Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-03-02


we'll sermons to their congregations, pre-.
paratory to their departure for conference.
Aswe understand il, from this, neither
one of the reverend gentlemen expect to
be returned by their conference to the
charges at this place
The Concert at Graceham on Saturday
evening last is spoken ofas an affair Of
high merit. A larger number Of the citi
ze.ls of our town than usual attended
the exc cises, all of whom came back high
ly pleased with the evenings entertain.
ment
Mr.. W liam ]. Freeze, while trimming
the trees along the pavement in front of
his residence, placed his weight upon a
limb, which gave way and lie tell about
twelve feet. striking the pavement lie
injured his lett arm aud has been com.
PEELED to carry it in a sling since his fall.
He WAS not otherwise hurt.
Geo. w. Stocksd,le has bought himself
large. new fire and burglar proof safe
and placed it in his warehouse. Judging
from the apparent ease with which pro-
fessi )nal cracksmen open iron safes, we
are disposed to question the ''proof' prop
critics of any ofthem and would advise the
opening OF bank account and to keep
but books and necessary papers in the iron
safe
MUSICAL On Tuesday evening compa'
ny Of about thirty invited guests assembled
at Rev. Mr. Wires to hear some finely rem.
dcred music The Misses Jennie and Pearl
Ahult, highly accomplished pian>ts Of Bur
kittsvlle. Miss Elite Andcrs and Miss Mary
Johnson Harry Martin with his cornet
VIM. Lov and JOS. G. Martin. vplins and
John Landers, Gui ar played in concert,
The music was fine and the evening was
pleasantly spent.
The fifty first Session Of the Virginia
Annual Conference of the church of the
United Brethren III Christ will convene at
Dayton, Rockingham Co. Va, next
Wednesday, March 9Th. Rev J. Dickson
ID d., Bishop Of the Eastern district, will
preside. Rev J J. G)OsSbrunner ID d
Bishop of the Ohio district, is II member OF
This Conference and will attend its Session.
Thus Conference numbers about seventy
members and its territory embraces the
s,ute OF Virginia aud a portion IF the
states Of West Virginia ana Maryland.
The urgent need of good town hill
WAS felt on Tuesday and "Wednesday
nights of last week, by those who sat
; s;liverng through the exercises Of the mu.
! steal entertainment held III the Cannery
That building is sufficiently cnmmod-
uus but in it's erection the conditions OF
The weather in the SIMMER season only
wa. taken into consideration and it is far
from being a proper place 10 spend several
hours during cold, stormy weather and
there are many suffering from colds con
,racted ut that place last week Let Us
have the odd Fellows Hall remoleled and
| enlarged.
Con- j. Euukcl has made up tw"
teams of Young mules On We'ncsdy
| last six were hnrncsscl and htcArd I" one
| OF the large wagons and ia@cn down the
pike 70 be broken in. They acted very
well and for several trips an extra man
| III accompany the new teams to trHch
, .he leader, which is as raw rs any Of them,
hen they will be ready to do regular
work, lich, at first but rapidly Increased
10 the regular iond of a six male team
The most diiirul, part of breaking in II
new team is To get the harness on them
! for the first time.
1t il lime to begin to think Of making
prepamtion for early summer hnardrrs. il
any such preparation is 10 he made to nc
commo late nil tina, make application. We
sneak OF this now from the fact that there
has never vet been Summer that all or
any fair proportion OF these wishing t"
spend the hot scnson in our pleasant
mountain town nave been accommodated
and nothing could be more self-evident
! than that failure to secure them is
wan,on waste of m opportunity to pr"hl
by their presence, financially and other
wise.
An apology is due our Graceham friends
for what may at first glance appear to DC
an inexcusable piece of negligence on our
par, last week, in not having noticed IN
that issue, the conc 1T to he held on the
following Saturday. We made note OF
it, bu, being very busy failed to give it our
attention. We were hurried to greater
extent last week than usual, and were
called upon to give our attention to more
different things, than it is safe to do, ex
pectlng to do all justice, Give US the bene
fit of fold in your mantle of charity, fol
circumstances so combined at the time as
to make us really deserving of it,
Between moral and physical cowardice
in point of pusilanmiiy, there is no com
parison tc be made, the former excelllng
the latter to so great an extent, that it gets
beyond the reach of comparison, When
An opinion is expressed it were better that
it should be honorably adhered to, until
reasonably convinced of error, than that
Immediately upon being tax IN to task for