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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

When tho Princess Helen was born
it was told the princess Royal that
she had got young sister. %, that
is delightful + cried the innocent roy
alist DO let me go and tell mamma
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

Oils and pomade are no longer
used on the hair. Hereafter young
man can help a young lady to say
nothing in particular on Sunday
evening without having his vest
soiled.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

An Omaha belle recently received
present of a pair Of twsnty.four
button kid gloves from one of her ad-
mirers. She wrote him a letter of
thanks which frankly told him that
he had made a great mistake in the
size, but she rsmedied it by cutting
off the feet and only wearing the
laoa
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

Miss Mary Greene, of Providence,
r. l., was 100 years of age last week.
OF this there is said to be no doubt.
She is described as being wonderfully
preserved and does not look to be
more than eighty years old. Her
mind is vigorous, her memory sxcel'
lent. and she is fond of conversation u.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

A Mississippi candidate thus frank.
" announces himsel. AT the earn
est solicitations Of the many persons
whom 1 owe money have consented
to become a candidate for county
treasurer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07
SOCIETIES.

A. r. and 4. W., No 155-Mccts every
=, second and fourth Monday in each month.
Van B. Oser, Secretary.
X. of p. No. 67-Mcet every Friday
night. r. of Il. g. s., &. IIarman.
1. O. Of 0. r., No. 4G-Mcct every
Thursday night John Landcrs Scc'y.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

A Scotch minister in one of his pa
rochial visits met a cowboy, and
asked him what o'clock it was
About twelve, sir, was the reply
We'll, remarked the minister, 1
thought it was more. It's never
any more, here, said the boy 'itjust
begins at one again.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

Girls, whose opinion about ..such
things is always valuable, says that
there's too much shirt collar and too
little young man in the present fash
ions to suit their taste.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

An Englishman in competitive
bisycle trial in London lately accom-
plished 1900 miles in six consecutive
days.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

A little Waterloo Sunday school
Miss was asked by her teacher, what
must people do in order to get to
Heaven !"
Die, I suppose replied the little
one.
The teacher didn't question her
further.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

Lord North, who was not fond Of
scientific music, being asked to sub
scribe to a series of concerts, refused.
But your lordship's brother, the bish-
op of Winchester, subscribes,' urged
the applicant. IF were as deaf as he
I would subscribe too, was the reply.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07
CHANGE OF TINE
WESTERN MARYLAND Il. ROAD


IL: - ~
NN and after Sunday, June lst 1879
" Passenger Trains will run as fol-
lows
LEAVE MECHANICSTOWN
For Baltimore and Westminster at 72G A.
H., and 1896 p. nj.
For Hagerstown and Williamsport 11:20
A NJ and 7:O5 = M
ARRIVE MECHANICSTOWN
From Baltimore and Westminster at II
20 A M and 7:05 p M
From Williamsport and Hagcrstown at
1895 N, and 3:35 pm
Emmitshurg Road-Leaye Emmitsburg
at 100 and 1920 m, and $40 and 300 p
M, arrive at Rocky Ridge at 1;3O and
1850 q N, and $40 and G;25 p NJ. Trains
north leave Rocky Ridge at 500 and 1l;O2
m, and 3;52 and G;47 p M, and arrive at
Emmitsburg at $50 and 1880 M, and d
20 and 7;15 p N.
J. M. HOOD,
Gcn'l Manager.
B.H. GRISWOLD,
Gen'l Ticket Agent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07
DlREC TORY
uF FREDERICK COUNTY
AND
The Borough of MechanicStown
COUNTY OFFICERS:

y .'I =
COUNTY OFFICERS:
CNisf Judge-IIon X. l. Bowie.
Associates Hons. John A Lynch and w.
A Bouic.
States Attorney-John c. Mottcr.
Clark Of Circuit C0urt-Thomas Cor
such.
.Sherif-Col. VIM Richardson.
Amlitor-Fred'k. j. Nelson.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-07

Job Work-CAsH ON DELIVERY
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
nele sam is rich enough
Country S.eiaI Life.

Country folks are in general 80 fully
occupied with affairs that they have no
time to discover how lonesome they
really are. so far rs this il concerned
We think II is misfortune. We are
too busy We work too hard. We take
few, or no holidays. We land think
too little, and do not spend sufficient
time i'm social culture. There j. no rea-
son why those who pillow the soil or
whose talk is of bullock should not
experience the refinements which are
the result of farmer social life. In bus
no man il seen at his best He il thOrny,
spiney, with his back up as a pOreupine
might be at his business.
Let one dOff his working clothes and
enter room full Of neighbors-men,
women, young men and maidens--and
he is a man of another kind. He natu-
rally falls into the ways of an intuitive
Kindness which is really the truest pO-
likeness; the doing to his companion
what he should do to. him. He lets
himself cut To please, and after an
evening spent in social converse, he re-
tires with many rough corners and
asperities toned down. For a few DAYS
the influence remains. IL would be per-
manent if il could he reinforced now
and then, and the good results would be
most agreeable and useful There il no
difficulty i'm bringing these good infiu-
ences 10 bear. Two or three persons
with energy and some magnetism about
them can put them in motion with ease.
Now Is the time TO begin the effort.-
R,10f Nslr- YORKER.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29

NJ. q. fiatters himself TINT it takes II
pretty smart man to so address letter
that the authorities can not find some
excuse for sending il to the dead-lcttcr
Office Ii is stated that this new sys-
tenn causes the accumulation in such
offices rs New York and Boston of from
$40 to 900 letters per day, which fOrni-
erly there was no trouble in delivering.
by the way, this reminds us of the sin
gular history ola letter which. several
years ago Mr.. Albro l.. Parsons, IL resi-
dent of Nashville, Tenn, wrote to Miss
Julia Mays, of London, England, which,
from marks on the envelope, certainly
reached London. On the 9th of last
month il was found very mysteriOusiy
in street box i'm Louisville, Ky. From
that city, the postmark hcing Nashville,
ii was sent To the latter place, and
thence to the dead-letter office, where
1t was opened and returned to Nash
vile for delivery, with request for an
explanation. The Nashville pOstmas-
ter, ascertaining that Mr.. Parsons was
residing in Denver, sent the letter To
! him. He therefore got his original
manuscript seven years after he wrote
il, and when Miss Mays, the lady for
whom the letter was intended, had been
his wife for six years. The mystery is
how the letter got back to this country,
not being marked unclaimed, and how
it found its way into the street letter
box at LOUISVILLE. PHONO.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
Cremation.

PIrTsBURG, PENN, Oct. Is, 1879.
The aforementioned DIR. p. j. LeMOyne
in his own furnace was success. This
morning at nine O'Clock, the burial SER
vices at the house were conducted by
the Rev. DIR. George =. Hayes. They
were very short but impressive, and at
the conclusion, the funeral cortege start
ell for the crematOry, about mile south
of the town. Arriving there DIR. Haynes
concluded the services by saying: ave
have now brought our deceased friend
TO the place of his choice, y and requested
all TO leave for town. This, of course,
was not obeyed, and little knots Of
tOwnspeOple gathered anddiscussed i'm a
humorous way the manner Of burning
At lois, the body wrapped in sheet
was placed IAN iron rack, and wheeled
from the reception room to the doors of
the furnace. No person was allowed IN
the crematOry, save the immediate rel
atives of the deceased, and only few of
those stayed to witness the burning At
exactly half-past ten, the body was shot
into the furnace, and a few seconds later,
smoke OF q dull brown color flOated lazi-
~ from the chimney. This eireum-
stance gave rise To the report that the
heat Was insufficient, and that the body
was frying and crakling m the furnace.
That was untrue, the adding OF fuel to
the flames beneath having been solely
responsible for the smoke. Although no
reporters were admitted to the cTematO-
ry, an Enquirer correspondent was sue
cessful in obtaining the statement of
one who was inside, namely, John Dye,
who built the furnace, and was ON this
occasion master of ceremonies, and who
watched the process very closely.
The body was taken from the cata-
talque and placed in the new criborcage
hastily, the hypothetical temperature
being then 1000 degrees. AT 1890 the
vapOr had cleared away and disclosed
the human outlines against the red and
brilliant background Of the retOrt The
white-heated fiue over the head of the
corpse looked like radiant crown. Al
half-past eleven o'clock the draft of the
furnace was tested and found to he per-
feet. AT half-past twelve golden
tinged mist surrounded the body. AT
l:3O consultation was held, and il was
decided that cremation was complete.
The crib was pushed forward to the
end of the retOrt and the form of the
body was found to still remain, but in
cineration was complete. Ten minutes
later aud the ashes fell i'm IA confused
mass at the bottom of the retOrt. At
two O'Clock the fire was drawn, the
whole time having been five hours, the
longest period yet occupied by crema-
ton i'm this furnace.
The actual time occupied i'm eremat-
ing the body, however, was but little
over four hours. The retOrt is cooling,
and the ashes will probably be urned to-
morrow evening. They will be inclOsed
in marble urn and preserved i'm a FAM
lily mausoleum i'm the Washington Gem
etery. The furnace is not TO be de
stroyed, as has been intimated by some,
but preserved for the benefit of all who
desire thus to dispose of their mortal
frames.-Specidf 10 Cincinnati ERqNiJ~
e.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29

for the Jeanette. Behring Sea and the
water between Herald Island and
Wragel Land were perfectly free. Amer
lean whaling ships cruised a. late as.the
18th of October east of Point Barrow,
and stayedin Behring strait till the 10th
of October, one Of them reaching lati-
tude 73o IS, and could have penetrated
much further if it had been necessary.
The season of 1871 formed a strong con-
trast TO the one just mentioned. Ii will
be remembered that during that year
thirty-three whalers were beset and par
tally lost i'm the ice between Cape Bel
cher aud Wainwright Island.
IL would lead too far to state i'm detail
the conditions of the ice of Behring Sea
and the Strait between then and now.
Many whalers approached Wrangel
Land without landing, for the reason
that the object of their cruise did not
lead them to do 40. NOr,ienskjOld re-
ports the season as an uncOmmonly
favorable one, and high hopes may be
entertained that the Jeanette will be
successful. IL is only to be regretted
that the Secretary of the Navy did not,
rs was expected, send transport to
carry the stores of the Jeanette, which
latter is so deeply loaded that it impedes
her speed.-Netc York Herald Extract
from, Dg'. Bcssers Letter,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
Feeling an Orafery.

Some one asked Sheridan, the wit
and orator, why he went to hear the &C.
centric Rowland Hill preach. ~ &c"
he replied, "beeause the ideas come red
hot from the heart"
a Young preacher, who had made
failure i'm DIR. EmmOns' pulpit COM
planned that somehow he couldn't get
into his subject"
"DO you know the reason why?-
asked the caUstic man. at is because
your subject never got into you"
These two anecdotes will suggest to
the youth who desires to become an Or
ator two primary lessons. One is,that
unless the subject possess the speaker
he will fail to make it take hold Of the
audience The second il, that deep
feeling il essential to the speaker who
would produce emotion i'm Others
Matthews, the essayist, puts this
thought in a pat way: ''The bullets, ac-
cording to the hunters superstition, are
sure to hit the mark if they have fi~t
been dipped in the huntsman's blood"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
About Lotteries

The Legislatures of some of the
States, as we think, shamefully disre-
gartling the demands of public morality,
grant lottery privileges to certain par
ties upon preteXts that should cause "A
blush 10 mount To the cheek of every
member who gives his vote for such
measures. These miserable, swindling,
fraudulent, demOralizing offsprings of
corrupt legislation make more rents in
the mantle that we try to draw over
the frailties of human nature than
preachers can patch up i'm a lifetime.
Why is it that these wretched institu-
tons of debasement are permitted to
open offices on nearly every square in
an enlightened and Observation-Disclosures
ing city like Louisville? rI a..
We rejoice to see that the postmaster
general has issued an order, based ON a
law of Congress, that all letters address
ell to lotteries or agents for lotteries be
retained i'm the office. OF course this
has excited the managers of these wide
awake concerns, and they rush fear
lessly into courts to demand their rights
their right to send their alluring, ly-
ing circulars To the young men of the
land, to give them the first lessons in
gambling right to gather from
far and wide the wages of the labOrer,
the small till cash from book-keepers
that they have no right to tOuch-the
right TO take from the poor mother and
her babes the short earning of the hus-
band that stands between them and
starvatioD-the right To prey upon
the weakness of humanity like fell
disease the right to excite among the
populace an unnatural propensity that
will lead them to folly, idleness and
rlIin-the right to call wrong right.
They rush into the courts where they
always-a shame ON our generation =
get most respectful hearing as long as
they have money.
Where is the Francis Murphy to
strike this monster; which, along with
its companions, pool selling and faro
dealing, is creating asmuch, if not more
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
Wilson's Mills
WILSON'S MILLS, Ky, Oct. 10.

WILSON'S Mills, Ky, Oct. 10.
Editor Herald:
In company with several gentlemen
we We're yesterday invited toparticipate
in cutting and robbing a Bee-tree which
we found to be located in woods pas
ture of Mr.. Jesse Barkley, of Red Oak
Grayson county, but the strongest part
of the story remains yet to he told, for
the bees, which consisted of large col
ony, Were actually clustered round Il
large bulk of honey and comb perhaps
"a large as Il half bushel measure which
was actually hanging toa small limb
ON black walnut tree not more than
~ feet from the ground. Berkeley
climbed up, tied a rope around the limb
sawed it off and then, by the means of
the rope, let it to the ground without
breaking it; and then what Il treat we
had. The comb and the honey having
all been made this season, was the incest
we ever beheld. For the truth of the
above we refer you To Messrs. jesse
Berkeley and james Patterson.
Any one beat this i'm the way of bee-
tree and will treat the Editor.
Yours respectfully,
THOMAS +. JOHNSTON.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29

dead child's body, where early next
morning. Saturday il was
FOUND DEAD ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.
The body was found lying on its flee,
and bush was caught in the back Of
its dress. Its little feet We're swelled tn
twice their natural size. ThOrns had
pierced its body; and its breast, face,
legs and hands were literally scratched
to pieces. There is no way telling or
even imagining the suffering and mis-
cry the little wanderer endured. The
child had only been walking months,
and had not been weaned from its
mothers breast. II would appear inn
possible to the casual observer for a
child totravel over the rough mountains
and thickets that this one did. Death,
no doubt, WIS q sweet relief to the lit
tie wanderers terrible sufierings. ~
h,0chc T'r0Si ChieC.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
AHOREI8LE FATE.
A Little BABE Wansiers from Homo and
il Lost in the w Gods.
found Dead. after Four Days Search
ing.

The most pitiful and heartrending at
fair that has ever occurred in our coun-
ty, took place last week, several miles
south of town, on the CoX's gap road.
On Wednesday morning Mrs. Spaggins
left the house to get some water at a
spring several hundred yards distant,
leaving her little child, only twenty-one
months old, at the house. Upon her
return to the house, she missed the child
and could not find il. She searched
everywhere, but in vain. The neigh
borhOod was aroused, and the fact was
soon made evident by the little foot
tracks i'm the path that the toddling had
attempted to follow its mother to the
spring and had become bewildered and
alarmed. The whole neighborhood be-
came aroused, and a thorough search
commenced. Again was its trail found
and lost, and every moment they eX-
pected To find the little fugitive, but
they were doomed to disappointment.
Night fell DER the scene, and the last
sign of the child was found four miles
from home. BY this time the mother
had become frantic with grief and her
agony was heartrending. At night fires
were built and at early dawn the search
was resumed with renewed vigOr.
Morning passed, and the sun hung low
in the west, but no new signs We're dis
covered of the child. A messenger was
sent to town for reinforcements. Some
fifty or sixty men hied to the scene. A
search was kept up all night by means
of numerous lanterns, but with the
same fruitless result.
BY the next morning some 800 reso-
lutte men had gathered and single line
was formed, nearly Il mile in length and
all day long the country was literally
secured wherever it was i'm the bounds
of reason to suppose the child could have
wandered. "Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick" and many gave up all hope
of finding the child alive. Many sup
posed it had fallen II prey to the nu-
merous wolves, and cougars which
abound in that country, and Were about
to give up the search when
n PIECE OF ITS DRESS
was found hanging To bush far up on
the side of "A rugged mountain, and fully
five miles from home. This gave the
weary hunters new encouragement and
vigor. But again the darkness inter-
fered, and the men camped i'm small
groups over the country. One party
slept all night within twenty feet of the
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29

A few days ago some gentlemen in
Hartford We're discussing the area OF
the Lone Star State. Since then, we
found the following paragraph from the
Troy Times;
Texas has a vast domain. Between
the Sabine river ON the east, the Red
river on the west, and the 100 miles Of
coast line on the south YOU inclose
pa, 600 square miles, or over LIS, O0O, 600
acres of territory. This one State Is
larger than the kingdom of Great
Britain, larger than France, and larger
than the German empire. You could
carve out of Texas thirty-five States as
large as Massachusetts, or nearly six a.
large as New York. Place the six New
England States on Texas, and you have
covered but little more than One-fOurth
of the great State. Add all the Middle
States, and still you have covered only
about two-thirds. Not until YOU have
combined Maryland, Virginia and Ohio
with the Middle and New England
states do you equal the immense area
of Texas.
"And this Lone STAR il not 30 lonely
as some may imagine. IL already has a
population Of 100000. and the mar
Vicious immigration now pouring into
the State increases the number at the
rate of 3O0,O00 year. These new set
tiers are mostly from the Northern
states and from Europe. Well, let
them come,
Uncle sam il rich enough
To buy US all farm
You could gather the entire pOpula-
ton of the United States into Texas,
and not have il more crowded than
some parts of our land are now.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
RoSiEe fieru>.
RosINE, Ky, Oct. n.

RosINE, Ky, Oct. n.
/ ISihor He,uId:
Mr.. Frank Fillinger, Of the Buckeye
State, conducted a grand ball in our
/ town last Friday night. Mr.. Fillinger
is talented young gentleman and ac-
cOmplished dancer, and those who at
tended will not soon forget the pleasant
hours they spent in answer to his invi-
tatiOn.
Merry girls and lively boys
Came dashing through the hall
And soon were tripping DER the fioOr
At Mr.. Fillinger's bali.
The hearts of all present seemed buried
| in one object, that of making the party
a social success; nor did they work in
vain.lt was an enjoyable affair. Thanks
to Mr.. Fillinger, hit us again, Frank.
W. q. Stuart and j. w. Keown
preached to a very large congregation
at Salem on Sunday the 18th inst.
Mr.. B. +. Jenkins will preach the
funeral of Mrs. Sallie VI. Her, at Salem,
on the LIST Sunday in November nj II
o'clock \. VI.
PrOtracted meeting will begin at Cane
Run the fourth Sunday i'm October, and
at Salem the lst Sunday in November
More papers come to this office than
any Oliler Ill the county, OUTSIDE OF
| Hartford, and the HERALD is the most
appreciated Ofall.
We are glad to learn that the Rev
MIR. Taylor is going to stay with us.
There is Il movement on foot To set
the banners of Mt. Pleasant lodge, l. O.
q. T., once more floating to the breeze.
Mr.. Steve Cotton has the boss beet,
no, dead beat but Il real genuine red
beet, it measured Is inches round half
way between the top and the ground
and is three feet over ground and isstill
growing.
Messrs. J. Raley * son have white
washed their large and extensive ware
house.
Business is lively.
Rac-coon hunters are still ON the war
path. j. JAY.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
BE TfaYSEI.F.

Re thyself, my friend and brother.
DO thy duty faithfully:
CuVet not 10 be another
Work Thy way and thou shalt see.
There's n sphere of useful action
Circling every son of man;
spite of prejudice or faction,
He who would be useful can.
What, though, some may far outshine thee,
In the brilliant sphere Of wit"
he IL so-nor yet repine thee
What thou art. that-that Is IL.
What thou art ! Aye, use thy power;
Work with all the might thou hast;
LOitcr not n single hour,
DO thy duty Ia the last.
Whether hand, or head or heart,
Or some humber member still:
do thy duty-act thy part,
Labor with a right good will.
Labor in the sphere assigned thee.
Labor for thy brother man:
Labor, and success will lind thee.
DO thy wOrk-no other can.
II il he Ia ply the anvil,
Or To break the virgin soil.
Or whatever else Ii may he,
Seek not, wish not Fighter toll
There's sacred thrill of gladness
Waits thee when thy work l. done.
Labor, though IL he i'm sadness
BE thySelf. and labor on.
--i,,reyiigdfor
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-29
Tranp<-

Fifty years ago there were no tramps,
but there We're plenty of apprentices.
Then everybody could learn trade.
Now boys are shut out by the arbitrary
laws OF trade unions. Manufacturers
dare not employ any boys, and the
benefieent, time-hOnored apprentice
ship is entirely abolished. Boys with
out trades grow up without education,
and become idle members of society,
living upon their relatives while times
are good, and when they cannot keep
them longer, the youngsters are turned
loose upon society perfect outlaws III
the apprenticeship system can he again
introduced, which means the destruc-
ton or modification of trade unions, We
shall see a wholesome change. Tramps
are the result Of an excess of foreign
mechanics; let Us encourage home man
ufactures by home manufacturers
ROcklOgf DelROcTUt.