The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-23
WHOLE NO. 1888.


the course Of five years. In England, in
20 we found it difficult to sell a side of
American sole leather; and in 1875, or only
five years later, Great Britain and her
colonies consumed thirty Thousand sides;
twenty two thousand went to Hamburg,
while Antwerp and Rotterdam took ten
thousand more. Sad are the reflections
that press upon you as you pass through
this Golgotha of horses and dogs, cats
sheep. and cattle. The pelt of Mary's
little lamb - is treated with no more con-
sderation than the skin of the fractions
dog which the cow with the crumpled horn
sent flying over the barn on a certain
memorable occasion. The furry mantllla
! of your favorite cat and the woolly nyercoat
of your pet poodle hang here, like MOham.
med cutiia, dangling between heaven and
earth instead Of enjoying the rites of nice
scpulture, OF being rescued from this in.
/ fanny by creation. Ia huge pile of leather
on my left was the hide of famous race
horse. / recolect the day very well, and
that not long ago, when excited thousands
reared themselves hoarse as he came
numbering down the homes ST reich the
winner OF thousands Of dollars. and now
his sleek coat retals at fifteen cents a
pound, which is about the price of horse
beef in the shambleS of Paris There is
nothing in the way of hide that YOU can
not fluid somewhere in the Swamp-skins
f,,r : do; la -
and hides from the back of huge alligators
secured in the lagoons and bayous of
Florida; walIus and seal skins, whose
homes are near the pole. lie cheek by iowl
with piles of hides gathered under the
burning equator or amid the grand pampas
Of Patagonia. While buildings have al.
tered and business has increased there is
probably less change in the general style
of doing things in the swamp than in any
other class of trade in New York. Much
of the old time mercantile honor is still in
vogue there, as is possible for Il man to pay
his debts among The tanners and not to be
considered fool. Gentlemen who drive
fast horses and whose families visit all the
great watering places, aud who fail about
once every six months and settle up for
ten cents on the dollar. are not regarded
with very special favor by the old time
druizrns of the Swamp. Among the names
which are remembered with especial rever
-nce are old GID Lee and Thorne. Watson's
former paitner, who with many others
have received the h0nors of tan-balk
canonization.
While every class of leather is represent
ed, sole leather is the great specially of
New York; the greater part of this is hem
lock tanned, and New York State tans
four fifths of the leather sold in New York
City. The statistics of 1877 are not yet
made up, but notwithstanding the universal
business depression, almost without par
allel in our history. it is altogether proba
bic that the leather trade of II will show
an increase OF at least two millions of dol
lars over '16
We are growing no better very fast
about a dozen attempts at suicide-five of
them successful; four murders, and uumer-
Gus desperate attempts at burglary have
broken the monotony of the week. One of
the would be suicides was beautiful and
successful shop litter When detected in
her crime she made Il desperate attempt TO
shoot the officer who arrested her. On !
Monday, while being sentenced, she acted !
like maniac, her screams for mercy being |
heard blocks away from the court The |
parting from her husband and child was /
one of the most pitiful scenes ever witness.
ed in Il court of justice. 1t took four pQ
Iicemen, after terrible struggle. to remove
her from the court room, and on her arrival /
AT the Raymond street Jail, she drank
vial of laudanum which she had secured in
some manner. and came very near finishing |
he: career. Another Case was that of Il |
young blood who had the misfortune to be ,
born with silver spoon in his mouth, TT
which appended an indefinite supply |
of greenbacks and financial pap. He trav-
eied ali over the world, got sick of good |
not make him happy. He kept fast horses |
and all sorts of other fast things, and still |
was not a success, and desiring tC vary his |
amusements, on Monday last. in diSreput
able house, he attempted to blow out his
brains. This proved the deadest ia Ilure of |
all. He made an ugly hole in his head !
but no brains have been disturbed. The
doctors declare that the left lobe of the |
brain is gone. and that there is an entire
absence of the right Ia case the physi- |
clans succeed IN finishing him. the verdict
may be, No brains and too much money
| would like to take just about one half OF
his complaints
Our burglars grow boldar every day
There was a time when they waited for |
you TO get to sleep and confined their visits
To the wee hours of the morning. 1t is not |
ned by 10! o'clock. and are apt to retaliate
on your mnce pies and champagne for any |
detention they may suffer. The other night |
a party of burgltr made raid on fash
inuable house up town. They lit up the
gas. got out cold chicken, lobster salad and !
champagne. They topped of with crack !
ers. old stilton, aud coffee, and only re
treated when the sixth bottl lie of Heidsieck |
gave them warning that their loads were
about as heavy as they could carry.
Joseph Lopez, the Spanish gambler who
succeeded in trapping old Morrisou's fool
sh daughter into a marriage, in hopes of
striking the old man for some money, has
suddenly come to grief. He went for wool
and has come out shorn. A decree of the
court has annulled the marriage, on the
ground of fraud. and the gay Joseph has
been arrested for perjury, and it looks at
the present time as if the state would have
to be responsible for his board bills.
A dashing young spark in Brooklyn. aged
twenty three, eloped with a woman of for
ty eight, who was wall-eyed, red haired, |
and had six children. He stole two hun
dred dollars to pay the expenses of the