Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-02-17

| lated that it Will require an outlay OF at
least 81 900 to repair the damage, One
abutmcnt of the wagon bridge, below the
dam was slightly damaged The trees on
the bottom land of Mr.. d. P. Saylor have
been badly peeled and on the land of Lewis
Cash the ice is piled from 6 to s feet deep.
No other damage reported.
The Methodist Episcopal parsonage of
this place was the scene of avery pleasant
and happy gathering on the evening o.
February the second. The membcrshlp'f
Mechanicsown, Emmlttsburg and Toms
Greek having combined together, to give
their pastor, Rev. +. 0, Eldridge a sur
prise party. The company gathered at
Mr.. Newton G. Grofs and from thence
proceeded to the parsonage, where the
pastors family, altogether unsusrcciing,
was taken by surprise, indeed. After the
large dining room and other tables had
been loaded with valuablcs ofalmost every
kind and description, the company which
comprised considerably over one hundred
persons, were called to order, when Mr.
Albert Foreman on behalf of the different
appointments represented, presented in -
very neat little speech, the articles togcth-
er with u purse, which with the addition
reported the following day from Toms
Creek, amounted to thirty nine dollars -
The pastor in response said, that he was
very happy to meet SO mauy friends at his
own home, all the more 50, on this occa
sion, not alone because of the value Of the
donation, which in itself was considerable,
but above all because Of the feeling of sym
patty and co operation which such an oc-
uasion manifcsts which feeling he was
happy to say, had been c characteristic of
the membership ali oyer the circuit after
congratulating them upon the prp,perols
and healthy condition of the work, as rep.
resented at the different churches on the
circuit music was then called for, when
Miss Mary johnson was co Quoted TO The
organ, where in connection with Others Il
most enjoyable season OF muse, vocal and
! instrumental followed. TIE evening passed
so pleasantly, that when ten O'Clock had
come nobody was aware of it, aud ~ the
| last good night was said The pastor and his
wife turned from the door 10 find them
selves all the richer for the evenings OTTER
! ing which aggregated in sp)il val ne one
! hundred dollars. 1t may be nilrl in This
connection, that the conference year, Just
, ending, has been one Of UnUsmi prosper
| ity 10 the Methodist church on Mccmnics-
! town circuit not only have over tiljy been
added to its membership, bu, all its tnan-
cul obligations have been promptly AMI
! fully met winch including Ministerial
support, benevolent collections and other
. church expenses amounslo thirteen hun
drei dollars. The last quarterly nee ing,
which met N Mcchaui ',,oHn. muMoI>
! ~ requested the return Of Rev. f O, Eil-
ridge for anothc: year.
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