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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-21
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, Letters Testamen-
tary on the Estate of
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Sunday School Celebration

4 T Harmony Grove Church, Freedom
"a District, on Saturday, the %Lst Instant.
Addresses by Rev. Uriel Graves and Rev. S.
I. Ferguson. Singing by the Buell. Family
Admission - cents. Children Is cents.
sep 7-lt4
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WANTED

A n active, influential party, to act as
"a Agent for the sale of the
POpplein Silieated Phosphate
IN each of the Districts of this County. An
plieanis mast be necuniarily responsible, and
handle no other fertilizer. Address with re.
ferences, THE P0PPLEIN SILICATED
PHOSPHATE CO, Post Office Box, $50,
june 29-l3t# BALTIMORE, MD.
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The fourth Maryland district has four
candidates in the field for Congress =
Robert NJ. McLane, Democrat; John C..
Holland, Republican; Lambert Cuttings,
Independent: W. B, Redgraves, Temper
auee
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TO INVESTORS.

dor sale, at reasonable prices, strictly
Il first class investment securities bearing
g, Z, and s per cent. interest, by
GEO. W. BALLOU 4 co.
Bankers, New York and Boston,
and VIM. b. Thomas, Westminster, Md
sep 2l-lmo
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Hon. George Peter. Of Montgomery
sounty, was nominated for Congress by
Inc Democrats of the Sixth Congressional
District, on Wednesday.
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF A VALUABLE
MILL PROPERTY
With 70 Acres of Land Attached,
In Hampstead, Carroll County, Nd.
AssIGNEE's SALE

TINE undersigned, Assignee of Jeremiah
= II. Smith, bankrupt, by virtue of an
order of the United States District Court for
the District Of Maryland. will offer at Public
Sale, on
Thursday, the eth day Of October, 1878,
at o'clock, p. m, on the premises, the fol.
lowing Real Estate, FREE and DISCHARG.
ED OF ALL LIENS AND INCUMBREN-
CES THEREON, viz ALI that tract or
part of tract Of land lying in Hampstead
District, Carroll county, and being the same
land which the said jeremiah H. Smith OBJ.
tanned from Peter b. Smith, Trustee, and
situate on the east branch of the Patapsco
Falls, about one mile from the road leading
from Westminster to Hampstead, and p miles
from Hampstead, and adjoining the lands of
Z. Millendore and others.
This property is improved by
large BRICK DWELLING A1&NCA
HOUSE, SAW AND GRIST 5sslsEA
MILL, Barn, and the ordinary I
outbuildings. The Mills have been recently
rebuilt at a large expense and now possess ali
the facilities for doing the best work. which
could be greatly increased. The water power
IS among the best in the county. This
property Is conveniently located to railroads.
churches and pOstoliices; also well timbered.
with soil capable of the highest improve,
ment. There is a Young Orchard of the
choicest variety of fruit.
Terms Of Saie.-0ne- third cash. and the
residue of the purchase money to be PAYABLE
IN two equal payments of IL and IS months
respectively, with interest from the day of
sale; to be secured by the notes of the pur-
chaser or purchasers, with good security, APP
proved by the Assignee
JAS. A. C. BOND,
sep Zl-ts Assignee.
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Public Sale Of Valuable Real Estate.

pY virtue ofan order ofthe Orphans Court
ID of Carroll county, the undersigned. as
Executors of Nimrod Gardner. deceased.
offer at Public Sale the following valuable
Real Estate situated on the Deerpark Road,
adjoining lands of d. d. Byers, Solomon
Zepp and others, on
SATURDAY, eeh Of OCTOBER, 1878,
at ! o'clock, p. m, on the Home Farm.
Firs.,-The Home Farm, being parts of Lot
No. IL of Perth and Isaac's Retirement, con-
tanning
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DIED.

Deaths Free Tributes. Poetry. De- Fire Cent. PEI line.
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AZ Acres, 8 Foods and 5 Perches
of Land. more or Less.

ABOUT halt OF tins Lot IS IN excellent Timber.
Also Lot situated directly on the Deer
park road containing 3-5 Acres of Land.
more or less. The Improvements thereon con-
sist Of a two story Log Dwelling House, Sta
BILE, &c.
Also a Lot of Land situated south of the
Deerpark road, adjoining lands of Andrew
Saylor and others, containing ACRES and
3 ROODS, more or less. This Lot is all in
excellent timber
The above property has all been recently
surveyed and stoned at the corners.
The Home Farm and the lot Of ~ acres.
adjoining, will be sold together, or separate
ly, as may be desired.
This property is conveniently located as TO
churches, schools, mills, and postoffice, and
IS only miles from Patapseo Station on the
Western Maryland Railroad.
Possession given on the lst of April, 1879
ANY one wishing to examine the property
will call on Solomon Zepp, residing near the
same.
TERMS or SALE.-0ne-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day of sale
or on the ratification thereof by the Court;
and the remainder in two equal payments of
one and two years; the credit payments to be
secured by the notes of the purchaser or pur-
ehasers, with approved security, bearing in
terest from the day of sale.
w. p. GARDNER,
+. y. GARDNER,
sep 2l-ts Executors
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The constitutional provisions above refer
red to are as follows:

The constitutional provisions above refer
red to are as follows:
SIC. >. No person above the age of twenty
one years, convicted OF larceny, or other in
famous crime, unless pardoned by the Gov.
eTnor, shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote
at any election in this State, aud no person
under guardianship, as a lunatic, or as per-
son non compos meRfis, shall be entitled to
vote.
SEC. 3. If any person shall give, or offer to
give, directly or indirectly, any bribe. pres
ent or reward, or any promise, or any secn-
Tity for the payment, or the delivery of money,
or any other thing, to induce any voter to re-
train from casting his vote, or to prevent him,
IN any way, from voting, or TO procure a vote
for any candidate, or person proposed, or
voted for, as Elector of President and Vice
President of the United States, or Represen-
tative in Congress. or for any Office Of profit
or trust, created by the Constitution or laws
of this State, or by the ordinances or author
ity of the Mayor and City Council of Balti.
more, the person giving, or offering tn give,
and the person receiving the same, and any
person who gives. or causes 10 be given, an
illegal vote, knowing it to be such, at any
election hereafter held in this State, shall on
conviction in a Court of Law, in addition to
the penalties now, or hereafter to be, impos-
ed by law, be forever disqualified to hold any
office Of profit or trust, or to vote at any cleo
ton thereafter
All male citizens, without distinction of
color, who are entitled 20 registration under
the preceding sections, are hereby notified TO
appear before the undersigned, at the places
named above, between the hours prescribed,
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substantial three story Brick
Dwelling and Store House.
Stabling, &c, all in excellent
repair and built in the most
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-21

THE MAINE ELEcrIoN.-The Phila-
delphia Times thus sums up the results of
the Maine election:
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138 Acres, 3 Foods and 10
Perches of Land.

more or less, about 80 in superior timber.
The improvements consist of a large Log and
Frame WeatherboardedH House, A SANS0
two stories, consisting of eleven II -.
rooms, large Switzer Barn, and III ~ q
all other necessary outbuildings
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
A Lock of Milton's Hair.

The poet Stoddard, in his study of
Keats (Scribner for December and Janu-
ary) writes as follows:
/ have lying before me while 1 write
little oval frame, inclosing piece of
white satin, upon which rests tiny curl
of fine auburn hair, which curl, with
others from the same sacred head, was
less than twenty years ago among the
cherished treasures of Hunt, where
Keats saw it one day in January, 1918,
and tried, at the request of his host, to
compose a poem upon it. Attached to
this tiny curl (only poets hairy, upon
which, by the way, Hunt has written two
sonnets, is its pedigree, from the pen of
Hunt himself, in his seventy-fourth
year. VOLTA: Relics of a lock of the
hair Of Milton, which has been reduced
to few hairs. The lock was given me
by the distinguished physician, Doctor
Beatty a veracious man? to whom it
was given by Hoole, the translator of
Tasso, also veracious man; to whom it
was given by Doctor johnson (the John
sony, a man famous for his veracity and
Doctor Beatty told me that its genuine
ness had never been doubted. l can
trace it no further back; but it is sup.
posed to have been a. portion of the
lock which was attached to a miniature
portrait of Milton, we'll known to have
existed in the time of, and, l believe, in
the possession of, Addison, and the sup
position is, also, that this portion came
into the possession of johnson when the
latter was employed on his Lives of the
Poets.' hereby give this remnant of a
remnant to my friend Mr.. -, wishing
with all my heart it were hundred
times bigger" The Doctor Beatty men
toned by Hunt was, l presume, the
Doctor Beattie who was the friend and
biographer of Campbell, and who figure,
in biographical dictionaries as Sir Viii.
liam Beattie, physician to the Fleet,
But let us leave this estimable gentle.
man and the illustrious memories which
cluster around this rare relic, and return
to the poem which, Keats wrote upon it
1t is remarkable piece of writing, bold
in thought and expression, but absurd
as a critical tribute to the genius oi
Milton, the kernel of whose earthly love
was certainly not
Beauty in things on earth and things aboye.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
John Robinson as Lion.Tamer.
baltimore News.I

Did you ever hear Uucle John Robin
son tell how he once played the part of
Daniel and entered the lions den? You
ought to hear him relate it. His lion
performer had left him, and he had sent
for young woman who was famous for
her skill in subduing the mighty king of
beasts. When she reached the show,
however, and was introduced to the
lions, she hesitated about entering the
cage. Uncle Iohn laughed at her tim
idity, and with his characteristic impet-
uosity cried: "Whatl afraid of lion!
Here, give me your whip, and Pll go in.
Never did before, but l amt afraid of
the Oldest lion that lives" So John
seized the whip on the impulse of the
moment If he had stopped to think he
never would have done it-and, swing
ing open the door, sprang into the cage.
The boss lion was lying down, with its
head upon It's paws, in the further cor
ner. A couple of smaller lions were
lying by his side. Slowly the lion raised
his head and opened his great, sleepy
eyes to glance at the intruder, then,
with majestic deliberation, got upon his
feet and began to advance toward the
man who had dared to beard him in his
den--the Douglas in his hall. John
says he never realized until that moment
how big an animal lion was. He had
no idea until then what great eyes he
had got, what great mouth he had got,
and what long and sharp teeth he had.
"Get back!" yelled John, in the stern
est and most authoritative of tones he
could command, fourishing his whip in
the air. But the lion did not get back !;
instead of that, he raised upon his hind
feet, reaching out with his fore-paws
until he seemed to fill the entire width
Of the cage. John says the lion looked
at that moment as though he was at
least sixteen feet high, and he wonders
how Daniel, simply protected by green
cotton umbrella, ever held his own
against den of them. Seeing that the
lion had no idea of getting back, for he
continued to advance, Uncle John con-
cluded to back out himself, which he
did with such precipitation as to fall
into the arms of couple of canvas-men
who were fortunately standing by, and
who closed the door in time to prevent
the exit of his leonine majesty. John
has had no desire to perform the part of
Daniel since that exciting experience.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
aBut YOUR housekeeping goes on SO

"But your housekeeping goes on SO
quietly" urged Fanny, " that it is very
easy for you to say so; but If you had
such plaques as / have" :.
"And, pray, what plaques have you,"
said Mrs. Ashland, smiling, that l have
not? Servants that are of the same flesh
and blood that you and l are, Fanny-is
not that all? You surely can not ex-
pect perfection out of human nature for
ten or even twenty dollars month"
But they are SO ignorant and OBJ
stinate," replied Fanny. If they
would only mind, I would not care for
the rest"
"Perfect obedience is the most diff
cult of human virtues, Fanny" returned
Mrs. Ashland. "Don't you think, if
we had the reverse of the medal, we
might hear complaints equally bitter,
and perhaps equally just, against mis-
tressesp
"Well," said Fanny, perhaps so.
But your house is always in perfect
order-yet you take everything easily.
How do you do it?''
By not eracting too much" replied
her friend. By keeping ageneral super
intendence, but not interfering too much
with my servants. If they do their
work faithfully, and well, / let them do
it in their own way. And, above all,
Fanny, the little contretemps we must all
meet with easily. We have real mis-
fortunes and serious troubles enough to
encounter through the journey of life,
without creating them for ourselves in
discontented tempers and unhappy house
holds. The first object of good house.
keeping is comfort, and comfort implies
quiet and ease. But, above all, my dear
child, don't let little things loom into
great ones. One must put up with much,
and pass over much, to get through the
world happily"
Fanny took the advice, and has never
regretted it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
A Great LAWYERS Weakness.

Luther Martin was one of the most
famous lawyers of his, time. He was a
little above the medium height and was
slovenly in appearance. His dress was
composed of the fine and coarse, and
seemed never to have felt the brush.
He woro ruHles at The wrist, richly edged
with lace, after every one else had aban-
doned them. These ruffles were con-
spicuously broad and were always dirty
with tobacco juice. Judge Taney said
that in his speech he used vulgarisms,
and that he heard him say +" cotch" him,
instead of caught him, and we sot down,
instead of sat down. His genius was
frequently clouded by the excessive use
of strong drink. Being engaged in an
important case, he promised his clients
the day before the suit was to be tried
not TO drink any liquor. He retired to
his room, but could not resist his desire
for stimulants. He sent for bottle OF
brandy and loaf of bread, and after
saturating the bread thoroughly with
the brandy he ate it, and his unfortu.
nate appetite was satisfied, and he
claimed that he had kept his promise
not to drink. He tried the cause in the
ablest possible manner, but on being re
preached by his clients for his virtua
violation of his promise, he remarked
"I did not drink drop; besides say NJ
more about it. Had it not been for the
bread would have lost the case"
He had a paralytic stroke, and having
sguandered his large earnings at the bal
as fast as they were acquired, in his ole
age, under the goadings of penury, hi
removed to New York and received tn,
hospitalities and kind attentions o
Aaron Burr, whom he ably defended a
Richmond. Before his death the Legis
lature passed resolution that every on,
on being admitted to the bar soould pa.
81 cash for his use. He died on Jul,
10, 1926, when he was eighty-two year
of age.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24

WHEN Mark Twain lectured at a
town in Massachusetts it was arranged
that 7. B. Aldrich, the poet, should in
troduce him. When Mr. Aldrich was
about to step forward to perform his
duty, Mark checked him. Then advanc-
ing slowly to the edge of the platform,
while the amazed poet resumed his chair,
the humorist remarked: "Ladies and
gentlemen, my friend Mr.. Aldrich was
going to tell you who I was, but l
would rather not-he knows me too
WELL"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
How Young Sampson was Thwaeked.

1 y
The other afternoon Sampson Jones, a
boy of fourteen, was coming down La
fayette Street, wondering if he would
get bowie-knife in his New Years
stocking, when a young man of pleasing
address encountered him, and said:
Bub, do you want to earn quarter p
"You've hit me dead-center-I dop
replied Sampson.
"Well, now; you see that third house
on the right-hand side, don't you" con-
tinued the young man.
"I see."
"Well, I live there with my dear
sister, Amelia. We are all alone in this
cold world, and though we love each
other dearly we, occasionally quarrel.
We had word or two this noon, and ]
left the house declaring that would
never return. ], however, got ashamed
of myself in a short time, and 1 wrote
this little note-to her to evince my con-
triteness of spirit. If you'll hand it in
she'll read it, forgive me, write an an
swer telling me that all is forgiven.
And as soon as you return I'll pay you,
and rush to her kisses of sisterly glad
ness"
That's purity long story, said Samp-
son, but if your sister don't own a dog
l think I'll earn that quarter"
"Go up the front steps kind o. SOFTLY"
cautioned the young man, and if our
big fat hired girl opens the door say to
her that you want to gee Amelia. You
understand
az tu-m, tum, bile, bul, tumble" and
Sampson winked as he took the, note and
started off. @
He went up the steps softly, and
pulled the bell the same way, and in
about minute portly matron Of forty
opened the door, glared down on him,
and asked: 1...,.
What do you want around here~
"Put'n on heap O. dig. for hired
girl, aren't your he sneeringly an
swered, as he tried to look into the
parlor.
"Whatl What's thatl"a she ex-
claimed, as she seized his collar.
"See here, old gal, don't try to put
ON any nickel-plate for my benefit You
kin deceive the kittles and spiders,
cause they hain't travelled, but you
don't bang my hair-not for Joseph p
"You unmitigated young villain
you impudent wretch-you-you-"
But she didn't waste her strength in
words. She sort O. picked Sampson up,
and sort O. shook the breath out of him,
and dropped him over the fence on the
walk before he could figure that two
cats at 81 dollars each would cost $14.
As he got up a young lady came rum
ming to the door and cried out:
"Motherl mother what is it? What's
the matterP"
"Come here, Amelia, till we catch
him againp answered the mother.
But they didn't. Sampson got across
the street like thirsty camel running
for water, and he turned and surveyed
the house and the two females, and then
looked down the street and as he saw the
young man flying around the corner, he
ssliloquized:
dearest Amelia darling brother,
fat hired girl-waiting to rush, and SO
on-I talk, talk, and I'd have bet a
hen-coop to cent that no living man
could have put up that ERE job on me.
Lordy! but didn't that old lady criss-
cross all the ribs in my body by that one
shakel Our big, fat hired girl!' /
s-e-el My sister Amelia II con, con,
s-t-r-e-w, strew, constrew."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
WHILE in Algeria a mighty

WHILE in Algeria a mighty hunter
went off on long excursion, accom-,
panied by native guide. They had
scant luck, provisions ran short, and the
guide proposed to his employer dish of
broiled monkey. "I don't know" said
the European, though he was hungry;
what does it taste like?' cts ten
derer than man, but not so juicy" said
the guide, in the most matter-of-fact
manner. The European at once broke
camp, and returned homeward, insisting
on carrying his own gun and having the
guide 90 in front.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24

AN old bachelor said he once fell in
love with young lady, but abandoned
all idea of marrying her when he found
that she and all her family were opposed
to it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24

Mr.. ScoTT RUSSELL, the builder of
the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, has
offered to convert the Coliseum at Rome
into a worlds fair building at the
trifing expense of stretching velarium
over the top and putting in new benches.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
A STEAMER plying between San Fran

A STEAMER plying between san ran
cisco and Stockton keeps an eccentric
and useful sheep on board. The sheep
is trained togo out on gang-plank at a
landing when flock is to be loaded, to
show that the approach is sac, and to
act as a pilot,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
TRUE COURAGE.

If in years of fierce endeavor,
All your efforts have been vain,
Struggle on, believing ever,
That the victory you win gain.
On life's changeful scene of action
Though defeat may oft appear,
Laurels, prizes, wealth and station,
Are for those who persevere.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-04-26
4 Romance of Michigan AMI Kansas.

hclNW IMAM hh6tllO,
some twelve years Npo, in the back.
woods of Michigan, n young man 10y the
amo Of Donovan married n Young
lady, and for n while MI went well, hut
soon family cares began TO gall and fret
him, and he struck ont for the West,
leaving his wife 10 care for herself and
one child. For five years ho wandered
about, and finally married again and
settled III tho southern part of this coun.
~, From thls marriage three children
were born, but last fall the woman sick
oncd and died, leaving him and his lit.
tie children alone in his prairie home.
In the meantime his first and real wife
i'll Michigan, after waiting five years for
him to return, concluded him to he
dead, and also married again, and Inst
winter started West with her family of
four children, one being the child of the
first marriage. BY some unknown fa-
tality, they cameto this country, and
without knowing it settled within one.
half mile Of Donovan, the woman's real
husband. II was not long before the
woman and her truant husband met,
much to the establishment of each
other, and now the two families arc liy-
ing in one house, the woman and her
last husband keeping house and caring
for her former husbands children,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-04-26

dispatch to the new syndicate, agreeing
10 dispose If Sl000O,00O 81 government
4! per cent. coupon bonds under the
contract recently entered into with the
syndicate, and this amount MAS tax
en- To Europe yesterday oil the
steamsphip Adriatie bv Mr.. Cenant,
the new manager Of the United States
financial bureau III London. The bonds
We're packed in two small iron safes a
Washington, and were forwarded To the
sub,trcasury III this city,
whence they were shipped
on the Adriatic. They represented the
various denominations of this issue. u
large proportion representing the small
er denominations. Said Il member
OF the syndicate on Yesterday
~ This is not exactly Il subscription
20 the new S50,0o0,o0O loan, though
practically it amounts to the same
thing. The RothschildS, believing that
these bonds arc 4 safe investment. have
undertaken to dispose of them, with
the understanding that such as are not
sold may be returned.