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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16
LINCOLN ON KICKERS.



One of Abe" IincoIn's stories APP
plies to the boiling Republicans. MIR.
Lincoln was running for Congress.
There was some kicking against him,
lor which no reasons, save personal
ones. appeared. Addressing meet
ING in the district and referring to the
fact. he said he had tried hard TO find
out lust what the trouble was, but he
had no more success than he did in
irving to find ont why a jackass he
owned in his younger days kicked.
Said Old Abe:
The case of that jackass was most
singular. When everything was pleas
ant all around he would kick the worst
When his rack was fullest, and his stall
filed with new straw, and everything
real comfortable, that jackass would
start in on the almightiest spell OF kick
ing that was ever seen. All the veterl-
nary surgeons in the neighborhood came
around and tried to find out just what
made that crittcr kick SO. Thcyncver
could agree about it. One thing We
all noticed was that he always braycc
and kicked at the same time. Some
times he would bray first and then kick
but other times he would kick first anc
then bray, SO that confused us, anc
nobody in that whole country was ever
able to find out whether that jackas:
was braying at his own kicks or kicking
at his own brays.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Cleveland ought to express himself
clearly on the evils of polygamy iii his
letter of acceptance. - CHjc"9o htfl.
Or,dn.
"Father' Stephen is TIE unkind way
some Of the papers have Of abiding to
the Democratic bachelor candidate for
President Cdirayo Tribupc.
The fanatical bands that made the
streets OF Louisville, Baltimore and New
Orleans run red with Irish blood so years
ago, now vote the straight Democratic
ticket IN those Citics.-7hc CUi=cH (IriM
-lmcy6a".)
Coming from obscurity himself, Grover
Cleveland makes-as all such men are
liable to-oue of the most arbitrary, sell
fish and domincering aristocrats. lie
has forfeited the sympathy and support
of the laboring classes Of this State, and
he can never gain their confidence again.
-Bltdlo Times (DtD.)
CaSsius VI. Clay tried the Democratic
p1IIN. anu Hc HAS CO!llC tdth W GiiG IAc-
publican ranks and is for Blaine and Lo-
gan. Danville outrages and Mississippi
massacres, with many other Democratic
methods and doctrines, were more than
he could stand C;,riaaaH CoDmerciol
Ga.,HG.
That Gov. Cleveland has the right to
veto such legislative measures as he
deems unwisc and unconstitutional no
one doubts, but in vetcing the act Of the
New York Legislature authorizing lille,
Ultimate children TO inherit, he should
not have been moved by his personal in
terests in the question: hjclgo LtiCr-
| OrEau.
The Lynn (Nass) RI Porter. labor or
gan, after noting Gov. CleVeland's veto
Of the bill giving mechanics ana laborers
4 lea OF thc building they help to con
struct says:
Such a law is wise and Just and di-
rcctly for the protection of the working
men. whose labor is large part of the
| buildings in the State. \ man who
would veto a law like this is no friend
OF the laboring man, and lie may be in
dorsed by after dinner speeches of office.
! seekers until the cows come home, but
the worAingmcn will not have him for
their leader.
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.Jl't Qse'| n>|'io.
ELKTON, AUGUST 1G, 1884.
THE CAMPAIGN WING.

THE WHIG will earnestly advocate the
election of Blaine and Logan, and by
every legitimate argument endeavoI to
create sentiment in their favor. 1t will
not confine its appeals to electors to the
narrow grounds upon which partisans
expect to reap individual profit by then
success, but upon the higher and broader
grounds-that the highest interests OF
the country will be bost subserved by
their election.
From this time until November its
columns will contain all political news OF
Importance, and that the people of Cecil
and adjoining counties may have within
their reach a complete and reliable
weekly compendium of political events
as they transpire, it will be mailed, post
age prepaid, to any address from this
date to the Presidential election, period
of five months, at the nominal price OF
30 cents. Order it at once, and after
reading it hand it to your neighbor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

General Butler gives the following
anu ing explanation Of the origin of
what is generally accepted as u proranc
remark
1.-THE editor of the Boston Usr07d
does not seem to know enough to be
wicked when he wants to be. lie closes
an article upon your humble servant in
the Hruid of Sunday as follows: Can
anybody believe that man with his
record cares a tinkcr's malediction for
the principles Of any party Now he
evidently thinks that II tinker's dam
is cuss word. VIII You inform him
that in the olden time, when travelling
thinkers went about the country mend
ing the holes in the tin kettles and pans
he frequently found one that was ragged
and rusty, SO that the soldering iron
would not take, and he was obliged to
till it up with a mass of solder. To
keep that solder en- Hta&Se over the hole
while in the melted state, he was acCuS-
toned to take some crumbs of bread
and moistcn them and make little
ridge around the hole with the moiStened
crumbs, to hold the solder in its place as
he melted it in. This was what he
called a .tinkcr'S DAM which he
brushed away after lie lad finished, as
If was utterly useless. 30 that our lll-
Grim fathers used the words not worth
tinkcr'S dam never dreaming that
they were profane. The editor of the
VaraM evidently thinks he has been
swearing all his life, when he hash t,
aud that he must soften the word down
to 'malediction.' Yours truly,
" BENJAMIN +. BUTLER"
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JDIN NLNAAIAKER'S.
Invitation.

Friends, and enemies toe,
il we have them, passing
through Philadelphia, ale
invited to make a con-
venicncc Of the Big Store.
it is between the Broad
street station Of the Penn
sylvania r. r. and every
where else, and IS. on the
way from almost every
station.
It would be old news to
tell you what the store is
here for. Wen skip that.
For our present purpose it
is here to be walked through,
looked at, get rested in, and
to hold your baggage while
you run about town. As
you enter The door, any door
aI'noS'' you see d pace 70
led'e your Dag ":d'c d
q, Pa[ccIS tnGIe' II you
nke' no cllaTSe. Ho al Ie Owe.
lhe store uP-S,a'l 5 anu GOWN,
ask lor d @a'oe' II 20" '' &c,
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As LONG AS Mr.. Schurz is allowed to
lay down his own premises and draw
his own conclusions he has no Difficult
ty in making out case against Mr.,
Blaine; but when the other side IS
presented that which he alleges to be
absolutely true becomes absolutely
false. There are millions Of good men
who have come to an entirely different
decision touching Mr.. Blaine's fitness
for the presidency whose judgement IS
entitled to more consideration than
that OF Mr.. Schurz. They may have
less learning, but they also have less
vindiCtivness.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

In his speech at the recent immense
meeting of IRISH Independents IN New
York, the Rev. G. w. Pepper, of Woo
ster Ohio said: Irishmen should be Re
pubIicans. Because the Republican party
is the friend of labor-a party that com
menced pcnnileSs and without shoes up
on its feet-and fought war for the
emancipation of 1000, 600 slaves, has
never proved false to its early mission.
In every country in which England has
introduced her free trade heresy there
has been stagnation and death. Look at
India, that vast country, whose prosper
ity has been ruined by British free trade.
Alexander there fought some of his no.
blest battles and obtained some of his
greatest conqucsts. MOhammedanism
has possessed India, conquering some of
its tribes. But England conquered all
where the others failed. She imposed
an export tariff upon all the merchan-
disc of India. Why has India lost all its
prosperity Because Of the free-trade
of Britain. Look at Ireland. What is
the secret OF her misery and famines? 1t
is undou btedly free trade. When she
had a protective tariff she was contcnted,
prosperous and happy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

AMONG the Democratic papers that
are either boiling the nomination OF
Cleveland or are regarding it with
marked disapproval may be mentioned
the New York SIN, New York .Sha1,
Buffalo Times, Hartford Telegram,
the Hremans /oH1WaI the irish Ma
lien, Albany Times, Troy Press, Al
bany CafhoHc Telegraph, Rochester
Union and .AdueJhScy, the adverse
opinions of which have been supple
mented by similar expressions from con
spicuous leaders like Senator Lamar /;
Governor Stockley. of Delaware ex-
Mayor Fish, of Rochester; William
Purcell, John Kelly, John F. Henry,
president of the Autobiography Assoc
iation, and others.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

The Oxford Clerks Camping Club ex-
pect to spend next week in camp lite
near Gilpin's Rocks, Md. They will be
fully equipped to have royal time
OEJord Ps,sS.
4 Gainesville Pa, lady, while on her
way to Wilmington Delaware, the other
day put her head out the car window 20
get Il breath of fresh air, and opening
her mouth too wide dropped her false
teeth upon the road side. Up to date
she has not heard from them.
The fair of the Delaware State Agri-
cultural Association this season will be
held at Dover September Both and De-
tober list, 81 and Sd.
The Frederick county Agricultural
Society will hold its fair October 14th,
18th, 10th and 18th, and Baltimore
county on September Both and October
1st, % and Sd.
The elegant dwelling of Mr.. James n.
Dawson, on Marley Farm, Dorchester
county, Md, was destroyed by fire on
Sunday night.
Ex-Jndge Robert Ford, of st. Mays
county, Nd, died Sunday morning.
The work on the extension of the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad
through the Eastern Shore of Virginia
continues. The line has passed Drum
mondtown and it is announced that
freight aud passengers to that point will
be received on the 18th inst. Twenty
miles of the linc are completed and about
thirty five miles of track are yet to be
| laid. Dredging machines are at work il
| the harbor at Cherrystone, the southern
terminus of the line, and the point al
which connection will be made with boat
for Norfolk. Two magnificent iron
steamers are being built by the Harlan
& Hollingsworth Company of Whining
ton, Del, which will transport the car:
directly across the bay.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

From tie Christian Union Of this "ech.
The whispered scandals respecting Gov
eruor Cleveland are no longer whispers.
They have been given TO the public through
the press and have Il certain sanction given
to them by the name of Il clergyman who
claims to have investigated them and to
have satisfied himself of their truth. Nei-
Their Mr.. Cleveland's reputation, nor the
cause which he represents, is helped by the
drfrnseS which have been attempted in GER
tain quarters: such as that the country has
only TO do with the public and official Ca
reer not with the private character of a
public candidate; OF that it has frequently
honored by its Suttrages and accepted the
public services of men of impure lives, as
in the case of Alexander Hamilton, Henry
CLAY. and some public men OF later date in
American politics If the charges against
Governor Cleveland are true, his friends
should counsel him to take himself off from
the ticket: and If they do not the lovers OF
domestic purity and the respectorS of wo-
manhood should sweep him off. If they are
not true, the exact truth should be told =
told with authority, such as would give the
We Judge, from such investigation as WE
have been able to make that the truth would
show the story to be grossly exaggerated,
but not wholly groundlc>s; but, whatever
it shows, the American people are entitled
to know il. Ex-Governor Cleveland cannot
stand before them if that truth is known,
he must stand aside; if the independent
movement inaugurated in good faith to
purify our national state and municipal
administrations of political corruption, sui
trrS Il check it must suffer. The family Is
more than the state, social Generalization
is more dangerous and deadly than poliri-
cal corruption: and it would be better by
far to postpone political reform for a season
than to attempt t" purchase it at so dear a
price as the election OF "A man against whom
such charges are presented, and from whom
and whose friends and supporters there Is
neither denial nor explanation. Every
man is to I've presumed innocent unit! he Is
proved guilty: but only after he has plead
not guilty. This scandal has passed be
vond the limits within which public sean
dial can be treated with silent contempt.
Silence much longer continued will be taken
for confession.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

WHEN ]. w. TIARER, JH., found he
was to be deprived Of the sweet pIe-'-
ure of going down to the sidewalk
and with uncovered head reycrently
helping Mr., Blaine unload the manu-,
script of Twenty Years of Congress
from his triumphal car on the elevated
railroad," he discovered that Mr..
Blaine was a very, very bad man, al
though up to that time he fully believed
that the popular pulse, which, il our
vigorous American life, is generally
healthy, beats strongly in admiration
and affection for a man Biaine] who
has been absolutely fearless in his pat
rio+i-,,, -
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Twenty thousand baskets of peaches
last.
German is coming to the rront. This
is from New York correspondent of a
Western paper. The National Demo
cratic managers are not at al pleased
with the situation. Barpum has been
about New York for a week, but he has
finally given way to Sen. German, OF
Mary land. who earned his first reputa-
ton for executive ability by managing a
| Washington base ball c:ub when he was
PAGE III the Senate. Garman is not in
clined to do much talking. He is pale
faced, boyish-looliiu man, with slight
STOPPING figure. He is much shrewder
man than Earnum, however, although
not possessing a very wide political ac-
Quaintance.
The Democratic National Committee
promptly did what it could to suppress
tie Buffalo scandal 10y snppressing the
Widow IIalpin. This was the first large
Disbursements the Nationa! Committee
! in this campaign. The widow, never
| having been able to obtain any snhstan-
| tial recognition from Grover Cleveland,
was onlI too happy to receive it from the
| hands of the National Committee \
ballad-siuger has lightly skctched this
! event in loose iingling song, entitled :
"The Wildly Iialpin and Reiorm.'
Congress has voted $780, 600 in order
to make fine display of the COY ernment
exhibits at the Worlds Exposition next
winter. Some of the departments had
only a rudimentary collection at the
| time of the Centennial at Philadelphia
These collections have been increased
tenfold since then and will be opened at
| New Orleans in fine order. The United
States Geological Survey will furnish a
| fine exhibit of minerals. ores and rocks
from all the States and Territories. 1t
! has a collection of interesting fossil ami
mails and fossils exhibiting the charac-
tcrstics of animals aud plants now ex-
tiuct. 1t has models OF extinct volca-
noes, the Grand Canon Of Colorado,
Yosemite Valley and the National Park
| 1t has plans of the Cumstock and other
/ great mines of the country. To describe
the specimens representing the life of
former ages. fishes, reptiles, gigantic
uuadTupedS, now extinct, shell fish that
have lived in ancient geological periods,
would require a large volume.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

Mr.. BEEcHER is badly mixed up in
his own mind. The Cleveland scandal
made him sick at heart and gave him
the colo. He is now investigating the
charges. y fellow feeling will doubt
less make the reverend gentleman
wondrous kind in his treatment of mat
tiers Of this sort.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

Mr.. PURCELL, editor Of the Rochcs
ter Union, L Democratic paper, Ia,
resigned his position sooner than sup
port Cleveland. lie opposes the Dem.
ocratic candidate, So he AYERS, not tol
personal or political reasons, but be
cause he regards Mr. Cleveland as
moral lepcr.' Strong language
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Congressional Primaries

The Republican Voters of Cecil
County, and all who are in favor Of the
election of Blaine and Logan, are re-
quested to meet at their usual places of
meeting in the Several Election Dis
tricts of the County, on
Saturday, August 23d, 1884,
from 5 to ! O'Clock P. NJ,
to select five delegates to represent
each District in a County Convention
to assemble at Elkton
Tuesday, August Goth, 1854,
at NJ,
which Convention will select four del
egates to represent Cecil County in
the Second Congressional District Nom
mating Convention, which will assemble
at Waverly, Baltimore County, on
Thursday, August 2Sth, 1854,
at P. NJ.
The following named persons are
requested to act as Judges of the Pri
mary Meetings in the several districts
on the 23d instant:
First-SamueI Hall, John Morris and
Samuel Gillespie.
Second-John Blaine, Wesley Clayton
and John VI. Reed.
Third-John Perkins, I. i. Ceilings
and II. NJ. Nicol.
Fourth-Dr. r. c. Carter, David Scott
and Daniel Arbuckle.
Fifth-Wm. T. Richardson, ]. Alex,
Rutter and Joseph I. Stout.
Sixth--Barclay Reynolds, VIM. Brown
and Job Haincs.
Seventh-.John r. Bond, James Rice
and James n. Mccullough.
Eighth-Minchell w. Fulton, JOSEPH
Kennard and Thomas Davis.
Ninth-James c. Crothers, Samue
Haddock and Morris Wilkinson.
BY order of
COUNTY EX. COM,
Jas. T. MCCULLoUGH,
Chairman
II. X. TORBERT,
Chr County State Central Com
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SCROFULA

can only be cured by a thorough purifica-
ton of the blood. If this is neglected.
the disease pcrpetuates its faint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier Svmptomaic developments are
Eczema, Cutaueous Eruptions, TIL
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysircias,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. Ii allowed TO con-
tinue. RheumatiSm, ScrofulOuS Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercuiar Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous OF fatal maiae;icS, are
produced by il,
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The }1sople:; & oIun''

MIR. EDITOR The announcement has
been made by some of the New York
papers that Henry Ward Beechcr q eau
not add the title of Rev. to his name,
for it would be disgrace to the cloth),
has concluded to support Grover Cleve-
land for President. This is not to be
wondered at, for ever since the creation
"hirds Of a feather have hoCked to-
gether." Therefore it was At easy thing
for him to do the man who could enter
the home of his Gown dear familiar
friend, deiile it and destroy the peace
and happiness of a whole family, send
ing the head thereof a wandcrer over
the face of the earth, and that too, while
wearing the garb of minister of
the Gospel, would easily seize the OPP
portunity to endorse the like immortality
in another, to ease his own conscience
and Justify his own conduct. But it
matters little who Henry Ward Becchcr
supports. for since his very disgracetul
episode, his influence, both religious and
political, does not amount TO straws.
The question Of morality was started by
Mr.. Cleveland's friends, and they must
take the consequences Those who
live in glass houses should never throw
stones and should have posted them
selves as to the moral standing OF their
accidental candidate before they ask the
suffrage of the religious portion of vo'
ters throughout the country Not
only has Becchcr made mistake, but
so has Curtis, Harper and others, as will
be seen by the following notices showing
the causes which led them to oppose the
Republican ticket :
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OnaGrIInle Births in Missouri.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat says:
"Anothcr wonder in the progenative line
has turned mp three miles sou tn OF
Eureka. in jefferson county, her name
being Mrs II. W. Pullman. Twelve
days ago Mrs. Pullman became the happy
mother of four bouncing boys. all of
whom are in good condition, and to all
appearances likely to grow up in peace
and harmony to intiict double Dr0mio
act upon an unSuSpcctinG world.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

JoHN G.. WHITTIER writes to the
Massachusetts, Republican committee !:
Il am not prepared to abandon Re
publicalism and go over to a party
whose principles and measures 1 have
constantly opposed for the last quarter
of a century,"
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STILL THEY COME.

Lawrence Matthews, prominent Ohio
Irish American, is ont for Blaine and
gives his reasons for espousing the Re
publican cause in strong and convinc
ing letter to the Cleveland Ucralt. He
writes: Free traders try to make it APP
pear that they work in the interests Of
labor, when in reality they do 10 such
thing. There must be fair, open field
for capital and a fair, open field for labor.
This is the grand issue clearly defined in
Blainc's letter of acceptance. We can
surely trust that party which has always
been the friend of American labor and
industry. These are some of my reasons
for leaving the Democratic party to fol-
low the standard of Blaine ana Logan, a
standard that will lead us triumphantly
in November. when New Jersey will be
counted III the grand array Of States that
will east their votes for protection to
American labor
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GIVING the Democrats the benefit Of
the most liberal estimate. they cannot
carry their ticket. With California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada
New Hampshire, Ohio Oregon, Pennsy /
vania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wis
consin, which are sure Republican states.
Blaine will have two votes more than
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

CARL ScHURz is said to estimate his
anti-Blaine dynamite at 5000 a barrel,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

SORRY for Cleveland. But he ought
to have known better.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

TIIIS is to give notice that the sub,
L scrihcrS. Of Cecil county. have obtained from
the Orphans Court of said county letters OF adj
miniStratiou on the personal estate of
REBECCA l.. II lRlER
late of said county. deceased. All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby
warned To exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof daily authenticated.
ON or before the 18th day Of February, 1850;
they may otherwise by law, he excluded from III
benefit Of said estate. All persons indebted Il
said estate are requested I" max immediate pay
mcnt to the subscribers. Given under oar hani
this 18th day OF June. 1851.
RICHARD HARPER.
ROBERT G.. THACkEliG.
Administrators.
Tcst-REUBEN L. LAMAR, Register.
.,r.rI ,,N.