Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-08-13
Minneapolis Letter.

something new about people and things in
the grca, North West.
We went too near y 20 cent watermelon
this noon, and now we are paying the pen
atty. Between writing You this letter and
practiciny some Cunto-liOn acts we shall
probably enjoy the afternoon, Good old
homemade watrrmciOns never made us SICK
and we are nj loss how to account for the
,lrgrp,ion this one praclccd on Us. II YOU
ever come to Minnesota, steer clear OF native
melons for they are dc,usion and snare.
Ii Is Pleasant now, but, oh my didn't 1t
tlIow last week ; We have had two weeks
of the hottest weather that could be mace.
There has been al unusual Number OF deaths
here this summer The cases were very sud-
den and deserved Every one 80 far as we
can learn originated with the inquiry Hot,
amt il? No doubt some of the tirnd- asked
VOW the same question? Without even the
in,,,lnission OF a day the Thermometer has
,loyrd src.saw between s. and lCj for the
Inst ten DAYS. This great hoa. has OCCASION
cd death directly by exhaustion and sun
stroke, and indirectly by men quarr"IinS
over the accuracy Of their respective thrr-
momcicr.
Northwestern MIMI, Dakota and Wiscon-
con,in have been visited by high winds de
nolyhng many houses and barns. Nv"
thunder storms each day for four c"n-ccu.
tive days preceded by hillowy green clouds
and high wind were subjects Of nNch com.
n,nt Ny the natives. These showers came
regularly nj : a. N. and p m Had th"r"
been grca, political convention or a special
meeting of the Minnesota Legislature during
the week the coincidence could have h"tn
accounted for. but ns neither of these ca!hL.
titles hcfl us the showers came and that Is
the end of it--a mystery The Oldest nhab
itNnt had t. scratch his head more than once
in the selection of a year in the past upon
which to place III" blame Of a double distl!l-
Il hot weather lie. BY the way did YOU
ever wonder why that same q. !. could re-
member the date and state of certain synony.
nous weather 10 year, back, and Sill not
haze the slightest recollection tina, he owed
some Editor $50 for back subscription:
Some things are past finding out and this is
one of them no doubt. Sunday morning
the Sky WAS overcast iy heavy black clouds
that indicated high wind but i, passed over
in a short time. \ man asked lis ii we
should 'ti4h" il u "clonr' came, The @ras,
will soon Walc over THE place where they
laid him. 1t was done in self defense. TIN"
old town, To Use a common saying, Is dcad
The people lave no ambition 10 do anything
ll; 70 to picnica and battle in ice cream.
The calcduniaus of tlI,, city and 81. Paul
lad the hos, picnic last week. We saw ihcm
on their way To the train and had "A special
and uigcn, invite from Mis- Gal r.. Donna
but the ice cream man had lien on our half
dollar and we had "hd", awcr, y more
rubHst st, of Ia,!dlcs or Il piumpcr lot OF
lassirs would have been hard to find. They
wrrstlcd, jumped threw the hammer, and
danced the "llin-" and came home awfulIy
tired and chuck iuIl-of fresh mir
Our CLARION came the same day and We
saw the account of the ball game which 50
worked upon our nervous system that We
immediately boarded the motor and went
on, --- Ave. in time to witness the last
half of the creates, disaster that ever hap.
pcnrd in this city. 1t was better than a gen
uinc ). :. picnic, lemonade, country girls
and all \ regular game Of ball, between the
81 Musca,incs tgur,Is Of the Vest and the
West Hotel nine N.mploycs.) In our "pin-
ion This was III" mos, thrilling contest that
was ever fought either in America or san
Salvador, and bore Il relative resemblance 10
the great 10 inning game played in \. y.
city between the AllrghancyS of litshure
and the White Stockings Of Chicago, the
score in both games being T. TO Z. The
game WAS called at ~ and stopped when
the scorers had used all the fence in the ninth
ward keeping record Of the errors. The UNI
pine wore a tin alinor and shield, and thus
avoided serious injury. HIS decisions were
50 impartial that he WAS mohhrd only once
during the entire game Specials motors
ran every : minutes and no one under ) tee,
six was admitted inside the lines Of battle.
% special pairolmrn kept good order and
only one small boy was arrested. 1t is said
the captain of the sails went into an adjoin-
ing Office to- telephone to Washington and in
his excitement asked central to connect him
with Orth's brewery That is evidently Il
libel. ike" played with the MHscats, and a
! hot liner from his hat struck Alderman
Coolcy's COW, but at last accounts they think
the animal will recover. Comparatively lit
! tie damage was done to the surrounding
houses. The most tragic feature of the game
! WAS the pitching of Joe Mack, manager of
the Silver King Co. His curves were so dc
Ccptivc that the catcher had to hold one hand
each side the batsman in order to he sure of
stopping tho ball, No batsman was called
/ out if the ball was caught after the third
bound. The score in detail covered 16 pages
foo]scap and was printed i'll an extra edition
of the Iribunt.
The score will he embossed and cncirclcd
with the photos Of each player. Floyd has
the contract at 40 per cent of. The airay
! by innings will be recorded in history, all
the shocking details having been already
forwarded TO Bancroft
W. L. i.