Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-09-08


left hand when spoken to. Miss Davis
was in the habit of Initiating this
movement. The will read that she
WAS to stand M and then 20 through
tie n.o..yn t"'rA.y times, "lu SIZE was
to be rewarded with all the coins she
could grab with both hands. Eut for
her mother being present to tell her
that two big handfulS of money would
doubtless bring a suitor for her hand,
Miss Hattie might not have rcaped un'
der the Will
\ few months before discovering the
treasure Joseph Harper had suffered
Tor several works with rheumatism in
the hip ana had been compelled to drag
his right leg as he walked. Young
Aaron Greenwood, the smart A'cck or
tho neighborhood. had given limitations
of the limp 70" the delrctation of the
nci~hhors. The will read that he was
to limp ten rods and back after "the
Harper STYLE" and would then be al
lowed to till one trousers pocket with
coins from the box. The Young man
went through the performance, but
nouc OF the spectators was convulsed
with laughter.
There were twenty-five lrgatceS un.
der the will and twcnty.one of them
had to go through performances in
order to inherit. In each and every
case the bachelor got even and little
more, though lying in his grave.
The twenty second and last person
to be mentioned was the wife Of a
farmer living five miles away. 1t ap.
pcarpd that she had once called Joseph
in as Ii" was plol1ing by in a storm
and had fed and warmed him. TO her
was left all his real and personal prop
erty, amounting to a matter of $4,000,
and she was charged to congratulate
all the others on what they had re-
ceived.
This charge was never fulfilled. She
had not vet risen to carry ii out when
tn" row began. Joseph Harper had
found a box of coins in Il hollow tree,
but they were bogus quarters and
halves aud dollars ana hidden away
|
before. He had made use of the find
to square up old scores.
OF course the ''lcgatpcs" were boiling
over with Indignation, and of course
the "ontSdrrS" were ticklcd to death
and the row did not cease until
III" doors were unhingcd, windows
smashed ana fences lcvclcd. There are
some still living who speak of the dead
man with Il show of respect, but there
are others who never hear his name
mentioned without cXclaming:
What Joe Harper. Why, he was
! 'hp mcancSt man who ever died in this
whole State. Florida Agriculturist
That Ola "Hcrald" Pressroom Story.
The Times had Il version OF II last
sunday again. Rewards might be
given for the best second best, and 50
on, presentations of it,
"Pcriodirally James Gordon Bennett
comes from Europe to inspect his
newspaper plant in detail, and careful
preparations In all departments us.
ually prrCcde his coming, but recently
one unhappy printer srandalizcd his
fellows hy appearing in Il somi-tipSy
condition OH the mOmrntous day The
| man was barely able to keep awake,
but was still sufficiently alert to rvade
! the foreman until Mr.. Bennett diScov.
! cred him in person. During an un-
guarded moment the tipSy printer had
accidentally encountered an ink roller,
and his face was covered with thick
black smudgc of ink. He did not move
during inspection, but leaned sadly
! against the wall and returned Mr..
Benefits gaze patheti"ally. Mr.. Ben
nett said nothing until the moment Of
leaving, and then called the foreman
after him. The shop waited anxiously
for the result Presently the foreman
returned furious. Shaking his fist in
the ink smudgcd countenance of his
subordinate. he calculated:
"'Say. you wash up an 90 home,
and come back tomorrow when you
are sober
ITO get my wa@es| stammcrcd the
offender Am bounced"
"'Naw" Snortcd the foreman in dis.
gust The boss saw all the ink
smcared on YOU and called me out TO
say that YOU look like the only man
in the shop that works. and he raised
your wages 81 Il week. blast yOu""
Singers on Vacation.
The summer season finds the famous
singers widely scattered among the
European resorts. Ternina is on her
way TO Croatia Calve is at her French
chateau in Averon. Sembrich is in
Dresden, Eamcs is in Spain, and Lilli
Lehman is in Salzburg Nordica is sat
isfied with the United States. for
while at least. but will 20 to Paris this
fall. OF all this group Calve is one
who most admircs riding in an auto
mobile. She travels as much as pos.
siblc in Europe in one of these -vphi.
clcs, which must be about as bad for
her voice rs anything one can imagine
Near Side and on Side.
When horses were first hitched to
vehicles the driver never thought Of
riding himself, but walked by the side
of the road as he held the lines. SO
as to have his right hand always ready
he walked Oh the left side, and conse.
qucnty the horse on the left side
came to he known as the NEAR" horse
and the one on the right side was
called the ''off" horse. In that manner
tna terms near horse" and "off horse"
became general and still pertain to
horses hitChed as q team,