Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-07

| Hospital, died there on Friday last ana wa
brought to this place for burial on Monday
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THE B. N. A.-At the regular monthly
meeting of the Business Mems Association q
Thurmont on Monday last, a committee was
appointed for the purpose of securing the
names of all our people who have money
either in large, lesser or small amount, that
they are willing to invest in some industry
This is . practical step and will beyond
question bear fruit. A canvass of the town
and yiclty will be followed by a meeting OF
those whose names have been secured
and they will determine what the industry
shall be. There are several being considered
and 1t is possible that the founding.of more
than one will result from this step. Be ready
to talk reasonably and like sensible business
men ~ you are approached by the commit
tee.
WHRRE THE WooDBlNE TwINsrH.-The
Baltimore and Cumberland, otherwise known
Is the W. Va. Central extension, has appar-
emily collapsed; gono shut like jack knife.
There Is no telling whether this move ls
bona flde, or whether it is blind, but that
the whole project halted with a Jerk and
apparently without notice or reason is in
disputably so. For the present it has uncere'
monlously cast ltselfint the great future no.
where or somewhere. just which the vast
outside majority have no means Of knowing
and really 1t is none of their business to be
interested therein further than to hope that
this sudden extinguishment may only DO a
colossal and necessary blind.
1t wasn't to come thus far anyhow. 80 its
none of our interest.
GREAT GAME.-On Wednesday last a
baseball club from Woodsboro visited Thur
mont and administered a scientific bit of
pruning and grubbing ofthe antique branches
and tender shoots Of Thurmont. For eight
innings the totals on the part Of the visitors
continued to grow perslstently, something
like this 8-7-9-1-15-15-1 6-17-17,
while those CT the Thurmonters maintained
calm and equal sameness, like this, o.
0--0-0-0-0-0-1. Ten Base on balls
supplemented by two two.base and seyen
base hits, in the first four innings, resulting
in IA runs, acted as an anti-nervlne upon the
home nine so that they were able only to cut
parabolic paths through the ethereal medi-
UNI. We hear it..said, however, that it was
really an easy game TO win against the
Woodsboro nine and that when the two clubs
play again, the result should be reversed.
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The Brunswick corporation election about
which so much interest has centered, and
from which important results were looked
for, passed off very quietly on Monday Of last
week. It was in accordance with an act of
improvement authorizing the mayor and
council to issue water bonds IN sum not
exceeding $4,000, and street improvement
bonds in sum not exceeding $40, 900. passed
by the last Legislature, but which had to
receive the commentator of the people in
terested, before it could become a law. A
decided fight was made against the proposed
issuance of water bonds, and the effort was
successful. Almost the entire vote was polled
showing 1913 registered voters who cast the
ballots.
The issuance of the bonds was defeated by
a vote of 10 for to 213 against.
The issuance of the street improvement
bonds was adopted by vote of 200 for to 80
against. The issuance of street impro vement
is limited to $4,000 in any one year. The
election was held in accordance with the
provisions ofchapters 3O6 and 451 OF the Acts
of the General Assembly Of Maryland, 1894,
and in pursuance of an ordinance ofth town
Of Brunswick. passed April "a. 1894.
STANDARD OF VALuE.-"One hundred
bushels of wheat for good farm horse, such
one day was the standard of price and at one
time it took very good horse to command
the value Of one hundred bushels of wheat.
Now, if you offer stock raiser, farmer,
fifty-fiye dollars for one of the best Of his
well-broken young horses, he can scarcely
realise that..you are not purposely offending
him and yet relatively, horse is not worth
today what he had been prior to five years
ago. The horse and its value is subject to
the law of demand and supply, equal with
any other commodity and there is not only
An enormous lessenipg of demand owing to
the innovation OF cable and electricity as
tractors, but there yet remains hundreds Of
horses discharged from that service. This
element OF interference with the value OF
horses will continue SO long as horse car and
omnibus lines are being replaced by cable
and electricity and for some years thereafter
until all discharged shall haye become aged
and worthless. The outlook then for the
horse market is anything but bright, for un
til some at present whollG unthought-of use
for the horse in large numbers is demanded
by the progress of events, the raising OF
medium weight draft horses will be unprofit.
able, for the reason that farmers will, in spite
flower prices, be slow in material .csseling
the number ofhorses grown they have been
accustomed to rGise and sell SO many horsee
and the custom, ever though not profitable
will be maintained, moro as "ma.ter OF
course" than as one C! calculation for profit.
With horre purchasable at the price Of
ono hundred bushels Of wheat, more people
should ride, apparently, but when We stop to
consider that the lesseniEg of values meapf
a lessening of money in circulation, we find
that those, who were flush when wheat wa.
worth two dollars per bushel, are fiat now