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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
COUNTER NO.. /

The change produced i'll the general al,-
pearancc OF a dry goods store by suhStl-
;uting tn" light col"red and zerhEr-likc
materials worn III midsummer ii place of
the dark and heavy Winter fabrics is like
the Transformation most ladies make III
the SummcI 10y the cos"ringof their par
l"rs The demand for French LephyS.
Scotch Ginghams. lIandkcrchirts. Cot
tons SatterHS, Monte Cloths. Lawns.
Foil d AiSacc. Organizes, .iac"netS, Lin
Ell Lawns. &C.. has been unusually large
tnl sI t.uriN IN Tie SeaSnil
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09

This counter is devoted exclusively to
Black Goods. which every one buys who
wears II trock, either young. middle aged
or old. \ few years ago Alpaca was the
leading fabric. but now none are :" poor
rs to do it reverence. Then came Cash
mere. and what /. run ii has had. and has
even yet, nothing having bcen invented
to supply it-so firm Il hold does it seem
to have on every lady'S wardrobe. We
have quantities in our basement, and
more in the custom house.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
COUNTER no. 2.

Here we have nearly all plain fabrics.
the colOrs of many being so different from
those shown last season thar at first we
thought them Il mistake. But the cos
tunes received from Paris are made Of
them: 80 they must he right. Most per
sons, too. soon learn to like new things
when fashionahle. even though they d"
not strike them at first: 81 these new
shades grow on MS till every one says:--
They are just lovely" The rich and
delicate tints III Cashmere and Agra
Crepe are ut this counter. the sale OF
which has lately been quite an item.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
(coz,T1SUFp FROM FIusr FACE.

~ I T y Z T IT t III 7 ~ ~ =
his religious Character, asked inn why
he did n.,t inis, some chusch?' Mr. Lln
coin replied, Because have found diff
Guilty, without mental reservation, in
giving my assent to thcir long and com
plicated confessions of faith. When any
church will inscribe over its altar the
gospel. Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart. with all thy soul
and with all thy mind, and thy neighbol
as thyself. that church will Join with
all my heart :"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
COOPER e. CON ARD.
SIX COUNTERS
SPRING & SUMMER DRESS GOODS.
COUNTER NO. /.

bold P.aids, neat Cheeks. some elegant
Stripes ut - 30 ana 4 few pieces atwood
French goods now marked - cents. "a
bargain:p and then the Drap Salonca
Trcot, plain and illuminated Arlnurcs.
Foulle and Meiangc-tlc>e all i'll quaint
tieS-Samplc pieces Of which are on the
shelves. with piles Of duplicates in base
ment ana wholesale rooms. Cashmere
De Beige, in Lupin' and other makes.
are ut No. | counter. Jamels Hair and
Flannel Suitiugs are shown here. all Of
which. no ,luubt, are marked as high US
any other importing retailer has them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
SPECIAL FEATURES.

The permanent disability provision and the
payment 10 living members of maturrd Eertih-
cats. render membership in this Association
more desirable than in Societies that pay benefits
i'll eases OF death OnIy
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
PERMANENT DISABILITY.

Take person oI IL years ut age at tho tune Of
Joining. their expectation OF life ~ per the Car
Isle Tables. j. - wears. Should such "A person
live I" I've d wears ut aye. he or she would then
receive. IN cash TN their lic-timcl the amount I"
their Certificate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09

REFERRING ES:
Hon. !. Tome. Banker. Port Deposit: Hon. r.
Stump. Judge. Ekton: Thomas Mallalcu. Man
Gfactnrcr. Milington: II q. Nickcrs. Attorney at
Law. ChestcrtowB: A. Il. Weldon, Attorney at
Law ceutreville: Sudler \ Pierce. Merchants,
Sudlcryille: Col. las. Wallace. Attorney at Law,
Cambridge: Hon. o. Hammond, Attorney at Law,
Easton: Geo. VI. Russum Denton: Col. L. s.
HudSon. Collector OF Port. Crisfcd: Ii. Everett
Smith. Editor. Snow Hill; Col VIM. J. Leonard,
Capitalist. Salisbury: Hon J. II. Price. Ex.1udge,
Bclair: Hon. IL. Nanderiord, Editor, Westminster;
IL. Clay NALL. Register. Frederick City: Blacks
ton * Ellcgood. Attorneys at Law. Cumberland;
;. Thomas Mccullough, Attorney at Law, An
napolis: !. :. Jameson. Educator Bryantown;
=. L. Love. Physician. st. Clements Bay, Md:
Hon. James Il. Groome. L. = Senator. Washing
ton ID. G.: Hon. J. \. j. CreSwell, Banker and
Attorney at Law, Washington. ID. G.; Hon. John
Dunlop. Attorney At Law. Richmond. Va: r.. II.
Baker y Son. Attorneys at Law. Norfolk. Va;
Hon. l. T.. Wales. Associate Judge, Wilmington,
Del: Hon. J. T. Almond. Mayor. Wilmington
Del: J. T. Head. Real Estate Exchange, Will
mington. Del: J. J. Black. Physician. New Cas-
tie: Il. +. Bi@gS. Banker and Farmer Middle
town. Del: ID. j. Cummins Banker and Farmer,
Smyrna. Del: Hon. Geo. +. Fisher Ex-Judge,
Dover Del: Col. Jacob Moore, EN-Aitorncy Gen
cral. Gcurgetcwn, Del.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-09
COUNTER NO. 6.

Every lady in the land, probably, has
bought American Prints. Years ago
before the war. say-the common price
of Calicoes was 4 levy. When conf
munication with the South was cut off
by the late unpleasantncss ordinary
Prints were sold at 80 ccntS--as much as
a grade of summer Silk is sold for
now. The price to-day of standard
American Prints is from 6 to $ cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

house. She is a woman in a thousand.
l hope he knows how to value her."
The doctor drove away.
Lefty, bending over the bed absorbed
in the invalid, had not heard him.
But she plainly heard the faint voice
of George calling her by name.
"What is it, dear q
"The doctor is right. You are a
woman in thousand | always knew
it, Lefty, if I never said it. So tell
you of it now before l die," he added,
going off into another faint.
1t was all that Letty's sore heart
needed. Beside the bed of suffering
she spent two of the happiest months of
her life. The first act of George Brew
ster on his recovery was to secure help
for his wife, SO that she now has plenty
of time to get back her lost color and
plumpness. They are one in heart, as
one in name and home, now. And Sol
omon Wyse has never seen occasion to
administer the talking to-"
"Somehow or other," drawls Solomon,
getting run over by that moving
machine was the making of George
Brewster"
And Lefty and George think so, too.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
BRITISH PHILISTINISM.

However closely the man of Eng
lish blood, but of New England birth
and breeding, may acknowledge himself
bound to his kinsmen of the motherland,
and however much at home he may find
himself among them, partly because of
their common blood and speech, and of
that sameness of mental tone and of So
cial habits and political institutions lex
cepting the mere outside form given by
monarchy and aristocracy) which come
of their common Anglo-Saxonism, and
partly because of the frankness and
heartiness with which they welcome
him, he is sensible in the society of Eng
land, even when he is most at home in
it, of a subtle. all-pervading influence
which makes him constantly conscious
that, although he cannot feel and is not
made to feel that he is a foreigner, he is
to a. certain degree stranger in the
land of his fathers. This influence does
not come from external things. Castles
and cathedrals, peers and peasants. may
be new to him, and he may look upon
them with curious eyes; but this is
something which eyes cannot see. He
is conscious of it mostly, if not only, in
the intercourse of man with man. He
feels it chiefly in the midst of his great
est social enjoyment. Seated in a room
perhaps at table. where there is little
if anything, that is unlike what he has
been more or less accustomed to from
his childhood, surrounded by men and
women whose names are those of his
own race, perhaps of his own familiar
friends at home-people whose costume,
whose manners. and whose topics Of dis
course are essentially the same as those
of the society in which he grew up.-he
yet feels that there is an invisible some
thing between them and him.
1t is not barrier; for it does not
separate him from them; but it is an
atmosphere through which he makes his
approaches. 1t is the atmosphere of
Philistinism.-Apri atlantic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
HINTS FOR CONVERSATION.

There is one rule of conversation
which should be thoroughly impressed
on the mind, which is to remember there
are two persons of whom you should
never suffer yourself to speak-one of
yourself, and the other your enemy.
The reason is evident you run into
two dangers-egotism and injustice.
Women are too justly accused of a
love of scandal, and in group of ladies
collected for ''chat, it often happens
that severe remarks on the conduct or
motive of their neighbors form the sta
pie of their conversation. The time
passed in conversation on servants and
babies, or the more reprehensible amiad-
versions we have just alluded to, is nei-
ther very entertaining nor very instruc-
tive. The topics of the day, the new
books, amusing anecdotes, pretty works
and graceful feminine occupations should
form the staple of conversation. They
are subjects free from danger to that
"unruly member" which requires such
constant restraint.
From mind we'll stored with good
reading, good words are almost sure to
emanate; and more attractive than
beauty is the pleasant, intelligent COM
panion whose clever and original re-
marks will be full of refreshment to the
tired man of business on his return
home, who will know that at home a
bright welcome awaits him from one
whose pleasant 'talk" will refresh and
amuse him, and render the evenings at
home as agreeable as those passed in
society.
Having fully impressed yourselves
with the first rule we have laid down
respecting the two subjects of conversa-
tion to be avoided. would suggest that
you should remember never to talk too
fast nor too loud.
Many mothers, and those who have
the care of the young, are apt to restrain
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

Mr.. Ever was married to Miss JOY.
The friends Of the victims were shocked
when the press called her s'a thing of
beauty" because she was "a Joy for
Ever"
Stanley says the American nation could
be set down in the heart Of Africa and
find itself lost. 1t would not take great
while, though, for lightning-rod pedlars
and life insurance agents to open commu-
nication.
A photographer recently acted as
master Of ceremonies at a friends funer-
al, and as he lifted the coffin lid for the
mourners to look at the remains, whis-
pered to the corpse, ''Now, look natural"
Force of habit.
''Doctor, my daughter seems to be
going blind, and she's just getting ready
for her wedding, too! Oh, dear me what
is to be done?" Let her go right on with
the wedding, madam, by all means. If
anything can open her eyes, marriage will"
In the Senate Chamber at Washington
the chaplain offered the Lords prayer.
When he had finished, Doolmey leaned
over to Josonby, and remarked: 'He stole
that prayer, and I'll bet doodle on it,
for l heard the same ideas expressed in
Eureka at funeral over two years ago.
M. Prudhomme lauds the advantage of
gymnastics ''There is nothing like it for
the health" he says sit increases mans
strength, prolongs his days" ''But our
ancestors did not practice gymnastics,
and yet" "They did not, and what is
the consequence? They are dead, every
man of them"
eyes" said a great traveller, 'sget the
St. Bernard if you want good dog.
| Thousands of times have seen this noble
animal in the bitter cold carrying his fro
| zen master by the slack of his trowsers
| over the highest mountains of Europe.
The truth isn't half told about these su-
| perb creatures"
They had big time in Vermont de-
batting society recently. The question
| was (Which hurts the most, hornet or
a bee?" There was elaborate discussion
on both sides. The question was left to
the three judges, when some fellows in
| the interests of truth decided to have the
case decided on facts, and stole up behind
thejudges and into the right hand Of each
put hornet and into their left hands
bees. If the hall had contained ten acres
1t is believed the judges would have
danced all over it in five minutes, and
those who heard what they had to say con-
cluded they were not fit men to teach in
Sunday school. 1t was forty minutes be-
fore they could quit jumping and paving
the air and swearing, and then they swore
vengance on the truth seekers. And
they decided that there was no difference
in the hurting powers of the insects, but
either was Hades.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

them too strictly from conversation dur
ing meals. 1t is better to make rule
that they should speak only when spok-
en- to, and then address them on sub
jects suited to their comprehension. en-
couraging them to give their own ideas
of things that are daily occurring, ques-
tioning them on the books they have
read, and drawing out their minds, so
that conversation will be no effort to
them when they 60 into society, and
that painful naauUaiS honte, which
makes girl afraid to hear the sound of
her own voice, will be efectually avoid
ad
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
Itching Piles Symptoms and Cure

Itching Piles Symptoms and Cure.
The symptoms are moisture, like per-
scratching, very distressing, particularly
at night, as if pin worms were crawling
in and about the rectum; the private parts
are sometimes affected if allowed to con-
tinue very serious results may follow.
CDR. SwAYNE's ALL-HEALING OINTMENT
is pleasant sure cure. Also for letter,
itch, salt rheum, scald head, erysipelas,
barber's itch, blotches, all scaly, crusty,
cutaneous eruptions. Price so cents. 8
boxes for S1.25. Sent by mail to any ad-
dress on receipt of price in currency, or
three cent postage stamps. Prepared only
by DR.. Swayne Son, $50 North Sixth ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa, to whom letters should
be addressed. Sold by all prominent
druggists Ally
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
THE FORLORN HOPE OF '5e.

and Bell. Collamcr and Foote, Summer
and Wilson, Foster, Seward and Fish
from the East, and Wade, Trumbull,
Durkee and myself from the Vest
fifteen of US, all told. On the issues of
freedom all the other Senators were solid
against US. We had battle from the
first organization of the session. We
had fight for decent recognition on
the standing committees.
This was in the winter of 1866.
Of course, as you say, you were mere
lad then. | was the youngest of this
band of pioneers. When still smaller
in numbers they had been excluded
from the committees because they "did
not belong to any healthy organization.
Hence the arrival of every recruit was
hailed with delight by every antl-sla-
very Senator. 1t was like the appear
ance of a fresh brigade in the heat of
great battle.
Of the pioneer band of fifteen only
one-Hannibal Hamlin, of Malne-is
now member, and he has not had con-
tinuous Senatorial service. Fessenden,
Hale, Bell, Foote, Collamer, Summer,
Wilson, Seward, Wade and Durkee are
dead. Of the recruits preceding the
war, composed of men in no sense less
eminent as statesmen nor less potential
in counsel, many have Joined their Sell
iors in the spirit world. Simmons, King
TenEyck, Chandler, Bingham and
Grimes are silent at earth's roll-call
Anthony remains in the Senate, and
two others of this class only are living.
The grim messenger has been equally
imperious with the senators whom |
first saw sitting on the opposite side of
the old senate chamber, many of whom
never found more than equals in the
arena of forensic strife. The elder
Dodge, Toucey, Allen, Thompson of New
Jersey, the elder Bayard, Clayton,
Pierce, Mason, Evans, Butler, Iverson,
Weller, Fitzpatrick, Slidell. Thompson
of Kentucky, Crittenden, Bell, Bright,
Douglass, Gever. Sebastian, Cass, Rusk
and Houston are all dead, as are Ham
mond, Powell, Andrew johnson, Mich
olson, Green, Polk and others, who en-
tered later, but preceding the war of
the rebellion. And no one of the Sen
ators of this period, though still living,
who defended or apoligized for secession
ever re-entered as a member. There
are, however, thirty new senators from
the sixteen Southern states pertinacious-
ly defending the principles of the 'lost
cause" Marvellous manifestations of
obtuseness Southern statesmen of
the antebellum period defended state
sovereignty and the consequent right
of secession to preserve slavery. AS
slavery was, in their opinion, the para
mount interest, they acted wisely. In
the presence of the aroused moral senti-
ment of the people of the North slavery
could be perpetuated in no other method.
But now, when slavery is irrevocably
dead, it is wonderful that its ghost
should exercise such potent spell on
the minds of their successors. Had
they the mental forecast of their prede-
cessors, they could hardly fail to per-
ceive that this CHASTITY phantom must be
swept away by the. field of a delivered
battle by the friendly breezes, and that
Bourbon statesmen must give place to
representatives of equal rights before
the law as surely as time is inexorable
and truth eternal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
OLD LETTERS.

Dismal days and dismal moments
Passing into weary hours,
While the chilly north winds scatters
Leaves of fast decaying flowers;
Ger the field the blighted corn-stalks
Bend their heads as though in grief.
While allNNature's dying warning,
Sadly whispers life is brief.
Ger the long unopened casket
Where my treasures long have lain,
recall fond scenes departed,
Living o'er those joys again,
When the dear ones in their absence
Penned to me these cherished lines,
But like forest leaves they've perished,
Scattered by autumn winds.
Here within this tomb Of treasures,
this gloomy day will dwell,
Poring DER the written volumes
Which contain the mystic spell,
The alluring, worshipped keepsakes,
Thoughts ofloved ones gone before.
How 1 Erlze these time-worn letters
AS scan them Ger and Ger.
Fancy wears an early vision
And mid friendships golden bands,
Once again in all its beauty
Homes unbroken circle stands,
Yet sweet dream bid thee hasten
Iwould have the loved of yore
Stand to-day amid the ransomed
Waiting on the golden shore.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
IN TWOS.

Somewhere in the world there hide,
Garden-gates that no one sees
Save they come in happy twos,-
Not in ones, nor yet in thTees.
But from every maiden's door
Leads pathway straight and true,
Maps and. surveys know it not;
He who finds, finds 70 ON for twoi
Then they see the garden-gates!
Never skies so blue as theirs,
Never flowers so many sweet
AS for those who come in pairs.
Round and round the alleys wind,
Now cradle bars their way,
Now little mound, behind
So the two go through the day.
When no nook in all the lanes
But has heard song or sigh,
Lol another garden gate
Opens as the two go byl
In they wander, knowing not;
"Five and Twenty!" fills the air
With a silvery echo low.
All about the startled pair.
Happier yet these garden walks;
Closer, heart to heart, the lean;
Suller, softer falls the light:
Few the twos, and far between.
Till, at last, as on they pass
Down the paths so well they know
Once again at hidden gates
Stand the two: they enter slow.
Golden Gates of Fifty Years,
May our two your latchet press!
Garden of the Sunset Land,
Hold their dearest happiness.
Then a.quiet walk again;
Then a wicket in the wall;
Then one, stepping on alone,-
Then two at the Heart of ALI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

A curious story comes from Pittsburg.
Pa, to the effect that coal miner named
Braun, who was badly afflicted with in
famatory Rheumatism, has cured him
self by handling doves. He would take
the birds up in his hands daily. stroke
and play with them, and the result was
that the birds invariably became swollen
up. as is they had the Rheumatism, and
finally died. Mr.. Braun's affllction de-
creased, and finally. after pursuing the
strange treatment for some time, he was
able to keep himself wholly relieved
from pain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
WE DO NOT CLAIM

that HOOPS SARsAPARILLA will cure every
thing, but the fact that on the purity and
vitality of the blood depend the vigor and
health of the whole system, and that disease
of various kinds is often only the sign that
nature is trying to remove the disturbing
cause, we are naturally led to the conclusion
that remedy that gives life and vigor to
the blood, eradicates scrofula and other i'm
purities from it, as HOODS SARsAPARILLA
undoubtedly does, must be the means fpre-
venting many diseases that would occur
without its use; hence the field of its useful
ness is quite an extended one, and we are
warranted in recommending it for all de-
rangementS of the system which are caused
nv an unnatural state of the blood.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
Why Suffer with SaH-Rheum 2

MEssRs. c. I. HOOD & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Gentlemen-I was a great sufferer from
Salt-Rheum on my limbs, for a dozen years
previous to the summer of 1876, at which
time 1 was cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The skin would become dry, chap, crack
open, bleed and itch, intensely so that l
made them worse At the time COM
menced taking Hoods Sarsaparilla lin the
summer of 1876 they were so bad that they
bandaged with linen cloths. The skin was
drawn so tight by the heat of the disease
that if 1 stopped over they would crack open
and actually bring tears into my eyes. The
first bottle benefited me so much that con-
tinued taking it till / was cured used one
box of Hoods Olive Ointment, to relieve the
itching Hoping many others may learn the
value of Hoods Sarsaparilla and receive as
much benefit as have, / am,
Mrs. S. S. MOODY,
No. 75 Broadway.
Lowell, Mass, Jan. Is, 1873.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

A down East girl who is engaged to
lumberman says she has caught a feller.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04

Tennyson can take piece of paper
and by writing poem on it make it
worth $4,000. That's genius. Mr.. Van
derbilt can write fewer words on a
similar sheet and make it worth $780,
100000. That's capital. And the Uni
ted States government can take an
ounce and quarter of gold and stamp
upon it an Eagle bird and Twenty
Dollars" That's money. The mechanic
can take the material worth $50 and
make it into watch worth 500. That's
skill. The merchant can take an article
worth % cents and sell 1t to you for ST..
That's business. A lady can purehace
comfortable bonnet for 81, but she pre-
fers to pay $40 for one because 1T is
more stylish. That's foolishness. The
ditch digger works ten hours day and
shovels out three or four tons of earth
for ST.. That's labor.