Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-25

severe cut on his leg with an axe recently.
OCCASIONAL.
Mcssrs. JAMES Flror and Joseph Bennett
are now doing the work of THE CLARION
office, SAYS The last week 5 issue Of that paper,
The editor, Mr. Charles Cassell, has embarked
in the real estate and insurance business and
announces that eve will likely find sufficient
time to keep our hand in, for it is with some
regret that we quit sticking type and kick
ing and pulling the presses" He has been
over seventeen years In the journalistic har-
ness and has given strict attention to his
work We wish him success in his new
venture and will welcome THE CLARION as
of old Citizen
We are not specially proud of the accu'
racy of our prediction regarding the result
of the prize fight from the fact that we see
very little opportunity to "do ones self
proud in any possible connection with or
reference to this sport of the toughs, yet we
did believe that Fitzsimnons would win we
said so and he did. The millions that We
Jhu up ou thC uSHt NCio III wa Ihiaa CIV
now we arc OF the plutocrats, also vain
cOnCeit
Since the fight two men have been killed
by the "Fitzsimmons blow" in states where
the law prohibits prize hghling-a strange
commentary on the laws Of the humane and
civilized east.
The solicitors for the proposed Myersville
s. Catoctin Electric Railroad have gotten
down to hard work and are meeting with
unexpected success. Everybody seems en-
thusiastc over the project as they realize the
necessity and advantage Of such road in the
developing of our natural resources. Nearly
all are doing VIII at they can by subscribing
stock to the enterprise, and we are looking
forward to bright future for this section
of the valley Nyerscilb Guide.
On Monday surveyors were at work again.
One survey enters Mddletown at the public
school house and another goes around the
town and comes out at the present terminus
Of the Frederick MIDI letown Electric Road.
VALLEY Register.
COUNTRY RoADs-Whle we are having
bad roads at this season, and they will con.
tinue to be found bad at the breaking up Of
winter, regardless of the county road system
adopted, there can be no disputing the fact
that under the management Of the present
Board of County Commissioners, particularly
by the introduction of the road machines,
our roads have been improved. We recently
travelled over road that while muddy was
80 very much better than we had been &C
customed to find it IN the spring season, that
we spoke OF it to such % travel country
roads very much more than we have been
doing in recent years and from one and all
of them came the opinion that thanks to the
present Board of County Commissioners,
our roads are decidedly better. 1t is then
due to them that their intelligent and sue.
cessful management should be recognized.
A Board of County Commissioners, it would
primarily to serve as sort of punching bag
upon which the splenetic and chronically
disagreeable citizen is privileged to hammer
and pound whenever anything goes wrong
in public matters; then, when the unbiased
and even tempered citizen notes an act
worthy of laudntion, with which that body
may be credited, he should not hesitate to
recognize and commend it. The present
Board does merit praise for their success in
handling this vcxed question and we are
more than willing, we arc pleas ed 10 BIZ able
to accord it them,