Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-06-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
For Ssle.-A large Cottage organ
price $50. Apply at this office

price $50. Apply at this office.
Weather rcport-A clap of thunder.
"Again the bee about the lilac revcls."
See public sale advertisement of Rev. j.
Summers in another column.
The cucumber is the male among vegcta.
bles 1t always kicks.
Watches are taxed. Why not pistols,
bilies and knives.
The true test Of enjoyment is the memo
ry it leaves behind it.
The best thing in the world is TO DC able
to live above the world.
To preserve happiness in the family
men should not NEEDLE with the domestic
duties of the house.
A boarding house mistress, like the rest
of US, has her weak and strong points
the weak being her coffee and the strong
point :hc butter.
John Dennis, of UIrbana district, on Sun
day evening last fell and dislocatcd the cl.
bow OF his left arm.
The T. S. Fish commissioners, on Tues.
day last, placed 100000 young shad in the
Potomac river at 1T. of Rocks.
The trade in glass eyes has increased
seventy five per cent. during the past three
months. This is supposed to he due to
the present rage for archery among young
ladies.
Now the winds that softly brcathc and
tho flowers that garlands wrcathc, gen,
tie hint of summer in the mind inplants :;
and SO do the beetles and the spiders and
the ants.
Always help those who help themselves.
Lightning can reach the earth without
any assistance, and yet men put up light
ming rods for lightning to slide down on.
Did you ever notice with what a bland
smile fond father wheeling q baby car,
riagc, grccts every passing acquaintance?
lie looks like he was doing it for the fun
of the thing.
Since Monday last the happlcst man in
all Mcchanicstown is our gcntlcnanly
Register of Wills. It's boy, and don't
You forget it.
The Woodsboro' and Frederick Turn
pike Company has just declared a semi
annual dividend OF three per cent. for the
past six months.
For TIE BENEFIT OF A FEw.-Wc
would remind few persons not to exam
inc copy which may he on the cory hooks,
when they visit this office. They may as
well open other persons letters, and read
their contents, Please remember this.
The handsome new residence of our
,jovial townsman, y. n IIamnnkcr. is rap
lilly approaching completion and will soon
tie ready for occupancy. The painting, by
Mcssrs. J. Adcl,pcrger & Son, is excellent
and shows good Taste.
Geo. W BlumcnauCr, young business
man Of Frederick, who had established
himself in Il good trade in the stove and
,nwarc business in that city, died on
Thursday cvrnn. % las, week, in the 2Slh
year Of his arc, of Brighl's disease
Slcrplcas nights and cherries days will
he prevented ii you use DR.. Eul's Baby
Syrup to induce sleep and camposure Tor
the baby Price % cents
Henry kappcs, the expert watch repair
er and jcwclcr Of this place, has an un.
bounded source Of mechanical ingenuity.
lie not only manufactures town clocks,
plates all kinds ofarticlcs, but is somewhat
of an cngravcr. Give him call and SEE
specimens Of his handiwork.
MECHANICsTOwN BOYS IN WAYSES-
BoRo' News from two Of our "boys' in
Wayncsboro', Anderson and Fillmore, say
they arc getting along finely ; as they are
the boys to have fun. The former (whssc
nickname is "Ducky') was quite hero
among the ladies here, and we have no
doubt is the same there. Shoe, fly.
If the woman who made an indecent
remark about one of our youths getting a
certain article before going somewhere,
would apply piece of wax over her
mouth, and keep it there, the community
would be rid Of an intocrablc nuisance
Levi Nusbaum, indicted few weeks
ago, for running away with Miss Ida En-.
glar, twelve year old daughter of Mr..
solomon p. Englar. residing on Sans
creek, was last week ircd in Carroll coun-
~ court convicted Of abduction, and sent.
cnccd to the penitcntiary for eight years.
Habitnal poor health is direct result of
poor attention To the physical systcm.-
Keep the head cool. the feet warm, and the
bowels regular by the proper use of DR..
Bulls Baltimore Pills, and sickness can
not aprro Oh you. Price rs cents.
The ntocrablc heat of Sunday last was
greatly modified by the delightful rain on
Monday morning early. Whether the far
mcr and others enjoy these sudden changes
or not, we know not, but they might as
well get used to it.