Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-08-27

Mr. Isaac Cronicr, aged about 20 years, n
prominent and widely esteemed farmer of
this county, died at his residence at llar-
mony Grove Wednesday of last week from
the effects Of paralysis.
One of the most common complaints of
| children is worms and AZ they often suffer Il
long time before it is known, parents should
watch carefully for the symptoms and give
| Dr. Fahlnry's lnfallblc Worm Syrup.
Coop OvTruT.-Thc furnace now in
blast at Catoc,in is running twenty one tons
daily. This is a larger yield than had been
secured in the past Mr.. James SINNERS
still blows it, but coke having been entire
ly substituted for anthracite, the ore stock
better aid some change in handling of the
furnace accounts for the increased yield, as
We are informed.
THE RErN1oN The 9th Md. reunion
dinner on the nth of September will he
spread in temporary building 24NS0 to be
erected on Mr.. Henry Rouzcr's vacant lot
on Il. Man.st. Mr. John B. Gilbert, the
we'll known hotel keeper of our town has
secured the contract TO furnish the dinner,
which will be sufficient guarantee OF its
worth. Arrangements are being completed
by the different committees and the affair
will be a ve-y pleasant one.
A Tar TO PENMAR-Availing ourselves
of the visit of our Sunday School, we made
our frs, trip of the season to Pcnmar. This
popular resort needs but little at the hands
of newspaper writer's to commend it to those
who would escape the heat of the city; those
who would bid dull care hcgone for q day
TO those who have ar eye for the grand and
magnificent or the tasty and convenient.
Those who visit Pcnmar this season will
more likely 90 again and again than will
such a. have never seen it make their first
trip.
1t is no Sigh, consideration, that all cX-
cursion trains are drawn by powerful loco
motives, for which the heavy grades on the
mountain are no match, hut rapid speed is
maintained and no one suffers from the
cnHut hcgoitcn of snail'S galop pace of the
train. The coaches sent out have Il hand
some exterior and the painting and uphols-
tcrinr within render them as comfortable as
may hc desired.
The work done in Pcnmar Park proper
since our last visit has transformed it from
a grove into vcritahlr park; the convey.
anccs f. AID from tie trains, High Rock,
Mt Oni,auk. Blue Mountain House. etc no
longer drive through tie Park around the
pavilion or over the path from the railroad.
4 new road has been surveyed and graded
to the cast of the grounds Which intcrscrtS
the original at point about one hundred
and fifty wards above the pavilion, ir'"W
which no teams are permitted. This most
excellent arrangement prcclulcs all posi-
hli'y Of accident to children in the Park,
| remedies the dust and other nuiSanccs be-
gotten by the teams, not the least lMrons'd-
cradle of which We're the opportunities OF
the drivers. What until this season was but
the virgin soll and rock Of the mountain is
! now a succession of wcll-carch-tnr grass
| plots. and wide, wei graded paths OF sha.",
/ blue slate and gravel. Comfortable seats are
scattered literally throughout tie grounds
! and the shade has improved very decidedly.
| Ii was happy thought that suggested the
laying ont ofihc evenly graded paths through
rocky dctilcs to such points of interest as the
/ Due IIonnlain House, Blue Mountain Pool,
! Glen Alton Spring, etc, "tc Even to those
! of us who are accustomed to the rugged
! scenery of our mountains apromcnadc along
these paths l. not lacking in charm and 10
source of unincasur,d enjoyment. tn" res
cryior from which water is supplied by
steam pumps to Pcnmar Park and the Blue
Mountain House, known in Pcnmar Park
ology as Glen Alton Spring is covered by an
nrbor a study in rustic architecture and the
sparkling flow ofthc limpid mountain stream
/ into the huge bowl, monolith from Gap
Siding qua.rics, fashioned ly the hand Ct
our master workman, MIR. Cyrus Moscr ; the
| flint hottomed basin Of the reservoir about
ljX3O fee, and the water trickling down the
rugged sides Of the mountain from score OF
springs makes this q most enchanting nook,
the monotonous beat Of the pumping engines
alone suggesting the practical while one is
vet reyelling in the romantic. The path to
this point leads to bridge over the track
from which one may view the mad rush o!
the train down or the laborcd effort to over
come the ascent of the mountain, both OF
which sights are engaging.
Unfortunately for MS the panoramic views
from High Rock were destroyed by haze
which cut of even the faintest outline of the
North Molntpn and the towns Of Smiths
burg and Wayncsboro were but dimly discern
hle througha strong glass. This forbiddins
circumstance rendered visit to Mt Quirank
undesirable and on a more suspicious occa-
sion We will visit this cyrc, from which ono
may secure view limited only by the North
Mountain to the west, south and northward
and PAIRS Ridge to the ward. Just here
we would say 10 those WHO have been in
formed that from Mt Quirank may he seen
with a powerful glass, the vessels entering
the port of Baltimore that such glass must
needs make penctrable Ivy your "lsion, about
thirty miles Of solid earth crust, for, beyond
Parr Ridge, the curvature Of the earth
would sink the surface below the horizon OF