Catoctin clarion., 1891-05-21
Another narrow escape from a killing
frost OH last Sunday night.

Another narrow escape from a killing
frost OH last Sunday night.
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Crown Stock Food acts like magic on
hogs, prevents hog cholera.
The Miller House has been repainted and
and the porch III front repaired: the Gilbert
House porch has also been repaired.
10. y. +. IN MIDDLETowN. -Catoctin
Lodge of Odd Fellows reinforced by visitors
from Mechanlcstown and Boonsboro had a
parade on Wbit-Monday. Dr.. William M.
Osborne, Of Washington, delivered an ad-
dress. The parade visited the cemeteries
and placed flowers on the graves of deceased
members. There were hundreds of visitors
in the town, the streets being almost impass.
able at times
REFORMED CLAssIs.-The Chassis Of the
Reformed Church conyenes to-day (Thurs-
day. at Woodberry, Maryland. Rev. G. A.
Whitmore Is the clerical and Mr.. VIM. j.
Cramer lay member from this charge.
The following report will be made from
this charge: baptized, IS infants and adults; ;
received by confirmation AZ, by certificate 8 {;
there were IA deaths during the year. Col
lectlons, for BENEVOLENT purposes $44S.74,
for congregational expenses $041.0O
Rev. G. A. Whitmore received n telegram
on Monday evening calling him to the bed
side of his father in Mt. Crawford, Rocking.
ham County, Virginia, who is very i'll.
AN ANTIQUARIAN STUDY.-It had long
been taught that evidences of the most re-
mote history were to be found IN the East
and that America is really a new world.
Later researches however hayc demonstrated
that man moved and had his being here and
that a strange civilization of q great people
had passed away thousands of years before
that NANNY had walked about IN Thcbcs'
streets"
The demolition of an ancient building
in this place last week revealed the fact that
in some bygone age of our people domestic
animals were worshipped here and at their
death their remains were by some perfect
process of enlbalmlng mummfied. When
discovered the attention Of the scientific men
of our place. was called thereto and the ar
cheologists aud antiquarians sat upon the
body, so to speak.
We give a synopsis Of the learned disguise
ton made IN the way Of an informal verdict
by the savants That the remains are those
of the aons since extinct Fels D0mestica that
from the gaping of the jaws that it had been
howlcr in chief on the occasion Of family
cat-astrophnes; that in the matter Of mice il
had been the FIdus A(chates of the family
that it had probably been chased oyer the
back lots by CAMS Major himself before he
became constellation having the appear
ance of having been discmbowelcd, it is pos
sblc that its inlcstincs We're twangcd by Ar.
cadians on their tortoise shell Tyres; there
being no dingcs in It's frame, it evidently al.
tcdatcs the invention of boot jacks both
fore arms are missing, this would seem to
imply a custom among the ancents OF pro-
viding against It's climbing from the mauso
leum, in event of any one OF its nine lives
having been accdently spared the utter alb
scnce Of halr on or about the remains was a
puzzlcr and different theses were written
some asserting that ages ago when this ball
was very much hotter there were no fur
bearing animals and that its demise dates
back that far: others claim that it was q
black cat and came under the law of the
Medcs and Pcrsians as embodied in the fol.
lowing poem:
When you catch q white cat,
Save HIM, save hm:
When you catch q black cat,
Shaye him, shave him.
This sombre relic of by gone age awaits
the interest of some Scientific Society of An
tquaran Research and will br placed f. O.,
b. for the asking.
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