Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-11-16
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND Us.

WnA1 lax EMO ANVOND OOs
Colds are prevalent.
Nice Weather on Sunday.
Is this Indian summer We give it up.
Prudent housewives are now hunting
up blankets.
Keep cool. Your laccrated political feel.
ings will heal up soon.
A stranger told us the other day that
Mechanisctown had some very impudent
boys in it. Well, who's to blame.
These frosty mornings are very sugges.
tive of buckwheat cakes and sausagcs and
host of ragged tramps.
HARRY Jones, nine years old, was acct.
dentally drowned in the canal basin at
Cumberland on the I'd inst.
THE Maryland State Sunday school con.
vention will convene at Hagerstown on
Wednesday. November %.
The matrimonial wave seems to have
started. on its winter campaign. Only As
licenses were granted last month.
WEAR your old hat week or two more
BY that time you'll know whether you have
obtained another at the expense of some.
body else.
BEN Davis was brought to the polls on
last Tuesday and voted. This is the first
time that Ben has been out since his mis-
fortune.
BRAD Lydic is the crack marksman Of
the district. He shot eleven partridges on
election day in that many minutes, and had
no dog either.
Get your sleigh ready; Thirty-six SHOWS
nre predicted for this winter. Very en-
couraging to those who have to buy coal
at q per ton.
Some newspapers prophecy an unusual
" long winter from the fact that squirrels
are laying up greater supply Of winter
provisions than usual.
GOVERNOR Carroll has issued his procla.
nation fixing November 80 as day CT
thanksgiving and prayer, rs recommended
by the President of the United States.
JONI Z. Martin does not give his oys-
tiers away for nothing but for the small
sum of Is cents he will give you larger
plate than any other man in the county.
KING, of the African scent, says he is
going to open an oyster saloon in this
place for the accommodation Of the poorer
class of people. No doubt he'll get rich.
THE Citizen came out in flying colors
Inst week but we are inclined to think
that those colors will, undoubtedly, be
shade darker this week. Why so Col
THE young man who boasted that he
was born to maxi noise in the world,
beats bass drum in torchight process
sion. lie don't live in this town though.
Slowly hut surely the weather grows
cooler, and gradually too, the antiquated
bachelor draws his legs nearer his chin
when he goes to bed. How about the old
maids
A night Of rest guaranteed to the con-
sumptive or any one who is unable to lie
down on account of difficulty of breathing.
ifthcy will Use Shrn,rs Balsamic Cough
Syrup.
ConN-hu.king is being rapidly pushed
forward to completion. and soon the gold
en- ears will I've brought to town bv our sage
country friends at the rate Of 81 so per
barrel
Cr to date SCI, 100000 Of silver have
been disbursed by the Gov ernment. Very
little Of it seems to be boarded as it is plen-
tful in the cities and is given out pretty
freely in change.
THE tax collector was in town Yesterday
and took away large sum of money as
usual. We are glad To say that the people
of this district are very prompt in the pay
ment of their taxes.
Coal oil hns "riz' to ten cents per quart.
Courtships are now conducted with very
exaggerated idea Of economy, as the young
people put out the lights and sit in the
dark every chance they get.
Is it right for christian man to steal
the contents of his ne:ghbor's paper, when
he has means enough to get one for HIM
self. Such a man lives not great distance
from here, and he's well off too. Shame.
IL1.-Trank Eylcr. son of Thco. Eylcr.
of this place. is now lying dangerous i'll at
the home of his uncle at Patterson Creek,
West Va. We have not heard villa! his
disease is nor how long he has been sick.
Troublesome enthusiast hung Grape
around the Hayes and Wheeler pole in
this place last Wednesday night. and also
attached modest little note to it, request
ing the "rads" to cut it down. How is it
now?
As turkeys are rather scarce in this
county this year. we need hardly expect
to have one brought to us free of charge,
for q thanksgiving dinner. 4 nice fat
pheasant will answer just as well, as we