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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
LET HIM MARRY BIZ ALL MEANS

Plata htphid BeA.t...
The repor, that Mir. Tii,ten intends ,o'll
To marry may be true. and ii may rot.
We venture to hope that ii is. g 'od
wife would be likely to lead him into bet
ter ways and to take him awaE from the
influence of the wicked nephews who
have done so much to get him into
trouble. If the old gentleman would
burn his cipher dictionaries. stop wasting
his money upon Returning Boards, pay
up his income tax, get religion, and settle
down into the quiet of domestic life he
would have i chance OF becoming really
haDpY
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
LOT OR PARCEL Of LAND,

situate in the village oi North East. in said cuun-
~. designated IN the plat of Pcrkin>vile. as Lot
No 80, on the north side of Walnut street.
This Lot has front Of 81 feet on Walnut street.
and runs back to tdc-water of North East River.
and il unmpruvcd.
TERMS OF SALE prescribed by the decree.
are: The purchase money 10 be paid in cash on
day OF sale. Purchaser must pay cost OF convey
ancc.
l.. MARSHALL HAINES. Trustee.
Feb :, lsSJ-t% Elhton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

The Brooklyn Gnjoh-.tfyux says that
'.he Democratic cry throughout the land
has been against the presence OF bayonets
at the polls. The Republicans maintain
that frauds are more dangerous than ba, =
onets." That is, each party declares
against that with which it is least fami-
lar and therefore fears most. The Re-
publicans became intimately acquainted
with bayonets and their just use during
the Rebellion, while the Democrats were
then, and have been ever since, concoct-
them in practice.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

Mr.. RoEERT +. SMITH. Secretary of
the state Temperance Alliance. met the
Committee on Temperance, on Wctlnes-
day. when Wednesday next, / it'll instant,
10 \. NJ, was fixed upon for the hearing
"ithc committee of the State Temperance
Alliance to urge the passage of local
option hill for various counties in the
State. 1t was decided To invite all who
desire to discuss the temperance question
to be present, particularly delegates from
counties which desire local option legisla-
ZION.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

IT is just as we'll to remind Democratic
Journals who are abusing the Maine ST.
preme Court that Chief Justice Appleton
was appointed as 4 Democrat, by Dem
oclatir Governor, twenty-eisht years ago
and has never been known in all that
time, to minglc i'll partisan politics. A
pure, upright, independent Judge. he has
long had the confidence of all the people
o Maine
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

FROM the first Of February to the first
Of May will be just ninety days, and be-
fore that time has elapsed we shall know
the feeling of the atmosphere with the
mercury on the other side of twenty de-
..ieeS below zero The month that has
lust ended has won for itself the title.
Gentle January. February cannot " in
distinction for greater mildness, and
therefore its only chance for fame is
10 make for tie other extreme, and
condense into its twenty-nine days much
loi the cold which is usually distributed
through a whole Winter. 1t is not i'm
probable that the February upon which
i've have now entered will be the coolest
i ebruary until 1920, or even 1920.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
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PRE-E .slNsNTLY VALUABLE FOR IT'S LOCAL AS WELL As
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF TE-
COUNTY, III ADDITION TO The WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
O. ITS REGuLkE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO
ATTENTION, THE FLAME OF THE WRITER BEING REQUIRED
III AL GASES As A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED GRATUI-
TousLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL NATTER.
Local matter, Ten cents line for single inser
fi0a.
IrdnSieM rafeS-Ei9h cents a iine for one, and
Four cents line for every additional insertion.
one inch Of space counted Ttseire lines. One
t0!nmn, Fire Dollars per inch gear.
-Four changes diiowed TO yearly advertisers ritheu
additional charge.
The circulation Of The Hhig Icing Gmong the
most Intelligent classes Of Cecil coanty and the
adjoining counties Of Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Deidirare, lis proprietor confidently recommends i!
10 Business Men a most desirable medium for
rsnanerGtice advertising.
To maintain its high standard as family journal
no offensive or Objectionable Advertisements IW be
adniited into its columns at any price.
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ORPHANS CON6T.

ElIE Stated Meeting of the Orphans
l. Court Of Cecil county will be held on the
SECOND TUESDAY in every month. EXecu-
tors Administrators and Guardians. wanting
their accounts stated. will please bring in the
vouchers d few days before Court.
II. ID. MILLER.
Jan 4, 1s7e-y Register.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

WHILE the United States government
IS at peace and fast paying off its debt,
most Of the European powers are supper
ting more soldiers than they need and are
~-"ntracting loans. This looks well for
our future.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
ID ED.

BCFFl\GTON.-At his residence near
center school house, i'll he Fourth district,
on he 9th Of January. JESSIE BUrEING-
Ton, in the 10th year of his aye.
MCINTIRE-Near Glasgow, Del, on Jan
uary :iOth 1880. MATILDA MCINTYRE, wife
of Samuel iIcIntire, aged 90 years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

THIS is the feeblest attempt at
genuine Winter within the memory of
the oldest inhabitant.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

1r seems preposterous to expect Demo-
Gratis to 20 to ChUrch fora candidate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

THERE is 10 longer any danger Of
scarcity of ice next Summer. February
Las come to the rescue nobly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

CHEIsTIANITY is doing its best to make
right rule the world. but the horrible rev.
entions Of institutions for the protection
uf children make it look as if might were
keeping the upper hand pretty steadily.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

TIM Baltimore Nc,rs says that the cold
taat city. but the people were glad to get
it. y little Winter would be agreeable.
if only for the sake of change
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
FOR. R,ENT

\ 7 RISING ST n. that splendid Store
~ and Dwell ling. ournor of Queen and Cherry
streets, suitable for Il general merchandising bust
ness. An energetic man can find no better stand
any where in Maryland. and it il the best in
Risin" Sun. For particulars. inquire of
a. RUIpEL.
Jan PIT the premises.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

FEBRUARY comes in like lion. and
VIII go out-better wait till it goes out
before saying anything about it. Wealth
or prophecies arc awiully uncertain now
> laws
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

lr money is properly used great deal
can be done u alleviate the condition of
the peasants of Ireland. But it must not
liaye any chance being used politically.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

FEBRUARY comes boldly and promptly
to the rescue of this Winters damaged
reputation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

Our representatives at Washington
have the utmost faith in the ability of
the country to take care of itself.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

The average man, i'll this slippery
weather. looks as if he were walking on
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

SOMEBODY has been administering hp-
podermic injections Of morphine to Con-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

EVERYBODY knows who Tilden'S first
choice is. The Democrats are curious to
know who his second choice will be.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

WHEN the Democrats in Maine come to
cast up their accounts they will find that
they have made large sales of honor
and ''small profits of any kind.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

II must not be forgotten that there are
I'VE sunday nights this month, in which
naidenS fair or plain may avail them
selves Of Leap Year privileges.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

The dySpeptic remarks of the Demo
cratic press are a fair indication of the
way Democrats feel with regard to the
next Presidential election.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

iToRR-IPIED Cox the daprer little New
/ ork Congressman whom witty Repre-
entatiyc Horr, of Michigan, has dubbed
Little Buttercup," will be still more
certified if Mark Twain ever repre- sents
connecticut i'll Congress. When he sees
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

JOEL Il. CRAIG
RICHARD II. WARDELL. RACHEL WAR
DELL. his wife. MARY G. CRAIG. MIS-
souri, !. CRAIG. MARY i. CRAIG
ROBERT c. CRAIG LEAH CRAIG his wife.
REBECCA L. CRAIG. SARAH {. CRAIG
JACOB TOME. DAVID j. NESBITT. AMI
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FRANCIS
CRAIG. deceased.
In the Orphans Court forCcci county. In Equity
No. l. Oh. ID. January 18th. 1850.
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ESTABLISHED IN IS4l,
is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
AT ELKTON md,
BY H. R. TORBERT.

SusscRiPTI On, Two DOLLARS a YEAR IN ADVANCE
SIX MONTHS ONE DOLLAR. No SUBSCRIPTION WILL
Be RECEIVED FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
TIE OBJECT OF ITS PR oPs EToR BENG TO MAKE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

Mr.. TILnt:N is as serene as devil fish
whose antennT have surrounded his vic
tim--the Democratic party, in his case.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAMPA ERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
TO TAXPAYERS.
TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
ORDER NISI.
THE PORT DEPOSIT BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION NJ MBER ONE OF
CECIL COUNTY

MI 7 T. SI4NI SUN. Fl III.
In the Circuit Court ;ur Cecil county In Equity.
No. 955.
ORDERED, This 4th day Of February
" in the year 1850. that the sale made and re-
ported by William J. Jones. Trustee for the sale
OF the murtga"cd real estate OF David L. Simpson,
deceased bc ratified and confirmed. unless
to the contrary thereof he shown on before the
9th day of April next: provided. copy of this
Order DE inserted in some newspaper printed in
Cecil county. once week for one month before
the 9TH day OF March next.
The Report states the amount of sale to he
$4,000. JAMES \. DAVIS, Clerk.
True copy: test JAMES 4. DAVIS.
Feb :. lSS'i-lm Clerk
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

THE moral of Josh Billings success
is a view bad one for boys. 1t shows how
much money can be made by bad spelling.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
Q|'e Qeti| n>hie.

ELKTON, FEBRUARY :, 1880.
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Persons making applications for transfers OF
property will be required To comply with the fol-
lowing sections OF the Code. article 81:
SEC. is. Whenever any persons shall make
application for any allowance or deduction on
account OF the sale. transfer. alienation. loss
removal Of any property. or the collection pay
mcnt Of any public or private security for money.
the County Commissioners or Appeal Tax Court
snail ntcrrOgate him on oath in reference thereto
and the disposal of the same, and especially in
quirc oi him to whom the same has been sold or
transferred. and the amount of the purchase
money. or the money collected. and how the same
has been invested.
Sc. -. They shall also interro"ate said per-
son ON oath in reference t" any acquisition in
vcstmcnt made 10y him and not already assessed.
and the amount OF all such acquisitions and in
vcstmcnt> shall he added to his asscssable proper
ty: ana il lo refuses to answer. no allowance or
deduction shall be made on his assessment.
Ian 24-5w
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07

THE Democratic asses in Congress
showed their usual disposition in kicking
at the dead lion, the late Senator Chand-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-07
Wanted in Cecil County, MARYLAND,

4 GRASS FARM of about go Acres.
"A Healthy locations good land running water
and Orchards necessary. Good buildings and
timber desirable Not more than miles
from Phil. vii. X Bait. Railroad. Give full par
ticularS and price Address SAM. b. HENRY.
No +i36 Germantown Avenue. Philadelphia.
Feb 1-2w&
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Notice to Tax-Payers.

FNlIE County Commissioners of Cecil
4 county. vii! meet a their office. in the Court
House in Elkton. on Tuesday and Wednesday
the 10th and llth. and on Tuesday and Wc,lncs-
day. the 18th and 18th. and on Tuesday. Wedncs-
day and Thursday. the 9th. 18th and 18th days OF
February next. for the purpose OF making trans
ferS and correcting assessments: and notice is
hereby given. that after the 10Th day OF February
next. postirciy no alterations will be made in any
assessment Tor the year 1880
BY order IF. NANARSDALE.
Clerk County Commissioners Cecil county.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-13
ASTRONOMY ADAPTED TO SOUTH
AFRICA.

Gen. Cunynghame, who for several
wears commanded the British forces in
South Africa, in book lately published
by him, tells the following story that he
heard in the Transvaal, as illustrating the
primitive condition Of affairs in that prov
ince: A schoolmaster was lately appoint
ed in Zoutspunberg. One OF his earliest
lessons was to teach the children that the
world turns on its own axis. The chill
dren went home and were impertinent to
their parents and told them that the earth
went round the sun. The elders Of the
district met and consulted regarding the
new doctrine, and finally agreed to refer
the subject to the minister, who requested
the schoolmaster to explain.
The schoolmaster said: II teach them
nothing but the movement Of the heav-
enly bodies and that the earth revolves
around the sum-" The minister answer
ed: "Well, this may be true, no doubt,
and what the earth does in Holland; but
it would be more convenient at present If
in Zoutspunberg you would allow the sun
still to 90 round the earth for q few years
longer. We do not like sudden changes
in such matters" The schoolmaster took
the hint, and for the present the sun is
allowed in Zoutspunberg to move - here
tofos.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-13

defed all our effort. We went to Tony
to ask an explanation. He answered US
by letting hose-pipe discharge itself for
ten minutes or 80 on stalwart root grow
ing near, and then showing US how cas-
lily our united strength could dislodge it.
"Groun' got to be soakin' -jes' like
SPONGE" he said; "den yo' do it-jes's l
tell yo'."
The morning Of the day it cleared we
went to him. He grinned when he saw
US afar off, and began a pantomime of
STOPPING and pulling which We well un-
derstood. "Ebbcry ting reddy now" he
said, "yo' kin git yo' ten t'ousan' if yo'
wan to. Tell ye, chiren," he continued,
"keep 'um all in heap, out o sight,
som'er, till yo' git all yo' want, n EN-
pile 'um up, de white roots inside, nice
so yo' fader can count UNI easy"
We pulled docks two hours, and by
that time we had emptied four handcart
loads.under the woodshed, and piled them
neatly, one hundred and fifty strong. But
we could do no more-at least that day.
Our backs ached; our fingers were bis
tered-to say nothing Of boots and clothes
stiffened with the mud Of the soaked soil,
and drenched from the dripping weeds.
When father came home on the third
afternoon, we took each one of his hands,
and led him out-silently, in reply to his
questions, but with giggles and capers he
was at loss to understandable we
Walked him in front of the white bristling
piles in the woodshed.
There they are" said one Of us.
Five piles-a hundred in each, add
ed the other.
"A penny apiece, father"
"Tm going to start library"
I'm going to have the best puppy
Father looked from one to the other as
We spoke. "How did you get them ?
he asked.
1--WE pulled EN-"
Pulled EN-! You pulled EN-
I'VE pulled EN-"
When we had sufficiently enjoyed our
triumph we explained. He regarded us
with wide open eyesof comic astonishment
meanwhile, and then he gravely drew his
portemonnaie from his pocket and count
ed US out each two dollars and half.
"Well, boys" says he, 81 don't know
but I've got my five dollars worth as
well as you. jim! Here!' he called.
Tell your father to set all you fellows to
work on dock-roots all over the place /;
don't leave single one, if it takes all
day"-and before he had finished talking
we were already on our way to Tony, and
Dick gathered up his own especial favor
ite into his arms, looking at it as if 1t
were package Of Hopes candy and he
were hungry. The next day father
brought me ont my Robinson Crusoe.-
Mrs. Z. c. Gibson, in the Christian
Union.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-13
THE USE OF THE GREAT PYRA-
MID.

The endorsement Of Piozzi Smiths old
and fantastic theory about the Great Py-
ramid, by Mr.. Proctor, the astronomer.
is fairly hit off by the wag of the New
York Times, who says: 1.-The real Pur-
pose for which the great pyramid was
built bears not the slightest resemblance
to Mr.. Proctor's little romance, and ought
to be plain to every thoughtful observer.
The pyramid is surrounded by soft sand
of great depth, and was originally par
italy cased with polished stone, though,
of course, a staircase existed at one of the
corners. 1t was built to supply the
Egyptian public with the means of sliding
down hill in country where snow never
falls. The Egyptian who paid the re-
quisite entrance fee was allowed to as
ceud the pyramid by the staircase, and
then slid down the polished granite side,
plunging pleasantly and harmlessly into
the sand at the foot. No sled or other
apparatus were needed. The Egyptian
simply sat down on the warm and COM
Portable granite, and slide down without
any unpleasant friction. Doubtless, this
was a fashionable amusement for both
sexes and all ages. and the builders or
lessees of the Great Pyramid Sliding Rink
must have made good thing out of it.
"The interior Of the pyramid, as its
plan proves, was a combined ice house
and beer cellar. The ice man had mere
ly to dump his blocks of ice in the first
passage, and they slid downward into the
chamber intended for their reception.
The second chamber was vast beer res
ervoir, kept cool by its proximity to the
ice chamber. Tubes led from it to the
bar which, of course, existed outside of
the pyramid, and thus ice-cold beer was
supplied to the Egyptian public during
the hottest weather, and, let us hope,
at popular prices"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-13
NUMBER L.
A REMARKABLE INVENTION.

For an indefinite number of ages, deaf
people have gone on putting their ear
trumpets in their ears, and have never
thought to put them in their mouths, as
it now appears they should. Every aur-
ist has always known that the external
ear is not the only avenue of approach to
the auditory nerve, and any unprofes-
sional person who thinks it is can never
have tried the simple experiment Of put
ting a watch between his teeth and stop
ping his ears. Mr. Richard S. Rhodes
of Chicago did this one day about year
ago. as not less than million people had
done before him, but he is the first one to
whom the sounds heard under such cir
cumstances suggested the idea that fan
like instrument held between the teeth
would greatly help deaf people to hear.
Ever since that time he has been develop
ing his "audiphone," as he calls it, and
within few days it had its first public
trial in an indianapolis institution for the
instruction of deaf mutes. The reported
results are astonishing. A bright little
girl about 10 years old was the first to
whom the test was applied. For num-
Der of years she had been totally deaf
and speechless, but "she had not listened
a minute before her features lighted up
with smile that told the whole story"
Several other children confirmed the happy
result, and it was regarded established
that persons in whom the auditory nerve
exists at all can be made to hear, even
though the ordinary ear-trumpet Is OF no
help to them. And as dumbness is only
a result Of deafness, it follows that the
dumb can be taught to speak, as, indeed,
they have been for several years in an
institution in this city, but only by the
most laborious methods, and not with
entire success. Mr.. Rhodes cites one case
in which two sisters who had not heard
each others voices for number of years,
resumed conversation within the first hour
of using the audiphone. 1t still remains,
however, to invent help to hearing which
will be inconspicuous There would seem
to be no rational reason why people should
shrink from using an ear-trumpet any
more than an eye glass, unless, perhaps,
that deafness is more unusual than i'm
perfect sight, and therefore attracts more
attention. But the fact remains that
deaf people are very averse to using artl-
fetal aids to hearing, and multitudes will
prefer to hear partially and compel their
friends to shout, rather than to use any
thing which confesses their deafness
Nep York Times.