Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-07-09
Inral ANaus.
THE busy harvest is pretty well over.
leg NAV now he termed cool comfort.

The busy naTNcSl is pleIty NCiioNcl'
IcE NAV now be termed cool comfort.
TOMORROW is pay day at the Furnace.
CHERRIES are becoming plentiful and
cheap.
Wn1cnLL you have, an LII. D., d. d.,
or an A. NJ?
RAFTING is wholesome, and cleanliness
is next to Goodness.
SQUIRRELS cannot be killed until after
the first of September.
Rov1SG bands Of gypaics are now Pc
rombuating the country.
POLITICIANS arc now earning their bread
bv the sweat of their jaw
AND here's July, nov, hot as blazcs. -
Half the year 1919 gone already.
For more than week past the mornings
ard evenings have been quite cool.
TIE snake.roo,'s snowy plume is now
one OF the prcttiest woodland flowers.
JuRy, iury--lct'S see. Oh, yes, poor fell
lowe; they have been out, we believe
OUT of 1Oi inmates in the Washington
County almshouse there is not one sick.
DAYS have begun to shorten at the rate
oftwo minutes in every twenty -four hours.
FANCY breeds of cattle do not command
the fancy prices they did a few years ago.
If the new postal cards are TO be "in Vi
olct" it is hoped their secrets will be kept
DuRlNG the past two weeks commence
mcuts have been as numerous rs potato
bugs
"Flx me up for burial is phrase now
substituted for that of Being talked to
death
JAS. Tilghman Of Queen Anne's Go
shipped in one day last week over a ton OF
cherries.
TIE Union National Bank of Wcstmn
stcr has declared Il scmi-annnal dividend
offs per cent.
THE ice man is now a hcnctactor, and
he or she who dispcnscs good ice cream is
something more.
WHILE all the students have been TAX
ing their " ,irgr, cs,' we have it at 100 Fahr
in or sanctum.
"rnERE's millions in it," say our land,
lords, as they gaze at the upward tcndan.
cy of the thcym@mctcr.
THE first new red wheat of the season
has been received in Baltimore, and is said
To be very fine in quality
NEwrowx, on the Eastern Shore of Ma
rylnl, has shipped over 900 600 quarts Of
strawberries this season,
SAMUEL Saublr, near Westminster, has
:: hciicr tina, ~iyc~ Il gallon Of milk 4 day
although she never had calf.
joins Elliott, lunatic from Hartford
county. died suddenly at Montcvue llospl
lal in thi, county on Saturday lat,
"Jump-U p.And Run. Away-And Then,
Sit.Down Again j. the claS,i" co9nom"n
OF an Indian clict now on the war path,
WE fully agree with the learned star
gazcrs, who declare that the earth is 3o0N,
900 miles nearer the sun than was first sup
posed,
If there is going to be much more wca
thcr like that of this week, those English
men cant discover the North Pole any toe
soon.
THE nam" Of Carlton Shaijr, E>q, i,
proposed by Il" Farmer IN the Frederick
Iaiou, as candidate for States Attorney
Of this county.
DuRING vacation season the boys anc
girls Of oar village will have 4 fine tim,
to romp and play gather berries and OK
pand their agile limbs.
Mr. George y. Hoover, on OWings
creek, not far from Graccham, is reported
to have raised the finest field Of wheat ii
this end of the county.
THIS is the season for the waShwomcns
harvest. nose WlIllt NtSlS illi HIuSIIlI
mysteries of the feminine wardrobe do run
mp wash bill fast and furious.
APART from the warm aspect of tho
weather, harvest news and the prospect OF
good crops, there is nothing of special III
tcrcst stirring in this end of the county.
FREDERICK c. GRosII, son Of the post
mistress at Funk.town, Washington Co..
now in the Baltimore Jail for rohbng the
mails, is quite i'll, and not expected to live,
j. Ross Hunter, who resides near En-,
mitsburg, in Freedom township Pa. has
placed on his farm by the way side, wa,
tcring trough for the benefit Of the public
at large.
If you want to make an enemy for lie
inst stand and laugh at Il fat woman as she
passes you on the fly jump to catch the cars
as they move Off, with the thermometer at
81 in the shade.
GREAT preparations arc now making
for the Camp Meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which commences at
Emory Grove, Baltimore county, on the
18th of this month.
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