Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-05-25


Allegheny and Garrett to create new
county.
A prominent Edgemont peach grower say S
the blossoms were not drowned by the re.
cent rains.
Rev Dr. Eschbach has been elected pres.
idtnt Of the directors of the Frederick Fc.
male Seminary.
All THIS is glorious, Summer heat is
due: Hicks has called for it and here it is
I}egone dull chill.
DIR. E. G. Kefauver and wife paid a visit to
nc doctors former home in Middletown
Valley on Saturday last remaining until
tuesday morning
Cancelled postage stamp collectors should
2xpend their energies IN some other direction:
here's nothing IN it.
FRoGs.-This delectab!e bltrachlan seems
10 have lived under specially favorable con-
atoms during the past year; some of mon
.,trous size have been sold in our town this
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The Blue Mountain House will open for
thc season, June Is, Buena Vista about June
p, and Penmar Park, the latter part Of June,
" which time the Western Maryland Rail
ord will place on the road the Blue Noun
c,.in Express.
Six new locomotives are under construc-
'.on at the Baldwin Works for the w. VI.
a..d will be delivered this summer. Five Of
'aem are large consolidation freight engines
I'D one is a ten wheel passenger locomotlye
tur the Blue Mountain train.
The annual examination OF the teachers of
,ue public schools and applicants for teachers
val tsko place on the 3lst Of this IN 'n'ha and
4e LIST Of June. The examination of the
nupls at the NJ h +. High Schoo! Will take
rhGcoa the 3lst Of this month.
Not Our PRoDUCT!oN Under the title
N'hal the Future may Bring the |"'hy
j.fri.ter gives us credit vita an article con-
.rnlnH electric railroads in this county.
While the sentiments tHerein expressed are
d! accord with our views generally, We are
'Jl the author OF the article in qucs'i n and
F"r RhoirricK has kindly donated some
mes thunder to us,
STnws D,RING TIE WINTER MI Gee.
W. Nvman of B)onsboro, who has lrpt
,trcful record of the snows during the pas,
inter-, reports thi,ty.eignt aS having Iilen,
md are distributed as follows: No"cmHcr 9,
g, 10, 90 %, - ID "cembcr II, IL, 20, %, %,
e January 4, 5, G, 8, 10, II, 70, H. L. -, 81;
February, 6, 0, II, l.! IL, II, Is, 81, %, p !;
I,rch 3, 4, Is, l.; April 81 mtkinga total
fihir'y eight,
a company for The manufacture Of paper
from the contents ofthe stomachs of s!a0ght-
cred cattle is beng formed in Chicago, says
he Journal OF Commerce of that city. Nj.
H. !, Bird has patented " process for the
conversion Of this material into strawhoard.
Vast quantities of this stuff now go To waste
at the stock yards. The supply, in The opin
ion of MIR. Bird, from the Chicago stock
yards alone is sufficient to keep a large fac.
tory in operation. The plant, winch will
cost in the neighborhood of $3.50 900 will be
will be located near the Enion Stock Yards.
NOT EXACTLY ENvlous When we read
VI the promise OF an electric passenger rail.
road out of MID ,etown Valley, we are filled
with chagrin to recall, the apparent bi!.ian,
promise that at one time existed, that such
exit would be ria Mcchanicstown. We be-
leve even vet that steam railroad would
nearer meet the Valleys requirements and
that one built ria the w. NJ. r. r. to BAlti-
more city would Lest serve their interests
While we have gwen Der al, hope OF that,
heartily as we desired it,swe are not mario"
enough to envy the Valley the fine promise
in store for it We only regret sincerely that
it has not come our way, AS in that event
Frederick would assuredly have come out to
the road and we should al have connected up.
NOT AT ALL FLATTERED.-The Baltimore
Sun that has recently made most offensive
display of Its conceit as q critic OF country
journalists on Saturday last committed a
breach to which We are bound TO take OK
ception personally. 1t assumed to give be.
tween quotation marks an item taken from
this paper. The quotation marks should not
have appeared as the item had been rewrlt-
ten and we object had we been guilty OF
the stilted expressions used, then, indeed,
would every one of the Suns recent strict
ures have been timely and warranted, as ap-
piled to US.
We prefer to take our chances with an
intelligent and critical reader, rather than
to have our productions appear in the col
umns of the Sun accredited 10 us, after hav-
ing gone through the hash machine that
caught the one to which we'refer.
AS I was going down the street saw two
bootblacks-onC was black bOotback and
the other was q white bootb'ack-and both
had black boots as well as backing and
Hacking brushes. The black bootblack
asked the white bootblack 10 black his One
black boo,b,ack's) black boots with black
ing The white ooDtback consented to black
the black boots of the black bootback with
backing, but when he (the white bnotblack)
had BACKED one black boot OF the black
bootblack with backing he uN' White boot
black refused to black his Oh" black boot
black's) other black boot with backing I'm
less he fthe black bOotblACk) paid him tthe