Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-03-31

A FACT, There appeared on Monday
last thread Of most d lic,e make on
which hung the possibility ola new enter
prise for our town. We cnnvasscd onn.
ions and .Ntrnbile dictu! we found five men
ready to take it up tenlerly, nurse and
foster it and only Nv" with their pulls of
cid water ready. Now this is most fiat
iering ro.ress, as we ar read ly able to
recall time when the cold wafer brigade
was vastly in the majority. We are al
most sanguine to believe that an age Of
progress and re lson is about TO herald IT,
self
A REM!N1>CENCE. THE snow storm ui
yesterday recalled 10 the mind of one OF
our old citizens, the day, fifty nine years
ago, March, 81, 1922. On this hnv, which
was Easter Sunday, over two feet of snow
fell and on the follow ng dav, Il hot sun
dis<la,ted i, entirely Ths occasinnel the
most disastrous food. tia, any one Twin.
remembers to have seen. MOnncary being
the his hest: and The ON Y time within the
rccnlh elton of any one, IN fact the only
time. the nslcr WAS ever known To rise Il
sufficient he CHI II, Double Pipe Greek. t.
flow around lie nj ON The ives, side,
NoTICE TO FARMERS AND OWNERS IN
PRlvATE REsIDE>CEs - The safest and
bsl company IN which Farmers and
oM nrr> IF i'rivatr Residences can insure
their Property, is the Time Tired and
Ere Tested Agricultural Insurance Com
Ianv. 1t iI,slIrr> nothing ''u, private Res
licences and Farm Property. III the lnst
- Years i, has not had Il loss of over s.
600, in one Fire, and il cannot he Mt, clr,l
by sweeping c"nlla.rali"n>, rs It's risks are
all detached Ii ins'lrrs agnil>, damage
10y lightning. whether fire rnene> or no,
and insure lave Stock against beng killed
10y lightning anywhrr" on The farm. The
Agricultural Insurance Co, is stock
company, and the strongest and largest
Company, doing m exclusive Dwelling
| Business in the United States. if moi in the
world, aud Is now issuing $4,000 Policies ~
year. For further particulars, apply l."
W G. llORNER. Diminishing, Md
Dee . 6 M
SocI.BLE-Nr. 80. Whilmorc and
bride of Baltimore CITY. visiting N Mrs
D"igc's in This place Inst week. were on
Frl4, evening, invited To ul'rt some OF
the young liable. and gents Of our ll,gr
n, ,np re>iderc,. # Miss Mar Johnson.
Qni"a ',anh-n Ne thing to do and a merry
cverjnI va spent
", az veil p'er>cl to- see stranger,
s',ri.,s'N uceiv,d aud inrl'ig'nl'\ enlrr.
Ia mel. t., sucu evi lcncr, "f .n i,hiliN re-
mann la-lin rr..e nhrarrr Of our Village
and 90 f.rt"wa,ds attracting intelligent
and cullnrel visitors TO orr town.
FIRE-On SUNDAY afternoon last, dur
iny the high wind that prevailed on tina,
day, by some inca S The leaves and dead
grass in Il To- west rf town WAS set on fire
and was with difficulty outenrd before
reaching some fencing on Mr. y. G Mar
tins property Hal it mel been mas,e ed
rs promptly as it WAS, the Buildings on
mr. Martins properly and the Mechanics
town Mills would have been endangered
The heavy gale bio" ing ut the time rem
drrcd The mastery ufihe fire difficult
Gracrham Items
MrssrS Nilh'de and Eigrnhrn'c of
sro wur< Of J l.. Trxc''s honsr, and ~
tt,,, Mr. good m. chanics, il viii I've a gorh
jn,uf w,rk.
Mcss,s John Willhdc t son nrc iu'ipg
mp the ma.nn work 'nr +. A. Cul flowers
house. turv are ve,v good vOrkmcn.
our Bn d ny invitation pnid visit "n
las, SATURDAY, eve ring Ia Mr. Joseph Liv,
rrs AMI Ind grand nne as ali can dye
VIII know Mr. Livers anh family, Ms The!
always Try to make i, lra>snt tor Wis tons.
MrS,rs Samuel Nrwc 'me' aud John T.
Cnllifnwcr have M~gnl Mr.. JOSEPH liv-
rrs mar .ct route and lake it off Mr. Livers
hands the 1>t of April. x
II i remarked hv all who lnve lad
occasion To traverse the "dirt' ads dnr.
ing the past week, how rapid, they have
dried oft and become not only paS>ab'e. bn,
reall. in good condition, Ne believe lnal
the number of rains, ihnt We hive LA
since HE frost II the ground is, in II great
mea ure. the cause of good roads, at this
early season The ptl1ing of rau-drGps,
though apparently in ignicnnl. exert no
small fnlcr, in >oIidifying the wet earth,
while tncre being no snow to O'struCt Tia.
passage Of the water in the roads il breaks
through all small barriers and r,il of
whereas, with u heavy coat Of snow, |, is
held in pools and cut up and Thoroughly
r,ixed with the earth. 10y the travel over
tie roads. All thai is our theory Of mud;
and we Lave some serious .ppr, ensinns
tIn,t ii nave .en,rtIIt arlicle 4, trans,
pnrtncv.
FATAI. Acc DENT Mr.. John Sclun,an
An I'D mn respected c,tIzen living at the
ore b nks midwa, hrtwrem TIL. place and
Caioctin Fu naces met with an accident
on Monday afternoon last, that resulted in
his death several hours thereafter There
WIS SO ne hlnstny being done to ren,nve