Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-02-18

now largely engaged in preparing his spring
stock o! furniture. He has now five s,cadi-
ly engaged in his factory and aidci as he is
growing rapidly and when the season opens
lie will certa My have a surprise in store for
those who visit his warcrooms, 9th as to
ma ntu,e of his stock and favorable prices.
Ph'lip NJ oCk CrsS,a, Pa says he has used
Poweli's Prepared Chemicals and find they
do fully rs we'll as more costly fertilizers
Mr.. Mock is one Of those practical Pennsyl
"anla farmers who would net recommend a
fertilizer that he had not tested to his per
feet satisfaction. Brown Chemical Co.,
manufacturers, Baltimore Nd.
ACCIDENT TO A CnILD.-A little girl about
five years old daughter Of Mr.. Jacob Wilct
living on The F. & Z. turnpike just north of
town fell from wagon and seriously iniur-
ed herself by striking on her head causing
conclusion Of the brain. DR.. NJ. +. Leath-
erman was called in and the child is now
considered out OF danger.
To OUR CORRESPONDENTS at Rocky Ridge,
we are called upon to administer some adj
vice, which we will assume to he the sag, st
Of owl-likc wisdom; Minerals 10 endeav-
or, SO to speak. Now, boys, (of course this
familiar address is privileged although you
may have rounded up more Of Father Times
golden cycles than we havc) boys, remrm-
Der, that little birds ia their nests agree"
elsewisc they might "fall out" Now, every
mothers son Of a gun of you have it within
you to reach up, as though on stills, when it
comea to enrolling your name in the temple
of rcpnrt1rial fame; the Nari d accomplish
mcnts that become apparent with each re
curing volume sent out, urge grcen-lppcd
Envy to surge against the vessel containing
the milk of human kindness that is lodged
IN the breast of the publisher until the heart
strings attuned to benevolent chords vi rate
in angry dsc"rd, like the sides of an unsym
pathetic store box wAen questioned by n
rude and unsophst 'alrd rail. Your savage
saIc; SIN has warped tie earth until Beaver
Stunning bed to the turbulent Monocacv; your
with, ring satire cuts !hc printers ink to a
dc 5ree that renders publication impossible
your poesy mesmcrizes the devil and sets
Linn dreaming Of love and sich when he
sholld be eryst'lzng in immortal print the
v"sy output Of our secthing hraia; or carry
ing ur our coal and worse than Ill, you make
each other mad ma lder than wac Billy Pat
terson whit the question Was asked "Who
Struck Billy Patterson" and echo answered
who"
In this issue. W" permit jnst enough TO ap
pear to prove shat some one 10 becoming ir-
ltated ard with old the remainder; W. are
perfectly sptisfnu to be the medium through
Which whole rel GLIB rhood 81 all lie ANUS
ed; ia fact, we have come to accept such u
proposition as :; duty reg rdess of the taet
that one CL>RIcN probably serves twenty
five readers, but when one anu es Inns II
by getting angry, then we feel that we have
done our whole duty.
Kiss and make up, boys; if not each other,
then each others sisters might serve as a We
hicle for the conveyance of friendship and
bro'herIy love and the brilliant fut lre in
store tor you as reporters will not be nippcd
in the bud by the stern decree of the wise
Mentor ofrmr ssnctum.