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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08
Daniel webster's PORTRAIT.

Painting Daniel Webster's Portrait,
Webster, said Mr.. Healy, the cele-
brated American portrait painter, was
an excessively bad sitter. l had been
commissioned to paint his portrait for
King Louis Philippe, and for Lord Ash
burton, as well as to prepare portrait
| which is now in the State Department at
Washington. On the first evening after
my arrival at his house in Marshfield,
the subject of the painting was ap,
preached onlyln the conversation after
dinner. The great man inquired how
many sittings L should want and how
much time he must give. I was much
impressed by his ponderous voice and
his grand manners; SO I answered,
rather modestly, "Six sittings of two
hours each. ? 81 can't give 'em, " said
Mr. Webster, in his deepest voice. l
reflected q moment and then answered !:
1t is very well to know that, forI shall
now be able to return to Boston in the
forenoon of tomorrow. "How is
that phe said. / stated that my in
I variable rule was to have SIX sittings,
that as I had three portraits to finish, /
could not undertake to do the work un-
less he would be kind enough TO comply
with my conditions. Il could not, [
said, "agree TO give faithful resem-
biance Of yourself to Lord Ashburton
and to the King without six sittings."
He seemed amazed at my presumption.
but finally he said: Every woli; 1 will
do the best j can. A lady who was
present subsequently, remarked to me
that she had never heard any one speak
in that way,to Mr.. Webster before. al
am proud OF you," she said. He proved
a kindly, though difficult sitter. After
he had risen from one Of the sittings he
placed his hand on my shoulder and &C.
companied me to the door. "Mr.
Healy," said he, and his voice seemed to
shake the threshold Of the door,
edo you see the brow Of yonder
hill? Go there with the telescope
which you see hanging in the hall, put
it to your little eye, and when you come
back tell meif in Europe there is such
an enchanting spectacle. ? "Nol Ssplen.
did subject, bad sitter-impatent-
such was Mr.. Webster = cat little
later period, he added, was In
Washington making 9 study Of Mr..
lWebster's head for a picture Of him as
he appeared when replying 10 Hayne in
1880. Mr.. Webster, who was often
weighed down with public duties, man.
aged to give us an occasional morning.
A French artist friend Of mine, a dimin-
Nutiye but very agreeable person named.
Du Bourial, was admitted at the same
time with myself to make studies for an
aquarelte. One morning after had
finished my details Of the face and was
to paint the garments and some small
matters connected with the statesman's
general appearance, Mr.. Webster ar
eriyedin very bad Chumor. | made the
mistake Of trying to talk him out of it,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08

We hitched a couple of farm horses to
a spring-wagon, filed il with provisions,
tents and blankets, and struck out for
the mountains, travelling from fifteen to
twenty miles per day. The first place
we reached of Importance was the Big
Trees of Calayeras county. must adj
NIT that they staggered my imagination.
and exceeded anything in the vegetable
growth i had ever seen.f In the stump
OF one OF these treesa ballroom thirty
three feet across is built, and it requires
ladder of eighteen steps to ascend TO
the top Of the log, on which was built a
ten-pin alley. 1t has been burnt up,
but the body of the old charred mon.
arch OF the forest still remains. Think
OF it, o hollow log through which one
can ride on horseback 100fee and comol
out through knot-holel There are
some ninety of these trees, measuring
from fifty to 100 feet in circumference
and reaching up to the skies-from 800
to $50 feet. They are the rem
nant of q past fora that one
time was more common, but are
now confined ito some dozen groves
scattered from here to Kings river
grand old trees, that have withstood the
storms Of thousands Of winters, and were Z
sapling whens Moses was q little boy
found in the bulrushes of the Nile.
What history could they tell What
q monument of growthtT Enough to
shame the vanity of proud Cheops, the
builder OF the Pyramids, = They have
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08
Did Not Understand lJourpali,m.

Irecollect sitting at table, in London
beside the editor Ola leading journal.
he said: II am in distress; have
lost one Of my regular writers.p I did
not know about journalism at the time,
sol remarked ri suppose you viii
have to get another" He replied: n
Sect anotheric / will have Co get
three, and l will be surprised IL at the
end Of a year one Of these three writers
does as well as TIVE writer I have lost -
Goldi0in Smith.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08

In PARIS, at the commencement Of n.
war OF 1901, many Of the peonIe bsIS
rtthat the heavy firing on the battle AeIJs
iar away caused the constant storms 4; 4,
NE capital during the months Of August
a apd September. They would watch th Ss
heavy clouds gathering, and AZ tba srs ny
distant al peal Of thunder reached tbe ;r
ears, would shudder and say \ % Acain !
they are fighting. All, mon Dieu Is and
- few moments the Madeleine wo NIL,
% tlled with women on their knees
trembling with fear and anxiety for az
loved ones far away. The storm clouds '
invariably filed the churches.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08
HUMoRs OF THE DAY.

A WESTERN desperate recently shos
dead a man because he wouldn't pray.
How very dangerous Western life would
be for many of us.-New Haven Reg.
lister, 10 fflI 9ELG Wis il s
"How could you think Of calling
auntie stupid? Go to her Immediately
and telt her you are sorry" Freddie
goes to auntie and says, "Auntie, am.
sorry you are so stupid" sN4AlJ ~
EMMA ABBorr has inventeda new kiss.
If she desires to dispose Of the old lot ut
cost she can learn Of something to her
advantage by calling at his office out Of
business hours, n Lotoslt- Citizen. 4
TWENTY years ago." says colored
philosopher, "niggers was wuf thou
sand dollars apiece. Now dey would be
deah at two dollars dozen. It's ston-
ishing' how de race am depreciatin y
"YoqB husband is not in to-day,
ma'am, SAID q collector Who called at
the door, g No, he is not" $40 You
know where can find him ?" II guess
he's gone fishing. He carried glass
bottle with something he called bait,n RI
,Atsr MATILDA "And do you study
geography, Janet? ?" Janet Geogra-
ply? l should think so, indeed IT,
Aunt Matilda-"Wheres Glasgow
janet" Glasgowy On, we haven't got
SO farasth It. We've only got as far as
Asia,ea ~ - y . wa fliks IS asl.l~ &
Now that elephants milk has been
analysed and found to be superior to
cows milk, of course it. will become
fashionable. And as il will be sold at 4
high price, dealers can afford to make it
of fine quality of chalk and very pure
water. 4 ,.
"SAM, you are not honest Why do
you put all the good Strawberries ON the
top of the measure and the little ones
below" "Same reason, sab, dat makes
de, front of your house marble and de
back gate chiefly slop lbar'l, sah. Err
change. y $780, rTar.4r
UNCLE NOSE asked Gus De Smite
why it was that the weather was SO much
warmer in summer than inwinter. 81
Thought every darned fool knew that
growled Gus. SO did |, boss. That's
why | puts de question to you on, pur.
pose. "-lsras Sytmgs. -J'tL 'S9- ~
"BBT do you know, pa, 2 said the
farmers daughter, when he spoke to her
about the addresses of his neighbor's
son, "you know, pa, ma wants me to
marry a man Of culture" $50 do ], my
dear, so do I +; and there is no better cul-
ture in the country than agriculture.
"THE Bible says, Love your neigh
Dor as YOURSELF" the parson remarked !;
but of course we must not take this lit
orally. II you manage to love your
neighbor one-hundredth part as much as
you do yourselves, many Of you, it will
be all that can be reasonably expected of
you. "r-Boston Transcript. : -s'- .si
MAMMA" Did you enjoy your ride,
Elise?" Elise-"No, mamma, and rea-
son enough, for Connie James says the
Van Smiths are going to give e dance,
and we're not asked" Mamma-"Well,
my dear, your poor aunt's death was
providenthl-of course we can't 60" o
1T Is said that death turks in cheap
colored stockings. --Neto Orleans Plea
y,tne. Shot, We've known death to
Turk in the toe of an enraged parents
boot but didn't suppose he could kick
man to death in his stocking feet v We
wouldn't go there any more If we were
In your place.-Neto Haren Register.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08
CELESTIAL HoRsEMANsHIP.
Vivid Description OF Chinaman's A.
IA tempt 20 Ride BucGinE Bronco.

IA tempt 20 Ride n BuoGinE Bronco.
| ULJFIV lBn Nys.l slEss
When q Chinaman does most any.
thing In his own peculiar Oriental style,
it is pretty apt to attract attention; but
when he gets on a bucking bronco with
the cheerful assurance of man who
understands his business, and has been
conversant with the ways Of the bronco
for over two thousand years, the great
surging mass Of humanity ceases to
surge, and stands with bated breath
and watches the exhibition with unflag-
ging interest.
A Chinaman does not grab the bit Of
the bronco and yank it around until the
noble steed can see thirteen new and
peculiar kinds Of fireworks, or kick him
In the stomach and knock his ribs loose,
or swear at him till the armament gets
loose and begins TO roll together like a
scroll but be does his hair PIP in an
oriental wad pehind and labs = big hair
Pm INTO II ana smiles, and says some
.ning hke what q Guinea hen would say
y sne gpt excited ana tried % report one
u Dloerns.lerne b]oernson's poems BACK
VIRUS rq IN ms natye tongue, Of y.NiAl.
-, linen ne gets on the wrong side and
sliass INTO the saadie, making q remark
" th0ugh something r inside q hlm "a.
p.Uken loose ana the' grand UNI
NouV seglnss lANll 2At0C y l9jt :,
AZ nrst tne bronco seems surprised
nn9 enipotsriy ra'tieo m,eiecluany
any ~ s'hpus Hiiy "a the gag sunlignt
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-08

i, PIE IN. was belle; ahc had loss,of cash
~ "a n asi own rights and sighed tepderl WV
as S she laid her head upon bis man,
u preasI: oh, George, how / love yo,, /,
I; ne married her, and his friends tbso ~a
w very cents-sigh.bells preceding
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
Charcoal and Its Uses.

Charcoal while cold laid on a burn,
causes the pain to abate Immediately:
by leaving it on for au hour, the burn
seems almost healed, when the burn Is
many other purposes. Tainted meat,
surrounded with it. is sweetened; strewn
over heaps of decomposed pelts, OF even
dead animals, or it prevents any unpleas-
ant odor. Foul water is purified by ii.
1t is a great disinfectant, and swcetcns
offensive air if placed in shallow trays
in it's "minute interior" it absorbs and
condenses gases most rapidly. one
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will absorb
nearly one hundred inches of gaseous
ammonia. Charcoal forms an unrivaled
poultice for malignant wounds and sores,
often corroding away dead flesh, reduc-
ing it to one-quarter in six hours. In
cases of what we call proud flesh, it is
invaluable. IL gives no disagreeable
odor, corrodes no metal, hurts no texture.
Injuries no color, is a simple and safe
sweetcner and disintectant. A teaspoon
full of charcoal, in half 4 glass of water,
often relieves sick headache: it absorbs
the gases and relieves the distonded
stomach pressing against the nerves
which extend from the stomach to the
head Ii often relieves constipation.
pain or heartburn.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
SELF-CONTROI. I'M SOCIETY.

From .iadIen"s' -imerj"an Q""cm
Good breeding gives us certain definite
rules, and while these are observed, So
ciety is possible, else it disintegrates.
But we may. without losing seli-respect,
exercise vast self control, and not show
that we distrust people, nor that we
vastly like them; we need not wear our
hearts on our sleeves for DAVIS to peck
at. Members OF the same family should
never quarrel i'll public. This is often
done by two sisters of uncertain tempers.
and the crowd laughs. The French have
a pgoverb about this, perhaps too we'll
known to be quoted. Never show that
you feel slight. This is worldly wise
as well as Christian, for no one but Il
mean person will put a slight on another.
and such person always profoundly re-
spects the one who is unconscious of his
feeble spite. Never resent publicly a
lack of courtesy; it is III the worst taste.
What you do privately about dropping
such an acquaintance must be left to
yourself. TO person of noble mind,
the contests of society must even seem
poor and furious rs they think of these
narrow cnmities and low political maneu-
vers; but We know that they exist, and
that We must meet them. Temper, de-
traction, and small spite are as vulgar on
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
Wheat Soil.

The farmer must SOW his wheat upon
such land that he has, it may he clay on
sand, wet or dry, rich or poor. If it be
clav, and other conditions are favorable
he may expect 4 plump, soft berry. and
full crop. If his soil is sandy. and other
conditions favorable, the wheat is likely
to have a smaller but harder kernel, the
quality will perhaps he better, but the
quantity somewhat less. If the soil be
too moist it will pay to under-drain.
Tile drains, two rods apart, and At an
average depth Of three feet, have doubled
the crop and paid the total expense of
the drainage in a single year. If for any
reason understanding cannot be prac-
ticed, no fear of incommoding the reaper
ought to be allowed to prevent maxim.
a sufficient number of open burrows for
surface drainage. The greatest possible
Inconvenience at harvest time is poor
crop. Blacky. mucky land, after it is
drained, may need TO be dressed with
fertilizers, such as salt, lime, or bone
dust. A dry, poor soil needs barn yard
manure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08

may be fully tested and compared. Al
4 central market you meet with numer-
Gus experts, and their Judgment gives
more satisfaction and greater weight
than that of one person when opinion is
liable to be suspected or biased perhaps
! for private ends. When at L regular
central market there is always a commu-
/ nifty Of intercsts-a spread of intelli-
gence, not only as to market values, but
rs to production and manufacture. which
are OF very great utility to the producers
! interest.
| | have endeavored to show forth some
of the more salient advantages that re-
/ suit from the establishment of central
markets, markets which ought to he i'll
augurated in every dairy section of our
/ country.
! The advantage of a healthy competi-
| ton among buyers who know just where
/ to place their goods has u very marked
influence upon sales and prices. have
known goods to sell at the interior mar
| kets late i'll the day. after the handling
dealers had retired ut one cent per pounG
below earlier sales. Why? Not because
| the goods were worth less money, but
| because the dealers present had made up
! their supplies and were not certain where
| to place surplus. This is a natural law
Of trade: the risks are increased and con-
sequently larger margin must be ex-
! acted
In the establishment of Il board of
trade there should be mutual agree
ment between buyers and statesmen to
meet at stated market at certain set
days, weekly or at longer periods as is
thought most desirable: and statesmen
must come prepared to offer their goods
and make sale of them so that there shall
be some certainty Of transactions If
cheese be the product it will not be nee
essafy always to have the goods on hand.
The cheese mad at different dates may
be represented by cuttings with the
cheese iron enclosed in glass bottles,
corkcd 50 as to preserve these specimens
in a fresh state. Large quantities of
cheese AT the interior markets of New
York are sold every Monday in this way
and the cheese shipped by rail the fol-
lowing day. In such transactions the
salesman guarantees the cheese to be of
equal quality to the cuttings. TIL I.
should be no Misrepresentation. and any
fault not fairly understood by the buyer
should be fairly arranged on next sale
day.
\ bulletin board should be placed in
the salesroom showing the last weeks
receipts of butter and cheese i'll New
York and Philadelphia, the exports.
cable quotations and the market price of
the day. Also the same points for the
corresponding term last year, that a com
parison may be made. The offerings
should be recorded on the secretary's
book and placed SO as to be accessible to
all members Of the board. or they may
he posted on the bulletin board. Tele-
grams and other informal ;on in regard
to the trade in the chief cities should
also be posted, SO as to be accessible to
all.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
A Plous Farmer on Grasshoppers

A correspondent of the St. Paul Pho
neer Press relates the following from an
old farmer of Sibley, Iowa, who related
to him his experience with wheat and
grasshoppers:
Year after year, | sowed my grain.
and it would come up thick, and pretty
and fresh, and the grasshoppers would
swoop down and take it all. But never
tlinchcd That wheat was the Lords be
fore it was mine, and ] said to myself.
The earth is the Lords and the fullness
thereof, and | reckon he knows what he
is about. 1t was pretty tough, though,
when | got 50 poor that | couldn't buy
seed: but when the State Aid Society
sent me some, and when lots Of farmers
were selling their land to land-sharks,
took the seed and sowed it, just us conf
dent like as though I'd always had good
crops, and | said when | got it all done,
TN trust him, though he Stay me- My
neighbors said l was a fool, but l only
smiled and looked to God: and that year
raised six hundred bushels of wheat,
and soon was well-to-do again. The
grasshopper plague was taken away, and
says to my neighbors-~says |, Don
YOU see it is better to trust i'll the Lord:'
'IIe meant it all right, and it is my
opinion we need touching up little, be
cause our lands are rich and raise such
splendid crops that, if it hadn't been for
that drawback, we have made so much
money, we'd likely as not got so proud
we'd have forgot God. I'll tell you how
it is: farmer in particular has so many
things to fight, all the elements coming
against him at once sometimes, that II
he don't just rely ON God all the time,
his temper's pretty apt to get spoilt, and
everything goes wrong, and he's the
miserablest man in the world: while, ii
he II do the best he can, and leave every
thing with God he's all right.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
WHOLE No. 2,O26

Turkey carpet and III palace as they
are in tenement house: nay worse, for
| the educated contestants know better.
We must reflect philosophically that it
and there are good people, rank and file:
there are also pirates who will board the
best ships, and traitors in every army,
and we must be ready for them all.
Never show 4 factious OF peremptory
irritability in small things BE patient
if 4 friend keeps you waiting, Bear, as
long as you can, heat or a draught, rather
than make others uncomfortable. Do
not be fussy about your supposed rights;
yield a disputed point of precedence.
All society has to be made up of these
concessions: they are your unnrmbered
friends in the long run. We are not al
ways wrong when we quarrel; but if We
meet our deadliest foe at n friend S house,
we are bound to treat him with perfect
civility. That is neutral ground. Never
by word OF look, disturb your hostess;
this is an occasional duplicity which is
ordered by the laws of society. And, i'll
all honesty, cultivate graceful saluta-
ton, not too familiar in a crowd. DO
not kiss your friend in Il crowd: be grave
and decor Gus always. Burke said that
manners were more important than laws.
manners are what vex or soothe, COM
fort or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize
or refine us, by a constant, steady, uni
form, insensible operation, like the air
we Breathe \ salutation may have Il
great deal Of meaning in ii. Ii may say,
Il respect you, and wish you we'll Ii
may say, II love YOU" 1t may say, 81
hate you.' In a crowd it should simply
say the first. The bow of a young lady
should be maidenly, quiet, not too de-
monstrative, yet not too cold or forbid
ding. The salutation of a man to a woman
cannot be too respectful. 1t is to be
feared that odd fashioned courtesy has
no place in our fashionable society. There
is either GOODNESS or 200 great familiarity.
The manners of young men are apt to be
too careless. They emulate the manners
of men of the age too much, not remem-
bering they should carry i'll their gentle
ways the good manners of all ages. y
lady should remember that when wom-
ans salutation ceases to be delegate, Gle
giant, and finished, she steps down from
her throne and throws away her scepter.
There is no salutation, however, more
displeasing than that of too etiiorescent
and tlattering subserviency. 'lie bows
too low" should never be said. Avoid
being a snob in private as i'll a crowd.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

I hereby give notice to my creditors,
= cndorScrs ami -urctirS that | have applied Ia
the Judges OF the Circuit Court f0r Cecil county
i"r ia" hcn"iit al the ln@ulycnt Lnw> of Mary
lHnI. and that IL" Clerk OF the salt, Court has
ordered ;I'. HpIutta't the Nineteenth day II sep
tender, 1881. tor III" 10 appear before the SAID
.imsl-- 1T tho tolrr Uuusr il Eiktyn. To answer
>i.,. ,ui yTFo.:itur''> and allegations my crrdi-
;urs, "!',"r>ug> ~Tr,tics tuaN there rrnpns" or
alice lsgit'i>t me. EDWARD =. WEST.
Lulln
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08

The Wounded chief stil,iu"ly lay,
Worn on with pain and ;tshcl gray.
What monks hiS weary eyes each day"
The deadly calm at f,lberUll.
. stihin. calm, . furnace air
Despite the kIl,lrst, t"udercSt care
And notwithstanding round him there,
\ deep gloom rests on Elbernn.
''Blow heal;hful hree2es! Fresh wind,
blow
The Nation prayS: blow high, blow low;
tive but a chance for hope to grow,
.And Hit the pan from Eib"rou.
The nations pray: al England race
thc past forgotten, now embrace,
Aud slIpviicate that, OF God 5 grace.
iilis cup may pass from Eibft,n.
The hcalthtul wind responsive blows,
The ccp!l,r rain in torrent flows,
The inNious face more hopeful grows,
With Il stiIi-Sca brecZ:' 1T f.ibrron.
The ocean waves swell strong and high
'fii" >:ilen luistS are all blown by,
\ bow OF promise spans ;llc sky
God sum smile, fair on i.lbct"n.
DAYS r"r,lr and 90: the rosy morn
Vow iunc!<s HAT frame. ny anguish torn
those deadly itfnGS so nOhlN borne
Thy breeze ;tyaiis NOT, Elbtron,
';r,hs"lnane's !l"od-Sweat an! pain,
And prayer and tears We're ;tll IN vain:
We shall not see our chief again
\ sigh breath,S over l3iberon.
They tell ~ hope is not Yet dead -
Bat Will" they speak the shadows dread
-! -lZranl's wings are widely spread
Above he cot at Elberon,
. worn out hero, tired chief,
Death gently comes and gives rrliet,,
And all ii" worlG i nlirl with grief
Toll, midnight bells Of Eihrron.
Poor aged Notwithstanding sore
IA far Ohio. him She hor"-
tod $ peace la thee. Twill soon H., DER
SCOTS viii! b. ,l3!lc" ut E.lbcron.
ANA aAou, q stricken wife, art seen
pt!nll rs vile hath rarely iI'--',.
Sweet words are rhos" from England s
Queen:
'G"d coliiior, you It: Elheron.
Gui comfort all. The lruiSele>S clay
\ ween!r@ peop',. bears away
10 wait the i'rsurrc,"tio, Day
Ear, far away rom ElEcron.
The soul hath lett tine IiIeie>s cIod.
lhpruc by ang,is-irilaijei,-
From mortal arm; |" arms ot God,
Ger wrilkle,t sea II Elherou.
t.. /. T..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08

III the history q American dairying
two grand features stand out prominently
to mark iT,lrho!y the pro5res, oI this
greet industry; First, tie establishment
o! the associated system OF dairyin~. and
second the organization of dairy boards
Of trade ny which the products of the in
!ustry may DC marketed to the best adj
vantage