The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-13

ter OF altfacton, ana tie %iitlfrlng
prizes that adorned the chamber were
the fruits that made the mouths of
''the unterritied water The expectant
throng pressed into the arena, bowed
at the altar Of power as to a Delphian
oracle, overlooked the adjacent halls
and stretched forth their hands to pluck
the tempting fruit, but as their ema-
ciated fingers were about to clutch them
the daintes We're, Tantaus-likc, with
drawn.
Democracy was in its clement. A
fight was on hand. The spoiled darl-
ings of the Ring had fattened and bat
tened long enough at the public crib
There We're others who had right to
q turn at the teat The gentry who
had been doing the party work " were
no longer content to hang around the
edges and take the crumbs, but aspired
to the whole loaf, and to wear the chap
lets, and elbowed their way onward
trod the floor Of the inner sanctuary,
bent the pregnant hinges Of the knee =
and cried with a desperation born of
long fasting" Give, oh give All
We're ambitious to pluck the red ripe
grapes, and bear them home in child
ish triumph
Sassafras county came earl V and
stayed late She gained the floor early
in tie action, and held it with unfiag-
ging energy until MONDAY. With an
imprisoned eloquence that, under more
favorable circumstances, would have
proved Irresistible, and in comparison
with which that of the "tall Sycamore
Of the Wabash" or Montgomery before
the Electoral Tribunal paled into utter
insignifcance, she held forth in advo-
cacv of her favorite whose chief claim
to party recognition seemed, however,
to the outside spectators to be a
poverty, the result Of too liberal living
The knowledge of that fact gave in
creased earnestness; apparently, to the
arm and tongue of Sassalras, until she
fairly reveled in the pyrotechnics of
language, and scared away up in the
blue empyrean of rhetoric and oratory.
At this interesting stage of the per-
Torrance, one of {" the faithful, a little
weazen-faced chap, who is said to hail
from the region of the "Bull Frog, .
was heard by the bvstanders to remark,
with a vigor, of which it was supposed
he was incapable, that he would be
eternally chawed up, if Sassafras county
wasn't full team"
And so the fight went on. The Com
missioners listened patiently to the pleas
and the counter pleas, smiled graciously
on this one and benignly on that one,
but, like veritabe sphyuxcs, gave no
indication of what their decision would
be. As the day wore away, the hun
grv seekers for the honors and emolu-
ments of gathering taxes, became more
and more importunate, and rotund
individual off in one corner. who had
calmly waited since morning for an
opportunity to unburden and unbosom
himself, rose rapidly to his feet, and
without premonition, franticallv shouted
-" y GU must give US our man No
body appearing to know or care who
"our man" was, the remainder of the
faithful made common cause against
the corpulent parsonage, and summar-
ily frowned him down, while the Com
missioners put their elbows in each 9TH
er's ribs and winked. The ravenous
rabble, hoping to win by Il last united
effort, bore furiouslv down on the guar
dians of the county treasury until these
idltel SeltleHitll, aldIIlleu aI tHt NcDe-
mcnce of the onset, concluded that dis
erection was the better part of valor,
and bundiiGg up their appertenances,
slid out at the bacl; door. while promi-
nent Democratic ex-ol1iciai voiced the
decent sentiment of the community, as
he quietly remarked" This is simply
disgracefuln
Tie Commissioners having adjourned
and no ground apparently having been
gained, the contest was transferred to
the congenial atmosphere Of Il neigh
boring bar-room, where spirits flowed
beautifully and words ran high. Two
Of the contestants, who had figured
prominently Ia tbs dispute Of the day,
being unable to reason away tIair diff
ference, had resort to their muscle
Neither of them, however was hurt,
but tbiFa eisputant being unfortunate
enough TO get bis Ea4d iq the wrong
place at the wrong moment, reGGlFed a
broken nose for his pains, and was car
ried away HORS DE COMBAT. 1t would
crafty Us to dwell longer on the incl
deHt@ OF tAis interesting day, but our
space forces It's !. aiosa and we do so
by assuring our readers tina, dc. latest
returns indicate that, Sassafras ''coun-
t. " is away ahead and still running.
4 Bourbon solilOGuy.
| tell YOU they've got Sc ipsiIt Pot
ter. Potter's a brick every pop, and