Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04

ninety periodically. Seasonabe showers
have fallen at intervals since the 2lst of last
month and crops that had withstood the
drought up to that time are now doing very
we'll.
TENN1s.-As announced last week our ten
mis- team met the strong team from Monterey
on Glenhurst court. this place. They came;
they played they were conquered; and so
complete was the defeat that they secured
but one sett of the eleven played Previous
to this contest they looked with pride upon
an unbroken string of victories but pride
come before a fall" and when they journeyed
here they took their fall, and right nobly did
they bow to the inevitable, owning the
superiority of our play and referring to
themselves as only giving US practice. They
were accompanied by a number of ladies' and
by their affableness won place in the hearts
our people, and departed with their best
wishes for future success. The score was as
follows: Doubles; Seton and Cassell, Thur.
mont VS. Howard and Green, Monterey, 81,
Go; 10y and Valentine vs. Bird and Taylor
Ga, Ga; Hammett and Bcachley vs. Price
and Hardy, IS, 81. Singles, Seton vs.
Howard Ga, Go; Hammett vs. Green, 90
GO, 6-8. Our team will go to Monterey
today Thursday to play return game.
Two fish stories, very similar in some re-.
spects, are reported, one in this paper, and
the other in the CATocT1N CLARION, pub.
lished at Thurmont. The CLARIoN's story
is as follows:
VI. Sykes of Keysville while gigging the
other night captured carp that measured
"a inches from tip and weighed over Is lbs.
The head when severed from the body
weighed two lbs. and the scales were the
size of silver dollar. How il this for a big
fish"
The Sentinel told it this way:
"Sherman Sites, of near Harvey, Wednes-
day of last week gigged carp which weigh'd
10 pounds and measured 34i inches in
length"
AS the distance from Keysville TO Harvey
is six miles in an air line and mile or two
more by the public road these places are
far enough apart for each to have its own
story of great fish, but approximate SINH.
larity in the similarity in the size of the fish
and the name of the fisherman, and actual
similarity in the method of capture give rise
to the suspicion that these are two stories
about one fish. Will somebody please cx,
plain.-Sentinel.
Who WILL GET IT?--Now that the Fred.
erck, Thurmont and Northern Railway pro-
ject is taking on real form, others are getting
interested In the Washington line and the
latest proposition is to build it around Robin
Hoods barn, that is to say, zigzaging 1t
through number of towns in Montgomery,
Carroll and Frederick county, most absurd
proposition. The Westminster route, while
further from direct line, Washington to
Gettysburg, than by way of Frederick, is at
least sensible idea and will or should be
the one adopted in case 1t does not pass
through Frederick and we shall not be
greatly surprised to find the former loom up
aud become formidable antagonist Of the
latter project in case our people do not
promptly meet with the necessary encour-
agement to warrant the taking Of an early
and decisive step, That such a step is about
to be taken we haye some reason to believe;
sufficient preliminary discussion and inquiry
has been INDUCED IN and the men at the head
of the movement will not be content to give
much more time to it, except it be to take
the real initiative.
We are growing stronger daily in the be-
lief that the line from Washington to Get
tysburg will be built who will get 1t?
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A Coop SEAsoN.-Thurmon has more
people summering here than for years, if
ever before. Baltimore and Washington
cities provide the large percentage of guests,
but ST. Louis, Philadelphia and other cities
are represented. When the season is over
and the ticket accounts are made up, it will
be found that Thurmont stands ahead Of
some of the other points along the line of
the W. M. r. r. that have the credit even
with railroad men OF being among the chief
summer resorts: while it may fall behind in
the number of tickets sold, the gross amount
received from the sale of tickets will make
the better showing IT, which we refer. This
may not be understood by the casual reader
and we will explain 1t by stating that round
trip tickets are sold from Baltimore City 10
points ten to twelve miles beyond US, 40 10
"a miles round trip for forty five cents less
than to Thurmopt We are comfortably
certain that when ticket accounts for the sea.
son have been made up, Thurmont will be
in position to lodge successful protest
against what is equally an unwise and I'M
just discrimination. We have always found
Pres. Hood reasonable and just and If the
largely increased summer travel to Thur.
mont is put before him in business like
shape and manner, our people can rely upon
it that our growth in popularity as sum-
mering place will be stimulated and net
retarded by the policy of his company.