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Johnston's Flour.

Burgh Brothers are agents for the above
old and popular brand of Flour. They have
some choice winter wheat -four, and the very
best assortment of groceries and family sup
plies. nov l4dtf
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Choice Apples.

have, at my warehouse, lot of very
choice apples, for sale by the barrel. :
Gro. W. d. HAERIs. s
dec.I 6d2t.
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Forty CENTS line will be charged for
ZACH insertion of all articles under this head.
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much misery and sickness
would have been spared
me had I but read this be-
fore /! just published.--
Third edition. Price %
cents. The Mirror o
Youth, OF the Mysteries
of Sexual Intercourse. By
DIR. J. Lubarch, Practicine
Physician, No. 143 South
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Aeceommodation Trains.
Boots and Shoes.

Remember that McGee & Salisbury con-
stantly keep fun assortment of Boots and
Shoes and are selling them at the same low
prices they have always done. It.
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Daily Argus.


,-a.-s for jon PRlsrfse viii meet with prompt
Zen Mt the Aaeus OFFICE, and be executed
me very best manner and strsasonsbie rates
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Railroad Trains.

= - Z. =
Railrsad Trains.
chicago, Rock nd 4 Pacific ,going
C. AZ so A. NJ. and 500 r. Mayyar
hI eng West-at SOS A. N. and 6.45s r. N.
Wastorn Union. and Sterling Il Rock Island,
t70e A. NJ and SIS P. NJ. . = ss1 e ssss>
CoaI Valley, about 700 A.. M and LOO ?. n.
4RRIvE-Chicago, Rock Stand Pacific,
from the East, at 7.45 A, NJ and $40 M.
From the West, at sos A. NJ. and 40 z. NJ.
Western Union, and Sterling d Rock islam d,
st905 A. M. and Lao p. NJ -slf.g.7 60
Coal Valley, about II 4. N. and P. NJ.
as~Trains run by Chicago tire, w-ich i
about Is minutes faster than Rock Island time.
Mail Routes.
CHICAGO AND EASTERN MAIL--arfavss a
7:45 A. M. and SAC P. NJ. Closes = 1;so \. NJ
and 7:30P. M. 81 1e -
PORT BYRON MAILS " secrfowny Hanp-
ton, Rapids City; pors Byron .aa csfa'va' ar
piVEN PORT, IOWA MAT - arrives - SOS A.
NJ and 1:45 PM. Closes at T:15A.M. and clio
P go
ALEDo MAIL-via Camden Mills, Andalu-
sin, Edgington, Hamlet, Perryton, Aledo, High
Point New Boston, Ksithsburg, Oquawka, to
Ouuawka Junction, (Sagetown1, leaves daily at
"a. NJ, and arrives at $50 p. NJ. NAH mat
ter for Pleasant Ridge, Hazlitt, Buffalo Prairie,
rllnois Cisy, Drury, Copper Greek, and Mil
lersburg, goes by this route.
MACOMB MAIL-sia Presumption, Suez, vi
ola North Henderson, Spring Grove, and Mon
mouth to Maeomb, leaves Wednesday and Sat
uriay al A. M, and arrives Tuesday and Fri
day at p. M. Centre Ridge and Riehland
Grove are supplied by this route.
C1AL VALLEY MAIL-(by carsl daily, leaves
between and 8 A. NJ, returning at about
NJ. Rural mail matter is sent to Coal VAL
ley.
CAMBRIDGE MAiL--via Coal Valley, Orion
and Audover to Cambridge, leaves Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, at A. NJ, returning
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at p. M.
Office hours from 1880 A. NJ. to 1880 P. NJ.
@Sundxys, open from to 10 AN.
NJ. B. OSBORN, Post Master.
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CHOOSE BETWEEN A VIGOR-
II Gus age or an untimely death. Oh, how
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Stocks and Money.
Tclegraphed to the ARGUS.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 16.
Stochs-strong
Sterling Exchange-lOs.
Gold-l 3Al
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

PROFESSIONAL ErrQuTTE. Joel Lewis,
an eminent physician who hourished in this
city some thirty years ago, had valuable
COW, which became sick and seemed likely
to die. He asked an Irish servant who lived
with him if he knew any body who followed
cow doctoring?
SITS mesef dir that same, said the man-
" there's Jenny Lafferty can cure any COW
in the world, barring she's at the left
swell, them seplied the doctor, GO
for Laffcr;y.'
The COW doctor accordingly came, drcnch.
ed and physlclied the brute for four or five
days, on the lapse of which time he waited
on Doctor Lewis and pronounced her cured.
The doctor, greatly delighted, put his hand
to his pocketbook
swell, I.aflorty, what do | owe you? ?"
''Owc me-" cried Jenny, drawing him
self up with great dignity: {" sorra the
ha'poorth! We doctors never take money
from one another
"My first impulse said the doctor, while
telling the story, was to kick the fellow
out of tho house, and throw his fee after
him, but on second thought the whole affair
seemed SO ridiculous that bowed him my
Acknowledgements with as much gravity as
could assume aud as soon ash he had left
the house lay down Oh the carpet, rolling
over and over to indulge the fit of laughter
which | must give way to or burst"
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WHOLE No. I.34l
RECIPES.

Corn Bread.-One quart of corn meal,
one pint of wheat flour, two eggs, and lit
tie salt, with sour buttermllk sufficient to
make very stiff batter. Mix thoroughly,
and then add one teaspooniul of soda dis
solved in very little hot water Stir this
IN and pour into well, creased pans, sufficient
to be one and q half or two inches thick
when cooked. Place in o hot oven, and
bake until done, say half an hour. Carry
to the table hot. If all should not be used,
bake over again, and it il about as good az
when first baked.
Half pint of flour and one egg will be-
very good, bat notquite as good as the above.
The sourer the buttermik the better, if it
is no bitter. Success depends very much
on the due proportion of acid and alkali.
Fine meal makes much better bread than
coarse. Fit does not keep as we'll, provide.
less at one time. Dent, or gourd seed corn
makes better meal than flint corn.
Some are shocked at The idea of eating
drugs with their food, and exclaim against
the use of alkali in cooking. Let such con.
slider that acids neutrNlise the caustic pro.
perry of the alkali and if they never eat any
thing more unhealthy than that, they vii! do
well.
Ncw Way Of Boiling Fsh.-,The addition
OF few herbs and vegetables in the water
gives very nice flavor to the fish. Add
according to taste, little sliced onions,
thyme, bayleaf, winter savory carrots, eel
lery, Glove, mace. using whichever of these
ingredients yon can procure it greatly i'm
proves skate, fresh haddocks, gurnet, &c.
Fresh water fish, which have no particular
favor, are preferable done thus, with the
addition ofa little vinegar. Choose what.
ever sauces you please for any Of the above
fish
BecfstcakS and Oyster. sauce. Strain off
the liquor from the oysters, and throw them
into cold water to take off The grit, while
you simmer the liquor with bit of mace,
then pnt the oysters in, stew them few
minutes, add u little cream if you have it,
and some butter rubbed in bit of flour,
let them boil up once and have rump. steaks,
we'll seasoned and bro'led ready fer throw
ing tho oyster. sauce over, the moment you
are to serve.
Fish in Oren, in Tin Dish.-A long,
square tin dish, like those for baking, may
be used for this excellent mode of cooking
fish, by which all the flavor and succulcnce
Of it is preserved. They may be had of all
sizes, and at very triiling expense.
Soyer's Cookery for the people.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

From this table it appears that schools
were kept open longer in Maryland than in
any other State, and tho cost of each en-
rolled pupil was less per month than the
average, while the salaries OF teachers were
higher. These facts certainly speak volumes
in favor of the system, and exhibit the great
efficiency Of its managers.
The Superintendent refers to the evil, far
too common, of irregular attendance Of
school by children, and very properly char
acterizes it as the "great vice of the daily
public school" He treats Of the various
remedies proposed for this, and concludes
with the following advice, which we heartily
commend to those to whom 1t is addressed !:
''Whilc acknowledging the force Of these
and similar arguments cannot advocate a
compulsory law. Iprefsr to depend upon
those influences which eau BIO brought to
bear upon the minds and hearts of parents
to. convince them that in no way can they
benefit their children more than by sending
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

them to school. would make the school
house attractive; place in it the accomplish,
ed and good hearted teacher, and draw the
children by the compnlsion of kindness, not
OF force. To accomplish this we have agen.
cies not yet enlisted earnestly in the cause
Of popular education. The clergy of the
several denominations can do much to awaken
the minds Of parents, and to encourage
children to attend school. By visits to the
schools. brief lectures to the pupils, and
words of counsel to the teachers, they can
aid the good cause, and SOW seed which will
not fail TO spring up and bear fruit. The
clergy exert great and valuable influence,
not only by their public teachings, but in
visits from house to house. If they, from
the pulpit and IN the course of pastoral du-
secure for their children the benefits of edu-
cation, if they will bring their admonitions
to bear upon those who keep the little ones
at work when they ought to be at school, no
law of compulsion will be needed. A sound
public opinion will be developed, and ere
long parents will feel that they cannot stand
before the bar of God guitless, unless they
have done what they could to educate their
children and prepare them to be useful cti
zens, and by the grace of God faithful ser.
wants of the Saviour.
With full conviction of the magnitude Of
the evil to be combatted, would depend
upon educating public opinion up to the
right standard rather than use the law Of
force. The latter might endure for short
time, the former will prove solid tounda.
ton never TO be shaken"
The workings Of the Normal School, mn
institute for the education aud preparation
Of teachers, is given in detail. This school
is located i'll Baltimore city, and during the
last year was attended by SO ladies and
gentlemen, fitting themselves for the great
work before them. AS the first fruits of the
good accomplished by this only twelve
months old school, it is stated that twelve
graduates and six undergraduates are now
engaged in teaching and that they "havc
all given satisfaction A comparative
statement of the total cost of schools in
each county and Of the amount expended in
courts aims houses, panpers aud jails is
given, Education costs Maryland S574,.
j25,i1; crime costs it Sl,0H, 1871.
BaHo Co. Union,
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in Cecil county, Maryland, with water pow,
er yet unemployed sufficient to drive two OF
three more rolling mills, when required
| The company have adjacent to their works
at North East, Nd, from four to five theus
and acres of land, a considerable portion OF
which Is laid off in fine farms, the balance
| woodland, from which they obtain the char.
coal consumed in the manufacture Of a
superior quality of iron used almost exclu.
sivcly for galvanizins purposes. The con.
sumption of this article alone amounts to
over one hundred thousand bushels yearly.
They are also interested in the manufacture
OF pig iron and in the mining Of anthracite
coal of which they use a large amount an.
nually. And it may be said that they dig
the iron orc and coal from their own mines,
and manufacture it through the various pro.
cesses, into the finest quality of black and
galvanized sheet iron Of all descriptions.
The galvinlzing works of this company
arc located in Philadelphia, also their office
and warehouse, where the principal business
of the company is transacted. This com.
pany was the first to introduce the manu-.
facture of galvanized sheet iron, hoop iron,
galvanized water pipes, &C., &c., &C., in the
United States, having in 1852 imported
skilled workmen from England for that pur.
pose. The manufacture OF which now is a
very important branch of their business
The galvanized sheet iron manufactured by
them has wide reputation and is said to be
superior to any other make either ofdomcs-
tic or foreign manufacture. Among other
advantages this company possess is the ex.
elusive right Of Mr.. L. A. Harvey valuable
patent for cleaning iron and other metals
from dust, dirt or oxide, which must in time
become invaluable. The black dust from
the bituminous coal used in the process Of
manufacturing remained on the sheet when
fnshdd and was always very Objectionable
to the workers in this article, By'this pro-
cess the sheet passes through cleaning
machine Of Mr., Harvey invention (Which
takes but n,omcnt) when they come out
as free from dust and dirt as a sheet of the
finest paper. This is a great desideratum
with the worker, and muslin time supercede
the former mode OF manufacture altogether.
With proper rrotection~on the part of the
Government and with as much energy, fore.
sight and prudence on the part Of the mana.
gers in time to come as has been eyinced in
the past, we predict for the Mccullough
Iron Company bright and prosperous fu.
ture. -Dclarare Journal, 22d inst.
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ROLLING GRATs.-Thc practice Of railing
grain in the spring is not as general as it
ought to be. Now and then the winter and
early spring have been so favorable TO the
crop as not to make rolling necessary. But
in three seasons out of four it is necessary
and doubtless adds considerably to the pro.
ductveness Of the crop. The thawings and
freezinsss of the ground, throwing o, spsw-
ing out the roots and exposing them to tho
drying winds of March, very seriously affect
the crop. Passing roller over it as soon
as the soil is fit to enter upon, presses back
the roots into their bods, aud give them q
fair grip again upon the support on which
the crop must depend. Ger. Telegraph.
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COME HOME, FATHER !!

Father, dear father. come home with me now
The c!ocl; in the stees!e strikes one;
You said you we're coming right home from the .hol
As soon a. yOur day work was done.
Cur fire has gone ont--oUr house is all dark
And mothers been watching since tea,
VI lth poor brother Eonny, ~ sick in her arms
And no one TO help her but me.
Come home COME home como home
Please, father, dear father, come home!
Father dear father. come home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes two,
The night has grown colcr-and Benny is worse;
But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse--ma says he will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn!
And this il the message she sent me to bring
Come quickly, or he will be gone,
Father dear father, come home with me now.
ihc clock in the steeple strikes three!
The house is SO lonely--lhe hours are so long
Fur poor weeping mother and mo!
irS, We are alone-poor benny is dead.
And gone with the angels Of light;
And these were the very last words that lie said:
Il want to kiss papa tonight"
Come home. come home! come home
Please, father dear father. come home.
Hear the sweet voice Of the child,
" hich tho night winds repeat III they roam;
y. who c" Id resist ito most llnint!vc IF prayers,
Please father, ,iear father come home!
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Value of Employment,

Since both soul and body arc made for
exertion, there is nothing more conducive
to checriulness, the result Of their joint
health, than fit employment \ house
bereft Of tenants goes to decay. A vehicle
laid up without use rusts and moulders. A
piece of machinery is never SO safe, as when
fabricated and moving. Body and soul,
made for perpetual activity, must work and
work together, in order to be in good con,
diton. OF all engines the human body is
the most amazing From the days Of So.
crates, as reported by Xenophon, philosophy
has been studying the mechanics, the chem,
istry, the vital forces, the adaptations, the
final causes Of this structure, so fearfully, so
wonderfully. made. There is no step forward
to new principles in physics, in optics, in the
growth of structures which does not find
itself anticipated by some marvellous reali2a.
ton of its idea in the human body. Con.
sdcred as a working engine, there is none
which works so cheaply, with so little waste,
and so long, or which contains such provi,
sions for its own repair. How every survey
of the skilful mechanism shows that it was
made to move. Its central, propclling en-.
ginc never stops, except in cases which
cause instant dread of death. Heart, lungs
and brains play on through all the thousand
nights Of sleep. An instinct of nature
prompts the young to be in almost perpetual
motion Absolute rest there is none. And,
if from necessity or choice, any approach to
is the case in some morbid or sluggish ma.
lures, the result is lethargy ard endless dis,
turbances Of the vital functions. This frame
was made for labor. Equally true is this Of
the yet more subtle because more spiritual
part The soul is essentially active. 1t is
nquirng, and athirst for knowledge. Its
active powers irresistibly seek for some OBJ,
lcct on which to exert themselves. Health
full, moderate rcposc, chiefly by change Of
employment, is good but entire, continual,
unbrokcn Qniescence, is misery.
j. Never was there q more dire mistake than
that of men who abandon the honest and
useful business of life, under the prctcxt OF
rest Unless they have singular resources,
in science, literature, or philau,hrophy, they
sink into hehctude, weary of.the everlasting
holiday, let their hearts corrode with sullcn
thoughts, and sometimes fall prey to evil
habits or premature dotage. Philosophy, no
less than religion, enjoins-whcre invinciblc
| necessities from intirmity or ago clearly
speak another language that we should
live working, and die in the harness. Hence
the value of trade or calling, and of work
ing at it. We believe it lengthens life We
| believe it slaves off tribes Of niai.Iriics anc
concclts. We are sure it promotes thai
1 spring aud elevation Of soul, without which
life is long disease. ifyou would find thu
most wretchcd man or woman in your neigh
| borhoed look for the one who has nothing
to do Unless allowed to prescribe employ
ment, even the best physician cannot eur,
the valitudinary complaner, for only EN-
ployment begets cheerfulness.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

WHrTEwAsH White fences and outbuild.
ings indicate the thrifty farmer and tidy
household. Put half bushel Of unslacked
lime in clean, tight barrel, pour over it
boiling water until it is covered FIVE inches,
stir it briskly until tho lime is thoroughly
Stacked, then add more water until 1t ia as
thin as desired, next add two pounds Of sui.
phate of zinc and one Of common salt then
amply with a common whitewash brush,
giving good coat in April and October, OF
at least once year,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

Corn cake for Breakfast at night
one quart Of corn meal with water enough
to mako thin batter. adding tablespoon
full of yeast, salt to suit the tasto. lu tho
morning stir in two eggs and small tea
spoonful Of soda, and with spoon beat it
long and hard Butter tin pan, pour the
mixture into it, and bake Immediately about
half an hour in a moderately heated oven,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30


The APPEARANCE OF Tux SIN FROM THE
NORTH PoLE.-Io person standing at the
north pole, the san appears to sweep heri'
zontally arouae the Sky every twen'y-four
hours, without any pcrcept'oic variation our
ing Its circuit IN It's distance from me MORT
zon. Onth Dist OF June 1t Is 20 deg' ana
80 minutes above the hoF'zoh--a llt'le more
than Pne'iourth OF the distance 10 inc ZENITH
the highest po.nt u ever reaches from TINS
alt'tudeit slowly desee"d'' It's l'ack oe'ng
represented by sp'rai or sore" WIN very
fine thread; anu IN the course OF tnree
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30

To mako girl love you, coax her to love
somebody else. II there be anything that
woman rclshes, il is TO be contrary.
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WANTED.

4 GOOD BLACKSMITH to do country work, &c
II Inquire Of MARSHEL H. NESBITT,
Ono mile west Of Battle Swamp, Cecil county, Md.
Mar l6, lS67-3w
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WANT ed.

GOOD STOUT BOY 10 learn tho wheelwrishtins
n aud Csrriage Msnnfacturn;, OF Cherry Hi, Nd,
Mar u, lss7-2M WM' sgTToN
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-11-14
A Capital KHIt.

Governor Seymour, in q recent
speech in Brooklyn, New York, gave a
most apt illustration Of the Radical
policy Of regulating all the thoughts
and actions Of men by IL law, He
said:
"Our Republican friends believe in
the power OF government 20 do that
which We believe is best done by every
mans own honest convictions Of right.
But l assert in the language Of Milton,
who was not only q great poet, but n
great statesman, that you can have no
great civilization IN any land where
men are coerced IN all actions Of their
life. l n asked n gentleman if he
believed IN the system OF coercion 80
completely that # a man would not
drink for ten years because the law
would not let him, he would be a
temperance man thereafter. He said
be did. said, suppose you make a
law so perfect that 10 would not be
guilty of any misdemcanor whatever,
would you not consider that better
still 2 He SAID he would Suppose
you make q law so perfect that he shall
rise, retire, labor regularly, read his
Bible every day in his bedroom, and
go to church twice a day every Sun
day, engaged in no immoral conversa-
ton, and b%esubjectcd to no temptations
would not that be the perfection OF
your system? lie admitted that it
would. We'll, my friend said /, If
you go down to Slng-Sing you will find
q thousand men there living under your
system, and il one of them escaped to-
morrow and your house was burned,
he would be the first mar you would
arrest
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-11-14
Nothing Has Happened.

Some years ago, n farmer, living in
a village bordering on Berks county,
furnished one of his three sons with a
sum Of money and told HIM to go West
and remain two years, at the end of
which time he should return to Ian
caster, stop at Schoield's, and M of
them would be there TO meet him. Tho
young mar started on his travels, and
at the end of the specified time he re-
turned. 1t should be promised that
telegraphs were not then in existence,
the postal system was not so perfect as
il is to-day, and literary attainmonts
were not SO general, hence no commu-
nication took place between the parties.
lie returned, however, as we said.
His brother was there to meet him,
and they both proceeded homeward in
IL buggy. The %wandcrcr, after relating
some Of has adventures inquired wheth"
or anything had happened since he left
home,
mo, not q single thing" SAID the
the other; "c7erything is just the same
at when you left-exeept that the old
crow died"
Indeed, SAID the wanderer, "and is
the old crow dead? What killed him2"
"Why, he ate too much meat when
the matched horses died"
Good gracious are the matched
horses dead-what killed tbem?'
"Wcll you BEE, when the house AID
barn burned, they ovoriid themselves
in hauling water"
Good graciousl are the house and
barn burned dowh-how did it hap
penn
"Wcll, you see when daddy died,
they carried lights about and were
careless"
GOOD gracious! is daddy dcOd-what
was the matter with him?'
"Well, you see when our Sal ran
away and got married against daddy'e
wishes, he just prncd away and died"
"Good gracious! SO nothing has hap
pened since I've beeh awayl'
"No, everything is just tine same p