Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-08-25

Our WEATHER PEoGNosTlcs.-We
have made study of Vennor's weather
predictions and have fathomed his secret
and now intend to 60 into the business on
our own account. We give the following
for this and other sections as our indica.
tons for the month. Immediately after
new moon there will be a great change
in the weather if it rains, that is, rain may
be expected after the new moon, either i'm
mediately thereafter or later. If it rains
much it will be cloudy and very wet and
if the mercury falls below 80 deg, it will
I've very cold for the time of the year and
frosts may damage vegetation Observe
that it can't rain until the moon changes
and won't rain until the ground gets wet
and snake hung on the fence will draw
rain; hay in RouZer's meadow will also 90
| the latter and corns, rheumatic joints and
storm glasses are prophetic of humidity
and scientifically exact whenever they cor
respond with the weather that 1oilo"s'
/ There will also be thunder, provided the
/ lightning passes in sufficient proximity or
| If it does not soon rain on somebody's
corn.
A LOCAL PAPERS WORTH was demon
strated to US and more forcibly to one OF
our neighbors several weeks ago and while
we sympathze with the victim, we can
bn, feel that such lessons do men good
When the rise in the price of w. Md. rail-
road stock began, it was noted in our local
columns and AS the price rose, week after
week, we called special attention to it in
our columns knowing that 1t was held
largely 10y our people One old gentleman
" HON we had solicited to become a sub
scrber to the CLARION and who declined,
held eight shares of the stock. When 1t
was being quoted at SIT q 1913 per share,
he was approached by Spectator, offered
$40 and fnallv agreed to take $40 so per
share The purchaser resold the stock
within three day, Il. $3.50 per share, net
ting abou, $50. In tins instance, the In
tcrest on the money that the CLARION
would have saved him would have been
over three times the equivalent ofthe year
" cost of our paper. We have heard 9th
1rs complain OF opportunities lost that we
: knew at the time could be traced directly
' to their failure to subscribe for their loca
paper. We endcavor to keep our readers
posted on such matters and there are few
who would not realize directly, every veal
more than the cost of the paper through
information given in our columns.
"IGoA FISHING" ETc.-On "Wednesday
, last, one professional and three amateur
Vatoni,eS started for the Potomac, bass
fishing Passage was taken on the rail
road to Williamsport and thence on the
= C. & o. canal for Milestone Point. Arrlv
3 ing there at daybreak on Thursday morn
ing, they found bate scarce and fish not a.
all hungry. A tramp was taken on the
: Nv path to Hancock and several hours
. spent in tina, busy town. The party was
cordially met by M-ss-s james and Dan
Cover and l.. II. Kuhn, all formerly citl
r zens of our town. There are eixleeI
general stores anil five saloons, one hote!
mill and numerous handsomely built
dwellings in that thriving place. The
older and less pretenlio us dwellings have
nearly all the improvement of a new Goa
= OF pnint. Many boats are owned in ina
town ana boatmen make business good al
5 that point. The Light House at Dime
, nI,ced one of the number almost hors al
-. tram, h\ its excellent and plentiful cook
t crv. The water being low in the canal
: bu,nis we not coming down at that time
i winch necesSltated q return tramp Il
7 Milestone Point and thence across the riv
cr to Sleepy Creek Station. B X o. X.
/, where a "pick up" train was boarded an(
5 Mal,lnshurg reached at midnight Th'
1 hotel experience at that town WAS one "
i mingled pleasure and annoyance, The form
= pf Dtlr CA ilfTleilCCu ~ VIC blc"n''o' va
he the latter during the night par u de
: cidedlv small par,} of which was spent il
, he |. whence they were driven by legions o
= former hungry, and highly pcrfumed oc
e cupan,s, the remaining portion of whlcl
u was passed four stories lower, on the foo
/ in the hall Blu, the one can agree To ex
pvcl little and suffer much on a charge o
twenty five cents for lodging, breakfast ant
five cen, cigar. The trip WAS doubles
highly beneficial to the health OF the part.
and ia no wise intcrfered with that Of tn
, fish.
r HEAVY ROBBERY On Saturday nigh
$ last, tie warehouse al this place, owned b..
e Mr.. Geo W. Stocksdale. was fOrcihly en-
tered at a window aud arge Miller SAT
f blown open by burglars. They ATTEMPTED
= to force the door hut failed in that and Dor
|. cd the bolt off the window blind and sc
cured an entrance through the window
, The robbery took pace at about l o'clocl
, as the robbers took large clock from TIT
wall and laid it on the porch and it hat
. stopped at i.:45. Two lhree-cighths hole
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