Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-09-03


was done on Wednesday of last week and so
clean was the reservoir that there has been
no report of even cloudy water at the first
| run after the reservoir filled.
The accumulation of sediment during the
year is very inconsiderable, principally sand
Local Correspondence.
Undoubtedly has the CLARION answered
its own question regarding the fruit tree
branches. One need not be particularly OBJ
servant to notice that all vigorous trees have
made very extraordinary growth during the
wet summer months, SO much SO thst The
foliage alone seems to overburden the tender
branches and bling them low to the ground
Especially do l notice this effect on peach
trees not in bearing
There is a SolomoniC Crater in almost con-
slant eruption short distance north oftoWn'
DESIGNATIONS Of % up to date character come
from 1t frequently; a veritable Vesuvius it Is
A letter from New York automobl!ist TO
q business man in this place reads in part as
follows: II want to say that your road from
Frederick to Emmitsburg was as good as the
road from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg was
bad. II you know how bad that road is you
will know how good yours is. AS for the
country through which your road passes
have never seen more beautiful one In all
that goes to make pleasant land. The one
objection we found, however. was the absence
of sign posts. know Maryland roads seem
TO think a guide is q hoodoo, but why docs
not your fine F. e. E. pike set up posts and
show the beautiful Marylanders that they
arc good thing? In conclusion, let me say
that shal! most heartily recommend to all
automobiles the Frederick pike and the de
lighttul country through which it passes"
So exceptionally deficient in both bulk
and weight is the oats that 1t is hardly taken
into account with this seasons grain crop.
The yield per acre is from IL to "a measured
bushels; BY weight, about the half OF that
The standard weight for oats is 30 pounds.
Go see the huge rock that lies In the creek
at the upper end of Jones dam and which
was undermined and carried q considerable
distance downstream by recent Hood. The
weight of the monster is rcckoncd at from
10 to Is tons.
Arrangements are about perfected for
iair 10 be held ut Apples church next Satur'
day night.
Apple butter boiings will now be in order.
The immense apple crop insures an abund-
ant supply of that pennsylvania plaster" as
the tramps term 1t.
Rev. Arthur Bredenbeck visited friends
here during the past week.
Fully equipped with necessary tools and
explosives, Johu Toms is hard at work fell
ing trees, blasting rocks and roofing siumps
from plat of ground adjacent to Cold
Spring grove, upon which he expects to COM
plete dwelling and outbuildings within the
present year.
II find here many excellent people, am
well pleased with the community and also
with my work. says Rev. Harris sfter four
months residence.
Besides general farm work the farmer bas
been busy breaking wheat ground ard plow-
ing is among the chief abors the past two
weeks. Tnreshipg grain Is still IN progress
and yields reported are from 10 to 40 bushels
to the acre.
Mr.. Henry Snuff is just back from visit
TO his sons Willard and Charles, in Emmits-
burg.
The gathering of blackberrles is about
winding up. The crop was enormous.
Mr.. VIM. Hartman visited friends at Frank
lin Mills recently.
Potatoes are rotting at a pace calculated
to make both producer and consumer uneasy
Miss Florence Eigenbrode is enjoying u
fortnight's visit with relations in Waynes'
boro section.
Maj. Damuth's wheat crop on home place
averaged 80 bushels to the acre.
Soon as my excellent friend, Mr.. 10y, gets
through repairing and greasing up old thresh-
ers, that fiddle bow will be forthcoming and
a revival of that "String band OF old" may
There was hardly peck of locust BIOS
som in the district last spring but there will
be more corn than that.
After three months stay with friends in
Adams county, Pa, Miss Florence DeMuth
has returned to her home in Roddy.
The public roads paralleling Hunting and
Owens creeks are simply terrible. The pike
is always good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winton Baltzell of Philadel-
phia and Mrs. Salhe Connolly of Baltimore
are visiting at the home of ]. W. Baltzell.
The turnlp crop is wonderfully advanced
and promises abundantly.
Sickness to very serious extent has pre-
vailed in the family Of Mr.. Thomas O'Con-
ner throughout the past seven weeks. Hus.
band, wife, son and daughter constitute this
home and all have been down with typhoid
fever with other complications attending.
: AT this time the husband and children are
eonvalescent and recovering but the mothers
| condition is still serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Shindledecker re-
| Gently visited relatives in Hanover, Pa.
James A. Damuth is alarmingly i'll with
typhoid fever.
Mr.. Ezra aud Mrs Calvin Young, son and
daughter of Baltimore are visiting Miss
| "Iizan Young near Apples church