Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-02-04
I REpOHTED FOR TIE CLARION.
Rocky Ridge, Feb. /, 1886

We felt ii our sad duty to intu.m our
brother reporter that he must SPEAK with
prccaut0n, as our iely conscientious and
never offending lttlc Iher liant, Mr.. ---
is disgusted AT tie very idea of having his
store called hotel. Hope our brosher will
take heed vt the few remarks; beg PARDON
and report in more aristorra'ic manner, as
some of our gentlemen belong to the Top
crust and do not wish to be classcl with the
PlrLeians.
Gentlemen. we feel ashamed to say 40,
but, nevertheless it is y fact, we stand very
nucn IN need Of good clocu,ioniat, as it's
very bard on on" genial lttl =. u TO per.
form TIE part Of an eocutioni-t and news
boy" both, .hrn being president of the 3
s. s ana secretary of G. G b. anu also con
ncc.ud whn Is or 30 Ct timer Offices CT rcspon-
sib.iiy and Importance rs wcE as dignity
and honor 1t taxes The Coor fellows mind
Le> ond all reason, notwithstanding his eH
,raorlinary INTEL, ctual capacity and should
he continue, we fear lie viii b. Il tit subject
fo4 Dr.. Pickwick to perform Oh. But being
of that noh.e, great, immortal spirit like
Casabanca, We presume he will stick to the
task like leach to a dead Niger"
Shooting is somewhat going out of style or
practice, We don't know which. But the
cat that He'd the rat is exhibited in the big
bay window facing All Saints street.
We expect every day to have landed at
our wharf, 3 fine European settlers. but WE
would advice the purchaser to do little
shooting hrf re going ora tour or it would
require parlriug's ike oatrichrs, rabbits like
elephants and squirrels like CRATES before
he'd uag .oush game for Il fry.
We .ave seen this remarkable man do
some rem Il kahlr shooting breaking 3 balls
oat ola possible Is.
No doubt he would have done better had
the bills been Tie size Of bash"l bask IS and
had the gun not got tangled in the buttons
of his coat
While all other branches Of industry are
far above par, ylrss ball sho riug appears to
be considerably on the decline. Whether its
owing 10 a E,atch SHOT oil about one yc'
ago or to the management of the happy
owner of the "dcaishot Remington" we
cannot say.
DR.. p. with hi; haYersach full of the
nevcr,iailng m'gicn', ragical, tragical com
pound, too: the 4 p. III. train Friday noon
for Westminster, Carroll county, where he
will remain for few days and administer
his compo md to The suffering humanity
Aho giving an entertainment free of charge
at A baughs Grand opera room, Saturday
night, goth ut., cnlishining the people Of
the great merits of his compound, giving
faint ideas of the far west, the Black Hills
and the Bigfoot Indians not yet fully dcvol
I'd or one grown Cat the extreme ends
On the outsk rts of our town the streets
are extremely bad AMI almost impossible,
but All Saints-si, S Main.s and Church
Alley are passablc for one person at time,
or twp providing you s,and good for having
the me3uAa 0bl0ngatu separated from the
cersbellum It.
The roller skate man who practices in the
garnet comes to the font and corloboratcs all
pat assertions, also adds that he got several
very III avy falls by making two short turns
at the corner,
All big towns have their big days, but
our town has all big lays and all big men.
ia Ike the owner of TIE $50 ID calf is on
the 90, apparently as h'ppy as a 'possum up
a persimmon tree
AS far as we know Everything has passed
off smoothly, no high TRACED es or deaths
from natural or unnatur causes, no person
drunk and not even a Indy's toe tread upon
as will sometimes happen on crowcd SIS.
Mr.. Ptzer OF Adams Co., Pa, singing
master at this point, was quite cl.tei
over the unexpected sum of $3 90
raised by the gentleman Of our town
tor service rendered the boys. Beng called
upon and told that the hands Of clock were
pointing towards the wee small hours,
I've got to leave You without moment
warning wishing you health and hoping to
meet you all on the other side OF Jorton.