Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-04-04
lFoR THE CLARION
Lows Locals.

Though silent for sometime, have enjoy
ed reading "TuE CLARION" with its inter.
estiug county locals. Ill the while. And now
as Spllng is beaming upon US, filing all our
hearts with the sublime beauties Of nature
and invigorating our entire nature as it
were with new life. Those beautiful lines
of bryant" are verified by natures hand
which say:
What plant We in this apple tree?
Sweets for hundred Towering Springs
r.: load the May winds restless wings,
When from the orchard now he pours
It's fragrance though The open door;
A word of blossoms for the bic,
Flowers for the sick girls silent room,
For the glad infants. Springs Of bloom,
We plant the apple tree.
AMI glad to send you few locals, which
have been able to secure
Mr.. II. 0. Better, OF Hagerstown, was
home on few days visit to see his father,
Mr.. Sam'l Better, who is quite i'll.
AIR. Frederick TroXell, one Of our oldest
and highly esteemed neighbors, is quite i'll
with pneumonia.
Mrs Sam'l Difcnd,l who has bees afflict-
cd with rheumatism for some time past, has
improved considerably.
Mss Bessie Zimmerman, who has been
visiting her aunt Mrs. Campbell of Balti.
more the past three months, has returned
home.
Mr.. s. Mrs. e. w. 10y have been visiting
friends near Gettysburg the past few days
Mr.. William Long has his new barn near
completion. MIR. Long has II pleasant, COM
Portable a ID pleasantly located little home.
Our efficient an. gentemanly clerk, Mr..
NJ. E. Gernand, am very sorry to learn has
left our entcrpIising merchant Mr.. G. w.
10y, although on most friendly terms with
Mr.. Low, to fill an engagement with Mr.. w.
Fl. Biggs of Rocky Ridge. Though sorry to
lose you Milton" We are delighted to know
you have engaged to such kind, honorable,
thorough business man as Mr. w. II. Biggs.
I assure you. Mr.. Biggs will he valuable
friend to You, as lie certainly has been to me-
Mr.. Biggs is one Of the gentlemen we meet
Ill lie HuN nj g puiuCu w ICufC'
Mr.. John w. 10y is filling the position
vacated by MIR. &c. nand, whether pcrma.
nently or not l am unable now to say, al
though Mr.. J. W. 10y would beyond doubt
be the man for the place, as lie is an exem-
plary young man III every respect.
Mr.. F. Mort moves on Mr.. Hinea's farm
ol,nu the MonOcacv
Miss Minnie Martin made flying visit to
her friends Misses Wcntz and Everhart of
Hanover, and returned Monday.
Miss Ella Simpson of Frederick is visiting
the family of Mrs. s. Diffendal.
l should like very much if our correspon-
dent of Cre.gcrstown would send a few
locals aud especially a full account of that
Shooting Match" read a few lines of 1t
in the CLARION, in which Mr.. B. Fox won
the prize. Why Was surprsed-,he boys
of e. would be beaten by such an aged gen.
tleman as our much respected friend Mr.
Fox. What was wrong with the "profes
sional tack shooter? the gentleman who
intended to beat your humble writer last
winter 30 shots out of Is but whose Imagl-
nation was much greater than his wit or
skill, and the result proved be won one ~
shot out of the twenty-five. had an idea
he might try to initiate Lord Byron in his
actions after his first volume Of po' ms were
placed before the public But seems not.
hope our correspondent will tell Us some
thing about it. WLo were the contestants :?
The distance? &c.
Mr. Bruce Ogc has moved to Emmitsburg,
Mr.. Calvin his brother will move on the
farm.
Rsiny Sundays seem to DO prevalent now.
Resp'y
O.C. Boy.