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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-17
Election of Trustees
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSES

Chapter T. Section l. of the Public School
/ Law. is as follows:
.For the purpose of electng two Trustees
of the School House District, and deciding
such other questions as may arise an election
by ballot shall be held in every such district
/ the first Saturday of the month of May
at 3 pm. in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-ei ght and on the fret Saturday in May
( i'll every year thereafter. at which every re
Gist"rei voter having legal residence therein
shall he entitled to vote. And the School
/ Commissioners for the several counties shall
give at least ten days public notice of such
elections by advertisements in the n wspapers
of the county or Baltimore city. II no cleo
ti"n shall b, had on the day aforesaid. then
tn" Board of County School Commas oners
shall appoint said Trustees"
In accordance with the above SECTION of the
Public School Law for the State of MARYLAND
notice is hereby given hat an election will
be held in the several School Districts CT the
county, on the
First Saturday IF Nay aect, at 3 o clock Pm.
As there appears 20 lie no appointment of
Judges of Election in the School Law. the
election may he held in accordance with hrti-
Gle 81. Section 6, of Volume of the Code of
Public General Laws Of the State of Mary
! land, which is as follows:
If neither of the Judges 50 appointed
shall attend as alorcsa;d for the space of one
hour after the time hcrei;l prescribed for
opening the election, il shall he lawful for
the justices Of the peace tor the said county
hen present at the place of election, or the
ma iority of them, Or FOR one justice OF the
peace in the event Of but one being present.
or it no justice Of the peace he present. for
the voters then present, or a majority of
!, y
judges of said cl"ction, who for that election
shall be vested with the same powers and a,l-
thority "a ii they had been appointed by the
County Commissioners
BY order JOHN SQUIER.
Apr ), ls69-iw Secretary.
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under way-Ilke Washington Irvlny's
Dutchman, who started to jump over
the mountain-thev bound far into the
air from the edge Of the cliff. As the
leaper fails from that dizzy height
sometimes a hundred feet by measure
mcnt-toward the water be bends HIM
self almost double, as in wanton mus
cular play but just before striking the
water he partially straightens himself
so that his whole body is slightly cur
we'd forward at the moment of the
plunge, and the feet are, perhaps, a
foot i'll advance Of a perpendicular line
let fall from the head. He strikes the
water without a splash. entering it
with that quick, dull CHUCK that
smooth pebble makes when thrown for
chilly into water, and at an angle with
the surface so NIGEL calculated that he
is actually brought to the surface again
by the momentum of the fall. With
his body curved as | have described, he
shoots through the are of a circle I'M
der the water, and after two or three SET
onds comes up feet formost The first
thing YOU see of him is his toes, emerg-
ing from the water fifteen or twenty feet
in front of the place where he went I'M
der. No athletic feat is more daring
and beautiful than this.
The sensations experienced by one
who falls from great height have not
think, been described in print. A
singular good fortune having made the
writer Of this article an EXPERT in
!eaping in the Hawaiian manner, he is
able to give some account Of them
Until you are thoroughly practised in
the leap, you have q decided inclina-
ton to think twice about the matter
before you risk it. You first dive at
the foot of the cliff, and satisfy your
self that there is sufficient depth of wa
ter You watch one after another of
your companions, as they bound away
IN long, parabolic curves from the edge
Of the cliff; but it requires some nerve
to throw yourself deliberately from a
/ high precipice into mid-air The solid
ground seems much more comfortable
place. AT last, nerving yourself YOU
run and leap Instantly you have a
feeling of floating rather than of falling
such feeling, l suppose, as a bird
has when rapidly alighting from an
elevated flight. There is no sense of
ACCELERATED motion as YOU fall; but
you feel your hair blown upward by a
fierce current Of air This does not,
however, in the least embarrass your
breathing. The notion that people
have their breath taken away" in
falling from height is erroneous. In
an instant comes the plunge; and you
must enter the water in exactly the
right position, or it will hurt you al
most like the solid earth. If YOU enter
| it with a splash, You meet its resistance
TOO suddenly, and may be famed or
stunned, The great lcaper, Sam Patch,
lost his life thus. Had he possessed
Hawaiian skill and a sober head, he
would never have lost his position while
falling, as in his last leap at Genese
Falls. Could an Islander have taught
him how to come out TOES FOREMOST,
he might have been alive and leaping
at the present day. You, wiser than
he, come satel " to the surface, SWIM
ashore, and prepare for another leap.
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Whisky VS.. Brains.

The " Southern Son relates that
temperance lecturer gave the following
hard hit at moderate drinkers -
" All who in youth acquire habit of
drinking whisky, at forty years of age
will be tot al abstainers or drunkartls.-
No one can use whisky for years with
moderation. If there is {. person in this
audience whose experience disputes
this, let him make it known and | will
account for it, or acknowledge that
ain mistaken a tail, large man arose.
and folding his arms across his breast,
said Il offer myself as one whose own
experience contradicts your statement"
Arc YOU moderate drinker?" asked
the Judge. Il am" How long have
You dran'l in moderation ?" Forty
years" " ma were You never intoxi-
Gated ?" Ncvcrn We'll, remarked
the Judge ~"aning his object from head
to foot, ,'':rs is singular case, yet !
think it CT; Y acc ,unted for. l am re-
minded by !, of a little story: A color
ed man, win a loaf of bread and bot
tic of wh;ky, sat Gown on the bank of
stream 10 dine. In breaking the
bread he dropped some of the crumbs
into the y ter. These were eagerly
seized and aten by the fish. That cir
cumstancc suggested to the negro the
idea of dipping the bread into the wits
ky and feeling it to them. He tried it.
1t worked well. Some OF the fish ate
of it, became drunk, and Roatcd help
lessly on the surface In this way he
easily caught large number. But in
the stream was large fish, very unlike
the rest. 1t partook freely of the bread
and whisky, with no perceptible effect
1t was shy of every effort OF the negro
to take it. He resolved to have it at
all hazards, that he might learn its
name and nature. He procured net,
and after much effort caught it, carried
it to colored neighbor, asked his opin-
ion in the matter The other sur, e ,-ed
the wonder moment, and then said
'SamLo, | understand dis case. Dis
fish is mullet head it amt got any
braino "In other words" added the
Judge, " alcohol affects only the brains
and of course those having none NAV
drink without injury" The storm OF
laughter which followed drove the
g moderate drinkcr suddenly from the
house.
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-MayOr Hall hers to canton Stra

Mayor Hall bcgs to caution stran.
gers against New York co-opcrativ,
unions, or gift enterprises, or dollar
stores, or any other scheme whereby
value is promised greater than the
price asked to be paid. Every sucl.
advertised scheme is necessarily a
swindlc" Mayor Hall, in the course OF
a long legal experience, has had annie
opportunities Of investigating crime
land" and lie knows whereof he al
firms. II is believed that in some hap
ply future, though distant, vet to be.
country people will have become proof
against the seductive promises of city
scamps Our old friend, Mr.. Wilker-
sons . No YOU don't mister" will then
be favorite phrase.
The Mormons are turning their at
tention to the manufacture of porcelain,
and, it is said, have alrea,'y produced
some specimens which rival those of
France or Prussia.
1T is supposed that the cultivation
of tobacco in Virginia and North Caro-
lima will be abandoned. Those who
planted largely last year are reported
to have " realized enormous losses"
Mr. Henry Bergh delivered a lecture
recently in Boston, on Cruelty to Ami
mails, at the close of which, somebody
with fine perception of the fitness of
things played "Old Dog Tray" on the
great organ
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The roads from the numbering re-
ginos in Maine are said to re filed with
barrels Of flour, pork, and hecf, bags
of corn, oats, and meal, which were
thrown # to ligten loads, in order to
save the lives of exhausted horses.
Insanity has greatly increased
since the war. The tension of those
years of struggle and the great auctua-
tons of fortune have left their work
Nervous diseases also, which are only
mile-posts on the same road, are far
more prevalent.
The Boston State House contains
a staue of Washington which a bold
critic saws CONVEYS to one who looks
upon it for the first time the unasthetc
impression that it represents a man get
ting up in his nigh-shirt and attempting
to light the gas"
The most severe earthquake shock
since the great one in October last, was
experienced in San Francisco on April
lst. No serious damage has as vet
been ascertaincd. Great alarm perva.
ded the community.
Great joy was manifested recently
by the miners at White Pine over the
birth of the first native of the region
They made up purse of several thou
sand dollars in silver bars and gave il
to the pioneer infant.
-Quails were introduced into Min
nesota in lS45, and great pains have
been taken to preserve and propagate
them, and they are now quite numer-
Gus. A law absolutely forbids the de-
struction of any until the year 1875.
-Reuth Goshen, the Arabian giant,
has settled at Algonquin, Ill. "Hc is
native of Jerusalem, weighs eli
pounds, is l-2 feet high, and speaks
twenty languages.
Ladies' ears, so long neglected, have
become an object of attention in Paris, and
are now tinted with pink or white. They
are brought forward or forced backward,
according to taste.
The fashion Bile female lips is very pale
according to the latest Partisan accounts.
Coral coloring is no longer "the thing
and the expression of the elegant mouth is
that of WEAKNESS and scorn.
Partisan ladies walk very much on
their toes this season. The heels of the
satin boots being very high, and the soles
extremely thin. this becomes easy enough
and can he acquired without much practice.
The silk manufacturers of California
are growing |, 10, 600 municipalities. The
total production of raw silk in the Stat
last year was 1911, pounds.
A statistical connoisseur calculates
that only one woman out of ninety-iiye, i'll
New York, can justly be called pretty.
Several Germans haze located near
Charlottesville, Va. and are cnt ring
largely into the cultivation of grapes.
A family in Montreal who recently
INDUCED in ham are now suffering from
trichinosis, with no prospect of recovery.
During the first three months cf
this year. 81 ,544 emigrants We're landed
at the port of New York.
st Charles, Mimi, boasts of three
months old baby that expresses its
thoughts with the fiuency of advanced
child hood
The peach crop promises to be good
in Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.
"A valuable Sulphur deposit has been
in Calcasieu parish, near Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
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ANY person proposing 10 keep an Oyster als- &C. or
place other than Ordinary for the sale Of spirit
frIaent"d liquors. Lager Beer. in quantities
less than pint shall apply 10 the Clerk ct the Circuit
Court for the county where lie resides. and mutt be
recommended by respectable ireoldcr. Of his irI-
mediate vicinity suit fio person To keep such
house. The Licrrse i'll all eases j. $Iu 90.
The oath required ia he raac hy applicants for Trad
e license aud License sell ritucu- iYuor qaun-
titles less than pint. may made before Justice
nf the Peace and forwarded and filed with the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court to whom all applications for License
m,Ir1 he .,as!e.
Any persnn. or company OF stage players yen.rilo
quists seight utsnd performers ledanccrs tunLle>
and wredancers. shall previously /" exhibiting per
forming for reward in any county in this State pay
the Clerk Of he tirci; C"urt fer rh county thirty
lars Tor Year. dollar cor c'ri, exhibition at his
or their option.
performers. Uha ahl! exhibit for reward in any county
in is STATE Shall pay TO the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for such county he ii thirty dollars Tor License
then for for
Every person company wine snail exhibit for re.
ward any animal az animals. natural artiigal
"uripscs "fany kini. except models IF useful nYr.-
tnni shall pay the said Clerk thc OF en- rOi-
lars fnr a License therefor Tor year.
Each License shall contain list IF I'll" personal per
formers ANIMAL other articles or things to ta
exhibited.
The keeper Of every Stallion JACK shall
before being permitted stand station such animals
pay I" the Clerk of III" Circuit Court OF the
counties in this State the highest which hc intrnd
s receive for til" Of mare. and tim re
ceipt Of the said Clerk with The osa If Ills Cuur attached
tbe:v." for said shall be the License for statiunn;
str;ng such stallion or jack for year from tie
,at2 thereof: provided. that in shali the al
,rc.,cd hc paid Icy this section for sui. License be-
less than dollars; and that every Jack on
which the said tax Is paid shall be exempt from al.
Jt!sr State tax.
ANY owner keeper Stationng standing pny strl
ION Or jack without license. shall forfeit and pay
she authorized and required be paid in the las;
preceding section. "ne-iiai 10 the State and the otIc
!alf 10 the inicfn!er.
AMOS ALEXANDER,
= 1SG0--,jw he il, of { rCiir
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An item for the editors of The
Revolution: One hundred and ninety
five females have sent remonstrance
to the Massachusetts Legislature
against woman's suffrage, believing
hat it would diminish the purity, the
Unity, and the moral influence of the
sex, and bring into the family circle a
dangerous element OF discord, without
securing additional strength, efficiency,
or wisdom to the government of the
nation
Los Angeles, California. is desert
bed as Paradise. The alta la-clover
is knec-dccp: innumerable bids float on
the sct-made music of the Powerful
air; during the rainless summers rich
grape vineyards mature, the dreamy
land is famed with ocean zephvrs. and
the horizon is filled with heavenly
quiet
Says an exchange: flames Green
field, of Morrisania, y. Y, turned an
cid blind horse out TO starvc, and he
poor animal became so famshcd that
he tried to eat fcnce-rails and door
posts. For this cruelty to animals,
Greenfield was sentenced by justice
to pay fine of twenty-five dollars. -
Served him right. Pass him around.
Miss Ida Lewis. daughter of the
keeper of the lighthouse in Newport
harhor, rowing in a squall recently, res
cucd two soldiers from drowning. She
was not assisted by her father, as was
the gentle Grace Darling onthe occasion
when the latter won Immortality.
Eleven Sta'es-namcly, Kansas,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Michigan. Maine. South Carolina, Ar
kansas, and Pcnnsylvania--have rati-
fed the fifteenth amendmedt to the
Constitution Georgia and Delaware
have rejected it
Catholic priests who have reached
Hong gong predict the fall of the
Celestial Empire within year. At
Foo-Chow placards have been
posted about the streets calling upon
the natives 10 rise and exterminatc all
foreigners.
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Notice to Creditors.

This to give notice, that the subscribers, Of C.ci!
"uhty, have obtained from the Orphans Court If said
uurty. letters Testamntary the per onal estate
CHARLES GAMBLE
Ite Of said county. r"sed All persons having claims
iIi> the said deceased hereby warmed t. exhibit
he stne. with the vouchers thereof duly aithrntc I'd:
On OF iefurc the 9Th day If April 1876:
y Eay otherwise" by law. he excluded all Lcncf
hid estate All persons in.lt,d said tst;t, az
.,r"stcd 10 maxi mmrdiat" piymrnt Ia the >ul>cr:-
Given under hands this 10th day o. April
%. ELLIS G. CHANDLER,
GEO I. GAMBLE,
Executors Of Charles Camille, deceased.
TrSt-Rs uRES d. JAMAR. Register.
ifiI +
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Out of the Ground.
Dy MARY I. DODGE.

\ glow in the sunshine,
A pulse i'll the air:
4 something of gladness-
We cannot tell where:
Blue. born of heaven,
Filling the sky;
A laugh in the brooklet
fastening by;
A stirring Of insects
Waking the wood;
Prayer breathed in secret:
"God. thou art good -
Little birds humming;
Joy all around
The flowers must be coming
Out of the ground
They're coming. They're coming.
Datiodils sweet
Hear the grass whisper
Under our feet .
Telling of daisies,
Telling of clover,
Telling of beauty
All the world over
Looking up brightly
Where the sun shines,
Sending a message
Up to the vines
"Wake from your slumbers,
Summon your powers,
Put forth your tendrils:
They re coming-the flowers ~
They're coming. They're coming!
lis writ on the air,
In incense and harmony
Breathed everywhere.
Winds murmur no longer
Their woe to the pines
Can spiders be spinning
Their gossamer lines?
birds are darting
The branches among,
Wild with pleasure
Only half sung.
Herd-bells are tinkling-
Moonie, the COW,
Crops the young grasslets
Emerald now.
High on the ruof-top
Sparrows look forth,
Watching for travellers
Flying to north
Twittering sparrows!
Blithesomc and true,
YOU never left us
All winter through.
Brave little sparrows
No tempest lowers
Blest is your waiting:
They're coming-the flowers!
They're coming! They're coming,
The beautiful throng,
To soothe us and cheer us
The whole summer long
BY brook and in meadow,
Woodland and glade,
Through moonlight and starlight,
Sunshine and shade,
They're creeping, they're springing,
They're climbing the hill,
They're twining and clinging-
Though under ground still.
The blue-h birds have called them
Praise God for it all >
They have heard, and already
They answer the call
o Snow-white and Purple,
Pink, Yellow, and Blue.
Lie close to their hearts
Till the day they come through.
O spirit of Beauty!
Spirit of Grace
Still bide We above them
Watching the place.
Fragrance and LONELINESS
Still hover near,
Soon shall your hosts
In their glory appear.
Surely the Spring-time
is browning its hours
They're coming. They're coming.
The beautiful flowers.
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10 License Laws.
passed January Session. 1865.

Chapter 23s. mage +1l)
AN ACT to add additional lion TO Article fifysiH
t. the Cude OF Pablic General Laws. entitled Licenses,
so M empower trader TO sell the liccns" to trade
with the stock Of goods.
SEC l. BE it enacted by the General Assembly uf Mar
land. That the fosu ing be added to Articl" htyiN Of
tn" Cod" of Public General Laws, entitled Licenses
.. And be il enacted Any trader who has taken out
license sell goods, chattlcs wares merchandise. spflt-
and rmented liquors. lager hc"-, in hs State,
shall have the privilege to sell cut sad license 20
party purchasing his stock of goods and purchasing
renting his place of business and the party puIcas
ing continue to sell under the license Of mis- Tc.
it. business until the expiration OF said licers".
Chapter ++S. page $685.
An ACT 10 add TO the tenth section Article 81. of tine
Code Of Public General Laws, subtraction requiring
Sac l. lie it enacted by the General Assembly Of Mary
land, That there be added the tenth section Of Article
ST. OF the Code of Public General Laws sub section 10
read as follows:
Subsection l. Any person applying for the same and
carrying the business Of Real + ate Broker, and
individual copartnrrshp firm who shall carry the
hs!ne.2 Of Real Estate Broker without LICENSE shall
h subject tn the penalties imposed mon other Brokers
by section seventeen Of this Article.
y b. By instruction received from III" Trassury De-
partEeut. At the Clerks Office. all persons apply ing for
4 license of any kind except marriage licensees, which
same heictunre will hereafter have to pay the
fee Of 1fty cents for issuing the making total Of
sixty cents, stated above Thc fee OF fifty cents has
heretofore been charged 10 the State.
AMOS L. ALEXANDER.
Sheriff of Cecil county.
The foregoing are truly taken and copied f-oIh the
laws received from thu Comptroller DAVID SCOTT.
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Notice 10 Creditors.

This "a To give notice, ilH the -nbsrri:er. Of Cecil
county. have obtained from tie Orphans Cnurt Of said
county, letters Trs;Imrntary the personal estate Of
ELIJAH REYNOLDS.
late Of Fad r'uty. deceased All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof duly ;,Itictei.
On ur before til" 2iId 'iay II March i'7n:
they nh5 otherwise. hy law. be excluded from all .ncEt
of said estate. All persons indebted 10 said estate
requested TO make immediate pay To- tn sui rib,
Gven under Gu? hands. this p III day Of March, lisa.
JOSEPH +. REV SULDS.
WESLEY ". REYNOLDS.
Executors If Elijah Ic! nulj-. deceased.
T-si-REyELA d. JaNAR Register.
mar - lSGa--GVy
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Notice IL hereby given to the creditors edorscrs and
urrtins Of Join EhNfRuM Of Cecil county. that he
applied 10y Petition in writing to the Judges Of the
rcuii Court of Cecil county. setting forth that o il
u,"iyrnt. and offering To deliver up for the hGneht of
lis creditors all his property. real and personal, and that
he Frs, Thtysd,Ip Gfir' the TLiri H0HTGD ~ Ivrr.
has been fixed for the said john isantrum appear
o tho judges of the Circuit Court for Cecil county.
u such ncrroGatories allegations his 4
eEdar.rs surct;ca may proposo ;,ll.ge .ast
him. DAVID SCOTT, CLERK
of the Circuit Court foI Cecil c"rli'y.
Eeh IL lSGl-2in
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NOTICE.
RICIARDG. SToTEsBURY, Tor tho US Of J,i

RICHARD &. STOTESBUEY for tho US OF JOHN Gi!rin
holm '. REARDoN L AMANDA EEARDON. his wife.
la the Circuit Court Cecil county. In Chancsry.
No llN y. II.
ORDERED. This 2,th day Of u .rch in th git"rr
hundred and sixtyrnr that The sal" MAI" and reported
~ James T. Met ull"ugh, Trustee for the sale Of the
Real Estate Of John '. Rcardo AMI Amanda hrtrGu.
ais wifi. he ratified and confirmed unless cause TO the
contrary thereof he shown before the 18th day of
l"i, next: provided copy of this order h inserted in
so:ir newspaper published il Cecil county a week
FOR month before the 10Th day Of April, next.
The Report states the amount of sales % be S3o0u0o.
DAVID SCOTT. Clerk.
True copy test, DAVID SCOTT
y, lsH9-1m Clerk,
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MGetilgS Of County Commissioners,

FINHE Regular meetings of the County Commissioners
l. Will be held the ssr"nl TUESDAY of every
i"nth.
Per- having rlans against the County will pI.,s
file tn" same i'll the COMMISSIONER Office with legal
."uchcr: account will he allowed not prprtrlY
'hargeai,lc To tire same.
Collectors and others h.-n. accounts he stat-i or
,etled viii apply to the Clerk during the the
Board. Ny Order
NM. +. MILLER. Clerk
Commissioners II Cecil County.
be II, lsoT-y
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FIRST DAY OF MAY ENSUING,

under the penalties prescribed by said laws Tor the in
fraction thereof.
Those interested notified OF the following require
Of the License Laws passed 10y the General Assent
bly, of Maryland.
The required for Traders Licenses follows:
If the amount OF goods on hand at the principal
sale. expected 10 b" kept hand, does not
exceed Thousand dollars, the price of License
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Samuel L Foard and Samuel b. +, ard
T.. under the name and style Of Samuel b
"nrt 4 Son. succeed Reese & F"ari. and
i rcccip! for debts due the late firm. M
Y is liabilities. SAME B FOARn.
5 b. FOARD Jr.
Elkton. April 1st le69-3w