Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-07-02
1nral cAfaus.
FLY time is here.

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NOT warm-b but red hot.
COUNTRY humbugs-bscs.
GNArs are getting numerous.
THIS is the season for mushrooms.
SEwISG machine oil is the best for guns
"TALKED to death" should be the Brook
Ign verdict
BLACK stockings arc considered stylish
by many bellies.
GARDEN Sass" is touri,hing since the
recent fine rains.
SOUTHERN watcrmclons will soon be
wabbling hi,hcr.
SPRING chickens are justly pronounced
Expensive fodder
THE summer sosticc is here and dog
days arc approaching.
TIE best way to get along with BARRIERS
is to, grin and bayrum.
SUMNER board is considered very
costly kind Of humber.
JACK frost lost his almanac last week
and hasn't found it yet.
"CMEEAL cXcrcsccnscs" is the polite and
ingenious phrase for corns.
RESTING the elbows on an ice cream
table is questionable etiquette.
Now yor good people of the cities, pack
YOUR trunks and Gene to see us.
STAMPS are not required ON notes; but
it takes stamps" 10 pay thea.
MAD dogs are already making their ap-
pearancc BE careful Of all dogs.
New Potatoes are now in market, and
harvest hands in great demand.
A r.rcK of iron held between the teeth
while pccling onions will prevent tears,
ADAMS county claims to have the best
wheat crop in the state Of Pennsylvania.
PEOPLE are warming up for the Attn of
July, saws an exchange. so is the weather.
TnE Unsuitable hou>c,1y Begins to Skin.
mish around the ragged edge of the butter
dish.
Nix. Geo. II. JnhuSun has full supply
Of harvest goods on hand. Call and cN-
anime.
AMoNG the many drawbacks in this
world is the ono caused by pinning back
dresses.
SPLENDID ice cream wca,hcr-go to
Martins saloon and realize its refreshing
qualities.
WnES girl loses her heart she gen
crallv gives herself a. :. reward to ,h. Eel
low WHO finds il.
MORROW, Saturday will be gen
crally celebrated as "A holiday As the All
will is. on Sunday.
SOLAR as numbers arc concerned, it is
about al even thing l"twccn candid ttcs
for office and potato hug,
WESTMINSTER and vicinity was visited
hy 4 sharp frost on Monday morning OF
last week, says an exchange.
WAHM.-Scvcr,l days last week were
very warm, the thermometer ranging as
high rs 90 degrees in the shade.
Mn Stouticr, near Franklinvillc, has
the finest field Of corn in the ncighborhood
Some of it will soon be in ,ossel.
The festival was graccd on Saturday
evening 10y the presence of the gcn,lcmaE'
" Mr.. padyct, Of Mt. St Malys.
Mr. James King, of New Market Dis
1rict, lost very valuable horse last week
hv 4 kick from another horse ten days pre-
ylous.
DR.. William Warren, well known ply
zen of Barton, .illcgany county, Md, wa:
suA struck Oh the 18th ult., and died in al
hour
LITTLE circuscs seem to be quite prcva
lent around town. Ladies, why don't YOU
send us free pass: We enjoy gymnas
tics muchly.
A SLIGHT ripple Of another persons fin
ger under he chin of one who had beer
talked to DEATH seems to be the only RENE
dy now known.
ron midsummer, what could be better
than linen lawn.' asks an exchange
And some young ladies will answer: "A
croquct lawn
How A woman can keep on taikin!
while she twists up her back hair and ha
her mouth full of hair pins is a mystcr,
not yet explained.
TIE production of poultry in the Cnitc'
States is not less than $50 900 900 pound
annually, worth $5o,o0o,ooo, and egg
worth as much more
AT the dance in Emmittsburg last week
an obscl yer remarked that several coupl
threw themselves around like gum drops,
If YOU know how that is.
WM. Wilcoxcn, of this county, was on
of the students present at the scmi''cn
tcnninl Commencement on the eth OF Jun
at the University Of Virginia.
TIE Editors Of the Westminster -id'o
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