Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-02

The growing grain hereabouts look IS
very, very well. Present promise is for
a good crop of both wheat and rye.
Chas. L. Martin, of Franklin Mills,
went to Frederick Monday morning to
fulfill several contracts he had previously
entered into in the line of paper hanging.
Harvey F. Wilhide, l. Ike Ave, has
within the past month wonderfully bright
ened up his dwelling house and property
generally-an admirable transformation
indeed.
Finding goldfish culture profitable VIM
Martin has this season constructed six
additional ponds to his plant of hereto
fore two, on his farm adjacent to Hoover S
mill.
Following sale of portion of his
worldly effect, Charlton Fogle retires
from active business life and with Mrs.
Fogle will travel and visit relatives for
an indefinite time.
Rev. and Mrs. koontz are absent from
town for a fortnight. Mrs. koontz will
tarry with relatives in Baltimore county
while the Rev. will attend the annual
Conference which convened in Washing
| ton yesterday.
David G. Zentz has also recently en-
barred in similar enterprise at the
Zentz industrial centre. So has Adam
| H. Zentz had several ponds constructed
along the sparkling and never failing lit
tie stream that stretches through his
farm IN the eastern edge of G! a Than.
Evers Wilhide has procured position
with the w., F. & G. road as foreman of
force of men who are balasting tie
newly made section of road between F..
& l., Evers spent Sunday with home
folks, returning to his work Monday morn
ing.
The l.. C. welcomes G. Washington
Ridenour to our community. He some
time ago purchased the splendid little
farm known consecutively for the past
seventy years as the Kun, Stultz, Will
hide, Root and Zentz farm, and moved
on to it one week ago. The same is lc-
Gated mile north of town.
Within the Spotswood circle Charles
Delaplane has reroofed his handsome
dwelling experimenting wood with tin
and is now with paint and brush artisti-
cally embelishing the entire structure.
BY the way Thurmonters may well take
prid. in the elegant suburban home that
adorn the north and northeast entrances
to town, an index not to be disregarded
by US.
The unusually brisk and urgent demand
for teams and attendants to get building
material lumber, bricks, stone, ETC., >
on the spot for the numerous homes that
are now in course of construction in aid
about town along with their customary
spring farm work, our farmers find them
selves doubly taxed this season and are
working on about l4-hour system to
keep the present wave of prosperity and
enterprise moving along.
Having recently embarked in the green
grocery business, John Hetterly a ma
tive and former resident of this place,
came down from Altoona Saturday, pri-
marially for the purpose of buying car
load Of potatoes for his trade and ship
ping them hence. In this community
Mr.. Hetterly found that tuber in abund-
ance but too much under size he feared,
to compare with the western potato
which is generally handled in their mark
ct. He consequently only bought and
forwarded 200 bushels as trial specimen
with the understanding with merchants
here that if they give satisfaction to his
customers he will forward large order
later