Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-08-04
Remember the Graceham Sabbath School
Picnic, on Saturday, August Goth.


Picnic, on Saturday, August Goth.
John A. Renner, one of our first sewing
machiue agents, still conducts the business
The Sunday School Convention at "a
blllasville was grand success. The peo
pie turned out en- masse and great good
was accomplished. The Md. Sunday
School Union is evidently accomplishing
great work. A number Of our citizens
were present on Sunday
Nature occasionally makes up her mino
to put human art to the blush and on Mon
day evening after the storm unrolled a
scroll in the eastern sky, that would have
ruined the business, at least for a time, OF
the Greatest Combined Colossal Collection
of Polychromatic Panoratnas that ever ex'
hib.ted.
May we not pressingly request to be al
lowed to add one more to the many ar,
dous tasks imposed upon our local clergy!
We should be very grateful to them for a
notice of deaths and marriages at which
they are called upon to otflciate, Our
readers at a distance ask it ofus, time and
again, really, they complain of our failure
to notice these events and we can only re.
ly upon the clergy to furnish them. Again
we request that this favor be done us.
BARN BURNED. the thunder
shower on Monday afternoon last, the
lightning struck and set fire to the barn be,
longing to Mr.. Jacob Eichelberger, In the
neighborhood Of Utica Mills. The build.
ing and crop Of hay and straw were con-
sumed. Mr.. Eichelberger's loss is heavy
one, as there was no insurance, his barn
was new one and the major part of his
crop was stored in It, Mr. E has by per
sistent labor gathered together fair com,
petence and this unfortunate loss will be a
severe blow. The fire burned until late
hour on Monday night as 1t WAS distinctly
visible at this place At midnight.
Too COOP. Musr TELL IT There re
sides on the eastern confines of Owl
Swamp, q most excellent citizen, however
given over to the weakness of playing
practical jokes and who MORALLY drends
having rig run on him, but we've got
him. Thanks to his wife, whom he beg
ged, Mag Now don't you tell any
body, we got it.
He had broken two Of his spring wagon
wheels and had taken his wagon to have
them repaired and when he went for the
wagon, there being no one there, he put
the wheels on and started The front
wheel refused to turn aud lie stopped at a
blacksmith shop and had some cut off of
the hub and brought the wagon home
He then complained Of the wheels to his
wife that they were not proportioned
right, the front wheel being almost as
high RS the hind wheel, when his wife says
"why you've got them on wrong, exchange
their places and their all right
We'll! Well! Well!!! Mag
don't tell nobody"
WELLER - STlTELY. - On Thursday
evening Of last week, ct the Moravian
church of this place, Rev. E. NJ Shields
officiating, Mr.. Theo Weller of our town
and Miss Della S,itely of near Mud.Collcge
were parties most deeply interested in a
marriage ceremony. On Friday evening
following supper was given by the
groom's parents to which large circle Of
friends were invited. During the evening
the Band t>ndered them a serenade and
were invited in to partakc Of cakes, vino
etc
And now Doric. that YOU have come
over amongst US, submit yourself to little
advice (gratis) from us, who know al
about il that can he learned. BE nice
man, never contradict your wife; 60 home
every night in time to see the chickens re-
tire; get up and start the fire in the morn
ing; mind the flies while she pours
out your coffee; keep plenty of wood in the
shed; praise her cooking and ironing, raise
Cain and murder Abel before any one that
inlerfcres with her rights in the house and
you will live The happy life You So richly
deserve.
Our MAIL FAcILrrIEs. A business mnu
in our town, finding occasion on Monday
afternoon after o'clock to send letter tC
Baltimore that requires prompt attention
has the following facilities for being &C
commodated His letter will leayc here on
Tuesday at 8 p, m, will be read in Balti
more on Wednesday at 8 a. m, and even
if answered at once, our merchant will
receive it at on Thursday at II q, III. Now
this is simply ridiculous. Written on
Monday; answer read on Thursday at noon
nor can it possibly be read sooner. There
could in the meantime, be made tour trips
between this point and the city, arriving
on Tue IDuTlH Will 'iit "hS"ci w ''it Ntlcl
Now when the bulk of business is trans
acted through the post office, should there
not be rather better facilities in that way
than such as we have and such ample trail
facilities The 0 a. IN, train carries mai
through from Hagerstown and Waynes
boro and the 6 30 p. m. west in the even
ing also. so that by this train it is possible
to send letter and receive an answer
tborpto IN the spnp dav We call unoY