Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-03-14

4 DEMOCRATS: you can secure your local
paper and your ablest political paper. The
New York Semi Weekly Woru, one hundred
and fifty-six papers year for $l.40. This to
new subscribers, or to old subscribers who
pay up their subscription.
Washington county farmers generally are
beginning to feed wheat extensively to hogs.
This manner of disposition, 1t is claimed,
raises the price of the cereal to $1.0O per
bushel. Charles Smith, of Clearspring, sold
a pen of wheat.fed pigs, six months old. that
averaged 1856 pounds each in weight. The
heaviest weighed EOS pounds and the next
heaviest 1858 pounds.
Some time ago called the attention Of
our citizens to the great Importance of i'm.
proving our side walks, so that when spring
comes we would not have to wade through
mud and water shoe top deep in order to
get from one place to another; no attention
was given the subject whatever, and here we
are again right in thr midst Of another thaw
up. and In mud almost up to our necks.-
Harvey letter in Carroll Record.
Mr. J. Harry King, son of Mr.. John D.
King, prosperous farmer. of near Liberty,
and Miss Annie NJ, the accomplished daugh
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. ID. Lease, of Daysv,lle,
were married at Davsvie on last Wednesday
evening. The ceremony took place at the
brides home and was solemized by Rev. G..
w. Stinespring, of Walkersville. DR.. Ira
w. Beall OF Liberty, was the best man and
Miss Minnie Gilds, of Lcwist own the brides
maid.
Mr.. Ernshaw Webb and family left on Tues
day morning last for Roadside franklin Co
Pa, three miles east of Waynesboro. Mr..
Webb is son of Mr.. William Webb of this
place and m excellent blacksmith. He will
locate at an old and established stand and
has promise of a good business. We sincere.
ly trust that he may do we'll for Err. has
been one of our best citizens steady, hard
working and reliable: we are sorry to see
him 60.
THE LADIES EDvTED-Pursuant 10 an-
nouncement the Carroll Record of last week
was edited in part by the ladies ofTaneytown,
the second and third pages presenting not a
line written by other than feminine hands.
The one who hesitales in according to those
pages marked and most pronounced excel
ienoe is either biased or an incompetent
critic.
Truly. our esteemed contemporary is to be
congratulated upon the evident Circumstance
of most charming environment.
OvICuLAR.-Some large business houses
in the big cities employ at splendid salaries,
men whose sole occupation it is to write up
fetching advertisements. The merchants Of
Thurmont have struck upon a plan that
bangs slam.bangs any printers advertis.
ing ever invented, conceived, bought or
stolep. We simply and precisely are not in
1t double sluggcd Roman poster in Nile
green, old gold and ague blue will not take
the Royal Glue grip upon the intensely
awake optic of agricultural, pastoral, mech
anlcal, professional and pantechnical peram-
bulator ai.er price that the egg, the geom'
critically monstrous, the ov0id egg the hen 8
egg does. Our merchants in word are
paying way outside and way up prices for
eggs in exchange for merchandise and maybe
peradyenture, pos IDLY they have heen get
sing some; well we should haw .haw Hun.
dreds If thousands of dozen Of eggs; worse
than that! From beyond Emmitsburg. from
Taneytown; from Thelordnosware and by
the Lord NOzOo.
An advertisement? Yes, unapproachable;
we cave, can't touch it: dodgers, display
advs and circulars are for the time being
superseded, legitimate'y eclipsed and we are
not wailing over it either.