Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-02-11
Monday settled the slelghing in our streets.

Monday settled the slelghing In our streets.
There will be shooting match at glass
balls in Double Pipe Geek on Saturday,
goth inst. Look out for us, we want those
trophies.
On our first page this week we give an
interesting sketch of the early history of the
church at Graceham, written by Mr.. John
w. Jordan.
Charles Gexendanner, formerly Of Fred
erick, who was arrested in Charlestown, W.
Va, last week, upon She change OF flrlng h1s
fathers barn. has been rc!eased on bail.
SPRING WINDS AND CoLDs.-Now ls the
time that changeabe weather and winds
cause colds ON the lungs, and to relieve the
cough Wild Cherry Syrup is the best and
most effectual.
EXPEDITED, You BET.-The great race
between the Sun and the Hera Id for Freder-
lex from this place is interesting. Nj. Fox
bearing the Sun and Mr.. Miller the Herald
now have several relays of horses along the
route and they beat each other to Frederic k
by such narrow margins as from to III
minutes.
COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITy.-Thc Coun :.
ty Commissioners met Mt their office in
Frederick on Monday morning. 1t was late
in the afternoon before the appointments
were announced for Commissioners of Char
ity. The fortunate ones are as follows:-
John r. Best Leonard Mullinix, James
Houck, John H. Abbott, all Of whom reside
in Frederick district, and Geo. VIM. Buckley
of Mt. Pleasant, father Of Mr.. Basil V. Buck
ey of Frederick city.
ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-The third annu-
al meeting of the Mechanicstown Building
Association was held on Saturday last. An
election for officers was held, when the fol-
lowing were reelected to the several posi-
TONS President, Col John r. Rouzer; Vice
President, David s. Firor; Treasurer, Van
B. Osler; Secretary, Chas. E. Cassell; Direc-
tors, Messrs. Frcd'k White, Geo. W. Stocks.
dale, John Jones, John Landcrs, John H..
Rouzer, P. N Hammaker, l.. r.. Waesche.
Rocky RIDGE, Feb. s, 1886.
Ma. EDITOR OF THE CATocTIN CLARION,
My Dear Sir 1t seems that an article
which appeared in your columnsa few weeks
back, and which some alude to as a poem
has given offence to some of your cores
pondents and as a consequence | have been
required ever since to meekly stand target
at short range for guns of large calibre
charged with the powder of two languages.
Not being conversant with the dead Ian
guages, do not know whether am badly
hurt or not may find opportunity to con
suit DR.. Pickwick and learn the extent OF
my injuries.
Allow me to say here for the benefit OF
others than yourself, that am not its author,
neither could l make an intelligent guess rs
to who had anything to do with it,
l cannot understand why these gentlemen
should be so incensed; do not think the
offending items good hit at all l have al
ways believed these gentlemen were endow-
ed with a fair dividend of good looks, good
conversational powers, etc, besides | have
always and do yet regard them as friends
and entertain none but friendly feelings
toward them and could not have been in
duced to say any unkind thing about them
and the other gentlemen myself not includ-
ed) who are named. think it out Of taste,
but ingeniously done.
have always had an idea that pers ons
paying editors for paper expect them to
furnish them with matter which will instruct,
amusc, or in some way or other be of gener-
al advantage and never believing mysefable
to csme up to this standard and beng in
hcrently averse to newspaper notoriety, l
never volunteered myself as n reporter.
In the same paper appeared little Joke
under the head Tragedy" not calculated to
make any one feel unpleasantly, in which
one of your standby reporters recognized
himself; gave the facts as they occurred
to one of his brother reporters, under the
impression that a man long in the business,
and one who is generally full of fun and
good humor and who seems to enjoy the
little jokes as reported from this locality
from time to time, would appreciate and en-
10y this alao if l was mistaken l am sorry
for it and beg the genteman's pardon.
This is the only connection have ever had
directly or indirectly and may add, is all
that shall have unless placed over my own
signature.
The essay on truth in your last issue is
standing admonitlon and applicable for all
time and should be well pondercd, not only
by the boys but also by the men who pro-
nounce their impressions as facts. without
first going to the trouble to ascertain whcth-
er or not these impressions are correct.
1t is unfortunate that this reference to
truth had not been compiled in an article by
itself, SO that you could have given it place
on some other page, as remote as possible
from some of the statements which followed;
an, boun had