Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-02-16


y, - .''r.. 4 5s nd Mi = N,I.e Lldle.
Mss Ira ant FunIie LandcrS, LolIie
ard Carrie Shrk, Minnie F.rrmnn, Flora
S'"chs,'alc AMI Birdie MrM.ll'n, wore
am,c n mn,dv cnns, which looked nov
ti n, very t,,'si"2. Col. Ro,lZtr made
hfl'1and prnpline address, portraying
the I oI feeling thai suci, gatherings cx
cite Among friends and mighlws Mr..
Cassell responded in n very pleasing man
ncr, The gnesls were then requested 10
arrange themselves around the room,
pnrI Of The mnd Furnished the music and
about an hour was spent il dancing by n
limited number of the guests.
The party brnke up about II p. nj, the
guests going to their respective homes
Excrylndv seemed 10 enjoy the evening
and, IS to oursef, it will long be ren,em-
Mrcd
Mrs Grace Shcrnlrr, Of Baltic, suggest.
cd 'hr idea of having Martha Washing
ton Ten Party, and deserves much credit
fnr the nble manner in Which she and her
l,,ly friends carried out her suggestions.
w. L. F.
MECnAN1csTowN, FEB 6, 1882
EDIToK CLanioN;
DEAR SIR Your appeals
To your readers in behalf of a Library and
Reading Room deserve more than pass
ing nos ice; they claim the earnest co-opera-
ton of every member Of our community
" no has any interest in the mrrtel growth
1T his fellow brings In An ell'orinl in the
Baltimore Weekly Sun upon a like subject,
the ioll"iDg facts are given: THE PniI
adrlphia Academy, IF Natural Scionccl
which date. back some 'hree-Courths of n
century, began lis work in a very humble
way. Its first meetings were in public
house; its next, over n millinery stnre'
where he nucleus vas f rincd of The pres
cni large library Of cole tons. Tie first
gif VAS n collection of minerals; after thai
other contributions poured in, and in 1873
the society was able to move It's collection
to small hniding expressly built for it's
use. In 1877 it obtained IN act of incor
pora,,nn **~*** ~. In 1868 an
acre of ground WAS bought at u cost of six
five thousand dollhrs on which, new
building was erected, with space for its
NJ bs"Q ,rnl enlargement The library is
one hundred and thirty feet long and thir
ty Ave feet broad, and contains the largcst
cnlrrtirn of xo'ks on natural history IN
his country. ;.unl"rng twenty six TITUS.
ant y,,' ms Tits fin. auh cos,l, h ihl
IN. wlln It's nnhl" ,nlcCi,un. the Academy
.,,,s, III g"n'rrsi', st . cnnpaaii,.h
m'cr NJ "iiilr'~ TIC I'll e III
~. .., II ',,. .hn ~, of liz
,.'. -, tilrAs u We snrrlv 'r'
IT,. ',.t ''.. ,llr> "t the III nh
. . Il ...'.., .-" Il ZEN Cents - G.
mu-ri.},,. Ne r',c Cind these ftr'st
STOW ~hn, Philndclprin has done fnr hri
Acad. nv f Natural Sciences md how il
has yiuwn from small beginnings until il
has become the resort Of scientific men and
point of attraction to persons visiting
the city, have not quoted the entire
article, hut sufficient to show what may be
accomplished by perseverance, and by con
,ribulions each insignificant of itself, hut
combined and handled with skill forming
WIS, fund for improvements Why may
like resnt>' 1t is true the Philadelphia
Academy has been growing for three
f,urths Of century and Is now a great
and nonrshne institution, AID by lis in
creased d"v, lnpm,ni drs,in, 4 TO still fur.
Il er .nl,rvc the SPHERE " Ms llscf,llrtss.
nd il j. .rnr n's" It. Il our proposed cn;er-
prise may never achieve - grand future:
but no "nr '. III d.nv that the mm diale
results VIII be hrnrfri"l, and that, ~ wears
ron on. The circle of jis intl ,rnc' will con
tnu- 10 enlarge NJ yr,,, amonnt Of mon
rv would he required 10 begin with hut
all the energy and determination Of it's
promote 4; and once started. by means uf
moderate Zee tor admission to member.
ship, monthly or weekly dues. a collection
NAV bn formed which will bc The pride Of Il
future generation Fathers, is it moi better
tla' your boy should acquire taste for
history. biography, or some Of the varied
branches Of literature, than to spend his
time IN idle, ard in many cases vicious as
aucialinns! Would not your girls, Moth
crs find more prom in such associations
than in the many ways Of killing time SO
common TO male and female? And should
those who have passed their Youthful days
whose occupations or tas es keep them from
active membership in such An association
staud idly by. AMI let 1t tail' Assnrely
not. Would not the knowledge that by
the contribution Of your means, you have
f. aided In the intellectual development o
= vour community be the most pleasing re
= Election Of your life? The man who re
y Trains from planting an orchard, or SOWING
seed because hr may not live to enjoy frni
, ton or harvest does not impress his fellow