Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-03-23

i'or the benefit of ur farmer readers IN
this immediate LEGALITY. we print the FOL
lowing, taken from The lIagtr-t0wh N'nE
"Thc great majority ~ our farmers have
had No eX, eIicrcr in truck gardening ana
many f el tia, thr business would be UNI
remuneratiye A few weeks ago a book
was published entitled Ten Acres
Enough" whicn set forth clearly, that the
business in question Is more profitable
than ordinary farming. That more money
car be ne,tel from u small number Ut acres
with the enpl N,nrnt Of less cap Ia! and
labor. than from large farm upon wniIh
the cereal crops nrc grown exclusively
For several wears past, our farmers have
been favored " ilh large crops and good
prices owing t. the general failure OF
crops in Europe II is prob,hle, in the
future however, that thu Lice of ccrcnls
.th rule very low, tins condition being
rendered more certain by the extremely
low freight rates from the west, and the
compel tiul with the virs in soil nf the
prai'ies. ITnriord county, Maryland,
whose sol in character Is very muc like
Tint IF Washington county, has been al
most converted into II large truck garden,
.hr farmers finding the business muc !
more lucrative han ,lnl, OF ordinary farm
Instead g nj trln I "A 1H
twenty five dollars gross, per acre, from
wheat and corn, the Gales from tomatoes
and sweet corn per acre. have r,nged from
fifty to eighty dollars, with net prufi's in
nearly the same ratio"
Thee eau he no doubling the above
facts and il would he well f,r our farmers.
now that they have an opportunity to test
and prove them, that t.ey do 81.
OUn FINALE SEMINARY The agreed.
bic surprise To when we referred some
weeks AZ" and which we have desired I"
announce to our readers has m,iuud
We now have ,he qualification Of saying t.
our readers. that Mrcnalicslown is 10 have
Female Seminary.
The plan If the buildings has been made
aud unucr tie rem, ct the contract they
will be- completed july 1882. The first
session OF the 5. no u Will begin in atpt"m
Der
Rev. W. G. Wire and Mr. John RouzcI
have undertaken lhe eulire financial re-
rpnnsimhl> an, in lhis We see TIE in'ttA
Tint points 10 success. la tie ~u.Crsstu
operation OF >ch,"l, M Of the essential
Condition, is the lndl\ llunliz,ng ot iinan
ciaI responsibility and aulnolii>, tie ah
sence OF this requisite has been tine ct'lst
OF many failures, the proof Of which I"'
wit it, the pale OF n not very cd rXnri
cnce Wit. rtsp"usib 'lty centralized and
authority vested il bat one, "c entertain
resting solely upon lne two grnllrIl' 4
namtd ana ab>olpte authority aud rnntt"
herng vested in the first named Rrv W
&. Witc has bad fourteen ,car-'x lrrenc'
5 pliurpal o! such an irs,il Hion hl>l
taking charge ct and successfully cuuduc.
ing Cor three Years Se;olnaly that har
been co,el; and "rcnni. NJ fududr' =
SEMINARY in oar county, Wlrhitl-v
and hi most .rcge 'stili regime oL clever
years AT ,hat place i grncr ,i> known.
Now, with abundant capital the aI>au
taGe ofn ripe experience, me und"nhe
advantages offered m this place in TIT
way of lai'r. nd facilities cleanliness of gu
town, the beauty Of It's natural surround
rrceS, the handsome and commudlnu
building. yet 10 he enlarged and amp',
grounds invite our confidence IN It's uIti
uAic success
We learn that the course Of study vii
embrace n prera.stury and collegiate
department, and win af'rl All the advan
Mxrs necessary to a thUrnugh education
:, comprthrndIng not only the useful, tn
ali the ornamental branches necessary I,
the ducainu OF an accom-, 'lIsh"d lady
These are no Slight advantages, shat al
offered % MtchaulCstow al will "
make Of t Crn? We m.ta the goo
, Judgment Of uur ri,izcHs, their pride il
their tnw and their desire t" raise tn IN
trIectual standard Of their children,
they 10 not hea',i y cooperate with ,hi
mo-; commeudahic enterprise
Nothing gives such success rs success
,hcn should our citizen. ,ndeavor - Civ
il a successful brgi ming for with derid
eily fvoIa he first year would come con
f fence alike 10 the pruj, cirls and flsnd
ahroad Instead OF sending our muue,
away tom home to have onr children I'd
uralcl, we will he privileged to spend j
here and he further bcncf,rd by those VIII,
attend here from distance A truly gen
= ei0ns citizen cannot iall 10 give open rec
j. ignition to HE ohliga,iI.s undcr which
, we all re-l, To the public spirited gentle
t men, who, hy this step, will have added l.
> no slight degree to The Importance "t on
town. For Our part We are pro d Of '!ni
" energy, ssnguine of their success and BIZ
! Guudspced the Female Seminary.
. UNITED BRkTHRsN CONFERENCE Til
, fifty fist session OF the Virginia Anuus