Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-04-22

| Mr.. John Root visited the city last week
and has opened q mammoth stock OF spring
and summer goods. He displays line OF
ladies dress goods Of enticing style and sur
pris,ng prices. He called our attention to
present prices as compared with those of re-
cent years and the reduction is marvellous
His shelves are crowded and he says the
goods are there for sale at prices that arc
bound to sell them.
Snow DURING THE PAST WINTER-A
gentleman of our town who has been keep
ing record of the number and depth of the
SHOWS for number of years past, furnishes
us with the following record of the snowfall
for the past winter Number of SHOWS from
November, 1885, to March 9th, 1856, TWEEN
ty three divided as follows: In November,
s, aggregating PSI inches in depth; in De-
ccmbcr we had no snowfall, a rather singu-
lar fact; for January we had 6 SHOWS, with
al aggregate depth of 294 inches, and IN
March s SHOWS, inches deep. Total amount
of snow for the winter, CIT inches, or feet
| II inches Times.
Spring farm work is now we'll under way;
| within the next two weeks, should the
weather prove favorable, the greater part of
the corn crop will be planted. The wheat
is growing finely and with rare exceptions
stands well on the ground; the winter injur-
cd the clover sod, in many places the frost
having rooted it out completely, yet there is
present promise of q large grass crop. Pres
cnt appearances warrant the hope OF boun-
teous crops this summer; may they be real
lied, for we arc of the opinion that until a
good crop of grain is harvested, there will
not be flush or even easy times in this or
other agricultural communities.
ACCIDENTs.-A little son Of Maj. O. A..
Damuth was suffering from sore on his
knee the exact cause of which was not
known; it grew worse and DR.. M. T..
Leatherman was called placing the child
under the influence of an anps'hetic, he
made an incision about of an inch deep
and removed splinter nearly two inches in
length.
A little son Of Mr.. NJ. J. Whitmore fell
upon hatchct which entered his mouth and
cut his tongue almost in twain; it was nee
cssary that several stitches should be insert
ed
SALVATION ARMY PRoCEEDl NGs.-Thc
Salvation Army held a very interesting open
mir meeting at the square corner last night
and afterwards marched 20 the barracks on
West Fourth street. After marching around
several times inside the building the soldiers
were seated and the officers opened what II
termed an IAN over thc shop meetings IN
which unusual interest WAS mNnliest"d-~
There were two converts before the close Of
the meeting. y, @. Jonas lnmans and wife
and A. d. C. Miran,lon of the Delaware Di-
vision are expected to arrive here on Saiur-
day afternoon and to present the co!ors and
swear in the Scrgeans on Saturday night
On Sunday morning aConsecraton or Holt
ness meeting will be held at the Barracks at
II O'clock The afternoon and evening
meetings will be held in the usual Salvation
Army style. The regular offering ct the
door will he expected. 4 change of officers
for this division is expected in the near iu-
ture -Nt'ts.
Did you ever stop to think what tlrccss
letter writer a local paper is ? Week after
week, reaching into year after year, it goes
telling the marriages, births, deaths, the do
ings of the people of the town the business
success or failures, accidents, crops, improve
ments, meetings, REVEALS, events of Ill KIND
All is glist that comes to the hopper OF
good local paper. Why, ifyou were to I'M
dertakc to write letter each week to an alb
sent friend and tell him half you know or
half the news your paper contains, you
would soon give up in despair The sup
posed pleasure becomes tresomc, letters be-
cone shorter, farther apart and finally quit.
Whv the difference? Because with the
newspaper man it is business. People IN
lively town recognize this and take pleasure
in giving inc cNllOr or reporter H'NS H''he
YOU would nevc~ learn! Therefore all should
hasten to subscribe if you already receive
copy, send one away to some friend. 1t is
better than a letter.
VINO ARE THE PARTIES ?-Thc East Der
In Pa.) Record publishes the following:
There are many things in the history OF
mans life which causes him to shuddcr.-
How can able-bodicd children forsakc their
parents and cause them to go hungry, blind,
and with a troubled soul down to the grave?
Near the village of Sobllasville, Frederick
county, Md, live an aged couple who have
for their only support daughter who, on
account of their intirmltics cannot leave
home, but must care for them and depend
upon the good people to bring in things to
subsist upon. Although these poor people
have Their a5lc-bOdcl sons, yet none of
them think so much Of home as to send them
even q dime. One has been in the West do
ing well, but when lis sister wrote to him
for help he said in reply that "the county