Catoctin clarion., 1878-07-18
- TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND Us.


Did YOU ever see saw buck, young man?
Song of the Ninety and
tlnc."
The stomach gripping watermelon will
soon be here.
Our school teachers appear to be enjoy
ing their vacation.
The present price of butter is the lowest
it has been for many years.
Quite a number Of handsome, strange
lady faces are seen in our town at present.
The population of Mechanicstown has
been increased just three in that many
weeks.
One Of our young gents says, ITO danglc
n girl baby on your knee before she is II
years old isn't good pastimc.
The flies arc very familiar Itmakcs no
difference whether they alight on the end
Of your nose or on your bald pate.
An exchange brusqucly remarks: "a
man that wears plug hat this kind of
weather is either fool or college grad
uate."
1t is the only medicine would give to
my Baby, a mother said, speaking of DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup. All drug stores for %
cents.
The young man who cannot get an op
portunity to court his lady, except when
others ore in her presence, can at least sue
aside.
Many farmers are of the opinion that
the frosts in May were the cause of the
peaches and apples falling off the tree so
rapidly.
This is the kind ofwcathcr winch makes
five cent piece of ice look as if it had the
dyspepsia, and turns the fat man into Il
street sprinkler.
Sun umbrcllas-Silks, Gingham and
Cambria at greatly reduced prices from IS
cts to $3.50 at
RooTs.
The wortlebcrry will now claim attcn
tion. The crop is not fully reported, but
We presume it will compare favorably with
former years.
Rev. Wire and family, of this place, left
on Tuesday last, for n ten days trip ,n the
home of his parents at Lovcttsvillc, Loud
oun county, Va.
Notice the card of H. Classcn e Sons,
145 Sharp street, Baimorc, in another col
nmn. Persons wishing anything in their
line will do well to call
Sweet melody floats from the rils, The
nnrmonc blows on the hills, and this is the
time for romance and rhyme, and Sunday
school picnics and pills.
Mrs. Rachael Marker a very cstimnhlr
lady, died at the residence of Mr.. George
w rramcr, Eas, Church street Frederick
TN Monday week, aged 80 years
Over 80 900 bushels of new MARYLAND
wheat arrived in Baltimore during the
week. Prices declined 3 to 4 cents Il bush
u. taking the average Of the sales.
After all an organ grinder is better than
n tramp. If he is too lazy to work, hc will
give YOU music in exchange for your nicklc
There is some consolation in that
We never knew why women 50 seldom
bleed at the nose. It is plain now. A
medical authority says that vigorous wori>.
ing of the jaws will stop nose hlecls
1,'er r"ccl:"l pew and full line Of the
celebrated tarli>I" Shoes, Evit's Slippers
and Shoes Of all kinds for children ar
RooT'S
The wooden bridge built across Little
Pipe Creek some fifty years ago by the cit
~ncus, is he, c,ng removed hy the county com
mssioncrs and an iron one erected in its
stead
A man named John Pratt, ostlcr at the
Wilson House. Westminster, was almost
Instantly killed, about ten days ago, by
being kicked on the neck and chin Ivy n
horsr.
Read carefully the advertisement Of G.
II o. Fox, Frcderick's popular .icwclcr, in
another column. Every article fully war.
r,ntcl to give satisfaction and sold at low
figures.
The degree of "D. D." was conferred on
Rev. EsChbach, pastor of the Evangelical
Reformed Church, Frederick, at the late
commencement of Heidelberg college,
TifIin, Ohio.
THAT wife OF mnc says, since the INTRO,
duciion of DR.. Schlcy's Family Cough Svr.
up all coughs and colds disappear, and our
nights arc undisturbcd by hacking coughs
Sure cure, only % cents. Try it and be
convinced.
To keep bugs from melon, pumpkin and
cucumber vines, mix flour of sulphur and
fine coal dust together, sprinkle the vines
with water and dust them with the mkt,
urc 1t is sure death to all insects.
The pulpit Of the NJ. f. church. this
place, was ably filled on Sunday afternoon
last by Rev. J. Summers, during the tenn,
porary absence Of the pastor, ltGv. West.
An excellent sermon was the result
Mr.. John Wachtcr, an aged aud mnch
respected citizen Of Lcwistown district
this county, died on Tuesday, last week
and was buried on the following day
Mrc inc rCsiIjntr in Evlcr'c Va