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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-11
Local Notices.

WHITE LIME
fresh supply just received at II. X Fishers Drug
Store.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-11
New Flour, Feed and Grocery
store
j. 8. PKATHER.

At the OLD BANK BUILDING, ON MAIN.sT,
opposite the McClintock House, has on hand a
large ard first class stock Of Flour. Feed and
Groceries, which he is selling at a low figure.
IN Don't forget the place-wherc A, D. Cotton
Il Company broke up. jan2-tf
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-11
aug6d!w

I osT'
v On Tuesday July 90 the subscription list for the
NushulSton Street plank road Any one finding the
s"tic VIII please leave it ut this office. ju2lti.
I)lANo. good second hand Piano for sale cheap,
l. at the Central House Apply early.
60 TolSHAM " cos for your Cartridges.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-11

Carpets, of every quality and description, at
REYNOLDS, BRoDHEAD & cos, No. IL Centre
Street, opposite the p o., OIL City Pa
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-11

existing under the
o., is this day dis
2, NJ DEWOLF,
p = HOWELL.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

culture. Full half the days of his winter
or spring are bright and pleasant, and the
rest are showry rather than rainy; all the
days of his summer are fair and dry. From
May to November, he need not lose day
for himself or his laborers. He may cut
his grain in June, and not gather it till
September or October. No barns are need
ed for his harvests; the kindly sky, the dry
air protect them till they are sent to market.
The thrashing, the winnowing, the packing
for shipping are all done upon the ground.
Nor do his animals require cover; they need
no kindlier protection than nature grants;
even his laborers sleep sweetly and safely
upon the field through the long, dry sum-
mer.
ga single ploughing and planting Sc
cures two crops of grain. The waste of
the first crop is abundant seed for the sec
ond, and this volunteer yield is only
twenty or twenty five per cent. less than
the original, and it costs nothing save the
gathering. The ploughing is shallow, only
four to six inches deep; for the farmers say
deeper ploughing evaporates the moisture
of the land. But the soil is light and open
when the crops are growing, and only gets
baked and hard when the long dry summer
has spent its hot suns upon it. Then it must
wait for rain before the plough can move
through it. There is no manuring yet, ex-
cept from the burning of the straw upon
but dries up, and its goodness evaporates,
so that something else must take its place
to keep up the fertility of the soil in Cali
fornia. But if manure thus spoils, meat
does not, and the farmer can cut and come
again from the same quarter of beef in
midsummer for month. Most of the
harvesting is done by machinery; 'reapers
or headers sweep over the wide grain
fields; more OF less directly their gatherings
are brought to huge threshing machine,
run by steam or horsepower, which, amid
terrible dust and din, separates grain and
chat, when the former is sacked and piled
up OH the ground to await sale and trans
portation to market.
''There is no turf in California; the long
summer kills the grass at the roots; oats
and barley, cut green and cured in May or
June, answer for hay; but wild oats, bunch
grass, and other wild and nutritious grasses
and grains, start up freshly under the rains,
are converted into standing hay and grain
by the summer sun, and afford luxurious
and abundant food for the vast herds of
cattle, horses, and sheep on the mountain
ranges and in the unsubdued valleys
Their only time of trial is in November,
when the rains beat down their old feed,
and have not started the new. Never but
once did they fail to sustain themselves in
their open roamings.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

The Uondon) Morning Adoertiser thus
apologies for the evil life of the dethroned
Queen of Spain: "Queen Isabella's confess
sor, Monsignor Claret, has seen, fora dozen
years past, the Queen shining, constantly
and perseveringly and not repenting. And
yet he has, in the full knowledge of all this,
confessed and absolved her, week by week
or even day by day, and has left her to be-
lieve the fatal lie. Even the Pope could
stoop to send her a signal token of his APP
probation, the golden rose, blest by him,
and held to confer peculiar privileges
Thus sanctioned and approved by the chief
men in her church, how was poor Isabella
to imagine that she was, after all, a wretch
cd offender against even the decencics of
life, and an object of loathins to nineteen
twentieths of her own subiccts?,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
Like a Layerock in the Lift.
BY JEAN INGELOW.

It's we two, it's we two it we two for aye,
All the world and we two, and Heaven be
our stay.
Like a lavcrock in the lift, sing, o bonny
bride!
All the world was Adam once, with Eve by
his side.
What's the world, my lass, my love!-what
can it do?
am thine, and thou art mine; life is sweet
and new.
If the world have missed the mark let it
stand by,
For we two have gotten leave, and once
more We'll try.
Like Lavcrock in the lift, sing, 0 bonny
bride.
It's we two, it's we two, happy side by
side.
Take kiss from me thy man; now the
song begins:
" All is made afresh for us, and the brave
heart wins.
When the darker days come, and no sun
will shine,
Thou shalt dry my tears, lass, and II dry
It's we two, It's we two, while the world S
away,
Sitting by the golden sheaves on our we'd
ding-day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

"A Dubuque tobacco-merchant having
been bored a long time by dead-hcads, qui-
city removed the jar of fine cut to another
place, and in lieu thereof introduced one of
the same size partly filled with molasses.-
AS usual, the tobacco-chewers came around.
They edged up to the counter in usual rori-
tine, reached over and soused their fists
into the molasses, whercupon they sneaked
out, wiping their hands on their coat tails
and brceches-legs, all the while keeping a
terrible thinking, but saying nothing
Those acquainted with the plot were watch
ing the mannuvring from distance, and
not until Il dozen or more of the "chew-
ers' got swectcned did the joke leak out
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
The Sign of the Dollar.

Few who daily write this sign 5 against
certain figures, causing them to represent
dollars and cents, are aware of the meaning
of the symbol or that it had its origin in
the history of remote antiquity. American
youths are educated to believe that the
sign was originally consolidation of the
letters L. S., meaning United States cur
rency, and that eventually the curve of the
L was omitted, leaving only two parallel
perpendicular lines which gradually ap-
preached each other till the present form
of the character was fixed and became uni
versal. We confess that this has hereto
fore been our impression, but as local
EDITORS experience with dollars or aught
representing the commodity, is very limited,
it is probable we We're at fault. A histor-
ical writer gives the following version of
the matter:
"Srain of the present day was known
to the ancients long ere the Europe of Rome
arose or Carthage tlourished. 1t was the
Tarsus of scripture, and thither the Tyrians
sent ships, which returned bringing silver
and other products. The rock of Gibraltar
and its sister height on the African Shore,
were known as the pillars of Hercules, and
the two perpendicular lines in 5 are sup
posed to represent the aforesaid pillars,
while the curved line is the symbol of the
serpent which entered SO largely into the
worship of the PhGnician mythology
Thus we have Spain symbolized by the pill
lar and PhGnicia by the serpent Even in
the present day the pillar Dollar enters
largely into the commerce of the East, the
Spanish dollar having on its reverse two
pillars, thus bringing down tradition of
the past into the usages of the present day"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
Rain Song.
BY WILLIAM SAWYER.

Is the rain sad? All, no!
Not the dear April rain,
The sweet white rain:
These are glad tears that flow,
Not tears of pain.
Through the blue heavens take
The clouds their bird-swift way
Their white, pure way:
The clouds that part and break
In diamond spray.
The clouds that die in showers,
Hues of the rainbow give,
Its beauty give,
That in its dyes the flowers
May brightly live.
Faint odors of the spring,
The subtle breath of fields,
OF grass in fields,
Scents that to MOSES cling,
The sweet rain yields.
The song of its delight
10 the warm noon it sings,
Tenderly sings,
And to the quiet night
Its music brings.
All happy things rejoice
In the bright April rain
The freshening rain,
Exulting that its voice
Is heard again.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
No. 2.
The SHASScN FARM -
Containing 1S7 Acres of Land.

less. situate about miles north of the town Of
Ektou, and 4 OF mile of the village of Cherry
Hill the public road leading 10 Newark Delaware.
The improv emcntS this place comfortable two
story Frame Dwelling House. CON ~
tanning Rooms Frame BARN. 40 ii feet I1IllEsi3
with SablinS underneath for large Iuai,cr I,!a "a
of horses AMI cattle; Corn Cribs, GraIary r54tss1a
Spring House. and other necessary uuthUGmgs. tail
these buildings in very good conlitiont The whole
property is enclosed and i'll very good of cultiva-
ton the arabic land being divided into fields
with suiciency OF Wood for the purposes Of til" pro-
perty. There is thriving YOUNG APPLE ORCHARD
this place. with variety of ether fruit The land is
well adapted to growing Grain. &C., or Grazing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
NO. 3.
The s. SIiocIkIcy I'al.,il,''
Containing 80 Acres of Land,

more or less. This farm lies the public road leading
from Eltrn to Cherry Hill, about 81 miles from the
former and mile from the latter place. The improve
- mrnts a comfortable Log HOUSE. weather.
ksi4,, boarded. containing ) Rooms and Grrct: Log
HE,iH Barn, Granary. Corn Crib, Carriage House.
E.,d. Brick Spring House. AMI other outbuildngS-
The arabic land is divided into fields. under good
fencing There is variety of Fruit Trees this farm
there is also thrifty piece Of Young Wood Timber
land. One of land is reserved from this tract
which a new flsn, dwelling is erected AZ Luton's 4
RnIis.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

An Alabama ruralist complains that
he sent four dollars to a jewelry firm in
New York for a music-box, playing twenty
four tunes, and received i'll return jews
harp.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

SLURs ON WoMEN.-At recent dinner
in New York, at which no ladies were
present, a man, in responding to the toast
on 90 Woman" dwclt almost solely on the
frailty of the sex, claiming that the best
among them were little better than the
worst, the chief difference being in the sur
roundings. At the conclusion of his speech,
a gentleman present rose to his feet, and
said: 81 trust the gentleman, in the appli-
cation of his remarks, refers to his 0nn
mother and sisters, and not to ours" The
effect of this most just and timely rebuke
was overwhelming; the maligner of women
was covered with confusion and shame.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
REAL ESTATE.
ZEAL ESI1IE.
PUBLIC SALE
Of Valuable Real Estate,
In Cecil County and State Of Maryland

The undersigned. by virtue OF Power Of Attorney
will "!r II Public Sale the Court House door i'll the
town Of Eikton,
SATURDAY,, tie 1911 day Of J,tne, 1869,
at O'Clock part of the valuable REAL ESTATE
IF the late John \. johnson. decd:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

tY-The Wilmington City Soap" chal-
lenges the world to beat it. 1t is pure,
harmless, beautiful and effective article,
warrented to do all claimed for it. The
whole country is beginning to appreciate
its superiority. Moore & Bro, manufac-
turers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

tB-At the cor. of Sd & Orange sts., in
the City of Wilmington Del, there is an
establishment from which issues weekly
thousands of pounds of an article which to
every housewife is like Ego I'd news from a
far country" That establishment belongs
to Moore & Bro;-that article is Whining
ton City Soap
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
THE TERMS OF SATI.

Are-Onethird part of the purchase money Cash the
day of sale; onc-tiri in Eighteen Months from the day
OF sale the remaining third part I" remain secured upon
the farms, Bond and Mortgage interest payable semi
annually, during the natural life of Mrs Eliza johnson
and due and payable at her death. Upon the payment
of the second installmcnt the Attorney will convey tho
property free and clear Of ali "Reminiscences taking the
mortgage for the oncthird part thereof the whole
amount OF the purchase may be paid i'll cash the day
of sale: the deferred payments to bear interest from til,
day of sale, payable semiannully. The purchasers
be at the cost and exprns" of drawing, stamping
executing all legal papers 1t is seldom that propcrt,
is sold where the chances for oncrd part If til,
payment of the purchase money to remain long ii
the property.
ES-Mr. Howard johnson. on the " Home Farm" Mr.
James Marcus. the - Ilssou Farm and Mr.. Jane.
Hammond, on the = Shockcy Farm, will show the pro-
pertcS upon which they live The Tndersgn will Civ,
all information and show ali the properties Tie tim,
when possession Will be given made known at sale.
DANIEL BsSAT"Y0N.
ATTORNEY. ELKToN MD.
may p. 1S69-ts j. b. ASH. AuctiuIiccr.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

"A curtain lecture is worth all the SER
mons in the world for teaching the virtues
of patience and long suffering-W. IRVING.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

0NE-HALF part of a1i$ Acres of Woodland.
about Il miles from E!kton, the Blue Bail ~.
road, well set with Chestnut Timber. adjoining fsSSs
lands of Joseph Miller. Thns. Brown and others saJ<A
Desirable for the growth Of the timber. =
~ The above frrnis are all well located in very
healthy and rapidly improving neghborIoo convenient
to churches. m and schools the frtltcst distant h...
within miles of the p W. & b. Railroad. at Ektun
the county town of Cecil where trains If cars
pass daily to each of the cities of Philadelphia and
timore. thereby girn. all the advantages Of the Erkc
of large
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
The ssIIONE FARM
Containing I52 Acres Of Land.

more "r les str:t" ahuu u miles north of the town
of E!kton on The public road leading Cherry HILL.
This rrm is divided into fields with sufficient guam
titN et Wood for the purposes of the farm The .arair
land is III good state of cultivation. producing "uul
crops. The entire property is enclosed The improve
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
"SAS Francisco.
OFFICE BANK CALIFORNIA,
MAY 1St, 1869. \


May list, 1869.
''This certifies that /. Delana has depos-
tied at this Bank the sum of - thous-
and dollars, gold coin, subject to draft of
r. +. NJ. J. DUNDA, Cashier
l want that telegram to be buried with
me when die.
Dear California her mines and lodcs are
still yielding millions of gold and silver;
her fields and gardens are teeming with
fruits and flowers and the fairness of the
earth; her homes are filled with brave men
and fair women; and when trouble and dis
appointments come, turn my heart to thee.
We are daily expecting the arrival of our
new Governor, James NJ. Ashley of Chic
Impeacher Ashley He is great improve
mcnt upon any former executive that has
been sent to us. The Radicals are delighted
at his appointment-th Democrats would
have been better pleased had the Devil
himself been sent to govern. The truth in
politics has never been told upon the stump
i'll Montana, except in very feeble way.
and now we hope Governor Ashley-as he
is amply able to do-will shed a flood of
light upon this stronghold of Democratic
darkness, i'll the approaching campaign.
Il. f. NJ.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
NO.

New Frame Dwelling House, with ONF,
ACRE OF LAND AT iuttons Il Roads on The road Lead
ing from Elkton t" Cherry HILL Will make very neat
and convenient little home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19

S Frame Dwelling House,

~ ga 2i % fret two stories and attic with Back
Issitsa1 Building lexis feet two stories containing
in tnr whole II Rooms: FRAME TENANT Hot Z.
near the Mansion, lG Is feet, stories. with Back
building l. II feet al in good repair: Frame BARN
Stables. Carriage House, Grdnary. Corn Cribs. Hay
House Spring House and all other necessary uutbuild-
ings for tirst-claSs fern.
This farm is well worth the attention If any who
wants place well located with every convenience.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
Letter from Montana.
HELENA, NJ. T., June 3, 1

HELENA, NJ. T., June 3, 1869
Editor Cecil JVAig:-Such of your readers
as may take an interest in far-western at
fairs, may have read in the papers, of about
April 29th, that Helena, the gem city of
the mountains, after an existence of five
years of prosperity, suddenly came to grief
by the destroying angel-tire. Nearly all
the valuable part of the town was laid in
ashes; thus, in a few hours, sweeping away
fortunes that had been accumulated by
years of patient industry and enterprise
Though the sufferers fail to realize it, the
fire was Il good til ng for the future of the
place, as it is now being built up in far
more permanent and subs1 antial MANNER
Where stood rows of frame houses and log
cabins, stone and brick buildings have
gone up; and in thirty days more, the pill
grims who are arriving will scarcely per-
ceive that there had ever been consdera-
bic fire here.
/ have seen no man who was discouraged
by his loss. While the largest buildings
were yet burning, | saw lumber-dealers,
stone-quarymen, and brick-lnakers rushing
round with men, books in hand, soliciting
and obtaining orders for building material.
In thirty hours from the first alarm, about
twenty-five temporary structures had been
erected on the burnt district, and people
were doing business in them.
The extraordinary demand for mechanics
put up the wages of carpenters to SIS
per day; stone and brick masons are all
busy at from SIG to $50 per day. Hold
carriers and laborers of that description
get $40 per day.
Money is more plenty, and more freely
disbursed than | have ever seen here.
immigration is pouring in from every di-
rection;-from all points in the United
States, from Europe, and from China.
The mines are yielding up their hidden
treasures more plentifully than ever, and
everything and every person looks smiling
and cheerful.
This fire has convinced me that man
with ordinary intelligence and some endur-
ance, is better Off here without dollar in
his pocket, than he would be in an older
community with five thousand. Men here,
as in other gold districts, seem to rebound
after disaster, and to possess an energy and
determination, unknown to other commu-
mites.
\ few days after the fire, had occasion
to telegraph to Il business man in San Fran
cisco-distant 400 miles-and amongst
other matters, informed him that the stock
and capital had left on hand, were two
pairs of blankets and a toothbrush. After
ten hours, | received the following re-
ply, which made me feel good all over, and
set me on my pegs again:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-01-15
Evil Effect Of High -Heeled Boots
and Shoes.


What stupid ninnies some persons
win persist IN making themselves, by
continuing to wear b66ts and shoee
that give them pain every moment,
and which hinder their easy and
graceful movements. It is, indeed,
true, as the Scientific American af-
firms, that this silly fashion must be
creating rich harvest for the corn
doctors. and it is sure to to result in q
greater or less degree of personal de-
foFmity. Especially may the latter
consequence be expected in the case of
young children When the heel is
raised, as is the prevalent custom, the
bones of the thigh, pelvis and les, as
well as the foot are thrown into abb
normal positions and while the bones
maintain their Elasticity the effect of
such unnatural tension is sure to be
perpetuated, in shape of crooked shins.
handy legs. elephantine toe joints, aud
oramped, ungraeefUl gait. Let us hope
that before the evils shall have mui-
tiplied. tickle fashion may remove the
cause, and give Us something more
sensible aud endurable than these toe
screws which are giving us the hoo
bling gait Of Chinese women, and
which POSSESSES neither beauty or COM
fort. Let boots and shoes be made to
TT the feet. and do not attempt to re-
quIre the feet to adjust themselves to
the unnatural form Of many fashiona-
bic boots ard shoes.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-01-15
Il We knew.

II we knew the woe and heart9ehe
Waiting for us down ths roit4s
Tfpur lills. could taste the WCrmWooas
ST oar, hacks could feel the loaa-
WonId we waste the day In J,lstilfs
For a time that neieE can De
Would we wait In sSca lnapaElense
For our ships to come rom se~
Ifws knew tns baby fingers EF
Pressed AGAINST the window pe.llss
Would be cold and stiff to-norroW-
Never trouble rs agatn s.-1t,,,r
Would the bright eyes OF oilE oe-L1A1is M
Catch the froW1 upon oar brow
Would the print of rosy ringers
riVesz Us then as they do as noWf
Al. these little, fee-c0ld fingers.
n NV iley point out memories back
10 the naaty Won9s and ACTIONS
StreWn along our backward track.
How these little hands remind us
As In snowy grace they lie,
Not 70 scatter fhorls-but roses
For our reaping BY and by
+ Strange we Esrer prize the p1usie
4lll the siE eet-9 p3tel ~ e - K; ~ i
4s=sszzssze aI1751 III 5ilp fiiT
TN the lovely flowers are gomez
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem One-half 50 ta1r
AS when winter snowy pinlons 4
shake their white down In the air.
Iaps rom which the seal of silence
None but COD can rOll away ~
Never blossomed in such beauty
Az ad0rns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our mem
Orw fa
with their beautiful perfume,
Come to US in sWeeter accents,
Through the portals OF the tomb.
Let rs gather up TIE sunbeauas,
Lying elI around our paths
se5t us keep the wheat and rosess
CASTING out the thorns and chair
Let MS ind our sweetest comfort
In the blessings Of to-day,
With q patient hard removing
All the briers from our way.