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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
The Dog.

The dog is digitlgrade carnivorous
mammal This will be news to most
persons, who had always supposed that
dog was simply dog.
1t has been bruited about that the
dog is the best friend to man among
the brute creation.
He pants after the thief When
once he gets hold Of the thief's pants
he makes breaches.
A barking dog never bites; that is
to say, when he begins to bite he stops
barking. Conversely, biting dog
never barks, and for similar reasons.
The hair of a dog will cure his bite.
This Is a cure-ious superstition among
hair Drained young men who are fast
going to the dogs.
Dogs are dentists by profession,
They insert teeth without charge.
The sea dog loves his bark. Did
you ever see dog that didn't?
The bark of tree is unlike the bark
of dog Even dogwoed know this.
Dogs are not always kind, though
there are many kinds of dogs.
Every dog has his day, although dog
days last but few weeks In the year
There must be Sirius error here
The dogs star is the dogs planet.
They planet so that their days come
while the star is in the sky.
They do not fear it. 1t is not a
Skye terrier.
When dog enters pitched battle
he uses the dogs tar.
Brutus said, Il had rather be dog
and bay at the moon than such Ro
man.
He had seen the dogs roamin' around
on the bay.
They never get over the bay.
Sea?
A living dog is said to be better than
a dead lion. There's no lyin' abou
this, but dead log is dog gone bad
Tray was good dog, but tray
worse than the duce when held agains
you.
Dogs were the original Argonatuts
They have never given over thel
search for the fleas.
The bull dog is stubborn fellow
He is not easily cowed.
A great many stories about the do!
nave obtained currency. The maj
who has left part of his clothing will
the dog has cur rent. See?
Puppies are born blind. They ar
not sea dogs then.
There are many types OF dog, in
cludiny the doguerrotyre.
But perhaps we had better paw
here.
Howl this do for the dog?-BOSto'
Transcript.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
The Goat.
nication.

The coat is native Of the vacant lots
about the city, and there are lots of
them.
The goat is omniverous. He will goat
anything that he sees, and will seize any
thing he may goat. 5.
His principal food, however, is play
bill. He is very fond of letters.
The gentleman goat is called Billy, but
he is b,,ly That no policeman can han
dl.
The lady goats are called Nanny. This
is their ewe- Nanny NOUS name.
The young goat is called a kid. Kids
are on hand the year round.
The goat is generous to fault. He
presents a couple of horns to everybody
he sees.
In the matter of mere cash. the CASH
mere goat IS the most famous.
Goats are fond of the outskirts of large
cities; also hoop skirts.
The goat wears beard. 1t is called a
goatee. though not confined to the he
goat.
The goat is noted for his bunting, but
he never flags.
The goat is one of the signs of the zodi-
ac. signify ing that he has ii propensity 10
knock things sky-high.
He never gets high himself. That is to
say, he never gets over the ba-a.a.
SHAKESPEARE understood the spontaneity
of the goat when he said, "Stand not up
on the order of your going, but goat
once"
The goat is wide-awake animal. HI
is never caught mapping, notwithstand
ing the many cases of kidnapping yor
may read about.
For many years the goat was the only
butter known.
| Goats love to get on high rock ant
sun themselves. Give then a chance an(
they will always seek sunny climb.
The COB Pan VAS sort of half goat
All goats do not IAN out as well as HI
did
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

till the grand general Ihaw IA early
spring. when those not already crum-
bled Ly the working OF alternate con
traction and expansion were finished.
Nv informant had his land in mellow
ulih and fine condition fully two werks
and more often-sooner tban any
one else, merely by seasonahly putting
in a few days al odd times. The
physical and physiological effects we're
lasting and strlkingly beneficial. The
larvae Of many insect pests will thus
be killed by exposure. Who IN this
country will try and report results?-
n. Hecksr III Ner EHgiand Homestead.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.

1nls preparation, a, It, name signifies: consist. Of
'o.sOSnw",t rnan one traI the merit. ~ az cO,
Do,,d Iii n, rocognizcd a, rrlIof 4. Immediate, ora
nO a.. noe 4. continucd an ninetv.nne coso in a hur
dod rcrn,ancrt curcis effected asthopsond. will ,,
,Is n, account Of its proyep porits ItIs stodavra.
,,,or,,oJ and nrescrihad INV tho has. nbxs,cans An
ho countrv
!, ,gm crro .ntir,,v the worst form q, t,uics
q, the ptcr,s Iopcorrho,a trrc,,,,Inr aud ,aI,fpt
Mcpstruation. all ovarian Troubles Inflammation and
liberation TIoodiprs all Displacemepts and the con-
.a,,,ot ;noI ool+ness o,d q. csnec,I,v .dsn,od a,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
How She Cured Her Husband Of Heart
Disease.
IPoct'sMlwaakse sun.

ieckH MlNaukee sun.
There is a man up in the Seventh
Ward that hasn't spoken to his wife
for over week. He is so mad that
he wont 20 home TO his meals, and the
other day his wife went to his Office to
get six dollars TO pay for some shoes,
and he told a clerk TO pay her off and
let her 90. He CRATES his teeth when
he goes home of nights, and comes out
of the house every morning. She
came a joke on him, that was all. He
has for years been telling her that he
was sure he had the heart disease, and
that he should 90 off some time in the
night. She got sick of such talk, after
hearing it thirteen years, when she
knew he was as healthy as yearling.
Why, he didn't even know where his
heart was, and could not even point out
the location of any particular portion
of his internal improvements. But he
kept talking about death every little
while. and she said she would break up
that liTtle game as soon as she could
think of any way 10 do so. a spell
ago she bought one of those lndia-rub-
Der water bags, for keeping hot water
at the feet instead of using bottles. II
would hold about three quarts, and
her husband didn't know anything
about it. One night after she had the
water bag to her feet couple of hours
until they were about as warm as q
piece of zinc, and her husband was
snoring away by note, she thought
what good joke it would be to put il
on his stomach, and wake him up
She burst right out laughing at mid.
night thinking of it. She took up the
rubber bag of hot water, and placed i,
on his stomach The bag was abou,
as big as cows liver and as warm as
Il piece of shingle on boy. 1t hadn
been on his chest and other baggage
over two minutes before he slowly
opened his eyes. She stuffed the up
per works of her night gown in hel
mouth to keep from laughing, HI
raised up his head and solemnly SAID
Harriet, my end has come.
(Which end, Josiah? said she, as sh'
rolled over your head or your feet?
and then she put pillow in her mouth
and reached over to him and unscrew
! ed the nozzle that holds the water il
The bag.
i am dying, Egypt, dying, said he
My heart is enlarged to three times it
natural size, aud Oh, | am bleeding Il
DEATH
She had opened the nozzle, and thre
quarts of hot water were pouring owe
him from head to heels. She had no
meant to let out more than half pin
of water on him, but when it got t.
flowing she couldn't stop it, SO she go
out of bed and told him to save him
self. He attempted to stop the flow o
blood, and she struck light and aske'
him If his life preserver had not spruni
a leak, and then he looked at the rub
Der bag, and went and run hlmsel
through a clothes wringer, and h
slept on the lounge the rest of tn
night, and he says his wife is tn
meanest woman that ever drawed tn
breath of life. She tells her friend
that Josiah has been miraculously cure
of heart disease.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

An old German gardner told me lie
had for four years IN his former trans
ssIantic home, on the setting in Of
steady cold weather, broken up the
soil in his vegetable garden into large
cakes and Jumps by means of strong
wedges of seasoned hard wood driven
INTO the ground eighteen inches to two
feet, and even deeper, taking strips
me and half to two feet in width.
i3aid cakes were left loosely lying ex-
posed to the vicissltudes of the season,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
Quick and Sure.

Many miserable people drag themselves
YEARLY about from day to day, not know
ny what ails them, but with failing
strength and spirits. feeling all the time
that they are steadily sinking into their
raves. IF these sufferers would only
,se Parker's Ginger Tonic. they would
find cure commencing from the first
dose, and vitality, strength and cheerful.
ness quickly and surely coming back to
hem with restoration to nerfect health.
See advertising column Tribune. apl7- In
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

The electric light is now used at the
New York theatres to produce various
new and startling effects. 1t is applied
to the incantation scene in the 'Black
Crook" at Niblo's, for instance, with
curious results. 1t flames from the eye
less sockets of the necromancer's skull.
crackles along the dead branches of skep
ton trees, and floods the whole stage with
unearthly brilliancy. In the duel scene
electric wires run through the handles of
the swords of the combatants and when
the blades meet circuit is completed
and flashes of lightning play around the
weapons in most diabolical fashion. This
is probably the first time that electricity
has been Systematically applied to stage
purposes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
Ba-a a!-BoStOn Transcript.
Two. uichins dirty and ragged, were

Two. ulchins dirty and ragged, were
lying in wait for aims. A well to-do
looking gentlemen passing at the mo-
ment was accosted by one of them.
"Please, mis- eI. gimme a penny to buy
some break" implored the gamin. "Get
out, you little rascal don't bother me-"
was the reply. Thereupon, the discom
fited urchin turned to his companion and
observed, BILLY, he must be a million
aire.''
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

He was rather suspicious young man
and had heard much of the transforming
charms of golden fluid for ladies' toi-
let's" One evening his sweetheart let
down her hair, and tossing the yellow
mass gracefully over her shoulders, ex.
claimed:
"Now, Henry, do You think it beauti-
ful?"
Yes" he fondly replied, beautiful so
far as l can see, but, if you love me,
Laura, let me look at the roots"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
Honsehold Words.

james Pearson. % Sixth Street. BuiIa-
10. says; have used your Spring Bios
som for myself and family. and think il
invaluable as a household remedy Tor
regulating the bowels. liver aud kidneys.
| shall never be- without it. Price: 81
cents, and trial bottle 10 cents.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

Visitor: "How long has your master
been awayy" Irish footman: well.
sor, ev he'd cum home yisterdIy. he'd
bin gon a weake tu morror; but ev he
duzn't return the day ofther shure, he'll
a bin away fortnight mkt Thorsday."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

Nor shall ever forget the remark
John made to me six hours after we were
married, sighed widow No. 2.
pray what was it?" asked widow No. |.
do for gracious sake get up, Mary, and
warm your feet" sohbed widow No. ..
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21

"Ah. shall never forget those happy
hours Of our honeymoon, murmured the
pensive widow, dropping tear un her
new silk dress without seeming to mind
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
A Green County ntfice-seekcr comes
out in the following manner:
mp PLATFORM

III TIA Ohhl.
Il want 10 be Treasurer" am Il life
long Democrat. in favor ui low tax, low
salary and One Term System. If should
not get to your house between this and
the election, accept the following excuse:
The road is lorg, the mud deep,
times precious. the hills steep. Go to
the election 2Sth of May. and be sure
you vote for Aaron Day."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-04-21
THE GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.

BURLINGYON ROUTE.
WNo other line runs Three Through Pas
senger Trains Daily between Chicago, Des
Joseph, Atchison, Topeka and Kansas City
Direct connections for all points in Kansas
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Me-
yada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California.
The Shortest, SpeedieSt and Most COmfOrta-
BILE Route via Hannibal to Fort Scott, Denison,
Dallas, Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Calves
ton and all points in Texas.
The uncQualcd inducements offered by this
Line to Travellers and Tourists, arc as fOllowS
The celebrated Pullman 0G-WheeD Palace
Sleeping Cars, run only on this Line, c., b. &
Q. Palace Drawing-Room Cars, with Horizons
Reclining Chairs No extra charge for Seats
in Reclining Chairs. The famous c.. r. g. @.
fitted with Elegant IIigll-Backcd Rattan Re-
yOlving Chairs for the exclusive use of first
class passengers.
Steel Track and Superior Equipment COM
bined with their Great Through Car Arrange.
ment, makes this, above all others, the favorite
Route to the South, Southwest, and the Far
West.
Try it, and you will find travelling luxury
instead of discomfort.
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale at all offices in the United States and
Canada.
All information about Rates of Fare, Sleep
ing Car Accommodations, Time Tables, &C.,
will be cheerfully given by applying to
JAMES r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago,
II. j. POTTER,
General Manager, Chicago.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
A Wedding in Port.

On Wednesday morning last, al Il o clock
the marriage ceremony of Eben Il. Frazer,
Esq, and Miss Helen S. Hecka:t, ycung geSt
daughter of the late Col. John J. iieckart
of Port Deposit, was celebrated, at Cedar
Hill, the residence of the Heckart family,
in that town. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Mr.. Aiken, assisted by Revs. SIuier,
Branch and Carmichael. Misses Mary
Warden and Agnes Grape, with Messrs. -
Stephens and j. Warden all Of Baltimore,
acted rs attendants TO the bride. \ large
company Of friends Of the contracting par
ties Were present to witness the ceremony
and partake Of the wedding dinner. The
bride is one of Ports fair beleS-a hand
some brunette. The groome is 4 son of the
late James Frazer, Esq, of this town and
is engaged in the Drug business in Port
Deposit. The presents were numerous and
of L costly character: among them many
valuable pieces of silver and other wares.
The bride and groom took the half past one
o'clock train south, and will visit Richmond.
They are expected to reach this place on
their return trip, on saturday, for Il hrici
visit. They will I've the guests of the groom 5
mother. Mrs Frazer, on Main street.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
Too Much Cider.

The good people of North East are just
now complaining bitterly of the unreason-
able and inmoderat, use Of cider by a GER
tain class of their citizens Cider sweet,
cider hard, cider made of logwood and
other drugs, and some do say. cider mixed
with whisky. is sold in that town. We
have the assurance from respectable citi
zenS of that place that young men and boys
who never heretofore drank Intoxicating
liquor, now get reeling drunk on cider
The sale OF pure cider is permitted by the
local option law, but its trainers never for
serting the cider exemption clause, of Civ
ing free swing TO the sale of all sorts OF in
toXiyating drinks under the name of cider
SuCiI abuse of the privilege will end if per-
SiSte.! IN, in the repeal Of the cider eXeinp-
ton clause. The people of Cecil will put
their foot upon the head OF. this insidious
enemy Of the young aS quickly and as
heavily as they did upon the hydra-headed
monster rum. and all who are interested in
the sale Of this class OF drink will be lcok-
ing TO their own interests by seeing that
nothing but the pure Juice OF the apple is
sold. We are informed that there is now
in the county number of eases of fever,
supposed to be bilious, and in fact they are
bilious fever, caused, however, by the i'm
moderate of cider, ana by this alone.
This is no doubt the case. The physicians
in charge Of these eases attribute them to
this cause and no other.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
A HORSE IN A CATTLE GUARD.
,meth!ng which Might have Caused Z
Terrible AccI3snt.

On Sunday night last. abou, T. o'clock
Mr. Willing, th" street lamp-liGhtFr, WI
! his round rxiin2ri>iiur The lights, h.
i-tuver.d. ~ he crossed the railroad ~ th'
orth street crnS-iug. II horse caught an
ID ta>i IN Ihr ,";rllr -r,g"l oA IN norin
..uul track The aui'nai', hiIl legs ha'
irlr,t through III" tiin''rr >i,f- forming
',t top al tii- guard and ,t"ul III ;hai con
Irion, his 1,r. feet resting on The wall onr
'.!t. lie faced south, ana as the next trlii
.rIrh-wli,.ii was an eNpreSS-wOuld IL
ac IN Il short time, the danger OF an acci
Irhf was great. Mr.. Willing hurried T..
he depot and informed Harry Henry, wh"
Went down 10 the signal tower and had the
danger light displayed. BY this time Il
number of persons had arrived upon the
spot, and among them Mr.. John +. Alex
ander. who claimed The animal to be one of
his horses. Mr.. Lewis. the section master
and his men Were soon on hand, and by
the united effort of those present the horse
was soon lifted out. The next morning re-
revealed the fact that the animal belonged
to Mr. George Price.
Mr.. Willing is entitled to great considera-
ton at The hands of the Company. Had
he been disposed to pass by and say moth
ing about the animal being caught in the
guard, an accident would, in all proba-
bility, have been the result. Many men in
Mr. VS. position-l former empioye of
the Company dismissed without apparent
cause--would have passed on and not made
the fact known, glad to see the Company
suffer damage. Not so in this case, how
ever. this man returned GOOD for evil.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
a Novel and Growing Industry.

y few years ago the Day Bros.-E. +. X.
and ). ". Day-he"ln, in tn" town of North
East. the manufacture of split-oall baskets
They We're Eastern men, and We're both
l. nion soldiers during the war, the first
named losing ;lu eye in the service. At the
close of The war they settled in Wisconsin
and tor = time followed the trade learned by
them when yonng. Businesa becoming dull
they determined To come East, and Will.
looking around FOR location, chanced to
lI'."t Rev. Mr. Miller, Of Eorth East. with
whom they Were acquainted and who adj
vi~cd them 10 locate in that town, lumber
being plenty in the ncighbrrhood and The
facilities for getting their work to market
being excellent. They came to North East
and began the manufacture Of the article:
having neErr been offered in he Baltimore,
market, they hai great difficulty in ,iiSpos-
Ing of tuc,r. Bit now their cNrelleuct, be
ing known, the demand for their goods far
r:,cHr,(s the capacity OF their works. They
htEr enlarged from time to time. until nuw
''''-f ''i II '''' wv h'tu't''' 'iit hitN u""c'
baskets per month, and their business is
constantly growing. They are kept busy
all the year round. In the spring they
max" first the fish and pea baskets. then
follow, in their regular seasons, tomato,
corn, oyster and coal basket ?, the latter two
being winter work. They make u first
class article and their work is much sought
after hy large Wh"i">alc houses III Btlti-
dred baskets, rrrri,e,i Recently trorn IA phiia-
ielphia house they We're compelled to de
cline, as they had orders fcr all they could
make for several months Ia come. The
present firm consists of l.. T. b. Day, 5. W.
Day, and w. X, Mcdonald, under the Arm
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
A Strange Sight at Sea.

The Ncrport, of the New \ ork < Cuba
Mail Steamship Company, ran into a
school of sperm whales of the Delaware
capes on her last southwark trip. 1t
was about s o'clock in the morning. and
Capt John P. Sunbcrg says he could see
millions of them from tie deck. He cs-
timatcd the width of the school at half a
mile and its length ut twenty miles The
sea was smooth, the sun was shining.
aud all the passengers were on deck.
The vessel vas ,teaming at fifteen knots.
Some al the whales were seventy feet
long. One of them. about sixty-tivc
feet long. was struck by the bow Of the
steamship at right angles and about in
tEe middle Of its body. The shock near
" threw tie passengers from their feet.
ut the moment 0i the collision the whale
threw up its dukes ami deu.ed the tore
part Of the deck. drcnching IL number Of
passengers. The whale was cut III two.
the fore part going to one side of the yes
sci ami the after part to the other. The
SCI. was colored with blood. The head
was driven down into the water So far
that when It came up it arose six feet
above the surface, i'll plain sight Of those
who were looking over the side. The
shock threw the steam steering gear tenn
porarily uut OF order. but otherwise the
vessel was not damaged. \ few minutes
later Il seculd whale was cut i'll two al
most III the same manner as the first had
been. The head went to the port side,
but the body passed under the bottom
ami was struck by the propeller blades.
The effect ot this on til" machinery
alarmed the cngincer III the engine room,
who Thought the blades had struck Il
drifting spa. The course of the vessel
~as then changed and she ran out of the
school
The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
Local Option Law.

Since the passage of the Local Option law,
the cases of arrest for violation of its pro-
visions have been numerous. Two persons
are now in confinement in Jail, serving out
sentences imposed under the law, and one
Or more are under bonds, having appealed
to the Circuit court Another case occurred
this week. on Tuesday last John Stock
lein, who keeps u saloon ON Main street,
Was arrested on the oath and information of
Thos. \. Creswell, of Elk Neck, charged
with selling whisky to the informant upon
two occasions (Oct, 9TH and Nov. ID J Jus
tice Scott rendered a verdict of guilty and
fine of S100.GO in each case Mr.
Stockton has appealed to the Circuit court.
The defendants statement is that Creswell
came to his place of businets and desired TO
purchase some whisky which he Stockton
refused to sell. The informant then stated
that a man had been shot near by and itrYas
impentively necessary to have the liquor
and on this statement he furnished it taking
pay therefore. This is denied by the intur-
mant and it will he left for the court to de-
eide as to the truth or talslty of the stories.
Meanwhile Nr. S. is under bonds for his APP
pearanre with John Lang security.