Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-04-17
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gists.
The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun says-"Archbishop Gibbons, in
recent visit here, assured the friends of the
Emmitsburg (Md) Academy, conducted by
the Sisters of Charity, that the school will be
continued for time immortal"
RUNAwAY.-Mr. William Firors team
ran off on Monday last overturning wagon
loaded with wood, throwing two of the
horses No damage was done. 1t occurred
lust north OF Merritt's toll-gate and our in
formant states that it is supposed that the
large carp in the new fish-pond occasioned
the catastrophe.
Statements that have been made to the
effect that the seventeen year locusts are due
this summer are said by naturalists to be err
reneous. The locust year for this vicinity is
1885, and not 1884. The seventeen year To-
Gusts appeared in Baltimore in 1851, 1868,
and will appear again during the middle OF
May, in 1885. A few specimens of the To-
Gusts may be found during May, 1884, but
they will be members of a different brood.
We clip the following favorable notice
from the Washington Evening Critic"
"The Rev. Daniel Haskell, appointed pastor
of West Georgetown M. E. Church by the
Baltimore Conference of the M. e. Church,
lately held in this city, preached his inau-
gural sermon last evening to large congre-
CATION. Taking his text from John xii, 70,
he delivered most excellent discourse, fully
sustaining his reputation as an earnest and
effective preacher. Being sociable, generous
and kind, and an earnest worker, there is no
doubt but success will crown his labors and
the church enjoy prosperity"
OVERTURNED BY THE WIND.-During the
heavy gale on Wednesday last huckster
wagon driven by Mr.. George Late, of Grace
ham, was thrown over by the force of the
wind. The occurrence took place on the f.
s. L. pike about three miles north Of this
place along the high back of the ridge
opposite MI A. S. Zentz property. prov
ed to be costly smash-up as about 400 doz-
ems of eggs were broken, which with the
damage done to the wagon amounted to
loss of about $75. Some time since, Super
intendent Miller of the telephone had his
buggy turned over by the wind near the same
point 1t is the windiest place known to us.
END OF THE OYSTER FISHING SEASON
The oyster law passed by the Legislature at
its recent session reperled the act OF 1850
and placed more precise restrictions upon
the taking of oysters. The dredging season
is shortened two weeks, beginning on the
1st of November instead of on October 10,
ending April /, but the longing season is I'M
altered, lasting, that is, from September to
April IS. Additional rest is secured to the
beds by the clause which prohibits the TAX
ing of oysters even for private use or having
them in possession from the 18th of April to
the 10Th of August, with the proviso that If
oysters are caught before the 18th of April
they may be disposed of at any time before
the 25th The penalty for violation of this
section is fine or imprisonment in the House
of Correction. The amounts derived from
longing licenses are applied as heretofore to
the benefit of the school funds of the oyster
producing counties.
THE w EsTMINsrER CARNIvAL,-In compa-
nv with an uncomtortably large train load OF
other citizens of Western Maryland on pleas
ure bent we rode to the Westminster Carni-
val on Easter Monday, The train in the Ian
guage of Mulberry sellers had millions in it,
and upon our arrival in the streets Of the
town, we dittoed the sentiment. A gray mist
and heavy lowering fog had been displaced
by the genial rays Of a vernal, late wlntry,
sun and its grateful warmth, reinforced bya
more mundane but none the less eXhilarating
influence of beer and John Barleycorn soon
wrought a wondrous effect upon people
scarcely yet relieved of the torpor Of a per-
sistent winter.
We invested the first several hours after
our arrival, in looking over the town, over
and into it; we can readily recall the West
minister of twenty years ago, when we at
tended school at Prof Buelfs Academy and
as our visits to the town since that date have
been few and short, we found it convenient
in fact possible only to compare its present
appearance with that Of twenty years ago.
From a provincial town, of little import
ance even within the county, considering it
aside from the fact that it contained the
court, almshouse and JAIL it has during that
time risen in importance and is now recog
nized as being one of the pushing and ener-
getic centres in the state; aspiring to city
airs and cosmopolitan as a number of our
Maryland country-citles would have the
term understood.
Its people have lost none of their claims
to hospitality, rather have they progressed
in that direction as they have met and rubbed
against larger part of the outside world.
We are pleased to be able to bear direct
evidence in this particular matter as we OK
perenced lot cast in happy places on Mon
day last we refer to the hearty and thor
oughly informal invitation extended us and
others by Mr.. VIM II. Vanderford Jr., of the
Advocate to dine with him one of the hap
piest features of the trip would have been
left unsung were we to fail in mentioning
the polite attention shown us and elegant
dinner laid for US by Mr.. Vanderford.
The procession was an hour or more late