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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-23

TT For a day of pleasure on the bay.
go to Colchester on Brickley x McCul-
lough's excursion, on September 2nd.
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TI'e Qtt'l qphie.
ELKTON, AUGUST 80, 1879.

DIXON is murdered and the South is
Solid again.
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JOSH BtLfINGs lately uttered wise
observation, which may well be pondcred
by tho Democratic enemies of Mr.. Tilden
rix.: = never argy asin a success. When
/ see a rattlesnaik' head sticking out of
Z hole, | bear off to the left and say to
lniself that hole belongs to that snaik."
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NeRTH EHSF ITEWS.
THE KIND OF MEN WE WANT

TIE KIND OF MEN WE WANT.
We noticed an article in the last issue
of your valuable paper over the nom de
plume of Delaware" in which he says:
A few more such enterprising spirits as
those who gave that excursion and opened
up to us the beauties of the river and the
bay, would accomplish great results for
the place" We don't wish to be under
stood as making 4 reply to that article,
but merely to show to your numerous
readers the difference of optimism cxistin.
between "Delaware and the writer as
to what constitutes men of enterprise and
worth to the town or community in which
they reside. Now what North East
wants is few such entcrpriSing Spir-
its AS those who, in q few years, pushed
the city of Wilmington up to its zenith
hot with excursions, but with their
hammers and anvils their compass and
square; men who bought and sold. con-
tracted and performed with their extern
sive ship yards and fuundrics, car shops
and engine builders, rolling mills and
FORCES, boiler makers and carriage manu-
facturerS, their extensive shops and ma
chincry unsurpassed in the world for
skill and mechanism, who employ thou
hdlltlS Vi lIicu ltllON-lllCH AZ Il ldlf &c
Enumeration, which has accomplished
great results for the place Wilmington.
We have no special need of their sport
ing sons with dog and gun, boat and
fishing tackle, and as DR.. Franklin once
remarked, with "a bait at one end and
a fool at the other" We have enough
of such enterprising gentlemen to last
us three years" or even a lifetime, who
gather up all the available change. pay
it to the captain, who carries it to some
other port, where he spends it, to sac
complish great results for the place ="
(not North East. If we were blessed
with i Roach, as is Chester. Pa. it would
accomplshcs great results for the place
We passed through there few days since
Oh 4 business visit (not cXcursion). We
met with gentleman. resident of that
place, who told lis Mr.. Roach employed
seventeen hundred men, and at the tap
of the gong i'll the evening it looked like
an army vending their way home with
their Little tin pals" rejoicing over
another days toll with fair remunera-
ton earned with their days labor which
accomplish great results for the place
(Chcstcr). We would just remark that
We were not on the excursion to Oxford:
neither did We encourage any one not to
go, and what appeared in the North East
items were facts SO far rs we were con-
cerned, for We gathered it all from one
OF the excursionists, and lauch more.
which no doubt some Of the managers
would not care to see in print. Our in
formant told us it was a financial failure,
which we believe was a fact, whatever is
said to the contrary Notwithstanding
when one Of the party acknowledged it
cost him the price of one and half bar
rels Of tlour-but the old adage Ii truth
CUTS
A HEAVY FALL. OF RAIN
The late refreshing showers have done
much to invigorate the corn and pasture
and prepare the ground for seeding wheat
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SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLARS A YEAR. IN AovANcr
SIX MONTHS ONE DOLLAR. No SUBSCRIPTION Will
Sc RECEIVED FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS
Tue NptEcr nc ,rc ppopp,croo oc,n, ~ NAVE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-23

~ For a day of pleasure OIL the bay,
go to Colchester on Brickley & McCul-
loush's excursion, on September End.
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PRESIDENT cREswELL's THEORY.

Now, my theory is that he delayed the
rcmittances to the railroad company, as he
did and used the amounts thus deferred in
stock speculations. This do not know.
1t was not only, however, i'll this respect that
Roach was derclict. His books have been
skilfully forced, erased and forged. Errone-
oliS and false entries have been made. An
other system of speculation lie INDUCED in
WAS to defraud us in our settlements with
our eastern correspondents. Frequently, in
making our settlements, our New York cor
respondents would ask for good commercial
paper, prcfrrringi it to money. Roach would
give them bills and credit himself with the
payment of cash. lie has also deceived the
National Bank examiners 10y his forced bal
anrcS on the ledger
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MANY THOUSAND puLLAIiS.

MANY THOUSAND IOLI.NltS.
Reporter How much will the ,lri,lc;,tion
aggregate:
Mr. tIeswrll.- Many Thousand dollars
R-portcr.--tre you unidentified in any
way,
Mr. Crcswcll.-IeS, we have his bond for
S2:,,000, which is good. He has also con-
.ente,l to turn over To us all his property,
SO that the loss of the U.rlctorS OF the bank
will be about Slj00O.
Eeporter.-W you prosecute him?
Mr.. Creswell.-For the present there has
been no determination reached on that
subject.
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OF $50, 900 sHo.;

The above statement WAS given by Gen.
Crrswell with u refreshing frankncsS.-
W lille he did not say just how much the
bank kah lost, he left his interrogation the
impression that it would aggregate upwards
of $50, 600, which was more than half COW
cred by the bond flied for Mr.. Roach by re-
sponsible gentlemen and the transfer Of the
property of the delinquent "Of one thing
Won can conti.,entl, assure the public, said
Gen. CreSwell, land that is the bank will
go right on No one hut the directors will
suffer. We propose to meet it like men, of
course regrettinG the occurrence"
1t may be added that Mr.. Tome, one Of
the directors Of the bank, is fully able to
keep its condition unimpaired, even though
the dedication had been three times Us
large.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-23

k4j~ Next week We will be ready tor the Sports
men. viii furnish Ammunition ui the most ap-
proved kinds: load shells to order AID do the best
We can to please them. REESE.
ES Newest styles Fall Hats Just arrived and
can now he seen ut DEENNEN's Grand Central
Store. Call and SEQ the new University Hat.
ED-Cheap Goods and cheaper coming. The
lowest price il the rule at the HIVE.
s1~ Buy your Fruit Jars ut RECESS.
sG Wanted 10, 600 lbs. good country lard
u, DEENoS.
Ao-Rais and Posts for sale by Il. BRESoN.
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Is Brickley & McCullough's third
grand excursion from Port Deposit to
Colchester occurs ON Tuesday, Scptem-
Der 2nd. Don't forget the date.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29
An Evening Idyl.

On cold wintry nights every woman
is seized with an unnatural ambition to
have the stove filled with coal Just before
retiring for the night. At this time, of
course, the scuttle is empty and the lord
of the manor is commanded to.descend
to the murkey solitudes of the cellar to
fill it. He knows it is useless to argue
over the matter and induce her to believe
the fire will stay in until morning, be-
cause he has tried that before; so he re-
luctantly picks up the scuttle and starts
for the cellar with shudder.
His wife lights him down, and then,
for some unknown reason. starts up stairs
with the ,lampgin her hand. The man is
in total darkness, but he knows Just
where the coal is located, SO he makes no
fuss, but heads for it as we'll as he can.
When he arrives where he thinks the coal
ought to be, he begins to feel for it with
his feet
He finally finds it, and then he puts
down the scuttle and searches for the
shovel. He soon RECEIVERS it, and scoops
up a lot of coal, only to ascertain that the
whereabouts of the scuttle is mystery
Down goes the shovel with ''gosh blame
it, and search for the scuttle isstarted
He kicks ali around, and feels, his way
back along the wall. After diligent
search Of five minutes he finds the scuttle,
and keeps his foot against it, SO that it
can't get up and walk away Then he is
unable to find the shovel. II.
This causes him to yelp out some thing
and start back; when halfway across he
smaches his nose against beanl,- and
sees more stars than Lycetm has eyer
seem He gets so that after he has solacea
his nose with his hand, he rushes frahtii
cally forward and falls on barrel which
is lying down, if the word he permissible,
and rolls over it, the coal upsetting and
rolling down his shirt-front and in his
face. 8 II "a II fY & o. ssE Faf Hs.asl
He then rnshes around and yells fire.
It is SO darkhe can't find the steps. d His
wife doesn't hear hinl; but after sufi-
cient time has elapsed, she goes down with
a light. Arriving at the top of the staris,,
Z she shouts:' aisas..s ae hafsia.~s Ya lsa,as
"Why don't You hurry up; what's the
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29
Who Owns the Land in England.

More than half the soil of the United
Kingdom is nominally owned by some
1000 persons. According to a valuable
analysis OF. the very illarranged and in
Parliam entary, return Of the
land owners of the United Kingdom, pub
lished III the Financial Reform Almanac
for 1878, 42t persons arethe owners of
22,SS0,755 acres, or nearly s, 200, 900 acres
more than one-fourth Of the total area of
the United Kingdom. The mind is un-
able to grasp what such monopol Y costs
the country, but certain features of it
stand forth with a prominence sufficiently
notable. In most absolute sense, the
well-being Of the entire population OF
some 30, ,OOO,OOO souls is placed in the
power ola few thousands. For these
thousands the multitude tolls, and it may
be on occasion starves. Hence it is that
all through rural England we have con-
tinually before us that most saddening of
all spectacles, two or three families living
in great splendor, and hard by their gates
the miserably poor, the abject slaves of
the soil, whose sole hope in life is too
often the work-house that famous device
against revolution, paid for by the middle
class and the pauPerSs grave. Our land
owners have not merely burdened the
land with their game preserves; they have
tied it up, and actively consplred to pre-
vent its due cultivation. Instead of rising
to the true necessities of the case, they
cling to their game, make penal enact
mcnts about it, and struggle to augment
the intensity of the evil WHICH it is to the
people, as if the very existence of the
country depended upon hares and rabbits.
In his absolute supremacy the land owner
ovcrrides all justice, takes precedence Of
all ordinary creditors on his helpless ten
ants estates, and controls the system sof
cultivation, often in utter disregartl Of
private rights or private Judgment and
in addition secures to himself the absolute
reversion Of every improvement which
the tenant may make on the land. 4 -
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29

|sartn, boss" said the citizens; ''if
swears to a lie must stick to him. ,-
That was neat bull one of our clergy
men perpetrated in his sermon the other
day. Speaking of Bunyan in prison, he
said "No one but his blind daughter
came to see him. ."-Spnigdsld Union. =,
Curious, but we never saw~this notice
in any of our country exchages: "Owine
to press of poetry, a large number Of ad-
vcrtisements are unavoidably crowded
out, but will positively appear in oul
next u-4 Puch. .&JA 2s8i
Self-possessed tramp; "Will any
gentlcman-' Brown Ito intending aims
giver): Don't you give him anything
he's been here before today 5. p. T.
Qoftily): "NVill you have the kindness
not to meddle with my business affairs?''
e-Pueh. "a
His,Opinion of Shakespeare. .-Practi-
cal Yankee: "Well, yes, sir. give-in
to you. Shakespeare was genius. But
he didn't kinder seem to put it to a prac-
tical USE Never benefited civilization
with a threshing machine nor patent
turnips peeler, nes. anything of that sort,
Still he was a smart ni;ln..' p ss ~ zF2'
f GA soft answer" etc.-Female epicure
'"Oh, mister, Fm sure, that was a bad
one" Oyster salesman q Indignantly :
"What d yer mean? Then you shouldn t
a swallcred it, mum. I've been in this
trade matter o. ten years, and never
Lady: "Wcll, it certainly left a nasty
taste" Salesman moIliticD: "Wcll,
there's no dcnyin' that some on 'cm is
ighcr in flavor than others r'-Punch
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29
Wit and HunlOr.

Cheering to owners Of real cstatc-ThC
small boys pants are easily rent
1t is singular thing that no railroad
man has ever applied for a patent on the
daybreak.
Sitting bulls medicine man is about to
issue pamphlet on the .'Trcatmcnt of
the Scalp.'
a newspaper man in Texas has mar
ried S2,000,O00, and Il sorrowing brother
adds, "Plcasc exchange
Now clean up the rubbish about your
premises and dispose of it by tossing it
over into your ncighbor's yard.
1t is the popular orators who say: at
is sweet to die for ones country" but
they let the other fellow do the diving.
The youth who leaves of. his evcrcoat
to enjoy the balmy spring is helping to
pay of the mortgage on his doctors
house.
+ 4 man never feels as.1hough he is fall
in" down 4 hatchway until. while walk
ing with all his might, one of the heels
flies off his shoes.
A Western doctor says that he has not
met with one case Of old fashioned itch
for seven years past. This shows how
fast this country has improved.
a gentleman was threatening to beat a
dog which barked intoIcrabIy. why"
exclaimed an Irishman, ''would YOU beat
apoor dumb animal for spakin' out?"
Professor docking at his watcM: ''As
we have few minutes, ] should like to
have anyone ask questions, if so disposed" !"
Student: "What time is it, please!'
Dusenbury, who went to a literary din
ncr not long ago, and became confused,
alludcs to the cxtensivcness of the menu a
potu, or some such thing.-Je1sey City
Journal. ..a.
A cynical man insists that the fewer
relations or friends we have, the happier
we are. In your poverty they never help
you-in your prosperity they always help
themselves. re "a
The owner Of an old shotgun, two
dogs, six lean children, and starving
wife will do more talking in favor of the
game laws than any five newspapers in
the state.-Kin inqston Fireman.
A negro was put upon the stand as a
witness, and the judge inquired if he
understood the nature of an oath. S'For
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NUMBER A.,

poke?" z'af' wa ,,.FS,.eEf, aH "
",Gosh dun you women, you 4 saoa
"Don't you talk to me that way, you
heartless old growler, when I slave my
life out for. you. just bring that coal up
here lively or III lock you down there all
night" ,.eael asls5f as,,t.r..,5 ,, r..
3, And then he gets 50 mad that he actu
ally laughs and gets good-natured,' FIJI
the scuttle, fixes the fire, and retires for
the night
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29

The tongue will sometimes make the
most, awkward slips; it is told of clergy,
man. in one Of the. towns. near Boston
that he had given him to read from the
pulpit an announcement that ssthe
Belllngham praying -band'' would con-
duct at the evening meeting; but by some
strange perversity of the unruly member,
the congregation were astounded with the
announcements that there would be SER
vice by the "Prayingham belly-band!''
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Not i,,'lKs Bi5le.s

|
"A resident on Brush street. who had horsal
to sell was directed to, citizen Of Ninth ave.,
nue. who wanted to buy. and alter . little
talk the two made trade. The Ninth ave-
nue. man gave an old horse end e2S in cash
for the other, and everything seemed per-
fectly satisfactory, "A a day or two, hoy-,
ever, the Brush street man returned and
said: 5s'4 s1' n ..h
.,Yon and Il made astrads the other dsy?''s
"Yes,'i' replied the other. III b
"you are member of 4. The S church, Y unrs M
aT An s, 4slai1@i Il !; II se ',saa
4Weli, that 'horsse you traded with mo has
spayin, aud yon never ssid q word about,
|.ik What sort Of trickery Is this for = Chris
.tian man to engage 10? .s e Is =
The other entered ths' houss without a'
wordl bnt Alters ninutb ireappeAred nth
the family bible, and sail: Il Il, ysls.tfs s.is
TMr. Blank, here Is my guide and conso-
lation. have read this book through and
through, and IL lyou win tsks tand And
whers ai Chriatiaal man q lequired to point
ont slnvins in q horse trade, Tll ,bny yoa { Z
better horse than yop ever owned.
The Brush street nah won't hosne iNitAl
new thoughts ID his hssd, and he has ssid ~
mora ;4bopt the exchange. q H; zss,s tssfsss.E
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THE REFUND1NG IcERTIIFIcArEs.


gtlH} bgf ---------------ii % EYoig gsbs
Children are Crying fo, THEMES yssAsl the
~ Printing Presses Can't Uope Fast Enough
to Sisppty tho lees.ast1. lfIi 20 0Ao7ia sflsssg 3
| .ifiG Washington Special.j eli o9at ri
| Hardly five minutes during business hours
pass that the treasurer does. not receive q
| telegram from some depository asking ,for q
| further shipment of 4 per cent? certificates.
There are now between five hundred and six
| hundred designated repositories. Tn is list
| is being added to at the rate of twenty five or
thirty a day. II is impossible to keep them
| all supplied. The deliveries of icestificatesl
| to the treasurer from the bureau of engrsy-.
ing and printing to day were 81 ,040, 900, the
largest yet. This would have done very we'll
| ten days ago, when there were not 30 many
Repositories but it will go round In
very small quantities. 1t might 81 be,
banks are crying for certificates. The total
amount that will be sold is $40, 100000. Aia
ready $14, ,OOO, 600 have been taken. If the bu-i
reau of engraving and printing delivers $4O,-
OOO, 900 by the 1st Of June, as it expects to,
the associated banks, who are to have all
left after the 7th of June, will not get q dol
/ aar's WORTH No plan can be pursued by
which the bankers, brokers and spectators
can be kept at a distance. They continue td
buy the certificates in large quantities whef
ever they are sold. They keep up their plan
of hiring men to buy for them. There gre
three known instances where the operatives
have come to grief. One is in Baltimore,
and two in this city, 3 In Baltimore, yester-7
day, broker who had hired q colored man
to buy certificates for HIM saw his employe
get the 300 and vanish. Yesterday, at the
treasury, speculator had four men At work
They went the rounds two or three
times, Then two or three decamped; with
800 each. The speculator Was Watching
the two others who did not decamp. At tho
postoffice, yesterday. colored man left sud.
denly with 800 belonging tosa Colorado
broker who has entered into the business Of
buy ing certificates here. The allotment for
sale at the treasury was $50, 600. It was sll
disposed of before II O'Clock. There WAS
perfect jana and crush during tho three
hours that the sale was progressing, the line
of buyers extending half way ont to the ave
nue.. It is suspected that some Of the banks
are going farther than merely hiring men to-
buy for thelns 4 A number of cross-roadI
postmasters have bonded for large amounts
Of certificates They are in all localities
where they would not be likely to sell $1,000
of them in six months. It is Thought hanks
or other speculatoB have induced them To-
become repositories for the purpose of buy
ing them out as fast as they can receive
-, ~iFaGs III
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POLLY wOGG.

Within dell With piercing shrek
v here cowslips dwell The maiden meek
\ Iovrlorn frog Leapcd from her log
Sat on Il log. Into the bog.
With signing croak His murd'rcr bore
ills love he spoke TO distant shore
For Polly Wogg, Her lover dead,
\ lady frog. With rivcn head,
She sworc that she And skinning him.
Would faithful be He served each limb
And never wed All boiled on toast
Aught else, she said. To hungry host.
And as she spoke But in that bog 8
fatal stroke Upon log
kertloppcd her frog Another frog
From off his log! Loved Polly Wogg.
And such is life
Come death come strife, w
Our Polly Wogg
Loves tOthcr frog!
st. Louis Times-J Journal
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-05-29
LITTLE HARRY'S LETTER.

Apostman stood with puzzled brow
And in his hands turned DER and DER
A letter, with address SO strange r ss
As he had never seen before.
The writing crarnped, the letters small. 81
And by a boys rough hand cngraven.
The words ran thus: ITO Jesus Christ,
And underneath Inscribed, "m Heaven.
The postman paused: full well he knew
No mail on earth this note could take;
And yet Twas writ in childish faith,
And posted for the dear Lords sake
With careful h;End he broke the seal,
And rev'ren.y the letter read; .fs-g
Twas snort and very simple too,
For this wa all the writer said: sF55s q.
-. ,,.. -. q. 81
@My Lord ami Savior, Jesus Christ, La'a
i've lately lust Inv father DEAR
Mother is yerE, very poor,
Aud life to her is sad and drcaT-
Yet thou hast promised iibthy Word
That noGc cantyer ask in vain =..s.-.
For what they need OF earthly store, FF@
If only asked in Jestis's name. ,
aAnd so / writ; you in his name,
To ask that you will kindly send ~
Some money down; what you can spare
And what is right for us to spend.
want so mulch to 70 to school;
While fatIict7 lived ! always went, (.
But be had litt Ie, Lord, to leave,
And what he left is almost spent. .sa
81 do not know how long twill be q af
Ere this can each the golden gate; a
But will try and patient be, -.3.--.
And for the ;.nswer gladly wait"
The tidings reached that far-off land,
Although tn letter did not go,
And straight the King an angel sent
To help the l:ttlc boy below.
OFT to his mother hc would say,
Il knew the Lord would answer make
When he had read my letter through,
Which | had aUnt for Jesus sake"
All! happy boy, could you but teach
Our heart to trust our Fathers love,
And to believe y here auSht's denied -.-~.
-'Tis only don, OR faith 10 prove. a-.--