Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-11-02
Local Items.

The New York Sun asserts ,hat n baby
whose eldest brother is grandfather was
BON In Richmond, Ky, recently" Its
mother is IS and her husband - years old
The new pension board organized on Sat
uriay, DR.. Il. X. Foreman was chosen pres
iGcnt, DR., 0'Ncal secretary and DR. Thomas
treasurer. The board held its first meeting
on Wednesday. They will meet hrreatlr,
every "Wednesday a, Dr.. O'NrAls office
Littirstown In@cpen!eRt.
IN THE lCEMAN. lNrEHrsT-l, rcqulres
hu, about three warm days in spring to rem
der High ltun too warm to urink without
ice and now after FIVE or six trosts, it still
refuses to 60 down 10 tie proper degree OF
trigidny. Il is, however, so sparkling and
,,nrc that it is pala,ablc as soou as 1t falls
below 60 degrees.
J Mitchell Slower, of kdctHeEt @nc Of tho
tlrgcst peach growers in Washngt oko@un'y,
advises all extensive growers Of peaches 10
operate canncry in connection with tEcir
pcach orchar,is The value of such conhi
na,iol has has been proven to him most
:olcibly this year. Ii. says had not been
fer his cannerv. he would have lost money
but having Il cannrry to consume the pro
duct of his orchard lie had made some money
which is more than many growers have done
The store Of I +. Eylcr Of SabiI!asyil!c
Was entered by lhrycs on last Thursday
night and merchandise to the value Of about
twenty-five dollars Was taken. Ia: g
augcr was takcp from w lnckSmilhshor OF
MI Gas. Poole, whicli was used to bore
nearly through the pannel Of the door, a.,cs'
which the door was burst in and mcrcll"n
disc taken to the amount stated aboyc, liz"
robbers escaping without being seen, 1t r
supposed to have been done by ,ramps.
EVEN WITH Is driving up street after
clark on Monday evening last, the partly
diSml@tlct hUlidin1, concerning winch Wc
lave had occasion To sly sGnlc harsh things,
badly frightened our horse his unccrcnon
4ous going giving Us IA decided s!aFlnG up.
Jfit furnished any enjoyment 10 the depart
ing Shade, we are not mean enough to
bcgrudgc it.
Mr. John Root bought it for $50 and at
once began 10 dismantlc ii.
Ia, Ia; actum est.
4 ,r M WnCi ,
Maryland Railroad recently To Gt15t re
porter; The future of til. Western Maly-
land is bright. AS soon as the present iinan.
sclal depression wears of and it becomes pos
eihlc to easily float bonds, some very import
ami improvements will be made NciLlcnd
to huild for a certainty, the branch shor, cut
from poloulnc Avenue Station to FIVE Forks,
near Shlppnusburg, This will yiyc IL Il shorter
route to The Pennsylvania Railroad by ten
miles, " hcn We consider biz say upg. When
ile road il hui.i aud 1t may be constructed
in year OF Two We expect to run throu, il
trans from the south 10 New York. We
also pur pose to arrange matters 81 that We
may avoid the heavy tunlfcl charges We are
now paying at BaiumOIc, and We are also
going to reach ,idcwutcT, too. '-llagcrstoWn
GlgIe.
MERyTED-It we'll be gratifying to our
Lutheran friends to follow the writer in the
following clipping from the Lnlhs'on |1sstor
a copy which came to us 10y mail last week
and from which we take the following
Upon Il special invitation from the genial
pastor, we preached recently at st. Johns,
in the inland city of Mechanicstown. Here
Is one Of the most tlourshlng congregations
Of the Maryland Synod, uuJer the pastoral
care of Rev Jno. II. Barb, who is tayorably
known to our Southern churches.
The church at Mechancstown was served
in pioneer days by such ncn rs Wachter,
Rcimysny der and Father Hunt Here also
Durfricnd Rev W. &. Wire, labored with
great success for ten years, and he was fol
lowed by Rev J. II Barb, another Nirgnian
who has been i'll the field six pears. The
present pastor is a placticlc home mission
AIRY and has established by his own extra
sabOr vigorous MISSION NJ SaDHlaSSllh'
which has afternoon service. Pastor Bari
seems to thrive on hard work and he puts
iu three services on Sunday with the vigol
of youthful ambition. He is Il native Of
Shenandoah county in Virginia and gradua'
ted from Roanoke College in go. lie had Z
life lease on the office o.. secretary of the
Virginia Synod, some say, when he moycd
to this State ana rs another good man cn
Joys like honor in Maryland Pastor Bari
now gets needed rest IA this line OF synod'
cal service He made one Of the Home
Mission addresses however, at the recent syn
Cd and is regarded as one Of the abIes'
members nt this Influential body.
THIS is ra'hrr aside from our thought o
the church in Mcchnnicstown, but such per
sonnl mention is pardonahlc since Brolhr
Barb is one of those very humble workers
who is painfully mo lest and who deserves
to be commented even in print. ~
The article constitutes the "Marylan,
Letter" IN the Fisitor aud is pubI,sced with
out Signature, hence we are not able t.
name the author Of the above mcnlei tribute