Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-08-23
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Jacksonville, CO., lettings.

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Near Aberdeen, on p. w. & B. r. r.,
spent day and night with my genial, gen.
tlemanly-former orderly Sergeant. W.
N. Gibson, and the same genial kindness gave
us the same loyal welcome. Here saw the
finest growing crops east Of the Allcghanies;
pastures fresh, cornfelds shooting with
prospect of 60 to rs bushels per acre. Later
season continuing favorable, drought had not
cut any figure with this county whatever.
At Westminster spent an afternoon and
night with that genial agent and prince of
good fellows, Geo. G. Eichelberger. Here
also l met Comrade Mitten and Captain
Coons, both, with whom time has dealt gently
in personal appearance, looking as young and
as we'll preserved as the men who never Jared
on else than the fat of the land or tramped
TO the tune of"We are coming, Father Abra-
ham,"
At Frederick VIC had most pleasurablc
yet sad meeting with one Of natures noble
men, Capt Geo. W. Grove whom Drawer,
better soldier never faced an enemy, sad be-
cause caught him in my arms as he was
falling that fatal day at the Weldon Railroad.
Then again at Thurmont, what happy
camp fire was held on the old Freeze corner
that last night in your village, how our
hearts went out to the long ago days of that
August 6, 80 morning when old Co. D. was
for the first time drawn up in line in that
square near where we were sitting how that
flag, made by the hands of loyal, brave WON.
en- of your village, WIS presented TO us, how
it was accepted on our part by our loyed,
hrayc Capt Martin Rouzer, how we promised
in our name that that flag should never be
dIshonorcd. How we kept that pledge.
History will bear us out of the % battles and
skirmishcs in which the Rrgt. took part-it
was never lowered TO an enemy, never sur
rendered. What a sad lcave-taking from
that old square; mothers, sisters, and sweet
hearts almost art.hrokcn, aid while the
mothers said their sad fnrewells and God
bless you. We will pray for you, the sweet
hearts said, 1--WE will write to you, and wait
for you;' and they did.
These, comrades Rouzer, Lynn, Wilhite,
Stull, Freeze, Osler, Staub and Coycr, were
some of the meditations we had the night
we held the camp fire on the corner, July
1894.
Among the many old and familiar faces l
met at Rocky Ridge and Creagerstown and
the new ones, sons and daughters of old
former friends all bear naught but the kind
est of remembrance, and hoping shall again
i'll some near future haye the pleasure of the
ASSOCIATION of these genial friends, ] 90 to my
daily routine of farm duties with the pleas
urable meditations of the hagpy two weeks
visit TO my former home anG friends of
Maryland, my Maryland"
But, Bro. Casscll, there is one thing that
you can explain away, therefore stand up
and explain away the mystery. lspent the
night in Thurmont as the guest of comradc
Lynn and his genial wife; | need not say
that every attention was shown me that could
tempt the mind to a quiet and peaceful
sleep or the appetite to a gorgeous meal.
But habi, asserts its sway and notwithstand.
ing the last pleasant reminder was, on rct,r-
ing in the wee small hours, to sleep till called
habit called me at just 4 a. III. This Is my
home custom, not from choice, but from
necessity. On the farm l am reminded of
days fast approach by the shrill clarion voice
of al least half dozen chandeliers, in plain
English Plymouth Rock reosters GROWING
whieherc inThurmont,a almost under the very
shadow ofthe dome of The home Of democracy
the owner of the entire copyright of the
National Democratic Emblem, the Rooster,
only one little, weak soprano from a very
dimunitiye bantam, which afterward saw
on the street, was heard; how is it Bro.
Casscll. has the pending tariff taken the
duty of Of eggs anything to do with it?
G. M. f.