Catoctin clarion., 1890-08-21

putting up l'iutltlul lOl blC NHC VI 'iis
OCCASION BY order of the
CoNsTsToEy.
Every Home should have 1t.
1t is not always convenient to call n
Physician for every little ailmcnt. Having
Red Flag Oh in the house you have Physi-
clan always at hand, it kills Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Burns Bruises and all Aches and
Pains. Price 20 cents
There are few things in this life Of whicl.
we may be certain, but this is one of them,
Pan Tina Cough an, Consumption Cure mas
no equal for Coughs, Colds and Consump-
ton. Price 25 Cents
AT DR.. j. X Waters Drug Store.
A CANARD.-Mr. William Hughes, of
kccdysville, has been offered, it is reported,
SIG hushel for his coming peach crop,
which offer has been refused. He estimates
that his orchard will yield about GOO bushels
this year, instead of thousands if the crop
had been good one. Should his orchard
yield GOU bushels, and he received SIG per
hushcl, the gross receipts will amount to
S9,GoO
The foregoing item has been going the
rounds of the newspapers, hut from an
interview with Mr.. Hughes, the Boonsboro
Times learns that he will not have more
peaches than his family can usc.-Ghbs.
BAsEDAIL.-On Wednesday afternoon of
last week, our baseball club met the Woods
boro boys on the Crcagcrs,own grounds, de-
frating them by a score ofl9toS. After the
came OF ball came another of bawl, our club
having taken and kept possession Of the bail
used IN the game, furnished by the Woods.
boro club. Woodsbolo talked about taking
the ball by forcc,and as the last member of
our club was driving out of Crcagcrstown,
three or four Woodsboro men discovered
that they were ANXIOUS to fight and were
seen to remove their coats and roll up their
sleeves lctiantly but as there was no longer
any one there to defy the air was the only
thing to suffer. There will not likely be Il
return game
FAMILY AFTERNOON EXCURSION To PEN
M>R.-By special request Of a number of
prominent people residing along tn" line Of
the Western Maryland Railroad an afternoon
excursion train for Pen Mar will leave Balti-
more at leo p. NJ, on Tuesday next, August
2G, stopping TO take on passengers at Glyn-
don, Westminster, tnlon Bridge New
Windsor and Mechanicstown. The tram
will reach Pen Mar Park at about p. Nj j,
and will allow cXcursionists nearly five hours
at that delightful resort. The Blue Mountain
House Orchestra has been engaged specially
to furnish dance music and there will be
other features Of entertainment. The park
will be beautifully illuminated at night, be-
sides which the moon promises to shed her
radiance over the scene Arrangements for
an extra supper, at the usual rate of fifty
cents per head hayc been made with Mana
ger Crout, of the Fen Mar Restaurant, and
everything that can add to the cntcrt alnmrnt
OF the visitors will be given attention. As
this is the first afternoon excursion train OF
the season to make stops at the stations
named there will donbl less be large number
who will avail themselves of this Opportuni.
ty OF an afternoon Of unrivacd enjoyment
Returning leave Pen Mar $50 p. NJ
DISTORTED VISION We believe that W,
! send out readable newspaper we do not
aspire to the Summit Of Parnassus in tn,
! matter Of topographic excellence, but we dc
aim 10 do the best we can and tla, seems sat
sfac,ory to a majority Of our readers; We DC
not use apple butter AS a substitute for ink
nor do we cndcavor to palm of sarcasm tol
friendly suggestion. We call spade spa,,,
and when somebody's style does not suit us
we criicisc it only when it becomes an
intcgra! part of our own interests. We owe
the IIagcrstown NeacS Il readable newspaper
scmisomcimcs, if our ann be only to kccl
| the account square wcowc them one of oul
best, weekly, if carelcssncss and lnattcnlion
be eliminated wholly from the Nc"s' account
! rersuS ollr.clf
We would be constrained to say something
savage to the Neers were it not for the tral
that the terror we usually inspire when We
threaten, might result ia even yet palcr pages
Of the Ncrs than we are accustomed to see
Why, what do you mean? Applcbutler is as
black as the hinges Of shcol, compared with
the tcnuous spcctrcs Of words imprinted, thai
| come to us and again come and come, filling
Us with unspcakablc horror OF ghosts of /
possiblytcad and lctunct llagcrstown Ners
| If the Neps will quit mailing us its Grip
plctl Shades, there will be no occasion fo
/ such drafts upon its fountain of satire Ks tht
following:
TIE CAToCrIN CLARIoN.-This is a papc
which we love to rcad--whcn We can bu
that Is seldom. 1t is original IN everything
even its print, which seems to be apple
butter instead Of ink. fla line crops ont Sc
plainly AS to be distinguishahlc we smile, f.
the inimitable Casscll is apparent IN every
letter We grow sad, however. when on
four cycs-two glass and two human-ial
to distinguish what he is talking about an'
what he evidently means to make plain IL
docs make il plain-dccidcdly pIain-witl
hI4 pcn, but when he puts it III print, why
why we naSp for breath and wonder villa
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