The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-19

loguo when and what to see. and where to
purchase to the best advantage.
A tramp, who was anxious 10 dispose
of an inexhaustible supply of inferior steel
a piece of corn stalk. visited Eikton this
week. lie represented himself is being
the agent of pretty nearly all the firms
engaged in the manufacture of steel pens
ia the United States; bat it would hot do,
and he did but very limited business.
Prof and Mrs Muller, who play at the
Concert. on Tuesday evening. are two .:
Baltimors's most distinguished musicians.
Mrs Muller can be better recalled urnhahly
by her maiden name Miss Matte Cross.
As a solo pianist. she has few superiors and
not very many equals. Prof. Muller is
well kuowp as the orgaSist of Grace L. +.
Church, where his ability commands the
hia hest remuneration paid an orglnist in
The city of Baltimore. As an orgauist, he
cannot be excclled in tile artistic execution
of the most difficult productions of the mas,
tiers.
An old lawyer says that, whenever a
witness under cross examination takes tn
frequent splitting, he is lying, and takes to
expecroration Just to gain time TO think.
Otherwise witnesses rarely spit while Civ
ing testimony. Exchange. This assertion
is not based upon sound philosophy, for it
is the custom Of the Chinese and Hindoos
10 fill a suspected persons mouth with rice,
their theory betag that, if the person is
guilty. the fear Of detection will so effect
his salivary glands that the rice will remain
unmoistened in his mouth.
having money to invest to the advertise
ment of Geo. VIM. Ballou X Co, the we'll.
known New York and Boston Bankers.
whose agents for Cecil county are the
cashiers of Rising sun Banking Co. and
Cecil National Bank Ballou & Co. have,
fnr some yeats past, given their entire at
teIt!on to the negotiation of strictly first
class invest ment securities, which they al
ways examine thoroughly before offering
To investors. They have ON hand full par
ticulars regarding same, which are open to
the public, and ask the closest scrutiny.
We congratulate our readers upon the
opportunity they will have, on Tuesday
uexi, nf hearing two of the sweetest singers
To be found in the city of Baltimore. We
mean Miss Emma and Miss Eta Maddox.
whose artistic and charming rendition OF
the best styles of Duets has gained for
them rcrutar based upon actual
merit as singers They are uncxcel!ed
iueitists, their -oices being unusually we'll
adapted to each other, and having rs sisters
been educated together, they are perfectly
familiar with each others musical methods.
They are no less agreeable ladies, than they
are admirable vocalists.
Some Of our readers may lecoleet the
sprishtly little Skye terrier that formerly
belonged to DIR. Frazer, and which was
often seen lis company with him upon the
street. lie was 1.-The dog with the beauti-
ful eye" and of which some person wrote
and published poem in TIE CecR Demo.
crdt, in February, 1878. We are sorry to
say that Gypsy (alias Skye is dead. lie
was bitten 10y a mad dog and his master
thought it prudent to dispatch him. Here
is his epitaph:
Here lies member of the canine race,
Whom nature kindly blest with every grace.
II dogs again can live, the folks ON high,
NDw vie with those below, in loving Skye.
Charles Kennard. a resident of Sassa.
iras Neck, who lives on the farm of T. G.
CIookshanks, Sr., was shot and slightly
wounded, on Saturday night last, AT fe>ti,
val in Halls Point Neck Lane, by /. colorcd
hand employed on board of the steamer
Trumpeter. We have been unable to OBJ
tain any information about the cause of the
shoot Ing, but have been Informed that the
person that did it made his escape aud is
supposed to have lied to Baltimore \ writ
for his apprehension was issued by Justic,
Terry, and placed IN the hands of Consta.
BILE John Richards, who at the time of thi.
writing has been unable to effect his arrest
We call the attention of our readersjtc
( the fair Of the Cecil Farmers Club that i,
10 be held on the farm of Adam Magraw
! Esq, hear Colora, on Wednesday next, the
eand instant. Judging from the interest
manifested by t"c members Of the club and
o:her successful farmers in that part Of the
| county, those who attend this fair may cx.
pect to be well paid for their trouble by tn,
large quantity of fine stock and :he rare
| products of the earth that will be on cxhi
bition. The gentlemen composing thi.
club are OF the old school-geuial. socia
bic aud hospItable, and we know from cx.
pericncc that they will make everybody
welcome, and be pleased TO see them at the
fair and do their best to make them happy
On last Monday afternoon, i gentleman
of Eikton, accompanied by a small las!, Wis
tied DIR. Mitchelrs woods, on the south side
Of the road beyond the causeway, in hunt
Of chestuuts. and while engaged in that de
iIghtful occupation, heard the cries of some
mysterious animal that he supposes some
timi person might have believed to have
been the panther that is supposed to have
infested the forests IN this vicinity for some
weeks past. The inability of the lad to
make his way through the underground OF
the woods prevented the gentleman from
making the investigation that he o,herw ise
would have done. We advise people who
are in the habit of hunting chestnuts to be
careful aud go we'll prepared for an encoun.
ter with this ferocious beast that is roaming
around, seeking whom it may devour. They
may not ali escape easily as the gentleman
of whom We write.
The concert and readings for the bene.
| lit of the destitute poor of the town. to be
given on Tuesday evening next, at Odd
| Fellows Hall, promise to be the best en-
| teItainment Of this kind ever given in Elk
ton. Those in charge of 1t have been al
much trouble, and have left nothing un
done that they thought would contribute
to its success. But their efforts have neces