Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-11-12

which weighed four pounds nine ounces and
and wa tender and juicy. Thanks.
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THANKS for that haf:bushel ofluscious ap.
ples: while we have no desire that the dom
or. Mr. r. n. Nau,maker, should do any
thing for us in his line at present, We should
be pleased to have HIM secure large orders
for rpitaphs already due. So.
ISon.AsRD OurpUT.-Undcr the new or.
der of things at Catoctin Furnaces a largely
Increased yield of very superior iron is re-
ported. The ruling prices do not leave much
margin for profit, but the product Of these
furnaces have q name which readily secures
the sale of all that they are now making
TEAcHEns MEET1Na.-The public school
teachers Of this county will meet in Freder'
lex ON Monday the 10th inst. The object OF
this meeting is for instructive and mutual
improvement aud the teachers will have the
benefit of the presence of Prof Newell, Prin-
cipal of the State Normal School, who will
deliver an address. The occasion promises
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doubt amply repay those who may attend.
STORE RoBpED.-Mr. W. A. Hahn, who
has just recently embarked In business for
himself in new building erected on his lot
on Carrollst, reports q robbery on Saturday
night last. He has been able to determine
his loss pretty accurately and ii is between
1l6 and ]2O Flour, bacon, cigars and con-
dictionary were taken. The rear door was
found ajar and tracks were found in the soft,
wet soil in the garden. There Is no clue to
the robbers,
RELIaIoUe-Church Sundays at the Cath
ole Church in this place will he the second
and fourth instead Of the first and third
Sundays.
The Mechanicstown charge Of the Reform
ed Church will hold Union Thanksgiving
service in the Reformed Church at Mechsn-
lcstown on Thursday, Nov. Goth, Thanks
giving day. at 10 o'clock, q. m. The men,
bers of the several congregations Of the
charge are particularly requested to be pres.
ent aud all Others will be heartily welcome.
A SrAUScH BRlDGR.-On Monday after.
noon last we stood at the foot Of one of the
"legs" of the new iron bridge west Of tins
place while the mail train cast, WAS dashing
over it ut the rate of thirty miles an hour and
had an opportunity to judge OF Its staunch'
ness. Although the train was rushing along
seventy.two feet above us, The iron leg show
ed but tremor, noticeable only from actual
contact with it and its iron foot embedded in
the very best of masonry scarcely conveyed
recognizable sensation.
The number of Coal Oil accidents that
have occurred in and hear this town in re-
cent years should serve to warn all from
that criminnlly careless habit, the use of II
in starting fires There have been tire,
cases of burning in which death has been the
result within seven years, two in and one
near this place. The first and second die
not prevent a third let us hope that TIN
third may serve asa warning that will b
needed. Any domestic or other employee
which persists 10 the practice should be dis
charged forthwith they not only jeopar
die their own lives, but that of others and
a. well, the lesser consideration of property
EocruRN Al MELoDIsTs.- at the tim
that the gray matter Of our convoluted brail
was getting in its best work on the local
of this Issue, at about the birth of new da,
on Monday last suddenly and without no.
,ice o,r every sense became enwraptlin tn
harmonious waves Of a vocal melody tina
wefled up from the street and in through tn
keyhole and chinks The charm of the mus
ic rendered US almost totally oblivious O
what may have been sentiment of the ten
derest kind and we are now able to recall
only Tive words "Never-dying love" ant
way over Jord-," an ah.h.h and wee-e.e
the former in rich baritone and the latte
In clear soprano The sercnaders evident
1y hsd undertakena large contract, for who,
they left us it was at speed which led Us t.
suppose that there was danger Of their No
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