Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-20

cakes and has concluded to rely upon other
persons hens to make good the supply
Some one will waken up to realize that they
have had huge joke played upon them, il
they do not desist.
A prime lot Of posts and rails for sale at
VIM l. Armacost's.
Rails wanted in exchange for s,ore goods
VIM l. Armacost's
Lard cans for saleat VIM L ArmacOst's.
First quality gum and leather boots for
sale at VIM l. Armacosts
Prime Orleans sugar and molasses for sale
at VIM L Armacost's
Currants, layer and baking raisins for sale
at VIM L Armacost's
Best Sugar and syrup for the money at
VIM L Armacost's.
Read advertisement of Mr. VIM. Fl. Todd
Utica Mills this county, agent for the sale OF
Pennsylvania railroad tickets.
THAT SCIENTIFIC FRAUD, Ncnnor whose
impossible weather predictions are by many
compared favorably with that guide of rec
ognized infallbility, Gruber's Almanac,
made a special prediction for the third week
of December, in which he said that it would
be open THAT is warm) and rainy. Well, it
started in out west with the thermometer
from 10 to 30 deg below the freezing point,
the heaviest snow fall thus far this winter
and north,and east the coolest weather of
the winter thus far and on Sunday with the
first real snowfall from the east. 1t is a
glorious thing to an American to be hum
plugged and if he can, he persists in it. Buy
one of Ncnnor's Almanacs and he three hun
dred and sixty-tiye days wiser than you are
old.
DoN'T GO TO PoLLEY's for Christmas
goods he has SO many things that you'll
never be able to make a choice.
NoTICE.-With the increase in the size of
the CLARION necessarily comes all increase
in the expenses OF publishing it. We natur-
ally desire to secure as large circulation as
possible, but we have no ambition to secure
it ut our own expense; We have therefore
determined, first, as new names come in, to
purge our list of all slow, troublesome or
doubtful names. Fortunately, we made a
fairly clean sweep about Il year ago, and the
process will not now materially lessen the
list, but there yet remains few, who are
disposed to accept it only as free gift and
TO such as this applies we say, with the first
number of the New Year, of come. your
heads
To be year, or even two in arrears is not
considered grounds Of serious complaint, but
when it runs from four to eight, then we are
disposed to become impatient and II is to ten
or twenty such that we now address our
selves.
We do not approve ola publisher availing
himself of his own columns to dun his debt
ors, nor have we, and with this we are likely
done with it, for it is our intention to pre-
clude the cause in the future
DoLEFUL PREDIcTIoNs-We have heard
a number of business men predict dull
Christmas, basing their opinion upon the
fact that money is extremely tight" atpres-
ent. While we have experienced the latter
fact ourselves, we nevertheless hope that the
change that must come will not be deferred,
but that it may come suddenly and prompt
ly. We are not prepared to say just why
exists the present stringency in money mat
tiers, but presume it is because the farmers
are holding SEINE one large part of their pro-
duce wheat corn, or hay, for better prices,
as that is the accepted reason for all cases of
the kind in the country.
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July Goth, 1883.
DIR. OELLrG & PFoUTz-The true old re-
liable Tonic Elixir and Pills, when all prepa
rations fails to cure, this restores you to your
health. Since 1871 up to date this famous
preparation is taking the lead by its merits
in curing when others fail in our commun-
ity it is known by it's merits. Call and see
and judge for yourselves, when you try it
tell all the evil of it you can, but stick to the
tTulu. TUT sat ny III vi. H. iAcdtHcInidu,
Mechanictown, DR.. Schley Il Bro, and Dr.
Carrot, Frederick, Md.
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