Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-09-19
Local Correspondence.

Any OF our farmers having to buy a
grain drill this season had better pay ut
tention to the Geiser Manufacturing Co.'S
offer, by circular, to sell a limited num-
Der of the famous force feed Greencastle
drills at the remarkable low price of $40
for the eight-hoe. This is said to be an
up-to-date grain seed and fertilizer drill
and to secure one of them would seem
like finding a whole lot of cash money.
John w. Forney has sold his snug little
farm, our ecteemed townsman, Charles
Hauver being the purchaser and will take
possession of the same on the first OF
next April. This property is known as
the Jonas Matthews homestead and con-
sists of about 20 acres of good productive
land, good westinghouse and other nee
essary buildings, and is bounded by the
lands of Mrs. A. c. Holt, ID. G. Zentz,
Glosbrenner Matthews and VIM. Roddy.
Consideration $500.
The attendance at St. Johns Lutheran
Sunday School picnic was fully up to the
expectations Of the promoters, the as
serb!age being reckoned at between fiji
teen hundred and two thousand persons.
When in a year hence the trolley road
will have been completed to this place,
then il will be that all former records in
the matter of attendance at our annual
gathering will be broken.
Besides the regular passenger trains
fully 200 freight cars passed up the w.
M. Railroad Sunday, requiring IA loco
motives to pull and push them from our
station to Blue Ridge Summit, eleven
miles away. AS many as four engines
were hitched to one train of about GO
cars. Coupled with this lively procedure
on the railroad, the shrieking Of Whistles
and belch:ng of steam, smoke and cinder
were the terrifying honkkonk, clang-
tlarg and Gisagreeab!e smell of the dcz-
ems of automobiles that were dashirE
over the f. & E. turnpike, enveloping
church goers and others in the dense
clouds of dust rolled up by the onrush Of
these dread machines, and in some in
stances causing teams to balk and ladies'
to leap to terrafirma and seek places of
safety. All in all, Sunday last was de-
cidcdly lively, noisy and nervc-wrecking
day for the inhabitants of this locality.
After ten days or so visit with rela-
tives in Baltimore, Col. Charlton and
Mrs. Fogle have returned to their home
at Franklin Mills.
Rev. Gordon |. Rider and family spent
Sunday evening at the home of MIR. Har-
ny Hetterly.
Rev. Rollingston and family took their
final departure from "Spotswood Inn"
where they had been homing for the past
several months, on Saturday last.
Rev. C. T. Jones and family are vel
come visitors among their numerous
friends here.
AS to the wisdom of Creagerstown'
wide-awake merchant arranging for a
Saturday night concert in that delight
fully located hamlet no doubt turks in
the mind of the writer of these items.
A busy, hustling scene is being enact
ed in ard about Pen-Mar cannery during
the past several weeks. Root Bros. de-
serves much credit for affording this
means for scores of our industrious and
worthy laborers to earn food and raiment
for the approaching winter. The tomato
crop is abundant and the corn is fair.
Simon Lohr' 7-acre field of corn lying
short distance east of his dwelling ano
bordering on the pike is adjudged to yield
525 bushels of this golden beauty. Tc
| lock upon this field of corn as it grew
was an inspiration and joy forever fo,
the toiler in the soil at least.
The result of our negligence in the
matter of destroying the haunts Of the
caterpillar month or six weeks ago il
now plainly visible. Both in size and
quality will our apple crop be impaired
by the ravages of the pest. Not hereto
fore have they been SO numerous and de-
structive in this locality.
Much late seeding of wheat and rye
will result from the backwardness of the
corn crop in ripening.
The building of Miss Rheua Willhide'.
dwelling has gone forward with rush
the frame work, Misunderstanding ant
roofing having already been completed.
Mr.. VIM. H. Hartman was recen
caller at Rhodesia.