Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-05-06
Fires, overcoats and blankets were brought
into requisition during the past week.

Fires, overcoats and blankets were brough
into requisition during the past week.
'RAH FOR HICKs.-"Very warm" is Hicks
prediction for the first Of May: and i
showed
A lodge of Knights of Pvthias has beer
organized at Taneytown, Nd, with 90 mem
bers.
On Monday the Treasurer of the Corpora
ton of Taneytown received check for $l5i
from the County Treasurer, being thu
amount of half the road tax paid by thu
town for roads. This payment was made in
accordance with the Act passed by the last
Northumberland Record.
OPENING Mrs. L. r. Miller, of Creagers
town. advertises new stock of spring and
summer millinery and other goods. 1t Is
conceded by all that have knowledge of Mrs
Miller's work in millinery that her taste is
of high order and she exerts herself ia
please. The opening was advertised iol
May 3rd and 4th.
HUsTL1Na. With the U. y. District Attor.
neyship vacant, Surveyor Schley unceremo-
niously houuced, Assistant Treasurer Ham
mond dead and Internal Revenue Collector
Vsndlver's time expiring in June next
things are getting to be very interesting in
Maryland republican politics. The vacan.
cies in the Surveyorship and Sub Treasury
were not to be anticipated hence have pre-
cipitated settlement of vexed questions.
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A gentleman who chewed 20 cents worth
OF tobacco each week, concluded to try the
tobacco cure. In two weeks he ate up 81 20
worth of the cure and for the next two weeks
he used 10 cents worth Of candy, 5 cents
worth Of cough drops, rs cents worth of pea.
nuts, 8 cents worth of chewing gum, con.
sumed two large rubber erasers, ate the rub.
Der tips from fourteen lead pencils. chewed
up dozen penholders and browsed of his
mustache as high AZ he could reach. Now he
chews tobacco for the Ike of economy.-Es.
FRUIr.-There will be some few peaches
in the mountains. The Salwsys may yield a
half crop, Smocks some, but the White
peaches are bad. This was on DR.. Crowthers
place.
Mr. Reuben Brown, in the peach belt, has
a big lot Of trees. One 20 acre lot promises
we'll. Mr. Brown is not discouraged because
the small peach is still developing.
Plums in the higher sections are all right,
but the pears and cherries are badly nipped.
Mi0vale and the lowlands will shaw fair
yields. There will be no total lack Of peach.
es, and prices will be poor.-AaI
THE OLD SToRY-O On Tuesday last an ex.
cursion run for the benefit OF an institution
located elsewhere than Thurmont carried
thence 10 to 80 passengers, or as we are
informed. about an equal number with that
from the point most interested. One of these
days some Thurmont institution will run an
excursion, when, unless all past records be
broken, the total number of tickets sold at
all points will scarcely equal those sold ut
Thurmont on Tuesday. We are 10 be relied
upon to fatten some other peoples excursion,
but the other people make it an exceeding
pointed point not to fatten ours; all Of which
goes to prove that we are either wonderfully
Independent or wonderfully foolish.
CoNFL1CrlNG.-We have varied reports
concerning the fruit crops. Some are to the
effect that the peach and cherry crops have
been destroyed and pears damaged Again
we have extreme good news to the effect
that practically no damage has been done;
others say they are in doubt as yet, that
while the frost did not blacken and kill them
outright, that many trees have been nearly
denuded during the recent rainy days and
that the real damage will be apparent later.
While TO US 1t seems highly improbable that
the peach, cherry and other early fruit buds
and blossoms could stand q temperature OF
"a degrees, yet, owing to the diversity of
views we may surely he permitted. as yet, to
hope that that bit of winter has not wholly
destroyed these crops. The June drop
will likely settle the peach question, if it BE-
impossible of determination before that oc.
ours.
A WEAK PoINT.-When some public work
or movement in the county is to be fostered
or made possible of accomplishment by the
investment of Frederick City capital the one
weak point of attack is discoverable in the
fact that number of periodical events take
to our county town, representatives from
every section of the county with such fire.
quency that there are no real advantage yet
remaining to be secured at the hands Of the
rustic population There are four terms of
court, at least half dozen central commit
tee meetings, two or four county conven'
tons, school teachers examinations, county
fair, administrators, executors, trustees and
mortgages settlements, men who want
licence to marry and men and women look.
ing for leave of divorce, people who want
bridges. new roads or to have their taxes
reduced; all these take people to Frederick
wily-nilly, and about often enough to &c,
all out of them that is in them, hence when
you strike Frederick for Electric Railroad
stock subscriptions Frederick reasons thus
Humph, wherefore! Get 'em anyhow; there
fore, No!
TENN1s.-An impromptu tennis tourna'
ment was held on the court at the residence
of Mr.. I. w. 10y, on last Thursday after
noon. Instead Of playing full sets 1T wal
agreed that the "best out of five" was to