Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-09-24

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Price, So75. For information call at
the CLARION OFFICE.
ADVERTISING in the CLARION always
pays. It's large and increasing circulation
insurcs that. Try it.
Lucas says he is going to study medi-
cine, and is thinking very seriously Of
making Oleology speciality.
ENos N. Cover, the "boss Crispan" OF
this town, has his big boot al in another
column. See it, and-rcad it.
THE Maryland Synod OF the Lutheran
church meets at Wil!iamsport, Washing
ton county, on the 9th of October.
OFFICERS Waeschc and Rcnner had
their hands full last week suhpmnwing
witnesses, &c, for the Circuit Court.
MIR. d. w. Herring announces through
an adv. in another column, that he will at
tend to surveying and civil engineering in
this locality.
On Sunday next there will be services
l. b. Branc will deliver one of his popular
discourscs. Services commence at 10 \ N.
All are invited.
WE have not had letter from Rocky
Ridge for some time. What is the matter:
We hope our friends down there will not
forget us, but send US the news in somc
shape or other.
Col. John JamSon native of Carrol1s
Manor, in this county, and a defender OF
North Point in 1914, died at the rr,ilrNcc
OF his son in Baltimore Oh the 10Th Instant,
aged SO years.
TuE Wiliamsport Pat man get, awIal
mad when you speak Of islands IN the Pc
tomac river about that place whore he
hold, FORTH He goes for the IIascrstoHn
-NcIes man anyhow.
REFUSED iloME.-Mrs Matilda san.
mons, daughter of Mr.. Ezra lIouck, 0!
Frederick city, who has been in China 70:
nearly seven years, returned home on
Monday evening last.
Miss Belle Andcrs, with smile O! com
posulc depicted on her coun cnanc", hand 4
cd us Il basket of fine peaches .~sl MOa-
day. Miss Belle your kn,n"ss is Only rN-
cccdcd 10y your modrsiy, hence We return
thanks.
OHE Of our promising Young gentlemen
while in church the other ligMl was
aroused from sound sleep hy the scAto"
asking HIM if he did not make mistake .
when lie threw button in the basket tOl /.
five GEM pccc.
TnE plotrlctcd meeting ia ;iy|,l .v.,,,
i, still in progress and the spirit of God Is
taking deep root in the heats OF many il
1lat place. We hope the time mly soon be-
here " hen I'll Will he christians uMI the
glory OF God bc the prevailing element.
vi. received last Saturday, handsome
poster Of the Cumberland county, Pa,
Agricultural Fair. This is decidedly The
ncatc,l printed biIl we nave seen yet, ans
none but Il workman Ike Cl.as. LccIS, Oh.
tHC NtI IlNiIANl, 10 t'ltJiN va NtHL4i-,
such work.
WORK is being rapidly pushed forward I
on The EWn,tabury Branch railroad, al.p
al this time over IL mile o.! tack is laid, /.
The time is not far distant when We c,.n
q" our cud.tA:, IN l., without DulA3 a.ooA
up" by tcdou, stage, ride before com
mcncins wiz.
MoEE pEAClIEs.-Wc were treated to ,
another fine lot Of peaches on Saturday |
las, by lady friend and Of course the! !
We're rclishcd by all in style peclliar 70
printer only. Bring more, as We can
eat all that is Sc: before US.
ALL kinds of job Printing neatly exc
cUtcl at this office.
BuCKwHEAT.-Mr. Joseph Mcooncr, re I
siding near town, brought into our Office
the other day, five stalks OF bucNWhcat-|
each measuring over six feet. Tic stalks
are all well filled and there must certainly F
be at lc st 10 cakes ON each OF thtm WAC I
can beat this is what We want to hear.
OUR country friends having business III !
town, need have no fear of smallpox as
there are no cases within mic Of Us.
The so-mucil-talkcd of epidemic is confined
TO three families and they have, with one
exception almost entirely recovered. All
reports to the contrary are unIouadcd.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATu-As Mr. Chas.
kelVsc, living a few miles from the city,
was coming down Chapel alley last Tues
day morning with his horse attached to
spring wagon, Il small lad discharged " FIR"
cracker and the ncXt instant the horse tclI I
dead supposed to have been frightened to
death. - L'ntDn.
To say that the Clarion office IS bccom-
ing pop,,lar resort for beauty and So
ciability> "a only be surmiscd by the tact
that some five or six OF McchnnicstoWn 5
f,ircst maidcns saw fit to make US Il visit
last week Call often ladies' as we can
always spare little time to talk with you
when the devil is quiet.
Hos. John Lee Carroll passed through
80, Er;Jo, logI route for The 3