The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-10-04

the street. till juSt before the arrival of the
politicians, accompanied by III gallant Il
KHig}.t is ever tilted in II bad cause, were
seen wcndin. their way toward tho depot to
welcome the candidates and speakers who
were expected 70 arrive az the train from
Baltimore, where they had been to consult
with the hcad-centers OF the ring and receive
their instructions what to say about Local
Option and few other ugly questions that
have been agitatng the faithful ever since
their unsuccessful effort to throw dust in
the eyes Of the people, by passing the cele-
bratcd resolutions on that subject, which
may be construed to mean any thing or
nothing, but which was intended to be so
construed that they could not in any posi-
bic contingency, initiate against the inter
est OF the HourbonS. The train arrived in
due time, and brought with it
HON. WILLIAM 7. HAMILTON
and Robert Mci.ane, and a local engineer or
two from Port Deposit. Tallcyrand took
possession OF the former and the Big Politi-
clan did the agreeable to the latter, and
escorted them down town, givin. the Cara
vansary on the corner near the depot as
wide :: berth IS circumstances permitted
Somehow, certain factions of the Dcmoc-
racy don't take kindly to that CaravanSary
since the meeting of the last convention,
and the leaders OF the faithful were proba-
bly, afraid Of some direful influence in it
that might contaminate the State ticket and
get up as big 4 squabble in the politics of
the State as there is in those of the county.
So it had been resolved that the meeting
shoilll Ina H. old n he Dj,.inrt and time hon
ored Caravansary in the center of the town,
from which they feared the glory had for
ever departed, aud thither they escorted the
speakers. The whilsm engineer of The Cecil
UemOc1,t, who now contents himself with
the very humble position of brakeman, did
not join the train i'll its passage down the
street. The woe-he.one Shrek he uttered
some weeks ago did the business SO well
that the train goes slow enough now and
has not the silly htest us. for a brakeman
When the little knot of politicians arrived
at a point in the street opposite the martin
box in the Howard House yard, somebody
called a halt and they all stopped, no doubt
because the deserted bird box reminded
them of journey they may possibly take
themselves to the upper waters Of Salt river.
Probably they stopped to speculate 4 little
upon what they will see when they get
there. Meanwhile the occupants Of the
nent to look at the newly arrived, and u
sly old fox, who came along, whispered this
oMISOUs SENTENCE
to one of them, "Whem the gods wish to
destroy they first make mad Another
one of the faithful, who took more hope
full view of the situation, came alon. Just
then and suggested that the few persons on
the pavement should 60 to the Carayansary
across the way, which the candidate for
Governor had just entered, and pay their
respects to him, for he had travelled all night
and was very fatigucd, and they were going
to put him to bed for awhile to rest himself.
All of which he believed, and part Of which
was done. What effect the very meager
attendance may have had to do with put
ting the candidate to bed We are unable to
say, but there was Il time in the history of
the Democracy when their candidates did
not electioneer in that way, and when the
enthusiasm of their followers would have
prevented them from sleeping if they had
wanted to.
There were few other arrivals during fhc
day and We, as did many others, looked all
round the town for the mcetin', or rather
we looked for the people who were to COM
pose the audience. But we looked in vain.
4 few honest farmers, who thought it too
warm to hUsk corn, came to town and Were
anxious glances up and down the streets for
the arrival Of the audience that never came.
About the
MIDDLE OF THE DAY
we encountered one of the faithful (who by
the way is not SO faithful now as he for
merly wasl who in answer to our oft-re-
peated inquiries about the meeti"', informed
us that he had visited the upper part of the
county the day before and learned from
advertisements, conSpicuously displayed,
that the Beurbons Of the 18th, 9th, It'll, 9Th,
and 9th districts were to assemble at
RATTLE SWAMP
early in the day, and were to form a grand
and imposing procession, composed of many
wagons resplsndent with gorgeous banners
and flags, and covered with garlands, which
would probably arrive at Z. NJ. Soon after
we received this information. the snupd Of
music waited OIL the western wind, fell
upon our ears, and fastening down to the
Caravansarv we saw the foremost wagon of
the vast concourse coming down cartridges
hill. Apprehension. some trouble in ascer
tanning the number of carriages in the pro-
cession, we sat down and got ready to count
them as they passed. And this is what we
saw: First came 4 pair CT solan3n-i king
individuals in q buggy. who locked asif they
vera two parsons heading the funeral pro-
cessjen Of their best friend, They were fol-
lowed ly the North Fast Band, who were
seated IN tfsiF wagon and were pulling and
blowing and haininsriE4 and sweating as if
they fully realized tho Importance OF max
ing up by the noise they made for the lack
of mum hers This band was followed by
five carriages, and then came
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followed hy two other carriages. We were
anxious Ia MAKE an accurate report, and
had busted oursef counting the farelGoSt
part of the procession. and were surprised
VIM, We o"ns ',d , ,,iT - ~, y,
friend who had given us the information
before referred to, what it all meant and he
replied that the ',frc by ro'r con,jiIt0tjon
had captured all the rest" Subsequent in
vestigation showed that 4 small number of
vehicles probably four or five left the pro-
cession in the + estrFa sTkurbs Of the town,
and repaired to the caravanSatg nfa. the
depot which the present dynasty delights
to honor as the birthplace Of the New Ring.
a!r. Alex. II. BriscOe was among these.
The pfaessSion, which reminded every body
who saw 1t OF tho military funeral process
sion of a dead soldier went on up Main
street. and after awhile came down Back
and tIIrnsd down North street, and by the
time it reached the caravan.ary again was
cav about half the size it was when it first
passed IL, I'd, lad wagons were anchored
on North street, and ths \, carp I..l.sicians
who had nearly blown themselves away,
were taken into the caravansary and fed.
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