Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-09-15

JUST Our LUCK Now that squirrels are
legitimate game and the bass are biting, VIC
are oyerrun with work and can't 60; that is
we ought not go, but-in the language OF
Rip-we won't count this one.
Kce Mar College, in Hagerstown, Q. l..
Kcedy, president, has made provision for ten
scholarships in the State, emitting the hold
ers to free tuition for four years. The col
lege is Il school for young women.
The Williamsport Leader recently compile
ted its seventh year. The care with which
it makes note of local happenings ard its
desire to conserve local interests should rem
der it indispensable TO its constituency.
Please hitch up your "galluses" girls, and
get the epicycloldal truncated semi'cone that
scours the pavement, up, just high enough to
leave the cigar stulnps, tobacco guilds and
autumH leaves undisturbed, rs you pass by.
Through the resignation of Miss Ella
Pampal, who had been second assistant in
our public schools, Miss Beth Firor, who had
been third assistant secures the place and
Miss Ryrde Jones, who had been for one year
assistant at Franklin Mills school, now has
the place of third assistant Ill our town
school.
HERE Too, PLEASE. Street lamps will
burn during the entire night in Emmtsbnrg.
Let us have the same thing here: the cost
will be but trivial matter when the great
convenience it will be, is considered. 1t will
net only be convenient but add to the safety
from crooks who might come this way.
Let the lamps burn all night, gentlemen.
The newspaper of generation ago may
have been more scholarly production than
the average sheet of the present day, but as II
newspaper it was of little account, compare
lively. The day of newspaper essays has
gone by. People now read their papers to
learn What is going on in the world and not
to learn what some pedantic individual thinks
about something that lie knows nothing
about Valley Register.
| Miss Fern, daughter Of Rev. T. F. Bush.
ong Of Springfield o., is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Maggie Grouse of this place.
Lieut.. Geo. F. Landers having completed
his years study at the Fort Monroe school,
will spend his one months leave of absence
here, prior to locating at Pensacola, Fla,
where he has been assigned to duty.
Mr.. Howard White has returned from
| Philipsburg, Pa, where he had beer for sew
cral weeks in charge of his brother, DR..
Frank Whites dental practice, while the
doctor was enjoying an outing.
SOMEWHAT DIsCoNCERTED.-Att the Band
pkSAjc On Saturday last the Gettysburg Cor
net Band gave some evidence Of Il desire,
strengthened by the expectation, offun at the
expense Of our mountalncer band. In fact
they remained oyer tor the night with the
express purpose of overwhelming our boys
| by their superior music.
Well evening came and with it, our band.
The Gcttysburgcrs struck a critical attitude
whrr the boys began to play they mann
| tanned 1t only until the second piece was
well under way, when 1t struck them that
that would be good time to get down out of
their attitude" winch they accordingly did
in dead march time, pp.; air, Whose been
here since wc's been gone"
81. l. c." you rcprohatc-What for did
you tell us how not to doit Things seemed
to be mendng somewhat, when you come
along with your specious arguments on the
subject OF how to rctard the progress of the
town and now that you haye made it so
plain that he who runs may read, they are
fully educated up TO the mark and putting
your vilianous teachings INTO practice.
Why MIN alvc YOU can hear ii spoken
anywhere-.' YOU can't make anything 20 in
this pldcc"-'J. |. G. s heads level he knows
what he is talking about" and more to tile
sartc effect.
Oh! that we lad possessed an office cat
THAT your ntcrprise.murdeIin dor trii,es
might have been digcstcd aud by assimlla-
ton become fiddle strings instead Of ropes
whercwith al, enterprise is stranglcd.
Undo vonr wori; ar we orIo 0l un1Onc