Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-01-26

A Mission VIII w gwen ny tHc iIaL0''
; lists Fathers in Our Lady Of Mt C"rmcTs
Catholic Church, Mccnanic>town, Begin
ming ON the 9Th day If February aud GUN.
tnuing one weet. There will be High
Mass on Sunday the 9Th day Of February,
and the manner of conducting the Mission
EXPLAINED After that Il sermon will be
preached by one of Tie Missionary Fathers
The choir viii b. conducted by VIM De
l,nrv and Miss VI. Il Mulliyan All nre
CORDIALLY invited. Jan. 20 ct.
; Tnr sale ZIP sts and rail ut this place
has gruwn INTO business of quite pre-
tcltin,,s character aud Mrsrs +. White,
Nelson Dorsey and " \. Hahn, the
ihicr dealers have ri present an enormous
stock on lland, bat no. much 2rea'rr than
will br rtquucd 10 FL orders, One Of
them, Mr. White, will ship 1900 locust
posts to New York stat" during the next
few months. which viii doubtless appear
to may to be II most uhusual procedure,
bur ii is nevertheless a fact.
Wultru NuTuISa we are IN receipt
of info mat n of no donb'l character,
that "A r,ading room aud library aSsocia'
ton oncr founded on permanent bass in
our town there are certain parties, not
residents of oar town. who will literally
contribute for its benefit. We assure our
citizens, that We are in possession Of posi-.
tive in crm,ion 10 this effect, and urge
them o proceed o, once, 10 secure for us
this most inrs'imablr privilege. lfa mum
Der of our cilizens will confer and advise
"a Of the time and plac", we will gladly
publish a notice ola preliminary meeting of
citizens.
Parties who had occasion to drive over
mud roads on Tursdl" of last week. expo.
rienced the greatest difficulty, IA the mud
was very deep aud the dry very cold Gnd
the mud that chung to the felloes and
spokcs, froze and in many instances the
spaces between the spokes were closed up.
frozen shut, while the mud in the roads
had not frozen sufficient to bear. and the
work Of dragging the wagons over the
road becam' one of extreme difficulty
Hucks,ers were principally the sufferers,
a. it is the gathering" day OF most "f
them
The heavy fall of rain during the latter
Part of last week followed BY the hard
frost and strong winds hf the first Of this
week WAS The scvrrest weather that the
wheat ha- endured tAis winter There
is nothing tina, more seriously Injuries the
W inter- crops than thoroughly saturated
soll frozen hard and swept Ivy heavy wind,
ns the surface is perfectly honev-rnm Nd
AMI the roots tOrI nni eX posed To the
cod dry wind may lose their life cn're'v
or I've too weakened TO feed the plant when
the thaw once more settles the sod about
them.
Mr Young, who will conduct the pack
ny business mere during the coming sea.
SON met with fair success wkilA heie last
week aud reports sufficient acreage al
ready contracted, for tG insure good
bu,inc s. for him lie is DESTROYS howcv
rr Of conr cling for still more land to be
f,rmrd in corn, tom noes aud peas. The
! blank forms Of contract have been left
Young in the matter, and those " hn may
desire to furnish matcral for the cannerv
will please call Al Mr. Root 5 and sign the
contract The corn aud to n,tp seed viii
also be sent To Mr.. Root. The best evi,
denre Of the superior profit in !armin.
these crops lies in the fact, that nearly
every one that engs gcd in it last year has
az eel to put out more land than they did
then. The prices offered are, for corn
"a on per 1000 ears all tor tomatoes 20
cents per bushel.
The manufacture OF cigars is rapidly he
coming the most prominent l. du,,rv in
our town and what was but of little con
silerarion a few years ago, employing pos.
~lDIN n lihIl wv SSu lHh'i~, io" ms IiSt'i w
be the greatest agency for the employ
men, Of hands and disbursement Of wages
.Abou, eleven years ago Mr.. NJ. J Whit
more began here the manufacture of CT
CARS and still conducts the business, while
quite II number Of ephemeral starts have
been made by others in this sane di,ec
ton, all Lut me Of which have failed to
found a successful business That one
exception isa mast happy AMI prom ,une ell
one, Mr. J II Freeze, who bu, two wears
ago embarked in the business AMI who
has by care and energy built u2 for him
self fine trade The average nun"r II
hands employed in the two f,cloricS is
about twenty-five, who turn out from 49,
900 10 200 600 cigar, per month. We are
grutifcd t. learn that tho delna d tor ci
gtrs is still increasing and that both fac.
tories are adding to their capacity as trade
brightcns. The recognized enterprise Of
the two gentlemen and our knowle lge Of
the excellent stock and work done in their
factories, we may not 60 far beyond the
mark When we hazard tue prediction that
twelve months hence will find them nan.
NJ ri n rinu n ha1f ilI;np ciusro 1v