Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
Business is reviving.
Fiuit trees are budding.
A wet summer is predicted.

The birds are busily building their nests
This is forward March-and no jok-
ing.
The wheat fields look very green and
pretty.
The mild weather is divine blessing to
the poor.
Eggs and fish command a ready sale il
bur market.
The trout angler waits patiently for the
first Of April.
Ifthe weather keeps ambrosial circuscs
will soon start up.
Cows have been bringing high prices at
public sales this spring.
Moving day, with all its dreaded rcali-
ties, is fast approaching.
tit thuudcrs on all fools day, it brings
good crops of corn and hay.
If the first three days in April be foggy,
there will be flood in June.
A fashion writer says abbreviated dress
es will be in style this summer.
The latest out is young lady on horse
back behind young gentleman.
George Washington was a brave man.
To begin with, he married widow.
When dry goods bill comes in the
young husband sings, Dearest love, do
you remember ~
Seven f1ocks of wild ducks passed over
this place in a northwcs erly direction on
Friday evening last.
Peter is bad man. lie can put fifty
six above his head siXtcc times without
finching the least bit.
The season is rapidly approaching fol
your wife to introduce the latest subject o.
white washing and cleaning up.
She was plump and beautiful and he was
wildly fond of her; she hated him, but
woman. like she strovc to catch hirl. He
was flea.
1t is funny to see an old lady of siXt,
with fy-away hat OH the back Of hc'
gray hair. 1t is funny and the foolish oil,
lady doesn't know it.
A new Singing book has been adopted
in the Lutheran Sabbath School, called The
"Crown of Life" 1t is said to be quite Al
improvement on the old.
Harris Bush is busily engaged hauling
charcoal for Cassell's poudre phosphate
mill. Some days it is hard to tell whcthc
Harris is white or black man.
"Whcn girl gets mad and rises from ;
fellows knee" says an exchange, "bu
thinks better of it and goes be OK again
that's what they call Il relapse
Mr. Joseph Elder, brother OF Mr.. ']amc'
Elder, of Elnmi'tshurg died at White Hal
Pa, the early part OF last week his re
mains were inferred at Emmi,tshurg.
1t will he remembered that March came
in pleasant, bright and sunshiny this year
and if the old saying is verified, it must @
out like a raging lion. Bat ii didn't.
The next thing ought 10 be a tongn"
show. Let some one offer premium t.
the old hunkcrs who can sit Oh a hare
bench in hall and hold out their tongues
the longest.
We believe the most pressing want o
woman at the present time is portable
derrick which will enable her to pick NJ
her train without corkscrewing her bod!
down through her skirts.
Ice nearly an inch thick was found ol
the ponds and creeks about town Monday
last Those persons who made garden ant
were measuring the length Of those LITTLE
onions wept little.
THAT wife of mine says, since the intro
ducton of DR.. Schlcy's Family Cough Syr
up all coughs and colds disappear, and on
nights are undisturbed by hacking coughs
Sure cure, only 25 cents. Try 1t and he
convinced.
The weather on Sunday last was yaria
tcd-cold blowy, rainy and everything
else that you could think Of. But notwith
standing all this, quite II number Of persons
attended communion services at Apples
church.
A portion of the Annual Statement o
the expenditures of Frederick county vii
he found in this issue. AS our paper j:
small it would be impossible to print ali o
it this week. The balance can be seen il
our next.
The County Commissioners have author
lied their attorney to examine the question
whether there is any law for the paymen,
ofihe turnkey fec of one dollar and twenty
five cents for every prisoner who enters
our Jail. Our present Board Of Commis,
sioners seem determined to act for tho best
interest of the people.
The double postal card will probably be
adopted, as the house committee has re-
ported favorably. This card has two stamps
one on either side and one person having
question to ask of another at distance
will now have the privilege of furnishing
both stationery and postage