The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-01-25

Oas !aaGe:s viii notice that ghc terms ol
oiiic. OF lie above list uf SE,l3i;'' cover
period Of .no.c than haif century. Oar
!ng thar prlIo'i, twenty tw" Sheriff, have
been elected. twelve OF whom are living
aDd zen deceased. the latter BEN. Thomas
Miller, George N:Cuilrugh, Noble Pen
lIugjou. y m. McCTii"ugh. Eli. l.. Fnald.
Daniel McCaulcy, William ii.u,s, James
l.. Oldham, John .!aHUey. and Eli Cor
-ioyr. Until Tuesday last, Two only,
George MctuiIough aud Beri AMIN Sax
g"an'. of those who held office previous "a
the State Constitution Of !>jg. were Iiving.
! day. Benjamin Sergeant alone survives
Ia" old regime. Kpb-l; VI. Walusley Is the
".desr surviving Sheriff new resident IN
the county, he having been elected to tina,
o.Iicc over twenty -. years ago.
The term of office cf the sheriff. was
three years. at the time % Mr. Mccul-
iuncL's election: and At expiration III ms
term Of office, lac returned TO his farm a,
Bay View. whc.c he remained un,iI 'ho
Fail Of 1881, when he was elected in The
Legislature OF Maryland. This WAS the
Legislature that passed the famous eight
million IiE uEt Of which came the one
n..iiiun f"r Eastern Shore i;sreiral improve
mcuis, and So. 900 OF which still remains
ia the State Treasury. nomiuai!y aprr"p:l
atej. hu; hot applied, t. the Eiktoa and
Massey railroad.
Either IN the Spring OF ISIS or -. Mr..
Mccullough moved to Eik.nn aud became
proprietor Of he ouly hotel proper IN the
town, and whi.h, under It's former p:uprie-
tors, Ge"rGr Peacock, and afterwards VIM.
k,ukaid. was known as great hcst,lry
'hc county over. In hose days when cont
met, the town WAS rycrrun with strangers,
IN marked contrast To what il j. now. Al
though its former pIOpvIctors were popular
men, yet under Mr. Mccullough 1t became
dcEbly 81. Here for years the able and
genial Ohio Scott chi ryed the luxury of all
"lcn fireplace with It's bu!nIus logs. aud
would tolerate no other. Here The brilliant
y y I
stable, lcyeiod in The glory of lis personal
popularity and his fame rs an orator. Cecil
has never yct srca his equal and W. doubt
whether i; ever will. lie possessed the
d,ua !e qualification Of 4 great orator and
a great lawyer. Now As always rare
nniaa OF power and IL iIuencr Here the
I!. aud the ia. f"im.d a genial mess.
aud arnurd the bpgIi. where sparkling wi;
aud militant Feputee Ito ited current, could
be sen the .b.e>t judges and lawyers OF
the times. Judges IL KEEL F. Chambers,
Eycies;"n aud Hopper. O;ho Scott. the
late Senator. james \ fed PeaIce, ReveIdy
. 'hnspn, " Illiam SchIcy. VIM. \. Spen.
crs, Judge C.umic!Iaci, rf Queen Anne > :
Tobias Rudniph, Wm. Il. Bond. of liar.
ford, who could draw tears fGom the e,eS
ii his listeners 10y his pathetic singing of
John Anderson. Ny Joe Joha. and
'arn keep the table ia roar by his genial
wI' Henry v. Archer, Col. Jos. Is ckes.
iAiheI of The present Judge, aud then
states Attorney for Cecil: Jas. y. Ricald,
=. prominent lawyer aud politician OF Kent:
lldge Henry stump. Col. ! hu c. G.nomc.
Hiram Mccullough. Augustus Miller. +.
\. Ellis, Am". T. Forwoud. Il. {. uoill.
d.y. present secretAIy"f Stat; Alexander
Evans, James II. lamar tEd ,hc late Levin
Gale, son Of Levin Gale, 81, aud others
whose names do not now occuI.
Here, also, IN the old dining room, with
It's chaskeh iipp;s, done in the highest style
"f the cray"u art, were held the old Balls. -
when Adam Christmas and old Jake
An,i'rson iiiiied the best dance music
ever heard. Here ,ugn society was less
disseminating than now, and the highest
lady OF the county had possibly fnr ter
az d-ri' som" irss favored social dame
whom he an, ctasi "rs of caste did not rN-
cinde from the general eni ymrut. Those
were the good "old Times We fear never