The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-01-13
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HOW IT APPEARS FROM A DEMOCRATIC
POINT OF VIEW TO A SMART WOMAN.
From tie Lancaster PENN Examiner.
| never until this Fall realized the debt
we owe the press and | never appreciated
the advantages of living in a country that
elects its own rulers. My husband is a
Democrat, and my father, who boards with
u.s. is Republican. On the 18th of Novem-
Der, | took down my last Winters cloak,
and couldn't keep back the tears. That
cloak cost $25, but it was short, and of
course | couldn't wear it this season. 1t
didn't seem as if | could wear my double
Paisley shawl all Winter, but thought of
the sufferings of the poor, our heavy church
debt. and of the many obligations William
had to meet the 1st of January, and con-
cluded | wouldn't say word about it.
| might be dowdy, but would 90 calmly
forward-up the church asle-supported
by the smiles of an approving conscience.
w men w llllain came nome InaG Dl1nC ne
said New York had gone for Tilden, and
there was glow upon his brow and a light
within his eye hadn't seen there for years.
The biscuits were light as a feather, and
said |: {" William, what do you think had
better do about cloak this Wnter9 You
know they don't wear short cloaks. | sup
pose you don't feel as if you could afford a
new one -
"See about it, said William, scraping
the last drop of peach juice from his pre-
serve plate. That's dreadful vulgar habit,
and | told William so over and over again,
and | do wonder, that being a genuine,
elegant Democrat he will persist in it.
The next morning, when passed through
the sitting room, William sat shivering
over closed register in his stocking feet,
his hair uncombed, but he cried out from
the top of his paper, Democratic victories
everywhere!' I" Intense excitement and
reioicing.' We had waffles and maple
molasses for breakfast, and l made the
coffee myself. William had made one
but had evidently missed. Father called
for toast. and said he had neuralgia pains
all down the left side of his face. William
read alond soothing morsels from the
Democratic paper, such as g Indiana gives
Tilden 10000 majority!'
"What do you think this morning about
my having a new cloak, William ~
"Of course you can have a new cloak, if
you need one. Full returns not yet re
ceived from Oregon, Nevada, Florida and
Louisiana, but they are undoubtedly ours"
I'm said father.
felt good deal of anxiety about family
prayers. William isn't a professor. Father
leads devotions, and was afraid he would
be too suppicatory; but he prayed mostly
for the heather, Jews and such like, but
didn't refer to the Democrats, and only
once-just after the heathen-alluded to
our suffering country.
When William came up to dinner he
said returns of Democratic maiorities were
pouring in from all quarters, and said |:
over and do believe it would be the best
economy to buy a fur cloak Everybody is
wearing fur. 1t might cost more at first,
but it would be the cheapest in the end;
fur is SO durable
How much will it COST
Mrs. Col. fuckers sealskin sacque was
5000 last Winter, but | don't feel as if, in
our circumstances, we can afford that
Furs are cheaper than last Fall, and think
| could get a good, desirable article, not so
rich as some, but still good enough for peo-
Pile in our circumstances, for $3.50
Cmn said father.
William had taken out a blank check
and was rejecting, when in whisked the
President of the Democratic CLUB and said
Florida and South Carolina had gone for
Tiden, and William was wanted down to
the club room to see about the illumination.
| He filled out the check, and | Immediately
went down street and selected the cloak.
| That evening a shade of anxiety-a
scarcely perceptible tinge of melancholy
while fathers neuralgia was better. Will
| liam asked if l had done anything about
my cloak, aud, if | hadn't, he should sug-
gest waiting awhile; furs might be cheaper.
| lie said, when asked him about it, the
! illumination had been postponed.
The next morning | heard the boys in
the street screaming that Hayes was elected,
and when | went down father was sitting
! on the front stairs, coatlesS, and with his
vest on one shoulder, while Willie balanced
! himself on the edge of the hat stand
| Both patriots were stocking footed. They
! had Just taken i'll the morning papers.
| Very little conversation was made at the
breakfast table, but father was extremely
polite to William, and said he didn't know
when he had eaten buckwheat cakes that
tasted so much as they did when he was a
boy.
At noon William didn't stay to dessert,
but father, having eaten his own pudding,
drew Williams untasted plate to himself
The tears were yelling to my eyes, aud
father kindly inquired why l wept
1--WE been thinking my old hat fixed
over won't look at all suitable with my new
cloak, but William is s, blu; | can't bear
IT, ask him for more money"
Mercy on met said father, "don't cry