Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-04-20

ked eye In about one week, JUST al'er
midnight, and will remain in sight until
dawn. About 2 o'clock IN the morning it
win be seen about half way up to the re-
NTH in the constellation of Lyra, and near
Vega, the brightest morning star in that
part Of the sky. The comet is travelling
abnlt north-northeast, at the rate Of about
a million of miles day 1t will approach
within 8O,0O0,0O0 miles Of the earth. 1t is
an unusually large comet, but it will he
sen to its best advantage only III the
Southern hemisphere. The comet of 1852
is expected to follow this
We have placed ourselves under the Oh.
lication of promise to the News Editor
of the Ne,c York Times to furnish him with
certain statistics of the output and gener
al appearance of the staple crops in this
section. Whatever Information we may
have to impart must necessarily he in our
possession by Monday, April "a. AS the
information will be for the benefit OF our
farmers generally we can not be asking too
much Of them to request them 20 commu.
nicate with US by postal card at once sta
ting Increase or decrease Of acreage as
CO impaired with 1890 and 1881, the present
outlook for good, average or poor crops
Those who Will be kind enough to
comply with our request will receive the
result as arrived Mt and as it Will he given
in the paper referred to. Those who get
to town will please call on us.
Why will some newspapers persist in
writing savage articles about their delin-
quent subscribers? Do they not know
that they have the benefit Of a law that
makes it fraud to refuse to pay for n news
paperY Do they not know that it is not
agreeable reading for those who do rs a
rule pay up, but may be year or even
less in arrcarsG Do they not know that
they have the privilege Of disseminating
the paper and requiring their money under
the law above referred To? What is the
good of keeping dead beats in reading mat
tar free and then kicking up n fuss about
lit, We all have them and should either
get rid of them or else keep quiet about
them. II is not the fault of amy of our
readers that bummcrs are kept on our sub
scriplion lists, nut our own, and it Is in
bad tnste t. atiliCt every one with onr
complaints at something that lies within
our own and no other power to remedy.
We PROFOUND the following query to our
readers. We have endca 'orcd To solve II
and find ourselves unequal to the task
vet ~ every one doubtless is familiar with
both sides of the question, having rec"g-
nized it in me shape or another, it would
seem very simple one That should be
readily answered. u is this, which one is
the more likely to fit himself to new cir
cumstances and do it gracefully, he TINT
has been accustomed to atilnence and ease
but who becomes poor? or he that hns been
accustomed to poverty and hard work and
becomes rich? While different mou'ds 81
character would be affected differently in
either case. we are Of the belief that nature
forms her sons 50 near alike tlA, they may
be relied upon to establish n rule of differ
cnce in this rs other cases and we have
seen so msny rich and high tlving people
brought low and so many p,oi and pl the-
! ian people raisei up and have noted such
divers effects that we prefer rather to sub
nit query than to endcavor to formulate
n rule The subject does not lack interest
RETURN TO THE CHARGE. The board
of Aldermen Of Frederick city arc out in
another lengthy card in which they have
taken occasion to reiterate their former
charge against the delegation in the Mary
land Legislature from the county and also
have tackled fast to il. rather, have mixed
aim, st uninltll,gibly their answer 10 the
card printed by the delegation ana ran
bling criticism Of the views given Ivy coun-
try papers and country people In the mat
/ ter rs il now stands between the aldermen
and the legislators, it is but question OF
ycrar,'y, and every citizen Of the county
! will necessarily decide the matter from his
own standpoint. For our part we mr." free
| to say that we can see wherein oui leoisla.
tor. can Justify themselves for the act, al.
though they may no: far the denial, assum,
ing that they did promise to support the
bill 10 relieve Frederick city Of the road
tax, for, no one will deny the light to break
bal promise, upon discovering that it is
bad and even assuming that the Aldermen
are the ones that are speaking the truth in
this matter Of promises, we would justify
the mcmiers of the Frederick county dele
CATION in their action upon the principle
that wise MN sometimes change theil
! opinions. Both sides being SO positive in
their assertions as to what was and what
what was not promise |, we can but leave
that matter t. be decided by each individ
ual for himself and rs that Is neither here
nor there, as 1t affects other citizens we arc
satisfied to accept the part of it that docs
affect ALL that Is, the action Of the dclega
ton, which defeated the BILL as highly
proper and satisfactory and leave the ques
ton Of veracity to be deciled by the eight
or ten gentlemen, who alone can be affect