Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-11-11
local CORRESPONDENCE. |

About ten bushels OF corn was stolen from
William Lohrs corn field several nights ago.
Mr.. Lohr will be wide awake when the next
chap doing business upon the same principal
comes around.
The Postmaster General having granted
unto the people of the vicinity Of Franklin
Mills postoffice which will be known as
Roddys, the name Franklinville for this
settlement will be non est. The Office will be
kept in Mrs. Jennie C0lliflower's store with
Mr.. Daniel Eighenbrode as postmaster, Mrs.
Collinower assistant.
Vincent Sebold, Esq, moved from his late
home at Mt. st. Marys to Emmisburg on
Wednesday Sd, inst.
God be with you Till We meet again" is
very solemn and touching hymn 10 be sure,
but while emotion in abundance msv obtain
within, one is not always and under all cir
cumstances in proper mood to regard the
rendering of it with profound reverence.
Were it possible to secure Photographic
views of bodies while in motion, the scenes
in the vicinity of the polling place here on
Tuesday last would make all interesting pic.
turc.
Two of Mr. Elmer Lidic's children, resi-
dents of Roddys, have been suffering with
scarlet fever.
Henry erosion has purchased of Richard
Ofre,t farm containing about eighty acres.
located near Motters Station. for the sum OF
$4,000 For number Of years Mr. Groshon
has been the widow Hott's tenant ON her
farm two and one half miles northeast of
town, but on the first of April next will va
cate that and take possession Of the one he
has just purchased MIR G. NJ. Gall has
rented Mrs. Hott's farm and has entered into
an agreement with Charles Tro1ell to move
thereon and do the farming.
VIM Pearl has resolved to quit Mr. John
Roots service and in April next will be-
come Vim. LohI's right hand man in his
farming operations, for an indefinite time.
Edgar Eighenbrodc, it is said, will move on
| Mr.. Roots farm.
Mr.. J. W. Paync's farm will also change
hands April lat. Mr.. Duwees will vaca'e
and Take possession of the property which
he recently bought Of John A Roddy. Mr.
G. Trout who is now \ resident of Broad
Run settlement will occupy Mr.. Payne's
farm.
Mrs Levi Fitz. of near Deerield. has re-
Gently become resident OF ROddys.
Miss Rosa Lohr left Tuesday for Baltimore
where she will attend the State Christian
Endeavor meeting, having been elected del
egate thereto.
Both orally and through press during all
of the last decade, the public road, good road,
bad road subject has received severe drub.
bling. so to speak, and while some of the
most popular drivewsys have received atten.
tion and betterments it may perhaps be at
the expense of others not so much frequent.
ed by drivers for pleasure and by the bicy-
clst. One in particular we have in mind at
present. 1t is that one stretching out from
Apples church in . westerly direction to its
junction with the turnpike one mile north
east of this town. OF course the road super
visors are doing all they Can with the money
at their command, but at some places and
for quite distance this road is a veritable
trough, and at other places along Its borders
the stone heaps and bushes have 80 en-
croached upon the track that the unac-
quainted traveller must logically conclude
that just little further on this road will end
in squirrel track and run up a tree. Yes,
yes, this road question has proved to he a
knotty problem, but one thing has been
clearly demonstrated and that is, that alter
nate imitation and ventilation of the subject
does not make good roads, Plenty of 16 to
silver will beat 1t all hollow.