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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
PRINTERS DEVILS.

\ great many persons are in the habit
Of looking upon and speaking of print
erS' devils in manner that reflects no
credit on themselves. These same print.
ers' devils. in nine cases out of ten, are
three times as well posted on the issnIs
of the day rs the person who sights AMI
speaks lightly Of them. There is no ella s
Of boys. for whom we have more p-u.
found respect than well-hehayed prin1-
ers' devils They know something and
are practical, which is more than you can
say of all classes of boys. In that re-
>pcct, we place the boys who work in q
printing Office, head and shoulders above
the most boys. Young woman. before
you elevate that delicate nose at the ap-
proach of printer devil, get some Que
who knows something of history to tell
YOU few names of Il few characters that
were once printers devils. For fear that
Won will dislike to show your ignorance,
We will give you IA short list of eX devils
- printing offices. Ii You have not
,eard of them. quit your flirting and all
nonsense in general. and go tn STUDYING.
Did you ever hear of Benjamin Franz
lin? Ben was once II poor printer devil.
lie was also one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. Hannibal
Hamlin, Vice President under Lincoln,
vas once a printers poor devil. Schuy-
Ter Cnlfax, who was Speaker of the House
Vt Representatives for years. was "nnth-
ing but devil in a printing office" 1T
me time. Horace Greeley, who was or
If the first journalists on this continent,
md ex-CongreSsman, was printer 5
devil Ex-senator Simon Cameron, cf
Pennsylvania. was a devil Thurl0,T
Weed, one of the wealthiest and mos t
Influential men in New York, and editor
# the CJmmercial .itirertiser. was pep
iileSS devil y in Il printing office. EN-
senator Ross. of Kansas commenced his
:areer as printers devil. Two-thirCs
# the editors in the United States were
nee printers devils. Permit us to tel
.ou that the men who once did duty as
printers. have done more to advance the
interests and sustain the good name Of
\merica, than any other class.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
DOGS VS. SHEEP.

Eelo York Tribune.
All the arguments in favor of a dog
aw have failed To have percep ib.e effect
ipm the Legislature OF Georgia, anG
until Lately this fact has Justly lesn
;au>e for wundeIment. since it is admit.
cd that were 1t not Tor the plethora o.
"'g~. she' P raising would become mar
.ellou>ly profitable i'll that State. The
,.ublen has just been solved. however,
" the dog show III Atlanta. The re-
ults of that exhibition convince tn
'ea'ier oi the TACT that an ordinary, boo
,tlled briudle cur, whose pedigree can D,
raced down Il Lane aud across a pastuit
,heep; while "a pointer with the abiliJ!
q forage around aud bring homo Il
:hlcken occasionally, is OF iuestimatlC
'alue; and a setter that sets in -
back ard and howls at the moon; i
worth more than the Sunday breastpiii
ii Il hotel clerk. The dogs in, that SHOW
we're falueu ABOVE all the sheep Ill C'eOr
ia. One canine family sold for enou /;
t. buy AN improved farm 500 acres anG
l $50 sheep. man with two liver-co!
ed pointers and Il bench legged white
is millionaire. while even culorcd citi
zens with single barrelled shot-gui,
and bnb-tailed mongrel, has propert~
with a market value of over $500. And
so," say the Georgia papers, I'VE are
very proud of the dog show. 1t ha ,
o ened our eyes to new possibilities q
wealth.. We want tn see the day com
when every man will be his own million.
al and ii the prices OF dogs are KEEP
u o The present standard, that day VIII
ss3l arrive"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
The Latest BY Josh Billings.

| have never known seckond wife Init
what wuz boss of the situashun.
After a man gets to be thirty eiGi
ears old he kant form any new habits
much; the best he can du is to steer b 6
id ones.
Amy man who can swop bosses, or
letch fish, end not lie about it. is az Plus
u men ever git to be in this world.
The sassSest man | ever met is hen
o"cked husband when he is away from
home.
An enthoosiast is an individual WHO
relieves about Jour times az much az
amy body believes.
The dug that will follow anybody
,iu' t with a cuss
Th0ze people who are trying to get 70
,eaven on their creed will find ont at last
hat they didn't have "a thru ticket.
Too long courtShips are not always jill
ticious. The party often tire out shor,-
ng fore the trot begins.
One quart Nv cheap whisky (the cheap.
II the better). judiciously applied. WI
10 more buziuess for the devil than tht
>martest deacon he has got.
| don t rekolect doing amy thing that
was just little ishemed ov but WIS,
umcbody remembered it, and was SURF
.nce i'll while, t. pnt me in mind OF t.
Young men, learn to wait; II you uu~
iertake to set hen before she is ready
"n will lose your time, and confuse tue
hen besides.
Nature seldom makes phool; size
imply furnishes the raw materials ano
Its the fello" finish the job to suit him
self.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
WHOLE No. 2,O41

trial OF the wretch who killed the Pres
dent. They do things differently in Ii,
District of Columbia courts, You 5, e.
And now the audience break iutn eIt-
a good telling point made by the cnuu-
sci for the assassin. Il is Washington
crowd that is enjoying this trial; that
seems to he full of merriment AMI enthu-
siasm. We who live far away from the
capital of our country and can only CLEAN
the funny things of this amusing trial
from the first dispatches of the assoc
ciated press. no doubt lose great deal
of the rich humor of the court room.
All. it makes one heart-sick to even
read it. They may enjoy that sort Of
thing in Washingtnn-God knows what
they wouldn't enjoy there. but the re: I
of the country. which is nearly twice az
large as the District of Columbia takes
no pleasure in it. Had Guiteau commit
ted his crime in Texas, he would hav,
been hanged so long ago that he woulI
now he forgotten. If the State of Mis-
sissippi had jurisdiction in the case. thu
trial and ex ton would be conducted
without expense to the State. Had the
trial been set for any district of low,
we believe it would have been concludes
without any bursts Of merriment Or rip
Pile of humor, and it does seem to rs
that the case might be conducted even q
District of Columbia court. with at
least decent show of dignity and some
appreciation of the magnitude of the
case. 1t seems I, be a very funny tri Il
in the court room, but the fun dries out
of it in cold type of the Published dl;,.
patches. 1t may all be very funny, but
there has been enough of it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

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Among The many reuters OF thc Review IN one
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
SItiN HI MOIS.

MIR. y. l. Whirplr. bscature. Mich. writes that
r lace. head aiid me parts -; hrr body were
tlmu>t raw. Head covered with scahs and sores.
uttered irtriEiy ami cried everything Prrma
'cuUy cured IVY CutivUra R">olNcnt tbiooi puri-
ierJ and Cnticura ana Cutcur;i Soap 1.-THE great
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
cl-TfClls \

remedies are sale ny all druggists. Price OF
'J-TlCrEA. Medicinal Jelly. small boxes. soc
irIc boxes. 81. tITICuRA REsULN ENr. the new
GOD Purifier. 81 per bottle. CurlcuRA MtptcI-
VAL fHtrr SrAr. -: CrrIClEA MEDICINAL
SHAVING soar l.,... la bars or barber, ami large
.uI> uiucrS. &c. I'T..:t.ipli ,trpot
WEEk>Sh POTTER HoStoD Mass
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

Cattle that grow passablv fat in the
woods. are bought up by stockmen VIII"
pay about Il cents per pound live weight.
Sheep, like cattle, are of the common
scrub breed. find their living in the woods
and are small. Hogs are the pike-nosed.
long. strong limbed class with light
bodies fitted by nature for roofing and
travelling. They run in the woods for
two Or three years and dress, about 1875
pounds when butchered. AS they are
seldom fed any thing, their owners con.
slider this all clear gain.
1t is the same old chapter here which
has been written all over the country
from the surf-beaten shores of the Allan
tic to the dry plains Of Colorado. The
scrub stock of the early settlers hunts its
own living and is Of one common type.
small of body and strong of limb; but
coniine it to good pastures. cross t with
improved animals. and the best and
hardest grades are the immediate result.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

There are no dairies in all this country.
Pastures have not been made and the
stock is of scrub type, small mixers
and the milk generally poor IN quality.
The land must be cleared of its natural
growth and put in grass. Five years of
well directed effort viii suffice to make
dairy farms here. the product of Which
will challenge the world to equal. with Il
temperature in cellars in midsummer not
above 60, and living springs gushing
from every ravine us low rs - in the
hottest weather. \ climate formed by
an upper stratum of atmosphere winch
receives its moisture from the gulf stream.
and is waited to these mountain ridges
aud peaks far above and free from all
malarial faint of the lower country. the
atmosphere is absolutely pure and sweet
as the ocean air :, thousand miles from
Land. There can be no malaria here.
There are no marshes, standing water or
receptacles of drcaying vegetation; the
heavy showers sweep all such intn the
mountain streams, or leach it into the
the earth. The climate OF the Blne
Ridge unlike that of the high western
plains which is dry and electric. is soft.
balmy and mild!
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

have given the grasses good deal OF
investigation, aud do not hesitate to pro-
nounce this country the best grass coun-
try, naturally; that | have been familiar
with. The clovers, timothy. orchard
grass, herd-grass and several kinds OF
natural grasses grow here in perfection.
if they have reasonable care. White
clover of two varieties. springs up here
wherever spot is exposed to the sun for
few months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

rs In q tltwcry deli, "A hired bog kept
his sheep; and because his heart WAS joy
Gus he sang 50 loudly that the surround
ing hills echoes back his song. One
morning. the king. who was ON "A hunting
expedition. spoke to him and sand. ''Why
are YOU $" happy, dear little one WAY
shout | not be ~ he answered. ':nlr
king is not richer than /, Indeed"
said the king: "tcli me of yonr posses
sions" The lad answered: The sun in
the bright blue sky shines as brightly
upon me as upon the king. The flowers
upon the mountain and the grass il he
valley grow and bloom to gladden. my
sight as we'll as his. would not take
hundred thousand tilaers for my
hands: my eyes are of more value than
all the preciulS stones in the worl!:
have food and clothing. too. Am not
therefore. as rich as the king?'' I" You
are right. said the king with a hngh;
chat vnur create st trea >ure is a content
ed heart. keepit so, and you will Away 8
be happy"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

is abundant and in grea: variety within
4 radius Of 10 mites: ciirstnut, oak. POI
lar. maple. hemloct. whit" pine. hickory.
with Il great varirt, Of smaller kinds
Lower down there is black walnut and
other timber of larger growth and in
great abundance. The price Of land is
from 81 90 t" $40 90 pcr acre.
Church privileges are about the same
as in any country district where the prp-
uaton is sparse. school advantages
similar. Where the population is more
numerous. they are constantly inprov-
ing. The State has 4 good system of
public scl.nnl>. with a Jealous corps of
officers. The school in the village mum
bers 40 or more pupils. with an excel
lent teacher. There is provisi,n h" law
for six Normal schools in the State: 3 i''r
white and 3 for cnlnred teachers. One
of the Normal schools is lrl at the
county seat of this county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
RAIN,

We have great deal of rain here. Wa
could spare some for the lower countries
which are parched with drouth generally
i'll the hot season. In the year 81 which
has inst closed, we had precipitation OF
9l.S3 inches \ great portion of this
are speedily over. The Winters are gen
orally wet in ali the Southern country
while the weather is dry and freezing in
the North. There is good supply of
moisture here in the Summer season
which keeps the grass always fresh ard
green. insuring good pastures when the
f'rrst is sub'iue'l and the tame grasses
cultivated. During the months of May
June. July and August last. there was :.
rain fall here of A. 81 inches June bein.
the only mouth whose rain fall was be-
low 3 incnes. and the past Summer was
pronounced the dryest season all over the
country for 80 years.
In midsummer (Tulv. August and part
IF Septemher.) these are periods Of
'lrouth in all the Eastern and Middle
States. away from the mountains. which
parch the grass and grain crops and cut
short the pastures. Here that does not
occur, but instead we have frequent
showers which keeps vegetation in a
fresh and growing condition through the
entire Summer, while there is never any
close sultry weather to iniure the butter
making qualities of milk. 1t is June
he e for the ddirymrn the entire Summer
through. There are the adaptations for
THE DAIRY BUSINESS
here. provided by nature in so l and eli.
mate. but man must do his part. He has
not done 1t in , single instance here.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

Hiil Nrihutid al Dearborn st. Chicago.
gratefully ackuuv lrd-.oS - cure % Salt Rheum on
read. iacr neck. hrin- aud les iorScvrntccn years.
IuI Illr to walk a apt on hands aud knees lnr
,H" r'ar: moi able IL help himself COR eight wears:
&c! Iirr!rrd~ ot remedies: doctors pronounced
is r.'sc nI'ri"sS: permanently cured by tuticura
fCSuiN,nt thoui E,urih"r) internally. and Cuti-
urt 3nd tut.cura Soap ttllc great skin curc>) eX
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
THE NATIVE POPULATION

are descended from the stock of origin
al settlers who landed at jamestown,
Plymouth Rock and intermediate places,
| who strug cled for d iaoth,ld on the new
world, against the wilderness and the
red man: the grandchildren of the men
who fought under Shelby and his COM
rades at Kings Mount and followed Mar
ion through the s*amp> of the Pedee;
| true descendants OF the old Norman and
| Saxon stock. unmixed with the blood of
all Europe, winch characterizes the more
Northern and Western States. In quick
perception and clear intellect these peo-
ule are remarkable: but a mild climate
! and ready means of making a living with
slavery dominating the labor mark ct,
have made the population ea>y-going
| and lacking iii enterprise. These peo-
pie have been Shut out from the cduca-
ton struggle of the world and remind
one of children in their notions of bu>l-
ness. They are social. kind aud anxious
to learn. The half of this mountain
population was strongly attached to the
Union cause during the rebellion. and
political ties have but light restraint up
on them.
The natural advantages which have
pointed out in these letters are here III
abundance, but they can nniy ne devel-
oped by we'll directed labor, with some
time The land must be cleared aud
planted, and timc given to bring forth
its fruits. This is the demand OF every
new country. When this region has
been reclaimed from the wilderness and
converted into comfortable aboles for
man, these mountains and glens will
swarm with health and pleasure seekers.
f. L. L.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
COLD CATCHING.

1t is noteworthy as curious Yet easily
applicable fact. that ew persons take
cold who are not either Srlt-conSciou>iy
careful. or fearful Of the consequences u!
exposure. If the attention be VIII lily
diverted from the presence of danger, by
some supreme concentration of thought.
rs. f,r example. when escaping from a
house on fire or pluuying into cold water
To save lte--the effects OF ''chil. are
seldom experienced. This alone should
serve TO suggest that the influence exert
I'd by cold falls ON the nervous system.
The Immediate effects of a displacement
of blood from the surface, ana its deter
animation to the internal organs. are not.
as was once supposed, sufficient to pro-
duce the sort OF congestion that issues
in inflammation. II it were So, an in
tlammatory condition would be tile cnm-
mon characteristic of our bodily state.
When the vascular system is healthy.
and that part of the nervous apparatus
by which the caliber of the vessels is
controlIt d, p ,rforms its proper funci ions
normally. any disturbance of cqullibriu
in the circulatory system, which ma!
have been produced by external cold
will be quickly adjusted. 1t is, there
fore, On the state of the nervous system
that everything depends and it is. as We
have said. on the nervous system the
stress of ''chil" falls. Consciousness
is one element in the production of a cart
and when that is wanting the pheno IL
non is not very likely to enSue.
1t is in this way, that persons who do
! not cultivate the fear of cold cate IN
| are not as 4 rule, subject to this intilc-
Of wrapping up tends to create Il morbid
susceptibility. he mind. by its fear
| begettng pre- 5aution. keeps the nervous
system on the alert Tor impressions OF
| cold. and the centers are. ST. to SAY.
panic stricken. when even Il slight sensA
ton occurs. Cold applied to the surface
air somewhat lower in temperature thai,
the skin, will produce the feeling of
Chill Conversely a thought wi
often give rise to the " ceiling" of cold
applied to the surface-for example OF
cold water running down the back.
Many of the sensations Of cold or heal
which are experienced by the hypersen>i.
| tive have no external cause. They are
purely ileatiunal i'll their mode of orig
nation, aud ideal in fact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-29
CLOSING PRICES PHILADELPHIA Sr0CRS
R,po,tel by JOIN H. DAVIS & Co, II Walls.
TUESDAY. March 2S-P.
TIE GENERAL LTSE.

TUESDAY, MnfCh ZS-F. VI.
The shipments eastward by railroad from Chicago
for the week ended Saturday March 20 as oilciauy
reported by The Chicago Tribune. show remarkably
small movement The tonnage of flour, grain and
provisions was 25s9l tous for the week. against
9.571 tons for the preceding week, and $4,000
tons for the same week of 1851. The decrease from
the preceding week is made up by 1920 tons
(32 "a barrels) less of -four; S,474 tons less OF
grain. and $50 tons less of provisions. A notable
feature Of the movement for last week Is that the
Grand Trunk carried 20 $40 per cent of the whole
tonpage but it is presumed that portion OF the
Grand Trunks freight was for delivery to the Erie
Railway at Buffalo,
The following shows the quantity of grain, Hour
and provisions carried by the various roads leading
east from Chicago during the week ended Saturday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-29
LITERARY NOTES.

MSS. Of I,ongfollow's works. both
~, on .,a verse. have been preserved aud bouna
by him. -,
r,,A Freeman thinks it possible tha' nc
.;,. feU letters on his American Journey
Ne will SSH for England on April 10
Tho hao;nniug of Carlyle's " Tour IN Ireland
-, aor.or i; ,hc next number Of The Ceatcrg' Inc
- i thor,nahlv characteristic in It's nrnSquo
.na imnatieut style: and Il shows that Mt |a'Is 7"
hal no love for lIibernian ways
Tho ,ate Rosiua, powager-Comtcss Lytton pun
rahod Ton long novels besides number OF shgh'er
..-nrts Her last hook published few years a1":
~ ,ba title of shells fIoIa the Sands OF ihh'
AsIaav Lyiton gained In years her oiu 'a an
.uhsiaed and was succeeded by calmer views Va '''
ard more charitable attitude toward inc i'''''
Tho somewhat commonplace patriotic song Nii'ch
Mr. Tenuvson gave 20 his country inc otno' uN
not entirely new The first verse of the thIee ~"
mart of n comparatively long poem pnohSnoH !"
,,er;odical more than twenty years ago III VA
-, Mr Tennvson las Merlin, drcadmg oahte,
from the ambition Of the French Emperor appe"ieo
10 " our Giant Daughter of the WEST 10 anu '''0
effete old country.
roughton. Miflin & Co. have issued nea' anu
con,psct catalogue of Their own pnbiIca'iohs' ~
frated hy portraits Of the authors whose WoiN' VIZ
are accustomed to. give TO the world. No"iiS
these portraits life-like in spite o. ogi
poetioaly dreamy EXPRESSION which is dld"sea over
The conntenance of each. That OF Henry Jan,S II
perhap>the least successful in that II MAKES III"
iook Tle cynical Russian plotting ASSASSINATION
Auerbachs novel Of "Splnoza just puol,Sneo
h. Holt e. Co.'s really life of The author i"'"-
rte thinker When he had finished TINS oook
Auerbach immediately began work upon seo".
novel, "Dichter und Kaufman, whlch mas 10, ~
subject the life Of the unhappy poet Epir"ln rs
Kuh, q contemporary Of LesSng ana
r. az Association of the manners and family life OF
th. lows of the last century this book Is interest
inc but il has not been successful one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-29
March 20, 1882 and also the total amounts carried
for the corresponding week OF last yoar:

The percentages for the week Of this year were
Michigan Central 21.40; Lake Shore, IS 10; Fort
Wayne, 1880; Pan Handle, 1920; Baltimore and
Ohio 4.20; Grand Trunk, $3.50.
Tho upward movement in prices for stocks today
met with decided check from not unnatural re-
alization Of the rapid profits that have accrued der.
ing tho last few days Yet the large amount Of
transactions 1852. shares and tho comparatively
small final declines from the extrens
highest figures show little or no abate-
ment CT confidence In the speculative slt-
uation. The market opened excited ard for
almost everything on the list carly prices showed
further material advances: Western Union sold I'D
to 93ls Northern Pacific preferred to 1884 st. Paul
to 11S, Missouri Pacific to 1913 Missouri, Kansas
and Texas to 3612, Lake Shore to 100.
Michigan Central TO $50, Canada Southern
TO 54l2 Central Of Ne g-Jcrsey to S65s, Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western TO 125l9. and Denver
and Rio Grande TO Gsl2 and the remainder Of tho
list enjoyed proportonate advances. After the 70
cordng Of the prices named the market was more Or
less feycrish and unsettled during tho remainder Of
the day. There were continuous sales
to realize profits, and fluctuations Of
Z to l per cent followed each other IN rap;t
succession. But ell the time there was an undertope
OF strength, which quickly checked all efforts 20
create an artificial depression The movements u
western Union illustrate the movement of all the
active stocks; IL opened at 80 and rose 10 932 de-
cned to 900s and rallied 70 90 again declined 70
30 and rallied 10 81 IL and closed at o. after trans
actions amounting to $1,000 shares Denver and
Rio Grande. however recorded sales of 10000
shares at 67lia 6Si ia 652lQ66. The market closed
at figures lower than those of last evening but tho
reaction is not more than is natural and at the end
prices were steady.
Oaly small business was done in Government
bonds either at the Board or at the Offices of the
large dealers. Prices. however, were strong and
the final bids show advances of Is for the continued
Gs and of d per cent for the 4l2s and he Is. An-
nexed are the closing quotations: