Catoctin clarion., 1901-01-10
Local Correspondence.

home near Apples Churcn, oatuTuay ihoIhns
January 5th, 1901. She was the widow OF
Michael Freeze whose death occurred Janu.
ary 4th 1894 Interment was made In the u
B. cemetery Monday morning 7th inst, Rev.
w. 8. T. Metzger, her pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Freeze is survived by Q children-S sons
and daughters, all married and have fami'
lies. The sons are Jacob, George and josiah
who have 8, 8, and 4 children and l., 8, and z
grandchildren respectively. The daughters
are Mrs. Josiah Damuth, Toledo, D., with 8
children and 18 grandchildren. Mrs. Josiah
e. Wilhide, Lants, Md, with 8 children and
grandchildren, Mrs. Theodore Eyler, Mrs.
Lewis Keefer, Mrs. Allen Eyler and Mrs.
Henry Hetterly, residents of Apples Church
community who have l, 8, Q, and 8 children
and grandchildren in the order named
total 0 children, Al grandchildren and 80
greatgrandchildren
One OF the daughters, Mrs. Josiah Wilhide
has been seriously i'll with pneumonia and
was unable to attend the funeral
Ill.,
Rev. Orem of the NJ. f. Church was re-
Gently the happy recipient of a bountifnl do
nation of good and useful things from the
members of the Lewistown charge. This
generous act upon the part Of the pastors
flock renews in our mind some events and
happenings of a year ago, chief among them
being the vigorous spirit Of liberality. that
was 80 prevalent In the ranks Of church mem.
bership at this season of the year 1900 At
that time all of the resident ministers of the
gospel of this town, Revs Whitmore, Orem,
Daugherty and Metzger were most hounti'
fully remembered with gifts from their re-
spectlve Memberships. The presents not
only included provisions for the larder and
the inner man, but wearing appeared, hay.
corn, oats, wood and coal, and some cases
the hard cash as well. In one case, that of
pastor Metzger, the donation seemed to be
abnormally large. After the larder and
grain bins were full 10 overflowing, wagon
af,er wagon, creaking beneath huge piles OF
wood, came rolling down Church Street and
halted in front of the parsonage. Scanning
the train In apparent amazement, Rev. Metz
ger was heard to exclaim, docs all this be.
long to III" And it did.
Ill
In response to an inquiry as to his prospects
for business, the proprietor of our town mill
Mr.. L.vl Zen,z had this to say to the Local
Correspondent recently: $50 far the patron.
age to the mill has been encouraging and
business has been good from the start am
runnlng almost constantly and when night
comes my -four and feed bins are about empty
My exchange trade is already extensive and
ss constantly and rapidly growing To my
already superior line of machinery, l haye
just added an excellent chopping stone and
will In the near future place in position to
accommodate in perfectly business manner
and hope to merit an increased patronage
from our town and from the people around
It,"
III
A visit to Catoctin recently apprised US OF
the fact that hundreds Of dollars have been
expended in repairs and betterments to the
various habi,ations, and thousands of dollars
in renewals and additions u the furnace.
In searching for ore, and for facilitating the
transportation of the same from the mines to
the washers and thence to the bins at the
furnace network Of railroads stretching in
various directions oyer the premises has been
constructed, and this also must have required
a very considerable outlay of capital. All IL
all the whole of which we laid eyes on de.
noted enterprise and thrift. One thing ex.
cepted; that is the large room in which gen.
eral store is conducted. This, though large
presents dismal and uninyiting appearance,
IL
A very credtable addition to Thurmont's
list of grocery stores has been recently open'd
to the public. The store is located in the
room formerly occupied by MIR. Alien G.
Ogle. on W. Main st., and while not large it
Is handsome and attractive. The proprietor.
w. L. Martin, Esq, has chosen complete
assortment of staple and fancy groceries and
everything Is arranged In splendid taste.
Aside from groceries storekeeper Martin Is
carrying many other articles in his stock OF
which the public knows nothing, and he will
of course recall to mind the following quo.
tation: "And 1t came to pass after he had
advertised his goods, that there came unto
him great multi,udes of people from all the
the region about and did buy of him. And
when his competitors saw 1t they marvelled
among themselves saying: How be it that
this man IS busy while We loaf about our
doors," etc.
Will, it result an forfeiture of our contract
aud relations with THE CLARION and con.
seauent dlminshment Of our Tatons? is the
question just now paramount in the mind OF
the Local Correspondent. Although 1t was
a job lot Of physical ailments coupled with
divers other circumstances and duties that
combined in necessitating still another and
very considerable hiatus in our correspond
ence; and although we enjoy the knowledge
and consciousness of the fact that our en-
ployer is both gentle and kind and also gen.
erous and guardedy indulgent, still with all,
the very perplexing question now upperm"st
In our mind is, will he happily regard the
interval as merely gap, chasm or such, or
will he in moment of frenzy adjudge 1t a
case Of I.don't. faithful duty. Should
the latter result and cropping of of remu-
neration for services, or still worse, the can
cellation of our contract and consequent
shortage of ratlons follow, ah! lhen surely
will it be we'll for us that in our youth We
learned lessons of self.denal. Wei just