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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06
WHIES: WISE HND WIVTY.

T. .o,nds so,revbot norodox;ral tc
..l- -, a., o1J COLT Trash from 90,
,,,,,. :, rr,,+ .,oc.ss ne a f,iIrre
,a,...,
-ihe hou'on'in tn''' ""'
afford to sell It's alarm CLOCK very chcal'
The honest milk dealer never waters
his milk. He lets the Stable boy 90 " Tor
him.
A younp ladyis NOT like a tree. Yur
cannot estimate her age hy couatiu. hc1
rings.
,,,bo,, ,,ro,r;o+. i isn't r,.hi,,,.-
pr
f.;.n,
s'i'@lSt 'loo''s says 'N'c "0
tan ever settles MS "eotS at hi'S Cents"
the dollar.
-Twenty-twe pound sweet potatoes arr
raised in California The mode Of raising
tbero is with = derrick
"A preacher mas arriVeu III i'e"'"''u
ana the newspaper "l 'h'l pl"'e ''"''' '"''
the boys VIII use nm Squar'
Mr. D,r,,;n i IN ,ublisb tho Iif. nj III.
ancestor NOT tie ape p'| i"'e' ono Wv
"A spili'u"'ist'' "NeH''-"''' wants
know what are probably the hauiiim~u''
of the soul in the summer land. ""
should say soul leather
Lady" How old are You, little so -
Little darkev-" Well, il You goes 10y vot
mudder saws, Is six: hut il YOU Go.~ ir ,ir
fun Is had, l.. most a hundred.
,,., Observation-Disclosures.
,,.5ici,. ,xrots , ,uacL dortor in his .,,l
vertisrment, and the proof reader queriei il
with, us it so fatal as that ~
- predict SAL" 'aunie' inc o''ef "a>'
w MS '0''i
w Wa 80 anm. r. Eur"Sa 70 stnv iii
Spring"
III man Is diSS'P"'eu Ii II '''e INV a."
will not live out half his days, but tlrn
snu.i IL ~ bip ri.,hts onI ,bat ,n,t o.,
qood average.
so,oo1 bo,, ,u,,,, I,,,.,.. e..
holidays VIII ne ne'tIeu 10 learn lhal hcA'
year W ashihg'1h plr.n "aE' i'e'p.1'i",'
come on Sunday.
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nIl, he@oeu ,oTrl. Si','' III uiHihinHihs- az"
hat Is ue'isn'. IN ao''u, sp', my . '''''
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06
THE SUBSCRIBER.

1t was the old subscriber,
His eyes We're old ard dim,
But he want takin no paper
That was pokin chaff at him
For he picked his Hu"keyc up one day
And it went to his heart like 4 rocket:
- Whom the gods love, die young" it is
said,
But they whose hearts are dry" he read,
AS Summers dust, burn to the socket. .
Thsn he looked through the paper with
wrath and doubt,
And his heart with anger burned:
Fer he found that had been left out,
And ho found an that was turned
And lie lifted his voice with mighty shout
As the sheet with his feet he spurned.
lie stopped his paper: he would not read
Such a laundering, villainous sheet;
OF tho news it contained he had no need
He could hear such news on the street.
Only ten days later, he sold his corn,
Rut he pounded his head full of dents.
When he learned, after selling for twelve
and 4 half
II was quoted at forty-t~o cents.
And his farm was sold for taxes, because
He didn't know when they were due.
And he bet on race three days after date
And bet on the wrong horse, too.
He was fined nine dollars and seventy cents
For going out shooting on Sunday,
For he didn't know, with no paper to read
Whether twas Sunday or Monday.
He came TO town 10 the Fourth of July,
But it had been gone for 4 week,
And he felt so mad that he wanted to cry,
For he didn't know how t. speak.
He thought that Grant was President yet,
And he had never had heard of Hayes;
II WAS worry, and hunder, trouble and fret,
All OF his weary days
So he came to town one Summer morn,
And signed for his paper again,
And went back home to his heat and corn.
The happiest man among men.
Etriirqt0n HQ'rEeye.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06
AN AWFUL RIDE

BY q locomotive explosion on a Western
railrsad, few days ago, the engineer, John
Dawson. was killed. Dawson was one of
the oldest engineers in the country, and was
for several wears on the Buffalo, Cory and
Plttsburg railroad where he had one Of the
most terrible experiences that has been re
corded in the history of railroa,ling. His
death recalls that night of peril 10 many
people although it has never ceased to be
related in minutest details to all gatherings
Of railroad men when the dangers of the
footboard have been the topic. From May
vile Summit to Brocton Junction Of the
Lake Shore road the distance is ten miles,
but owing to the numerous sweeping curves
in the railroad the distance by rail is four
teen miles. The grade for that distance is
nearly eighty feet to The mile. The Cory
road extends into the Pennsylvania oil re-
gions, and ten years ago carried large guam
title. of petroleum. On the night OF Aug.
II, 1859, Davison's engine was at the Sum
nit with a train Of one box car, six loaded
oil cars and two passenger cars. The box
car was next to the locomotive, and the pas
senger cars we're at the rear of the train.
The engineer had started the train, and it
had attained good Roadway, when he dis
covered flames issuing from one Of the oil
cars. He whistled down brakes. and the
coaches were cut loose from the oil cars,
which were quickly unceupled from the
box car. The engineer then pulled on down
the hill, to get out of the reach Of the bum
ing cars, in order to save the locomotive and
the other car, in which Were two valuable
trottinC horses and their keepers OIL their
way to Cleveland. He supposed the brake
men would put the brakes on the oil cars,
but in the excitement this was not done and
they followed the locomotive, gaining head
w.v every moment Before the engineer
had taken in the situation the oil cars, every
one of them now ablaze, came dashing upon
| him around Il curve.
| They crashed into the box car, knocking
in one end OF it, but sinsularly enSugh,
| neither that nor any Of the moving cars
were thrown from the collision. The engi-
neer and fireman could have escaped all
| danger by abandoning the locomotive, but,
rs DAWSON said, when asked :.fterwari
why be did not pursue that course they had
$50, 900 worth Of the company's property in
their charge, and they were determined to
save it if possible. According to the engi-
gser's story of the incident, he saw that
there was to be a race for life between him
and his engine and the flaming cars. under
40 control. He said that when the oil ears
struck the ono in which the horses were,
the poor animals actually screamed with
fright The heat was unbearabe. Davi-
son pulled the throttle valve wide open, and
he declared that they flew down the eighty
feet grade so fast that the engine could not
pump The keepers i'll the car next tu the
oil ears elm bed up tothe opening in the end
of the car, and, with faces pale as death,
begged the engineer TO give her more
steam." They could see the blazing oil cars
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06
Law of Railroad Depots.

Platforms and starwavs about railroad
have often given rise to law suits, where the
station master has allowed them to get out
of repair or into bad condition, and 4 tra,-
cler has been hurt in consequence. While
Andrew Johnson was President, he made
a trip over the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
wherever the train stopped at any way sta
tions the people gathered to look at him and
get u speech. At Johnstown the station
broke down under the weight Of the I'M
usual crowd. One of the persons that was
hurt sued the company, and proved that
the platform was old and the timbers de-
saycd. The court inquired whether he had
come to the station to take the train: be said:
"No he was only there to see the Prcsi-
dent" The court said, if that were tn"
case, he had no ground to sue, for the CON-
pauy was not bound TO keep strong plat
form for a crowd of sight-secrs. But ho
said, if any passengers We're injured by the
defect, or even any person who had come IL
meet passenger or see one of, he could re
cover damages. A station-master on the
New Jersey Railroad allowed y hole in tht
floor Of his station to go unmended, until
one day lady passenger, on aiishting fro'r
the cars, caught her foot in it and fell AMI
was badly hurt. AT Wells River depot,
there was a flight of steps to the platform,
The depot-master did not keep the steps
properly lighted at night, and . lady pas
sengcr, who had come to take a night train.
in cropping about in the dark to feel he
way, fell down the steps and hurt her HIT
so bad as to become 4 cripple for life. TN
court said in both cases the company m'j-'
pay. At one of the stations Of the New
York elevated road the people i'll charge
allowed the steps and platforms TO get icy.
from rain and snow falling and treezin:
and passenger slipped, fell, and was rrr.
manently hurt, so badly that the jury gay,
him 49, 900 damages. The judges said that
this was right. The agents OF railroad con-
panics must take more than ordinary car.
in keeping their floors and platforms Ill II
safe condition for passengers; they are bound
to use call such reasonable precautions
against injury as human sagacity and FORE
sight can suggest" And so, in varsity ~
other instances, the companies have had 10
pay heavy damages to passengers, because
the platforms were neglected
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06

tF 1t is said of Senator Chandler as IL
business man, that when, in 1887, nearly
every man in Michigan failed, he too had
difficulty in making his collections, and
could not see his way clear to the settlement
of his own liabilities. He made state
ment of his affairs, and taking what moneS
he could raise, went to New York and pro
posed to his creditors to make an assign
nent His principal creditor said to hin.
"You are too straightforward man, AMI
too honest and enterprsing Il merchant. IL
go under. You can take your own time for
payment, and we will furnish you with 4"
new stock of goods" The Young merch%n
accepted the extension of time, and, going
home, went to work again, and was S"'n
able to paw all his debts in fall.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
,ronn6 G. imbed up into the wag-

around. c imbed up into the wag-
on, leaned over the dash board, !ift-
ed that mules tail, and lot it come
down in time to snatch a death grip
on that boot leg. The mule woke
up so quick that he kicked the boy
and the dash board twenty feet in
to the air. He din't stop there.
He changed tho position Of his
ears, hauled in his tongue, planted
his fore fc.t and his head between
his knees, and from the fore shoul
ders to the tip of his trunk was in
lively motion, & he didn't look like
he was more thar two years old,
the way he was kicking that old
wagon body into kindling wood
with bis heels. He had it all to
himself, and was doing finely, when
tie old darkey rushed up the hill,
got in front of him, grabbed him
by each ear, shouted, whoa l tell
you. What's de matter wild you :?
Whoa up!' and looking around at
the crowd. yelled. will some O. yer
gemmen git dat err boot leg GU;
while I hold him? Kase de wag-
gins mine an, j,s borrowed de
mu!e.'l But 90 one vcn;ured. and
when we left his heel had almost
reached the tail gate. and the old
darkey was still yelling whoa -
FIX.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
WHATA MULE CAN DO,

This mule looked like he was one
hundred and thirty eight years old,
and was dead standing upon his feet.
He was bitched to pine bodied
spring wagon, with high DASH
board. The team was standing on
the levee iE mute silence, VIII lie tie
darkey who 'driv' it went aboard
the wharf boat. A tramp coulc
make a barrel Of money selling pic
lures Of that mule, labeled Patience
His long, aabby ears hung down
each side Of his head like window
awnings with the rods out of them.
His face wore sober look, while
out of his mouth hung tongue
eight inches long. His tail swung
down from the rear end Of his hur-
ricane roof like a wet rope, while
his whole body seemed as motionesS
as death itself. Presently a redhead-
ed urchin, with an old boot in his
hana, walked up in trout of him,
and, looking into his face, saw that
the mule was asleep. He walked
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
Of late an unlucky star

Of late an unlucky star
seems to have presided over
the Republican party in the
choice Of Senators. While the
Democracy has been strength
ening itself at every point, aud
not only in the south, by the
selection Of it's ablest, ifnot its
best men, the other party has
conferred itself with men Of
mediocre or untricd ability, or
embraced with avidity an OPP
ortunity to re~engage the SER
vices of men who had already
received the seal of public con-
demnationo In the Forty
sixth Congress the Republican
side Of the Senate will be men
tally and morally, as we'll as
numerically, weaker than it
has been for a score of years;
while the Democratic side
will be stronger in the same
proportion than it has been
since the day when Democracy
fell into the arms Of secession
and become we'll nigh coma
toe, so far us the Northern
States were concerned Thur
man, Bayard: Wallace, Ker-
nan. Pend!eton. Voorhees,,
Mcdonald, Hampton Hill,
Gordon, Vance, will find only
an Edmunds as the peer Of
any Of them III the heavy ar
tillery of debate. and Blaine
about the only foeman fit to
cope with them in the use OF
the lighter and i>eener weap.
ons Of parliam entary warfare.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22

&. N. BAERO Clerk.
CALVIN GOODMAN,
V. ID. WALSH,
The State Of Louisiana--Palish of West
Fcliciana-Clcrk's Office.
Be it remembered that on this, the 18th
day of Jaruary, 1879. we, c.. NJ. Barrow,
Clerk, V. d. Walsh and CALVIN Goodman,
qualified electors ami members CT the
jury Commission, did assemble in the
Clerk $ Office of this Parish and proceed
ed to draw from the appropriate Lox the
following thirty names of the persons
who are to be summoned as jurors for ii G
second week of t he District Court, COM
mencinG on Monday, the 10th day of
March, 1879.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
THE SENTINEL
EXTRACTS FROM ACT27.

Tenth. From the proprietors OF
all coff ,e houses, bathrooms, gros-
shops, beer-saloons, or gardens, or
cabarets, eighty Eve dollars: all
retail dealers selling liquors, wines
or bitters (not including bottled
malt liauors) in less quantity than
an ordinary wine bottle, shall be
considered a coffee-house keeper,
whether the liquors be drank on
the premises or not, and shall pay,
in addition to the grocery license, a
coffee-house license that retail
dealers or groccrs selling distilled
,iGnors, wines bitters, ale or beer,
in less quantity than ons gallon,
but in no less quantity than aa Or,
binary wine bottle, shall be consid-
cred as retail liquor dealers, and
pay an additional license of fifteen
dollars each provided, the liquo,
so sold shall not be drank on :he
pre,nises-if drank on the premises
he shall be considered a kotfee house
keeper, and each retail grocer or
dealer in distilled liquors in the
State Of Louisiana, without such
additional license, and who shall
keep for sale, or sell, either by
himself or by any employee, distil|.
ed liquors in less quantity than as
provided for in this act, shall be
liable to fine of one hundred dol
lars for each and every offense, to
be recovered, by motion, by any
person, after Eve days. previous
notice before any court Of .ompe-
tent jurisdiction, which, when re-
covered, shall be paid by such jus
tice to the State Treasurer. for the
benefit of the Charity HOSPITAL
fund, provided, that nothing in this
paragraph shall be Aeld to apply to
hotels, taverns or restaurants, where
liquor is sold to be drank. in good
faith, OF the premises by persons
eating therein.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
etc. That, f, ON and after the pas
sage of this act, i: shall not be
lawful Tor any person or corpora
ton 10 carry on or pursue. practice
Or follow any Of the trades, profes
sions or occupations enumerated in
Inc foregoing sections Of this act.
in the State, before paying the tax
levied thereon and obtaining a IL
cense therefor, if not already licens
ed, from the collector Of the State
Taxes, and no person or corpora
1iou carrying on a profession, busi :.
ness or occupation subject to the
payment Of a license, as herein
provided, shall be allowed to coll
lcct any claims for services render
ed In such professions, business or
occupation, unless he, sho o: il.
can, upon demand exhibit ,hc lax
collectors receipt for such !icapses,
according to lay, and failure &c
exhibit such license receipt, by any
person or corporation liable TO such
license, shall, in any snit Instituted
by him, hor, or it, entiiIe the party
defendant in such suit to a non
suit, and any person. firm or corpo-
ration attempting to do business
without license, shall, on written
notice, given by the collcc Or to
the Attorney General, or district
attorney, or district attorney pro
TEN, be enjoined in the name of the
State, from proceeding further in
the transaction Of their respective
business or vocation. until such
License shall have been paid.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22

oil January 1879.
G. NJ. BARROW, Clerk.
V. -. WALSH,
CALVIN GOODMAN,
Jury Commissioners.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
FREE; TO ALL.

: ! ILL EE MAILED FREE to all APP
plicants. 1t contains = coiured
plates, 800 engIavinGs, about 40 pages
and full descriptions. prices and hirec
tons for planting over 1900 varieties of
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants
Roses, Etc. Invaluable to I'LL. Send for
it. Address u. NJ. FERRY 81 Co..
ian1S'79-1m bet roit, Mich
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
DR. Tf 6 :{g;!yItTu' 1I'.Ec5
COMPOUND
MAY APPLE PILLS.
The Great .Anti- Bilious Remedy.
Price per box 'Ewenty-Gv Its

NR. HEWITT'S COMPOUND MAY
~ Apple Pills. These pills are COM
pounded Of Vegetable Calomel, and are
particularly designed to act with gentle
ness aid with thorougbness upon the
Bowels, Liver, Stomach and General Cir
culation. l do not offer them as Il "Cure
All" for every disease to which flesh is
heir, but for the numerous SYMPTOMS aris-
ing from diseases of Digestion, they are
most sovereign. BY restoring the Digcs-
tive Organs to healthtul action they i'm
part elasticity to the body. checrfnlness
to the mind and clearncss to the intellect
ual faculties. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST
FOR THEM AND TAKE NO OTHER.
They are most sovereign in Dyspepsia,
non-assimilation of food, irrcgnlarity of
the bowels, torpidity of the liver, bad
taste in the mouth, spots before the eyes,
sour stomach, heart burn, flashes of heart
and sick stomach, nausea, loss of appc-
rite, yellowish cast of the skin, rush of
blood to the head, cold extremities, ring
ing in the ears, pain in the back, side.
and shoulders, high colored urine, vert;-
go and biliousness.
Prepared OILY by DR.. r. B. Hewitt,
Proprietor of the Popular Southern Rem
edies, Washington, La.
For sale by all Druggists and Medicine
dealers in the United States and Canada
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
JOS +, Z II E<E}AIN
FOOT OF TIE HILL,
ST. Fr:tEsc!svi.Ec. -.. La

ALSO
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Clothing, Hosiery,
IIouse-kecpcr's Articles,
Ana Notions of al, Kinds,
Fancy ara Family GroceIies Western
Produce. Basging q, Ties, Plantation
Supplies, CIckery, Glass ware,
and i'll fact every thing to be
found III an abundant and
carefully selected
stock of goods.
All of which l ana selling at the lowest
figures for cash. Call and see me.
JOS. KRAIN.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22

-kouns' Daily Mail and Railroa
steamer "Mary Ida,' leaves Bayou Sara
every, day except Sundays, for New Or
leans at 3, o'clock in the morniug.-1y.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
VIM. GODDARD,
ShcriH'S Sale.
The State of Louisinna-Pnrish OF West
Eniciana

The State of LouisiAna-Parish OF West
Eaiiciana.
Il Is Lyons vs. Mrs VI $ johnson.
VIM Sallcr IS Mrs u $ Johnson
No 1900 and 1927 on the docket OF the
Parish Court OF East Ftliciana.
pB VIRTUE of and in obedience to
- two wr:t> of ii ia issued in the above
styled suits from said 'ionorabic Court
and t" ne directed, | have seized and
taken into my possession, and viii Offer
for sale in front of the Court House. il,
St. ErHncsvil!e, Parish of west Fcliciana
salu stare, on
a'ur'.ay .I7rrh 'st, 1879.
this being the first Saturday of said
month, at the hour of 10 o'clock Il IN.
OF SAID day, The following described pro-
pcrty, to-wit:
\ CO. tain tract of laud known as the
j"hn>on place, situated in he Parish of
West EclieiAua and cunn">cd of he old
Chimney tract, the Sn,ithlir,h tract and
thlnquepln hill tract, Amounting To Sey
entrcn hundred \170n) acres more or less
and hnunled on the north by lands OF
DirkcrSon and William Hnr@adinc, east
by lands Of Isaac Errc!auh and Mrs ID
klnS. south Ivy lands Of the citizens Bank
and & " ElWurisa. and west Icy lands OF
Mrs l~thoiip Matthew's.
TrENiS OF Az. GA Il rTrt!i; Oh twelve.
A!on' lis for "hHr ii viii bring. purchaser. :,
20 rive ii twelve iunMIh> bond with ap
proved personal security. with mortgage.
aln! NcHd"rS privilege retained upon tie
property sold unlii the final payment ut
the purchase price.
JNO.J. BARROW.
t.H'o. Sheriff.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-22
LIST OF JURORS,

The State of LouisiHna--Pa:ish Of West
Feliciana-Clerk's Office
Be it remembered that on this, the 9TH
day Of January, 1879, we, G M. Barrow.
Clerk Of Court, V. d Walsh and Calvin
Goodman, qualified electors and members
of the jury Commission, did assemble at
the Clerks office, in the Court House Of
this Parish, and proceeded to draw from
the appropriate loX the following fifty
names Of the persons who are to he Snln-
moned as jorors for the first week OF the
District Conrt, commencing on Monday,
March 3, 1879:
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-20

The wholesale abuse by northern
papers on the announcement that Hon.
Jeff. Davis would be advocated as a can
didate for Senator from Mississippi, it
now transpires was wholly unnecessary as
we'll as highly unjust. This veteran of
wars and craftsmanship, has written a
letter to a prominent citizen of our sister
State in which he positively declines to
become a candidate and closes by saying {:
While am greatful to you for your adj
vocacy, l do not wish to re-enter the
United States Senate. To the public con-
siderations given, might be added private
reasons, which conformity, under existing
circumstances, render me averse to public
station. You are authorized to announce
that my name will not be, with my con-
sent, included among the candidates for
the United Sta, es Senate to represent
Mississippi in that body. From youth to
ago it has been my pride to represent
Mississippi in military and in civil ser
vice, and would that all her sons should
realize that it is her interest which die.
tates my present decision.