The Cecil Whig., 1882-11-04

CHESAPEAKE CITY ITEMS.
SIGNOR BGSCOE

SIGNoR BeSCOE
zens and public generally. on Friday.
Saturday and Monday evenings, to the
great delight Of all who witnessed his
wonderful performance in legcrdemain.
&c. All were well pleased. especially
those who drew the prizes. The hall
was crowded to overlooking each even
ing of the performance. If he had per
formed some of his remarkable tricks
sixty or seventy years ago, the people
would have said and believed that he
was most certainly the agent OF his
Royal Iighness, the gentleman in black,
and would have wanted him burned as a
witch or roasted on 4 gridiron. But this
being far along in the nineteenth cen.
tury, people have become more inselli-
gent and less superstitious and look upon
such performances as amusement and
pleasant pastime. All his performances
were remarkable and | will mention one
which was hard to beat. He took the
hat of one of our lumber merchants Csc
it is said. for was not there to see all OF
it.) and held it up and out Of that hat
there fell bed quilt. a feather bed.
sheets, bolster. pillows. lumber yard:
..
and last of all Il negro. locofocn and half
breed Republican tumbled out of it, and
it is said the Signor told the audience
the next time he came round he would
by that time add au improvement in ad-
dition to what came out of that hat in a
Bou.b bon Democrat and Stalwart Repub-
lican. and that that being done, peace
would reign in Warsaw and the millen-
mum would be here.
OUR LINE KILN OWNERS,
see. are getting quantities of shell land
ed at their wharves and in short time
they will be started and when Spring
comes the farmers can be supplied with
this excellent and cheap fertilizer.
THE CITY FATHERS
have done some very nice work on BnLc-
mia avenue, George street and other
sections of the city in laying pavements
and otherwise repairing board walks and
pavementS. This board of city dads are
highly spoken of. because of their indus
try and taste in the work performed
LIGHT THAT LAMP.
1t is wondered and asked by many why
it is that Aleck don't start that lamp
which has not shone for SO long a time
on the corner of George street. Wake
up. Aleck. and make it shine on that de
lapidated board walk from George street
to Odd Fellows Hall. 1t may save a bill
of damages to the town from broken
limbs or other physical hurts
OYSTERS
are plentiful now, and can he bought as
low
peake City folks are all very fond of oys-
ters. especially fried coves, such us are
kept by Capt. Gelkie, opposite Masonic
Hall. and j II. Barwick. under the shade
trees on Back Creek, close down by the
shore.
QUIET.
The time never was so quiet politically
as now. The election is next Tuesday,
and there is no stir being made by either
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