Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-02-13

Read all the locals
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Read all the editorials.
Patronize your home merchants.
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Don't expectorate on the pavements.
Don't allow men to lounge on your store
steps.
Who are the expert target shots of the
town.
One of our merchants has stationary
valentine.
Encourage your children to read newspa-
pers. They are the educators Of the people
II the WoMAN's EDITION will result In a
good hand shake all round, we will be re-
paid.
Thanks to Mr.. L. r. Waesche for the
daisy post office service rendered to this
town.
Don't send your large orders for mer-
chandize to other towns. Encourage your
merchants.
The indications arc that there will be a
number of vacant houses in town, during
the spring months.
WHAT THE Ed. OF Tho C0urGnt Says
"All hail to Editor Cassell's rare thought in
opening his columns to the ladies'"
The HIGH ScHooL.-The X Y rs gave
an orange social to the A B C's at the home
of Miss Mary Cassel, on Friday evening, 9TH
inst.
RELIGIOUS Rev. Mr. Weber, secretary
or the Church Extension Board, will occupy
the pulpit in St. Johns Lutheran church on
Sunday morning next.
Or INTEREST: the vellum indenture document
of Daniel Rouzer no years ago. We have
also valentine OF 80 years ago. 1t is an
exquisitely cut white paper, without word
upon it.
Last Saturday night Mr.. Simon Lohr lost
thirty one chickens, two geese and one duck =,
supposed to have been killed by bird dogs.
On the same night Mr.. Morrison lost four.
teen chickens.
DR.. Ross Black has sold his house and
store building on E. Main street, 10 MIR. G
G. Waters. After an extensive rearrange-
ment Of the premises, it will become the rec
tory OF the Episcopal church.
WINpsToRM.-We have had no estimates
as to the velocity Of the wind on Thursday
night, but to us it seemed an unusually vic.
lent storm. We have heard Of no damage,
however, beyond few scattered fences,
NEws,-The Flint Quarry near Shutdown,
which was operated some years ago by DR..
NJ. f. Leatherman and was abandoned, has
been leased by company from York, Pa,
and operations will be resumed this spring
Recently Miss Martz of Ladiesburg was
indulgng in oysters, and finding pebble in
her mouth, discovered on examination that
it was large pearl. 1t is supposed to be of
value, and will shortly he examined by an
expert, and set to glow henceforth In ladies'
ring.
The american of the 18th inst enormously
stated that the postmaster of Sabiiliasvlle,
is the husband of the woman who it is pre-
6uiuCu cHpCo WIN SouSlu. hC S'iiSI
ton should be made that it is Robert Eyler,
postmaster and storekeeper in Eylers Valley
who has suffered the above base treatment
by his faithless wife.
While workmen were telling an old apple
tree in the yard Of Mr. Luther CIceger, adj
joining the Reformed church, they were sur
prised to find a small bottle, a pretty stone,
q broken pipe, and a few other articles en-
bedded in the heart of the tree. They were
probably playthings left In the forks Of the
tree by children many years ago.
A RRTRosPECT.-Two years ago our town
was renamed, by an act of Legislature. The
former name was harsh and inconvenient
Was it wise? Was the object gained, for
which the change was made? Did the new
name boom the town. Did you ever know
what a rebellion existed among our people
who are non-residents, and the older class Of
citizens at home? Did we not make the
mistake of our lives BY not adopting Blue
Mountain City, or Mechanics City?
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AS an example of what women alone and
unaided can do, Is the large and solid bust
ness built up by the Gilbert sisters Of this
place. The removal of the father as execu-
tive head of the household by feebleness,
threw the full responsibility and business
management upon the shoulders of the SIS
tiers, women of unusual business ability and
sagacity, combined with industry and I'M
compromising integrity. They have steadily
won the esteem Of the community, and large
patronage.
An orchestra of five pieces, three vlolns,
bass viol and trombone, has been organized
IN Graceham and is practiclng regularly
under the instruction Of Mr.. w. X. Reyes
We have been assured they play well; they
hope 10 be able in the near future to furnish
music for sociaIs and dances, Their ability
to do 30 would be much appreciated by the
young people of Thurmont, who have some
difficulty in securing good music for informal
dances Mr.. Keyes also has a promising
violin class of four under his instruction in
Thurmont.
1.-THE Clarion, for Its issue Of February
18th, will be edited wholly by the ladies.
Brother Cassell is coming around rather late
and he may yet observe that 1T is better
never" late Tor early to do such thing
Carroll Record
We take it that editor Englar has been
there, and warns Brother Cassell out of the
depths of his own misery. So was the CLAIR.
ION office swamped with copy, but the
WoMAN's staff settled all their rows in pri-
vate and Mr.. Cassell didn't even get his hair
pulled. We suspect Mr. Englar did not fare
so we'll at the hands of the ladies'.
We regret exceedingly that the number of
manuscripts received from absent friends
utterly preclude the possibility of having
them appear in this issue. Many excellent
rlnaiUaH lafa IN "a N