Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-06-01

WANTEp.-50O TBS. cotton carpet rags In
trade for store goods at ROOTS
The fame of Decoration Day at Gettys'
burg drew goodly number of our citl
zens to witness these exercises on Tuesday
last. The weather was all that could be
desired and all expressed themselves as be-
ing highly gratitied.
Ladies', Misses and Chidrens' Carlisle
shoes, lace and button kid ioxed CATERS
ut ROOTS. May 1S-4t*
"OuR BOY" SIcK.-We are grieved to
state that our apprentice, Master Silas
Weller, is very i'll, having been threatened
ON Wednesday night last with pneumonia,
but has grown somewhat better at the
present writing.
For building up the system and supply.
ing the wants made ny the ravages OF dis
ease-Schley's Emulsion is tho thing.
The public has long since awarded to Ay-
ers Hair Vigor the foremost place among
reliable Hair Restoratives. 1t is effectual
agreeable and absolutely harmless. 1t
makes the hair fresh and luxuriant, and
old age scarce and questionable.
This is the Man who has had q Notice in
the Paper. How Proud he is. He is
Stepping Higher than Blind horse. II
he had Wings he would Fly. Next week
the Paper will say the Man is Measly
Old Fraud, and the Man will not Step Sc
high
The subject of making some al teration
in the bridge on Main ST. is being agitatcd
We are not acquainted with the extent OF
interest felt in the matter and would suy
gest that those directly interested, sound
t he taxpayers before making any demand
upon the commissioners.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound doubtless ranks first as Il curative
agent in ali diseases of the provocative svs
tenn, degeneration oftbc kidneys, irritation
of the bladder, urinary calculi, &c, nc
Send to Mrs LYDIA L. Pinkham, 28J
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pam
phlcts.
Just received direct from factory, q full
line 5-ply carpet chain at ROOTS
SuAD IN THE PoToMAC.-Some days
ago 500, 900 young shad were placed in the
Potomac river at lIaper's Ferry bv officers
of the U s. Fish Commission at Washing
ton. The young fish were brought from
Washington in closed pals, each pail hold
ing 20 900 to 25, 900 fish.
New packercl for sale at T. c. Stocks
daes by the Dbl, halfbarrel and quarter
barrels Full weight, or. bbs. 6S lbs hal
barrel, 100 lbs.
Query; for some erudite editor or read
er to answer To what has Dickens refer
ence in his "A Tale of Two Cities" whcr
he SAYS Like the heather rustic who
has for several centuries been on duty
watching one stleam-savng that Jerry
had no expectation of their running dry.
1t may be read with no little gratificn
ton by certain of our citizens, who con
templatcd going to Lcadville this spring
but didn't, that letter from that place re
ports it as being unusually and extremely
dull there. 1t is highly probable, that
they are better circumstanccd as they are
now located and employed.
New Mackcrcl will he opened and fol
sale on May % at Roots
FESTIVAL Festival on Friday nnt
Saturday evenings Of this week by the
+ Methodist Mite Society, will be held in the
grounds attached to the chnrch. The
friends of the society request that liberia
patronage be bestowed upon the festiva
and we ask for them the good offices o
our people.
Remember you can get the celebrate,
Carlisle shoe, only ut ROOlS.
, Mr. r. A. Wastlcr is engaged in TIN
mercantile business in Sahillasvilc, and il
his circular wants to know,
MAY not Sabilesville boast rs great,
AS any Village in the State"
and we confess our inability to see an,
good reason why it should not especially
with live man like Thad. doing bushes
r. in it..
!, We thought we had made a good star
towards raising corn for our porkers, hay
ing about two and three-quarter acres
8 it nicely up, when Sundays deluge place
j. us under the necessity sf laying out an
a re -plan,ing the entire field. What wa
i not washed out was covered up to dept
varying from one inch to one foot. Their
\ are Others here that shared our fate.
n Since the location of Rev. F. Conwa
b, at this place, interest in the church ant
), its services has been very materially II
!. creased. Through the persistent and we
!, directed efforts of FIR. Conway the churc
:. building and its surroundings have bee
improved and beautitied and bell towt
:. will be erected and the bell put into pos
ton within the next few days.
4 A mission has been held during tn
), week and the attendance on the service
!, has been good, numbers of members
other denominations Of the Christia
= church having been in attendance.