Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-01-02

orally I conclude not to. But the ex-.
ercise in and ont of the tub does me
much good. Before breakfast I spend
an hour or so in parsing. I have be-
come so skilful now that I can tell
an adverb clear across the street, and
no amount OF disguise can hide a per-
sonal pronoun from me. Sometimes,
when / weary grammar, [ take
quiet game Of pussy wants corner
or practice looking cross eyed at the
C ock. This last amusement always
gives me an appetite.
But moderate breakfast is best.
A man does ut want more than two
or three water melons, a hind quar-
ter of lamb, a peck or two Of CLAIMS,
and a bucket "a small bucket) Of
pickles for his first neal. Eat slow
ly. Allow at least minute to wa.
ter melon, aud where gunards are in
the hash, be sure to spit on the stones.
On. B.-Tlis is not clear, but Mr..
Hicks undoubtedly means well-M.
Adeler)
After eating, the system needs
rest. | 60 off to some quiet place like
the rain water cistern, or the chimney
aue and try to compose my mind
Sometimes I sing. 1t is admirable
for strengthening the lungs, and the
chimney tlue develops the sound won
derfuIIy. Last Wednesday | sang
Home, Sweet home" up the aue so
effectively that it brought out the fire
company, and threw Mrs. Hopkin.
sons hired girl into fits, On B.--The
cd mans mind appears to be wan
dering here, but he is evidently try
ing to tel the truth.-M. Adeler)
"a little later in the day You want
exercise to stimulate the circulation.
Sometimes | carry the piano up and
down stairs two or three times or
opel and shut my umbrella seventeen
or eighteen hundred times, or brush
my hair for couple Of hours, or go
out and dig potatoes with a lead pen
Gil. I used to spank the baby, but |
have no baby now small enough to
spank. My youngest child is forty.
seven, and has red hair, and is in the
Nebraska Legislature. On. B.-If
he is in the Legislature it is positive.
ly certain that spanking would do
him good. But do not understand
that reference to red hair. 1t is not
pertinent to the subect.-M. Az
81 never touch whiskey. 1t is poi.
sonous. No man who uses it can bave
long life. Who can estimate the woe
that it has brought to the human
race? No, no. avoidthe hideous H.
quld as YOU would fiery serpent
Not one drop of whiskcy has passed
my lips for ninetyone years. On. B.
The old man is ouly niuety; but let
that pass, NJ. A. J and not drop shall.
Nothing would induce me to touch it.
What | want is a little old apple
brandy, mellow and ripe, possibly
with dash Of gin in it and even Of
this I never drink more than two
qnarts between breakfast and supper.
AS for tobacco, we'll when L was ten
years old | vowed ] would never
smoke another cigar or chew another
plug Of tobacco as long as I lived. |
have smoked pipe and chewed fine
cut exclusively.
"And now, in my old age, I look
back upon the years of a we'll spent
life, and as [ wheel myself about my
garden in my wheelbarrow, looking
at the Iogarithms growing upon y
vines and watching the propositions
climbing upon the trelises, basking
in the sunshine, while the pelicans
gambol about the"
But this is enough. Mr.. Hicks is
gradually ceaslng to be lucid. Peli,
cans never gambol ; and | have some
doubts about tnat wheelbarrow per
fornlauce ! but the reader who wi hes
to live till ninety and become hoary
old feller may study Hick epistle
possibly with p"cft. Max A ieler in
N. Y. Weekly.
Better feeling now prevail in The
IinAncial circles Of New Orleans. A
committee of fifteen and sub commit.
tee of six were appointed to visit he
bank to day. The whole controversy
now rests npon whether S. II Kenne.
dy can be compelled to reinqulsh his
grip on tha state If his taons can
h., oh I, lion off tba ipt,r..t y; ho r.,d |