Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.

kably cool.
Tickling the earth with o hoe is now
healthy and lucrative employment.
Wanted-Somc one to kill about fifty OF
the useless dogs that nfcst our town.
The longest day of the year will be to-
morrow, Friday, when summer begins.
When man loses five dollars, he must
advertise if he wants to get scent oft.
When man has no bills against him,
he feels as though he belonged to the no
Dlity.
When mans upper story is without
tenants, you will hear his mouth announce
the fact.
Put two slices of cucumber into phon.
ograph and hear whether or not it ycls fol
n doctor.
Hail fell in considerable quantity in var
GUS portions of this and Carroll county or
Wednesday.
lie wants q written invitation, otherwise
he will not hitch up.
We judge from appearances that sevcra
of our young gentlemen are looking for sit
uations as sons. in-law.
Every dollar spent in irving employment
to home mechanics, is a dollar loaned at a
good rate of interest.
TERRIBLE "A man got shot in Brown:
store, Foxvllc, this county, one day last
wcck-hc bought pound.
Wouldn't it he Il blessing if the light
ming and the tramp could strike in the
same place and at the same time?
Write your name and date of taking or
the backs of your photographs. 1t vii
be a great satisfaction in years to come.
Commencement exercises Will take place
ut Mt ST, Josrph's and Mt St. Mnrys OF
the 21th and Goth instantS, respectively.
Those of the fair sex who haven't an op
portunty to bloom out in all their sprin!
guigcousncss have some excuse for being
cross.
Ladies who have pale compilations
blntchcs ard rimprs on the face, rou"l
skim or frccklcs, should use DR.. Bull
Blood Mixture.
A devoted husband says the phonograpl
is simply a machine that talks back" ant
he has had one OF that kind in his house
ever since lie was married
Though items are somewhat scarce, now
We are encouraged Ivy the thought that i
will soon he time for small boys to fall of
cherry tree, and the crop promises well,
In the newspaper business it is impossi
NE to please everybody, hence we vii
try to please ourselves in the future an
let the gr,lmhlcrs take rs much of it rs they
want.
A horse belonging to Mr. charia
Thomas living about three miles norlhwcs
Of Frederick, died from lock jaw, shor
time since, caused by having his foot in
jurcd.
The public schools of THIS place close il
short time and then pc boys and girl
will he turned loose for the next two
months. Oh, my, won't they lave goo,
time.
Our tonSnrial artist, Amos huck'rl OF
his best buds and joined the excursion t,
Monterey last Thursday. According t,
his own words he created an Oppression
whilst there.
The last few paragraphs ofCongrcssmal
Poltcr's speech, at the late reunion a
Roanakc College, Va, sticks in the crav
of several Of our citizcns-thcy cant un
derstand it,
The fourth Of July is near at hand ant
should there not be some effort made tt
have a lively time on that day. SomelI,in.
that will stir UP the dead life of tho town
Say yes, somebody.
Mr.. Ephraim Myers, of Crcagcrstow,
district, was recently married to Miss Hen
ME b. Mcqueen Of Bullock county, Ala
Immediately after the marriage they startc,
for their home in this county
We received some samples Of very fine
wheat, raised on one of the farms of Con
John b. Kunkel at Catoctin Furnace, ono
day last week. 1t was indeed very fine
but we could not learn the name Of it.
The bill for the relief of Charles Collins,
postmaster at Berlin, this county, appro
priatng 1887 30 TO compensate him fo
stamps stolen from the post office at that
place, has passed the United States Senate
Mr.. John r. King, book keeper will
Klippcr, Webster & Co., Baltimore, has
been troubled with constipation and its re
sulting i'll effects for six or seven years
when he gave Kclcr's Vegetable Life
Drops trial, and expc fenced immcdiat,
relief.
OUT AGAIN-John Black, son of Mr.
Cornelius Black, who had his leg broker
some five or Elk weeks ago, was in town
last week. 1t will be some time yet. how
ever, before he will be able to attend to his
regular duties.
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