Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-01-03
Do YOU still write it 1888 :

Do you still write it 1882
The first American inscription upon the
obelisk, now standing in Central Park, New
York. will be: "Use DR.. Bulls Cough Syr-
up. Price IS cents"
Christmas day was gloomy, but New
Years day was gloomier; it ralned hard du-
ring the evening and very few enthused.
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THE SIX SENsEs-Scientists now recog-
nize Six senses, those of sight, hearing taste,
smell, heat and force. The last two former
ly passed under the name of touch, or feel
ing.
A little vinegar placed on the stove in
tin will keep all the odor of cabbage, onions
and the like from going through the house
when they are being cooked.
The high wind of Thursday night disman-
tied Mr.. Calvin Fox's wagonshed; the large
door was torn from its hinges and thrown in
on his mail wagon.
The Hagerstown Globe says that $500, 900
have been invested in mortgages in WASH
ington county in the past eight months, and
that amount is but "a drop in the bucket" OF
the wealth of that county exempt from taxa
ton.
A CoRRECTIoN.-Several weeks ago we
copied an item from the Union Bridge Indec
and below it was placed the name of that pa
per, showing plainly where it came from and
to what county and district it referred. 1t
has since been extensively copied as coming
from the CLARION and referring to this dis
trict of Frederick county, The item referred
to stated that petition to have vote on
Local Option was in circulation in this dis
trict. Copied and credited as it was, there
can be little excuse for. the error. There
is no such petition in Mechanicstown district
that we have heard Of; we have about all the
Local Option here that we want and would
assuredly have much less should 1t ever be
again submitted to vote.
THE NEW SCHOOL BoARD.-An entire
new board of Comfy Commissioners was
appointed by Judges Richie and Lynch last
week, consisting of the following gentlemen:
viz. z. James Gittinger, of Frederick, David
D. Thomas of Buckeystown, Herman l..
Routzahn of Middletown Col J. r. Rouzer
of Mechanicstown and James W. Condor Of
Woodvile.
The first three named are democrats, tho
last two, republicans: On Saturday last,
Col. John r. Rouzer, wrote declining the
position and on Monday last, ex-judge VIM.
J. Black of this district received the appoint
ment to fill the vacancy.
The new board organized January LIST, by
electing T. James Gttinger president and
re- elected Daniel T. Lakin, examiner, secre-
tary and treasurer. There were nine aspi-
rants for the latter office.
AN AGED CouPLE-On the 28th day of
October, 1928 Mr.. John Flohr and Miss Ma
ria Black were married at Fountain Dale.
Adams county, Pa. This couple resides in
this place at present, having passed the six
tieth anniversary of their marriage in Octo-
Der last Mr.. Flohr was eighty years old on
the 14th day of December last and Mrs.
Flohr will reach her eightieth birthday on
the LIST of October next.
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A WAR RELIC. Mr. J. H. Freeze has in
his possession block Of wood in which is
embedded minnie ball the block has been
split in two at the year of the battle of Antie-
tam, or in other words, at the layer of wood
that was next to the bark at that time, as in
the growth of the tree, the hole made by the
ball was covered with wood and the twenty
one circles or layers that have formed in the
twenty one seasons since the battle may be
readily counted A knob of the later formed
wood was projected into the hoe made by
the ball, but in ceaving it, it remained with
the block of new wood for . distance Of
several inches around the hole, the old wood
was blackened, hardened and its fiber de-
stroyed. The question is, what caused the
change. We have heard many highly inter-
esting explanations