Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-03-02

ExAMINATIUNs are now on, In our Public
Schools; parents should see to 1t that their
children attend at every session they should
also carefully look over the examination pa.
pers. as III that way they will be bcst Hhle to
Judge of their progress
EIaHTIErH BIRTHDAY J. w. Pat
terson. known to many Of our readers. Gel
es,rsted at his home In Brooklyn the eightieh
anniversary Of his birth. He writes IVA that
his health ia vet good. He enclosca. with this
information. the subscription price for THE
CLARION and soys az living. will renew it
one year from TODAY"
The train FORMERLY leaving Frederick at
9:2n 4. M. except Sunday. for Washington.
Philadelphia New York. Lurav. Roanoke
and points IN the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, has heen taken Il, as has the train
formerly arriving there ut 1915 \. m. from
Wnshin gton md way stations. Poor Fred
erick.-V dAty Reqister.
YR-r E-us MAYBE! Since or last il.
sue we haye undergone drubbing for hav.
ing intin,atcd that Queen Fashion ruled the
feminine gender well. just as AEON ~ Dem.
orest comes out with the proper thing in
hoops, we agree To wear them in whichever
Of our garments they vii, heat At, II our dear
girls refuse to adopt the fashion.
Yc-e-es. we nrc uneasy At the risk We thus
take; that Ia, maybe.
SOUNDING W"RDs.-We find in our ~.
tcemed contemporary the Ba,t;n:oreon the
following sequence Of words violations Of
the sancttv If the hen .roost"
Now why will men whose chosen walk IN
life lies within tho sphere. solely, Of the u.e
Of words for their heat effects sake, permit
their pen to travel In such untowar1 direc.
ton. The "sanctity Of = h"n-roost" is not
only an impossible conception bnt in the
matter of poetic license goes beyond the
bound. ofgood taste.
The ELECTRIC RoAD-Mr. +. l.. Miller,
who ia working up the electric railway I've.
tween Frederick and Midlletown, reports
progress. lie is Investigating a number Of
routes. and as soon ~ one II selected h,a syn
dictate will commence the canvas for local
stock. and the foreign copitsl will then I've
put in play. Mr. Miller says there will be
no 'a,r line" hut frst class freight and
passenger electric road built in the most i'm.
proved and substantial manner Val<y Roy.
ister.
THE Road QUEST N.-Some Of the most
prominent and wealthy men Of Frederick
have expressed a desire 70 meet our people"
in the interest Of a turnpike. Can't" e'odly
number Of citiz"ns be found in our midst who
will assemble themselves together and he
courteous enough to extend IN invitation
o Jerusalem! Save our people from an nm.
timely death, supcrin1uceti by over excrtion
in the interest Of this God send enterprise.
Either ignorance or downright stinginess il
keeping our people pror and drr,iving them
oi the comforts Of life --Gutde.
A0ITATpRS of the good roal movement
are termed cranks. and the movement itself
a chestnut. 1. my be remarked. by the
way, that the cranks and chce,nu's arc the
levers that move the world Ners
AMI The chronic kirkers arc the old fugics
that rctard every movement Of enterprise,
and keep things laundering in the darkness
Of tie middle ages. Tnry w"ul'l he sppreci.
atrd by the nntivcs Of Hawai-, 80 Cttzen.
Yes, und some Of these "ch,s'nnls That are
lever" should read Alice in Wonderland"
and then undertake The pro.lut ton of n new
series Of Mother Goose Melodies. Between
tn" chronic XII k-rs and The chronic writer.
tn. "bet'er roads" question is he wc"n the
devil and tie ,lc'p. deep Sta.
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