Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-10-21

bility OF locating here in the harness and
saddlery business, but arrived at no definite
conclusion.
RELIGIoUs-The Lords Supper will be
celebrated lg the Graccham Congregation
next Sunday morning. There will be no
services other than Sunday School iE the
Moravian Church Mcchanicsiown neXl Sun.
day. &C. Lanius, Pastor.
SToME Room RENTED.-Mr. J. II. Freeze
has rented his handsome new store room on
the corn,v of Main and Water streets TO Mr.
MauriccI Albaugh, the hardware nnrchan:
now doing business i'll the Gilds building
NJ. \. will take possession April LIST, 1887.
A Young man, aged abom thirty-onc
years, applied to the register ut Williams
port, this county, for registration 81 a quail
fed voter lie gave the Ranc uf b. F.
Bower, written on a slip of paper, hat could
not tell what the initials war tar.-Boons-
boro Times.
Last week Mr., George Shrincr, grandson
of Mr. George Blizzard, residing near West.
Minister lost twenty six hogs, The cause
Of death was supposed to he cholera, but
upon investigation it has been discovered
tha, they were poisoned Ivy eating ch".'
that had been put in fcrtilzin. sacks, the
vtriol contained in the fertilizer lavin .
ra,eu into their intcstincs, which were full
of holes.
The attractions at the l1ngcrstnwn Fair
have drawn largely from this section. But
"A few wears ago this fair was visited by a
very limited number of people from this To-
calitv; wide-awakc management and liberal
advertising has wrought Il decided change
and it is beyond dispute now the agIcnltnr
al fair most popular with our people lht
great bill of attractions to-day has drawn Il
large crowd from this place.
| We are now passing through a season OF
drought, 50 to speak, in local matters. tx
ccping the political issue, thrr" is none; nc
one is astride a "hobhy' at present anG
there has not been heated discussion or
any public local topic reported for quite
while. The water question died a.bornn
the railroad is an accepted fact, the pave
ment problem has l~cn solved AND the hor
zm is clear: not cloud as big as man.
hand to suggest the coming of aught to in
,critrc with perfect Information.
| BrnSISG OUT CHIMNEyS.-.All chimncv
| should be attended to early every fall, i
housekccpcrs would avoid the fright ant
danger of their taking fire. Many valu;'
bile homestead has been destroyed from neg
lrcncc in this matter SCOT accumulate
very rapidly, and much sooner with SOM
kinds of wood than others, and there Is als'
a difference in the coal. If the Gimme.
takes fire, the rcaOic>t means to stop it is t
amply a wet table cloth, hearth-rug or blank
ct 70 the whole front of the CRATE or tircplac
and either hold or pin it close into the jan
then lift up the bottom far enough to thr"'
a pail of water on the fire fla pistol is fir
ed up chimney it will bring down quaint
tics of SCOT, and it is an easy way to rlca
ont small chimney. a few handiuls {
salt thrown into the fireplace or CRATE WI
pu, out the fire, Flour of sulphur throw
upon the fire will also smother the flames
ALUAIIow EEN.-Occurs on the 3ls
and is the vigil of All SAINTS Day, Man
curious customs are connected with this 1cs
tiyal Burns informs III Gin note to n
pocm ON Halloween that "the first cer'
mony of the festival is pulling each "toc'
or plant of kali They may 90 ont hand i
hand, with eyes shut, and pull the first the
meet with eve shut, its being big or littl
straight or crooked, is prophetic OF size an
shape of the grand object of all their spells IL
husband or wife. lfany ytrd, or earth, site
10 the root, that is toc2sr, or fortune; an
Ia &c taste of the custoc, that is, the heart
the stem, is indicative OF the na'ur
,erssper and disposition. Lastly, II
stems ave placed somewhere over the he;
:, of the door. and the Christian names OF II
peope whom chance brings into the hou
are ACE orGing to the priority of placing u
stems. the names in question:
TnE, CIT,yTNs' NATIONAL BANK.-Ih
? institution, one of the handsomtst and mo
commanding buildings in this locality, S
: mated on tive southeast corner OF Iatri'
3 and Market streets, which has been III cour
of erection for the past few months was
far completed as to bc ready for occupan
+ on Monday last, when it was opened
business. Quite a number OF deposits we
j. made, and the indications for the bank q
k ing a flourishng business are very flatt'
}. ing. The incentive for savings OF ten up,
lie taken with avidity. The interest to he
,r lowed on deposits was fixed at 4 per Gel
Is The below named gentlemen are the ONCE
d of the bank: President, Joseph d. Bak
cashier Daniel T. Lakin; teller, VIM.
+. Zimmerman; counsel, Jas. McSherry; dire
" ors, LOUIS McMurray, NJ. N Rhorback, DO
ID S. Ramsburg, O. J. Keller J. D. Baker
&c A. Elder, Geo VIM. Smith, D. Z. heatauV
er c. NJ, Thomas D. II lfarGett, Jas. Mesh
~ Vim. r.. B.Aet.--Ctasra.