Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-22
TOWN AND COUNTY,
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
Pleasant nights to sleep.
Dog days end on the 24th.

S'IiiCo arc pc tlu luIliCI SouiIS'
The rabbit season commences on the fif-
tccnth of October.
The recent rains have resulted in much
benefit to the corn.
Women love flowers, and birds They
arc not however, 50 partial to swallows as
men arc.
A five cent chunk of watermelon looks
innocent, but what deal of disturbance it
can create.
Peter Flixcnhcart, who has been absent
for some tine, put in an appearance on
Monday.
Take your car Of green corn 1T both
ends, in both hands, and fear neither man
nor collie.
Women measure their dresses by the
finger, and this is also the way men meas
ure their drinks.
In the way of cows, geese dogs, Mcclan-
icstown throws any other town in the
county in the shade.
Peaches are rpcning ; but many persons
complain of their impcrfcction on account
of being stung by bees.
We learn that the dancing picnic ON Sat
urday was not financial success. Too
many fingers in the pie
Among the disagrccablc things in this
lifn IL ln,rr, ,n,l,roll., mil I'm ~
,hc owners name on the handle
We hnyc mustard courage to say that
salt may be good on birds tail, but the
man with IL gun prefers to pepper IT.
The show folks nave all gone into bank
rup,cy and the preachers into the noun.
lains. That is the difference in humbuy-
giny the people.
In some cities it is fashionable now for
young ladies to practice archery, while the
old ladies arch themselves over il wa,ltub
in the summer kitchen.
1t has been discovered that ii isn't safe
to dry wet powder ON IL hot stove. AS
soon AS it gets the least warm the powder
i, very apt to resent amy such familiarity.
\ campmrcIn. is now ia progress in
the vicinity OF Crras cr>toMn under the au-
spices of the Church of God. \ great
many persons from this place attended ON
Sunday last.
Col. TroNcll, plastcrcr, who has been en-
- NJ 1,
past, showed lis II beautiful specimen of
A>lnstucs taken from the ground near that
place last week.
The Sallla>vilc picnic, To Tie best of
our knowledge, was Il grand success -
More could be said on the subject, but As
We were not present can give no further
details Of the affair,
The dancing picnic which came of in
Eicl,ol,z'> Grove on Saturday last, proved
n success \ large crowd VA, in attend
nncc and Ihc light fantastic toe was the
order OF the day.
You say you cant afford to take your
local paper, and yet it save, yorl five times
lis cost every year by warning yuu of The
swin,llcrs that are abroad IN The land, with
plausible stories and shoddy goods
There is II brilliant future in store for
the boy who when re sees Il ton of coal
coming to his house, PUSHES to his mother
asks for the peppermint rolls ON the floor
and gloans, and says he has the cramp.
We fear our crop of "saucr kraul' will
be small this year, and all owing to the
hateful cabbage worms. They arc worse
than the potato bugs. for we can poison
the latter, but dare not TRY it On the for
mcr
The next person 10 surprise the COM
m,lnly by taking TO himself Il wife was
our genial friend, W. Ian Lydic. llcund
his fair bride arrived in all their glory ON
Friday morning last, and were cordially
received by hi, many friends.
One of our young carpenter friends, and
subscriber OF this paper, has lately been
paying strict attention To lady on Main
Quoted himself on Sunday evening last (so
says our iniOrmant) would have done cred.
it to one better vrrscl in the art than he
Washington Augustus, the ohginw
agent ut the express office, is one of those
energetic, goahcad fellows, who never
Tres in anytilinghc TN Icrl,kes. blt push
cs it through with aacrily That's right
Gust, and whenever you hear of any more
marvellous dog stories, hunt them up and
let us have the full particulars
SUNDAY School PIcNIC-The Union
Sunday School of Mount Tabor church, at
Rocky Ridge, will hold basket picnic in
Hon. Joshua Biyys woods near the sta
ton, on Saturday. Aug. 81. The enter.
tainmcnt will consist of vocal and instru-
mental music by the school, Addresses
will be delivered by able speakers All are
cordially invited to attend.
Slight CONNECTION IN MUD ALIEY-'
Things took rather lively turn in Mud
Alley on Sabbath evening last, between II
hopeful young damscl and her beloved