Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-16

Murray factory, have opened and equipped
q first class canning establishment IN the
building along the B. & P. Railroad at Fred.
erick, formerly known as the Spoke Factory
The new factory began work on the 9th inst.
with 80 hands. The McMurray factory has
about $50 operators at work. Both factories
are canning peas.
When the shop bell rings. the shopmen
know that they mnst be on time or lose part
Of a days wages. They are on time. Some
Do they respond as promptly when the
church bell ring>i Conscience ought to
prompt as effectually as the shop time-keeper
Perhaps our church going people have not
taken this view of the matter. But will they
reflect upon III Promptness pays in religion
as well as in secular anairs.-CdrroH Nesos.
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A BROWNING CLuB-A small class is
meeting weekly with Mrs. Matthias for the
study of Browning. The study is growing
in interest and as NO exclusive affair is in
tended, a cordial invitation Is extended to
any who wonld care 10 join. There 10 no
condition of membership save an earnest
desire to become acquainted with Brown
inK's thought, and the honest intent to pre-
pare the lesson. Glass meets every Friday
evening between six and seven o'clock.
SEAsoNABLE. During the past four days
We have been receiving timely and needed
showers. The surface of the ground had
gotten very dry, but with the rainfall noted,
vegetation is growing finely. Some wheat
has been thrown down and tangled, but it is
much owing to the weight of the heads;
grain is filling satisfactorily. Corn that was
planted just prior to the rainy season in May
has come up badly, much replanting being
necessary. The grass crop is good. but not
exceptionally heavy. Hay making has
already begun. The apple crop hereabouts
will be very light one. Cherrler are ripen.
ing and there will be large crop.
Mr. G. w. Melville, secretary of the Live
Stock Sanitary Board. states that so far sos
dairy herds Of cattle have been registere! at
his Office. He calculates that nearly 400
more herds must be registered by June 18th.
The owners Of those that have not been re.
corded with him by that date will then be
liable to prosecution under the law, and Mr..
Melville says this law will sssuredly be en-.
forced. OF the herds already registered the
largest number-19S-Is in the territory
trAversed by the Western Maryland railroad.
In the country along the lines Of the P. w.
& B., N. G. and B. & P. there are 1874, the
B. s. O. 1S9 and the Leh,gh 90.
Boon LAND SoLD.-Alexande Armstrong
assignee Of mortgage, sold at Hagerstown
at public sale to D. r. Doub the Straub farm,
containing l65 acres. for 5000 per acre,
subject to mortgage of $4,000 and interest
on the same for one year. This sale closes
a very interesting real estate deal made In
Hagerstown during the boom period. The
farm was sold by the Straubs TO DR.. G. l..
Keedy for $4,000. DR.. Keedy in turn sold
it Immediately to the Southern Development
Company, an organization composed chiefly
Of Baltimore capitalists, for $50 600 1t was
the intention OF the development company
to have made cemetery out of the farm.
but their plans were never carried into effect.
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We copy the following from the Grinnell
Iowa, Herald, concerning Joseph Hays, who
spent the early part Of his life in this sections
In q recent issue Of the Herald we pub.
lshed clipping from the Times Republican
claiming for Mr. Kerscy, of New Providence,
the honor Of being the oldest living republic
can in Iowa. Mr.. Kerscy is OF years old
We have received note from D. F. Hayes Of
Chester Center, who says his father is able to
60 Hardin county one better He says:
"My father. Joseph Hays, was born Nov
l, 1905, in Frederick Co., Md, and is now in
his 93rd year. He also voted for j. Q. Ad.
ans for President, and voted for John P
Hale, the free soil candidate. in 1859, his
vote being the only one in his district cast
for that candidate. He joined the republican
party at its organization and has stood by
ITS principles ever since. In the last CAM
paign he, three sons and six grandsons sup
ported Mckinley. He is still 10 good health
eats three square meals a day, and is as
much interested In current events "a any
one. He bids fair to reach an even hundred
and guarantees ten votes for Mckinley IN
1907"
AN APPEAL FOR THE BALL AND Bat
n Il