Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-07-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.


Corn is getting stiff in the back
There were 1870 deaths in Baltimore last
week.
The days are growing shorter, :and it is
getting hot, or oughter.
That strikes me as sollt,' remarked the
how who was hit with brick.
All the shows and circuscs avoid u.s.
What a good pious town we havc
"The poor you have with you always"
The rich 90 away in the summer.
Girls, you need not despair. Naomi,
the gildy young thing, was but $50 years
old when she married.
The dog days are announced to COM
mcncc on the Goth. The dog STAR howcv-
or will not rage until in August.
Young men who have done nothing the
past winter, now have serious desires to
take summer vacation.
1t is estimated York county Pa. will
produce ten times as much tobacco this
year, as five years ago.
Children born after November of this
wear will not be of voting age until the
twentieth century has been ushered in.
A little wholesome restraint in the shape
ola cowhide is very much needed on some
of the rising generation of olV borough
Last Friday child years old son of Mr..
Henry Gmlle, fell whilst playing and
broke his collar bone. DR.. Johnson was
calle,l in and he is now imp Dying 81 '0ion
Mr. Samuel Brcnglc, of Frederick, has
three winged chicken. One wing pro-
tr,ldcs from the left side of the neck. At
'cm, Liberty.
A man from lIagcrstown, hamcd Beck
tried, while intoxicated, to commit suicide
in Chamhcrsburg, Il few days since, for Il
triing cause.
Casper Cr,lm an aged and well known
German cilizcn died at his residence On
we IalIlCk StI'tl, CtlCli
wcck aged ~ years.
The first ripe tomatoes of the season ar
rived in this place last week, and sold for
the moderate sum of eight cents per doz
They were pretty good
The man who predicted Il SNOW storm in
July is now IT. Ing to craWl ont OF ii BY
asserting that he meant the storm would
come off at the south pole.
Would it not be Il good idea for some of
our constablcs to take peep into the "o';
factory" some of these days, especially
Sunday and see what is going on.
John Lee Chapman has sold a portion of
his blue ridge farm, on the Western Mary
land railroad The purchaser cnn,cmplatcs
erecting Il number Of cottages on the land,
An attempt was male to burn the store
orc. G. Clapp, in IIaycrst"wn, on Thurs
dly morning Of last week, but the fire was
cxtinyuished before much damage was
done.
The residence of Ms. Sophv Lenders
on West Main street has recently Undergone
change and looks amazingly better, II
is quite snowy. Mcssrs. Adclspcrgcr Il
Son die 1t,
Some light fingered gentleman laid vio-
lent hand, on the phosphate mans hand
Il | t,l, ia, nt hI Ina
mill on Friday evening last Strong sllo-
picion rests Oh a certain party who will no
doubt be behind the 'haro' before long.
Several of our "gal",lant young boyr
received the cold shoulder at one of oar
church doors ON Sunday night W.ht,
girls, if they won't take you to church and
remain there during services, why don't
lcGthcm take you home.
George IIaskins, an old and esteemed
citizen Of Frederick, died on Thursday
last, aged ~ years. He served as register
Of Wills of this county and was twice elect
ed mayor of Frederick He leaves a wife
and one child.
Frederick, Nd, contcmplatcs holding Il
grand trcman's parade on the l2th of Sep
tcmber. Let our tircmcn take notice Of this
fact when they arrange the date for hold
ing the one in contemplation Carlisle,
Pa, Herald
No HOSPITAL NEEDED. No paatial
hospital needed for Hop Bitters patients,
nor large Salaricd talented puticrs to tell
what Hop Biltcrs will do or cure, as they
tell their own story by their certain and
absolute cures at home.
Our Sammy, John Eds chief clerk, has
been suffering during the past week or
more with two immense boils on his neck.
Like Job of old he bears his Affections pa
tiently and is anXiously w',itinga "bust. ,
Mr.. Abe Roddy has also been an intense
sufferer from one on his wrist. We sym.
pathzc with both.
The pcnsioncd soldiers everywhere will
rejoice that there arc no more medical cN
aminations of pensioners already on the
rolls. Every two years the pensioners
were required to 60 before medical board
ard be examined as to the nature of their
INJURIES. This was great expense to the
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