Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-03-20
JcliersOnvillc CO.,, JOttiRgs.

JelfersOnville Co.,, JOttings.
Every thing out Of its regular order" is ~
expressive of this unexpected and unlocked
for jottirg by all readers of The CLARION, as
was the baln,y days Of January and the arctic
climate of the present March. That is, per
haps, all the apology should offer for these
notes, were these ali the facts calling up this
letter. From several letters received from
"old boys" of late Co. D. 9th Md, | have been
asked for ~ CLARION Litter. Now you have
the motive, and the subject matter you must
swallow-bttcr or sweet.
The politics of Ohio is as we'll understood
by the CLARION readers as those of MARYLAND
Foraker was defeated for Governor .nd has
been brought INTO national rcpute through
| the ballot box invest igation at Washington,
and notwithstanding ala he has rs big place
in the hearts of the majority of Ohio repuhli
cans as has the gallant McComas with his
western Maryland friends You will hear
from him vet with no uncertain sound.
The hand of fate seems to have lain heavily
on the newly elected lIoAse (,lemocratiC) at
Columbus Last week the fourth member
died since the cl,cli"n-onr scna GRAND three
representatives. We don't believe however
they died lccausc they were democrats.
The general winter weather has been much
the same rs that of Western Maryland, cx
cept from December Goth TO March LIST it was
rain, ram rain and AS consequence Il NIL
hon bushels Of corn we're damaged in the
State Much Of it was in the hands of
renters, and was uAmarkctAble and that
has caused much financial embarrassment, rs
rents must he paid again the price of all
kinds of grain and produce has been SO very
low that it took almost field full of stock
to bring little money: 30 taken altogether
the farmers of the entire West are living by
the hardest, What is the quickest remedy
out of the troubled, seems to be the serious
question. Certainly one thing is settled
among our general farmer-mixed farming
must be the nrder-making a specially of
one line wont do With us, Of OHIO, hogs
clover and corn should he the leading crops,
with raising a few good colts and calves,
choice poultry and bees as strong contin-
gent, and certainly closer economy must
be pracliced to equal up with the low prices.
Good butcher stuff today in our markets will
bring you from to 3 cents per pound for
first class hclftrs; ~ to 4 cents for same
quality steers; hogs, fat, $3.50 per hundred;
stsckers, So to "a per hundred; While chick
ems arc s cents per II and turkeys 10 cents
per h. Corn is % cents per btlSlel and dull
sale while hay is also plenty at $6 per ton
am safe in saying that fully two-thiIds OF
the ground for next years corn crop i'll Ohio
is already broken which means II great deal
The condition and outlook for wheat could
not be more favorable vet you all known the
many dangers the crop has to encounter
before gnrncrcd, 30 we are not safe IN making
any calculations 80 Tar ahead. We don't
think u dry freeze in March possible this
time as the ground is full to OVERT )wng
with water and four inch snow on top.
Monthly stock sales are held at Washing
ton G.. H., nnr county scat, whrlc horse buy
.,s from Cinnclnnati, Dayton, Clhnna and
Columbus come for stock. Hundreds are on
the market each month, but prices like,liose
of other stock aud produce are generally low,
except for one class OF horses, that is we'll
bred toppy roadstcrs and good steppcrs.
They never go tagging If the farmer readers
Of the CLARION will refor TO some ofther old
numbers on lille they will find that two years
ago | advised a change Of breeding in the
horse line. | said Il good general purpose
horse was to he the coming horse, and 1t is
not too late yet. You are in reach Of CirCu-
lntJr, Tom Cchletrec, the Wilson horse of
siotters and plenty Of others, | have no
doubt never mentioned in CLARION to such
you must look for profit in colt raising !;
grade up, but better still if you could start
with Il standard bred For the past four
years our stock men of the county have been
buying and bringing from the studs of Lex
ington and Paris, KY, some OF their best and
most fashionable blood of the standard bred
to our county, and at the late combination
sales at Lexington where more than 1000
head of standard bred changed hands, many
were brought TO Fayette, Ross and llighland
counties all accessible to any point of the
three counties. Among the representatives
we have Il sou OF Onward, one of young
| Wilkes, one OF Lisle WiIkcs-each sons Of
Georges Wilkes acknowledged head of the
Hambctonian family in point of speed then
we have mares of the Clay Mambrino and
many only second removes from old Ham
blc,onian No. 10 Utysdcck) SO you zee we
are getting ready for it, G. NJ. f.
'onti0H1d inert "eck,