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Iowa DEMOCRATIC PLATFoRM.-Th Iowa
Democratic State Convention, held on the 22d
ult. was composed principally Of the old po-
litical stagers the people of Iowa have turned
out to grass from time to time. The platform
they adopted is Douglas all over and under
and the following fair abstract will suffice for
such as have not had the rare felicity Of see.
ing the notable document in full:
|. The American Eagle is a very fine fowl
2. We unanimously vote Old Ossawattomie
to perdition.
3 For the Black Republican party the
same hasty dish Of soup.
!. The Little Giant is brick,
5. Stephen a. Douglas is trump.
E Douglas is right bower.
I. He'll do TO tie to generally.
8. We don't care red cent what shall be
done at Charleston we 30 in lemons.
land Leader.
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Best AGE OF MARES FOR BREEDING. In
reply to the question, "at what age ought
mares to breed to make it best for them and
colt and to produce the best possible horses
in the long run? a correspondent of the Gen.
esee Farmer states that Z" he most SOLID horses
are from parents past ten years old, at the
time of population" 1t is quoted as the
opinion Of Col. VIM r. johnson, of Va an
" old Napoleon of the turf" that if raising a
mare for breeding purposes only one should
commence at two years old, if She were well
grown, not for the value of her first colt, but
for the extension of her breeding properties
and charging her nursing capacities.
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GTGenin, the celebrated hat man, of New
York, has failed. The cause is said to be
"sp'urging" too extensively. Some eight
years ago he established magnificent bazaar
in handsome store under the St. Nicholas
Hotel, and little more than year ago took
another store in the same range. to which he
removed his hat shop This last act was what
broke him. You will not wonder when you
hear the rent he undertook to pay Ely for the
two stores. Not cent less than SIS, 800 per
year What hat-shop could stand up under
so grievous burden?
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C-Lieutenant General Scott has addressed
an order to Assistant Quartermuster General
Tonrpkins, at New York, from which it APP
pears that all the disposable troops OF the
United States Army are to be concentrated in
Texas for the protection Of the frontier
When the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
open. portions of the regiments in Minnesota
and Kansas will proceed to Texas by the
western route, swelling the United States
troops in that State to about one thousand
meE. The troops on Governors Island Gre
dispatched on the 18th Of this month
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Original Artifles.
For The Cecil Wing.
Recolle ctiOns Of Methodist Preachers.

read with much interest The notice of the
late Rev. Thomas Miller, as it recalled some
of my earliest recollections.
1t is more than forty years since l heard
! him preach in school house, on q Sunday
afternoon, from the text: "If the righteous
scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly
and the sinner appear"
He was large man spoke in a solemn and
impressive manner, with a powerful voice.
have heard the sound Of his voice, while
preaching, at the distance of two miles.
His life was one Of most exemplary piety,
as well as great usefulness. His funeral was
preached by the Rev. Ayers, from the text
50 He was good man,
Previous to the building of the Union
Meeting House, in 1922, the place of prcachng
in that ncighborhood, was at the dive ling of
ohm Williamson, the stone house now occu-
pied by Mr.. Lowry. The preaching was on
week days, and the congregation small.
have a recollection of some Of the Minister'S
They travelled on horse back, and generally
had good horses. There was an anecdote of
minister who had poor horse, asking one
who had fat horse, how he managed to keep
his horse in such good order2 Why said
he, 81 comb my horses name while he is
eating" The meaning of which was that he
always went to the stable with his horse and
saw that he got his feed.
One ofthc earliest ministers whom recalled
WAS John Gotorth. He was afterwards a
citizen of Cecil. In 1876, he and Edward
Page were on the Cecil Circuit, and on the
4th of July, of that year, held meeting in
the woods at the Union, it being the tiitieth
Anniversary Of American Independence.
John Sharpley was on this Circuit in 1916,
known as the cold summer when it was
year. lie afterwards kept store in Elkton, in
the house now occupied by Cantwcl & Elder
as a tin shop. There was a comica fellow
with him, named Phil Jackson who ca He'd
him uncle John. On the circuit with Rev.
Sharpley was Daniel Ireland, in 1917.
In the following two years, the preachers
were William Torbert and John Wolson.
recollcct hearing the latter preach his farewell
sermon, at W illiamson's: "Finally, brethren
! farewell"
Samuel J. Griffith, was on this circnit in
1920 and 1921. Thomas Miller was with him
the first year, and Daniel Fiddler, the second
| Griffith was large man. He afterwards
located. and was engaged in some bus mess, on
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, while it
was making.
In 1922, came John Smith and William
Lummis; the latter had been a laborng man.
! On one occasion he could not get pasture tor
his horse where he was stopping, because the
fence wanted repairing, he proposed taking
the maui and wedges to the woods and making
rails for the fence. Not many preachers now
| that would like to make rails. John Smith
was small man, but spoke with great nuency.
He got up the subscription for building the
Union church. 1t was afterwards enlarged
but is now two small for the increasing con.
gregation, and larger one must be erected.
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EFFECT OF PUMPKIN SEEDS ON MILK Cows
A. Clary. Of Connecticut, writes the Neu
Ene'aad Farmer, in regard to ills subject, as
follows:
"FiIst fed my cows one week with one
large OF two small pumpkins TO each COW
twice day. Their milk decreased two or
three quarts to each COW a day, from what
they gave the first week previous. then
fed them one week with the same quantity Of
pumpkins as before, and took on, the seeds
They increased in greater proportion of milk
than they decreased the week previous.
then fed them alternately, three or four weeks
and they varied in their milk very much after
the first week.
The diuretic qualities Of pumpkin seeds as
well known, and they will always prove
injurious to animals if fed in large quantity
Fowls have sometimes eaten of them SO largely
as to produce death.
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CHE Gcfil n)bis.

Books RECEIVED. From McSsrs Leonard
Scott. & Co.. 10 Fulton street. New York, we
have received the February number of the
North British Review. which is the COM
mcnccment of volume p of the American
Edition. Now is the time to subscribe TO
this valuable book. The contents are varied
and interesting. An article under the head
of" Austria is one of series which gives
the secret history of the Austrian Government.
Wesleyan Me,hodism'' contains much val
liable information, as relates TO the founders
of Mcthodsm. An account of the Island of
Ceylon, Historical and Typographical: also
some ofits natural productions, W i'll be found
nm instructive article. Fossil Footprints
by Hitchcock, Professor Of Geology in Am.
hcrst College shows that the author had much
opposition to overcome, as his investigations
which were to ascertain the character of the
animal from the fossil tracks. were questioned
denied and even ridiculed by some of his
contemporaries
This is solid printed book of 15G pages,
and contains q number Of other articles,
beside the ones we have named.
From the same firm we have also received
the reprint of The LONDON QUARTERLY Re-
VIEW. No. 2l3. We presume the best notice
we can give of this book will be the table Of
contents; and we know that our readers will
sec the book is a useful and interesting one.
The three Colonies of Australia, Cotton
spinning machines and their inventors, China
and the War, The Roman Wall, Quilt by the
Romans, while occupying the island of Brit
ain) Religions Revivals, Life and Works OF
Cowper, and Reform Schemes.
The Publishers will send either one of the
four Reviews, for So year, or all four for
So. The reprint Of these Reviews, with
Blackwood is supplied we believe, at about
one.sixth the English prices.
We have received the speech OF Col. Jacobs
on the " Free Negro Population of Maryland
delivered in the House of Delegates, of this
State, on the 18th of February 1850.
We received GoIey's Lady's Book, for
April as early as the 18th inst. This Book
is well worth the subscription price to any
lady. The engraving Spring" is certainly
happy agreement with the date of the book
The fashion plates are of course of the latest
style: and the description of the patterns in
the work department arc SO plainly written
that any one may understand. The reading
matter is interesting. l.. 4. GoDEY, pub
Usher, 1923 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
We have received the Rural Register of
March 18th, a semimonthy book published
in Baltimore by S. Sands & Mills at the very
low price of one dollar year. 1t is va lua-
BILE book. The senior Editor, Samuel Sands
is well known as the farmers friend, who has
always aimed to advance the farmer interest
We think this book should be sustained and
patronizcd BY our farmers.
Peterson's Ladies Natona! Magazine, for
April. has arrived and we can say that 1t is
neat and well edited book. The April No.
contains thrty-nine articles. and ffty-two
embellishments. The price of this book is
81 a year, three copies for IS. Published BY
Z. j. Peterson, 300 Chestnut street, Phiadel-
phia.
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ELkTON
MARBLE WORKS.

T'IiE subscriber has opened MARBLE
l. YARD in ELKTON, and will keep on
hand, and prepare to order, all kinds of
work, such as:
Monuments, Head and Foot Stones;
T0nrbs, Nantes, Table and Bureau
Tops, Door Stills, Window Stills,
STEPS, &c, nc.
U-Cemetery Lots enclosed, and all kinds
of IRON WORK done at the shortest notice.
Tomb Stones cleaned and re -lcttercd,
Italian and American Marble constantly
on hand. All to 10 be sold at the lowest
possible Prices. WILLIAM McDEVITT,
Elkton, Apr 2. l859.-tf. Proprietor.
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CARRIAGE MANDATORY.
JOHN v. REARDOY,
SUCCESSOR TO II. A. HALL.

T. l. X II O N, NJ d..
4 NNOUNCES to the citizens Of Cecil
IA county that he is prepared to
Make all kinds of Carriages to Order,
and guaranteesto give satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their work An ex-
perience of ten years enables him to say that
his carriages will compare tavorably With
those of any other manufacturer, in finish
and durability. He solicits the custom Of
the people OF the county, generally.
Gg~Sccond hand carriages taken in ex-
change for now, at fair prices.
A number Of second hand carriages on
hand, and for sale low. Jan l, Soy.
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How TO Make EXTRA BRANCHES CHOW ON
PEAR IREEs.-A writer in the Virginia Farm
Joprnot, states that he has succeeded in start.
ing branches on his pear trees wherever he
wishes limb to grow. lie says: " a careful
examination will show plenty of dormant
eyes, or knurls, on the stock TO produce a
shoot, slit ora cash is made over the eye,
and into the wood, with knife or fine saw,
which, by checking the flow of sap, starts
these domant eyes into life, and in three cases
out Of four branch shoots forth;
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HrNGARIAN GRASS IS TNJUfous TO HoRsEs
An Illinois correspondent of the Amcric,m Ag.
rltultwiM states that last winter several hor-
SEES pecdtnc seriously afflicted with stiffness
of the joints. They had been kept in good con
dltion on Hungarian grass, and from the fact
of other horses that had been fed on hay,
being exempt from the disease. the general
beliefs that eating Hungarian grass was the
cause of it not perhaps the hay itself, but
seed: He thinks it ought to be cut for hay
while in full bloom.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-03-24

GOING TO CHARTER A STEAMSHIP The
delegates from Massachusetts to the Charleston
democratic convention, ano such as propose
to be present at the meeting of that body in
April, are making arrangements to 90 in a
body. 1t is proposed to charter one of the
new steamers of the Baltimore line Cor the
trip.
A steamer from Baltimore. Horrible. Just
suppose a gang of "plug uglies," should
secret themselves on board 4! Beware, We
Bay State locofocos.
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ORGANIZATION OF LABOR. There was an
attractive and most suggestive gathering OF
The Shoe-B Black Brigade Of London lately
Three hundred and eighteen boys. with two
bands, gathered at St. Martins Hall under
the leading OF their General, the Earl of
Shaftesbury. 1t appears that these erewhile
outcasts earned near y 1913 900 last year, by
cleansing and beautyfying the feet Of wayfa.
ring men. The meeting was exceedingly ami.
mated and joyous. Tile Ragged School red.
uniformed boys, sixty. earned IL, TAG.
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NThe adjournment of the House before
midnight was brought about by the unbc-
coming conduct of parties, outsiders, disap-
pointed by the failure of measures which had
been persistently pressed upon the Legislature
during the whole session.
annapolis Republican.
What! Were the "plugs" there? The
locofocos have terrible time fit. somehow
First, they are kept from voting in Baltimore
by, according to their own showing, a hand
full of men, and then when they get to
Annapoli, they are frightened so bad, by
somebody, that they adjourn, in the most
disorderly manner, an hour and half before
their time expires. Poor fellows!
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Why YOUNG Men LEAVE THE FARM
Acer, in the Country Gentleman justly says
" The reason why so many young men at
school acquire an aversion to labor is, because
the practical application of knowledge is not
taught in the schools. They learn only
distractions" lie instances a neighbours
son who had learned at the Academy all
about surycying-only he did no know prac.
t'edlty how to measure ten acre lot, but
could do it on paper
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Select nlisfclIanu.
Curing Smoky Chimneys.

EDIToRs SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN II wish to
notice an ans yer which you gave to &. @ L.,
of Mo-. on page ITO of the present volume Of
the Scientific American, where you say " the
higher The chimney, the better the draft
That theory will not always hold good in
practice. In fact, have noticed some chm
neys that smoked worse, if possible. by being
built higher. My theory is: the higher the
chimney-if properly built, and of the right
slze-the better the draft. AS an illustration
of the above, will state fact that occurred
few years ago, while was engaged in chin
bodybuilding. A gentleman came to me, and
said he had two chimneys ION the two wings
of his house) that smoked very badly. They
were II feet high above the roof; and on one
of them he had tried stovepipe 10 feet long
with cap on top to turn with the wind. yet
it smoked worse than before. lie now wish
ed them laid over" or fixed so as to pre-
vent smoking, but would not have the Job
done unless warranted to cure. ] undertook
the job. The size of the chmneys was 20 by
32 inches on the inside. took them down
only to the roof and commenced laying them
up, drawing IN gradually till the size was re-
duced to by IL inches on the inside then
carried them up str,ght to within Is inches
of the top; then laid out again, in laying on
three courses Of brick, to increase the size to
8 by l6 inches on the inside; then drew IN
on three courses, back to the size of by IL
inches, and laid another course PERPENDICULAR
to the last: the whole height being only five
feet above the roof. Neither of those chin
neys has ever smoked since that time-a per-
iod of eleven years. l.. l.. G.
The question of touring smoky chin.
neys,' and the draft of chimneys ale not the
e., -.
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tTFlorida and Louisiana have less Gle.
vation above the sea than any of the other
States of the Union. A considerable portion
OF Louisiana is less than hundred feet above
tide water, and no part of the State has an
elevation Of more than five hundred feet above
the sea.
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ROOFING and SCOUTING.

EHE subscriber respectfully informs the
l. Public that he is making a business Of
putting on
Tit and other Metal Roofs,
PUTTING UP SCOUTING, nc. He has
experienced workmcn, and all work under
taken by him will be done IN the best manner.
G5-Pcrsons wishing Roofing or Spoutipg
done, will please write to him at Elkton, and
they will be promptly attended to.
FREDUS ALDRIDGE.
July Is, 1854.
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BLACKBERRIEs. -Bl ack berries are extreme.
" useful in cases of dysentary. To cat the
berries is very healthy; and syrup made Of
the berries is still better. Black berries have
sometimes effected cure when physicians
deSnaired.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-03-24

CJ~People of small intellect are very dam
gcrous enemies. because they are like to have
few extraneous thoughts to divert them from
their immediate object OF ma lice because they
sre shrewd noticers of persona lities, and per-
sonal weaknesses because there is nothing
which fool and mean man enjoy so much
s> to catch wise and honest one at dis
advantage.
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ONE MORE GONE. John Ford, a revolt.
tlonary soldier, died in Bib county. Georgia,
on the 2Sth OF. February, in the lO5th year
of his age. lie was married five times. His
last wife survives him. and his only child is
eighty years old.
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0Cllon. j. A. Bayard, has been reelected
Z. S. SENATOR, by the Legislature Of Mary
land -TeN Chester Jcfcrsonian.
The d. he has! This is the first VIC
knew osthe Democrats becoming so weak in
Delaware as to be obliged to apply to the
Legislature of Maryland to elect United
States Senator for them. II the above is a
fact. we don't believe the election is legal, and
some opposition man ought to contest it,
Wilmington Commonwealth.
We don't know whether the locofocos of
Delaware are able to elect their own U. S.
Senator or not; but certain it is, they will
not be able to get it done in this State, now,
as it will! be many years, we think, before
Maryland is disgraced with another locofoco
Legislature.
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The Winter Scene

The rain had frozen, and the icy crystaI
are glittcring in the sun each branch of tn
forest trees is encaSed in transparent mantl,
and the brilliant beams of rcfractcd light, ar
sparkling in matchless splcndor, and undula
ting in all the varying rays Of the rainbow
with its bright corrnscations and mello'
radiance, but the snnbeams that beautify tn
icy crystals, are dissolving their substanc,
and like the bright things Of earth, they ar
passing away in their loneliness.
The sunlight on the icy gems
In matchlcss radcnce shone,
More brilliant than the diadems
That grace monarch's throne.
The forest bent beneath the load
That crown'd its topmost height,
And flash it along its bright abode,
The floods Of living light.
The cedar how'd its graceful head
With rarest crystals crown'd,
And silver gems their glory spread,
The landscape far around.
But o! how like the good and fair,
The beautiful and bright;
These splendid gems so gay and rare
Are passing from our sight.
In modest loneliness they fade,
In brightness they decay;
And leave behind no lingering shade.
But melt in tears away.
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G5~Wc received with plesur the following
from correspondent, and, although the
" frozen-rain" and crystalised ice " have
melted away, and the spring has come, we
give il to the readers OF The Wing and think
they will agree with us in saying, that these
lines so expressive are still beautiful.
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0I"In the United States there nre ,55j
iron works $50 furnaces, 4SS forces and 225
rolling mills, which produce annually abou.
$50 900 tons of iron. the value of which, in
an ordinary year, is $50, 100000.
If, under the rule OF Free Trade locofocoism
the above number Of iron works exist, what
could we not boast of were Our iron men
rightly protected.
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DRESS MAKING.
MISS KATE MILLER

u ESPECTFULLY informs the LADIES
IL Of Elkton and vicinity, that she is pre-
pared to make all kinds of FANCY AND
PLAIN DRESSES, and do Fancy Sewing
generally she will also make Gentlemen's
Shirts; at the residence Of her father, on
Main Street, Elkton. [April lG, 1850.
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VOU can get at the New Store, east end
4 Of Elkton, Wall Paper of all qnality and
prices. Also, Hats, Gaps, Boots and Shoes,
very cheap. Hardware. Queensware, Will
low-ware, cheap, from WV. McCLELLANp.
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TINwARE AND STOVES,

now on hand, which they are prepared to dispose
of On as reasonable terms as they can be pur-
chased Of any other Establishment Their stock
of COOKING STOVES on hand embraces the
latest and most improved patterns.
~ We are also prepared to do all sorts Of Tin
and Metal Roofing and Spoutng on rcnsonab BILE
terms. JOSEPH p. CANTWELL,
June IL, Soy VIM. H. EDER.
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UMen will refrain from evil.speaking
when their fellow men refrain from evil hear.
ing
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SHAWLS! sHAWLS!-stella Blanket,
~ and Mantila Shnwis, the finest stock Of
Wollen Blankets ever offered. Just opening at
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