Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-03-09

OIL aud deIari lated dwellings,. The walls
are II fee, high. II feet at the top by 1 ut
the foundation and enclose one and three
quarter acres Of land. Where the walls
have not been purposely broken. they are
well preserved. tire mortar in the first eight
feet from the ground being perfect. Willie
N the upper portion Il hns Iwrn worn
! ON the 'i!.ta ut the imm'alia'r SUFFICE
"fthe wall. Flirt arrow heads and rxee
are 10 be found IN and ar.,nml the fort
aud lead bullets wrig.in. a'n,,, an o,lnce
known rs Fort Bulls Part Of the western
side lInS been utilized az u fmndnii,D for
u bnrn, the upper part Ut the wall having
been removed There nre hut two other
breaches in the wall, one of which was
built therein and enclus,rl bv a gate. the
only entrance to the fort The inside Of
the font has rev cr Etfn frlmed, the pres
ent tenant having removed some of thu
well preserved l..gs If the old buildings
aud the mounds dotted about, show where
chimAevs once stood md around the fort
it is possible !" run pl.w deep enough
t" bring mp brick from the pavement that
once surrounded it.
Tue Furl Freirric! estate Is row owned
by Mr. Nathan Villa ns, an intelligent
aud wealthy colnrtd mnn. who WAS
brought To Ih fort in 1926 Nv his mi. ,lcss
Miss Caiharine Slearrr, who came from,
b. rkelcy county Va, bringing all "f her
property and slaves with her Having
been fined fifty dollars E'r teaching her
blacks to read and " rite she left that State
aud came 10 Mary nnd TIE fort property
WAS decided Ivy Lord Baltimore " Denton
jacques. pussel from Denton jacques t..
Basil pratller, from Basil Pra:her to John
G. Stone and in 1880 the prcscn, owner
rented it from S.o,ie aud in ten years &C
, cumu'acd sufficient to warrant him in
u.rc,nsing il, wi.ic, he dill in 1860 giving
II M"r. aye for tie na!a;ice due and ~ 1865
HG h"o0 ''u "ES ~. AA'H XIV ""> ""'E''
, aud n,t.led 10 it one hundred acres and
now owns 3l4 acres. for which he mas re
/ fused $40 per acre TIE soil is free slime,
sky thorn nr secnnt bItnm ard river bot
, tom. The wheat crop is from 900 TO 800
bushels. aud ast year Lhe Large utCnArd
producei over 1000 bushels M apples
Mr.. Williams is sixly.six years old, lis
| family CONSISTS of self wife aud eight chill
dren, four girls aud fou: able bO lied young
men. They are very intelligent, all of
them read aud write, Mr.. Williams hay
| ing for n.mbcr of yenrs furnished n
room and books and hirel Teacher ri
his own expense for the bcIeti, Of his own
and other coIor,1l children Of the neigh
| borhond Toey are !mspi'ahle AMI kind
t." strangers and are well acquainted with
all The history Of the Fort TINT is known
to any one ana it will well repay any one
Interested in such matters tn make The
trip. as we did on Fridny and Saturday OF
last week.
Obituary
Died Of nlni'l. ~. in BMrdman. Ohio
Elz,. wif- Of Henry lIrrschel. aged o.
years; on Feb'y 23l
Mrs. II ar,s" in apparent good health
on the morning" the 10Th inst, but was
shortly seized with violent pain in the
head and returning tn her couch. in II
slnr, time she became unconscious il,
which state she continued until the SUN
mons came from Him whose final deere,
no one can escape She leaves a deeply
hereaved husband aud tour children to
mourn their loss which we hope is hel
eternal gain
On Sunday, the 28'h. the funeral was
held lrnr her late residence on Yankc 81
where a sermon was preached by Rev
! Palmer " YOUNGSTOWN based on the fOn,
/ first verses "t 'hc fifih chapter Of C"rin,hi
ans after which large concourse n
| FIR ends and relatives followed the remains
20 Onkhill Cemetery. hma;ri within The
CO, porn,ion ot the city "t Youngstown
: where the body was laid 10 await the finn
resurrection.
, The chill iren Of drct'pni had been sep
ara,ed for II long time, n brother n ID sis'er
hat MOI me, t,r ?5 years. c, the sickues,
and dea,! "f their mniher brought then,
t,yoI hop O 4, ana family thnnvh thpy mr.,
all heads Of families living remote fion,
each other
, my he permitted tn remnrk in this
connection TINT Mrs. Sarah LidiG of your
town is the mother Of Mrs IT,, and tho,
Mrs Iidic celebrated her ooh birthday
on the 10Th If lasl April in Ohio with the
family OF the deceased.
+ Gone from this active stage Of Life,
! Across deaths narrow "a.
A loving mother. faithful wife,
A friend to tuee and me.
Her ,hrce.c"rc years Of life were lived
Abiding good and ILL.,
i Ailntted slac" OF time retrieved,
She bowed to Hravens will
She stood and gnzcd across the deep,
| With wis,,ul. longing eye.
And Will" kind friends around did weep
She fonjly said good bye.
Lay We the body then to rest,
From earthly trials free;
Hoping to meet among the blest,