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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22

WONDERFUL MEMoRy.-In an old book
of biographical sketches we find the story
of John Franklin, born in Canaan, Ltch-
field county, Connecticut. An instance of
his remarkable memory, when only fifteen
years of age, will show his mental powers
in that direction. The meeting house
where the family worshiped was a mere
shell, being neither ceiled nor plastered,
with the beams and rafters all exposed.
On certain Sabbath day, John looked
not at the minister, but sat gazing up at
the bare ribs of the building. On the
return home said the father: "John it is
my duty to give you severe hogging, and
you shall have it after dinner, so be prepar-
ed" But" said John, you won't whip
me without telling me what it is for! "No,
certainly. Your conduct at meeting, sir,
is the cause. Instead of attending to the
sermon you were all the time Gaping and
staring around as if you were counting the
beams and rafters of the meeting house.
"Well, father, can you repeat the sermon?'
"Repeat it? No. had as much as could
do to watch your inattentions." elf I'll
tell you all the minister said you won't
whip me-" mo, John, no-but that is
impossible" Young Franklin Immediately
named the text, and taking up the dis
course went through every head and divi-
sion of it with surprising accuracy
"Upon my word" cried the delighted
parent, 81 could not have believed it pos
sible." "And now, father" said John,
I" | can tell you how many beams and raft
ers there are in the meeting house."
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22
ECONOMIZING ON HIS OBITUARY,

1t was sad woman that came into our
sanctum the other day. Not to put too
fine point on it, she wept. 81 am Mrs.
Briggs she murmured sadly. The SUBJ
editor said he was glad to know it, and in
quired after Mr.. Briggs. "You don't seem
to keep the run of our eminent citizens
much" she said, "for you know he died
last Friday" The sub stammered out that
he had indeed overlooked it. "That's just
it," said the grief stricken one. 81 want
an obituary rit on to him, something strong,
you know" "Ah! precisely" said the
sub-editor; 81 will just take down the
points. "He was public spirited of course?"
" Certainly" sighed the widow. Gre
spected, influential, high-toned >" "Way
up" sobbed the relict. Fine feeling,
rich q" Well, no." said the mourner;
che would have been rich; his partner was
just elected supervisor, but he didn't wait
for the first day even. He faded away,
faded away" "All right, madam, we will
get up notice that will make all the other
bereaved families in your part of the town
howl with envy" son the front page,
mind" she sighed. "Just so, ma am. 1t
will be eight dollars" Eight dollars for
an obituary, with sugar at thirteen cents ?''
But reflect, madam, that you will have
an article that will make Andrew johnson
and Henry Wilson turn over in their
graves" eight dollars-and Johnny's
shoes will be four dollars, and James pull
blackwell mister, l guess the old man will
have to slide through on his merits. The
regular four-bit sendoff will about do, l
guess" and, depositing that coin on the
desk, she sobbed herself down stairs.
Free Press.
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SLANG.

Slang is little else than metaphor, and
comparison of homely sort drawn from
the farm, the shop, the mine, the forecas-
tie, the camp, the street, or from any mat.
ter of common observation. A few ran
dom instances will be enough to make this
plain: To elbow cloud,'' to "hare up,"
"to cotton to- to "play second fiddle"
ga chip of the old block" are expressions
that need no explanation. Others, while
SMILES, clearly, are not exactly understood,
like ego to pot" which refers, it is said,
to the melting pot for refuse metal. 9th
ers gather vim, if we stop to think whence
they come. No doubt teamster cracking
his whip over his four or six horses was
the first to describe something weak or
shabby as " a one horse concern Just as,
conversely, his enthusiasm for fellow
always ready to pay for the drinks, found
vent in clubbing him "whole team and a
little dog under the wagon" New phrases
are continually reinforcing or superseding
the old, but both new and old are of one
nature. The gamblers lingo is used when
dead man is said to have "passed in his
checks" and the gold seekers when a
speculation is said "to pan out" WELL
Persons whose pretensions to refinement
forbid their use of slang and of express
sions, which they think belong to the vul-
gar, have their own set of metaphors. To
them the clouds are tleecy" and the sun
set "golden," home is "sweet," to part
with friends is g BITTER and so on through
list which the reader shall be spared.
Their speech is garnished with scraps from
all the poets and from Holy Writ, instead
of with proverbs. A glance at Mr.. Bart
let's " Familiar Quotations, grown in the
last edition to stout volume, will give an
idea of the great number of fragments of
prose and verse that pass from mouth to
mouth like the pipe around an Indian Coun-
Gil fire. Children, too, as well as their
elders, indulge liking for tigurative talk,
particularly for slang, taste they often
keep until well on in years. GALAXY.
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The Charge of the Light Clad Brigade

Half mile, half mile,
Half a mile downward,
Trudging through sand and sun,
Went the One Hundred;
Downcast and slightly nude,
Stared at with glances rude,
What though the multitude
Giggled and wondered.
Down on the wave-washed strand
Forms the devoted band,
Easily linked, hand in hand,
Fashion and folly.
Stared at by "rake" and SWELL"
Rustic and city belle,
O, but they stood it we'll
Wasn't it jolly?
Matrons sedate and staid
Watch their young nestlings wade,
Young maid and ancient maid
Jostled and tilted;
Soon in the breakers power
Helpless to shrink and cover;
Waiting like summer flower
But to be wilted.
Breakers to right of them,
breakers to left of them,
Breakers in front of them
Nolleyed and Numbered;
Would they dare brave the swells
In their wild frenzied spells?
Bald heads and blushing bellies
All the crowd wondered.
Idly the gang on shore
Lounged on the sandy floor,
Clerks from the dry goods store
Foppish and frisky;
"Sikesy" and "Mose" and "Lize,"
Doctors with google eyes,
Dealers in merchandise,
Lager and whisky.
Lawyers with childlike smile,
Changers devoid of guile,
Dandies in stunning style
Broadcloth and busters;
Mermaids and other maids,
Light shades and other shades,
High grades and other grades
Lying in clusters.
Forward the bathers slept,
o how the brakers leapt.
o how they madly swept
Shoreward and rumbled.
Caught in the naughty swirls
Dark curls and sunny curls,
Fat girls and funny girls
Ruffied and tumbled.
Wrecked was each helpless craft,
o the salt brine they quaffed.
D how thew shrieked and launched.
Struggled and scrambled!
Stripped Of arts mysteries,
In the recedlng seas
Some on their hands and knees
Positively gamboled.
When shall their memory fade!
o the brave show they made
Freely and fully;
Worse halves and better halves,
Big calves and little calves
Wasn't it bully?
NEPTUNE.
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GLEANINGS.

There is lady in Omaha named Hit
tie Maginn.
A New ork firm hung out a sign
reading, " In God we trust-cverykody else
CASH
1t is now supposed that the crop of Cen
tennial anniversaries will be spoiled by the
early frosts.
The great auction sale of widows in
Salt Lake City has been postponed until
October list.
Said an Arkansas coroner's jury; " We
find that the deceased came to his death 10y
Jim Barkin's bowie knife having incident
ally touched a vital part"
Suggestion by the Detroit Free Press:
If women hold up their dresses to show
their skirts why not cut the dresses off
above the bottom of the skirts and thus
save cloth and vexation.
Brigham Young commenced life sin
Gle man, and without money or property,
and yet he died leaving nineteen widows
and q fortune of several millions Who
will say this is not a great country for
struggling industry?
-SG0o, 600, GOO are annually spent in the
United States fer drink. How many delln-
quent newspaper subscriptions does this
sum contain? 1t is heartess to spend in
the maddening cup what you owe the prin-
ter. He may be thirsty himself
-Euterprising photographer on an Orien-
tai battlefield seeks out the spot where the
dead lie most thickly, adjusts his camera,
removes the cap, and-such is the force of
habit-breaks out with the exhortation:
" Fix your eye on me and don't STIR
AT Harrison county Ky, wedding
the bride in a playful mood kicked the
groom's hat off without touching his
head. After they have been married a few
years her activity will not be appeased
until she has kicked his head of without
touching his hat.
Surely it is high time to hear of some
Irish Pasha in the Turkish service. Where
is our old friend Mickey Free who was
constantly singing:
! haven't ganus for work.
Twas never the gift of the Bradies,
But I'd make an Elegant Turk,
For | III fond of tobacco and ladies'.
Nec York Nail.
:" Far be it from us to doubt the word
OF brother editor" says the La Cross
Sun. 90 We believe them all to be truthful
men; but when the Durand Times says that
the water is SO low at the mouth of the
Chippewa river that cat fish have to EN-.
plOy mud turtles to tow them over the bar,
we feel as though the editor must be away,
and some local minister filling his place
slang, when asked at the boarding house
table why her husband was not down to
breakfast, replied, blshfully:-" Oh, dear
William was upon "a neck last night
9 A what? said her interlOcutor. a b.
BOSOM" she exclaimed, coioring to the roots
of her hair. 90 A which - said he "a
IA bust, she whispered behind her napkin
A lady reader writes to the New \ orll
IeFdd Tor receipt to remove frecklcS. y
lady in Rome, who has tried the remedy,
recommends the following: Battle the
face lightly with Cologne water after tea,
and at about ten =. NJ, brush both cheeks,
the forehead and chin, with i carefully Sc
lected moustache If this does not remove
the freckles, it will, under ordinary cir
cUmst&nccs, cause them to be forgotten.
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BUBBLES.

"A "swcl =" dinner Dried apples and
water.
from one made to order.
If you are out in driving storm. don't
attempt to hold the rains.
a bartender can tell the value of a
smile better than any other person.
. The good are never successful in catch
ing fish. We have tried it ourselves.
Some genius proposes to introduce pa
per shirts. But a shirt made ont Of a
story paper would have too many tales.
"One often hears a person complain OF a
'dull headache and yet they wouldn't
enjoy a real lively headache any better.
The man who wants whole car seat
to himself in crowded coach can always
secure it by scenting his handkel chief with
musk.
=" Well, what is it that causes the sal
ness of the ocean," inquired a teacher of
a bright little boy. Goldfish was the
quick reply.
Sharks won't bite a swimmer who
keeps his legs in motion If you can keep
kicking longer than shark can keep wait
ing. yon Il be all right.
Stage manager to call boy; John, see
if the ballet are all dressed" John, re
turning: % Yes sir, about ready; they've
nearly got their clothes off.
When a man and women are made ore,
the question is, Which one?" Some
times there is a long struggle between
them before the matter is settled
=" You will never have us done max
ing peach butter" said a young lady, not
long ago. "lf we have one foot in the
grave, you will have us make peach butter
with the other"
When woman makes up her mind
that hen shall not set, and the hen makes
up her mind that she will, the irresistible
meets the immovable, and every law of
nature is broken or prevented.
A Michigan farmer writes to the facuI-
ty of Yale: :" What are your terms for
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hen you are ''le" VI t"'ins your
thumbs, sit down and see how fast you can
say ,'"eS al" SUCK" Hl'''N susan III al
i"eA p''''o'e MANUEL ''o iHtAo'"oiy sue
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22
Personal Sketches.
No. t.
JETHR0 J. MCCULLOUGH, ESQ.

We present to the readers of The IVhig
an admirable portrait of "a gentleman who
not only has been for many years actively
identified with the productive industries of
Cecil county, but one VINO, by his admra-
BILE personal qualities, has filed a large
space in the public esteem. 1t is true,
generally, that successful men in all the
pursuits and professions of life never lack
admirers. 1t is the tribute the world pays
to success itself, apart from any considera-
ton of the individual characters of those
who have achieved it. When, however,
to the perseverance, industry and personal
qualifications essential to business success
are added the higher moral qualities that
adorn the characters and beautify the lives
of their possessors, then it is that the
tribute of personal admiration is we'll be
slowed. and the stories of men lives in
struct and edify. Every mans life teaches
some one impressive lesson, if it be read
Alright. The leading incidents in the early
lives of the representative mechanics of
our country who by their enterprise, genius
and courage have fostered and developed
its material interests, thereby influencing
most potentially its political destinies,
present indeed striking similarity, and
inculcate one common leSSon-the we'll
told tale OF early adversely. and the inStruc-
tive lessons Of self denial. The personal
details of their early lives may indeed differ,
but in oatlne the story is the same the
short and simple annals of the poor. -
Take, indeed, the whole list of representa-
tive Americans, embracing every pursuit,
whether professional, commercial or me-
chauical, and the case is in general the
same. OF obscure palcntage accustomed
to toll from their tender ycarS-with few
facilities for the education of the school
they struggled on, brave, determined. in
dependent and seit-reliant, until by their
own right hands they have hewn their way
to such positions of honor ard prominence
as their individual endowmeHtS and talents
have stamped them best fitted to ill. With
out casting any implied reflections upon
professional or other pursuits, if there is
any one man our age and country delight
to honor above another, it is the successful
mechanic. And that simply for the reason
that the individual struggle by which he
raises himself above the adverse circum-
stances of birth and condition, is longer and
severer than III any other pursuit. The
merit then is the greater, when uninstruct-
ed boyhood and neglected youth, are by
innate force of character diverted from the
ordinary channel of obscure and unsuccess-
full manhood. Poverty is the inheritance
Of most men, ard the All Wise Creator saw
fit to make no exception to the general rule
when he gave life and being to the subject
of our present sketch. BY that admirable
system of compensation, however, which
distinguishes every order of Gods crea-
tions, he inherited qualities richer in prac-
teal value than any Inheritance of patri-
mony or estate. Or, as Lowell beautifully
puts it
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22

JETuRo JOHNSTON MCCuLLoUGH was
born on the Sth day Of March, 1910, in
White Clay Creek Hundred, about four
miles north of Newark, New Castle county,
Delaware. He was named after Jethro
Johnston, Baptist minister, at one time
in charge of the London Tract Baptist
Church, located in the lower edge Of Ches-
ter county, on White Clay Creek an uncle
of Jethro Johnston, who formerly lived at
Bay View, Cecil county, Md. Jethro J.
Mccullough was one Of 4 family of eleven
children, he having six brothers and four
sisterS-al of whom he survives. His
and was buried in the Baptist church yard
at London Tract Chmch. He was also
native of Delaware, and was by trade IA
carpet and coverlet weaver. He was a
skliful workman, and had the reputation
of making superior articles, celebrated for
their beauty and durability.
When the father of Mr. Mccullough car
ried on his business the improved looms
ana OIHtl !HdCHlHcly NOW III uSt Hdu HOJ
been invented, and to earn the reputation
OF good weaver in those days meant some
| thing more than it does now; for the bone
and muscle, the ingenuity and skill of the
weaver were brought, as it were, in direct
contact with the fabric he produced; and
/ Just as he was skilled or unskiled, care full
| OF SlDvenly, SO was the web lie wove, I'M
| slightly or beautiful, durable or frail. Pro-
| badly many Of the articles he manufactured
are still i'll use in the neighborhood where
he lived: for his son Jethro purchased a
coveriid of his fathers peculiar mannfac-
/ ture, at n sale of the property of John
Evans, uncle of Hon. Alex. Evans, DIS late
/ as 1910.
/ In those days, people who protessed to be
christians practiced the prccepts of the
Bible. When solomon said bring up a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22
Is Miss Grubby,' Washington cor

z. Miss Grubby," a Washington cor
respondent, says:
l see by the papers that Col. "Nick "
Smith, formerly of Kentucky, better known
now as the husband of Ida Greeley, has
been in difficulty. He is a singular char
acter. His first wife, Miss Lou Pope, of
Louisville, Ky, was in sympathy with the
rebellion, and he was an officer in the Fed
eral army while he was doing his counting
during the first year of the war Miss Pope
would never allow him to visit her in his
uniform, and not long after their marriage,
or about the time it occurred he resigned in
the army. When he married Miss Greeley
he adopted her faith, the Roman Catholic,
and, not long since, saw IA rumor that he
intends mining his infant boy Horace
Greeley, and dropping the name of Smith
so far as the chill is concerned. So it may
be said of him that he gave up his country
for his first wife, his religion for his second,
and his name for his child.
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Us Whenever mans home becomes to
him the most attractive place on earth, he
will not leave it to seek either the grog
shop, the gambling rooms, or the club.
Whenever woman's house shall be her
be victim of ennui, or vanity, Or ambi-
ton, or discomfort.
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IS She was ironing when her sister came
in with the news that an uncle was dead
" Dead"' she gasped, nearly dropping the
iron from her hand. Her face was very
pale as was that of her sister as they both
stood there looking at each other with that
awe struck expression which death leaves
upon the face of the living. Dead" she
repeated, in a falteriug voice. sit doesn't
seem possible. 1t is so sudden, so unex-
pected, so dreadful that / can scarcely real
iZe it. What are you going to wear?'
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"a Eight ladies have entered for a row.
ing regatta at Madison, Wisconsin. Thus
little by little, we see woman is advancing
toward capacity for padding her own
canoe.
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One Column, 800 per inch for year. Three changes
allowed to yearly advertisers without additional charge
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-12
OREGON.
The Grover Investigation.

Portland, July 11.-Before the inves-
tigating committee, yesterday, NJ. v.
Brown, state printer and chairman OF
the Democratic county committee OF
Linn county, testified that he knew OF
no use OF money to secure Growers
election.
T. L. Porter, member of the legisla-
ture of Linn county, was intimate with
Grover, who said lie would not accept
an office obtained by corrupt means.
John Gray, of Salem, testified that
Wilson of the legislature told him he
had been offered money and refused it.
Senator Palmer, of Benton county,
testified that stiles evidence, Sc far is
witness was concerned, was absolutely
false, and lie branded Stiles as y per-
jured scoundrel. He admitted that he
had been rendered II position as super
intendent of the penitentiary by Chad
wick, after the election; he did not ac-
cept because 1t would not pay and for
many other reasons.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-12
CANADA.

c~ommendable Action of the orangemen.
Montreal, July 11.-An Orange mss
meeting last night TO decide whether the
Ofangemen should parade on the 18th,
Col. Grant, deputy county master, in
the chair, decided by II vote of ~ to 30,
that the Orangemen as Il body should
not parade, hut that such individual
members rs saw tit might walk to
Knox church, where special services aIe
to be held, but that they should do so
without regalia. 1t is understood that
this decision is arrived at through the
influence Of the joint meeting Of the
national temperance and benevolent
societies of the city, both Catholic and
Protestant. The president and secre-
tary of the Orange meeting intimated
the result of the vote to Il sub-commit-
tee appointed 10y the societies, request
ing their influence in their different
departments to prevent any individual
mUlestation on the twelfth. A vote of
thanks to the Orangenian of the city
of Montreal was passed by the different
societies when they received the result
of the vote, Fv. E4t .i-"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-12
DEaDW0oDaDRiFT.

Parties are Interesting themselves to
ascertain whether a good natural grade
could be found for a railroad from
Custer City t. Deadwood by way of
Sheridan.
The new town of Lodi is fast becom-
ing IA prominent point. A Chicago
firm have opened a store, and many
eastern men are also establishing them
selves in business there.
There are a great many individuals
in our midst who have become 50 used
to camping out on the plains that they
never go to bed here. The nearest they
come to it is to lie across the sidewalk
and pull a mouiIbeam over them.
We are pleased to notice a more gen.
eral interest being manifested in the
outside mining and farming districtS.
some important new settlements ana
levelopm .nts are projected, aid viii n
got into practical Shape will afford
work to all the unemployed.
Claim No. IS above discovery, on
Whitewood, is owned by Williams "
Co., who are working two shifts of six
teen men each, under the foremanship
If James Murphy, a Nevada miner.
The lucky owners clean mp us high as
seven hundred dollars after u twenty
hours run. Yesterday morning Il clean
up of two hundred and fifty dollars was
made from the night shift alone. A
new shaft is being sunk to further facil-
tate the working of the mine. 3. III.
Pioneer.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-12
FOREIGN.
The English Mediterranean Squadron.

The English Mediterranean Squadron.
London, July 1.-THE Admiralty
have given orders to further strengthen
the Mediterranean squadron by the ad.
dition Of the Shannon, which will he
ready i'll August, and the Temariarer.
which will he ready almost Immediate
ly. Shells the most formidable sea-going
iron clad in commission, carrying four
twenty-five ton guns. They also seem
to intend to dispatch either the Thun-
derer or Dreadnaught, should the n.y.
dralic gear for loading the guns prove
satisfactory. IL is expected that the
Hercules, lately serving as flag ship i'll
the Mediterranean, will be prepared for
sea as soon IS possible.
The Daily News states that the Brit
ish fleet at Eesika bay, with the addi-
tions ordered by the Admiralty, will
present an aggregate of "A vessels, with
l50 guns and Il ere of 1000 to 5000
men. -r- v,-r- z.