Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-10-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.

CLARION from now until the LIST of April
'77-six months--for the small sum of 81
cents. Persons wishing good home pa
per should take advantage OF these CHEAP
rates and send in their names at once.
BUCKwHEAT cakes are not fur off.
SHREwD stove men will get their advcr
tsements in the papers at once.
A good test of a mans piety is to avoit
using hard words when he puts up a stove
pipe in a hurry.
SOME Of the farmers are keeping theil
potatoes from the market in order to keel
up the prices.
IT is surprising with what cagerncs!
some of our citizens still pursue the game
of croquet.
THE population of Mcchanicstown i.
rapidly increasing, in the shape Of it'll,
responsibilities"
PARTRIDGEs can be shot after the 20tl
of this month. These birds are said to bt
very plenty this year.
LOVE FEAsT.-The Moravian consrega
ton of this place and Graccham held theil
usual love feast in the church at the latter
place last Sunday.
REV. L. =. Funk, pastor Of the u B
church, will commence protractcd meet
ing at Eylcr's Valley, Saturday evening
October IA.
AN exchange says: "A hard winter is
predicted" That's the same winter that
was predicted last f,ll-only it is one yeaI
late in getting around.
THE sacrament of the Lords Supper was
administered in the NJ. l.. church on las,
Sunday Ivy Rev. Maydwell, pastor, assisted
by Rev. Bushong, Of Ohio.
BEFORE the snow comes get a pair OF
Carlisle boots from Dr. J. j. Hcnshaw
which are warranted never to leak, and
guaranteed to keep your feet warm. Try
'em.
Rev j. NJ. Mottcr, of Emmitsburg, this
county, recently accepted n call TO the Re
formed congregation at Wayncsooro', Pa
and has already entered upon his new field
of labor.
THERE were thirty marriage licenses is
sued by the clerk OF tic Circuit Court fol
this county during the month of Scptcm.
bcr being fifteen more than the same
month of last year.
RED silk pc,ticoats will be a feature OF
winter promcnadcrs. Those made of army
blankets are better adapted for the crucI
blasts Of drcary winter and will be more
generally worn ABOUT here.
- ALREADY the foliage begins to show
signs Of decay. The golden ,ints may be
scn here and there, and ere long the mag
rGticcnce Of summer will have given place
to the glorics ofautumn.
DIR. Il. X. Brawncr has been appointed
Physician to Mt. St Mary's College and
st. .Joscph's Female Academy, near En-.
mtshurg, Nd, in place of DR.. VIM. Pat.
tcrson, deceased.
The Maryland Association for the pro,
lection Of Game and Fish offer $40 reward
for the arrest and conviction Of any person
having in his possession cartridges or
quail, before the Goth Of October
IT is said that the grave man who is 81
lent, thoughtful and scltposscsscd under
very trying circumstances, will frequently
break out and swear in ten different Ian
guagcs ut u sight OF the printers bills.
" you feel hungry when you come to
town, why just drop in ut Martins and
partake of q dish of those bivalves received
fresh from Baltimore daily, for the modest
sum Of 25 cents-crackers &c, included.
AN eminent physician says it is all a
mistake to suppose that animal food is not
healthy in hot weather: his firm conrlc-
ton is, that "for all climates, and under all
circumstances, the most valuable of all food
is beef"
APrLE butter parties delight our COM
munity at present. Many Of The apples
that old cquinoctial shook on his lamparl
is being made into this palat"blc luxury in
quantities sufficient to butter the winter
campaign.
MKCHANICsTowN has had q grand SEN
s.tion - double wedding - Lutheran
Church crowded with pretty womcn and
ugly n.-Baltimorean. That's q big
one. We have no ugly men in Mechanics
town.
OUR venerable tOwnsman, Mr.. Eli Croft
made a narrow escape from serious injury
one day last week by falling from Il load OF
Corn fodder which was being taken to his
barn. We are glad to see the old gentle
man about again.
AT Waynesboro, Pa, q fellow robbed
meat house of two dollar ham and lost
on the floor ten dollar set Of false teeth
A bad speculation in more ways than one
for he'll have to replace the teeth before he
can utilize the ham.
ACCIDENTAL serious accident bcfc
our townsman, DR.. Geo. NJ. Zimmerman
which will undoubtedly deter him from at.
tending to his professional duties for