Catoctin clarion., 1877-08-02

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ONE of those little Italian bands treated
our citizens to some fine music last week
OF coarse the hat was passed round, after
the second tune.
Mr.. n. II. Mctcalf, executor Of the late
George Favorite, has proved himself to be
perfect gentleman and q man well quail
fed to attend to business of that kind.
A gentleman the other day on seeing a
sign painter at work, remarked that the
"signs" Of the times were improving, at
least if the times did not.
A LARGE excursion party consisting OF
five coaches, from WilIiams2ort and lla-
gcrstown passed over the w. NJ X. X on
Thursday last, to Greenwood park.
CHARLIE Cover showed us a hen egg
one day last week which was scarcely as
large as q bird egg and was laid by an un-
usually large sized hen.
MIR. Oliver Zimmerman, Of Lcwistown,
is no slouch as an auclonccr. lie gave
uni, crsal satisfaction at the sale in this
place, Thursday last at least.
TIr Macklcy says he can cure cramp i'll
fifteen minutes by simply making few in
cis,ons in the side with knife, Who'll bc
the first subject for Tip to practice on
A sonREL horse, attached to buggy
was found dead in Mr.. Bussards field in
Middlctown Valley, on Wednesday last
week. The horse and buggy are supposed
to have been stolen property.
THOSE naughty boys were out again on
Thursday night last with tin pans NC.
ready to give Dr. Marsh a benefit, but the
DR.. was lual to the emergency and gave
them an order on J Ed. for candy and ice
cream.
OrR Frankly like to drown himself in n
bucket of water on Thursday last. And on
the same day tremendously ran his
nose into saucer Of ice cream which he
was carrying to y lady. Now Frank,
! MIR AhTa.asll ioI"'H' iN7'"''o ''
distance from this place has som" ch"l''
fruit trees on his place. He attended 'hc
sale last week, hid lively, but fell " ie"
cents short on the iarSc 'hea' "''c" "">
struck down to Major Mcclellan.
WoHKuEN are engaged making improve
mcn,s 10 the old established Franklin
Mills near this place. Inc Pr"rF''"''h'
! Bl;ingcr iSa man who never ST ~ eA
pcn>c when marh'hcry Ec's ""' u ''"''
and needs fixing.
JonN +. Martin, contrctioncr, &c'tcmp
ted the apprtilrs OF our citizens last "eeN
with quantity "l "a'e''''''''",' '""',
/ loupcs and tomatoes '"r '''' '''s' '''''' ,'',
season. l"'I m'' WIN u 'e"''s '"' r''
were not aN Soot rs 'l'S 'h'@'' "'' ''
/ next lot WEI ne o""'F ANA 'A''" ''''"l'
! Tue BoonShorp' ODD Fellow says So'h'
cruel young men of that place tied ''''
/ pan to II dog tan one aay E's' "''"'" '''','
maI" tn" poor anih'i f"o "H''' II ''
d"Hl Very cruel sport iha''"' ANU ''''
cdilor goes 1or 'hc'h III "'N''' WI
! pKoIIrlC.-Our genial merchant friend
. CLAY Cramcr, of Irragcrst"Wn, informs IL
I tina, he raised twenty bushels of five p"'a
toes irom onc-siXtrcnth of M acre o'
ground. This sounds big but Clay sHys h'
/ /, WllIlns To De quaiI'le" l" '''"' ''''''
p,,u,n.ciri,l tn vour horses this hot
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/ "'"''''' ''''' 80
too far, nor overload '"ehl AZ '''' ""I'''
nor ov"rwork them anywhere. and be sure
,o nroyilr them with netting to keep Oft
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RETrRXED.-Miss Alice Little, SISTER "'
Mrs, ID. {. Martin, win" has hcch sptA"''9
some weeks in this place as VISITOR, re-
( turned to her home in llagrrstoWh on n
day cvrng last. Miss Alice has y host "'
admirers i'll our town all ol whom express
deep regret at her Departure
New BAnN.-Mr Nelson ID. Ramsburg
of Lcwis,own, this county. who has been
the victim of several inccndiarv fires du-
ring the past year, commenced reminding
his barn on Monday last MT h''i'so"'s
/ is very clever gentleman ana we nope III
will have better luck with TINS Than 'h'
others. Joseph Wcddle, of this place, We
are of tho opinion has the contract.