The Cecil Whig., 1877-11-10

ander as. Anthony Reybold recently tried
in our Court, was forwarded to the Clerk
of the Court of Appeals, at Annapolis,
this week. 1t was made up by Mr.. Recke-
fus, Deputy Clerk of the Court, in the
highest style of penmanship, and covered
twenty five pages of ledger paper.
"A disease known as the "Bloody Muir
rain " is prevailing to some extent among
cattle in this county. Mr.. Leonard Yates,
living between here and Newark, lost a
yoke of oxen by this disease, this week.
Mr. Murray, neighbor of Yates, also
lost steer. These cattle were all recently
bought of drover, who brought them
from the lower peninsula.
Election day rows were not very nu-
merous this year. The day could not pass,
however, without shindy of some kind;
so in the evening the Hollow was enlvened
by an attack by Adam and Thomas Shivery
upon Joshua R. Foster and Henry Bell.
The latter was pretty badly beaten. The
Shiverys were arrested by Sheriff Cooling,
and held to bail by Squire Foard.
The stereoptican and panoramic exhi-
bition, which was to have been given at
the NJ. f. Church, on Saturday evening
last, was postponed on account of Mr..
Mosher's (the proprietor) previous engage
ments. 1t will positively take place next
Friday evening, 10th inst, in Odd Fellows
Hall. Admission, % cents. Proceeds for
the benefit of the Juvenile Templars of
this town.
-keller's Illustrated Family Almanac,
issued by Messrs. Vogeler e Co., of Balti-
more, one of the best issued. may be had
of all druggists free of charge. 1t con-
tains great variety of information and
interesting reading matter, and is embel-
lished with numerous illustrations. 1t is
decidedly the best almanac we have yet
seen. Ask your druggist for it.
Bob Frazer's setter pup, "Glide, >
strayed away on election day, and hasn't
since been heard from. Bob says that che
has become attached to the beast, though
he isn't worth much, and would be thank
full for his return" He is a light built
dog, orange and white in color, about eight
months old, and both ears orange color.
1t would be a mighty mean man that would
refuse to return that purp.
Mr.. Jos. T. Brown, of Odessa, Del,
we'll known in this town, met with pain
full accident, last week. He was cleaning a
pair of kid gloves, which he had on his
hands, using benzine for the purpose -
Something being wrong with coal oil
lamp burning near him, he attempted to
fix it; in so doing the benzine upon the
gloves took fire, and before he could re-
move them burned his hands very severely.
The Persons Grove Sunday School
closed last Sunday, and the teachers and
scholars took advantage of the occasion to
present the Superintendent-Mr. r. E.
Jamar-with nice hymnal, as token of
their respect and esteem. Mr.. J. S name
is placed upon the book in gilt letters, and
he acknowledged the reception of it in a
few appropriate and feeling remarks. May
the names of the donors and the recipient
be found written in the Lambs Book of
Life in that day when He maketh up His
jewelsH>-, Y.
"A few weeks ago some thief stole from
the cellar of Mr.. H. d. NJ. Howard, a
quantity of butter, carrying it away upon
the lid of the kettle in which it was kept,
leaving the kettle behind. At Mr.. HIS re-
quest, we gave notice through our local
columns for the party either to return the lid
or come and steal the kettle. A few evenings
ago the lid was thrown into the front yard
of Mr. II. s residence. Doesn't this prove
the benefit Of advertising? But we didn't
suppose we had subscriber who would
crib butter.
Chicken rearing by machinery has
reached its last and most glorious period
it even supplies an artificial mother hen for
the guileless chicken to brood under at
night, and fly to in moments of peril DUR
ing the day. The hydromere is a French
invention, and strikingy resembles real
hen in all but one particular; beneath its
downy breast, instead of a warm heart
there is only warm water. Thus, one after
another, by the chicken, Matching machine,
by the chicken food examining machine,
and now by the heartless Aydromere, are
the innocent joys of chickenhood vanish
ing.
"A couple of up town five year old boys
came to u.s. the other day, and stated that
they had been hum5ugged by a gentleman
recently, and that they desired to make
the matter public, so that none of the other
tellers might be imposed upon by the same
fraud. They said that the gentleman told
them that if they would put horse chest
nuts under setting hen they would hatch
out colts, and that they had tried it and
found it to be perfect snindle, as they
didn't hatch worth cent. They seemed
much disappointed as they said they had
taken great pains to gather fine large chest
nuts and had confidently expected unusual
ly large colts.
We hear complaint from all parts of
the county of the bad condition of the pub
lie roads. The road between this place
and North East is in fearful condition,
actually unfit for travel after night. In
many places the water courses are in the
center of the road; in other places deep
wash is cut in the side of the road bed, in
close proximity to the wheel rut, thereby
endangering the nightly traveller; while at
Mill Creek the foot log has not yet been
replaced since it was carried away by the
late heavy flood, and pedestrians are obliged
to either wade the stream or walk across
on the fence. This road has not been in
such a deplorable and disgraceful state,
at this season of the year, for long time.
This state of affairs is the direct result of
the present economical system of road
mending-which means that the people
shall suffer by bad roads, while the tax is
squandered in some other direction.
A SwINDLER-PAss HIM ARoUND.-A
young man, by the name of Jno Nj, Fapan,