Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-04-22

PERsoNAL.-Mrs. NJ. E. White with her
daughter, Mrs. E. ]. Morrison, is paying
visit to her son, Mr.. John M. Cover OF
Philadelphia. They will he absent about
two weeks
BRILLIANT. - Mr.. Phares Buhrman OF
Graccham pla, a cornet. 1t is of an order
of merit that would attract attention any
where. His playing in the orchestra on
Monday evening occasioned marked aud
favorable comment.
NEW VoLUME.-With this number Tue
CLARION enters upon its XXVlIth Volume.
For more than two thirds of these volumes
the present management is responsible; we
have come to be IN integral and apparently
essential part each of the other, whether for
the better or worse must be lett to others to
determine.
Easter morning dawned bright and beau.
tiful and the entire day was quite pleasant.
All the services at Trinity Reformed Church
were we'll attended and were very uplifting
and full of earnest christian purpose. The
service rendered by the Sunday School IN
the evening was much appreciated, and the
decola atoms were chastc, beautiful and appro.
pirate.
THE NEW BONNRT.-lt may be but
joke; if it is but that, 1t should long since
have become stale and there are other rea.
sons why we should not hear so much about
the easter" bonnet. There arc but the
most formal evidences of recognition OF the
Forty Days, even of the Seven Days, in the
christian churches and to make Of Easter the
era of the New Bonnet instead of the New
Dispensation IS to provide foundation for
satire with the unorthodox and skeptical,
A vestry meeting was held at Harriott
Chapel, Catoctin Furnace, on Monday at II
o'clock, at which meeting Mr.. Glenn O..
Stouffer of Walkersyille, and Mr.. Roger
Weddle of Thurmont, were elected rs yes.
trymen to serve for the year 1897. The
vestry consists Of the following gentlemen:
Dr. Chas W. Goldsboro, DIR. Robert L.
Hartman, DR.. VIM. 8. MACPHERSON, Glenn o.
Stouffer, Roger J. Weddle and Chas. c.
Waters.
A COOP PICTURE-Mr. Richard OToole
has presented us with a photographic view
of Thurmont and vicinity, bird's-eye from
Mr.. Charles Shiplcy's observatory north
west of town. 1t is an sxl0 picture, admir-
ably focused and well printed. In it one
can locate almost every house in the town
and the farms to the south and east about
one mile. Mr. O'Toole is rapidly developing
into an artist; he backs upa quick intelli-
gence with the most painstaking care: he is
not content with the mediocre and he is
providing himself with everything necessary
to the production of first.class work. His
pictures are already such rs give satisfaction,
but experience is continually improving
them. His gallery is on Boundary Ave.
THE PLAY.-The drama Strife produced
by pupils of the High School on Easter Mon
day evening was in every respect most
gratifying success The several parts were
well taken, thoroughly committed and GER
tainly well rchearscd. Some of them were
exceptionally heavy and the tluency with
which they were spoken and without
noticeable break or wait for the promptcr
made it most crcditable performance. The
plot is interesting and the comedy parts very
funny We must cay word for the orchcs-
ira. under the dictatorship of Prof Hayes
Dorsey largely assisted by Graceham talent
The music was Il surprise; it was real orches
ira music and well rendered.
The gross receipts exceeded AS, 1t is
more than likely that Strife" will! be given
in Emmttsburg within week or two.
UNArrRECtATIvE-Th fact that we see
scores Of persons attending entertainments
held for profit, but for which we are never
called upon to print the advertising matter,
and the further fact that we have never pre-
tended to influence the patrons of such, are
facts not appreciated, To enforce favor by
making it patent that were we 90 disposed,
we could more than offset the patronage
withheld from us, would DC rather smaller
proceeding than we are accustomed u in
dulgc in, put that a very few words, setting
forth the cheap enmty and persistent dis
elimination against us, would be followed
by an effective absenteeism, we know. Were
we capable of the self belittlcment requisite
to return of treatment In kind, a bit of
common justice would be melted out to a
certain people that profit periodically by the
presence of scores of THE CLARIoE's sterling
friends, thus far, thanks 10 the complacency
of THE CLARION. II may DO we'll to state
that VIC do not refer to our staunch old
friend, Graceham.
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