Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-05-10
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J The boys were comfortably sca;et
around the stove, Zcph in his usual cor
ner; all listening attcntivcly to an account
of the proposed ceremony at the corona
ton of the Car of Russia, to GOMEZ May
| Nihlists permitting; also an account Of
the trial and sentences of score or more
of Nihilis,s
After the reading silence reigned for a
short time, which Zeph broke by asking
the following conundrum.
Eff it takes the heads of so many of them
fclers to git ready fur that Teller to begin
TO govern them people, how many will it
take fur him to keep en- strate cf he lives
to he old?
The boys said they Civ it up,
Zcph continued 1t seems to me there's
sumthin wrong in their way Of doing biz
ness over there On this side of the pond
us fellers raise big rumpus about once a
year over our election, git purity high, and
as soon rs the votes are counted simmer
down as calm az a summers mOrnn and
never think of BLOWN ennybody up after
the elections over; if theywould put sum
SIGH safety valve as that on his mime, and
call in sum first class engineer to help him
in runnin the milne, ther'd he less dyna-
mite around, and he might be able to have
a good nights rest once in a while and not
be continually dreamin that there was
big earthquake, and his house was tumb-
lin about his ears; and mebbe them ielcrs
might then follcr our example; and blow
up the mashccn, but not the man that was
stccrin it,
SpITEFUL-It is curious how sptetul
the two cities, Frederick and Hagcrstown
arc becoming toward each other.
The newspaper men fling such sorry ep-
ithets as idiot and noodle, one town invites
a rifle company and the company declines
and other evidences OF ill-wll accumulate.
the South Mountain serves as
u SuDHldutltl VI VIC l'ioph-
bly, soon see cohorts of goose-quills mar
shalled by daring officers Of the II. l.. |.
and f. r. engaged in deadly feud. Can it
be, that both are aspiring to the title of
the inland metropolis OF Western Mary
land? If that is the case, we have no re-
gret at their inability to settle the matter,
for if Western Maryland is to have Me-
tropolis let it be spelled with capital NJ
and until one becomes of sufficient import
snce to the State to be so accepted, we
shall be well content to have both ofthem
,ndeavor to ill the bill
JUDGES OF ELECrIoN-The County
Commissioners on Friday, the Goth ult.,
appointed the following gentlemen as
Judges of Elections in the districts named.
The first named for each district is the re-
urn judge:
District No. 4-Crcagerstown, L G.
iarbaugh, d. S. 10y and w. w. thinner
nan.
District No. 5-Emmittsburg, Joshua
Rowe, E. Z. Krise and Geo. X. Ovelman.
District No. 6-Catoctin, Henry l..
iarne, Aaron Cravcr and Paul Kline.
District No. 8--Liberty, VIM. II. Beall,
Jasper Albaugh and Edward Hobbs.
District No. 10-Hauvers, Sanford Har-
,augh, William A. Buhrman and Hiram
Iarbaugh.
District No. 11-Woodsboro', e. II.
Fulton, r, G. Stull and G. F. B. Crum-
,augh.
District No. 15-Mecbanicstown, Wm
!. Cramer, Joshua Stokes and A. Slick.
District No. 18-Jackson, VIM. r.
foung, John II. Toms and Josiah Bow.
us.
District No. 20-Lewistown, Jacob H.
iinea, Samuel Glen and George w. Mort.
For 12d,tscrcy L:cL, sss qs.,,I mn.