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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-07-28
HOW TO MARRY A RICH GIRL

Next to tiger hunting there is moth
ing so exciting as making love to n rich
girl. OF course, you are supposed to be
poor young man, and how to compete
with her rich and accomplished admirers
is a question that haunts You. Success
will be easy if you know how to 90 to
work. In the first place, You must get
all mercenary thoughts ont of your mind.
To do this there is nothing like early
rising and a cooling diet. Having gotten
yourself into a wooing condition set
about the task with busincss-like deter
mination.
Improve every opportunity of getting
into the company Of the millionaire 5
daughter, but always appear entirely
unconscious Of her presence. If you
chance to find yourself near her, 90 tC
another part of the room and pay court
to the homeliest and most neglected
girl in the house. Tell your best stories
and display your choicest wit; presently
you will have a crowd of listeners who
will hang upon your words and be
swayed by your eloquence. The rich
young lady will hear the murmurs of
applause and for time remain oblivious
to the sensation your are making; then
she will grow uneasy, and give nonsen-
steal orders to the servants. She will
ask foolish questions about the weather
in Scotland and the fashions in Holland,
and finally, with an ingenious air of in
different surprise, remark:
81 wonder what that young man is
saying to those foolish girls.
OF course you hear the young lady
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THE SEQUEL TO A DREAM.

Gone of the most remarkable occur
rences | ever heard of was related to me
this morning. remarked State street
broker yesterday. Il was told today
by leading City Hall official, whose
trustworthiness is undoubted, that
daughter of the late Henry Jewell (who
was so well and favorably known
in Boston in legal and business Cir
cles, and was a brother of the late Mar
shall JewelD, had recently a very queer
and unusual experience, and one calcu-
lated to make deep impression upon
the strongest mind. Some weeks ago
she had dream in which she distinctly
saw the undertaken drive up to her resi-
dence in hearse- He was a peculiar
looking man. His queer shaped nose,
which looked as if it had been broken
and twisted to one side, gave his counte-
nance an expression which would have
made Identification easy and certain. He
came directly toward her, and, as he
said Are you all ready? she suddenly
awork.
"The dream seemed peculiar one,
but did not attract very much attention
in the household until few days or
week later it was repeated with exactly
the same characteristics down to the
Are you all ready?' and the awakening.
''And now comes the strangest part of
the story. Some little time afterward
the young lady was visiting in Cincinnati
and went to all apartment hotel to call
upon friend. She stepped into the
elevator with others, and was startled to
hear Are you ready?' from the man in
charge. She was still more startled on
looking around and beholding the mis-
happen nose. 1t made such an impression
upon her mind that she requested to be
let out of the elevator at the first land
ing. She stepped out, and the other oc-
cupants went out at the next landing,
aud the man remained. The elevator
machinery gave out; suddenly the car
went up and down, and the man was in
stantly killed."
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other clubs, is now dentist in Scranton.

other clubs, is now dentist in Scranton.
The contracts with professional play
ers are now SO strict that only men who
have pretty good habits can live up to
them. From the opening of the season
in April to the close in November pro-
fessional must play in and about $50
games. To do this he must be temper
ate, must take regular sleep, and must
keep in good health. 1t is erroneous to
suppose that professional players are
slusgers and rowdies or drunkards.
Such men do not last long in prominent
positions now, A professional player is
liable to expulsion if he is seen in pool
room, and gambling is strictly prohibit
ed-Neg York Sun,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-07-28
BARRIERS AS BLEEDERS.
HOW LEECIIES ARE APPLIED AND THE DIS
TEMPERS IN WHICH THEY
ARE EMPLOYED.

Ffom IHiiadclphio Sundoy Times.
Coming down Fifteenth street on Sat
urday night reporter saw sign i'll front
of Il barber shop which read, in addition
to the trade legend, IN. J. Herrold,
Cupper and Lcecher.' The leecher was
engaged in the commonplace branch of
his calling as the reporter entered and
the latter had to wait his turn for the at
tention of the practitioner. His surgical
experience had affected his tonsorial
touch and made his shaving work of
art. His hand was firm as an anatomists
and gentle as nurse s.
81 thought said the reporter through
the lathcr, THAT your profession as
Surgeon was obsoIete-ausgespiel, so to
speak
1t is outside of Philadelphia, was
the reply. " Elsewhere the doctors and
druggists do their own leeching and cup
ping, but here we have always fourished.
Fen years ago they tried to do without
us but were obliged to drop the scheme
as an impossibility.'
But you're not a mere adjunct to the
medical profession, are you?'
by 10 means. Although most of our
services are performed for the patients of
physicians and under their prescription,
We have a large number of patients
OF our own This is necessarily the case
with leeching. for this is generally done
for COMMISSIONS and sprans, and it is SIM
| pier and cheaper for a man who knows Il
| lecchcrs address to send for him at once
than to get doctor to prescribe his at
tendance. SO with cuppiug. A person
who has pleuriSy or some lung trouble
for which the cupper' services are called
into rcquisiion learns the next time he
is troubled that way to send direct for the
man who cuppcd him. The diseases |
speak of are treated with the dry cup.
! We charge 81 to attend once and apply
number of applications are necessary we
charge at Il lesser rate than % cents an
application. Wet cnpping differs from
dry cupping in that the lance is used.
For this we charge so cents an applca-
ton. 1t is most frequently called for in
congestion of the brain. For chronic
disease of the throat. such as diphtheria
we use the cup whenever we can, but
frequently are obliged to employ the
leech. AS for that branch of the bust
ness. | think you will find Mrs. Harriet
| O'Connor, of South Fifth street, the best
authority
From this lady the reporter ascertain
ed that the leech, or leecher as the word
has been corrupted, fills in this city the
| place which the numerous BLACK eye
artists of the Bowery occupy in New
| York.
1.-The only cases. said Mrs. O'Connor
= In which use my own discretion and
have my own patients is with the cases
| of the black eye, which come to me fire.
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AMERICAN GIRL FOOLS.

The London cores pondent of the st.
Paul Sunday Pioneer Press, in his last
letter, says: If l felt free to mention
names l could tell tales to wiring the
heart about American girls who have
married English noblemen. In almost
every instance it proves fatal to the
brides happiness. 1t isn't long since
Lord Flytinger married the heiress of an
mendous time about it. She was envied
by all her manageable cronies, and old
Cresus was congratulated on the fine
alliance. He grinned with self-com-
placency and handed over 81, 800, 900 to
his Lordship Flytinger on the spot. Fly
finger took the wife and the money and
brought them to England, where he in
troduced her to a few acquaintance and
left her to shift for herself while he
travels with relays of fast horses and
mistresscs, races and hunts, CANDLES and
lives wild life ON the million and half
of money for which he sold the shelter
of his title to the brightly hopeful, am
bilious American girl. Five or six years
ago au American girl, whose name was
on all lips, married rich Englishman.
who had the entree of high society in
England. She has slept in social CO.
coon ever since, heartily wishing herself
home, no. seeing for months, sometimes,
the husband who loves to follow the
hounds. An American gentleman living
here, whose name would be recognized
by the reader, if were at liberty to
mention it, told me yesterday.
have been approached within month
by an English lord, who may be duke
some day, but whose fortune has become
greatly impaired by his dissipation. He
has fixed his eve on an American girl,
whom he has never seen. She is com
paratively uneducated, not very bright,
and fearfu!ly plain. Her nose is snub.
Her mouth is large. Her eyes are small
and watery. Her father is an Irishman
but he is worth at least $50, 900, 600. This
young lord wants me to bring about a
match between himself and this girl.
I'd see him hanged first; for know what
sacrifice of her it would be.
One other case: There is lady now in
high society in America, her native land,
whose husband is an English lord, and
whose father-in-law is duke. She is
beautiful, accomplished, interesting, and
she might have made good match in
New York. But she wanted lord, and
she got him. He, alas, inherited gam
bling from his mother, the duchess, and
he CANDLES away al he can get. He is
dissolute and Inscriptions; she is neg
lected and wretched. So she pays very
long visits to her relatives in America,
where she can plunge into society and
forget her pitiful European experiment.
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FANNIE MILLS, FEET,
FARMERS DAUGHTER IN OHIO WHO
WEARS THE LARGEST SHOES
ON EARTH.

The Cincinnati Inquirer tells the fol-
lowing remarkable story of a Sandusky,
Ohio, girls feet:
Fannie Mills has the largest feet in the
world, SO far as known, and they are
still growing. Your correspondent came
here on purpose to see the wonderful
sight, which would, under ordinary cir
cumstances, be a very indicate proceed
ing. 1t seems strange and rather unus-
ual in young man to travel 200 miles to
see pair of feet and those belonging to
a woman.
Fannie Mills is % years old, and re-
sides on the dairy farm of her father,
George Mills, two miles from Sandusky.
Your correspondent called at the Mills
home at evening, and the head of the
household was standing in the yard. His
greeting was kindly, and he entered into
conversation on the subject of his daugh-
ter's big feet. lie laughingly remarked
that people generally didn't believe the
seemingly incredible stories concerning
Fannie's immense pedal extremities, but
to prove that they were really so large
| he invited the reporter into the house to
see for himself. The young woman was
called by her father and wabbled, rather
than walked into the front room. She
wore long gown, which was scarcely
sufficient to hide the deformity. She sat
| down in g chair and exposed her feet to
view. 1t is almost impossible to exag-
| gerate the marvellous sight. She re-
! moved her shoes and then great white
pillow cases, which were Worn stock
ings.
The feet look like two immense hams
The toes are irregular, and the little toes
are represented by two little knobs.
There are no toe-nails, although the
places where they should be are clearly
defined. Your correspondent undertook
the delicate task of measuring the feet.
The right foot is one foot six inches in
length, and the left one inch shorter.
Over the instep of the right foot is
o"eheS -oho ihcues, anu over Iue OCner
one inch less. The big toe of the left
foot is eleven inches in circumference.
The right foot is longer than the left by
an inch, but the latter is heavier and
thicker. The feet are respectively seven
aud eight inches wide.
From this actual measurement of Fan
ny Mills feet any one can readily i'm
agine what marvelously large shoes she
must wear Heretofore they have been
manufactured in Albany, N. Y, but a
Sandusky shoe firm has the lasts and
pair of shoes on exhibition, which have
attracted much attention. Her feet have
increased in size since the display in the
shoe store window was made
The left shoe is 1G5 inches long, the
right Is inches in length; the left is y
inches wide and the other inches. Fan
ME Mills weighs 100 pounds, and though
delicate looking, says she has good
health. 1t takes two calf hides to make
her pair of shoes, and all her vita lily
goes to sustain her massive limbs and
feet. The girl had unusually large feet
when she was born, and they have COLI
tinued to grow alarmingly fast ever
since The girls of Chicago, whose big
feet arc proverbial, must now surrender
the palm to poor little Fannie Mills, who
bears her hard fate cheerfully.
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LIKE THE IVY.

True love is like the ivy bold,
That clings each day with tirmer hold,
That groweth on through good and i'll.
And mid the tempest clingeth still.
What though the wall on which it climbs
Have lost the grace of former times
Will then the ivy lose it's hold,
Forget the sunny days of old?
Nay, rather it will closer cling
With loving clasp remembering
That it hardly lived at all
Without the kindly shelt'ring wall.
True love is like the ivy green,
That FER forgetteth what hath been,
And so, till life itself be gone,
Until the end it clingeth on
What though the tree where it may cling
Shall hardly know another spring?
What though its boughs be dead and bare ?
The twining ivy climbeth there
And clasps it with tirner hold,
With stronger love than that of old,
And lends it era &c it never had
When time was young and life was glad.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

MEMBER FROM THE SEVERAL STATE.


Number Of cars over different roads--Boson and
Lowell - ttchburg 800; Eastern 8; Boston
and Maine @; total I2j.
Prices OF Market Beef-A few choice 50 80;
Extra s. 1909 - lrsi quality 81 5oa so second
quality s. 20 (s 20; third quality 81 5oaiI5.
Prices Of Store Cattle-W orsing oxen, u pair
from 500 10 $50 Mch COWS and Calves from
$50, 3s,a Is Farrow COWS SIS ~ "a Fancy Cows
$50 I'd $50. yearngs fl2d 81 two years old SIS
y 80 three years old $25 % si6
Swine.Western fat, ave, 7.@skc Vfb. Northern
dressed Hogs, ~ @9i.c y n.
Prices OF snccp and lambs-In lots. IS co. 81 OO,a
90 each; extra 50 90 co 50, o. from @GEc y 10.
Lambs, Ga Sc flb.
Veal Calves Ga 5HG y 10.
Prices OF Hides, Taows and Skit s-Brighton
Hides, ia Nc y n; Brighton Tallow IaT,.c 9Th;
County Hides, heavy, I@Ikc y 10; light, GIaosc
v ID County Tallow, ~ @5Hc b III; wool Pets,
81 OO@ " each; Sheared SKINS, ~ ID 25c each.
Cali skins, llsl2Ac Oh.
CLASSIFICATION or CATTLE AND snERr.
N. B,-Choice grades includes nothing but STALL
includes the best large lat oxen. second and third
quality includes oxen and two and three-y ear old
steers.
Sheep-Extra Includes cosscts and when those Of
inferior quality are thrown out
Western Hogs over the Boston and Albany
Railroad are included only IN the Brighton market
BOSTON STOCK YARDS.
The movement In Cattle was fully as comfortable
as last week, with the light supply for butchers
use. Inc Cattle exported from these yards WAS
considerably In excess OF the exports of last week
light run OF Northern and State Cattle, Western
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
a Hard Night for the SmeIt.

Wednesday night of last week was n disas-
trous one for the smelt in our lake. Thousands
were washed in with the drift wood and cast
upon the beach of Burlington bay. Two
men who were on hand at the time gathered
up fifty dozer, taking them in their hands as
the waves rolled them in. A south wind,
blowing fresh all day, hal raised heavy
sea, and the next morning the beach PIE
sented the appearance of general shpwi eek
The drift wood lined the sands, piled up IN
high, long windows. In the midst of this
lay the mangled bodies of the unfortunate
smet, several hundred occasionally in the
run of few feet, and as many more buried
beneath the sants. What n gha:tly parody
on the act of swimming, these creatures Of
the deep wrecked in their own element, and
cast up by the waters
Last winter fishermen thought themselves
fortunate to capture few dozen of these
willy smelt in days fishing, and some lad
concluded the species was dying ont. The
sudden appearance of several thousand
thrown up in one night would
not certainly De an argument in
favor Of this theory The greater part of
the fish were stranded in what is called Job
Reeds bay on Rock Point, and what the de
struction was III other parts of the lake we
are unable to say. Before these fish were
much sought after for food, this general de-
s,ruction in wind storms was of frequent oc-
curicnce, and the farmers who owned the
land adjoining the lake, were accustomed to
gather them up ald feed them to their hogs.
THIS might appear to be a reve.sion to those
days of plenty.
1t is likely that large school of smclt al
lowed themselves to drift in from the lake,
aud being caught before they were aware on
the shadows and entangled and bruised amid
The churning drift wood thus met their un-
timely fate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
VIGILANTs ON GUARD.
me Governor,s Aid Asked-A Reign Of
Ierror-serious Trouble Feared.

lby Telegraph 10 the Free Press and Tmes1
KANSAS CRY, May 9.-For ten days re.
maikable state Of affairs has existed ip Dodge
City, Kansas Several prominent Kansas
city attorneys have gone to Topeka TO petit
tlon The Governor to place the town under
martial law The difficulty is the culmina-
ton OF long standing feud The city is one
OF tue few points in Kansas where saloons
are run openly and gambling legltimatized.
IL Is also the headquarters Of cowboys aad
cattlemen. Before the last city election the
Mayor was Webster, proprietor of dive and
variety hall. He was representative of the
lower element OF the sporting fraternity. The
liead OF The other faction was w. II. Harris and
there was bitter feeling between the two.
AT the election for mayor Harris was beaten
and Degne, Webscr's candidate. elected
len days ago one Short, lIarris's partner, and
policeman had shooting aiflay. Short
was pfisoned although he was shot at first.
Atterward five gamblers were prisoned. That
night vigilance committee was formed with
rom Nixon, proprietor of dance house, at |
the head, aud they repaired to the jill and |
notified the prisoners that they must leave
town IN the morning. The vigiantcs took |
possession OF the town and the correspond |
EMS OF newspapers were notified that they |
must not send kilograms. A body of armed |
men watched the arrival Of each train TO see
mat there was no interference. A LAWYER
from Larned who was sent for by one of the
prisoners was stopped with revolver by the
vigllantes. Next morning the five gamblers
were put on the westward train. Dodge
wy Is practically IN the hands of the vigi.
lantes and the mayor is acting with them 1t
was lie who notified the prisoners that they
must 60 Trains are still watched, armed
men guard the town and list of others who
arc TO be ordered out has been prepared.
Serious trouble is apprehcndcd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Gays OF June trainings. At last commo
sense has overcome the dim traditions an,
the green is to be converted into a grove, AM
I Will be surrounded by temporary fence I,
! protect the young trees.
!, The listers doubled the list of twelve pariie
In town and the board of civil authoril,
promptly relieved ten of them.
Everyone was surprised when it was known
mat two old and much respected noighbor
llid disagreed and gone TO law. The
DAY OF trial came. The justice presided
with great dignity, but the surprise
was complete when after hours of waiting ii
became evident that neither plaintiff nor de.
ienuant would come near the trial. In ma
1ority Of cases this would be commendable
way OF settling up lawsuit
Mr. Abner Hoag male 800 lbs of sugar
from 800 trees
Mr. N. f. Clifford has sold in town over
one hundred and fifty thousand cut shinglc
this spring
| Our farmers are becoming used to sulky
piows and seeders and will soon regard them
US necessary as Il moving machine.
Fruit tree agents struck rich harvest here
anu there will be large additions made to
our orchards this year.
There are many empty tenant houses in
'hls section. Rent with wood for the year
anu Il garden plot is from two TO three dollars
per month Desirable tenants have no diff
Guilty In obtaining house, aud work for
Boou wages but the majority of house seek
ers are worthless addition to any neighbour
lood and house owners shun them
Colchester.
Mrs. Jacob Rolfc died Wednesday morn.
ing, aged So years, at the old Rolfc hong
stead.
Charles Collins who has been very sick,
is on the gain and the doctors think he is out
of danger.
kev. L. ). llulburt has returned from
conference to preach TO the Methodist people
again this year. They are very glad to see
Mrs. Cldrk's house was discovered on fire
about eleven O'Clock a. M Wednesday and in
ltss Than an hour the whole country for half
mile north was on fire. The wind
was blowing gale and in few moments
the horse barn and next the large COW barn
were in flames. Alonz) Irish, neighbor |
living about fifty rods NORTH hurried to the
scene and had just arrived when he looked |
back and saw that bis own barns were
aDaze. lie returned in time to save two
calves, but the third one burned. BY this
time the fences on both sides of the road and
Tor many rods into the fields were burning.
jesse Thompson started for the village for
hclp and soon nearly one hundred men were
IN the spot. The school house near Mr..
Irish was barely saved. Mr. Irsh's house
caught once and the fire worked ia between
the ell and main rart so that n hole had to be
cut through from the inside to nut
II out. The fire ran through Adrian
Nays sugar woods consuming his
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DARBy.-ln Cambridge, May lsi. 1873, At the resi-
dence Of his uncle, Harlow Wires. Alfred Darby,
aged II years.
FoorE-In Charlotte, saturday morniug NAV SIN
1883, Perly f., son or Geo. A. aud Martha A. Fp,tr
aged years and months.
ALLES.-In this city, May 5th Christophcr &.
Allen, IN his I4th year.
LASpER.-In this city Monday MAY !. Idl H..
wife OF Peter II. Lander, aged 20 years.
H,RT-ln Jackson, Mich May 5, Emeline wife of
VI, l., Hart, formerly ofths Cty aged 70 years, and
mother of q. l.. Hart
WiSG-ln Wlston, MAY 8, of diabetis, George T.
Wing, aged 10 years and II months.
HOPKINS Burlington, May !, Susan Howl
wife OF :. ID. Hopkins.
SIBLsy.-In this CITY, SUNDAY, May Q, 1873 Mary
J. Cnase, wife of II. Eugene SlllY
sHERNAS.-Ll this city, on "Wednesday, May 9th.
Eva, daughter Of George ID. aud Mary A. sherman
aged years.