Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-07-02

but slight damage.
The festival closed, and the nets receipts
about BIS. The society return thanks for
the very liberal patronage shown ihcm.
CHECKERED.-Thc career Of the Union
Bridge Ern formerly Mller) has been quite
unique in the history of Maryland country
newspapers, 1t has changed names once,
proprictors several times: one of its editors
shot IL man and another has been shot ut bJ
a man ii claims u large circulation, has II
fine run of advertising and has Just been
snapped Off for "hoss and carriage" There
must be something in the limestone water of
that region dcletcrious ~ the hoalth of news
papers and editors.
STuNG BY A LoCUsT--In our issue of the
18th ult. we gave a strictly accurate account
of the singing of Mrs. Rene Roberts by Il
locust The Baltimore Sun copied the arti-
Gle and in commenting upon it, says
"Thc cicada septcmdccim, the so-called
11-ycar locust is not a locust, nor has any
thing in common with true locust. 1t is
because the cicada is called 'locust' that
all the stories of damage done by it are be-
l;cved. = At every return of the cicada
newspaper accounts very amusins'y describe
the insect rs eating the leaves from woods
and The blades of grass from the fields when
the insect has no mouth, and rs singing hnd
killing persons, when il has no sting These
accounts appear in papers other wise well in
"locust' The cica,in has Il brAk and t-g
dcpositor, but neither organ could be insert
cd into the skin, for it would continually
slip from one side to tic other upon the soft
and yielding flesh. Neither of these or
cams has any poisonous gland attached.
The Sun on each recurrence Of the seven
cntccn year c;cada has informed its numcr'
orls readers on tn ; interesting subject and
impressed the fact that the cicada cannot
sting or intlct any other injury on human
hrlnrs Y
There are people, however, who are afraid
of thunder, and it is useless to inform them
that it is harmless sound which follows the
discharge of lightning, yet every time it
r,,,,,;,,,s ,t.,. h;, unl.r TN. he'd from ,br
thunder All the same"
We are able to report another case; Master
Willie, SON of Mr. John Rouzrr, aged about
Is Yeas, an intelligent and reliable boy, IN
forms Us that while engaged in picking cher
rcs a locust "a, uron the back of his hand ;
Lo .rl,ov,rc, IN Shake il afr hut not sue.
c,c1nc in his first effort, he struck the back
.cli. l,,,) ,,,, His Icr when the locust
st,,,y him and then flew away. H. looked
=, rtwir, one, h, fore he ATTEMPTED to ,Iak"
!, n.r and ,nr, hrfnrc he struck his hand
u,,,;p., his l,..r and he * rnsi,iye that there
y,s ,,,biu,, hike WASH. il fact nothing bat
, ,,., ~, Eliza.
,rn. nov conf ,d,..r1 hv any ,hroriyjD, Of
,,,r ave, .,nv Jj.j,,y nr fine naturalist rs nm.
,,i.I to the 1,.v,or locust we have not
I,o., ,ro.,,n,rors ,o that d,rree lint have
s;,,1,, .,,,cj +, is as they have come tou.,
hc;n,, very careful to make il to the fullest
l.,,roo o,r,,;, ,h,, ,nr ;n,;,rm,,iuD WIS re-
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,h., ..,ocp.,r co, rn, NO a "c;caJa but
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,or,, .,,,,rch .rrh terms may be tech
,,i.,,,. ;.,oo,.,,,.,. win ,,s, wns,rr for Wis
,,,,, n,,,,r with TN, more prr,cnti.s,s use Of
hi,,hy Io,,riu} techn;rs
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