Catoctin clarion., 1901-03-21
Personals.

Personals.
After spending inaugural week in Wash
ington and part of last week in Baltimore,
Miss Jane Anders returned home on Wednes.
day noon Of last week:
Miss Lucretia Cassell returned home Tues
day evening after visiting Inaugural week
in Washington and last week In Baltimere.
Mr.. Frank Martin and wife returned home
on Saturday evening last.
"Blo0d'' Rains and Brown Shows.
The New York Herald undertakes to give
an explanation of the "blood" rains and
brown SHOWS which have been spreading
over Europe recently.
The occurrence of this phenomenon, says
the Herald, "has long been noted about or
shortly after the vernal and antumnal equi.
noxes, at which periods they have been often
extensively observed during the prevalence
of srocco dust at Lyons, Genoa and many
other points in Southern Europe Near the
equinoxes, also on the tropical Atlantic,
clouds OF red fog caused by fine impalpable
cinnamon. colored dust, have been always
recorded by marines In the vicinity Of the
Cape Verde Islands.
ut is highly probable and ineligible that
the red and brown dust of the Sahara Desert
rises in large masses and to great attitudes
within the equatorial calmbelt, and IS thence
borne westward and northward by the regu-
lar upper anti trade current. This current
issues from the atmosphere over the calm.
belt, and, curvlng first northwestwardly to
the Cape Verde Islands, gradually bends to.
ward Southern Europe, all the time having
a slow descending tendency. This fully ex
plains all the above noted phenomena Of
colored precipitation"
Local Correspondence.
st Patrick's Day dawned most beautiful:
although it was Sunday, many were the cab
bage seeds that found their way to earth in
this part OF the moral vineyard.
The price of eggs has dwindled TO 10 cents,
In this connection, says friend David Cover
my wife sold Is dozen eggs last week, hut
If Ihad my way about it there would only be
one chicken kept and that's rooster to crow
in the morning."
Rev. DR.. BALDWIN, P. e, West Baltimore
District, NJ. K. church, was a busy man
Sunday last. Coming up from Baltimore
Saturday night, he addressed the Sunday
School Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock preach.
ed sermon In NJ. E. church and at Q p. IN.
the Rev was in the pulpit in Lewistown
where he delivered another sermon. landing
back in Thurmont at 4:SO, and here visited
and comforted the sick until the 500 tram
was due, on which he returned to Baltimore
to preach in that city 2t hours later.
Mr.. Charles Cramer, Water Street, will,
within fortnight, make sale Of his household
effects and soon after, depart for Nebraska,
where he has secured a position at a right
7,
make bis future home.
IL
1t is said by those in position tc know,
that our highly esteemed, wealthy, and en-.
terprislng citizen, Mr.. Chas. Shipley, Is ex.
tremely ill at his quarters in Baltimore, with
but slight hopes of his again being able to
return to his home here.
VI
The winter Of l9000l ended yesterday and
In this community the only particularly de.
plorable occurrence connected with its pres
ence was that the reaper, Death. was active
and cut much wider swath than did any of
its predecessors in the last quarter century.
III
It's sprlngtime now; 1t began today. and
as evidence of which the entertaining frog,
the blue bird and robin and also the ground
mole are here to celebrate the event. The
latter are here in multitudes and are busying
IT, emselyes 10 their nice little mission, that
of ploughing up the seed beds. These under.
ground pests, as we regard them, haye been
remarkably in evidence only during the past
two seasons but seem to be accumulating
ten.fold yearly. They are kin of the grub
worm and between the two, the former per-
torating the soil horizontally and the latter
vertically the root Of what plant is it that
will escape their ravages! Add to these two
destructive pests the pernicious enemy of the
fruit tree, the potato bug, cabbage worm,
increased taxation, &c, &c, 8 c., and is 1t
any wonder that the tiller of the soil stands
appalled, and regards his prospects for q re-
spectacle existence with dsmay! Neverthe.
less, spring has arrived and the season for
sowing and planting is closely approaching.
Already the scattering of lettuce, beet and
cabbage seed, and for planting onions, peas,
potatoes and cabbage Is In order, and. not
withstanding the discouragements he has to
encounter, the patient, forbearlag and faith.
full husbandman and laborer in tillage will
continue to SOW and reap.
III
Speaking of things seasonable, Of course
the fence posts have all been forced back In
place and other necessary repairs made, trim
ming of trees and vines, rubbish of yard and
garden reduced to ashes, cellar thoroughly
aired, potatoes overhauled and all such has
been attended TO long ago.
E-H
Mrs. Ella, wife of Calvin Ogle and daugh
ter of T. Ed Martin ia seriOusIy i'll at her