Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-02-09
Professional.
lsA'HssYAN AND xs7AtVss,
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS.
Office in the room formerly occupied
by Messrs. Blrely & Osler, Bankers.
Local Items.

LOCdl llClllO.
Hail and rain formed a compact ice on the
ground on Sunday night last.
THE MASQUERADE tomorrow (Friday) ev.
snng will be largely attended and some very
excellent masquerading may be expected.
# you want to entertain yourself with a
little example in arithmetic, get pencil and
n piece Of paper, and do ms follows: Put
down your age in years, multiply by two
add 1888. add two. subtract from the total
your age IS first set down, and the result,
will be a familiar combination of figures, in
other words, the numbers l-S-9-3, de.
noting the present year.
Acssrs John Root s. Sons are now pres.
sing for contracts with farmers to the end
that they may be able definitely to contract
for the future sale other goods. The canned
goods business is wholly conducted la this
way and canning house men must be able to
ray early in the year just what they are 60.
ing to do. Our growers that intend 10 raise
corn and Tomatoes for tue canning house
should determine and contract tor certain
acreage at once, SO that the firm may be ahle
10 safely close their contracts.
CRlNoLINE COMING -Hunah! The scan "
pull.backs must go! Tie present tvc.yard
dress must give way to the liberal tf,ecn-
Yarder Hoops are wloopiny it up and
the young man will shortly be able to kiss
his best girl only by telephone. When the
hustle style busted and the one,leeged-p
style came in, the temin inc step was short
,cned and the extensor muscles tell away and
laye about lapscd into inn0cuons dcsuetuh;
now that the expansive hoop is about 10
arrive this useful and identifying member OF
the human anatomy will have a show, so Ia
apeak, and the dress goods merchants will
triple their sales Fer all Of which, thanks
to the feminine gender, bless its pretty
tastes.
The frozen yard hydrants in town have
been guilty of the oddest of FRANKS One OF
:1em f-nzc up before Christmas, came around
all right Or New Years Day renamed open
until the very last dav of TIE cold snap and
then closed apparently for the winter
Another remained open until after the ex-
IRENE cold had passed several DAYS and then
quit; it came around ali right again, in the
midst of the recent cold snap Another
curious thing a bucket of water was drawn
from a hydrant on Monday last on the sur
face of which formed a thin film of ice about
NEe inch across; this occurred almost in
s,antly after the water WAS drawn: query,
WAS the water in the main OF a temperature
belon the freezing point and If SO, did the
pressure have anything to do with prevent
ing it's freezing; again, il the water was
below the freezing point why did it no:
freeze solid III the buckle, when 1t Was re
leved Of the pressure. These queries arc
not based upon superstition that thin film
Of ice formed az stated, for we saw it.
PLRAsURE IN STORE On Tuesday even
ing, 14th inst, at the Town ua!. will be pro
duced beyond ail question the very tines,
entertainment offered ay. people this season
The rare enjoyment of the Old Time School
induced thOec who have had it in charge, to
repeat it with u number of new and taking
features added The farce, A Train to
Mauro, will be replaced, by one Of the fun
NEST things that we have even seen, Joe
Simpsons Double where two Dutchmen who
scmble each other get into deep trouble
with two darkics who also resemble ca'a
other. But probably the chief feature o
intervening will be the Tambourine Drill
by twelve young ladies in appropriate cos
tune. This IA confessedly the prettiest aud
most taking Drill that has ever been at
tempted here. As in the .itSt entertainment
40 in this one, the proceeds will be used in
& re purchase of additional hose. The orgau
used during rehesrsals and on the night Of
the entertainment has been kindly Loaned
by Mr. A. NJ. Ordway OF Hagerstowns 1t II
for sale for $50 and those ia charge of tx
ltertainnent wonld be gratified at being
able to repay Mr.. Ordway by finding a heycl
tor the instrument. 1t IS good ,nstsumen'
and any one wanting 10 buy low price,
organ should look this one up.
Prices of admission, 10 and 20 cents
reserved seats IS cents.
FOrd's Grand Opera House.
Week of Feb. 13th.-Bronson Howard
new comedy success-ARISTOCRA
An American play 10y an American author
interpreted by a representative Americas
Company otis from high life, high char
acters are drawn" Direct from Palmer
Theatre N. Y.-Undrr the direction of Chas
Frohman's and AL Hayman with the follow
iug representative cast Wilton Lackaye
Viola Allen, Blanche Walsh Paul Arthur