Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-08-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND us.

III poverty 10 uisSlaCc, ucHueQ STOCK
ings are darned shame.
A file cutting establishment has beer
started in Wayncsboro', Pa.
The gnl who married her fathers coach
man took him ior wheel and for whoa.
A four acre patch of tobacco, neas Me
chanicsburg, Pa, is SAID to be worth $500
as it stands.
-Four OF five days of inccssant rain lately
That Of Saturday ruined numerous picnics
in this section.
The bloom Oh the cheeks of some ladies
will rub of. The pink on the nose of men
is more lasting.
Now since we have an excellent band in
our town, why not try to organize mill.
tary company. Forward
Girls don't talk Slang" 1t sounds bad
enough in the male Sex, but from young
lady it is something fearful.
There is no one in the world who so
closely resembles an unripe lemon, which
is both sour and bitter, as the gossipper.
If Chronicle did get his hands severely
burned at thereeent coal oil horror, it does
not deter him from pitching watermelons
with the dexterity of a base ballist.
The diseases of Babyhood are so rapidly
weakening that the quickest means should
he used TO check them. DR. Bnlrs Baby
Syrup is the unfaiing remedy for these
complaints Price 25 cents
We are all agreeably surprised and de.
liSllted TO find that this old earth of ours
is still alive and kicking, although the Mil
lcritcs had fixed upon last Monday as the
day for winding up all earthly accounts.
The recent horrible coal oil accident
which proved SO disastrous to one Of our
promising young boys, should be warn
inc to others, both old and young, to be
careful in its use
Led like victim to my death II! CO.
This sentiment has many sufferer uttered
but since the advent of Dr. Schley's fam
" Cough Syrup none need fear to die for it
is q sure cure for coughs colds and kindred
affections Only IS cents.
A San Francisco man has invented
machine that will tell to within L small
amouat the quantity Of gold person has
about him. When this machlne cellidcs
with an editor il is SO lawfully lard worked
that the pcrspiraton rolls off its facc in
big drops.
A freman's parade on a INDUSTRIOUS
scale will take place in Fredericl; on
the 30th Of October, to which hremen
from other cities and States will be
invited.
Tle pews in The Methodist Church
Of this place are being repaintel and
grained by Mr.. Beard, OF Double Pipe
Creek. The first Job was rather too
sticky for comfort.
The Frederick Times says: Considerable
excitement was occasioned by the appear
unce of mad dog in the end Of South ST
on Thursday afternoon. Officer Becl<)cy
was sent for, and upon his arrival fired four
shots at the dog, all of which took effect,
killing him instantly.
On Monday afternoon last, John Hop.
wood aged about - years, son OF MI
Mahlon A. Hopwoed fell from swing at
the residence of MI Charles W. Miller
West of town and broke his leg DR. Chas
Smith was summoned and set the fractured
limb.
Charles Whitman, nephew Of Co.. John
Rouzer, whilst swinging at the residence
OF MI Joseph E. Webster, on Monday last,
~ and broke several of his toes, besides
otherwise injuring himself He was at an
altitude Of about twenty feet when he fell,
lie is about again.
Prices coorcd string band, which h,t
been IN attendance at q picnic at Mottcr''
Station on Saturday last, stopped i'll this
place on their return to Frederick in the
evening, and discoulscd some most eX-
cellcnt music. This band is in almost con
slant demand for balls and picncs, and com
mand n high price for their services. Our
capitol city may well feel proud Of its band
of sable musicians.
Be WISE AND IAPPT-lf you will stop
ell your eXtravagant and wlolg notions in
doctoring yourself and families with cx-
pcns:vc doctors or hUmbug cure-alls, that
do harm always, and use only natures sim
pie remedies for all your ailmcnts-yeu will
be wise, well and happy, and save great
expense. The greatest remedy Cor this, the
great, wise and good will tell you, is Hop
Bittcrs, rely on It. See another column.
FELL FROM A TRAIN-On Wednesday
evening, says the Examiner, whilst the
Pen Mar excursion train was leaving
Wsodsboro' station for this city, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Bruce Thomas, a
young son OF Dr. Bruce Thomas, fell from
the platform of the rear car. He was not
missed until the train arrived in that city
and his absence could not be accounted foi
until later in the night, when he was con-
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