Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-26

Job Work-CASH ON DELIVERY
there would be great many tracks
of bare feet found some Of these
bright mornings, and what piles Of
books and tools would be found at
their owners doors
THE DEACON ANswERED.-Up in
New Hampshire, where used to live
when boy (says Gov. Noyes), there
was an old deacon who was a great
deal more pious than honest. He was
an old hypocrlte, and when he had
done any particularly mean thing he
eased his conscience by gong out into
field, along one side Of which was a
stone wall, and kneeling beside it,
praying the Lord to topple 1t over on
him if he had done anything offensive
to Him or wrong in his sight. Well,
we Toys found it out, and one day,
when we saw the deacon making for
the stone wall, we got on the other
side and waited. He knelt down ac-
cording to his usual custom, and went
through his usual formula, closing
with the petition to have the wall
toppled over if he had done anything
wrong. And we toppled it. Jump
ing out from under the stones, the
old man cried in tones of mingled dis
gust and alarm Good gracious
can't you tell when man is joking?
The Chicago Times says: Captain
B. F. Kimberly, Of Denver, Colorado,
is the hero of strange adventure. He
was galloping $500 dollar horse
over the plains, when, the animal
shying to one side, he was pitched out
of the saddle, his right foot being
caught and held in one Of the stir
rups In his perilous position his
head was dragged over the rough
ground and dry cactus plants for a
hundred yards or more. In the
meantime the captain, who is a man
of great nerve and powerful build,
had taken large pocket knife from
his pocket, and stretching his arm to
its full length, plunged the huge blade
into the bowels Of the beast. Not
only once, but several times the knife
was buried to the hilt. The brute fl
nally came to dead stand still, then
gave a sudden lounge, and dropped
dead, falling, Of coursr upon the cap
tain, crushing one of his legs and in
hicting other serious injuries. Cap
tain Kimberly extricated himself from
the stirrup and the carcass and
crawled mile and a quarter to the
nearest house. HIS injuries are very
severe, if not dam erous.
A New GAME.--A man came into
restaurant last night, and mount
ing high stool leaned over the coun-
ter and ordered a porter'house
steak with eggs on the side, and
some ale and oysters to begin Oh. In
about half an hour he had finished his
repast and was beginning to deliber-
ate on what kind of desert he would
wind up on, when a man walked in,
and tapping him on the shoulder re-
marked:
Is your name Billy Hicks ?
Yes, that's my name, said the man
on the stool, as the hand stole down
to his hip pocket, fumbling for the
handle of a barker; what do you
want?'
we had trouble once before in
White Pine, and now / guess I've got
you dead to rights, continued the new
conner, pulling out large-sized six
shooter.
If you'll just step into the street
and pace off your distance, I'm your
man, svid the feeder, who had just
finished his pie, and, whipping out
revolver, he sprang OF his perch and
rushed after the other into the street.
The frightened restaurant man got.
down behind the counter and bent
his ear to listen to the shots and the
rush of the mob but he didn't hear
anything unusual, and in about five
minutes he recollected that there was
So SO owing on the meal. Then he,
went ou. on the sidewalk to investi-
gate.
Was there row out there a few
minutes ago?' he inquired of a STAR
gazer on the sidewalk.
Didn't see any. I've been here
for the last half hour or so.
See two fellows with ulsters and
revolvers come out?