Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-03-16
THURS. MAR. 9, 1882.
SPILLED MILK.

Dy the WAFER CiaI IN" So"' we "
The burrs are allowed to run empty
while it is passing over, there should
be no quarrel made with the water as
it passes away below. Opportunities
unseizsd, once passed, do not return,
in tact to US and it remains only to
create new onos in their stead. Since
We have known this town we have seen
opportunities offer themselves for its
benefit and advancement, that it eth
Or would not. or not approaching
them, could not IN time selzs them,
and turn them to it's own good. 1t was
no accident that placed our town on
the line Of the Western Maryland
railroad, but q strong fight ny some
here and others away from here.
against an energy Of our sister town ..
Emmittsburg that was deserving of
better measure of success AT that
time, it seemed that our people had
determined to enter the lists with
those, who were striving for a name,
rs live and energetic town, where
factories, FORCES and mills should be
the levers to hit it into an acqualnt-
ance with commercial centers and its
population into comfort il not into op-
ulence.
With the advent Of tho railroad
came its first opportunity that wa
GOT awaited Of, that OF securing bv
prompt and concerted action, by we'll
directed energy and liberal offers, the
location Of the repair shops at this
point. That this could have been done
we doubt not, for we sat under the
sound of the voice OF the President
Mr.. Geo. NJ Bokee, when be relter-
ated the statement, that this should b.
made the "pi.imont Of the Western
Maryland railroad" Had he been ia
ken at his word at the time, and the
proper metho1s adopted, to-day the
repair shops would be here. We know
further whereof we speak than arpear'
on the face Of what we have said Next
came the New County" movement,
when the North end" WAS really
aroused on this subject and ready to-
act, and as We have never doubted,
in every way competent and fully up
to every requirement in the premises
to press successfully her suit for a
aeperaton from the OLD and erection
into new county. 1t was to this town
principally that all looked for the men
who would do tue hard fighting and
stand the brunt of the battle, for t
her would come the reward, the court
house of the new county. The cause Of
the sudden cessation Of all interest Is
too we'll known to require notice and
tho only comment necessary Is. that
an interest in the general good was
net, by far, to account FOR the death
OF the New County" movement.
Frederick city, in her fnesse in tia.
matter, gave herself a record for
shrewdness that few players ever
achieve.
Since that time, Lesser, but by NJ
means, meaner opportunities have
presented themselves, only to be ig-
aored if not 'purned, by those Of our
people, who, were they residents OF
some communities and as well able TO
advance its interest and alike, refus.
,ne, their claim to first citizenship
would not remain 20 pronounced,
Hundreds OF summer boarders
have sought place in our town, only
to BE- informed that but score or two
could be accommodated. capitalists
visited US with visw Of erecting pa
per mills, only to be told that skilled
labor, or any capable of being trans.
formed into such, could not be found
in our midst; seminary Of learning
was founded only to choose between
scylla and Charybdis the third year,
The "Scyla" being af.ilure 10 pay
good per cent on the stock AMI the
"Char, bdis" being the closing Of the
school. The latter was chosen, simply
because those interested were seltish'y
interested and had not the courage TO
offset present adversely with trnst
in future prosperity, founded on de-
termination TO seek the hest methods.
That any Of the opportunities mem
toned might have been made to re
dound to the good Of our town, We do
not, nor ever doubted and we rely
upon the future. however distant, to
Justify Ia, in our belief and to the flu
ture alone may we look and a. it moves