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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

PERsoNAL,-Mr. Geo. F. Landers, cadet
at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point,
spent several days of last week, at his home
in this place. He has passed successfully
his third examination and has yet but Que
year to serve.
Mr.. Daniel w Zen,z has returned from
very pleasant visit of three weeks to friends
in Springfield, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

The GAME at Union Bridge on Monday
last resulted in a closely contested and hard
earned victory for our boys. The club went
to that town expecting to find an easy vic,
tory awaiting them as heretofore the playing
of the Union Bridge club has been far below
that of our nine the decided improvement
in their playing coupled with the fact that
Andcrs, Stull and Black did not play with
the Mechanicstown boys put matters in
such shape that it became, after the seventh
inning, an exciting contest and anybody's
game The umpire may be a capable man
in that capacity but he became sufficiently
excited ~ to coach Union Bridge runner
reckoning him in from third at a time when
the ball was being thrown wildly by the
Mechanicstown players.
The two clubs were very amicably inclin-
ed and with one exception, there were none
disposed to indulge in personalities one
young man was driven to relieve soul
ovcrburdened with wit, by frequent lndul-
gcnce in sarcasm at the expense of the
"mountain rattlesnakes" he furnished
amusement of a peculiar kind and was am
ply rewarded by the manifest enjoyment lie
afforded the visitors.
We append the score by innings:
1 2 3 4 8 g 8 8 Total
c. B. 0 0 I I 0 0 2 1 .
Mcstn 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 IL
These two clubs will play second game
at this place on Saturday next; the game
will commence at | O'Clock, promptly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

Business Locals-R. F. Witherow:
Estey Organs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

Further progress in the water-works en-
terprisc seems to be awaiting more hearty
ro-opcraton on the part Of our citizens.
Five or six men could easily be found who
wolli take all the stock, but it is preferred
to have the people more generally represent
q and interested in the matter 1t We are
to Ii. I'VE the works completed by the winter,
,.,rL n,ust soon hcrin.--CdrrN tsUS
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

We publish this week "a tramps' impress
4ions CT our town and its surroundings. 1t
will be relief, certainly, to our readers 70
follow the thoughts of others than us; We
cone to you weekly and of our style you
probably tire You are to be congratulated
upon the circumstance of having placed be-
fore you pencillings SO interesting as those
by the tramp" For you We assume to
speak, requesting further contributions at
his hands
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

Among the Frederick county applicants
who were examined before the Civil Service
Examination were Messrs Henry Boyle, Of
Liberty; Gus Hammond, Of townsville; Prof
Works, of Frederick, and Mr.. Gaver OF
Creagerstown district. All Of these gentle
men passed tirst-class examinations and
would make competent and efficie Mt officers
in their respective postions.-C Clifton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

THAT SCOT is summit Of joak and
VIC are bound to do our little larfing. The
band practised nobly each night last week
with a view to perfecting its playing, hav-
ing an eye single to the $50 prize to be con-
tended for at the Emmtsburg Centennial
1t penrd and it ritjd but 1t didn't vM' the
500 and now when anyone speaks OF the
+. G. IN the presence Of our band, some
member is heard to express as his individual
sentiments that said e. c. was very tame
affair at best and that he don't see what
they wanted with more than one band any
how, 70 like TO know, 80 tell you, yes,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

Enmitsburg is able to count eight new
buildings erected there OF in prospect for this
season. We have thought heretofore that
we were out stripping our sister town IN
building. but we able thus far to count but
five, vet there are others in prospect and
enough or them to exceed the number eight.
We Shall attain to that number, probably,
tct.rc the summer has ended.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

LARGE FISH There has been sent to our
office the head of a black bass which was
recently captured in net by Mr.. Fullerton
b Rice, in the lower Monocacy, near Buck
eystown. This monster fish weighed seven
pounds and measured fifteen inches around
the head in front of the Sills. Mr.. William
Jones' of Buckeystown, recently caught a
carp in the same waters, which weighed
nine pounds and two ounces, and measured
90 inches in length Valley Register.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

DEATH OF Mr. THORNTON PooLE.-Mr.
Thornton Poole, of Linganorc, an account
Of whose fill from cherry tree we noticed
last week died on "Wednesday evening last,
and was buried in the cemetery attached to
St. Peters Catholic Church in this place on
Friday morning last at II O'Clock. Oeceas-
cd was 76 years VI age, and leaves an aged
wife, two sons and -- daug httts. -Blnncr.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

The Democrat .4dy0cate virtually admits
tho charge that errors in the umpircs de-
cisions in the game played between the
clubs of this and that place on the goth ult
turned the game against the Mcchanicstown
club. Disinterested spectators have said
10 us that accurate umpiring would have
shown result about like this; Westminster
s Mecbanicstown more than IA. But then
that is one Of the fortunes of war in base
ball and not being of the unexpected, sur
ID iscs nobody
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08

the more churches the better for us, so long
rs there are strong civil laws to control and
prevent us quarre ling.
Now Mister Editor excuse 80 much talk
ing but want to say good word and 1t al
ways requires certain amount of dressing
out to make yourself heard and withal en-
deavoring to strike the truth with a slight
touch of the fashion. / want you to keep
blowing away, encourage all hands, not
progressing towards metropoltanism to.
ward wealth and commercial turmoil but
toward what shall keep your town at pretty
nearly what 1t is already with few excep-
tons, that is, the abodes of plenty, content
ment, temperance, in telligencc, morality
The homes of many happy families, with
their pretty accomplished girls, manly in
dustrous boys, and many good things
around Feed them from the higher sources
and lead them up by degrees. With so
much to amuse enjoy and to love who could
help liking Mechanicstown, Long may it
live to gather chestnuts and blackbcrries
and hunt groundhogs-ycs, and to love and
to enjoy all the blessings of this superb,
healthful and pure forest home, guarded
eternally and safely by your old father Ca
toctin. A TRAMP.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

of boards and not ON the ground. No
wormy or bruised fruit should ever be used.
Fine, uniform apples should be placed in the
first layer with the stems down. Ths bottom
becomes tho heal when the barrel is filed.
After the first layer the fruit may bs poured
in from baskets, care being taken not to
bruse it Place enough on top toprciect half
the thickness Of an apple above the top Of the
chime Of the barrel Place the top on these
apples, aud with screw press gently force it
into the barrel Mark on the head of the
barrel; plain stencil makes the best mark.
Use the brand only on the best parcels. II
inferior fruit is TO be sent, it is better to vary
the mark 4 reputation for cool fruit may
he destroyed if tho regular brand is used on
inferior sorts. Some brands are 50 well known
that the fruit does not even need to he
sampled at the sale Lat an inferior lot go
to the sale with the brand affixed, and this
reputation will surely he lost. The expense
OF sending barrel of apples from New York
to the market ut Liverpool is about 81. To
this mus. he added the freight from the point
of packing To New York, and cost of handling
in the city The agent charge per cent.
commission. All good keepers will do to
send Baldwins, RusSets, Jonathans, Kings,
Geenings, Spitzenburgs, etc, all do well ON
the trip
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

Cut fodder when the corn begins to glaze.
Next spring try fiat culture of potatoes,
without any killing up.
The Mann apple, so highly recommended,
is not proving hardy in the north.
Ii costs more to take a bushel Of potatoes
from Albany to New York by rail than from
Liverpool to New York by steamer.
A cross of the Jersey with the hornless
Galloway cattle is said to he productive Of
excellent results The calves from this cross
are hornless.
A good sized bag of charcoal hung in els
tern will sweeten the water if it has soured or
become foul The charcoal should be broken
into small humps.
A broad-mouthed fruit jar partly full Of
sweetened water will catch the cabbage
moths. Have several such jars around the
cabbage patch.
In setting milk for cream to rise this simple
principle must be remembered: The depth of
the lower it is the deeper milk may he set, the
higher, the shallower it should be.
Four million dollars worth Of potatoes are
imported into the United States every year,
Yet American farmers cannot get paying
prices for the home produ,t The cause is
that internal transportation j. ~ high.
Picked olives and dry bread are said to be
sure cure for dyspepsia The olives are
simply picked in weak brine. The patient
must eat no meat Olives are beginning to
be raised in California in abundance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Sorghum Sugar.

New Jerseys experiment station has demon
strated that the sugar from cane worked
without leaf or sheath is OF superior quality.
Tho expense of evaporation is also notably
lessened All that seems to be wanted now is
some cheap method of stripping the cane to
make sorghum sugar manufacture a financial
success. Certain disagrecable odoTs and tlavors
have been attributed in a general way to
these leaf growths BY the old method of
pressing the juice from the cane more than
half the sugar, in the best equipped mills, was
left in the refuse. The diffusion process EN-
ployed in the manufacture of beet sugar Is
applied with great success to the manufacture
Of sorghum sugar. The stripped cane, when
cut, is comparatively heavy and lies close in
the cell. Cane with the leaves on is so much
lighter, and lies So much more loosely, that 1t
requires nearly twice as much water to till
the spaces in the latter case, and this means
more dilute juice and the need of more evap-
Grafton
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Circular for Apple shippers.

belong. Mayer & Co, New York, issue
the following circular to apple raisers and
packers:
1t is expected that the English apple crop
will I've very small this year, and that conse-
ourn,ly profitable market will be found for
many of our apples abroad. Last year In the
nine months betwees August, ~, and May,
st. 81. 900 barrels Of apples were shipped 70
England. Prices were not entirely satisfac-
tory, however, and many were disappointed,
This year, in consequence OF the reported
failure Of the English crop, It is expected that
prices will bs more satisfactory. The
most important point is the packing.
Only new barrels should be used, and
the filling should 10 done on platform
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
COVER FOR MOUTH OF DRAIN.

The end of the tile is cut away as shown.
The trap is made of galvanized iron, heavily
wired around the sloped end for the lid to
rest on A brass hinge is used, to prevent
rustng. When the water flows down
through the drain the trap is lifted by the
force OF the water until it assumes the posi-
ton A. When the water stops flowing, the
cap fails of its own weight until when the
water ceases, the opening is closed. Mr..
Crane found that muskrats crawled up his
drains into the fish pond to destroy the carp.
One of these traps placed at the lower end of
the drain prevented any further trouble.
One placed on the end of the house drain will
give good satisfaction
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
HAL.E'S EARLY PEACH.

are glossy, flowers large, and it is all abund-
amt bearer. The fruit is of medium sizs,
nearly round, skin mottled rel, dark rel
cheek, flesh white, melting, high flavor, and
parts freely from the stone. Since its intro
duction into New Jersey and Delaware, the
peach season begins at period very percepti-
bly, earlier than before.
Peaches will grow in most parts OF this
country. But the central portion of the United
States is where they thrive the best, notably
in New jersey and Delaware The Delaware
peach Is now the fashionable one in city mar
kets
Where this fruit is known to do well, it
may I've planted in large quantities. and is a
valuable crop In other localities it should he
experimental with cautiously. Nearly every
farmer has had experiences Of the curses,
both loud and deep, with which an unprotit-
able peach orchard has been cut down.
II is said now that the practice of budding
the peach tree year after year. has weakened
its vitality and made it liable 10 disease. but
nobody knows. If you want to begin care
fully with peaches, plant first few trees
near your house and sheds to see If they will
do well. That is for places which YOU do not
know TO be adapted to them.
This fruit does we'll trained against wall
or "A house where it will be sheltered. A few
trees will be all that are necessary for home
use, getting an assortment of both early and
late ones. Planted i'll an orchard tie peach
thrives best in dry sandy or gravely loam
Ii peach raSerS get an average OF three crops
in five years they do well, and make the
business pay In setting out an apple orchard
it is good plan TO set the apple trees the
proper distance apart, then fin in the spaces
between with young peach trees, They will
have got their growth, borne their fruit, and
died and been cut down by the time the apple
orchard is large enough for them TO be III its
way.
Select western or northern slope for your
orchard This keeps it back in spring and
makes the fruit germs less liable to be killed
A peach trees best bearing life is from its
fourth to its tenth year Whole crops have
Of late years been destroyed by the disease
called yellows. Plenty Of spent lime mixed
with the soil about the root, will prevent this
and often cure it. In this disease the leaves
turn yellow and the tree dies. Insufficient
nouriShment is one cause assigned tor il.
Orchards may be set out either in fall or
spring In the fall, the time from the mid
die OF October to the middle of November, is
the proper season for planting. In the spring
AZ soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Opinion is divided as to whether tail or>prjng
planting is hest.
Besides Hale'S Early, another approved
variety is Crawfords Early. Excellent me
dunn late varieties are Honest John and Vel
low Roserpe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Trimming Annie Trees.

The present is a good time for looking after
the apple trees that were grated last spring.
The scions which have grown fast and are
tender should he checked by cutting off their
ends. so that the wood may ripen and not he
winter killed Cut away the native limbs
slowly, so as not to cause too great a shock to
the tree. II is not generally safe to cut limbs
closely at first, but to cut them off one foot
or more from the body at first. Then let
them sprout and grow the next season. If
they sprout and grow very fast then let them
grow the following year until the leaves fall;
break the sprouts from the stubs and limbs;
let them grow another year, then cut them
of smooth. American Cultivator.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
The Dnns nj NnMnnrt.

Dogs of many sorts one secs in Newport,
and some very beautiful ones Splendid great
st. Bernards of tawny yellow; fat, low
bodied DachS; hounds Tor turn-spit dogs,
ugly, bow-leggcd bulldogs, etc, meet the eye,
AMI some pet dogs, but net so many as Of old.
One curious little dog looks like an enlarged
and very fat bat, He has pointed ears and
all tie skin you can see under his blanket,
through his thin black hair, has a smooth, I'M
pleasant look, which is said to come from his
being oiled every morning, like n prize
fighter This dog is the child-or pup-oi
n.xury, and belongs to a rich lady of New
port At one of the florists stores on the
.vcnue is tiny Scotch terrier, no larger than
kitten; but like other small creatures, he is
very pu%uaciouS, hence is fastened TO "A very
large chain, at the end of which one family
perceivcs this diminutive but fierce beast,
whose bark is hardly louder than that of a
mosquito. \ man driving in an open wagon
on Thames street was seen few days since
with three Scotch terriers sitting on the seat
beside him. and not a soul else in the vehicle.
Boston Traveller
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

In Montana there is still tendency to crush
high hats and prey on the pocketbook and
sentiments of the tende foot. To cite single
instance of unmitigated gall triumphing over
credulity in that section, an English traveller
on our train purchased for $50 the arrow that
killed Custer. As far as the testimony of
history is concerned relative to the dreadful
battle scene that lay silent overlooking the
banks of the Little Big Horn, the body Of the
dashing, golden-haircd Custer was found I'M
mutilated by the hand of the savage Sioux,
indebted by the touch Of an arrow. Thus
fact triamphs over fiction.-Cor Chicago In
trr-O Cenn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Di,likea of BeeS,

A correspondent Of The Bee Journal writes
that a brood of chickens were in the habit of
frequenting the shed in which he kept his
bees. The bees stung all the dark colored
ones to death, yet did not modest the light
cslo,ed chicks Why the preference! The
editor writes that he has frequently spoken of
the advantage of wearing light clothes among
the bees. We wear black bee wells because
we cannot seecleariy through any other color.
Woolly, fuzzy and dark materials are objected
to by bets A man with a plug hat on rarely
gets stung unless by bee that is trying to
shoot the hat" aims too low and hits the face
by mistake, while a companion at n suitable
distance is perfectly safe.-lewiston (Me)
journal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Seel Wlleat.

The 18th to the Goth of September Is the
time fall wheat is usually sown, II is well to
change the seed every year, certainly every
two years. The best varieties of winter wheat
are the Fultz, the Diehl- Mediterranean and
Michigan Amber A new kind, called Mig
ger" wheat. is very highly commended IN
some of the northern states. 1t is said to yield
abundantly aud to make beautiful flour. Mig
ger wheat is bearded, has a white chaff AMI
stiff straw, and stands up well; the berry very
large and of dark color. 1t is exceedingly
hard
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
FODDER CLAMP.

lay it in the clamp, and so on until it is full.
Place one knee on the bundle and bring the
Irvine together, and tie by passing through
the loop and making simple knot. Cut the
Irvine; place one foot on the board and lift
the bundle ont and replace the Irvine as be-
fore The bundle can be easily bound as tight
aS the Irvine will bear. clamp of this size
will make about four bundles from shock OF
1OO hills, and once used will always be wanted.
W C. ). in Rural New Yorker
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
Fodder Clamp.

By its Use much is gained in time, when
handling, and there need be little waste, as all
loose blades can be gathered and placed in the
clamp and bound with the longer fodder. The
clamp is made from piece Of scantlins 2x3
inches by 3 feet long, having two uprights
and a board nailed croSswise to the bottom, to
prevent the clamp from failing over The
uprights are Is inches high and placed in NOR
tees II inches apart, and nearer one end than
the other. The upright> should stand two
inches farther apart at the top than at the
bottom
\ saw kerr is made half an inch deep in the
top of each to receive the Irvine, Il Use reaper
twine.) The clamp i, light and valuable in
field or barn TO Use il, make loop at the
end of the Irvine, and place it in the kerr at
the top of one upright; leave the slack as
shown, and pass the Irvine on through the
other kerf Husk an armful of fodder and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

"Dinny, did you be r'adin' in the newspapers
that Jay Gould's income is tin cints livery
tonne the clock ticks
"Troth, an Oh did. Wouldn't lie a name
thrick now if some blaggyard was to snake IN
an sthop is clock fur i'm
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers salt rhcum, fever sores, letter,
chappcd hands, chilbans, cOrns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. II is guaranteed 70 give perfect sat
isfaction, or money refunded Price - cents
per box For sale by d. LorriauX.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

The theatrical managers righteous war
against "deadheadS' has begun. Ate house
the following notice has been placed in plain
view: Nothing but the air admitted free =
Let in lots Of it and help the ventilation
Chicago Journal.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

Even the stony hearted waiter at the big
summer hotel has to hcave vitying Ugh a.
no looks in through the window from the
piazza and sees the old maids watching the
children playing kissing games. Cambridge
Chronicle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

The cultivation of tea is rapidly increasing
both in India and Ceylon, although the price
is diminishing 1t is estimated that about
70,0O0oo pounds will eventually be the an
nual productio IN Ceylou.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

During dry weather rats, snakes and other
creatures not wanted there often crawl into
the mouth Of drain pipes and choke them.
To prevent this, Robert Grain, a farmer III
Bucks county, Pa, invented the hinged cover
La, CLIO
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04

The salvationis,s of Elgin are in trouble
again. For disregariing the notification of
the mayor to dispense with their drums and
tambourihes in their evening parades,
lieutenant, Two cadets and one convert have
been locked up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-04
1.-THE FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW TO RAISE PEACHES AND WHAT
VARIETIES TO PLANT.

A Fodder Clamp and n Trap to Keep
Rats and Snakes Out of Your Drains.
or Advantage to Apple Shippers-Seed
Wheat-reach Culture.
Hale's Early is considered by many to be
the best early peach now in the market. IL
is said to have orgina.od in Portage county,
TO-, from seed planted b, German. 1t ripcns
VERY early, from the middr of July to the LIST
of August, is q fair, healthy grower, tho leaves
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-15

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