Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-07-12
TOWN AM COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.

PULL backs tighter than ever
FANS, flies, furs, fire, crackers.
Galorious Fourth, and thou art gone
CHERRIES are rather too lively for eating
WAVE the pan-leaf, for the heat Is COM
ing.
rhE cucuml,cr crop promises to be very
abundant.
VACATION already hangs heavy upon
some of our school teachers.
QUITE number of heavy thunder
storms during the past week.
Nearly all of our boys, who have been
away harvesting. have returned.
THE patent fly brushes ought to meet
with ready sale just about this time.
Our new mail driver has come out in
Slc glory of black mustachc and gohtcc
GREEN apples and salt, seems to be Il ia
voritc dish with the damsels of our town.
lT is reported that rich vain OF gold
quartz has been discovered in Washington
county Md.
TRAMrs are on the go again, and large
number passed through this place during
the past week.
THE wheat harvest is over and the oats
are coming on. The yield of both crops is
CO; i'll In hn nnnrmnvc
SQUADS Of young men can DC seen night
ly vending their way into some orchard IN
quest of green apples.
VIZ have received Tick's Floral Guide
No. 3, which contains variety OF En-
. Cravings OF Flowers, &c.
LAST week was a harvest for the hotels,
Judging from the number of drunken men
seen on the streets. Shame.
TIE past week has been. uncxception-
ably warm and paper collars have been re-
duccd to an alarming extent.
FRIEND Cover of shoe making fame met
with quite catastrophe last week. we
sympathizc with you, Henry.
Cnuncn st., on last Friday evening, pre-
scented very lively appearance during the
progress of the Soircc Musicale.
IT is said that quite Il number of farm
houses throughout this section of the coun
ty are entertaining city boardcrs.
Os1En of tin, stone and glass fame in
this place, received a large supply of glass
ware of all kinds on Monday last Call.
SOME one wrote flies were unusually
scarce this season, but it was before the
last importation had arrived. Shoe, 1iy.
EXPOSURE and an overdose OF hudln'
UNI is said to have been the cause OF Jos.
cph Kcllv's sudden death on Monday last.
CORPORATION stock went mp again last
week. $2.25 was placed to the credit OF an
incbriatcd individual who did some tall
swearing.
FRANK Hammakcr disposed of his f's'
mare last week and now OWNS another
which though not so fast, may be equally
Ms good. Git.
FnoM the appearance of every potato
patch we have yet seen, the potato beetle
seems to he watched too closely to do
much damage.
GIRLS, don't enter into a marriage con-
tract on Sundays. If you want to sue for
breach of pomisc, the Court will decide
that contract made on Sunday is void.
TIE Wavcrly club Of Baltimore beat
the Brown Stockings Of Frederick. in Il
match game of Base Ball, at the Fair
grounds, near Frederick on the Fourth,
If our out of town subscribers were as
prompt at paying their subscriptions as
they should he we would have but little
reason to complain of business being dull,
SCARLET Fever is the lfcrod ofthc pres.
cnt age Parents you can disarm the mon
stcr and save your little ones by using Tc'-
rvs Salicylic Soap. "7He best IN tile 'corM. v
THERE is many a slip twiyt the cup and
the lip, but there can be no danger in using
Dr. Scllcy's Family Cough Syrup for all
your Coughs and Colds. 1t never fails
At Gilds' store only 25 cts.
WE refer our readers to the adv Of II.
IIallett e. Co., of Portland. Maine. This
firm we arc inclined to believe are very
reliable and offer special inducements TO
agents.
TIE Franklin Savings Bank of Frcdcr-
ick, on the goth ultmo, declared a semi
annual dividend of three per cent. clear of
State and National Tax, payable on and
after the 10th inst.
TIE Frederick Savings Institu-
ton, on the 2Sth utimo, declared semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent and an OK
ira dividend of one per cent payable on
and after the 9th inst.
IT was Mr. James Reeds child who died
near CatOctin Furnace few weeks ago
and not Jacobs, as mentioned by us in a
past issue We make this correction at
the request of Mr.. Reed.
DURING the severe storm which visited
this place on Thursday morning last the
lightning struck several telegraph poles
along The Emmitsburg turnpike, also sew