Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15


ing sales have been printed at this Office
Thursday, Feb. Is, Henry Manalan,
near VOLTS tavern, Mare, colt, COW, farm
ing utensils, &C. .'
Saturday, Feb II, Mrs. M. E. McIIca-
ny, on Water street, this town, household
and kitchen furniture.
On Saturday, March 3, Mrs. Burk, near
Mt. St. Mary's College, will sell store, house
and lot. See adv.
JOHN w. Martin offers his house and
lot, situated on South Water street, at pri-
vate sale until March 10. If not sold by
that time it will be offered al public S ale,
or for rent
L. II. Boyer. near Sabillasvillc, March
9th, horses, cattle, farming utensils, &c.
A Lantz, near Sabillasyille, Feb 2Sth,
two work horses, hay, corn, household
furniture, &c.
SAMSON Cement stuck us all, last week.
DAYS pcrccptibly longer How about
the nights.
WE have had the first of March on the
18th of February.
THE bottom has fallen out of the roads,
in places, we are told.
Docs are said to be ahead of dentists
they insert natural teeth.
WHY is n dogs tail great novelty p
Because no one ever saw it before.
WE would not live always, because
there arc some ways we dcspisc to live.
Pounded ice, if allowed to stand too
long is not what it is cracked up TO be.
TIE man in the moon is said to be the
first person who ever went round the
world.
THE Union Revival Meetings ceased on
Friday night last after doing great good
in our town.
Novelty in the music line-snoring-
which is politely described as indulging
in sheet music.
IT is said that when bet Of whiskey is
made, it is quite an easy matter to find one
willing to hold the stakes
Our STIR cts have been dusty for two
weeks, while reports from our sister towns
says theirs are ankle deep.
SEWING Machine Oil and all kinds of
Sewing Machine Needles and attachments.
For sale ut j. Ed. Martins.
THE season of Lent commences with
Ash Wednesday, February 18th, and ends
on Easter Sunday, April lst
MOTHER my little trote is sore. dit me
little bottle Of Shriner's Cough Syrup, |
think it will ture inc to night.
WE have had genuine returning boards
in our midst at last. We refer, by per
mission, 10 those of the shooting match.
FARMEKs, Poudrc,tc will double your
crop of potatoes. Make your own calcu.
lation Of the profit. 1t.
The stack Of the boiler at tho bone mill
has been heightened twelve feet Tan will
now take the place of the more costllcr
fuel, coal.
WE have just entered upon the month
in which women talk less than in any 9TH
or during the whole year. Reason why 7?
Twenty eight days.
THE churches were well attended on
Sabbath last. The seats in the NJ. f.
church being scarcely equal to the occa-
sion in the evening.
AN uptown lady was heard to say,
Carolina Rebccca, when you hang out
the clothes, be sure that you put tho incest
pieces nearest to the street."
ONE OF the happicst and most indepcn.
dent of the human occupations is that of
an intelligent farmer, whose land is paid
for and who keeps out of debt.
Hens sneak off their nests, now, and
hide their heads under their wings, poor
things. They are ashamed to cackle for
tcn-twclfths of cent. So, Cap.
THE mcllifuous tones of the "Peoples
Voice is no longer heard in Buttcrsburg
Its sweet cadences fall upon the car of
Reisterstown and-where next.
THE poorest idea of economy business
man can have, is that of curtailing his adj
vertising expenses. Withdraw the gas
from q balloon and it is sure to flatten.
MR. Chas. V. Foreman, for three years
the master millwright in the B. & o. r.
r. Co.'S. now elevator on Locust Point,
Baltimore, has returned to his home in
this Place.
HUFF, that d. T., after an absence of
six months or more, has again returned to
our town and is safely ensconced on Car.
roll street. Guns, watches, SC, carefully
repaired.
MANY thanks, Mr.. Hood The citizens
of this place will remember you in their
deyotions for the light you have thrown
on the dark road from the depot. S. j.
Scott artificcr.
Two new male bible classes have been
formed in the Lutheran Sabbath school.
That is right, young men, and much more
to your credit than whiting pine sticks
on the corner,