Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-10-10

society. We mean Dr. Bulls blooo MIN
ture.
FIRE IN New MARKET DIsTEIcT.
On Saturday evening last, between
tween and o'clock, the barn on farm
owned by j. f. r., and Charles II. Wood,
and tenan,cd by George Crommell, III
New Market district, was totally destroyed
with contents, by fire. The building con-
tanned lot of hay and u wheat drill the
property of the owners of the farm, and IL
lot of harness belonging to the tenant.
The loss will amount to between $500,
and $1,000. No insurance. The fire ls
supposed to have been accidental !mes
FEsT1vAL.-An ice cream and oyster
festival will be held in Osler's Hall next
week, commencing on Thursday evening,
for the benefit of the Methodist Church of
this place. Ice cream and oysters will be
served in abundance on the first two even
ings and on Saturday evening grand sup
per will be given, to which the admittance
will be % cts. AS our Methodist friends
do not come before the public often on &C.
casions of this kind it Is to be hoped there
will be large attendance. Oysters and
ice cream On the first two evenings and
then the grand supper for 20 cts on Satur-
day night.
TAKEN TO ELECTROMAGNETIC Banner
Liberty says: Charles Bond, who was so
badly hurt at the Liberty Copper Mines
several weeks ago, was taken to Baltimore
on Friday last, and put under treatment of
the best eye doctor to be had there. Tic
Mining Company, his fellow wolkmcn and
his friends generally gave literally toward
dcfraying the expenses that Will be incurred
in the effort to save, if possible, one eye
+ We are sorry to hear that one eye is en-
tirelv gone, but glad that there is at least
a little hope that he may see with the 9TH
cr.
RuNAwAY.-On Sunday last our color
ed Buddy whilst travelling from Mechan-
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accident in which considerable more dam
are was done to our friend Earnshaw's
buggy than to the occupants of the buggy.
1t appears that the sun was getting a little
too warm to ride with down-top, so Buddy
concluded to raise the top not thinking
that raising the top would raise him and
hls "gc!arcus' from their seats and drop
them upon thci, craniums in ditch along
the road Buddy says he could have man.
through the dashcr. The jclics can be ex
hibitcd as we'll at the Fan if Buddy will
wear the same suit of clothes he had on
when the accident occurred. However
we are glad to know that neither Of the
parties were badly hurt.
SCALDED Vernon, four year old son of
! Peter A. llAgan, of this place, was severe
. " scaldcd on the right arm last Tuesday
evening. A girl in Mr.. llagan's employ
was in the act Of stepping out the Eitchcn
Goor TO empty a pan OF scaldins water,
and stumbled against the little boy, who
was lying in the door, when the pm upset
and the hot water fell over his face and
; arm. His face was not badly hurt, but his
right arm was scaldco into blistcrs. On
the morning Of the same day, while pre-
pairing breakfast, the wife of Peter S.
Hemp, Of this place, had one of her feet
very bally SciIlcl. la passing by the
stove her clol hing caught the coffee pot
and dragged it to the floor, spillins the
contents upon hct feet. --ReGi~tcr.
NARROW ESCAPE On Tuesday last
whilst Mcssrs. John W. and Daniel ii
Smith, of the vicinity of Burkcttsvilc
were engaged in waliny well for Mr.
Peter Shatlcr, in the southern suburbs OF
town, ond whilst the former was at tho
bottom OF the well, about forty five feet
below ground, Il large stone which had
Just been dumped at the mouth of the well
rolled in. Fortunately Mr.. Smith was
look ing up at the time, and watching the
drsccn, of the stone, managed to escape
serious injury. The stone grazcd his arm
bruisiny it u little His escape from in.
slant death was almost miraculous. Reg,
isttr
THE American Farmer for October is an
unusually rich numbcr--thc celebrated
Prize Essay Of Edward Stablcr, of Mont
gomery County, Md, upon the "Renova
ton of WORKOUT Lands in the old States
being the leading paper. This essay is
now rcpubIishcd in the old Farmer
where it originally appeared. accompanied
by a note from Mr.. Siablcr, the author, in
which he says: after thirty years further
experience, since its publication, / do not
perceive any necessity or any advantage to
result from any modiiicatin of it; subse.
quent experience has not changed my
views in regard to it," This and similar
other papers on the same subject publish
ed at the time, was the awakening of new
interest in agricultural improvement in the
old States Of the South, which is still man
Tested in several of them. In addition to
this essay, many other valuable papers are
given in this number, among them the pro
cecdings Of sundry Agricultural Clubs, the
report Of the Maryland Horticultural Soci-
cty's Annual Exhibition, the Pic Mic and
Fair of the Changers in Baltimore Co., and
the Address Of Dr. Magruder tharcat, the