Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-11-24

It's a pleasure to rs to say a good wort
for our merchants, but il ia none the les'
cur duty to say things that may not be tc
/ their I'd vantage, WREN occasion requires
. It We have tie most villaiuOus stud sole
here under the name Of coal oil. that We
, have ever known. It fouls the wick,
, makcs poor light and e'aits sickcaine
olor. It's too cheap to be good. We've
tried all around and inquired Of many aud
the complaint Is general.
There now. If;ha's puff make the
most Of it.
!, In the course Of debate held At a Ger
: tain gathering in our town oae night lss
week on the subject of Gitesu's ln"acy VI
sanity, one Of the dcbaters asserted that no
man ever lived to be thirty years OF agt
that had not at some time been insane
Now that is a new Thought to vs. and will
60 great ways in the future to account
for acts of men hitherto inexlAicable. 1t
is doubtless fact that nearly every man
can recall some acts of his, that he would
gladly have charged off under the insanity
plea That's good trick and it would be
we'll to remember it.
A QUAcK AFTER A PUFF -Thc Mayor
of Frederick received last week, tele-
gram from the Mavor of Council Bluff,
stating that DIR. Jeffries ofthat city was the
pnssessor Of n specific for dphtI,eria and
with great display Of philanthropy If RS
the people Of Frederick the specific
hu, the physicians name. Tins is a very
cheap advertisement: Of DR. 'efries
and mad the remedy been sent in lieu Of
the burning words of philanthropy, it
would become evidence Of desire to ben
eft an afflicted community. rather than Of
palpablc intention to advise some Quack
We have received copy Of the Munro
vile CO., Spectator, in which is descrip-
ton ola new Touring. mill built fH Dir
Chas Be'lm, Of that place by the mil
wrights from this place under Mr.. JOS
Danulh, formerly ,so Of this place.
The following extract speaks well foi
the workmanship of our mechanics and IS
to our positive, knowledge not undeserv
ed The Spectator says
"Whut first attracted our attention was
the beauty of the carpenter work. II Is NO
exargeration TO say that the woodwork
about the boiling chests, convcyors. spout.
ng, etc, would do credit to the best cali
net work, and speaks well tor the work
| men over whom Mr. Damuth has hnd
charge, and his own wa,chfu supervision
tina, everything should be perfect"
AN EARLY MAIL The Pennsylvania
and c. V. r RS la ling placed mail Train
from Philadelphia and New York on til: sc
roads that secure to Hagcrstown and
points soutl, GU the S. V. r. Il mail much
earlier than that received from Baltimore
over the w. NJ r. r, President Hood Of
the latter company, with his usual energy
has minated his willingness to place n
train un his road that will leave Baltimore
at 4 IS a m and make the run through to
Hagers,own in three hours, provided the
carry ing " mails I've " h ID bare cost OF
running the train This wnult give us the
morning papers before they are read by II
majority Of Bal,imoreans. MS the tain
would pass this point vt about 9. 80 a. m
II in addition to this, the 2 so a. IN. train
es>t would carry mail from this point our
mail facilities would he all that could be
desired, but really not less than what they
SHOULD he
APATdIoTIc FAMILY The following
interesting scrap ol family history is pub
lshcd in connection with the election .
Mr. Robert Burrick as Sheriff OF this coun
,y:
"Corncius Barrick, the father Of our
Sheriff elect, was n soidi of the war o
1912 and one of the old Defenders II.
was u carpenter by trade and raised y large
family. consisting of ten sons and fou'
!. daughters; all of the sons served regular
apprenticeship and learned their father,
. trade Six of these sons, including Ro'e
, a son-in law and four grand sons served i,
the Union arm during the late WAT Ol
these eleven members Of the family who
. entered the Union army, one of the son:
f was killed in hattie in Tennessee; another
q a Lieutenant ia the 10th limos Regi
ment, WAS badly wounded IN the right arm
) at the battle of Murfresboro, aud Rober
Barrick. our Sheriff elect, who was Ser
I geant in the I'm Md Regiment of VolLn
1 teers, WAS Sd badly wounded in the left LEI
= at the battle of the Wilderne that th
wound has never healed, and he must re
I main cripple for life"
The DEER HUNT The return of TIT
hunters WAS heraldel by n telegram da'e'
y at Winchester Va, Nov 10th which ruI
as follows -" tIumeward bound. Crane
, luck, Signed Hunters, In due tim