Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-07-12

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pear next week.
Mr. r, A. Wos,lcr has embarked IN ,he
business of manutartur1nr CIGARS lie cv
D,cts to make a contract 70 finnish y HoIti-
more city dealer and if successful IN ,his win
cmnlov )orco number Of hands
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pEATu OF Hon. Joshua BlGCN-Thc sub
| lrct Of this sketch, Hon. Joshua Biggs, whose
death occurred at Rocky Ridge ON Monday
last, was one of the leading representative
jmcn of this county and in his death many in
.crcsts above those Of his own and his tam-
| " will experience the loss of guide with a
firm hand, clear Judgment, broad grasp and
sterling integrity. He was man of progress,
who kept himself educated and well abreast
of modern ideas refusing to he welded to
any theory or method once it became obSo.
lctc and respectable only on account of its
antiquity.
He was a. rcsSive, positive and decided
IL his views but onlv after having fully con
WINGED himself Of the correctness Of his poi
ton and he ncId in HIGHER respect those who
differed with him radically, than such as
adopted shifting or cyasiyc policies; with
these he had little patience. He wasan III.
tcrc-'ng and impressive talkcr. giving an
impression OF ra,n,stncss and careful thought
that gayc to a conversation with him Il pccul-
i"r zcst that always was agreeable and
Instructive
Politically &c vas q GCmocIat, un4wcry-
M IN hi3 LOYALTY To his party, but withal, he
longing to that class ofmcn who abhor time.
servers and yhams and in dealing with such
in his own party was severe in his criticism.
and uncuUvocul in his opposition to the pre-
fcrmcnI Of all such.
His executive talent gave him hiah rank in
both public ana private caplci.y he was y
useful and influential member of the board
Of directors of the Western MARYLAND Rail
road and of the = llto Co., Fire ms. Co., and
contrssc;llv onc of the ablcst forrmen that cv-
cr sat with a Frederick County grand iulv.
We have known and esteemed him for
nearly twenty ycaes lin many WAYS and great
measure had he secured our warm pcrsonal
rcrlrl and it is to the memory of an unly0.
ken friendship that we dedicate tins sketch
of a life that came into contact with ours on
" to render it more pleasant.
Joshua Birrs w $ born Jan. |, 1921 on the
Buck Forest farm now owne,. 10y Il. G. Eek
cnrodc His father, William Birms of Jacob
was horn Sent 9th 1874 and his mother Sa-
rah Ilaincs Of Linwood, Nd. July 4th, 1874
Ills ancestors were ENGLISH. On nov. nth
1876 he morrlcl Phoebe S. Morrison who
with tour sons survive him. He was c,u
Gated 1T PENNSYLVANIA Collcre and durinr
his early life ,nugnt school and studied med.
ic,pc Prior to the war he was a whl~, dur
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