The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-05-07
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flowers. lie stepped upon the porch,
pnllcl The old fashioned knockcr, and
one OF the ladies Of the family respond
cd 10 his summons.
He read he order to her, which said
that in one hour from that moment the
property would be destroyed, and that
only the personal effects of the ladies
could be removed. This was the course
pursued by the Confedcrates when they
destroyed Governor Bradfort's property.
The officer withdrew. aud III ten minutes
Geographic appeal Went over the wires
to Mr.. Lincoln through Colonel Ward ii.
Lamon, who was born and raised in that
county. He had left it early in life and
gone to Illinois. where he had become
intimate with Mr.. Lincoln. and was then
i'll Washington as his Marshal of the Dis
/ trict of Columbia and IN intimate friend.
! The people of his native county often
drew upon him for favors, and rarely
were their drafts dishonored. When the
telegram was on its way the ladies, Mrs.
Faulkner and two daughters, prepared
themselves to leave their home, and then
waited for the dreaded moment to arrive.
messenger waited at the station for an
answer to the dispatch they had sent,
but the moments flew and none came.
The clock showed the hour was within
notch of being up, and the officer to
apply the torch was already at hand.
When the hand of the clock rested upon
almost the last beat the messenger from
the station was seen coming up the grav-
eled road at breakneck speed. He had Il
dispatch, and it was from Mr.. Lincoln,
and it directed that the property of Mr..
Faulkner should not be destroyed.
Big No. 10" She Goes Like a Bird
Engineer Covert says the New York
S"ii, who is in charge of the engine, pull
ed the throttle open in Philadelphia at
80 o'clock on Monday morning, and
though delayed eight minutes in Trcn-
ton. put her through to Jersey City on
schedule time in one hour and fifty min
utes. This was ninety miles in 102 min
utcS.
''She goes like a bird, he said, as he
dismounted, adding, land She rides as
easy as a rocking chair
Monday afternoon. Covert held the
monsters lever ahead of the fast o clock
10
delayed him four minutes, but the opera
tor who saw the flash of the train as it
Numbered by South Elizabeth reported
her less than one minute late. There
were tritling delays, and this one minute
was yet against her at Trenton. Seven
miles from Philadelphia there was an
obstruction, and she was held three min
utcs. Covert rode into West Philadel-
phia late. just three minutes, having
had to make the ninety miles III l13 min
utes, with three stops, entailing in stop
page, loss of Roadway, and the regain
ing of Roadway, between fifteen and
twenty minutes.
A stop is reclloned loss of two
minutes, and Il slow up is put at one
minute and Il half. The railroad officials
say that not long ago Engineer Osmund,
driving an ordinary anthracite engine
ahead of a delayed section of the fast
line west, came from Philadelphia to .Ier-
sey City in ninety-threc minutes, having
made five stops and four slow ups. so
that he lost sixteen minutes and made
The best time made by the new long
legged engine was done on experimental
trip last week between Huntingdon and
Altoona. a thirty four mile stretch, every
foot of which is up grade. She made
one mile in tifty-seven seconds and an
other mile i'll tifty-eight seconds; but the
fact of most value to the railroad mer
who watched her was that every thing
about her ran cool.
Superintendent McCrea of the New
York division is going to keep the new
engine on the fast / clock train out ant
fast morning run in from Philadelphia
studying her behavior on those lines, be.
cause it is agreed that if she keeps coo
boxes, combats strong gales, pulls those
extra heavy trains, and is not troubled
with low steam. there is no passenger
work on the road that she will not b,
able to do satisfactorily.
The World Wouli be Much Improved.
If wives gave up scolding. If gossip.
were tongue-tied. If more people tolt
the truth. II stray ours We're shot OF
. the spot. If homes were made happier
for children. If people didn't live be
You'd their income. II young and ole
took more care of their health If PEG
pie knew how to make the right use Of
money. II there were less rivalry il
dress among women. If No. ) wouldn't
try to get in No. % shoes. Ii those start
ing in life learned to lay by a little Ii
people generally inclined more 10 fur
and less to fighting. If company din
rers were a little palmer and every day
ditto a little better. If young married
couples were less interfered with by rela
tiVeS. II women took Il little more car.
of their husbands and little less of poo,
, dies. If men and women worked theil
own way i'll placing of waiting for ricl
. relations to die. II there We're Il good
deal less preaching about religion, and /;
of f.
merchants tried to carry on 4 800, 00C
business on 1000 capital. If children
were trained with q view to future use.
fulncss and taught to be Selt-dependcnt
If more people learned to be good-na-
;urcd as they go through life and avoid
the prospect of a cross grained old age
If there less hunting for fancy white
handed occupations and more willing,
ness for genuine old-fashioned har,l-listed
work. II all the would be authors OF
The Beautiful Snow were ovcrtakcr
by SHOW drift too deep to dig them out
Of. If all merchants had faith III print
> er> ink and the incaculable aid and as
sstance derived from lively. spicy
newsy sheet.
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