Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-03-27

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SS5.-We have bran new. eight stop
nne finish Organ which we will sell for $S5
Cash. 1t is fully guaranteed for five years
and is one of the best make in the coun-
try. Call and examine.
Grass billiards will soon be in order.
Corner loafing is again getting brisk.
Don't forget to tell us where you move
10 this spring. .
Our farmers report the wheat to be in q
very flourishing condition.
The most religious bird is the chicka D.
y.
He who spends all he gets is on the high
road to beggary.
A new town in Idaho has been lone.
somely named Onegirlia.
The truest end of life is to know the
life that never ends.
A pistol is not half so dangerous when
the owner is not loaded.
Some tramps are good singers until they
strike cLord-of wood.
Seek opportunities to make small jobs
for the poor, to aid them until steady work
begins.
Many man allows his wife to build
the fire rather than have an argument
pbout the matter.
James L. Smalwood, colorctl has been
drawn as juror for York county, Pa
~ first colorcd juror in the history Of
Fhat county.
what pity he did not came Sunday
evening" said No. 1. PERHAPS he did
not have timc," replied No. 2.
WHITEwAsH BRUSHES, all entire new
stock, very cheap at
mar2;3t ROOTS.
Two colored men have been committed
10 The Jail OF this county from Urhana, for
stealing chickens from j. w Davis.
An cltc ion for burgess and five Com
missioners To serge the ensuing year, will
take place ON April eth. in this place.
What are You crying about ?" they in
,errogatcd "Oh, nothing: only about a
couple Of simple minded young ladies' OF
Ills place" he answered.
We have been informed on good author
i,y that a certain house will, from this date,
hc closed at o'clock prompt. Girls see to
Ills or YOU may have to roost on the fence
Tic party who lost the visiting card
Rear HE corner Of! Church street aud Mud
alley. can recover the same by calling on
or addressing, Boss Pedestrian" Mechan
icstown, Nd, ard no questions asked
1T "a meeting of the Southern Rcpnbli
can Association, on Tuesday night of last
week, in Washington. ID. G, Hon. NJ. G
Crncr, o:tlis city, was elected an honora
~ mcnLcr.
THAT VIE CT mina SAYS. since tna nitro
duclion Of DR.. Schlry's Family Cough Syr.
,p all coughs and colds disappear. and oul
nights arc undisturbcu by hacking coughs
Snro cure only 25 cents. Try it and be
convinced
A tramp named Williams, accused or a
petty theft, attemptc to escape from off
Ger Lcbher,z, Of Frederick, oil Friday las.
Nhcn the latter drew his pistol and shot
the tramp, the ball lodging in the calf OF
= his leg. 49,,
g John DegYangc, an old and esteemed cit.
Zen of This c'ultv, and soldier Of tho
war of 1919, died on Sunday last at The
residence Of eli Waskcy near Mt. Zion
in the SD year of his age.
The office of the Banner,of Liberty, a,
Liberty, this county, narrowly escaped he
ing burned one night last week. caused by
some one throwing lighted cigsr into :
box filed with saw dust and used as {
spttoon. The timely discovery bya young
man saved the building.
TEMPEEANcE-Our sister town Emmits
burg has been considerably stirred up lately
on the great subject of temperance by {
Mr.. Denton Dudley, who has been featuring
in the several churches sf that place.
is said that several hundred of the youn.
men and best citizens have signed th,
pledge and the good work still goes brave
ly OIL.
In Ule distribution of the public schoo
tax for the quarter ending March 18th
made by Comptroller Heating on Wcdnes
day, Frederick County receives $408S A.
for white schools, and $l0l413 for col
or"d schools, making total for the quar-
ter of $5,1O290.
Col Geo F. Vernon, while engaged ir
pruning tree at his residence. on Yves
Third street last Tuesday, suffered very
severe cut Of the thumb and index finger
by the knife slipping. almost severing boil
members and .inficting very ugly ant
painful gashcs- Times.
II the young ladies attending churcl
wo I'D give more attention to the humble
ofthe hymn the pastor gives out, and no
40 much attention to the number of him
that arem the church, they would not b,
SO apt 10 sing one hymn while the congrc