Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-06-08

ALEX. p. BEATTY,
Editor and Proprietor
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1875.
CENTENNIAL J0TTINGS.

Occasional Philadelphia Correspondence
of the CLARION.
With the opening Of leafy June
and its never failing gorgeous bloom
of roses, come also, as thick as the
leaves, the great throng of people,
citizens and soldiers, to the interna-
tional exhibition. For instance this
last week we have had the magnili-
cent parade Of the knights Templar
of the United States, there being not
less than one hundred and twenty
communicates present and about ten
thousand man in column. Almost
every lodge had its own band of mn-
sic and the brilliant uniforms Of the
knights, with their stylish chapeaux
waving plumes and drawn swords,
made a rich and beautiful display.
The city was full Of strangers and
Templars and Of course after the pa
rade the exhibition grounds were
crowded. From this time until the
fourth Of July there will be a sue
cession Of similar demonstrations, CIV
ing new life ard activity to the eXhl-
bition. Decoration day was also eel
ebratel as holiday and it must have
been a curious sight to our foreign
visitors to see the citizen soldlery
marching through the streets laden
with the sweet emblems Of peace,
wreaths and garlands Of flowers, to
pay sad yet grateful homage to their
dead comrades. In the latter part OF
June the cadets of the military acad-
ernv at Vest Point will 80 into camp
for two or three weeks on the grounds,
exhibiting the very perfection of SOL
dierly appearance The military dis,
play on the fourth Of July promises
to be the most imposing ever wit
messed in the country. First there
will be the Centennial Legion to be
composed Of select men from each Of
the thirteen original States. Then in
addition to the National Guard regi.
ments of Pennsylvania, there will be
six regiments from New York, several
from New jersey, the 9th regiment Of
Maryland, and detached companies
from nearly every State in the Union.
The most elaborate proparatl ons are
being made by the city authorities for
the celebration of the day and those
who are present will see such q dem
onstration Of centennial patriotism as
will make the fourth Of July, 1876,
memorable through all future time,
Great exhibitions like this not only
bring out tie most remarkable pro-
ducticns Of artistic and mechanical
skill, but all sorts Of singular mon
strosities in the world Of nature. Nor
is it surprising that we should find as
a part of the exhibition a variety Of
novelties in individual character
One of these is Miss Allison Of On
tario, New York, who regularly runs
the steam engine in the Women S
Pavilion. 1t seems to be anything
but choice female employment and
of course many Of the young lady
visitors think it lawful. y But Miss
Allison is a young and medium sized
lady, with regular features, wearing
dress Of delicate texture and looks
as gay as a flower girl, as if it were
her special mission TO teach engineers
that they need not look SO smoky and
oil stained as they generally are
Miss Allison explains her situation
by saying that from child she had
been lover of machinery and spent
much Of her time in her father S large
saw and grist mills and thus learned
the management Of steam engines,
from starting the fire in the morning
to blowing off at night. The bright
faced young lady engineer is no mean
attraction to visitors. Another lady
Of extraordinary individual expert
ence is Mrs. Maxell, of Colorado
Suitirg herself to the situation in
new country she early acquired a
taste for hunting and became an ex.
pert marksman. She roamed the
deep forests, sometimes with her hus-
band, lut oftener alone, and says that
in the last ten years she has shot and
killed over four hundred wild ami
mails, such as bears, wolves, panthers,
&c. She learned the art Of stuffing
the skins of her victims and will have
about two hundred Of her finest troph-
les in animals and birds on exhibition
in the Colorado building, Meanwhile
this Mrs. Nimrod, the mighty hunter,
hoo not neClecta1 family dutips but