Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-01
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND Us.
Corn goes up.

The people who really enjoy bad health
are doctors.
Thermometers arc going up and collars
are coming down.
Our dentists, we are sorry to say, arc
addicted to tho little game Of draw "
Behold how good and how pleasant it is
to dwell among people who mind their
own business.
All persons having ice cream bowls be-
longing to John E. Martin, ere requested
to return them instantly.
When tooth begins to feel as if there
was chicken scratching at the roots, it's
time to pullct out.-Ex.
Debt" says the irrepressible Billings,
liza trap which man sets and bates him
self and then deliberately gets into it,"
Eating onions, it is said, will prevent the
lips from chopping. Yes, and it will pre-
vent the chaps from Tipping, too.
Ladies are wearing gcntlcmcn's ncckties
never satisfied unless they have some ar
ticle belonging to us about their necks.
fertilization has done nothing else for
the world at large, it has materially I'M
proved the breed of constitutional liars
An exchange says: ave have received
SO many samples Of oats, grass, rye, etc,
that we want some one now to scLd us
cow.
The Cumberland News reports Hon
William Walsh as being very i'll. lie has
been removed to Oakland,a noted summer
resort
We refer our readers to the adv. in all
other column of private sale of household
and kitchen furniture 10y Mrs. c, b. Nc
Lc,lan Of this place.
a Western preacher who believed that
fire insurance was defying to the Lord, is
now living in barn until his congregation
can find another house.
A patent vas issued recently by the L.
S. Patent Office, to ii. p. Nushuni, OF
Liberty district, this county. for feed at
tac1,nlcnt for guano drills.
The NAMES of Mcssrs. VIM i. Armacosl
and John II. Rouzcr, of tins place, have
been drawn as jurora for the September
term of the Circuit Court.
During tho year ending June Goth, 1878
the postmaster at Frederick issued money
orders amounting to $33 $50, and paid or.
dcrs amounting to $20t40
The Board of School Commissioners
have established II new school district near
Wnlf>vllc, to lie known rs school district
No. 8, in Election district No, 6.
The new wheat that has been ihreshcd
turus cat exceedingly well. The fears OF
injury from rust, mi'lcw and frost, were
all CANNON. The prices continue to show
down tendency.
Willie Castle, aged about Is years, Willie
hauling water on cart to supply steam
tlrcscr, near Liberty. recently, fell oil til.
cart and the wheel passing over his body
injured him considerably.
Mrs Joseph Ridcnoucr, of East Church
street Frederick, II young married lady
was parayscd in the right side, last Friday
week, and her conaition is represented as
a truly distressing one.
A negro man named Joseph Curtis, was
week before last, arrested by officer Ryan
of Frederick, charged with inhnnlan treat
mcnt of IL white boy and was held to bail
for his appearance at Court.
Lizzie Wierman daughter Of Mrs. So
phia Wirenan, residing n short distance
west of this town, died on Wednesday last
week after lingering illness OF consump.
tim, aged about sixteen yCcrs.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has purchased FROM VIM. Adams, the two
story brick house and lot near the corner
of Church and East streets Frederick, now
in the occupancy Of f. Wcrlhcimer.
A stack of wheat belonging to Mr.. Chas
5 Simmons, of BuckrystoNn district, was
get on fire, about ten days ago, by sparks
from n steam lhresher and entirely de
slroycd. The machine was also burned.
President Hayes will visit Mrs. Dahl
grrn. the rclict Of Admiral Dahlgrcn ut
her picturesque home on South Mountain,
not far from Boonsboro,' this summer
when he will I've among the sceus of one of
the battles in which he took part.
Here is an excellent recipe for making
iced tea: Fill up glass with chopped ice,
place several Jumps of sugar on the top,
then pour the hot tea on the sugar until it
is melted and the glass is full, This is Il
cool and refreshing drink for warm wealth
er.
Cases of vegetable poison are frequent
Take an onion, cut of the root and rub
well with the onion for an hour or more
the part affected Then wash off with cas-.
tile soap. This remedy acts like u CHARM,
and will make a speedy cure.
SUDDEN DEATH.--The Westminster
Sentinel says. "On Sunday night the
Al. 7 - Al.