Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-04-19

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Moral Philosophy.
BY NyM'QUANK.
Zepti's Experience at the Cur
nivill.
Zeph came in to my office several weeks
ago, and seemed to be In a state of mind,
80 to speak He stood for several moments
without saying word, and took the chair
\ offered to him in very defect ed man
I'ner. He made several fruitless Efforts to
raise a sufficient flow of SALIVA to strike
the spittoon, but made sad failure in
each instance To use the words of the
boys, he could only spit f-pcnny bits,
which rarely passed the boundary of his
chin.
Been 10 the Carnival, Zeph said |,
Ya-as, and it'll be nothin' short Of regi
menl O f soldiers, with fixed bangnets, and
comm straight Mt me, ,hat'll ever indoncc
me to make sich another continental fool
of myself agin. don't mind telhn you,
Jim, Was took in and done fur. | got
to town in good time, and as was eSttct-
in somethin fine, got myself up in the
best style knew, finishin my outfit with
my weddin hat, a little out o style, it's
true, but rs good rs new
Wei, when got there, stood on the
square, waitin fur the procession TO come
along hut it seemed that the fellers stand.
in around Uhey was mostly youngsters)
ad took speshal notice of that hat Of
mine SUM begun to whistle, others hol-
Tered shoe, the hat, and one more impu-
den, than the rest. commenced tappin on
it with his cane, like YOU do in swarmin
bees, and hy that time the steam got 80
hlgh in me that I blazr1 away, and knock
ed him down, and then | WIZ in for it. |
did some purity good work, but there was
! too ,nenny fur me, and you kin see by the
looks Nv my close, how Jared But my
ha, was clean dun fur, and to make mat
tiers worse, Just then perfce cum along
and took me before the Justice who let me
off with five dollars, snyin he woOdent be
hard on me Ms these was Carnival times,
I'd better came home then; but think
in little Local Option might revive my
droopin spirits, lodged into the first one
! | come to- Wcli,-thelc was n teller III
there runnn me, he called three card
monty. and after several nips of the lnvlg
orntivc fund, concluded that Good sccl
through the game = fact, was sure
Good pick up the Ninnn ca,d. Wei, u
| pe,, ten dc Hans on tie table-nnd-J i'm, II
picked up the wrong card, and there was
ten q, liars gone IN addition to the circus
about the hat and the f2llcrs around LATED
as ii it was the best joke thew ever heard.
icr luNn and took some more Option.
Wen, stood round wa'chrn thr game,
and serin others maxim about the same per
cent n their money That had made on
mine, wen all at once there was a row at
the other end Of the s;.loen, and he laid the
cards down on the table to see what was
g0n on. Then was mig time. | looked at
the cards saw which was the wlnnin one,
and, when he turned round and bantered
for bet, offered TO venture $50 Very
well. says he, wen shuttle EN- up. No SEE
ipui hn in hti
Civ in, put down the money and Jim,
| was SO eggsitt'l picked up the wrong
card, and he sctoped up my $25, sayin call
agin, stranger,
So my trip to the blasted Carniva cos.
me $4O, without countin the loss of my
hat and wear aud tear, mostly tear how.
ever, of my close. Now, Jim I've told you
this but don't say anything about it to the
boys.
But Zeph, remarked I you Gidn't tell Inc
anything about the Carnival. What did
you think Of the display.
Carnval-bc-bk dye think, az
ter the grindin | went through, that
could see or hear anything? No, Jimmy
| expect there'll be Carnival in Sleepy
Hollow when report TO the old woman u
solemnly bidding me good morning ,Zeph
wendell his way homeward, absorb d, so
far as appearances were concerned in re-
Elections of the most gloomy character.
Fancy Glassware, Perry Davis Pain
Killer, St. Jacobs Oil aud Diamond Dyes
a. G.. II .Johnson's.
Did you see Roots 30 cent Cotl0nade
and so cent Syrup?
A large and spirited meeting Of the
members nt the Agricultural Society was
held in the grand jury room Of the court
house on Saturday last. The resolutions
relative to the selling 81 liquors and allow
ing wheels of fortune, &c, on the ground
passed at the last meeting, were reconsid.
cred and the whole matter placed in the
hands of the executive comm ittee. The
committee, it is believed, is in favor ofcon-
Quoting the exhibitions of the society in
the future rs in the past.