Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-02
local CORRESPONDENCE.

Well! That's all right. 1t don't matter
in what month Geo. Washington was born.
Just draw broad mark across February and
let her go.
Alone in her home with a babe Of few
months and with bowling wind and drift
ing snow and Ice beating against the dwell
ing without and red hot stove pipe and
chimney afire within, Mrs. Robert Eigen-
brode had a rather terrifying experience
during the carly hours of the recent great
storm night 81 was never frightened so bad
in my lite, nor never SO glad to see anybody
as was to see Charley when he came in that
night" Thus spoke this plucky little woman
while relating her experience to lady friend
1t seems that during the storm period her
husbands duties at the railroad required his
presence there both day and night and her
brother Chas. Baxter, who homes with the
family, had gone to town on a little Grand
returning Just in time to witness the diving
out of the last sparks OF fire in the chimney,
relieve an excited and anxious mind and
calm throbbing heart. BY free applica-
ton of water to the red hot stove pipe, Mrs.
Eigenbrode doubtless prevented damage by
fire and perhaps the destruction efthe dwell
| ing,
Prot. Daniel Ebcrly of Abbottstown, Pa,
made a business visit to Franklin Mills prop
erty, on Friday last.
About twenty days of the winter 90 and 0
vet remains and so far we have had more
than the usual quantity of snow, huge drifts
and quite bit of sleighipg, but amid all we
have heard of no serious accidents and of but
one upset, that was our friend MIR. Van
Osler, who, with two splendid steeds in hand
| was coming to town from in the direction of
Bear Branch when he struck a drift and
| turned in the snow. This, however, was
owing to the absence of sufficient ballast, he
being aloue in the sleigh.
Reports Of damage in this community, in
cident to the great storm, come in gradually
and we find that some bogs and quite num-
Der of pigs and chickens were frozen to death
and in the matter of potatoes and canned
goods, the loss is by no means tritling, In
! measuring accurately the loss of the latter
we must take into account the fact that in
preserving the goods, the good housekeeper
was compelled to stand by hot stove when
the temperature without was more than
hundred degrees above zero.
Mr., Daniel Eigenbrode, who, on Saturday
January 20, last, had his leg crushed by the
wheel of o heavily loaded wagon passing
over it is gradually and as rapidly recovering
as can be expected,
There will be preaching in the Lutheran
church Sunday next.
The thirteenth annual session ofthe Mary
land Conference of the United Bretheren in
Christ will convene in Middletown, on
Thursday March 9th and will remain in SEES.
sion during the remainder of the week. The
members constituting this conference are:
Revs. Roudabush, Fout. Rice, Stinespring,
Station, Evers, Brewbaker. Chamberlin.
Wagner, Castle, Byrd, Reed .Bealle Barshing
er and Bovey. Mr.. T. A. Wastler is Lay
| Delegate from Thurmont circuit
Well wasn't our Wall Street "just IN it,
last Saturday? Poor hen fruit.
On April 16, 1857, snow fell here to the
depth of four inches.
Superintendent Hammaker informs us
that it required an outlay of about four hun.
dred dollars to reestablish travel on the +. d
E. pike, after the late snow storm.
The egg episode which was in evidence
here on last Saturday created quite deal OF
merriment to be sure, but then in business
point of view such depression hardly tends
toward what is to be desired
During the storm period our young and
obliging friend and mail carrier, Howard
Collifower, made his trips regularly and
promptly excepting the morning of the 18th
Active in mind and body, Mr. Christian
Hartman celebrated his eighty fourth birth
day on Sunday 10Th, ult ..
The bridge over Owens Creek, midway
between Thurmont and Rocky Ridgv has
been completed,