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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08
How They Were Married.

Many years ago an excellent Quaker
gentleman of Philadelphia took to HIM
self wife without any formal ceremony,
both the parties to the union believing
ceremony to be unnecessary. The
Governor of the State, who was warm
personal friend of both, begged them
to be married in due form, to which
they objected, saying that they were
married already. But one day, the
Governor being invited with other
friends to dine with the Quaker, adroit-
ly turned the conversation upon the
subject of matrimony. In the discus
sion which followed he addressed his
host personally, saying: "Seth, under
stand thee to say that thou,dost consid-
er Hannah to be thy lawful wife?"
eyes, verify do l." said he. "Thou
wilt certainly cherish her as thy wife so
long as thou shalt live2" "Indeed |
shall," replied the host, looking proud
ly at Hannah. Presently the Governor
turned to the wife: "Hannab," said
he, "thou dost love Seth as thy true and
faithful husband?" "Truly l do" said
she. "And thou wilt always be a faith
full wife to him2" "Yea,' said she.
"Then," said the Governor, rising
with dignity, "by the authority vested
in me as Chief Magistrate of this Com
monwealth, l pronounce you man and
WIFE"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08
The FavOriie Scholar.
CHICAGO Herald.

In one of the school houses on the
West Side are teacher and pupil be-
tween whom there are no tender ties
such as those which united the souls of
Dickens sick scholar and his teacher.
The West Side teacher,-this is not
scholar, Friday, just before school was
called, and stroking the little fellows
hair gently, said: "I have scheme. 3"
"The boy looked up into the face of
the teacher and answered:
"This is straight ?"
"Straight and on the q. t., "the teach
er replied.
"And I'm in with it?" asked the lad.
"You are," said the kind hearted
teacher.
"All right; what's the racket" ask
ed the boy with two black eyes.
81 want you to turn up missing next
Monday. l will read note signed by
your mother saying that you are sick
and not expected to live. But you are
not sick, understand 2''
"What day isitto be ?" asked the boy.
"Monday."
"Well, if Monday suits you it will
suit me. Go on with the scheme"
said the boy.
"Then l tell my children that l can't
teach school when one of my scholars
is dying. tell them of the uncertain
ties of life and spread gloomy feeling
over them. l tell them to go home
and not go away to play, as that would
be very wicked. dismiss the school"
eyes, and I'm dying" said the boy.
Exactly. You have it. Dying to
go to the circus. You meet me behind
Blinkum's blacksmith shop at o'clock.
"Make it IL" said the boy.
"Can't do it,-can't dismiss school
too early, you know. Well, as l was
saying, you meet me there and we'll
take it in.''
"Good enoughl am with you, and
as the kind-hearted teacher took him by
the hand he asked:
SCOT any tobacco?"
"Nothing but 6ne-cut." the bright
faced child answered, as he handed out
a wad to the teacher.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08
Artemus Wards COurtship.

''Twas calm still night in Joom.
All natur was husht, and nary zeffer
disturbed the screene silens. l sot with
Betsy Jane on the fence of her fathers
pastur We'd been romping through
the woods, kullin hours and driving the
woodchuck from his Native Liar(so to
speak, with long sticks. Wall, we sot
there Oh the fence, swinging our feet
to and fro, blushing as red as the Bald
winsville skool house when it was first
painted, and lookin very simple, | make
no doubt. My left arm was ockepied
in ballnesin myself on the fence, while
my rite was wounded luvingly round
her waste. l cleared my throat and
tremblinly said, "Betsy, you're Ga
zelle." l thought that air was putty
fine. waited to see what effect it would
i,.ro-uPon -her.-It -It-euidently didn't
fetch her, for she up and sed, 'You're
a sheep !" Sez |, "Betsy, think very
muchly of you." 81 don't b'leeve a
word you say-so there, now !" with
which obsarvashun she hitched away
from me. 81 wish there was winders
in my sole," sed l, $50 that you could
see some of my feelins. There's fire
enuff in here" sed l, striking my buz-
sum with my fist, "to bile all the
corn beef and turnips in the naberhood.
Versoovius and the Critter aint cir
cumstanc - She bowed her head down
and comments chewing the strings of
her sunbonnet. "Ah could you know
the sleeplis mites l worry threw on your
account, how vittals has seized to be
attractive to me, and how my limbs has
shrunk up, you wouldn't dowt me. Gaze
on this wastin form and these ere sunk
en- cheeks" should have continnered
on this strane probly for some time, but
unfortnitly lost my ballunse and fell
over into the pastur ker smash, tearing
my close, and severely damagin myself
ginerally. Betsy Jane sprang to my as
sistance in double quick time and drag
ged me 4th. Then drawing herself up
to her full hite, she sed, 81 wont listen
to your noncents no longer. Jes say
rite straight out what you're drivin at.
If you mean getting hitched, I'm in !"
considered that air enuff for all prac-
tical purposes, and we proceeded i'm
mejitely to the parsons and was made
one that very mite.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

D9rAs a passenger sits at car win
dow on the railroad and sees the mile
posts whirl by, he seldom stops to re-
fleet what it has cost the company to
pull the train a mile. The highest au-
thority on the subject says the average
cost of running an ordinary passenger
train of from six to ten coaches is from
81 to S1.25 a mile. This may seem
large at first, but when the several items
are taken into account one will suspect,
after all, that the estimate is too small.
One of the principal items is the run
ming of the locomotive. The expense
from the item of wear and tear is in
creased by an increase of the speed of a
train. Another little item of railway
operation is the expense of stopping
and starting train, which an expert
enced railroad man says cannot be effect
ed at less expense than from eigh-
teen to twenty-five cents at each stop.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

A Cause for RtjoicinO Among the Weak and
DeLiiitdfed.
A PUBLIC WANT FILLED AT LAST!
SCHROEDER'S
IRON TONIC AND BLOOD PURIFIER.
The only Iron in solution pithom Oryd0tiOn (rust-
ing.) Entirely free from alcohol. Not injuri-
Gus. The best in the world Price so cts.
at Druggists and Country Stores.
DEPoT-lO3 HANOVER ST., BALTIMORE.
HONE TESTIMONIALS
Mrs. Annie NJ. Shirley, of Harrisonville, Balti-
more county, Nd, writes: "I was troubled with
indigestion and after using Schroeder's Iron Tonic
it gave me great relief. think it an excellent
medicine in family"
Susan Ann Gosnell, of Harrisonville, writes -
"I was very weak and feeble during the hot
Tonic and Blood Purifier, which streng gthened me
greatly and gave me good appetite"
Mrs. L. st. Leon, of So st. Paul street, Balti-
more, writes that Schroeder's Iron Tonic has en-
trely relieved her of nervous debility and weak
ness.
A REMARKABLE CURE.-I was suffering with a
cough and pain in my side for the past two years
and grew extremely weak. During that time I
had several physicians attending me, but deriving
no benefit from their treatment. They pronounced
my dsease consumption. I concluded to try
Scbroeder's Iron Tonic, not expecting it to cure
me- but merely using it as an appetizer and tonic.
After using three bottles I was entirely cured of
my disease and feel stronger than I have for the
past eight years. F. PFAMMILLER,
BAG W. Pratt street, Baltimore.
Oct.lltJuly19.'85.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

Folks has been to town, and Sahry
Fetched her homo a pet canary
And of all the blame, contrary,
Aggervatin' things alive!
love music-that's love it
When it's free--and plenty of it,
But l kinde git above il
At dollar eighty FIVE!
It's just as I'm a.sayin',-
The idy, now, O. layin'
Out yer money, and a-payin'
For q willer-cage and bird,
When the medder- larks is wingin'
Round you, and the woods q ringin'
With the beautifullest singin'
That mortal ever heard!
Sahry's sot, tho tell her
He's purity little feller,
With his wings O. creamy -yeller,
And eyes keen as a cat;
And the twitter o. the critter
Seems to absolutely glitter!
Guess I'll have to go and git her
A better cage n that!
james Whitcomb Riley
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

H0Be decided as to what course you
will pursue throughout life. Do not,
without sufficient reason, deviate from
it; and though you should not become
a distinguished man, yet rest assured
your life will not be fruitless.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

sG"There is a sudden advance in
leather, remarked the youth who dived
out of the front door as the irate parents
boot reached after him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

B@There is but one road to lead us
to God-humanity. All other ways
would only lead astray, even were they
fenced in with all virtues.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

B9rAt what age does farm usually
become worthless7 inquiries a cores
pondent. At about mortgage.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

BOr OrHappiness depends not SO much
on means and opportunities as on the
capacity for using them. And this de-
pends so much on experience and self
control that the probability of happi-
ness in old age is as great to say the
least as it is in youth.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

B0r"But," said the serenaded man,
'I must 60 out and make speech.
Something must be done to stop the play
ing of that band"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

B0~A lecturer said: "The roads up
these mountains are too steep and rocky
for even monkey to climb; therefore
l did not attempt the ascent"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08
Lamp Shade.

A dainty shade that is more valued
for its daytime decorative qualities than
for use at night, is made by covering a
wire skeleton shade, first with paper,
and then with successive rows of tissue
paper plated into the form Of roses
at the top and bottom of the shade is
an encircling wreath of artificial rose
leaves. A variation Of the same kind
of shade is covered with plaitings of
violet paper. The strips for plating
are about three inches wide and cut on
each edge into narrow, inch-deep seal
lops, which will look very like flower
petals if crimped over knitting needle
after the strips are plated. The first
row should be very deep purple, the
next very much lighter, the next per-
feet violet, and the next very light in
deed. No finish at the top ard bottom
is necessary, but sometimes narrow,
dark green plating is allowed to show
below the purple petals, and an edge
of pale yellow is placed inside the top
row of violet.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

p%"Don't lie much on your left
side," says writer. No, if you must
lie, do it on the winning side.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

histories heard at the mothers
knee are never wholly forgotten. They
form fountain that never quite dries
upin our journeyings through the scorch-
ing years.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

sar"Do they dress well at your
house?" said one boarder to another.
"Well, the girls dress pretty well, but
the dressing of the salad is very poo"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08
b1rAn eminent jurist practicing in

D9~An eminent jurist practicing in
this city, but of national fame, return
ing from court to his office one day was
told by his managing clerk that he had
secured new client. "And did you
get a retainer7" 81 did, sir; SIoo."
"What!'' cried the legal luminary, his
eyes sparkling with indignation, edo
you mean to tell me that SO low a re-
tainer as 500 has been accepted in this
Officer" "Why," said the abashed
clerk in his most deprecating tones, sit
was all the man had in the world"
"Oh, in that case," said his modified
employer, "if you took all the man had
you could do no more. You behaved
quite professionally, quite profession
ally, sir, and you will rise. .''-Ne1V York
Commercial.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-08

b3-It seems odd that flying debtor
should cross the ocean to avoid the
bill-owes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
OUR NEIGHBORS.

The barn and stable of Mr.. James
Bramble, residing in Quaker Neck, about
five miles from Chestertown, Keut
county, were destroyed by fire about g
o'clock on Monday night. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Six hundred bush
els of wheat in the barn. ard a mule in
the stable, which could not be gotten
out, were burned. Mr.. Bramble estimates
his loss at s., 900. uninsured
a large schooner, while attempting to
pass through the Chester river draw
bridge at ChesteItown on Monday last.
blew against it, demolishing about 100
yards of the structure. The schooner
was also badly damaged. 1t is estimated
that it will cost 81 800 to repair the
bridge. The bridge company have been
very unfortunate OF late i'll having their
property damaged by sailing vessels,
this being the fourth time within three
months that vessels have coIlided with
the bridge.
\ New London township young man
and his sister attempted TO drive through
the Big Elk creek, on the Hickory Hill
and New London road, ON Sunday.
From some cause their buggy broke
down and both occupants were thrown
into the water The iron bridge that
spanned the creek at this point was
washed away by the late flood and the
crossing is IA dangerous one OrtoYd
Press. There are some crossings near
Elkton in the same fix, where vehicles
are liable to be wrecked; notably Gilpin's
crossing over the Big Elk, half mi e
from town.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Hartford, after whom committee was
sent to heal the breach. When Hopkins
arose to speak he was pale as a sheet,
and it was with difficulty he suppressed
his feelings. Like good Democrat,
however, he swallowed crow, and sub
mitted to the usual party methods. which
Ill this Instance beat him ont of the nom
nation. When the speaking was over,
the convention adjourned, The nomina-
ton, by the way, was not made unanl-
nous.
The Hartford county delegation, despite
their speeches pledging their county's
support to DR.. Shaw, are all very sore
over the result of the convention. They
lay good deal of blame upon Chairman
Shriver. who did not announce the vote
as soon as he might when Hopkins had
/ votes.
''Hopkins wasn't bit smart, y said a
politician who witnessed the proceedings.
This time he ought to have asked for
the chairman of the convention, ana not
allow Carroll to have it again. II a
Hopkins man had been i'll the chair his
nomination would have been secured.
Shriver dallied several minutes and gave
the Talbot people chance to see the
situation and change their votes.
Dir. Shaw owes his nomination entirely
TO Fred Talbot. During the recess he
found that the Hartford delegation would
never vote for him, and that the Carroll
people We're not disposed to come over to
him. lie held the balance of power.
Senator German next to Talbot prefer
red Shaw. Hopkins is man who is not
well verSed in the sinuous ways of poll
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
ARRAIGNING CLEVELAND.
Rev. George II. Balls Additional Ar
raignment of the Governor.

Rev. George II. Balls Additional Ar
raignment of the Governor.
Rev. Gcarge H. Ball, pastor of Hudson
street Baptist church. Buffalo, has writ
ten Rev. DR.. Muller, pastor of the SEQ
vile Avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
of Cleveland, Ohio, a startling letter re-
@artling Governor Clevelauds moral
character. DR.. Muller is well known in
church circles He was for several years
Il member of the Methodist Episcopal
conferences in Western New York; was,
for eleven years, pastor i'll Buffalo; is
an honorary member of the Ministers
Association of that city, and is personally
acquainted with Dir. Ball.
DR.. Muller said that he was dcslrous,
not as partisan or politician, but as
Christian minister, to obtain concise
statement of the case that could be de-
pended upon, ard in chat spirit wrote
DR.. Ball. and yesterday received this au-
swer under the date OF September 1G. 1t
is an indirect appeal to the ministers and
tn the moral sentiment of the country.
The letter among other things. says:
Before the nomination for the PreSi-
dency Cleveland deeds of darkness be-
gan to come to light. Prominent Demo-
Gratis in Buffalo confirmed the bad re-
ports. Physicians. police officers, detec-
tiveS and other citizens whose profess
sioual duties or business relations made
them coguiZant Of the facts, related them
privately to some of our pastors. The
shocking disclosures were discussed and
mentioned at the ministers meeting.
Letters were written by several of the
pastors to editors of Christian journals
to put them on their guard. lnvestiga-
tions disclosed still more proof of the de-
baucherieS too horrible to relate and too
vile to be readily believed.
For many years, days devoted to bus
mess have been followed by nights II sin
He haS lived a bachelor, and had no
home: avoided the restraints even of
hotel and boarding house life; lodged in
rooms on the third floor in a business
block made those rooms harem.
THE lialpiu case was not solitary.
:: Some diSgraced and broken
hearted victims of his lust now slumber
in the grave. Since he has become Gov
ernnr of this great State. he has not
abats Il his vices. Abundant rumors i'm
pllcata him 1T Albany; well autLeuti-
Gated facts convict him in Bt ffal,.
"rhe last amour of this nature. clearly
verified, occurred so late as April, 1884.
These allegations do not rest upon ru-
morS, hearSay, nor secondhand state
ments. but upon the testimony of men
and women who We're personally cogniz-
ant of the facts related. Seven of our
pastors have acted as a provisional com
mittcc to listen to the testimony given.
A written summary of the evidence has
been reviewed by able council and pro
nounced surprisingly fun and conclusive.
Fully thirty of the ministers of Buffalo,
after hearing this summary read, d" not
hesitate to pronounce him guilty of hab-
itu ! unchaStty and intemperance.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
MR.. 7. @. BLAIR ACCEPTS.
A VIGOROUS AND MANLY DOCUMENT.

Mr.. r. c. Blair the Republican can
didate for Congress in the Second dis
trict, has written the following letter Of
acceptance:
ASHLAND, Mp, Sept. IS, 1884.
GcNHlWCR.-After due and careful
delberation upon a matter fraught with
such vital interests to the people of the
district as well as myself, | am con-
strained to accept the Republican NOM
nation for Congress in the Second
Congressional district of Maryland In
thus accepting the honorable trust con
ferred by the people of Baltimore, Har-
ford, Cecil and Carroll counties upon
me, through you as their committee,
permit me to express my deep appre-
citation of their generous confidence in
naming me as their standard-bearer in
this far more than ordinarily important
contest. | would, indeed. be taking
very tlattering JUNCTION to myself to sup
pose for a moment that | was chosen
by reason of any peculiar fitness over
many other able men in the district
harboring equally liberal and progress
sive views. May | not, rather, con-
Glade that it was rendered me as 4 re-
cognition of earnest efforts in the can
vass Of two years ago, when, through
the hearty cooperation of the live Re
publiCans and many conservative Dem
ocrats, the party was able, through my
feeble leadership, TO reduce the Demo
cratic majority to a very nominal fig
ureo Be this as it may, having &C
cepted the nomination, | shall devote
my utmost energies and ability in the
endeavor to add the Second Congress
sional district of Maryland to the Re
publican roll in the 10th Congress, be
lieving that in so doing the material
prosperity of its people will be enhanc-
ed to far greater degree than it pos
sibly could be under Democratic rep
resentation. | may be pardcncd for
the brief personal allusion that it is we'll
known that | have been closely identi-
fled with the farming, mineral, manu-
featuring and other industrial interests
of the district since early manhood, and
it is, perhaps, not too much for me to
add that | have made these varied in
terests and their development for the
benefit of all classes, profound, prac-
teal study; putting my hands as well
as brain to the pillow and anvil in their
pursuit. While too active 4 worker all
my life in every day business affairs to
be known or considered in any sense a
professional politician, yet | have en-
deavored to closely study, as herein
stated, political economy in all its bear
ings wherein it most affects the interests
of our people, in order that l may ever,
whether in public or private life, speak
and act intelligensy, vigorously and
faithfully in their interest, without par
tisan bias. My record as a citizen of
the district is well, and, | trust, favora-
bly, known to its people. Resting upon
it, in a measure, | can brt pledge them
that, if elected, it shall :. my earnest
cndeavor to serve them as their repre-
in Congress with at least the
same zeal and fidelity that | have ever
labored to impart to my personal bust
ness affairs. Truly, your obeGient ser
want. THADDEUS {. BLAIR.
To ]. W. Lee, 5. NJ. Johnson, +. F
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

the richer had he never met the Fisher
Mulligan gang of stock jobbers, the
correspondence just published shows
that there was nothing in his dealings
with them at all inconsistent with the
most sCrupulous integrity and honor.
He saw what he thought good bus
mess opening, and just as any other
business man in Congress or out of it
would have done, attempted to take
advantage of it. 1t may be urged by
Mr.. Blaine's enemies that it WAS in bad
taste for him to have acted as a broker,
and that he was culpable in making an
investment in any class of securities
that are liable to be influenced in value
by legislation. But if SO strict rule
as this were to be enforced a public
man would be dcbarred from purchas-
ing government bond in fact, he
would be debarred purchasing for spec
ulative purposes any commodity the
price of which might be affected in
some measure by congressional legisla
ton. There is not the slightest evil
denCe that in the transaction in ques-
ton Mr.. Blaine had either directly or
indirectly made any ruling in favor Of
the corporation the bonds of which he
subsequently negotiated for.
Placing the very worst construction
on the Blaine Fisher Caldwell cores
pondence that is possible in fairness to
all parties, Mr.. Blaine was guilty of
making a business mistake and of re
posing confidence in persons who were
unworthy the fellowship of honest, self
respecting men. That he was dishon-
est or that he made corrupt use of his
high office no reasoning man, not
blinded by personal hate or political
prejudice, believes. His innocence
on this count of the indictment is
clearly and indisputably established.
The last batch of 'Mulligan letters
removes every lingering doubt.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

THE \. Y. Tribune pointedly says
that it is most humiliating to the Amer
lean people that, after all these years
of scandal and defamation, it should
now be found that some of them have
been befooled by sharper like Warren
Fisher into suspecting or believing evil
of an honored and worthy statesman
like Mr.. Blaine. Exposed to tempta-
ton every hour fer thirty years, able to
sell his influence at almost any time for
millions, he gets heeced by a Fisher
because he will not be dishonest or
voluntarily let his name be tarnished
Yet there are found men who would
distort the words of the statesman
rather than doubt the knaves who
heeced him.