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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

my folks didn't know that l was an intern
peratemau. and il would kill them 20 know
that L had taken rooms in drunkard's
grave. THIS brought the house down. and
after a while l got so that could look at
my boots without shivering, and stood up.
After the woman who sat next to me had
regained consciousness, the medium said
she would give me an exhibition with a
hand, which was purely on scientific pin
ciples. She said she would stand of ut a
safe distance and ask questions, which
the hand would answer by rapping.
One rap means yes. two raps no.
and three raps, perhaps she said. The
hand that she trot:ed out was big enough to
hoe Early Rose potatoes and weighed about
eight pounds. She laid it on pane OF
glass and asked lot of questions. which it
answered. Finally, she said it would an
swer questions tor anybody. and suggested
that ask some. l stepped up. and, look
Ing straight at the hand said i'm a calm
voice: Are you there?' hadn't mOre'n got
the last word out OF my mouth when the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

hand jumped up and
tapped Yes on the
afterwards of my
pants, and in a sharp,
decisive way came,
perhaps So,' in the
same locality. BY the.
time the last tap was
in l had descended
from the front of the
stage and was wedged
in between the piano
and the proScenium
box. Two days later
/ came to my senses
in the hospital, and
the doctor told me on
the quiet that i'll took
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

away Oh me sunny side of the little shan
ties. Pigeons. in rudely-constructed house
and cotes, fly out and in at pleasure.
CHILDREN ARE AT PLAY.
Little tow-headed girls and boys are in
sight th olghout t le settlem, Mt. They are
dres ed in ill-ftung garments of di fe'e IT
co,Ors. No child has suit through on of
the same color or texture. They are at
p'av with the dog OH the sunny side of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21


Five or six of them
pile on. as they have
dragged or carried il
up to the top, and
down they go. They
make no noise about
il, however. Evei
the children seem o.
appreciate that the
must not attract out
side attention. a
their squatter home
depend ON being le
alone. They slid,
in silence; save thai
now and then they
prattle to each other
in a foreign language
Even the dogs ar
not disposed to bar
in "Swede Hollow
If things do No.
please these canine
inhabitants they WI.
bite. b arking
would excite out
side attention: the.
rAGnnnf NLafa ...... - ....
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21


cupied it with their
shanties. The squat
tiers increased and
soon the shanties
grew in numbers
and a little settle
ment was formed.
The lower portion
of it is known as
"Conemara, {" and is
occupied by natives
of the Emerald isle,
who emigrated from
, the county Cone
mara. The upper
portion of it, north
of the Seventh street
\ fill, is ''Swede Hol-
Now" proper. al
though a few Swedes
exist on the south
ern side of that arti-
fetal divide. Each
Chnnfr nnrnnr nan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

proper care OF myself would probably be
able to sit down without making any loud
demonstrations in couple of weeks. That
was the first and only Seance ever tam
pered with, and I'm not anxious to make
dates with any more of Them
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

mined to get all the heat possible out of
each stick and splinter. 1t acts as though
it was half ashamed for appearing in such
small volume and soon vanishes into the
atmosphere.
Yards there are none in ''Swede Hol-
low" Fences do not disfiguTe the quiet
little hamlet Cows and goats and sh een
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

and horses are I'M
InO WI possessions in
that locality. Ducks
and geese and dogs and
pigeons are visible.
Down on the brook the
ducks and geese while
away their time, occa-
slonally forming into
line and waddllng over
the snow TO a convent
ont Shpltpr Dogs dOZp
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

wishes and follow their example. The ducks
are less pronounced in their manifestation of
pleasure at reaching the water than is or
dinarily the case. The QuietneSs of the
scene affects every living being within its
surrounding hills
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

material. A few or TIE doors ar treated
to coat of paint. The brightest eoIors
are used, and the contrast between the
weather-beaten boards over the flaming
colored door is very striking. When the
Shanty is over a single story, the stairs
leading to the loft are constructed on tbe
outside. The interior of these huts is sim
pie from the uneven floors. without a car
pet, though the few absolutely essential
articles of furniture to the tissue paper
curtains at the windows and hanging from
the shelves. where the rude chinaware is
kept The tissue paper is cut in points
and half circles, and IS of many different
colors. The occupants of these shanties
are many; the rooms are few.
THE OWNER OF THE HOLLOW
is j. WAGNER, whose Office is on Seventh
street. directly over his landed possessions.
''Swede Hollow" includes ten acres. and is
an open. fan-shaped valley that begins in a
narrow strip at Fourth street, west of Kilt
son street and the railroad viaducts. and
follows up between the immense hills To
the north, widening as it goes until at North
street, its northern boundary. when the
hills circle around and join one another. 1t
is quite valley. 1t derived Its name years
ago. before the city reached out that far.
from the fact that the Swede laborers oc-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
"OSTLER JOE"
Mrs. James Potter's Recitation, at
Which Washington Was shocked.
An Old, Old Story Told With Strength,
Pathos and Feeling.

Washington Capital: Mrs. James Brown
Potter read a beautiful and striking poem
by George Il. Sims, an English writer, at
the charitable entertainment at Secretary
Whltney's residence the 10Th ult. We pub
liSh this poem in full to-day, in order that
certain prudish people who fancied that they
were shocked OF hearing the poem read
may peruse IL and be assured that there was
nothing improper either in the words or the
tone OF il. We have heard '"0stler Joe"
called ''Swinburnian" In character, but
such reference would be made to it only
by persons who either never read Swim
burne or else never read this poem. If the
object of public reading be not to put stu
pid people TO sleep. but to produce dram-
attic effect, then Mrs. Potter exercised a
correct and praisewOrthy judgment in her
selection OF this poem:
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their shanty homes. One side Of the dyid-
ing brook is quite hill. Down ITS back
the children Of Swede Hollow are coasting.
They have q hoard. This serves as q sled
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

The yellow OK daisies is favorite design
for Kensington embroidery, and ribbon APP
pliance as well.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
DOWN IN THE VALLEY

you 60 prompted by a desire To learn some
thing more of the strange settlement. Far
below the surface of the street it rests,
perfect type of a Swedish hamlet. You
start down the long flight of steps that
lead from Seventh street To the hollow.
The eyes of the infantile and canine por-
tons of its population are upon you. The
children stop their play and watch your
descent. The dogs, with heads on paws.
take in youI coming. Not sound is heard
in "Swede Hollow" Presently wOmanly
faces are seen peering out windows and
doors. They have discovered you. Visit
ors. especially men who wear a stiff hat
and overcOat and gloves, are rare. They
always excite attention.
You stop on one of the landings down
the long flight of steps and gaze about the
great scene. The immense stone archway.
that forms part of the foundation for the
Seventh street fill. and through which the
st. Paul IL Duluth railroad tunnel is con-
structed, appears in sight. 1t is covered
with huge icicles that have formed from
the water trickling down from the surface
of the street. The sight has no attraction
for the residents of the hollow. As you
stop to view it, several flaXen-haired men
and boys pass you on their way down TO
the settlement. They look at you intently,
but give not the ice display on the stone
arch passing glance.
ONCE IN THE HOLLOW
YOU are met by the oldest souatter. He
has on a cardigan jacket, with a dirty
worsted scarf about his neck. On his head
he has worsted cap. ''Is it going fur TO
Sell?" he queries. I've pays too much for
shanty. a dollar, a half for month. Don't
want to buy, ell? Vaggener, he owns
Svede holler; pay him rent. We be here
seX-seben yers-all time de same, dollar.
a half for month"
He, as well as the other residents Of the
hollow, is very deferential to YOU, although
they mistrust you and entertain the belief
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
ONCE IN THE HOLLOW

that you have
come to look
over the prop
e rty W it'll a
ew Of pur-
C h a S ing it
While down in
the hollow you
observe tn at
the shanties are
of the simplest
pattern. None
of them is over
a story and a
half high. The q
majority is but
a single story.
The shanties''
a re weather &
beaten. PainlE
is a scarce arti-=
Gle. None of
the huts is COW
cred with suchS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
HOME OF THE sQUATTER.

Its rays illuminate the quiet little scene
at the bottom OF the hills. and bring into
prominence the many characteristic feat
ures of the foreign gathering of UMPIRE
tentious and humble homes. The slOping
hills that rise up all about the settlement
itself is covered with the same white
mantle. The blue, flowing brook forms
R striking contrast to the general whiteness
of the winter picture. The general i'm
preston, created in the mind of the thought
iul observer of the scene, is that "Swede
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

summers sun. A railroad track, cut out
rom the side hills. skirts along the sQuatter
settlement Down through the little hamlet
If huts, contributing not little to the for
sgn picturesqueness of the scene, flows
1 clear and transparent brook. On either
side of the tiny stream, which originates in
L bubbling spring in the foothills, are
ranged in pleasing disorder weather-beaten
shanties. No street mars the foreign APP
pearance of "Swede Hollow" The
tracks of wagon wheels and the i'm
prints of horses hoofs are visible in the
bottom of the pellucid little brook and
along its snOwgirted banks, showing that
the few who desire to bring or carry away
such bulky articles as require wagon must
follow up the stream. The sun shines
brightly on the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

DSTLER JOE.
STOOD ut eve, as the sun
went down, by a grave
where u woman lies,
Who lured mems souls to
the shores OF sin with the
light OF her wanton
eyes,
Who sang the song that the
siren sang on the treach-
erous Hurley height,
Whose face was Us fair as a
summer day and whose
heart was as black as
night.
Yet a blossom I fal- You'd
pluck to-day from the gar
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

sO-uess sin nor the blood-red rose of lust,
But sweet white blossom OF holy love that
grew i'm the one green spot
In the arid desert OF Phryne's life, where all
was parched and hot.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-04-22

Cramer Home from Baltimore second
time. The display given in his room Oh the
corner excels anything ever seen in the
town. Dress Goods of every shade, style
and price, in short Dry Goods line is Ger
,tainly full and complete.
Notions of finest quality. Hamburgs
and every other kind of Trimming imaglna-
ole to suit the season Kid, Silk and Lisle
Gloves. very large line of Hosiery from
10 cent Hose to 80 cent pair. In fact
anything in the notion line you may ask for.
Another supply of Shoes just received
from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and now
able to fill the bill on anything in the Shoe
line you may ask for Thank you for what
YOU haye done for me in this particular line
My stock is complete throughout.
/ am bound to sell on the one hand and
the prices will certainly compel you to buy
on the other.
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Proposals for County Bonds.
OFFICE OF TIE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF FREDERICK COUNTY.

OF FREDERICK COUNTY.
Frederick, Md, April IA, 1886.
C1EALED PROPOSALS will be received
\ ) by the County Commissioners of Fred
crick county, al the Office OF said Commits
sioncrs, in Frederick, until ten o'clock, A.
NJ, of May 10Th, next, for the purchase Of
One Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand,
Seven Hundred Dollars of FOUR PER
CENT. COUPON BONDS Of said county,
TO be issued under the act of 1886, chapter
239. These bonds will be run for forty years,
but will be redcemable at any time after ten
wears from their date They will bear date
July /, 1886. The coupons will be receiva-
bic IN payment of county taxes.
Bids should be addressed to the President
of the Board of County Commissioners, at
Frederick, and should state on the outside
of the envelope that they are bids for four
per cent bonds. All bids will be opened on
MAY 10th, next, and not before. The bonds
will be delivered July /, 1886. The County
Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids, and also the right to divide
said bonds amongst those bidding the same
price.
The law does not allow these bonds to be
sold at less than par.
VIM. H. LAklN,
President of the Board of Co. Commlss'rs.
apr 25 I'd A. l.. EADER, Clerk.
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All owing to the enormous increase of stock
by our


Shoe pegs, Atwood dress goods,
n. O. sugar, hats, ribbons, bar iron,
Ready. Made Clothing, Tire steel,
English Crepe, Chocolate, Carlisle
Shoes, Home made rag carpet, sugar
cured bacon, moss rose tea sets, cash
mercs in all colors, potatoes, cigars,
Tobacco, lanterns, black silk, paints
Oil and Lewis white lead, fine LOT
of laccs, clocks, Ladies collars, bis
ter steel. hosiery, horse shoes, mir
rors, City rag carpet Dr. Warmers
Flexible corset, coffee mills, India
Haltcrs, hinges, hickory shirtlng,
Overalls, Ladies Spring ShawIs,
Embroidcrics, molasscs, Jouvin's Kid
Gloves, mouse traps, Nuns yelling, vim
cgar, ribbons, door locks, umbrellas,
Prunes, blue monday soap, tea, cheviots,
whips, lawns, shovcls, shcctings, Shoe
Lacevs, shot, shirtnys, Mems shoes,
Kangaroo shoes, Misses shoes, Chill
drcn's shoes, Infants shoes, all kinds of
Shoes, Ingram carpets, nails, drugs,
Qucenswarc, garden seeds, trace CHAINS,
Ruching, boys suits, beans, forks, lamp
globes, prints awl hats, shafts, table
Diaper, whitewash brushes, napkins,
Sad irons, Gents nockwcar, bird food,
Mixed paints, shirts, straw mating,
crash, bolts, corn starch, carpet chain
Potash, rivcts, ladies' jerseys. horse rasps
Corset stays, files, Horse and Cattle Powder
Boston Carriers, DR.. Jayne's medicines
Paint brushes, linen towels, calf skins, OF
window blinds, sole leather, Appleton a
Muslin, rope, cassimcres, tubs, lyc, gingham
)ucking for wagon covers, sand paper
Ticking, shutter hinges, cottonadcs, curr,
Combs, hanging lamps, grain sacks, full lint
If Dress Goods, special attention called t(
his department, Oil cloths from, A to T..
harness Oh, Albata spoons, English mustard
Fable cutlery. Jadwins Liniment, satiI
Bulls Cough Syrup, Gauz'
Fahrncy's Teething Syrup
and-a-a-n nd.
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eB- Important NOiice.-The sui

eB- Important NOtice.-The sub
scribcr has been appointed to make con-
tracts for POPLAR and LINN WOOD
by P. II. Glutfelter. Will be prepared to
take contracts on and after April 1st 1886
for Fall and Winter delivery. Persons hay
ing wood to sell would better contract AZ an
early date as there will only be a certain
limited quantity needed and as soon as that
amount is obtained, | will discontinue
making further contracts, therefore do not
wait too long, as there will be no trouble i'll
securing the amount needed and ! offer the
people along the line of the W. NJ Il. L. the
first chance and hope they will appreciate
the same by contracting early, For further
information call upon or address
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JOHN ROOT,
s.ETHaANIIsTONN. MD.

apr II II
IThe publisher must not be accused ofany
inlirmitv; the above is in nowisc chargcablc
to any irrcgularity of living upon the part
of either tie publisher, foreman or devil. 1t
came to us the sad fact that you find it.
PUB. CLARION.
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LEFT FOX THE Cry Mr.. NJ. Clay Ora
mcr left for the city on Monday last to pur-
chase his spring invoice. He will open them
during the latter DAYS of the week.
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Apr ! At.

eB Ifyou want to buy nice Paror
Suit 20 to Geo. d. Keyser's, Furniture
Rooms, on East Main-st,
sT3" For PLUSH Parlor chairs and patent
Rockers 90 TO Geo. d. kcysers Wareroums
Rooms, Eas, Main ST.
~" Go to Geo. D. Kcyscr's for any
thing you want in the Furniture and Tn
dcrlaking line, he always gives satisfaction.
mch Is If
WANvED. -Dunglson Medical Dicton-
ary, sold at DR.. II. n Shutz's sale ten years
ago in this place a purchaser can be found
ut The CLARION OFFICE.
e8- Tobacco and cigars arc now kept
in stock by +, l.. Bob!ltz.
c#" Stationery, scrap pictures, juvenile
books, states, chalk crayons, white and col
orcd, account books, etc, for sale by
F.. l.. Bohitz.
10" Dried apples, pruncs. and Baldwin
apples for sale by +. l., boblltz.
SPECIAL NoTIcE-Mcssrs Lowcnstein Is
Weinberg Of the firm Of Lowcnstcn Bros. d
Co. lIarcrs,own, Md, are now visiting Bal
tmore Philadelphia and Washington and
viii return next week with the finest line of
ready made clothing, piece and furnishing
goods ever displayed for sale in llagerstown.
Look out for their double column adv. 1t
VIII appear shortly.
mrb i &c
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Th"re is an exrcss package at the 3. y ..
Express office in Frederick for H. ). hrlse;
it is advertised, call for it Jefferson.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-04-22

PROPERTY SoID.-On Monday of last
week Robert Biggs, trustee, sold the farm
and warehouse property of Albert Lantz,
decd, at Lantz to Jos. B. Brown for S6,702.
Mr.. Brown will remove thence and will con-
duct both the farm and warehouse.
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NEW STREETS SUGGESTED. We have
heard during the past week suggestions that
the Church Alley be widencd and opened as
a street and that East st be extended through
to Carrollst On both these thoroughfarcs
there would be admirable building lots; those
on Church Alley would command the finest
view and be the most perfectly drained Of
any in the town; it is an admirable srggcs-
ton and should not prove expensive from
the fact that bat little land would be taken
and what is now bat farming land would be
building lots at enhanced value
East should by all means he extended !;
II would, AS we view the matter, damage but
one person and would benefit other lots to
an amount tar in excess Of the damages in
the one case There are few building lots
on any streets except Lombard and l.. Main
and they should be provided.
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Walkersvlle is rapidly improving IN pop
ulation, and notwithstanding the present ii
nanclal pressure, there will be several fine
dwellings, erected during the summer among
which will be one, on the street leading to
the railroad station, for Mr.. II. G. Stautfer,
of Fountain Rock Creamery, and one for
Mr., E. J. Saylor, on the hill overlooking the
town, south of the tumpikc.-Walkcrsvillc
E6terprise
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Spring weather and silvcry moonlight has
made the nights magnificent.
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Business Locals.

GY- WANTED-For her Board and
Clothing, Il half grown white girl; to do light
housework and take care ola child. Inquire
at The CLARION OFFICE.
A. r 3t
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NJ echanicstOWn Plant Nursery.

MeCIlRnfcStOWnP Plant nursery.
The undersigned wishes to call the atten-
ton of the public generally to the fact that
he has erected Green House and Sashes
for the purpose Of growing vegetable plants,
not all varieties, but simply the most useful
and leading sorts, for private and market
gardening, and will have for sale, each in
their season, near his residence south OF
town on F. Il K. turnpike.
PRICE LIST
Cabbagcs Per 1OO-$1. 00-Per 1000 So
Tomatoes Per 100-$1 So, and $500
Egg Per 100-$1, ~, and $3'oo
Head Lettuce Per 10O-$1.0O
Celery Per l00-.40 cts.
Sweet Potatoes Per 100-20 cts.
G. I. CREAGER,
inch 18 St Mechanicstown, Md
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Read Things arc Mixed :" it is instructive
in more ways than one; it is to be found in
our adv. columns this week.
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=. M. IsItSELE.
apr ltf Mechanicstown, Md.

cy" WANTED Good Oak Wood and
Locust Posts in exchange tor q First-Class
Sewing Machine, New and right from the
shop. Apply at
TIE CLARION OFFICE.
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Local Items.

1t looks as though the Court House Rail-
ing would go.
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The County Commissioners have appoint
ed ex-Sherff, John Sweadncr, constable
for Liberty district, vice Geo. w. Miller, re-
signed, and VIM. Birely constable for Hau-
vers' district.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-04-22

NOT AN ITEM LACKING Reference to
our advertising columns this week must sat
isiy our patrons that in order to be accom-
modatcd, it is not necessary that they
should go beyond the borders of the district
TO purchase a single article that they need.
We believe that We are fully competent to
Judge OF the requirements OF our people and
we state uncQuivOcally that the citizen,
male or female, who assumes to say that III
order that they may examine a satisfactory
selection of merchandise Of any kind, it is
necessary to 90 away from home, that such
person is either uniformed, or that they
buy away from home more for the name Of
the thing than for any good reason. In the
matter of general bookkeeping in this local
ity, the advance during the past ten years
has been marvellous and to-day there arc
line. of goods displayed in Mcchanirstown,
Franklin Mills, Graccham an Creagerstown
sufficient in variety of grade and style to
meet every requirement of the most tnstid-
ioue. Were it not the case that our people
could he pleased and accommodated, we
would say 80 promptly and decidedly, to the
end that better selections should be made,
but knowing, as we do that our people are
particularly favored in this direction, we
insist upon it, that our merchants cndcavors
should be appreciated Read our advcrtis-
ing columns closely and hold them to their
statements.
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RETURNED FROM THE CIrY.-Mcssrs. Is.
Collifower & Bro. of Graccham spent sever
al days in the city last week They were
down to lay ina spring stock and have open
ed up one of the finest displays ever made
in that town. They are certainly keeping
well up with the leading cntcrprising mer-
chants of this section.