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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-04-19
Gardening for Ladies.

How many enthusiasts there are now to
be found among the gentle sex, in behalf
fgardening or outdoor exercise for ladies'
1t is quite refreshing to read such dainty
little story as this, told by John Coleman:
know one lady, whose sensible doctor
told her twenty years ago, that she was half
gone with consumption, and that her only
chance of life was, to be in the open air as
much as possible. And perfect bower Of
Paradise was her little yard. Was the soil
poor2 She enriched it. Were her varieties
Indifferent She procured better. Nearly
all the flowers were fragrant. Fifteen kinds
of roses bloomed under her hands, and
succession of flowers filled out the summer
One side of the yard was covered with
grapes. Peaches, plums and raspberries
were trained en- espalier, and choice squash
es ripened on the roofs of the out houses.
Tomatoes were trained to single poles and
yielded luxuriantly and ruddy strawber-
ries peeped out even from bleaching grass
She herself, was as fresh and vigorous as you
could expect one to be whose halfdecayed
lung had left her with insufficient vitality.
But her life was saved, and it has been a
happiness to herself and blessing to 9th
ers.
She is right too, when she says that more
than half the credit for the ornamentation
of our door-yards and homes is due to the
ladies who push the men up to their duty.
--EachdnQe.
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The RoPE.-Two young, ragged boys
whose names were Guy and Jack, found an
old rope lying in the road, over the posses.
sion of which they disputed long and loud.
Guy snatched one end and Jack the other;
and both pulled with all their force to get
it. Suddenly the rope broke; and both
fell backward down into the mud, present
ing pitiable appearance.
a passerby said to them at this very
moment, Behold what happens to quar-
refers. For the most worthless trihe they
become angry at each other and what then
results They cover themselves with ridi
Guile and shame before the eyes of every
body, just as you two now stand before NE
covered with mud and dirt"
Study to keep the peace; for dscord
always brings evil in its train"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-04-19
Public Local Law
Relating to Hartford County.
Enacted January Session, 1872.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 216.


AN ACT to authorize the County Commits.
sioners Of Hartford County to provide for
aid ';clray the expenses of taking the
Census of said County.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That the County
Commissioners of Hartford county be, and
they are hereby authorized to appoint six
or more citizens Of Hartford county, to take
the Census of said county, under such reg
ulations as may be prescribed by the said
Board OF County Commissioners, showing
the number of white inhabitants, the num-
Der ofblack inhabitants, as we'll as the num-
Der Of inhabitants of said county between
the ages ofsix and twenty-one years. which
Census it shall be the duty ofthe said Board
OF County Commissioners to certify to the
Comptroller on or before the first day OF
June next, to be by him used in the dstri-
button OF the several school funds of the
State to said County.
SEC 2. And be it enacted, That the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Hartford county lie, and
they are hereby authorized and directed to
levy upon the assessable property of said
county sum of money sufficient to defray
the expenses incurred under the provisions
of the first section of this Act.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage
Approved April list, 1872.
We hereby certify that the aforegong is
a correct copy of an act which passed the
General Assembly of Maryland at the Jan
uary session, 1872.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
ap12 Secretary of Senate.
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sketch is brief, and the best of it is as be-
Misrepresentation.
A DRAMATIC SKETCH.

DRAMATIC SKETCH.
SCENE.-A club-room at the Hare and
Hounds. At the table sits the county cor
oner with his clerk. The jurors are arrang-
ed round the board. The constable, ETC.,
I'LL the background. Timothy Gubbins, a
witness, is under examination.
Cor-Did you know the defunct
Wit Who is he?
Cor-Why, the dead man.
Wit.-Yes
Cor.-Intimately
Wit.-Wery.
Cor.-How often have you been in COM
pany with him?
Wit.-Once.
Cor.-And do you call that intimately 2
Wit.-1es; for he were very drunk, and
| were very drunk, and that made us like
two brothers.
Cor Who recognized the body?
Wit.-Jack Adams.
Cor.-How did he recognize him
Wit. By standing i'm on his head to
let the water run out.
Cor.-I mean, how did he know him
Witty his plush jacket.
Cor.-Anything else2
Wit.-No; only his face were so sweled
his own mother wouldn't have knowed
him.
Cor.-Then, how did you know him2
Wit.-'Cause / wasn't his mother APP
plause in court.
Cor.-What do you consider the cause
of his death
withdrawing, in course.
Cor.--Was any attempt made to rrs'is-
citate him?
Wit.--Yes.
Cor.-HoWf
Wit.-We searched his pockets.
Corr mean did you try to bring him
to?
Wit.-Yesto the public house.
Cor.-T mean to recover him?
Wit.-No; want told to.
j. + +
Cor.-That will do, sir. (To the iury.)
Gentlemen you have heard the evidence
and will consider of your verdict.
Foreman.-Yonr worship, we are all of
one mind
Cor.-Well, what is it
Foreman.-We don't mind what We're
agreeable to anything your worship pleases.
Cor.-No, gentlemen, have no right to
dictate; you had better consult together.
Foreman.--We have your worship, afore
we came, and we're all unanimous.
Cor.-I am happy to hear it, gentlemen.
(To the clerk.) Mr.. Dicks, take down the
verdict. Now, then, gentlemen.
Foreman.-Why, then, your worship, it's
" Justiiiable suicide" but begs to recon-
mend to mercy; and hope we shall be al
lowed our expenses"
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Advice Worth Millions) Gratis.

Every man should keep the wolf from the
door, and his molher-in-law, too, ifhe can
Every woman has right to be any age
she pleases, for if she were to state her real
age no one would believe her. Every one
has IL right to wear a mouStache who can.
Every woman, who makes buildings, has
perfect right to believe that she can make
Il better pudding than any other woman in
the world. Every man who carves has
decided right to think of himself by put
ting few of the best bits aside Every
woman has right to think her child the
''prettiest little baby in the world" and it
would be the greatest folly to deny her tins
right, for she would be sure to take it.
Every young lady has right to faint when
she pleases, if her lover is by her side to
catch her. Every fool has right to be on
the best terms with himself, and that man
is a greater fool who differs with him about
those terms. Every child who makes
noise has a right to be turned out of the
room; and, supposing you have not the
right, you are perfectly justified Gf its pa
rents are absenD in usurping it.
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Public Local Law
Relating to Hartford County.
Enacted January Session, 1872.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 1T.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER III.

AN ACT to more particularly define the
powers and duties Of the County Com
missioners of Hartford county, in adjust
ing and levying for claims preferred
against said county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That it shall be
the duty of the county commissi oners of
Hartford county, whenever ally Sheriff,
States Attorney, Clerk of the Circuit Court
or Register of Wills of said county shall
present OF render any bill of fees, or other
account or claim against said county to
said commissioners for levy; before levy
ing for the same to examine such Sheriff,
States Attorney, Clerk, or Register, as the
case may be, on oath, whether all the SER
vices charged in the bill of fees account or
claim rendered have been actually perform
ed, and whether the charge, or fee, for each
particular service, is greater than is allow
ed by law, and said County Commissioners
shall also examine said officers on oath, as
to such other facts as they may deem prop
er, and may examine on oath, any other
person or persons, whose testimony they
may think necessary to establish the legal
ity and correctness of such bills of fees, &C
counts, or claims.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the
said county commissioners shall have the
right, and it is hereby made their duty, if
they have doubts as to the correctness and
legality of any bill of fees or other account
or claim rendered by any ofsaid officers,
against said county, to summon before them
such witnesses as they may think proper,
to disprove such bills of fees, accounts or
claims as the case may be, or any part of
the same and they shall have full power
and authority to reduce said bills of fees,
accounts or claims, or any part thereof, and
to allow such amount only as they may
deem just and legal; but they shall not al
low, nor levy for any bill Of fees, account
or claim or any item therein, when services
charged for have not been actually render
ed and if rendered, were not rendered un-
der the requirements of law; except in
cases where services have been rendered /;
and in the opinion of said county commits
sioners they were necessary and indispen-
sable in carrying out the provisions of ex-
listing laws, but in no case shall construc-
tive fees be allowed.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the
said county commissioners shall have the
same rights and powers in establishing and
adjusting the correctness and legality OF
all other accounts and claims rendered
against said county by any other person OF
persons as are conferred by Section two OF
this act, and said commissioners shall not
allow or levy for any account or claim, un-
til they have thoroughly examined and
serutinizea each and every item contained
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VARIETIES.
- An Extinct Race-Childlike childr,

- An Extinct Race-Childlike children.
Moving for new trial Popping to
Mrs. No.. 2.
When is cat like teapot When
you're teasin' it (tea's in it,
Some men get their barrel of beer on
tick, and leave it to settle for itself.
ALPHABETICALLY you pay a visit, it is not
necessary to take a receipt.
A man may be ashamed of the fashion
of his nose, although he follows it.
Strange to say, no matter how well paid
a dentist is, he always looks down in the
mouth.
What would IL pig do who wished to
build himself a habitation 2 Tie n knot
10 his tail and call it pigs tie.
An Atlanta man wants the thief who
stole his we'll bucket and rope to come and
get the well, rs it is of no present use to
him.
Which one of the seven wonders ofthe
world are railway engines like2 Ans
The coal-horses of roads COLOSSUS of
Enthusiastically
The Governor of Virginia is about to
commission four hundred colonies of mill
tia. The rest of the Virginians have titles
already.-Ne,o York Commercial.
The Teutonic tailor of Pennsylvania
village having married second wife indie,
Gently soon after the death of the first, the
young men of the place expressed their dis
approval by tin-horn serenade during the
progress of the wedding feast, upon which
the bride groom expostulated: IL say,
poys, you ought to be ashamed of yourselfs
to be maxim all dis noise ven dere vas
funeral here 80 soopm
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PO g tic al.
TIME GOES BY TURNS,

The following rare old poem was writer
by Robert Southwell, an English Jesuit, borl
in $780, and executed at Tyburn in 1896.
The Topped tree in time may grow again;
Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower:
The sorriest wight may find release from pain
The driest soil sucks in some mostening shower
Times goes by turns, and chances change by course
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.
The sea Of fortune does not overflow;
She draws her favor to the lowest ebb;
Her tides have equal times to come and go;
Her loom both weaves the finest and coarsest web
No joy so great but runneth to an end
No hap so hard but may in time amend.
Not always fall of leaf, nor even spring;
Not endless night. nor yet eternal day
The saddest bird season finds to sing;
The toughest storm calm may soon allay
THUS with succeeding terms, God tcmpereth all
That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall.
chance may win that by mischance was lost
The net that holds no great takes little fish
In some things ALL in all things none, are crossed
Few all they need, but none have all they wish
Unmingled joys here to no man befall;
Who least, hath some; who most hath never all.
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A GOOD WORD FOR LOCAL PAPERS
The New York Times says you might near
ly as we'll forget your churches, your acad-
emies and school houses, as to forget your
local paper. 1t speaks to ten times the au.
dience that your local minister does, and if
it has any ability at all, it is read eagerly
each week from beginning to end. 1t reach
es you all, and if it has lower spirit and
less wisdom than sermon, it has thou
sand times better chance at YOU Laying
as it does, on every table in almost every
house, you owe it to yourself to rally to its
support, and exact from it as able, high
toned character as you do from any edu.
Gator in your midst. 1t is in no sense be-
meath notice and care for it is your
representative. Indeed, in its character it
is the summation Of the Importance, inter,
est and welfare ofyou all. 1t is the aggre-
gate of your own consequence, and you can.
not ignore it without miserably deprccia-
ting yourself
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Fragment from Tom Hood.

The Atlantic almanac contains n frag-
ment from Hood never before printed in
this country. 1t is bit of dramatic
sketch ~ from real life, as an argument in
support of the theory that the decline OF
the public taste for theatrical exhibitions
is attributable to the superiority of the
dramatic scenes, serious and comic, which
are so admirably set up and performed
daily in London and provincial police and
other courts, coroners' sessions, etc. The
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-04-19

A RELISH FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH. .-.
Take a quarter of pound of cheese, good
fresh; cut it up in thin slices and put in
spider, turning over it large cupful o..
sweet milk; add Il quarter of a teaspoon
full of dry mustard a dash Of pepper; lit
tie salt and u piece of butter as large as
butternut; stir the mixture all the time
Have at hand three Boston crackers finely
powdered or rolled, and sprinkle them in
gradually; as soon rs they are stirred in,
turn out the contents into n warm dish and
serve. 1t is very delicious.
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THE EGIS & INTELLIGENCER
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Otherwise $500 will be charged
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3 LARGE IRON CHAINS,

suitable for q Marine Railway, in good
order.
TERMS OF SALE.
The Terms of Sale, as prescribed by the
decree, are that one-half of the purchase
money shall be paid in cash on the day of
sale, and the other half in six months
thereafter, with interest from day of sale,
the purchaser to give his note, with secur-
ity approved by
HERMAN STUMP, JK.,
apps Trustee.
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WARDEN & MERRITT,
COM MISSION MERCHANTS

For the Sale Of
GRAIN, FLOUR & COUNTRY PRODUCE
~ South St., Baltimore, Md.
febl61y
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A@M-N FIRST GLASS
AT11E3wAA
E 49, - DWELLING HOUSE,


with modern conveniences, Stabling and
other necessary outbuildings, and fencing,
all in good condition.
1t is situated about one-half mile from
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad depot at Aberdeen, thirty
miles from Baltimore.
This property would suit person who
desired to live in the country and do bust
ness in the city.
TERMS OF SALE.
The Terms of Sale prescribed by the
decree are, that one-third of the purchase
money shall be paid in cash on the day of
sale, or the ratification thereof, one-third
thereof in six months, and the residue in
twelve months from the day of sale, the
credit payments to bear interest from the
date of sale, and to be secured by notes or
bonds of the purchaser, with security to be
approved by the Trustee.
HERMAN STUMP, JR.,
mh29 Trustee.
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Trustees Sale.

I'ruStee'S Sale.
TN virtue of decree of the Circuit Court
Il for Hartford county, in equity, the sub
scriber, as Trustee, :, ill sell at Public Auc.
ton, at Havre de Grace, Hartford county,
on the premises formerly occupied by the
Havre de Grace Marine Railway and Manu-
featuring Company,
On Saturday, April 9th, 1872,
At II o'clock, A. NJ,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-07-06
THE EYES! THE EYES !
DIR. E. H. PARDEE,
OcuIiSt and AuriSt.
. rTrR \ PRoTRACrED BLIND

a FTER A PROTRACTED BLIND
IA ness of more than five years, Dr. Pafdee
has made himself thoroughly and sclentlhcai-
ly acquainted with all Diseases OF the Eye
and is now practicing with success not sur
passed in the United States. .
All operations performed, such as Strabis-
mus, or cross-eye, Cataract by linear eNtrac-
tion, Depression or A Absorption, Pteryglum, or
1eshy membrane growing over the eye, heduc-
.tiOn of Staphyloma, or bulging out OF the eye,
Artificial Pupil, Fistula Lachrymalis, or clos
ing of the tear passage, and all deiormltles oi
the Lids, etc.
Artificial Eyes inserted without the least
pain, and possessing all the movements ana
brlliancy of the real eye. A large assortment
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
prices The Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
ment and cure of all nervous diseases is used
all over this coast
Thankful to those physicians who have sent
him cases for operation, he hopes that ms uhl-
versal success will warrant continuation OF
their confidence. His celebrity as an operator
is co-eXtensive with his success, as patients
are presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, from New ork and Boston, almost
monthly Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors Office daily, in different stages of re-
coyery.
Plaza, San Francisco.
TAKE NOTICE" n Efar Is NOT TO
be 6eIfeUsd though he spsGEs The truth"
Reports are in circulation through the upper
country that have retired from business, that
have gone to the Atlantic States, that am
in Europe, &c., &c TO those Interested | will
say that the report has been gotten in circula-
tion for the furtherance of other parties, who
are trying to obtain, illegitimately, an eye
practice. The report has been started by an
itnerant mountebank, and without the least
truth rs am at my office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients.
Il. Ii. PARDEE, OcuIist,
737 Clay Street,
my2J-ly. SAN FRANCISCO.
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LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

l. Subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary, are consider
ed as wishing to continue their subscrip-
ton.
.. If subscribers wish their papers dis
continued, publishers may continue to
send them until all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their papers from the office or place
to which they are sent, they are held re-
sponsible until they settle their bills and
give due notice to discontinue.
4. IF subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the
paper is sent 20 the former direction they
are held responsible. Notice should al
ways be given OF the removal.
5. The courts have decided, that refus-
ing to take a paper from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it dncalled for, is prt-
ma focte evidence Of Intentional fraud.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-07-06
TRINITY JOURNAL
HOW THEY FELL DOWN STAIRS.

The Franklin (Tenn.) Revieoo lately
sketched the history Of famous Nashville
hotel that disappeared years before the
war. The two heroes of the following
story are still living: While the old inn
stood on the square in Nashville, it was
the favorite hotel of the travelling public.
On one occasion, among the guests as
sembled there, were Harvey H., from
Williamson county, and John g., from
Maury county, intimate friends, and both
convivial in their Temperament. They
had imbibed freely Of spirits and were in
that happy condition in which they con-
sidered the world all their own, and
were rather noisy in their demonstrations.
Some of the visitors complained of their
noise, and the proprietor, after some per-
tuasion, induced the gentlemen to retire.
He conducted them to their room, saw
them safely lodged in bed, waited patient
ly until they slept, and then drew the
bed, which, as was then to some extent
fashionable, was attached to the ceiling
by cords, up nearly to the ceiling, raising
them nine or ten feet from the floor.
Everything passed off quietly, the gen
tlemen sleeping soundly until one or two
o'clock in the morning, when John g.,
who was sleeping behind, called Out to
his friend:
Harvey, get me the water; the pitch
er is on the table there in the corner"
Harvey demurred a little, but finally
yielded to the earnest solicitations, he
threw himself out of bed, in the pitch
darkness of the room, to the floor be-
meath. He was unprepared for the leap,
and the shock of the fall surprised him.
Instantly he he conjectured that he had
fallen down stairs, perhaps through a
trap door; so he got down on his hands
and commenced grooping about to find
some means of ascent to the room above.
The delay was torture to John, who was
parched up with thirst. SO he called out
language more prolane than polite:
"Harv! what in the ID are you doing?"
no dUSWSI Callle AIOlll tle uePluS De-
low:
John! l fell down stairs and can't
find the passage to get up there again"
"Well must l come down there to show
you the way up?"
~ wish you would, John, for I'm id
if can find the steps"
John, thoroughly vexed with the stu
pidity Of his friend, -sprang out Of bed,
when 10! he too went whizzing through
the air into the depths below, and soon
found himself sprawling on the floor be-
side his companion. "By Cd, Harv!
! fell down stairs myself" was his first
exclamation.
Then the two commenced a search for
the staircase, ladder, anything to enable
them to get out of this deep abyss.
Round and round they went, upon their
hands and knees. They found table,
upon which they discovered pitcher 70
water. Quenching their thirst they re
sumed their search. Their clothing had
been deposited on the foot of the bed, so
this was beyond their reach, and the
weather was intensely cold. The weary
round was kept up until the gray dawn
began to streak the East, when they
ascertained their true condition. Stealth
lily they lowered their bed, donned their
clothing and only remained long enough
to pay their bill to the night clerk, when,
mounting their horses they made tracks
for their homes.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-07-06

A NATIONAL establishment for printing
in raised letters for the use of the blind is
being established in Washington by sub
scription. Some $4,000 in cash has been
collected, which is invested by State
boards Of trustees. Recently building
subscription has been opened in that dis
trict, headed by Governor Cooke, Mr..
Corcoran and others, and as soon as the
amount Of $1,000 has been subscribed to
this fund the building will be erected.