Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-12-22

| Early Monday Morning the passenger
train on the Western Maryland Railroad
bound for Shippensburg. ran into freight
train at Midvale, this side of Waynesboro'
The caboose was badly damaged. William
Fogle of Double Pipe Greek, and baggage
master Long, of this place, were slightly in
jured.- Transcript.
QUITE ILI..-Our esteemed townsman Mr..
A. Slick underwent = severe attack of neu-
ralgia of the heart last week and for time
his condition was alarming; he has some
what recovered, but is still liz.
mr. Slick died about o'clock yesterday.
BLUE MOUNTAIN ExPnKss AssuRED.-We
have it from a source that settles the
question, that the w. Md. railroad company is
having Il special engine built for the Blue
Mountain Express, which will make seized.
ule time without any trouble, including a
stop at this place. With the bright prospect
for decided advance in our condition dur
ing the coming summer, the assurance that
this train will stop here, will add nightly
to the impulse IT, make this great summer
resort.
Unless we are further from the facts than
we are accustomed to getting, the coming
summer will mark an epoch here; remember
this forecast.
Town HALL.-rhe Burgcss-Slmmins
Co., supporting the popular Comedian Harry
Hoffman, will commence short season.
Thursday evening, December 22nd. The
company comprises frst-class artists, includ-
ing Frank Ferguson, the English comedian,
z. Sgd Weeks, stage director, Charles Brad
ley, G. Sldd,ngcr, Harry Hyma, Miss Viva
Evans, Lillian Kitchel, Mile Fuller in rep
ertolre ofstapdard comedies ESCAPED from
Sing Sing" "Convict's Daughter, ora Broth
ey's Crime" "True Irish Hearts" "The
Counterfeiters," "The White Slave" etc.
There will be Christmas Matinee Saturday
at 9 p. nl., when that great comedy Multi
gans i'icnic" will he given. Admission to
Matinee 10 and 20 cents, and each child upon
entering the hall will receive bag ofcandy.
Regular Prices 10, 90 and 30 cents.
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Our VIEW OF IT.-Several more or less
benevolent hearted citizens haye called upon
US since the date of our last issue, depreca-
ting what they understood to be an attack
upon those of us who are immigrants and not
ito the manor born" by the author of the
anti.new name communication published
last week.
We believe that we do not assume an I'M
warranted position when we assert that
those who arc now citizens, but who brought
their family bibles with them when they
came, are perfectly content to be compared,
as class. with those who found the family
record awaiting their advent.
Remember that there arc always two sides
to every question and that those two sides
are subject to comparison in the matter at
hand let US simply measure the comparative
weight Of argument, pro and con, and gov
ern ourselves accordingly. Those who are
right can always afford to submit to criti-
icism; nobody quotes ancient history as
authority or warrant for modern proceedings
and 60 ahead tiveness goes ahead, while ye
dncien regime stops to morazc.
There is no occasion to be cast down and
nobody is.
Coon FOR KATE FIELD.-"'Those are our
sentiments" This ancient platitudc took
possession of our suggestive faculties, at once
upon reading letter by Kate Field in Mon
days New York Press, the following of which
are extracts, most to the point from our
viewpoint "America for Americans" AT
present thanks to politicians and general
apathy it Uhs) is the land of Nberties." CAS-
contradstingushed from l.berty)
II believe in immigration; Uncle Sam
himself is an immigrant, but not for those
who place the land of their birth before the
land of their salvation.
1T is about time for Americans to wake
up and d. something instead of talking
about doing something
In word Kate Field, woman, one who
describes herself as "having no vote, belong
ing to no political party and as a citizen
counts In law no more than the idiots, pau
pers, criminals and minors. but who loves
her country" wants immigration stopped {:
she wants the weapon of American suffrage
taken from aliens in heart she wants to see
the leayen of bitterness that has been engcn.
dcred by life under the tyrannics of old
world governments, kept out of the loaf OF
American fair and free heartcdness.
1t is misfortune that the Kate Fields do
not vote in elections where congressional
candidates set trOt lines for these same alien
votes and govern their actions and words
accordingly. 1t Is coming to that and at no
uncertain speed and the wise will take cog
nizancc of the trend Of events.
EDITOR CATOCTiN CLARION:
The writer cX
poets to spend happy Christmas at his home
with his family. all of whom have been
blessed with reasonable health and all the
nccessares of lite. Death, hunger and pesti-
lence Lave not been Known in this house
hold. In the enjoyment of all these blessings
one is very apt 10 forget to return thanks to
the Great Creator and Ruler OF the Universe
and fail to mplore his future care and safe
keeping. Another thought was forcbly I'M
mind a MI