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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-12-31
> Letter from Mercer.


. MERCER, Pa, Dec "a, 1873.
Mr. EDlTot: Having in two prcccd-
ing articles given your readers brief his
tory of Mercer and its surroundings, now
propose briefly to notice the manners and
customs of the people, the climate, &c.
First then'we would say that like all other
parts of the habitable globe we have here
all classes and ranks of people. Eminent
~ above the rest we shall mention that
hospltablc class among whom it WAS our
happy lot to domicilc Truly to one com
ing here and enjoying such remarkable
inequalities one feels like cXCiaiming
truly my lines have fallen to me in pleas
ant places" and it is but natural that of
such a people one can only ever cherish
pleasant remcmbrnnces While this il
true it is also true that we have here the
opposite classes in their most varied forms
As for morality this country compares
favorahly with others; us there is quite a
large amount of the deniNns rcspcctahl.
church. going people and many Of them
members in prominent standing in the
popular churches of which there Is nc
scarcity. As for customs they differ ma
tcrially from those in Maryland and tn,
eastern part Of the State, Least being too
tedious | weary your readers, | will notice
but few. Easily noticed among them
all is the want Of neatncss and tdyncss in
general on the forms. Things are not
taken care Of or damages repaired toEtha'
degree that is admired by an eastern eye
In fact the people here rough IT. to s
great degree, Ms do those in many cpun
tries expose themselves to inclemenl
weather and work early and late. Right
here | wish to correct an opinion prevalent
in the more eastern States, namely that
the people do not work 80 hard here, also
that wood is less Callous than in the eastern
States. Experience has demonstrated to
me that these opinions are incorrect
Young man do not BE- deceived by such
reports as these, and thus led to forsakc
the home farm or other legitimate bust
ness as many do to such home in the
West, only to find at last by sad experience
that the "hg bonanza" in the West is
simply imaginary and not real. Teamins
here is principally all done with but two
horses, and in over a years observation |
have seen but two four horse wagons
The climate is considerably cooler than
that of Western Maryland, aud the winters
are very cold; the thermometer ranging
as low as twenty-five degrees below zero.
The summers are corrcspondingly cooler
and are very enjoyable to one, who, like
myself is on health recuperating trip, as
the breeze that sweeps over this country
at times from Lake Erie are delightfully."-
grand and: refreshing. One sad feature to
to us here is the absence Of so many Of
those beautiful singing birds that abound
SO plentifully7 farther south. Sweet har-
blngersof warmer elm es we greatly miss.
wise to make d few corrections on my
former articles. In place Of northeast read
northwest in describing the location of
Mercer. Again rs the appearance of the
soil read loan instead of clam. AS my
article has spun out long enough and least
l prove inconsistent with my promise Of
brcvity, drop the curtain and retire.
'".' J. Il.
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NOTICE..

GRACEHAM, Dec. 20, 1875.
/. ME subscriber has rented tue shop adj.
l. joining his residence, where he IL sell,
ing Flour, Corn and Buckwheat meal; also
Hominy, Plain and Fancy Candies; Cakes,
Oranges, Beer, Cider, Mead, &c. Also
Oysters and melons in their respective sea
sons. Will have RAFFLING MATCH
for Turkeys on the LIST day of January
1876, at this place. All arc invited.
The public's obcdient servant,
E. JACOB GERNAND.
P.S. We are also Agent for the sale of
Fruit Trees, Grape Vines and other small
Fruits. We delivered some of the largest
and finest Trees this fall ever seen before.
Would refer to Owcn Dorsey, l.. Nror
and James Kelly for the truth OF the above
Call on or address tie subscriber At G.ac,
ham, Frederick coGn!y, Md.
dec 3l-lmonth, +. j. G..
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For Rent.

A desirable two-story concrete 49,
house, containing rooms, hall and =oo-I
lot, stable and carriageA.4-I.
house, on Church street, adjoining the
Lutheran church. rem + MODERATE.
Possession given April LIST, 1876. Apply
to NEWTON G. CROFT,
dec24-4t Meclanicstown, Md.
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NO, 4O29 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Co.,t for FREDERICK
County, sitting IN Equity.
DECEMBER TERM, 1875.
Aloysius F. Orndort and wife,

Henry Riddlcmoser and wife and others.
NRDERED, This 22d day Of Dccem-
" Der, 1878, that on the 9th day OF
January next, the Court will! proceed to
act upon the Auditors Report this day
filed in the above case, unless cause to the
contrary be shown before said day, provi-
ded copy of this order be inserted in
some newspaper published in Frederick
county for two successive weeks prior to
said day.
THOMAS GORSCCH, Clerk
Of the Circuit Court for Frederick county.
True copy--Test,
THOMAS GORsUCH, Clerk.
c. V. 5. LEVY, Solicitor.
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WATCHES.

and other work will be scrupulously attend
ed to and dispatched with the wontcd
promptness Of
Yours, Respectfully,
CHAS. II. O. FOX
P. S.-'Ihe selling off at Cost for Cash,
will be continued indefinitely.
dec 3l-tf
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Asst WEEK

! called on my friends and pa rons to
indulge me in the mechanical bra, Ich of nv
business until could secure tie services
if a good matchmaker, who could give his
entire and undirnieI attentio', to the 0bis)
business. Now | am pl epared to say
that in few days expcct to go on with
out any further interruption, and that our
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18

I our weeks ago we commenced feed
INC our hens mush rs prepared in the
above directions, and for results we
are getting from five to ten eggs per
day; whereas, precious to our feeding,
we had not had eggs for long time.
" hear great deal of complaint from
other people about not getting eggs.
To such we would warmly commend
cooked food, fed hot. Boiled apple
skins, seasoned with red peppers; or
boiled potatoes, seasoned with horse
raddish, are good for feed much bet
ter than uncooked corn. Corn, when
fed to the hen by itself has tendency
to fattcn hens instead of producing the
more profitable cgg-laymg. \ spoon
full Of sulpur stirred with their feed
occasionally will rid them of vcrnln
and tone UP their. systems. 1t IS es-
pccally good for Young chickens or
turkeys. Out or flock often chickens
Matched the last of November, we have
lost but one. They have been fed on
cooked food mosty4 and arc growing
iincly.-Er.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18
A Prehistoric Road.

Several wears ago portions of an old
macadamizcd road were discovered on
the bank of the Monongahcla river,
near Paramount, West Virginia, and Il
recent examination of the place by Il
Government surveying party, has re
suited in tracing the road for nearly
eleven miles along the bottom land be
tween The hills and the river, thougn it
has in some places been washed away.
The stone with which it was construct
ed appears to have been burnt, and the
material employed WAS composed OF
bouldcrs Of red sandstone, which must
have been brought from distance.
these being few if any bouldcrs in the
river and adjacent country. 1t is sup
posed that they were broken into pieces
by first hcati . and then throwing cold
water upon them. The width Of the
road is about fifteen feet; in depth the
broken stone varies from eiN to eighteen
inches, while it is generally covered
by from two TO five feet of alluVial soil.
nj the crossings of streams there are
no traces of bridge abutmcnts, or piers,
which leads to the conclusion that the
streams were crossed ON wooden bridges.
Vt many points the road is covered
with trees over $50 years old, which
shows that il must have been made pre-
Nious to Tie advent of the white men in
lhi~ comrN. Probably the road was
the work ot the prehistoric race known
us the mound buidcrs.-1M'i0H Jou'-
nal
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18
The insane Hospital

From th, Pc. Townsend ipi0s We cli1
tbr nlIn.i,u condensation 81 the new
-Act to c.mh.i.l. a Hospital fl thc Insane
IN Wa.Linr,ou Territory" passed at III,
recent session:
/ Vba, fine Territorial A .ylnm for the In
sum. .ituatod in Pierce County. shan he
hereafter known as ~'rhc Hospital for the
insane IN Warrington 'l,r.:,orv."
Vh, fvcTm4tc,4 shall hoa onic.. for
- . avn. :. ,..a,s r,4r.,.tiilIv. from
..,.l .,,.. .e,. 4D V-.lno.day in Au~tl-. tn
,,ch wan. -ul4coua,,, to the wear ~ri,.
m. ..nio, Tru- ~ -b,U he fla. President.
I n. IT.. .ur.rot ia. Territory shall b.
tL.ir treasurer.
%,1 n.id slall have IN. rov.r ia
movu. ,,lar,er ronnv,tc Il; M Ind enn,.
,l....a,., huiIdino4. ourbor,-.- :no! i..l,ray,.-
ro,.. On ibc lo.nital nrrui.o. ,o, tho
hc.I.. and convenience, ol .am,. n, Il to,a!
eos, not ;o exceed 600. r'hrv shall
,l.r cLo,.e, of ,l.. general ir,., 81. of Nh.
r..,i,rtion and cmrlny ~ Nup..,n,rnd,nt
and .uch oti,r oliit,r.a- IN their opinion
may h. necessary ior conructin., cnicicnt-
ly and economically tine business oi the
institution.
Each of the Trustees and their -ucccss-
orr. must give bonds annrovcd by the
Governor ior the faithful discharge of
their dutic~
The Superintendent shill be a skillful
practising physician; he Shall he a married
m,r. il. Shall with hi. famiiy reside on the
bo+njta Grounds; he Shall hold his office
for such ,im, a. the Trustees may deem
L,,.r M superintendent ahnll have On
tire cantlol o. ,hc medical, moral and diet
lc IL atmrnt Of thc patients; and have the
appointing and directing Of all subordinate
employees.
The Board Of Trustees shall appraisc
the present value of all nccdful improve
mcni4 and repairs made by the present
contractor ~ the asylum and report lhc
same to lhc Territorial Auditor, who shal ]
draw walTan; upon the Territorial treas
urv for the amount 10 lac paid to the con
tractor
The Trustee +hall cause the accounts
to he so kent and reported a+ to show the
kind, quantity, cost ard vendor of every
article purchased tor use.
There shall he thorough monthly vi.i.
tat.ons OF the hospital.
No person laborine under any contaeiuu.
disease shall be admitted ~ Il patient.
In admitting and retaining patients IN
the Lonital The INDECENT insane of The
Territory shall always have the prefer
ercc.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18

BEE IxocULArroN.-A Cincinnati
scientist has allowed himself to hc stung
once day for three weeks ~ bees, to
ascertain the effect of tic bites. lie
say that after ahou. the tenth time the
pain and swelling were -.i-h,, the body
seeming to become ino..lncd With
Inc poison.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18
HI MOR0IS

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4, hi- ron,naninn. who he thou-h. ua~
tcllino. ou utruth. .Rcncnbcr ANNA
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lyinu.r
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The following letter from Il young mmD
was late Iy add rcsscd to a Judge OF probate
'Slr, Ally father departed his lnr ROT
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18

The richest woman in America is
Miss Kitty Wolfe. Her income is
$1,000 4 day. She is very benevolent,
and gives LARGELY to churches and char
table institutions.
National Republican., 1875-07-10

SOME of the Democratic and Independent
journals are attempting to extract grains of
consolation from the Independence Day
address of Hon. Fred. Douglass. They
seem to think that his advice to his colored
friends to establish a reputation for per-
sonal independence should be construed as
an invitation to leave the Republican party.
If they will read the address carefully, and
fully weigh the illusions to President
Grant AID his career which it contains, they
will discover that the entire argument rests
upon the theory of independent and manly
loyalty to Republican principles, combined
with lasting gratitude to those who have
really earned the title of friend to the COL
ored people. Although he alludes in
pointed terms to the comparatively few ap-
. pointments of colored men to Office, consid-
ering the voting strength Of the race, we
believe Mr.. Douglass did not intend to lay
down a plan for the organization of color
party, as some people seem to think; but
rather TO encourage an individual responsi.
bility among his followers, which would
have the effect to free them from the curse
of being protected by selfapJ ointed
guardians. He believes that all men, white
or black, should stand upon an equal foot
ing as regards Office and public benefac-
tions of any kind, and that until the colored
people attain the personal independence to
which he refers, they will continue to be
the victims of patronizing and thieving
protection. And he is right.
National Republican., 1875-07-10

THE New Orleans Picdyune is sadly
troubled about the lack of consistency in
the Democratic platforms. 1t should under
stand, however, that the Democratic lead
ers are chameleons, taking color from their
surroundings, and that they have no espe-
cial regard for consistency except in unan-
imous and persistent greed for Office. Re-
feIring TO the different State platforms of
that party, the Pieayune confusedly says ::
"What is sound orthodox faith in one State
is rejected and denounced by the party priest
hood in another State, and what is advanced
in one instance as representative and charac-
teristic Democratic doctrine appears again
few hundred miles away as the chosen dogma
of that Republicanism which it is the mission
and the rooted purpose of the Democracy to
obliterate. Take the Democratic platform of
Ohio and the Democratic platform of Califor-
MIA for example. The Ohio resolution fayors
expansion of the currency and brands contrac-
tion as an odious device of the enemy. The
California resolution says I'VE condemn the
curse of incontroyertible paper money Cali
fornia Democrats say, then, in effect, that Ohio
Democrats are endeavoring to fasten a curse
upon the country, and Ohio Democrats report,
in the same indirect but unmistakable way,
that California Democrats are no better than
Republicans, who are the criminal elite of the
world. And, on top Of all this, the Iowa Re-
publican platform steps in, with identically the
same currency plank as that of the California
Democrats, thus allying Iowa Republicans and
California Democracy against the faithful OF
Ohio"
National Republican., 1875-07-10

WHEN GENERAL JOSEPH R. HAwLFY
accepted the active duties of executive Off
Ger of the National Centennial Commission,
and took up his residence at Philadelphia
for the purpose of attending to those duties,
it was the desire of his friends that he
should ignore his peculiar political preju-
dices and devote himself as a national man
to the success of the Exposition. 1t seems,
however, that he has been unable to do
this. In his home organ, the Hartford
Courant, we find the following:
" A strong opposition exists in South Caro-
lima against the Centennial commissioner from
that State who was appointed to Office by Gov
ernor Moses, and is said to be one of the cor
rupt leeches which have sucked the blood of
thai unhappy State. He is considered q rep
resentative of the worst class of 'carpet-bag-
gers rather than of the old State which is
proud OF its position as one Of the original
thirteen. We know nothing as to the charges
against General Gurney, the commissioner, but
he would prove himself a better man than he
is represented to be if he were to recognize that
he is stumbling block in the way of proper
repI Iesentation of the State at the Cen enniaI,
and consequently give way to some more ac
ceptRble person."
We feel safe in advising Gen. Hawley
that Gen. Gurney, the subject of the fore
going wanton attack, is not of the kind to
resign or surrender ''under fire." As an
officer of the New York Seventh regiment
he was not in the habit of doing such things,
and inasmuch as he earned the title of
''carpet-bagger" by fighting his way to
Charleston during the war, he will not be
frightened by its use as an epithet into va
eating place which he is eminently quail.
fed to fill. Gen. Gurney's connection with
the Infamous Moses was simply that of a
subordinate civil officer, and there is moth
ing in his record to justify this gratuitous
SANDER of his character, unless it be that
he naturally takes rank with that class of
Republicans who believe that Gen. Hawley
has sold himself, body and soul, to the pre-
tcntious chivalry of the South. When
Hawley is denounced as a mudsill by these
men, Quincy will deservedly retain their
respect
National Republican., 1875-07-10

tive cities in the South, as Virginia is the
most law-abiding and conservative State;
but we believe that the Whig viii not deny
our charge that the blacks are prohibited in
many respects from the enjoyment of those
privileges, and that the prohibition is the
result Of the influence of the few "Bour-
bons," the existence of which it admits.
For example, while the colored free schools
in Richmond are pride to the city, those
in other sections of the State are disgrace
to the people of the Commonwealth. Again,
in Petersburg, Norfolk and other points too
numerous to mention, it is notorious that
black men intending to vote the Republi-
can ticket have been driven away from the
polls, while white Bourbons have been in
vited to convenient places where their bal
lots might be comfortably deposited. But
more pointedly is the Bourbon influence to
be observed in other matters, particularly
in the policy pursued by the sham Con-
servative party in its declarations that it
does not seek aid from the colored race, the
object being to preserve the party intact as
a white mar 8 organization. If these facts
do not show that the Bourbon influence
amounts to something, we do not under
stand them. We do find in them, how
ever, the direct responsibility for the color
line in politics, of which so much is heard
nova DAYS. ...r.
National Republican., 1875-07-10

THERE are four Ku-KluK prisoners in the
custody of the iailor at Louisville, KY.
The laws of the State authorize him to keep
the prisoners of the United States. He has
no control of the prisoners except to lock
them up. The United States authorities
hold him responsible for their safe-keeping.
He cannot lawfully surrender them to the
State authorities on any writ from the State
court The State authorities, however,
desire that these Ku-Klux reprobates shall
be tried under State laws, and the jailor
has been fined "a, 900 because he refused to
surrender them for that purpose. The
Louisville Commercial, commenting upon
this extraordinary state of affairs, says:
"Judge McManama seems as willing to over
ride law as he said two years ago he was ready
to suppress lawlessness. He fines the jailor
$4,000 for the performance of a plain duty.
He seems as anxious to have chance to dis
charge the Owen county ruffans as he should
be to bring to justice the assassins of Willis
Russell"
National Republican., 1875-07-10
Ths Unforgiving South.
rFrom the Rochester Express.

To demand indemnity from the Government
for the slaves liberated by Presidential procla-
nation and constitutional action Is here an:
nounced as an intention on the part of many
in the South for the future. That is ques-
ton which we or our successors will have to
meet, and 1t is hardly necessary for us to say
thft 1t is one freighted with bitterness and
strife, should it ever be urged by strong
party in this country. When expressions OF
this kind, indicating latent or secret inten-
tion to renew in some form the struggle for the
cause lost by the defeat of the Confederate
forces, are constantly cropping out from the
press and the rostrum In the South; when
orators at alumni meetings, speakers at anni-
versary gatherings, editors in their sanctums,
politicians in their conventions, are all talking
as though the time for revenge or repayment
was coming some time in the future, those
who love the Union and who hate the State
sovereignty dogma as they do Satan himself,
are justified In exercising caution before trust
ing implicitly in the work of reconciliation
The South has never forgiven us for forgiyinz
1t. Amnesty was wise and Christian like; but
1t was not shrewd and worldly. The South
ern States governed from Washington by the
representatives of the loyal sections would
have been more tractable and, we believe,
more loyal to-day than some of them are,
though fully reinTested with their old rights
and relations
National Republican., 1875-07-10

IT MUST BE admitted that the specious
theories of the infationists and those who
argue that gold, being an article OF import,
cannot be rated as standard of valuation,
are beginning to assert some strength
among the Changers and the Sovereigns of
Industry. The hard-money, specie=re-
sumption and preservation -of-the- Govern
ment' 's-credit element will be compelled to
combat this growing strength with a
Presidential candidate who has a consistent
record. The Democrats will have diff
Guilty in finding such a man, and the Re-
pubicans will find that they have none too
many who will be able to meet these ex-
tFaordinary requirements.
National Republican., 1875-07-10

NoRDHoFF's ludicrous blunder in sd-
dressing Postmaster Edmunds as "Chair
man of the National Republican Commit
tee," finds q fitting comparison in the
Hibernian masculine bovine, of which the
New York Commercial AdUertiser makes
itself the author by alluding to the same P.
N. as Senator Edmunds. Truly, these
New York journalists are wise for their
day; but then it is their duty to play censor
for the Country" nress.