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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
The World We live In.

This is a beautiful wor.d that Goo
has made for us to dwell in. His sun
light moonlight, starlight, and rain
bows; his blue heavens, tinted with
gold and crimson forming canopy
over our heads and surrounding uf
with halo of beauty and brllliancy
both dazzling and divine; his deep
oceans, winding rivers, smooth lakes
lofty mountains, majestic forests, ,greeu
valleys, beautiful flowers, and bright
plumaged birds. Are they not al.
uivinelv fair, All fashioned by hl'
hands and his love, whose fantes,
concepton Of the Heavens glory anc
beauty and the earths Splendor out
shines the most matured thought anc
study of man S geulus in artistic cttor
and design
And yet he made all these things
for us to enjoy, admire. and apprecl
ate made them that we might live II
this world which he has made. and b'
happy together, aiding each other
and bearing one anothers burdens
never unmndful Of the loving Fathe
and Divine Architect who planned
and built our earthly habitation.
Have we done this Have we bles
sed our felIow-men? Have We return
ed gratitude to our Father for al
these blessings conferred upon US
No, but, instead, how many there art
among US who are daily finding faul
and grumbling about the world W.
live in, saying lis a world Of sor
row and troubIe-a wilderness Of woe
there's nothing in it worth living for.
Such are constantly wondering why
we were created and why God put u
here to suffer These and scores o
similar explosions fall upon our ear
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
Major Andre.

A PRISONER AT CARL1sLE.-Many
have expressed doubts as to the au-
thenticity of the statement that Mayor
Andre was prisoner at Carlisle. "A
correspondent of the Presbyterian
from Harrisburg seems to settle the
matter. He says;
Your paper of the lst Of August
contains Il letter from Carlisle, IA. IN
which the writer mentions the fact OF
Major Andre having been a prisoner
in that town during the Revolutionary
war. 1t has been my privilege to be
acquainted with several persons,wlth-
in the last fifty years, who, IN then
youth, knew Major Andre wnen he
was prisoner in Carlisle. .
Major Andre and other British Of
fce.s were captured at Ticonderoga
in Burgovnc d feat, | think, "HI
We're brough, to Carlisle by Gen. st
Clalr, who died about fifty years age
on his f.,rm near Greensburg, Penna
Carlisle being west Of the Su&quehan-
ma, was considered the safest place in
.e country 70: prisoners. Between
the years 1880 and 1910 the wrltel
had repeated conversations with 6
person who Was born in Carlisle II
l-6O, and lived about twenty Year,
in house but lately taken down
adjoining the present Jail yard, Tins
perSen, who WAS near relative Vi
Col. George Gibson, the f'ther OF tho
late Chief Justice Gibson, sad that
Mai. Andre and the other prisoners
were put under the command OF Col
George Gibson, and being on their pa
role, were allowed to visit the town
that Mai. Andre WAS an accomplished
gentleman; he was q fine musician, ;
poet and painter, and made hlmsel
very agreeable to the young people Q
the town; that Col. Gibson, after th'
prisoners had been there length o
time, took them down to York, anG
after some time, We're ia ken from there
to Lancaster, where they We're ex
changed. Col. Gibson was afterwards
killed in St. Clair's defeat in Ohio, II
1871. When Maj. Andre was execu
ted as q spy, it became for months at
terwards, the main topic of converse
tion throughout the whole Culnber
land Valley.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
The End of Summer.

The harvest fields have been reap
ed by the husbandman. The fruits
of the season are ripe and mellow
The leaves are already beginning to
fade and wither, and are only waiting
for the first frosts to give them their
autumn tints of gold and crimson
The air is clear, cool and invigorating.
1t is the last evening Of summer.
1t brings US many thoughts that
are both sad and pleasant ones. 1t
recalls many memories, that are both
sorrowful and joyous, of summers
that have gone; roses that have bud
ded, bloomed and faded; of hopes de-
ferred of fances that were too bright
for human realization; of friendships
we have known, and of loved ones
that have passed away.
We have watched with feelings OF
pleasure the leaves and delicate bios
SONS of the trees as they appeared in
the springtime, fresh and beautiful
and we have feft emotions almost OF
regret and pain when the flying gold
of the ruined woodlands drive through
the air.
Life has its seasons They are as
distinct and different from each other
as the seasons of the year, though the
boundary line that lies between them
is imperceptible; for we glide gradual
ly from one into the other, like the
gradations Of color and shade tina,
express tle distances in Il beautiful
painting.
Like the summer of the year, the
summer of our lives is that time when
there is the most labor to be done
Everything is earnest and real and al
its close man is ready to reap the
rewards of his labors, as a farmer
gathers the harvest into his granarv
And the recompcnse conforms perfect.
" to his respective industry OF indo
lenca; for industry, perseverance, anc
good actions bring their corresponding
pleasures and blessings, as sure Y a,
misleeds, errors and wasted opportu,
mites, produce uItllnateIy IS. sorrow anc
distress. Circumstances have not sC
much to do with m,ns prosperity ol
adverSlty as many people Imagine
The principle Of attribn;ing man
good or i'll fortune entlrcI y to luck, i
the iavor.te excuse Of those whose lacl
of energy and application in business
have been the prime canscS OF thell
poor success IN getting along IN til,
world.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
A Wild Pigeon RO0St.

Probably the largest pigeon roost
ever known in Maryland, is now ex-
sting on the farm of MIR. VIM. Schley,
near Oakland, in AIleganv county
The pigeons collect nightly on tract
of ground covered with alder bushes
occupying about six acres. The pi-
geons first appeared about ten days
ago in countless tlocEs. The CnInber-
land News says The inhocklng pi-
seons gradually settled down upon
the bushes, until they We're bent to
the ground by the weight of the birds.
S,lIl more pigeons came ilving in from
distant points and continued to settle
down upon the already living mass,
until the whole five or SIX acres were
compactly covered. SO great was the
mum Der Of birds that they We're piled
upon each other in places from one 10
two feet in depth. The pigeons con-
tlnued tIocking in and settling upon
and among each other from about t
0 clock in the afternoon until night
fall, when at last they became still,
and prepared for their nights resi-
With the early dawn of the morning
flock after flock arose and flew away
in all directions, which departures
were continued until about . o'clock,
when the place was deserted and not
living bird to be seen during the
remainder of the day, until toward
evening,when they again began flock
ing back to the same roosts, and the
scenes of the evening before We're
again to be witnessed; and all this has
occurred daily for the past ten days.
1t is estimated that all the tlocks OF
pigeons for perhaps fifty or sixty mile,
around thus gather at this one spot
each e"ening during their annual mi
gratory visit to the immense forest re-
gions of the AlIegany Mountains in
quest of the heavy mast Of acornS
abounding there. This is the only
roost known this season in this or any
OF the bordering counties, and Is per
haps the only one within a circle o.
several hundred miles. 1t is well
established fact that these birds have
but one roosting place within very
large territory, and IN their transit to
warmer latitudes, and during their
stoppage by the way, use one place
only as roost at night. At this
wonderful roost on Col. Schley's place,
thousands and thousands Of pigeons
have been nightly captured by men
and boys, with guns, clubs and bags.
After nightfall a person can 80 among
the birds and scoop them into the
mouth of a bag, 1t is needless t.
add that thousands of them have been
wantonly shot, and allowed to remain
upon the ground where they died.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
To JOHN s. SKINNER, Esq.
Baltimore, Md.

F1sH.-Mr. Livingstone, Govern
ment Commissioner, is engaged IN
California in taking and packing Sal
mon spawn for the purpose OF stock
ing rivers in the Atlantic States. be
is now on the McCloud river at a
point of about twenty-five miles above
its confluence with Pitt river,in Shas-
ia county. He takes from $4,000 to
100000 Salmon spawn a day. The
Salmon are very abundant at this
point and in all the larger atfluents
of the Sacramento river. The Salmon
are easily caught and stripped, and
some are returned to the river, few
being retained for food. The eggs are
placed in boxes or vats, the wood OF
which has first been charred so that
the water may not be tainted by the
boards. The eggs are kept in these
watts for several days with cleal water
canning down over them, during
which time such as are worthless are
separated and thrown away and the
remainder are carefully packed IN
layers of wet moss, boxed and other
wise made ready for shipment.
TO make both ends meet-bow
very low.
Bayonets are driven, but bullets
are lead.
The greatest nutmeg ever known
met with a CRATER.
seA- The Liberal hepubli'an party
carried La Sale, Illinois, at recent
CHATTER election,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
The National Thanksgiving.
The following was issued from the
Executive Mansion last Monday:

The following was issued from the
Executive Mansion last Monday:
By the President of the United
States Of Amertca
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The revolution of another
year has again brought the time when
it is usual to look back upon the past,
and publicly to thank the Almighty
for His mercies and His blessings +;
and,
Whereas, If any one people has
more occasion than another for such
thankiulness, it is the citizens of the
United States, whose Government is
their creature, subject to their behests
who have reserved to themselves am
pie civil and religious freedom and
equality before the law; who during
the last twelve months have enjoyed
exemption from any grievous or gem
eral calamity, and to whom prosperity
in agriculture, manufactures and com
lnerce has been vouchsated; now,
therefore,
BY these considerations, | recon-
mend that on Thursday, the twenty
eighth day Of November next, the peo-
pie meet in their respective places of
worship, and there make their ac-
| acknowledgements to God for His kind
ness and bounty.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set nv hand, and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this
eleventh day Of October in the
year OF Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two
and of the independence of the
United States the ninety seventh
(Slgned u. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y Of State
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
The ParSOn COrnered.

Parson Burcher was an irrepressi-
ble old codger, always seeking oppor-
tunity to combat somebody and never
50 we'll satisfied as when he had cor
nered an opponent, On cold stormy
day during the early spring, when
everything without was sloppy and
disagreeable, a number of our citizens
were assembled in Crummett's store,
gathered socially around the stove,
wherein a wholesome fire of hickory
wood was burning. Parson b. was OF
the number, and that he was ready
for a war of words was evident from
the eager expectant manner IN which
he watched the various speakers, ,--
BY and by Sol. Tapworth came in
.-'Uncle Sol. we always called him,
Uncle Sol. came to the stove and rub
bed his hand in the genial radiation.
Ugh, SAID he, with a shake and a
shrug, that is what | call cold wet
ram.
1T sartainly is, responded Crum-
met.
I'D like to ask, put in the Parson,
with dictatorlal dignity, if you ever
heard of any other kind of rain.
'Eh, said Uncle Sol. looking up.
4 ask repeated the Parson, with
the air and emphasis Of master, did
YOU ever hear Of any other kind OF
storm or RAM
4 sad this rain was cold and wet,
persisted Uncle Sol.
And did you ever hear of rain
that was hot and dry, asked the Par
son, triumphantlv.
'I-e-e-s, think | have, replied
, Uncle Sol. with very asslred nod OF
tne head, and Il quiet smile twlnkllng
around his eyes, How was it, Parson
about the ran Ihut the Lord se4t dorm
1jIon .>oll0m and Gomo,Yah?
For once in his life, Parson 3. wa;
so completely cornered that he had
not another word to offer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19
Letter from Gen. Lafayette.
la GRANGE, May 2S, 1926.

LA GRANGE, May -, 1910.
Nh Dear Sir: ! have with much
qualification received the seventh vo-
lume of the American Farmer, and
hope early in June by Capt Allyn to
hear from you, and to know how you
all fare in the beloved city Of Balti-
more. Capt. Macy has been pleased
to take on board a couple of shepherds
dogs for You. Mr. Worthington, son
of the former Governor in Ohio, took
charge of them in Paris. They are
of the best breed and well trained -
But | fear the American method Of
keeping flock will not give so much
hope aud usefulness to their instinct,
as when they are under perpetual ad-
monition from their master. And
since | have entered on farming topics
| must tell YOU, my dear sir, that |
am making great Improvements tonn-
ded ON American lmportations. Your
hogs are beautiful, and while | keep
some individuals of pure breed, | gc-
nerally cross it with AngIo-Chlnese
animals Of the best kind, but yours
are better shaped, and ! have arrang-
ed piggery after your principles
OF the handsome Ilolkam COWS given
by Mr. Patterson, three are alive and
thriving, the younger bull and two
females. OF the wild turkeys one only
has been preserved. / particularly
regret the giant turkey which our
friend had so kindly provided for me,
and if such a one could be obtained
it would be a new conferred obliga
ton. The surviving one has mixed
with the hens of the country, and |
h@N, Gct q number Of crossed csra Lut
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-10-19

! De very WelCOlue,SO Woulu ue,lHy Soou
friend, covey of patridges, variety
unknown in Europe, and of terrapins,,
two sorts of novelty which | would
like first to raise at the farm, then to
naturalize them on my grounds. The
splendid boiling steam machine, given
to me by Mr.. Morris, has been much
admired; drafts have been taken, and
it shall be in few days placed in a
building l have made on purpose to
receiys it. You see that my Balti-
morean farm.1g obligations have not
been lost upon me, and since you al
low me to utter all my wishes, | will
add that one or two couples Of Amerl-
can rabbits would be also new intro
duction on this side of the Atlantic.
AS to the Justly celebrated canvass
back, they can only be enjoyed in the
vicinity of the Susquehanna and the
Potomac, condition to which none
more heartily than us would like to
submit.
receive three times month ac-
counts from the U. S. by the Havre
Packets, an insufficient compensation
for absence, which, however is very
precious to me. Every particular OF
a public and personal nature are Gag
erlv looked for; and when you are
pleased to write, beg you to let me
know as much as you can of my Bal
timorean friends; present me very at
fcctionately to them.
Permit me to inclose letter to Mr.
Cormick, u Virginian, who, llkel y Is
| known to you, as well as the plough
which has been presented to the eXa.
mination Of the Agricultural Society
in Paris. Have the packet opened
that You may read the favourable
opinion that has been expressed.
European intelligence come regu
larly to YOU 1t appears the Govern
rnent of Great Britain and otler Leg
innate powers have succeeded in stop
:. ping the eastern movement that hac
gwen to the Greeks n far chance 0
emancipation and freedom. som,
English papers persist IN saying there
have been provision made in favour
of that Eerolc people, Yet, when We
see what has lately passed at Mlssll
onsAl under the eyes of British forces
when they, and any other Govern
mont, mlgh, lately have saved its de
voted poIuIation,w what conIdenc" may
., be had in their measures and then
feelings. Whatever nIy be the con
duct of the French rulers and u few
renegade officers, there Is among TIT
people Of France Il very ldudtbIe eX
citement in favor Of the Greclan cause
The good example given i'll Paris ha
spread through the country and il
Germany, which is productive of col
lections and supplies, while public
opinion s,igmatlzes the men IN power
who might, and will not, put an i'm
, mediate stop to these abominatlon
perpetrated by Mussellmen, and il
which hypocritical christians hav
hitherto, by suffering them, becom
) acknowledged accompllces.
A great part Of my family are her
with me, the remainder is coming, IN,
| daughter-ln law has been detained II
Paris, being one of the ladies employed
r in making collections for the Greeks
George and he Nassenr are returned
: for a few days to town.
! | beg you, my dear sir, to presen
) my most ahectionate respects to Mrs
J Skinner.
Most cordially, | am
Your attectlonate friend,
LAFAYETTE.
To Int1N & SK1NNER ESQ
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If a gentleman of intelligent obser-
walton and accuracy may be credited
the sea serpent has turned up again
His appearance this year is Oft the
coast Of Invernesshire, Scotland. The
usual head and humps or protuber.
ances are noted with all the etcetera>
of the stereotyped descriptions. The
intelligent gentleman and his rompa
Mons, three of whom We're furnished
with binoculars computed the length
of the apparition at fifty feet, anc
there might have been under water
thirty feet, which they did not see
So, they might not have seen thous
and feet, or any infinite and indehnate
quantity. The serpent this year has
less then the imputed cunning tie
is too late for the waterslde season
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To- To-MoREow.-To-morrow is q world
of prophecies; the place where human
fancy most delights to dwell. Silent
and mute it lies before us cleaning
with hope and happy anticipations.-
1t has been said that the two great
pleasures of living are in having some
thing to love, and something to hope
for, and the last Of these is ever be-
fore US in the promises Of Tomorrow.
Tomorrow We may not know, and
it is we'll that it is thus ordained to
be, for beyond the invisible veil that
conceals alike its coming joys and sor-
rows, our fancy may revel on y III
what is beautiful and fair, nor see the
gloom or shadows of coming trials, and
worldly aitlictlons, that, could we all
tlcipate as fixed realities that were
certain to come, would mar all our
peace and enjoyment Of the present.
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G H A II I T Y.
Far above the rubies,
More precious than gold,

Far above the rubies,
More precious than gold,
Charity tallcth, 0, never,
Sutlereth long and groweth not (old,
Lives, and endureth forever,
Thinketh no evil,
Rejoiceth in truth,
Given to vain boasting, never,
Smileth alike Oh the aged and youth.
IL kind, and endureth forever,
Far above rubtcs,
More precious than gold,
Trusting and hearing forever,
o, in all tongues let the story be told.
Charity failcth, no, never.
Far above rubies,
Greatest of all
Wearying, failing, no, never,
Hope may grow cold and sorrow
bcfall,
Yet charity hIOomcth forever.
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daily. Then there are some who seem
to live as though they thought this
world belonged to them exclusively,
and that God had no part or portion
of it. And why may we thus judge:
Because they never see anything to
admire in its wonderful, mysterious
and perfect construction-in its ami
mate and inanimate beauty, because
they never remember Him who gave
us this beautiful home.
Say not that this world is all dark
ness and sorrow. Were it not for the
black clouds and the showers to purify
and refresh the earth we would perish.
So do the clouds and storms Of adver-
sity that gather about us purify, OF
God intends they shall, our hearts tc
prepare us for life's great mission.
This world is beautiful-neverthe,
less, there are dark valleys and tan,
gled wildwoods, which we must wan
der through if we would reach the
mountain tops.
So with life. We must not say its
darkness all the way because clouds
sometimes gather, Look abroad and
see still darker clouds enshroudlne
your brother or sister. Strive te
tighten and lift the veil from theil
life, then you will see the silver lining
of the cloud that rested over you, and
your hearts will thrill with gratitude
to God that you have been permitted
to live in this beautiful world of His
Think what world this might be
If envy held no part,
Nor hate, deceit and jealousy
Within the human heart.
See what world of beauty
Gods loving hearts hath given;
Oh let us rouse to duty,
And make this earth our heaven.