Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-05-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Cumberland, MD, 10 appointed rouV aS'nI
between Baltimore and Mechanicstown,
Nd, vice A. T. Cook. A. =. Cook, route
agent between Baltimore and Mechanics.
town, il appointed route agent between
Baltimore and Cumberland. Md, vice J. l..
Cost Westminster .4dwcatr.
~ Those who profess to be posted in
such matter. say, we are going to have IL
very hot summer.
The Maryland Free Press says Isaac
Mottcr owns the finest wheat field in
Washington county.
cF" The farmers. wives. sons and daugh-
tiers were ont last Monday planting corn.
If the wheat crop should prove short, there
is hopeful prospect that the corn season
will produce an abundant yield.
Mr.. Ezra Chew for the last rs months
connected with the Depot warehouse and
Carroll street, left last Tuesday with his
family for Carroll county.
North street North is improving, 1t
bids fair to be the handsomcst street in
town.
TRIALS REMOVED. -Four prisoners in
the Allcgany county Jail, charged with
criminal offences, have removed their cases
to the Circuit Court Of this county.
cT'" One of our town bachelor. prefers
slim ladies', because he can be nearer to
their hearts.
CO Farmers are busy stopping up the
hog holes in their fence corners.
Frederick District is to I've divided into
four election polls There is TO be Il rigid
observance of the Registry law-,Iamcs
Bartyil, Registrar.
Wedding. visiting and business cards
printed at this office.
Building going up at Toys station on
the line of the W. VI. t. X. Busy there
shipping hay to Baltimore
Don, change under clothing before To-
east trees are in blossom.
81" Barnum's show and big gira,lr are
going all around u>-Frrdcrirk. lIa.rrs-
town and Cham 'cr>iIIrg. hut won't visit
Mrcllanic-t"wn. Who cares:
~" An editor over in West VIRGINIA
SAYS he has hccunc - hollow from DEEPEN
ding on the printing business for bread that
he proposes to sell himself fora Stoyc.pipe.
Til" hnm'.c bees lave put, in their APP
praranrr.
Tho prudent and successful bushes.
man always alvrrtisc>.
Work on THE DEErCl'T.-l'urt the vast
week or two large force Of workmcn has
been employed in cutting down the slopes
on either side of the ". VI. Railroad. at
Lyons Der '"t near the Monterey sum
nit. |, was the intention 10 take off Il
slope OF /? feet on each side of The road. a
depth OF fifty feet am! u quarter of II mile
in length, 50 as Ia make this On secure
against accidents in the future. 4 GOOD
dri! of haI'a3'in- and adjusting OF ties has
To u" mad" on the road in order ~ prevent
the ron rails from curtin. and "kinkiuw.'
FMS VIII take sOnc few week longer; and
III" VIZ hope 10 So, the I.ncnmotiNr boom
III" over the mountain nnl across the An
t"tIn /" Ila"cr>'oWn
TIM WE.rEHN M>nyL>xn RAILROAD.
w" are enabled! Ia announce that the
Western ". Railroad i finished to ilagcr>-
town, and that on "Wednesday last the first
locomotive with "A train %, ears stopped Il,
the Station on Tie Lett ,rshlr. pike
II'W rst"1H Nii,
For proceedings of the Cincinnati, Con-
v"ntion, platform and declaration of prn-
Clplcs, SEE first page.
~ You are Il queer chicken" as the
hen said when She hatchrd oui duck
where the woolbinr twinc,h" must he
in Canada. That's where all tn. r;,srals
90
~ The weather all this week has been
pleasantly warm and delightful. Every
thing seems to be- tlourisl,in~ Just rs it
should be-
.E:" \ man in this town drinks root
beer with ginger in it, Water m-dr,ilcd.
He wouldn't do for u Good Trmplar!
C" When there is u circus and I'm clr.
phant around, il won't do for a temperance
lecturer or pea nut enter to try and scare
up an audience.
-" The action of the Board of School
commissioners for the county at large and
not that of local Trustees, has closed the
school houses for all purposes other than
that for which they were built. Our state
ment in issue of last week was therefore
erroneous in regard to the school house at
Catoctin Furnace, and we take pleasure
now as ever in correcting our mistakes
The organ grinder RECALLED our ears with
IA few tunes last Saturday.
-" The Gettysburg Springs - these
wonderful springs-that wonderful mineral
water, is the best putied humbug we know
OF.
The "clairvcaux House." near Emmits-
burg, is pleasant summer retreat.
CRTsFTELD.-Crsticld, which has been
i'll existence only few years, boasts of II
stores, 4 hotels, ) shoe shops, 9 sail lofts,
III oyster packing houses, blacksmith
shops, | tailor, ship yard , newspapers,
! physicians, dentist, 3 lawyers, and any
quantity ofpretty girls-Cristrld Md,r.
That speaks pretty for an Eastern Shore
town. !, beats Mcchanicstown. But never
mind our rural village, one of these days.
when we get the County SCAT particularly,
will outstrip Cristicld in growth. About
the pretty girls" we say nothing. They
have tongues and can speak for themselves.
4 New CLoCK-Georgc W. StocksClalc,
ticket agent at the Depot warehouse, has
procured a new clock which he has put up
in his office. 1t keeps the railroad time
Passengers by looking at the hands on the
dial can know the exact time to procure
tickets, and when the railroad cars leave
on their onward course.
FnEDERICK AND EMMITsBURG TURN
PIKE.-Ata meeting Of the Stoc xholdcrs of
the Frederick and Emmitsburg Turnpike
Company, held in the City of Frederick,
on Monday, the 9TH instant, the following
named gentlemen We're elected to manage