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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
The Funeral of David Scott, Esq.

The funeral OF David Scott. Esq, which
took place on Saturday last, notwithStand-
ing the untavorable state of the weather,
was largely attended by the citizens of the
town and many friends of the deceased who
came from long distances in the county to
pay the last tribute of respect to his re-
mains. Shortly after 10 o'clock \. NJ, his
remains. which were inclosed in a silver
mounted casket. which was profnsely coy
cred with beautiful flowers wrought into
wreathS, crosses and other appropriate de
vices, and borne by A. W. Mitchell, 7. Drrn-
men, X. G. Reese, II. Mccullough, DIR. X. c.
Mackall Ward Henderson, and We're taken
into the PRESBYTERIAN Church and placed in
front of the pulpit. The Rev. Jas. Mcln-
tire then read several appropriate selections
from the Holy Scripture, and delivered a
touching adlre. upon the life and charac
ter of the deceased, paying high tribute
to his integrity and worth as Il man and 4
Citizen Mr. MrIntirc, at the conclusion of
his remarks. read Il communication from
Rev. Mr.. Heherton, pastor of the church,
who was llnavoilably absent at the General
Assembly Mr.. Hcherton referred to the
religious experience of the deceased during
his last illness, and also to the hope of sal
walton expressed by him. The audience WAS
then addressed by Rev. Vaughan Smith,
pastor of the NJ. f. Church, whose remarks
were If Il practical nature and were lis
tened t., as were also those of the others,
with great attention. Protc :Sor William ID.
Markey. of Delaware College an old friend
of the deceased who had known him when
he (Mackcy) was Il student i'll Delaware
College thirty years ago, also made a short
and appropriate address, in which he spoke
of the high estimation in which the deceased
had ever been held by himself and the PEG
Pile Of the neighborhood where he was raised.
At the conclusion oi' Mr. Mackry'S address,
the choir sang the hymn commencing Just
as am without one plea" &c., after which
an opportunity was offered for those de>ir-
ing to do so to t IKE IA last look at the feat
ures of the dccca ed. His remains Were
then deposited in the grave alongside of
those of his first wifi.
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day night, and gave an exhibition of his
n .wly-m vented inn"hne for making gas
from common air The invention consists
i passing atm, spleric air through II liInic
preparation of hydro carbon, held in sus-
pension by an absorbent, i'll 4 cylindrical
machine. In connection with the cylinder
~ an air pump consisting of two rubber
diaphrasms and receiver, in which the flow
II the air through the pipes is regulated 10y
IN elastic diaphragm, rs TO produce Il
uniformity in the burners throughout the
building. by this process, artificial illumi,
nation is created at an expense much less
than by the use of kerosene, without any
disadvantages or danger attending the uS,
of the latter II is claimed that the cost OF
supplying 800 Jets with Il light equal TO the
ordinary gas light Will not exceed 30 cents
an hour. The light produced by the new
invention was much more soft AMI brilliant
than that obtained by the combustion of
ordinary coal gas The clearness and good
quality of this light are such rs to make
further efforts 10 perfect the electric light
useless. The invention has been introduced
into New York. Philadelphia, Wilmington,
and Washington. where it gives unusual
satisfaction.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
The Borrower.

The much-hnrr"wing intimate acluaint-
ance is Il peculiar sort of fraud. When he
wants Il little money, he come; to YOU with
the most serious air in the world, and sol
emily and contidentially asks yol to let
him have SO and so, throwing into his
manner an assurance indicating tina. there
is no doubt of your giving il to him ON the
spot, and quite lis little doubt of his return
ing it in the course of an hour or 50. When
you meet him afterwards, he assumes a
jocose style of address, laughs quite heart
lily, perhaps, ut the idea of not having been
goes off leaving you with Il confused i'm
preston Of impending insolvency, which
resolves itself into one of three propositions;
that you are an exceedingly suspicious and
ill-natured man to suspect or he ANNOYED at
the little reinissness of so sweet-tcmpered a
friend; or that your acquaintance is remark
ably ignorant of the current value of ready
money and of rates of interest: or tn If he
has become Il hopeless maniac since the. last
time you had the misfortune to see him
The best way 10 cure this sort of person of
his eccentricity, we have learned by eNprri-
ence, is to lend him SO much money at one
time that he will SO away and die of joy.
In most cases 1t doesn't take much.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
The Peach Crop.

Reports from all parts of the peninsula
for many days past had led It's to believe
that the peach crop this year would be I'M
prcccdentcdly large: So large, indeed, that
i: would be impossible to find n rcmuner:l-
tive market for half the fruit. But the
opinion of the peach growers Of the PENN
sula is worth little To an outsider in esi-
mating the prospect of the peach crop. In
deed, one might as well try to predict the
verdict of :: jury as to form Il correct opin-
ion of the peach crop before it natures and
is sent TO market, from information furnish
ed by the fruit growers.
jeremiah Price. Esq. of SaSsafras Neck,
left Il lot of peach boughS at our Office. on
Tuesday, taken from trees in his orchard,
belonging to the Troth's Early. Crawfnrd'S
Early and Moorr'S Favoritc varieties These
houghs are well filed with young fruit, and
if onc-fourth Of it natures, Mr.. Price will
have an abundant yield He informed us.
however. that iale's Early and some of the
other early varieties are not 50 promising
Many Of the young peaches are supposed
TO have been injured by the severe frustS in
the early part of the present month and
since the wet weather has set in are rottinc
on the trees. Mr.. Price informed Us that
until recently the prospect i'll SaSsafr:iS
Neck was good for an abundant crop of
peaches but. owing t" the rotti,g of the
fruit, much doubt exists whether some o1
the orchards Will produce half a crop. and
that 1t is impossible t. tell, with any degree
tiictel by the late frost much sooner than
the middle of June. at which time, if the.
trees are we'll set with fruit, ii is almost
certain to mature, and Il full crop may be
expected. We understand that the pros
pet is quite us uncertain in Delaware us it
is in S:lSs;fraS Neck.
In the vicinity of Middletown the fruit i'll
many Of the orchards is said to he all rot
ten. In one case the proprietor of an or
cha.d Of nearly 5000 trees offers to sell his
entire crop for 500 In some sections. IL t.
young fruit is rotting under the covering of
the blossom buds that have not yet fallen
from the boushs and at first seems to be all
right but upon close examination is found
to be rotten. This is the way some of the
fruit i'll Mr.. Prices orchard is affected. In
other localities the rot commences ut the
outer end of the young peach, which inti-
Gates that the rotting has been caused by in
jury done to the germ of the fruit by the
severe frost in the early part of May We
recently saw 4 number of houghS taken
from DIR. Fl. II. Mitchrll'S orchard, near
Elkton, every peach on which. though ap-
parenty sound, Is believed by experts to be
injured SO badly thar they will not mature
In other orchards in the vicinity of Elkton
nearly all the fruit has fallen from the trees
and the little that remains will probably
not mature.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
A New Branch of Business

\. NJ. Grant. 4 native of Ern'S green
isle, but :, resident %. the United States
since 1916, recently rented the second story
of the old tannery in the Hollow, and has
set up two looms for the wcavin. of Mar
81 iileS quilts. ladies shawls, towels, table
cloths, carriage robes and all articles of
that kind. Mr.. Grant learned his trade in
Lisburn, ireland, and has bcen engaged in
weaving for about thirty -fve years past, rN-
cept during the late war, when lie was in
the army. He was formerly engaged with
the Elk Mills Company. and is Il skillful
workman. pnc OF his looms is the kind
known as the .Iaclu ,ri loom, whiI. is
adopted to weaving the finest kinds of
figured fabrics The .Iacqu lrd loom WAS
invented about the beginning of the present
century, and produced Il revolution in
manufacture of figured fabrics 1t performs
the work-that of raising the proper threads
in the work-which was formerly done by
draw-hoyS. to mitigate the monotorv and
close confinement. Of whom its inventor
labored and experimental for wears. Those.
of our readers who are fond of SEEING
intricate machinery at work, can CRAFTY
their curiosity by calling upon Mr.. Grant.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
Too Much Sleep.

The effects of too much sleep are not less
signal then those arising from its privation.
The whole nervous system becomes hiunted.
SO that the muscular energy is enfrebled
and the sensations and moral and intellec
tual manifestations are ohtunded. All the
bad effects of inacton become developed.
The functions are excrted with less energy,
the digestion is torpid, the excrctionS are
diminished, while in some instances, the
secretion of fat accumulateS to IN inorCiinate
extent. The memory is impaired, the
powers of imagination are dormant. and he
mind falls into Il kind of hebctude. chiefly
because the functions of the intellect are
not sufficiently eNcrt,d when sleep is too
prolonged or too often repeated. To sleep
much is not necessarily to be 4 good sleeper.
Generally they are the poorest SleeperS who
remain longest i'll bed. e., they awaken
less refreshed than if the time of ari>in.
were earlier by ali hour or two. While it
is true that children and young people re-
uuire more sleep than their elders, yet it
should be the care of parents that over
indul gence be not permitted. Where the
habit is for children to lie in bed until eight
or nine in the morning, the last two hour,
ut least, do not bring sound, ,lreamlsS sleep
where the hour for retiring Is eight or nine
F. NJ, hut are spent in doing, and. in fact
such excess cannot fail I" insure th: harm
full results described by the authority
quoted. What is called lazinesS amon.
children Is i'll very many cases disease, and
is largely due to this as we'll as the other
causes mentioned that undermine thu. found
ationS of health.-G"ldcn Rnir.
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A Model Coroner's Verdict.

One Casper Holden, of Queen Anne : Co.,
recently fell into a we'll and WAS drowned,
W hereupon twelve good and true men of
the county aforesaid, who acted rs Il
coroner's jury, returned the following YER
diet, which, for precision of statement and
knowledge OF legal lore, exceeds any thing
of the kind we have ever seen:
''The undersigned do say, upon their
oath. that on the 1lth day of May, 1871,
the said Casper Holden fell into Il we'll, on
the premises of one Samuel Harris, and it
so happened that accidentally, casually,
and by misfortune, he, the said Casper
Holden, was III the water of the above
named well ESQ proven by two witnesses
before the above named jury upon their
OATH and then and there drowned. of
which drowning he the said Casper Holden
instantly died, and so the jurors aforesaid
do say, that the said Casper Holden, i'll
manner and by the means aforesaid, acct
dentally, casually and by misfortune, came
to his death, and not otherwise
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24

cook for breakfast. The result was that
the whole ships CON. plny We're made sick,
myself included which the Captain, on in
spectin the quarter of meat, decided was
wing to the effect of the moons rays, Al
o dered it to be thrown overh, ard: bu; the
III ,te ridiculing this idea. directed the
ste ward to slice of more of the same Tor
hi dinner, and at the same time two of tie
crew ate of the tainted meat. The result
was that all three We're made extremely
sick, with symptoms resembling those Of
cholcra--viZ., vomiting, cramps, etc. The
rest of the crew who ate from the other leg
were not affected, and we ate from the one
that remained until our arrival in San
Francisco. | have seen in China seas TWO
or three instances of men who had slept ON
deck exposed to the rays of the full moon
being attacked with moon blindness -
that is. unable to see in the daytime
Thee attacks after Il time wore off. Al
though not superstitiouS, | fully believe
in the baneful effects of the moons rays.
| think that these effects are more prevalent
i'll the tropical waters, especially i'll the
Pacific and Indian Ot- ms, and only under
rloullpSs skies
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
Heavy Storm.

This county was visited on Wednesday
evening last by a heavy thunder storm, at
companiei by copious showers of rain, which
appear to have fallen in all parts of the
county, and which did some damage to the
roads and corn fields in the upper part of
it. The thunder cloud was very dark and
portentouS at Elktun, where the fall of rain
continued for about an hour But little
hail fell here, and no damage was done by
it. The electric fluid struck the house of
Thollnan Clay, i'll the upper part of Elk
Neck. but inflicted no serious injury upon
it. The storm appears to have been more
disastrous at Zion and Mechanics Valley
than in any other part of the county At
those places and vicinity the hail was large
and plentiful and broke much glass. 1t
also injured the growing crops badly The
fall of rain in that section was very heavy,
and the roads and corn fields are badly
washed
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
Committed to Jail.

Charles Riley, of the Eighth district, was
committed to Jail, by Justice Cummings, i'll
default of 5000 bail, for committing an indie
cent assault upon his aunt, Priscilla Brown,
of the same nriglborhood, in the early part
of last week We have been shown a let
ter received by John Cooling from DIR. A.
NJ. Jordan, giving an account of the cond-
ton of Riley, who is Il stout young man of
about ~ years of age. DR.. Jordan says:
81 have been acquainted with Charles
from his birth to the present time and have
lived nnighborS for several Years with the
family, and of course | must be pretty we'll
acquainted with his mind and actions. |
think when he was seven Years of age he
had inflammation of the brain, and. from
hi, recovery TO the present time, his mind
has not been right. This fact is we'll known
by all of the nrighborS. And it appears to
me- as | have related to several, his mind
has been much more affected since about
last January, up 10 the present time, than
formerly. All have agreed with me that
such is their opinion also Charles always
has been Il good hearted and obliging boy,
willing to do any thing he could for any
one But, IL; | stated before, his mind re-
Gently appeared much worse tlrn formerly
He is very easily excited could not bear
any person to contradict, or say any thing
that he thought was contrary to his Opin-
ion: and could not, and would not, put up
with any such provocation. He was always
ready to fight, and would fight, even if it
was with his own father. His actions in this
case 20 to show the state of his mind. To
commit an assault on his own aunt, and
then making no effort to escape, although
understood several of his friends advised
him to 90 away, that he certainly would be
apprrhended and sent to prison, and his re-
ply, You will see, was in perfect unison
with his mind. | won't leave: | want To-
go to Elkton to see whit kind of Il board
ing house they have down there: and shall
he in the shade and have nothing to do
His father has some eight acres of land with
house and stable on it: hut he says the tI-
istrate wanted bail to the amount of $500,
and he was not able to give it, lest he might
leave and not hr able to get him to court to
stand his trial: and if he did not appear, il
would entirely break him up. | am very
sorry that the poor fellow has been So nm
fortunate rs To commit this act.
In view Of the condition of Rilcy's mind,
the Doctor close. his communication by ask
ing the Sheriff to treat him kindly, and cx-
presses the hope that his confinement in .i:rii
may be beneficial to him.
svs Just received, Il large lot Of Horse
Srrims, Fly Nets. and Lap Spreads, which
will he sold low for cash. r. WITwoETH.
- Twenty pieces of Culorcd Lawns and
.IaconctS figured and plain colorS. with side
bands, just received. GLASS FRONT
~ Mourning Lawns, Prrcales, and
French Cambrics, at the GLASS FRONT.
s.g Several more Of those fine BuSsies
for sale By X. WiTwoRTH.
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Sale of Real Estate.

Three plantations Were offered for sale on
the Court House yard, on Tuesday last,
which is a somewhat unusual occurrence.
The irst one offered was the John A. John
son plantation, on the Cherry Hill road,
now in the occupany of William Is. Smith.
After being bid to 1925, it was withdrawn
1t was offered by l.. Marshall Haines. and
was subject to a mortgage of S7s1.
The next was the farm of Michael Hart
nett, consisting of los acres, situated on the
Telegraph road, i'll the 18th district, which
was sold to Thomas bremen for 81 ,427.-
This place, ten years ago sold for $500.
VIM. j. Jones. trustee.
The other plantation consisted of Is acres
of land, in the 5ih district, belonging to
John Riddle. 1t was purchased for 81 per
acre by benjamin Reed. II. Mccullough.
trustee. \. p. Shockley acted as auction
Ger in each case
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
A MAN HANGS HIMSELF ON RED
HILL.

Jesse lpdeSrove, son of Il weIl-known
person of the same name, and the last menu
Der of the tpdegrove family, terminated
his earthly existence, last Wednesday after
noon, by hanging himself to the limb of an
oak tree, ON the top of Red Hill, within less
than Il hundred yards of the spot where,
many years ago, Swift was hanged for the
murder of Killhour.
The Updegrove family We're once in mod
erately good circumstances. and the father
OF til" deceased wa a consistent and promi-
nent member of the Eikton NJ. F. Church,
but his sons did not follow the example of
their SIRE and early in life contracted habits
of intcmpcrance.
Some thirty or more years ago, Edward,
the eldest son, got into a row with one
Smith, who kept gr"ggery, just beyond
the State line close hy the school house, on
the south side of the old pike, in which
Smith cut him with a cheese knife, from
the effects of which he died in few hours
Some years atterwar.l, the other brother
William, died Il natural DEATH which was
probably fastened by hisintempcrate habits
leaving the deceased alone in the world so
far us near relations are concerned. For
while he protited hy the death of his two
brothers, and led Il better life, but the old
thirst for whisky returned and for some
years past he has given a loose rein TO his
appetite.
Jesse Updeerove also had one daughter
H-nnnh .l,, ,f,
ton in early life hut married young and
doubtless would have been living to-day.
had the lines of her life fallen in pleasanter
places: us il was. She like her brothers, met
with an untilnely end
tpdegrove has been employed for Il few
years past in digging ore ON Iron HILL and
for Il week or ten days has been drink
ing to excess Durin. his last spree he
stopped with Caleb Wilson, who lives in
the little cabin that is perched on the brow
of Red Hill, which is familiar to all our
citizens who are in the habit of promcnad-
ing to the far creek.
Mr.. Wilson noticed for Il few days that he
acted in Il strange and curious manner, but
had no apprehension that he would do him
self harm. However, he seems to have be
come weary of life. and as we have been
informed, took rope from the neck of Mr..
Wilson's dog, and making Il moose out of
one end of it, climbed up the tree, and
launched himself into eternity. Mr.. Viii
son found him shortly afterwards, when
returning from Eikton and informed Coro-
ner Litzenberg, who summoned Il jury of
inquest, who gave verdict in accordance
with the facts.
The deceased was about 20 years of age,
and was buried in the old grave yard be
longing to the Methodist Church of this
town.
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Readings at Odd Fellows Hall.

As will he seen in another column. Miss
Cole, of Midiletown, Del, announces one of
her musical and elocutonary entertainments
at Odd Fellows Hail. in this town. on Thurs
day evening, June 9TH. Miss Cole is a young
Baltimore lady OF attractive personal ap-
pearancc and pleasing manners. She has
recently organized 4 class i'll clocution and
music ut Middletown, where she has al
ready established Il very enviahle rcput;t-
ton as musician and eiocutioniSt. and
where she has made hosts of friends, both
personal and professional. She is, undoubt-
eddy, Il lady of fine natural dramatic power,
which she has cultivated and developed by
assidunus study and diligent application,
under the best teachers of the Evolutionary
art She is Il favorite at Middletown. where
her entertainments always draw full houses.
We hope to see her professional appearance
here met by an appreciativr audience
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The E..ects of Mo onlight.

As some pc 'plr, says writer, seem to
scout the idea of baurtul effects from the
rays of the moan, allow me to state a few
facts known to M. In the year 1853, when
running in hlrk between San Francisco
and Humboldt Bay, our provisions consia-
ted ON the down trip, in most cases, of elk
meat purchased ut Humboldt Bay. and
invariably hung up in the rigging, covered
with canvas. Upon two occasions, when
two hind quarters from the same animal
were hui: 3 up side 10y side, the crew some
time in the night unco> cred one of them,
to cut OF some pieces for bait for the nut
mer"uS fishes following i'll our wake, and
neglected to replace the canvas covering.
In the morning the cook noticed that the
meat had Shiny appearance, but, not sus-
pecting anything, cut of sundry SLICES to
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The Westinghouse Thresher.

We call the especial attention of our agri-
cultural readers to the merits and claims OF
this celebrated thresher, as stated iii the
new card of Mr. John \. Wilson, of Will
mngton. which appears in another column
The reputation attained by this popular
machine is solely due to its well established
merits, and which Mr.. Wilson corrohorates
by letters of approval from gentlemen hay
ing them in constant Use during the season.
Aside from the acknowledged superiority
of this machine, Mr.. Wilson's personal rep
utation, so long established As leading
dealer in agricultural machinery, is slltli-
cient guarantee of the merits OF the ma
cliinery he recommends and offers Tor sale