Catoctin clarion., 1893-02-16
|COMMUNICATED.

COMAUNICATED.
EDITOR CLARIoN:-
We note with pleasure tn,
marked social reform among US; this fac
was forcibly impressed upon us at the Psrt
en- Masque, our sweet girls" were charm
invly degage and by their Thoughtful ant
occasion the most enjoyable event Of tn
season. The wall flower genus homo Wa
| conspicuous by his absence.
Moml-Unsclfshnc bcgets true pleasure
Feb. IA, 1893. II.
G. A. II NoTEs-The 18th Annual En-.
campment. G. A. r Dept. of Md, meets a
Baltimore. Tuesday, Feb. 81, Transportation
to Comrades and their families will De fur
nishrd on the certificate plan at the rate o
cents per mile. Tickets good going tt
Baltimore from the 10Th to the 22nd. inst
Return coui on good until the "a inst. Or
ders for these certificates can he procured
from Major Horncr on or before Feb. 49,
Gronicte
Washington county possesses 13l miles OF
turnpike, twelve Of them rhdating from
Hagers,own. The county holds stock II
each company except three and all have
proven 10 be good investments. There ars
62.5 miles of dirt road in that county. TIL.
work Of macadamizlng with lime stone il
that county is slight as compared with wha
it would in this, rs over a large percentage
of its area the stone lies at the snrfnce ant
the delivery OF stone is an inexpensive mat
ter. In such localities the road question il
smplitied.
THE MooN-The moon viii make amends
for getting full twice last month hy not get
ting full at all tins month. That is perhaps
the humorous aspect, but there Is a more in
,elesting one in tho fact that n month with
out full moon only happens once in ahnu
twenty years The irregnlarity is not in thu
moons habits, for they are Of the grestes
regu larily. 1t is the irregularities of th'
calendar that place Luna in this false posi-
ton. The interval b,tween full moons II
always twenty nine and halt days. SO tina
February is The only month that possibly caI
be without full moon, and that only "hel
the proceeding fall moon comes on the 3ls
of January. The last full m on was on Jan
81, and the neon wlll not BE- full again unit
March }.
DEMOCRATIC BANQUEr.-On Thursda,
evening last between two anu three hundirt
members of the Democratic party in 'h
county sat down to banquet III JUNIOR Hall
Frederick City, held under the auspices
the county central committee.
The affair was well conducted throughon
and the special committee in charge vii
have their names enrolled high up on lh'
roll of those gastronomlcally famous: thc'
tastes proved unapproachable.
To the cpicurean p'easures OF DIAMOND
Back Terrnpin and old vintagcs was addc'
n "fcast of reason and flow Of soul"
OF Blackburn and Faulkner it should b,
written:
"When rank Thersitcs opes his mastiff jaw
1--WE shall hear music, wit and oracle.
OF Mark Smith: He speaks holiday
and of that awful Mississippian, Allen.
More merry tears
''The passion of loud laughter never shed.
Add to this the presentation of mrmoria
and costly silver punch bowl to Col. l.. V
Bauglman in speech by Roger McSherry
In a. ut N npr n a.
and You have in brief the occasion in Hhic
NIL will fclicitatc themselves upon havin!
participated.
The MAsoUE PARTY to an
nounccment the masque party came of il
the Town Hall on Friday evening last ]
meritcd high compliment, which we willingl!
accord it. Through the request Of member
of the committee in charge, we rellnqnish t.
Il correspondent, an extended account of tn
affair.
The invitations sent out TO this bit G
amusement were unique.
On the first page appeared
"Part,e en- Masque. Town Hall, Frida,
evening, February ~, 93, a, $50 o'clock"
On the second page, the invitation, rs fol
lows:
"rhe Light of your Love-'it Countenanc
and the Mystic Charm OF your very Newes
Polite Society Manners, enhanced by you
Pet and Pretty Latest Fad, are deemed Es
senlial to the Happy and Successful Issue G
our Partse en- Masque."
"Engraven I'D Illuminated Text upon th
veyy Summit of Our Hearts Desire, M
Fondest Hopes and Profoundest Pleasure
Anticipating Favorable Response"
SV. r.
H. U. johnson,
II. X. Barb,
On the third page the following qnotatlo
from Loves Labor Lost
Fair ladies' masked are roses in their bud:
"Dismask'd their damask sweet commixtur
shown,
Are angels yelling clouds, or roses blown