Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-06-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
No strawberries in town yet.

BOUQUETS are more than ever fashiona
BILE.
BIZ careful of sunstroke, it might capsize
you.
THE great Centennial year is nearly hall
over.
LINEN parasols are rapidly coming into
vogue
WILD strawberries are said to be unusu
ally abundant this year.
THE way to treat q man of doubtful
credit is to take no note of him.
A MERCHANT of forty years standing
ought to he ALLOW cd to sit down.
ALL of our Sunday schools will be in the
procession on the fourth Of July.
A WAC says there is n good deal of bus
tie in the Female High School.
NEVER find fault until it is perfectly Ger
tain that fault has been committed.
A GOOSE has many quilts, but an editor
can make goose of himself with only one
quill.
WE call attention to the "adv'' in this
issue of Mr.. John II. Abbott, machnist of
Frederick
MANY millions of strawberries have thus
far changed hands in the Baltimore mar
kcts this season.
No man can cat enough at one meal to
do month, neither can he advertise on
the same principle.
THERE were 1888 deaths in the city of
Baltimore last week. 103 males, s. fc
males and children.
HERE'S the latest: ooh, where are you
going my pretty mad:' "To Mechanics
town, sir" she sweetly said.
GyrsIEs.-Two wagon loads Of Irish
Gypsics passed through our town the 9th
er day Roost high, chickens.
A RAW egg taken before breakfast, but
first mixed with little sugar, is said to be
an infalliblc cure for dyspepsia.
THE Frederick Cornct Band received
new instruments from Cincinnati, Ohio,
last week. The cost of these was $3.50.
EXcuKsIoN tickets will be issued on the
w. NJ. II. r., to the great celebration in
this place on the fourth of July. Don't fail
to attend.
MARYLAND and South Carolina are the
only States in the Union that have pro-
viicd for the care ami education of blind
colorcd children.
OK A STRlKE.-Thc Baltimore news
boys were on Il strike on Monday last, 0W-
ing to increase on the price Of their papers
by the publishers.
-, THE summer dustcr for gcntlca en- will
have birds eye view Of the Centennial
on the tail board, and map Of Nagncr's
Hymn on the front.
FRIENDS Seton and Gilds were the cen
tire of attraction Sunday evening, dressed
in their stylish suits, high hats and cane.
Nothing like it gentlemen.
RETURNED. -Rev l.. p. Clcwcll, the
Moravian pastor, vino has been absent for
some time returned last week and preached
to his congregation on Sunday evening,
Mr.. John Fogle and Abram Myers, two
sportsman from Graccham, went out gun
ming for squirrels one day last week, and
succeeded in bagging some thirty-odd. a
good days work that.
A REMEDY FOR CEAMr collie Fill a
bottle with sweet garden shrubs, full ripe,
then fill it with good whisky and cork it
up for use. One tablespoonful to small
Wine glass fer IL dose.
Mr. Frederick McIntire, the clever pro
pretor of the Fountain Dale Springs, Adj
ans CO., Pa, has still further improved his
property, and already has q number of
boardcrs for the summer.
THE house of Mr. S. A. Hodges, near
Fairview, was struck by lightning on Fri
day evening last. Mrs. Hodges was par
TALLY stunned, and the house sustained but
little njury.-LtJerty Banner.
AN address to the Odd Fellows Of this
and other lodges in the country will be
one of the features of the fourth of July
celebration. All lodges throughout the
county and State should be present.
Mr.. Joseph A. Gcrnand the boss mer-
chant of Graceham, is daily engaged as
scssing the taxable citizens of this district.
During his absence the mercantile business
is conducted in becoming manner by his
daughter.
OUR cntcrprising undertaken, E. M.
Smith, is having bran new hearse made,
which will be ready for use in short time.
He will then be prepared to attend tuner-
ais in a much grandcr style than in days
gone by.
Mrs Harris, a young married lady, liv.
ing in this county near the Montgomery
line, was shockingly outraged on Tuesday
of last week, by two men, named Scott
Andrews and Frank Nichols. No arrests
have yet been made.
HENRy w Rcnnctt WarchOuSCman and