Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-05-02
COMMUNICATED.
Creagerstown, Md

FRIEND EDITOR -
Twill take up my pen
Gil to let you know we are still among The
living. We'll, friend Cassell, | see you have
moyed and congratulate you on your safe
arrival. That Is often necessary and intend
to do the same in the pear future.
What has become Of all your correspond
en,s, whose letters filled your paper in the
good old time of the tar heel days, when the
subject oft the doublc-action. rcbounding lock
silverplated- English-Goublc- barrel shotgun
was IN use? l see your faithful correspond
cnt, "R', of Rocky Ridge is still with you
Have you preserved him for seed to raise
some new ones for the future? l promised
Mr.. or some time ago to write few lines
again and will now try to fulfill that prom
ise. But news is about like everything else
scarce and cheap, and anyone who under
takes to write for newspaper is most likely
to be criticised for telling the truth l will
commence with the Editor
| see you have been getting some letters
from the West, and they are not love letters
or you would not publish them, (yet | know
of some young men who publish theirs). But
you should not be discouraged by receiving
those letters as you have long heard it said
that the East furnishes the money, and the
West the brains and those who are trying to
down us may see us in fence corner as they
sail an Aowcry beds of ease, but as they re-
turn may find us on the fence and without
their aid or assistance. We must remember
this world is made of ups and downs.
A few days ago, in walking our streets, we
could get nothing but our eyes filled with
dust and today our shoes filled with mud.
On Sunday the church shonld have been
filled with people but instead of that we had
good corn shower and the women were
having long faces thinking it would have
been better to have had an opportunity to
show their new hats than good rain on
their gardens.
Last fall the bicycle fever got to red heat
in our town and in few days time there were
six new wheels bought; one has been sold
since and another for sale. 1t is either a
broken fork, punctured tire, mashed balls
or bent handle bars, very expensive, but oh,
how nice to ride, in case they treat you right;
but few days ago one ofour best riders was
going at q 2:40 gait and his hande-bar came
loose and while he was steering north his
front wheel went west and the rider landed
on the pike falling on q bunch of keys and
persons seeing him move around would say
"it Is not all sport to ride wheel" But
such is life today.
Mrs. J. L. Miller has her general opening
of hats and bananas, bonnets and oranges
caps and crackers, and everything that you
may wish for the girls and babies.
see the new telephone company is having
some trouble in building their lines in certain
cities Why, that is one Of the things of the
past in our town. We found it too eSpen-
sive and too much trouble, we have some
thing more lasting and cheaper. To use q
telephone you have to pay about forty dollars
for tbs use of the instrument and ring the
bell to notify the exchange to have them cal
up the person you wish to get your intorma
ton FROM In our system there is no money
paid or labor required. You remain quie'
Gt you can) and throw both ears open anc
you hear all the information and news free
and works as well outside of building al
inside; the more noise and confusion the bet
ter you hear. The telephone company doe'
not permit lying and if the wires are caugh
at it they are hung for it, but in this company
they need not fear that. That gives the ma
chine power and electrifies the firm or body
to which it is attached. Have you one ii
your town. We get the egg market from
there and to do our old hens justice, l viii
give YOU our markets. One Of our mer'
chants is giving IL cents and the other j
having but 10 cents One has much large
| pocket.book and to pay IL cents and get bu
| 12a for them you must have some surplus tt
make up the shortage. So much for the OLE
| hens.
Several horses changed hands here thi
week, bringing very low prices. One witt
very promising frame and colo
brought one dollar.
MORE TO FOLLOW.