Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-01-13

That we speak of it as tho county paper.
In volume Of rcading matter It stands
without n rival the general appearance OF
the paper is excellent and its writers com
pare more than fayorahly with a majority
Of onr county papers, in point ofreal abil
ity. Keep It up TO the mark, gentlemen
and YOU must win
CHEEKY Some one took DR.. Geo nj.
Zmmcrman's driving horse "Dick" from
his stable one NIGHT last week rode HIM
to This place, hi'chcd him in public place
and returned with him after 10 p m and
tied him tn fence near the doctors barn
where he remained al the balance OF the
night IN k,c piercing cold Such an OF
fence is deserving OF cond,gn punishment
and we only regret that VIC are unable to
name the offender.
A New Postal LAVA new ruling at
the pns,oillcc department directs that when
it can he done without interfering with the
transaction of the usual business of his Of
flee postmaster may correct the address
and forward ul' prepaid, mi-dircctcd and
,n1c'ivcrrd second, third, fourth class mat
ter, at the request Of the sender, without
rxnrting additional postage thereon The
rulings Of the department provide for for
warling MI classes of prepaid matter Mt the
request Of the person to whom II is nd
dressed
! A CouHTY pApEn-Thc Cincinnati
Trade LiSt thus speaks Of county papers.
"a gentleman writes to us TINT his county
paper i. go poor that lie has stopped It;
therefore sends us tire" dollars for the
1radr List We rcpca, that we don't want
suh.crhcrS nn these terms. a mans com
~ paper if properly encouraged, it may bc
relied upon for information gilmore value
to the people in whose interests it is issued
than can I've. hc found in ali the city papers
in the United States However poor the
county paper may be, it is always worth
more than it costs to those in the affairs OF
the county,
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS -Thc Scientific
american advances the following inpor
,ani information To those who desire TO Sc,
rid of s,umps upon their farms. in Tho
autumn ar early winter bore = hole one oI
two inches in diameter. according to thu
g'rth Of the latter. and about eighteen
inches deep Put into it one or tw'
ounces Of suit prtre fill the whole Will
water and plug it close, In the ensuing
spring lskc ont tn" plug and ponr in abou
. a gill If kerosene oil, ignite it, The s,umI
! will >mou der away without blazing, to th'
very extremity Of the roots, leaving moth
ing but tie ashes.
OpD FELLOWS, Beware A tall gray
hcar,lel neat looking man. aged about IF
e u wears was in this city on Christmas, ant
snindrd some Of the Old Fellows nv rep
rr>en,inp himself to be James 4 Wilson
Of CsiocIin Lodge, No ll3, MldlclowI
MARYLAND He stated thot he was going
To lIatersIown, bat probably went III an
other direction \ letter to the secretary
If the above named lodge has brought L
renlv. stating that the man Is swindIer q
fraud. He was Mt Niig''r,own, Nd, carly
in November and received help from som,
If Tie brethren there and gave his name A.
Villa A. Boni Newspapers pass hin
around Harrisburg Telegraph.
TnE CHRArEsr NorE IEr.-Oncc upor
a time we were cpl'cd upon by candilal,
of the Opposition and our vote solicited. |,
So happened, that We had already deter
mined to cas-, our vote in his favor and w
so informed him "Whv am certainly
pleased to hear it, shall feel under ohljsa
tnns for your Kind consideration; hope
may bc aisle to rccjNrnctte,' etc etc.
AMI we were vCrAan, crougG in ways pc
Iirical to take i, ali in. IL its face yaUc
Tax, man vas cl1c,cd. In course Of time
we took charge of the CIAKIoS and he
thought ourselves If The man who might
"rrriprocair" We sent kim = CLARION
" it'll n request to become subscriber ant
ri"lh there we found cat the market VALUE
of unr vote aud of his dc> ire IN "reCipru
, cats" 1t was not worth u dollar, for hl
would'n subscribe.
Inasmuch as We have been considersb|!
annoyed 10y complaints on the part q
some OF our Subscribers shat We carry to,
many advertisements, we may hope thi
week to be able To make some amends i!
' this regard Please be charitable enough
future when VIC may again have the goo(
( fortune to secure fair share Of advertise
= men,s. No doubt many think that W
, have an eve single to no oae's advantage
save that of 0ur subscriber. and that W
3 are always anxious and rcndy to sacric
!, our own interest to the RS, or nj least tha
e such should ever be our intention Vel
@ that may pussbly be just what it shoul
/ be. barring this one great difficulty, tina
6 it is Il desperate undertaking to baric
r other peoples good OF nions Of US, for gro
II c,rics and -four.
[Eyler's Valley Letter, Jan. 10.
Editor Clnriom-l take pleasure in no
l. tlcing the nice time we had at Evlcr's Val
q lev Chaupl Yesterday We had a CRANE