Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-07-01
lotaI Mems.

mse,, At Oakland Garrett Co., Sept.
end.
Nav make bets that you lever expect
pay. Leave Tie others until later i" the
canvass
Won VIC nj lcrn to spell by tho MI meth
=, If which this is q sampl, we viii use no
Uthr
M not fail to read the advertisements
49,, vo.l Of the excursions to Washington
and down the bay Go, too.
There has been an unusual amount of
sickness in and around town the past sew
ers weeks
Two communications that appear this
roeL came In too late for publication last
week.
Several of our gardens ran boast Of corn
.;,L ond ,asses Wcspcak for some ear,
" roasting cars
y G. Martin, our miller, has been COS.
s;lerably ndisposcd during Che past week.
I(e is now much better.
A. G. Pcnncll will drive land wagon
"a pcumar on Monday July and will take
,,sscuccrs for 81 cents round trip, a rare
chance
Where did ali the usually good supply
orhorycs, hands 20 to: From all pnrts
comes the complaint Of scarcity Of harvest
help.
There will be an all-day Local Option
meeting in the grove near townsville, on
Saturday July Bird Eminent speakers
have promised TO DC ,lcrc. -BCnHcr.
Attention is called to the assignec's sale
~ in another column, John Freshman,
Assignee of Margaret knctzer to Jacob
Knout on July Il 1880.
lcNlc.-The T.. V. Lutheran Sabbath
School las, Sabbath appointed a commit
tee to arrange for holding 4 pic mic. They
seem 10 favor July oath.
We have business man in our town
tina, ia nble to sleep through any amount
Of din Oar knuClle7 attest this state
mcn,. Hire Chimes" gong with An rlcr.
,r,r drum attachment, for Might use.
A man who takes tee CLA,uoH lives an
high mouu'Ain ana .ccs al. 'l,a, II going
on in the world 4 man who takes no
newspaper lives in a hole in The ground,
and will not know When the world comes
10 an end until the ground hogs tell han
The next in orlc. ~, ranpa.-a ci-D",
llanc OK 4 Ens,i>h and ha licl | y AZ
thur To which the third nam: Of the con.
vrcssional candidate added, will he heard
and seen until Norcmbc: to Ii, exclusion
Of all other topics.
Local OpTIoS.- Thrac VIII be two p"h
tic meeting, hell here in the inlercs, oi 10
cal Option. The Executive committee has
named July "A & Is, rs the dates Of these
meetings. Col Hoy and others will be
present.
Owing to ,hc extreme hrittlencss Of The
''r,N and to The fortunate phase of the
moon many farmers in our coGnly rested
during the heat ct the day and harvested
curing The roul night, when the straw he
Inc moislcncd by the dew could be handled
la much better advantage In binding.
The ccnsuS returns make u bad showing
for Fredcrick city during the last decade,
having los, about 40 II population since
1870 Mcchanicstown vii! come ont with
quite a ditTcrcn, showing.
GONG To EUROPE. On Monday next
Mr.. McClintock Young will leave this c'tv
for Europe, whore he will remain prOha-
bly, two months, in the interest, of his sew.
cral valuable Inventions Mr.. Young will
~ accompanied by his machinist, Mr., Os'
e,r Frcstonc Times.
ThE ORATOR On the 30 instant Hon
John Richie, Of this city, is announced 70
dsiver the annual address before the Phi.
loknlian and philoma;hian Societies of st
Johns College, n, Annapolis. Mr. Richie
Is prominently q,..,.icd for work OF
this kind I'n,on
RETURNED Carmack and his
fo.ce Of mil lwrights from Merchant Mills
n c, They speak Of the country sur
rounding TINT point as being pine forests
and swnmps, the PEOPLE fifty years bchino
the age and not In any sense a desirable
place to live.
We regret to announce tint our gcna
old friend and townsmnn G. j. SigmInd
has been so unfortunate rs to lose TIT
sight of his left eye. He snnposcs 1t u
have been caused in the first instance by
scratch with a wheat beard, which set ur
an inflammation, resulting in total loss
the use Of the eye.
LOST.
On Saturday evening, along the I'm
mittsburs pike between the Frankhnvll
toll.gate and Mechanicstown, Il black sill
para.ol, with black handle and pearl sets
The finder will be literally rewarded upol
returning it to this office.
Supervisor Gittingcr does not expect tt
close up the census work In his dlslrlc
until about the 18th Of next month Som
difficulty and delay is being experiences