Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-06-11

friendship last Saturday. Mr.. Ii. is at
present "grasping metal on the Baltimore
Amfriran, and was an old office mate OF
ours in that establishment
A NUMBER of the streams of Adams Co.
have lately been stocked with black bass,
salmon, trout and California salmon and
our exchanges from that county make
earnest appeal that any Of these fish that
may be caught be Immediately returned tG
the water until full supply is guaranteed
TIE old hero, Frederick Rider, a veteran
Of the war of 1912, now residing in Eylcl's
Valley, in this county, called at our office
one day last week and paid his subscrip,
ton to the CLARION. Mr. Rider is in his
s1st year, looking hale and hearty, fine
specimen Of humanity. An honest man
is the noblest work of Cod"
RuMoR says that the friends of Hen. John
A. Rooms, in townsville District, intend
pressing his claims for the nomination OF
State Senator on the Republican side -
while the name of James McShcrry is men
toned as likely to be the nominee or the
part of the Democracy. These arc both
strong men and able ,lcbatcrs.
STORE RoEBED.--Thc store Of Mr. John
A. Grove, at Broad Run, in this Valley
was broken into on Wednesday night last
and robbed of q quantity of goods. The
theft effected an entrance by cutting
a slat out of one Of the window blinds,
which enabled him to loosen the catch,
and then breaking one of the window glass
touched the spring and hoisted the window
lie carried away Il lot of shoes, hats, &c.,
amounting to probably $50 or $i5.-Ial.
l"y Register
SnAys HOTEL. - The Shay House,
Sharpsburg, W ashngton County, Mary
land kept by our old friend John Shay, is
one of the best houses to be found any
where in the rural districts. lie always
puts up Il good square meal for y guest, sets
it out in the clcancst possible style, gives
one fresh, sweet bed to sleep An, and
charges only about half price, rs compared
to many otncr places Of entertainment
Uagcrsto,cn 7'cice.o a. |itet,
THE editor Of the Liberty Bu1.ner has
been fighting potato bugs! They were not
imaginary ones neither, (alhough VIC
have often heard of editors fighting imagi
nary thincsJ for he says he has cleaned
them out to the proportion Of ten to two
hundred. Brother Rodrick is severe, and
generally victorious, but he don't say what
he killed them with. Was il printers ink
or Paris green?
AN OLD BIBLE. - Tho liberty Bnnnc
saws DR.. Jacob Eur Buchcn informs Us
that he saw at Capt. David W. Nails, OF
Sans creek, Il few days since, what he be
lievcs to be the oldest Bible III this coun.
try. ], was printed in Zurich in boa, h!
Christopplc Trosrh,ner, CAS- We make it,
and is not divided into verses, as WAS Lu
ther's translation. The Bible is conse
quently Sal years old.
Poisoned is reported that a man
and boy have been seriously poisoned by
killing potato bugs in llagcrstown. The
man il appears was sc0ldng them, and III
order to scc the effect Oh the bugs put his
face over the vessel containing the hot
water, when he inhaled the fumes making
him very sick The little boy crushed
one on the back of his hand where there
was an abrasion Of tho skin. The poison
coming in contact swclled it to an alarm.
ing extent. You can't be too careful
Don't handle the varminls but shower
Paris green upon thcm-t is cticCtual-
UugerstotrA -Nt'rs.
EVER since our "American fellow -citi
zens of African descent" have been invest
ed with the right Of suffrage, Frederick
county has uniformly voted the Republic
can Ticket, and the Examiner thinks il
will remain so to the end of the chapter
while the citizen has high hopes that this
falls campaign will reverse that decision
and put the Democracy ahead, "keeI
lighting it out on that line and both par
ties may become victors!
BROTHER McCardel, the Pilot man, has
his curiosity excited He says some young
ladies passed his Office few days since
and he heard them make some pleasing re-
mark. He wants to know who they are
He's vain enough to imagine they were
after him. 1t seems awful ridiculous, Nc
that country editor should be SO cgotis-
teal Ifyou had as many "scalpcrs' in
your town as We have in ours, we think
you'd soon have that curiosity satisfied.
NEW WAREHoUsE.-Messrs John Wei.
ty and John Adams have commenced ope.
rations for the erection Of a new and com.
modious warehouse at Smithsburg, Wash
ington county, Md, on the line of the West.
ern Maryland Railroad. When the build,
ing is completed it will prove an addition
as well as convenience to the people Of
that section of Countrywide farmers o.
Washington and Franklin counties.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES. --Rev Mr.. Sum
mcra will preach at 10 o'clock a. m, or
Sunday also, prayer meeting in the even
ing
Rev. Mr.. Ki'gour, pastor of the Episco
pal congregation of this place, will preacl
in Mr.. Frederick Whites Hall at 3 p. m.
Rev. Father Hill will celebrate Grand
High Mass in the Catholic church at
o'clock n. m, on Sunday next instead O
the Sunday following, the regular churcl
day.