightn't.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
OF the twenty convict women ii

OF the twenty convict women in
the Tennessee penitentia one
only is white. She is only
"sweet sixteen;" her life has been
a chequered one. Her name is
Mary Ellison. When quite young
she was thrown upon her own re-
sources and fell by the wayside.
She soon acquired a morbid pro-
pensity for theft. About two
years ago she was convicted of
larceny, in Blount county, hut
having expressed anxiety to re-
form, was pardoned by Gov. Sem
ter, after she had served about
eighteen months of her term.
From Nashvilleshe went to Greene
county, where she found a new
field of operations, and was again
convicted. This time she was
sentenced for three years. She is
now serving the first year of her
second term. s.'7 s.' -
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g .:llstttlptf If TIE sAnses. 81
An Old womnn's Rexerie


When slowly in the crimson west
The evening shadows gently fall,
And twilight hour--the one loved best
Comes stealing softly Ger us all,
| love in easy chair to sit
And muse-while quietly l knit. a
1 dream of years when Twas young,
And lovers hinted I was fair,
And of my eyes in rapture sung,
Or praised my silky nut-brown hair.
Twas long ago-yet here l sit Ha
Before the fire and calmly knit.
,Alasi those locks are scant and gray,
The eyes have lost their watching light
The lips that praised have passed away,
And over all has fallen the blight
OF time-and here alone sit
Before the fire, and sadly knit.
l think of. those who've gone before e..
The dear ones Iso fondly loved
And yielding to the magic power -t
OF memories all too deeply moved,
/ softly weep, as here sit ar
Before the fire to dream and knit.
And soon / too will pass away,
And one who now is young and fair,
Will often sit at close of day,
As twilight shadows gather near,
And tell how mother" used to sit
In the old easy chair and knit. -- r
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

A man from one of the rural
districts recently went to Wash
ington to see the sights. A mem
Der. of the House, whose constitu-
ent he was, said :: ''Come up to-
morrow, and | will give you seat
on the floor of the House." 'No
ycu don't!'' replied Jonathan,
81 always manage to have a cheer
to set on to home, and | bet |
haint come to Wash'n'ton to set
on the floor! Injuns may do
that when they come if they like,
but ! that am civilized don't do
IA
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

"A Washington dispatch says
eIt is learned that the National
Democratic Executive Committee
will not meet till after the Phila-
delphia Convention, to decide when
and where the National Demo
cratic Convention. should be held.
Il is thus proposed to adhere to
the passive policy until alt the
plans and purposes Of the Repub-
lican party on the Presidential
issue are fullydeveloped, ,and there
fore maintained that there is am
pie time for the committee to call
the Denaocratic Convention as late
as August, and thus give full op:
portunity for allele' .ents opposed
to the continuance of the present
SAdministratio ton to. unite in an op.
position Presideutiat ticket This
view of the course TO be. pursued
meets with the approve, it is un'
detstQod, IF -hsny Of the Demo
Gratis ID Congress" ~ l.,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
! The, Norwich Bulletin saws

c, The Norwich Bulletin says !;
ga franklin street tgentlemanand
his wife had a little argument on
Christmas eve, when he kindly
said he would hang up her. stock.
ings for her; which he did, but in
advertently omitted to take her
eutof them. She stood on her
head for nine minutes, when the
neighbors arbitrated." p
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

3 The French. Minister Of War
has decided that in future white
or dapple gray horses should not
be employed in military service,
the experience of the late war hav.
ing proven that the, animal of
those, oolors offers an excellent
mark for the enerny's artillery.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
How a 3 Speech of Dan.
Voorhies was Reported.

The Louisville Ledger tells this
story Of the journalist, Daniel
0Connell, who was buried the
other day from the Morgue, in
New York. 1t relates, to,the lime
when be was on the Courier Jour
nal, in Louisville: "But in an
'evl hour, when sent to report a
speech Dan. voorhees, was to de.
liver at New Albany, the name
sake ofthe great Irish orator fell
by the wayside, and spentthe day
with some rollicksome friends in
Portland. Returning to the edi-
toria1 rooms that night, he gave
Haldeman o circumstantlal &C.
count of the difficulties he expert
enced in getting near enough to
hear every word voorhees, said,
but claimed that he had got the
'bones' OF the speech, and many
of the orators fancy flights and
could reproduce them verbatim.
Wetting his head with ice water,
he sat down, and in two hours sent
up, with flaming headlines, the
most tremendous speech that was
ever circulated on the oratorical
credit of the Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash The ifancy flights were
especially toploftical Grattan
and Curran were no where, and
even Phillips was totally eclipsed
Brilliant extracts from this re-
port went the rounds, and yet Dan
VOORHEES, was ungrateful enough
afterward to say he would not, foI
a thousand dollars, have had thai
speech publiahed as his.p rs "a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22

...rr tg. rf Eer.r
A married woman inDecatur,
Ohio, the other day, pining for
her husbands society, went
with three little children to the
billiard-hall and took q seat by
his side. ''It's disgraceful, " said
he, looking daggers at her. 81
know it, " continued the injured
wife, "and You have borne the
disgrace SO long, my dear, that
lam determined henceforth to
share it with you,}' and she took
out her knitting-work 9and7set-
tied down for the evening" He
went home much earlier than
usual, and he has not been seen
that hall since. oa ~