Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-12-17
LOYS LETTER,

| The home of Mrs. Margaret Diftendal was
the scene of q very pretty wedding, Thurs
day last, the contracting parties being Miss
Helen Regcna. her daughter, and Mr.. Mat
thew Fitzgerald of Tyrone, Pa.
The ceremony was performed 10 Mt. Car
mel Catholic church, Thurmont, by Rev. FIR.
White, after which they returned to the home
of the bride, where after receiving the con.
CALCULATIONS of host of friends they were
invited into the dining room where stump.
tuous dinner was served. The bride was at
tired in silver gray cloth with silk and lace
to match, the groom In conventional black.
The bride was the recipient of many beauti.
full and useful presents
On Friday they left for Tyrone, their flu,
ture home, attended by the best wishes OF
their many friends.
The game of football between the Thur
mont High School and the Select Business
College OF this place on Friday last, resulted
10 favor of the former by score Of l6 to 4.
Another game is on schedule for Friday
next to be played near Thurmont.
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DEATH OF HENRY w. BENNETT.-On
Monday night last after an illness of about
six weeks. Henry w. Bennett died at his
home in this place. The disease first mani
tested itself a. typhoid fever; later on this
became complicated with serious attack Of
pneumonia and from the first bis illness was
extreme.
Henry Washington Bennett was born near
Graceham. May 18th, ls45, the son of Burtis
and Catharine Bennett On the 10th day OF
November 1865, he and Caroline E. Rhodes
were married. to whom were borne seven
children, who survive him.
When sixteen years of age be connected
himself with Apples Reformed church, Ia
which communion he remained until 1882
when he Joined st. Johns Lutheran church
in Mechanicstown, which membership he
held during the remaining days of his life.
He was always prompt in the performance
Of his churchly duties.
During the early years of his lite he wa.
engaged in farming near Graceham. He and
bis father built the Graceham railroad ware
house and the younger man conducted bust
ness there for number of years In 1884 ht
became citizen of this place and was fol
several years engaged In the sale of agricul-
tural implements. Later he entered the en-
ploy of the w. M. r. r., being attached &c
the bridge building department at which oc
cupation he was engaged at the time of his
illness. He was one of the charter members
OF Columbia Council, Jr. o. U. A. N. and was
an earnest and enthusiastic member of the
order.
Henry Bennett: was our friend-of whom
was he not friend, He was one Of the few
of whom i: can be said, "he wore his heart
on his sleeve" He simply could not be I'M
kind spoke fewer harsh words than any man
ever known to US and would do favor fol
= stranger as promptly and willingly as fol
All acquaintance. He was jovial aud gen
ial companion with vein Of quaint humor
that kept enlivened the prosaic shades Of
| life. We voice the sentiment Of an entire
community when we depore his suffering
and death as 1t came to him in the prime OF
life.
The funeral will be held this Thursday
morning; interment in the U. B. cemetery.
POSSIBLY WE'RE WRoNG.-We are in re-
ceipt of communication which unless We
violate the rule must be consigned to the
waste basket However, as it is wholly per
sonal. decidedly SO, we being, too, a law unto
ourselves, shall give our readers the benefi,
thereof 1t SO amply illustrates that one
altogether lovely characteristic of the swift
to-differ human, that it would be downright
robbery to deprive our reading constituency
of the so.right wisdom of our vauntedly up
right anonymous critic.
He, she or it labors to confirm Us in the
only too readily attainable view, that, from
the standpoint of the writer, learning is a
poor thing of which to make SHOW" 1t
is left for us TO infer as we may, that iguo.
rance may or may not be a poor thing Of
which 10 make "show." 1t has been bro'v
forth by the publication OF five or six Latin
words in our last issue, which may haye been
done with the intention of informing our
readers that we had, once upon time, stud.
led Latin; but that may not have been our
motive, don't you see.
This satirical comment upon our item runs
in this wise:
Editor Clarion we never read latin and
are not much interested in knowing you did
You certainly can say all that you want ia
| cay In english, what's the use then to make
show out of your learning. refer 10 the
| Roll Call article 10 the last CLARION. No,
as many understood it as laughed at you for
showing your learning"
Signed1 X Y. q.
We are likely in the wrong and *. Y q.
is probably wise in the conceit of others than
him or herself We are more than hall
ashamed of 1t ourselves, but just as like as
not, the first thing we know, we'll indulge
in some other folly that reaches beyond the
deimitations of readin', writin and 'rithme-
tic aud furnish X. Y. 2. with further occasion
for comment. Should we do 30, let US heal
from you; we're the best natured soul in the
baiIiwick and to be wooed by a woo1enhead
and chucked BY q chucklehead are to US OK
periences just too lovely.