Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-01-06
Xafal Wems.



Week of Prayer from Jan.2 to 0.
Several more inches of Snow on Tues
day.
Tr. Jno. Root slaughtered l8 porkers on
Tuesday last
Whooping cough has made its appear
anre in our midst.
Places Of business were not closed in our
town on New Years Day.
The wheat has nice warm blanket to
pro,cc, i, from the extreme cold.
Quite number of cases of Group was re
,ortcd last week, some very stubborn, none
fatal
The Sacrament Of the Lords Supper
will be administered in the Lutheran
church on Sabbath morning.
The extreme cold of Friday last nip
ned in the bud" n projected sleighing par,
ty bound for EmmitlsbHrg.
Only one woman in 5000 pays the ilrst
NflCe O'-~
milincr in 900 600 expects her to.
The the .romcter on Friday morning of
last week was one hundred and eleven
degrees lower than it was on June "a
Snow DMrrs The drifts in the alley
to the L. r. Cemetery were opened on
Wednesday last by number Of our ci'l'
Zens,
Do not ir;tlc with the affections OF a
Young girl; it is worse than lr'ilng WIN n
bad cold for this can be cured by Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup.
1.-THE weather could he prevailed upon
"a resolve Itself into milan Summer for
,n. spncc of ten days, it wonld not he al.
together undesirable.
prnsos.I.- A, c. Seton, of Pala
fine Iii son Of Mr.. Andrew >cttop of THIS
,,lace is, with his family, visiting his Tela
lives in our town.
Accorin, to the Baltimore papers, the
PRAYER printed by order of Georgia li0'sc
Mel cod did not prevail 10 an unusual c1'
,.,,i o., ,ui.ue-s IA wa" ,l.y.
The third quarter Of rent fell due on
Saturda, last, a, most Of our tenants rent
from April t. Another three months, and
then comes the rub, l. g the destrain.
The plan ofclecting pos'masters is I've
coming popular idea and as we can see
no,hing wrong in it, At least in this dis
trict, we would be glad to see 1t tried.
The sale nfIsaac Weler's farm by Mcssrs
Green d Weller executors, takes place
on the premises on Saturday of this week
at O'Clock p IN. For further par,lcn
lars see advertisement IN another column
or large posters
Noiwi,hsan1trg thc heavy SHOWS, the
;r.;n, On the " VI. II r. have with sev.
eral executions. been arriving close or
FINE NJ scrinn4 Il ita have occurred and
thus far or vorJ has hccn fortunately free
from scrions delays or accidents.
New BUSINESS -Jno. Peddicord has
commenced business l'hocmaking) Mt ~"
old stand kuovnnn Ter the name "f {.
r,q).licori John IS good mechanic and
we sish him air patrnnogt in the fu'
turo tha, is Iof,rc him. Give him call
md see his prices
The sale Of the Mechanjcstown Mills. D,
c. ,Iarrin Nor'gseee, takes place on Sat
u~dnv ofthis week nj | O'cleck in front
OF the Gilbert lIouse. For description of
the property and terms Of the sac see pos
tiers aud the advertisement in another col
umn.
Emo. ". Cover hre 'hc handsomcs,
slcishing rig in town. The harness is
matchlrss So, Of nickel and fine leather and
Workmanship. the bells are swcct'toncd
ami beautifully mounted and the sleigh is a
rcrrnct picture This team has enlivenetl
the action Of saliva glands Of more than
one, Of our bachelors.
The band has determined 10 change
their place of meeting for practice from
the room at Geo W. Stocks'lalc's to one
ii V. 3 Osier's building This We deem
n good move "a the distance to the old
room mas been too great to secure rcgu.
ler 1,ten'ance aud ii is 10 he hored that
the fun membership will pus in an appca,
ancc olrh night.
For ourc in many years our roads are
smooth ard although the cod was extreme
last week, sleiginr was INDUCED in large
". With went of warmer weather on
Saturday sicighs came thick and fast and
the merry Jingle OF the bells could ba
heard until the early hours Of morning
Some frost bitten ears attest the actcrmi.
nation with which sleighing was in.
dulgcd in.
We have been informed by Dr.. VIM
White, who has been associated with DR.
Vim. Mcpherson in the case, that Mr.
Samuel Bn22nrl who hns been suffer- nc
for about ten days from au attack of Semi
Ileniplrgia or partial paralysis is now
rapidly recovering II is believed that the
attack vas induced by exposure To ths
extreme col Of last week. W" are graf
flied 10 learn That this most csiimnhle citi
zen is now considered ont of danger.
We arc in receipt of card in shape, q
rght-angled parallclogram, in color green