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The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
"Thc Ticket-O-LeaVe Man."

Next Wednesday evening, at Odd Eel
lows hall, the Elkton Amateur Dramatic
Association will close the season by pre-
senting to the public decidedly the best
melo-drama they have ever yet assaysd to
put Oh the boards, and the carefully select
ed cast of characters will be Il guarantee for
Il good rendition of ''rhe Ticket of Leave
Man." generally considered to be one of
Tom Taylor's best Plays. This drama has
achieved wide reputation on the Ameri-
can stage, and is full of both humor and
pathos. Bob Briefly, a Lancashire lad, is,
through no fault of his own, convicted of
passing counterfeit money and confined in
prison. by his good conduct he is discharg-
ed on a et-of-leave before his term has
expired, and seeks in vain for employment
but meets with constant rebnffS, no one
being willing to employ an eX-convict. He
finally overhears planned robbery and,
after informing Detective IIawkshaw, he
joins the two burglars and succeeds in Civ
ing them up to justice. During all his
trouble his devoted betrothed, May Ed
wards, has clung to him, and in the end
her faithful love and trust in him is re-
walded. Bob is exhoneratcd and happy
wedding closes the play.
We have witnessed one of their rehears-
ais, and are satisfied that the young people
will give a correct and careful rendition of
this highly popular play. The following is
the cast of characters:
Bod Briefly Ga Lancashire lad), John S.
Writ; James Dalton (alias Downey, alias
the Tiger, f. L. Taggart; Hawkshaw Ga
detective), II. G. Hurn; Meter Moss, Geo
Il. Ash; Green Jones, Rufus ID. Rowland ::
Mr.. Gibson Ga bill broker), Henry NJ. Nc
| Cullough; Sam Willoughby, Master Robin
Nelson; Maltby, Richard Reese; Burton, j.
NJ. Allen; Sharp, IL. NJ. Nicols, Jr.; lie ID
| Waiter, Master Horace Smith; May Ed
wards, Miss Annie j. Smith; Emily ST. Ev-
remond, Miss Lizzie Hutton; Mrs. Viii
| loughby Mis- Nettie Mcfarland.
The prices of admission will be as follows:
Reserved seats, 30 cents; general admission,
30 cents; children's tickets, % cents. a
| diagram of reserved seats is now at Mitch
| ellis drug store.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
Elkton Markets.
REPORTED BY d. SCOTT 4 BRO.
Baltimore Markets.

Corrected Weekly by W. H. Michael & .Soi
Grain and Pr0dHce Commission Ner-
chants, 81 DC cEldcrry'S Wharf.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

The best quality of Building Lime by the
hushel, barrel or car load, at lowest prices
ID. SCOTT & Bro
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
THE UHRKEYS.

Our Plants are unusually fine this sea-
son. BOOTH
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

Ward & Davis have received another
large line of neckwear, styles are neat and
tasty AL their goods are made from the
latest New York patterns, and prices will
astonish you.
Try bottle of "glycerole OIL for ladies'
shoes, will not in ure the leather.
Warl &. DaNia
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORDER NISI.

In the matter of the assigned estate of George
w. Evans.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county, No. PSI
Equity.
ORDERED, this Goth day of May,
" 1854. that the sale OF the assigned estate of
Cooling and l.. NJ. Hanes, trustees. be ratified
AMI confirmed, unless good cause to the contrary
thereof be shown within one month from the 3Oth
be inserted in some newspaper printed and pub
liShed in Cecil county, once in each of two
cessiye weeks, the first insertion thereof being on
the said 50th day OF May, inst.
The report states the amount of sale to be S2l33o
JAMES A. DAVIS,
True Copy-Test: Clerk.
May 30-3t JAMES A. DAVIS, Clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
ORDER NISI.

In re: the mortgaged real estate OF George NJ
Crows and Elizabeth Crows, his wife.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. No. 1924
Equity
ORDERED. this 9th day of April, 4.
" d., 1855, that the sale of the mortgaged real
estate OF George NJ. Grows and Elizabeth Crows
his wife, made and reported by l.. Marshall
Haincs. attorney named in the mortgage, he
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the con-
trary thereof be shown on or before the Sd day ol
July next provided Il copy of this orderbc insert
ed in some newspaper printed in Cecil county
once week for one month before the 3D. day OF
June next. The report states the amount Of sales
to be Sl,TS993
JAMES A. DAVIS, Clerk.
True Copy-Test:
May 2-5t JAS. y. DAVIS, Clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

AT your service with a full stock of pro-
visions at the very lowest prices for cash
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

Cash is the word-we can't help it bat
you particip ate largely in the benefit.
REESE.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

The rattlesnake is a pretty bad reptile,
but if you have never been in debt prefer
the rattlesnake. Buy your goods for cash
at Recses.
Straw berries. T. Il. Drew.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

NO. 1-Pacing Race. Pre1niI
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
First Aid to the Injured.

Feminine Boston is attending this
winter emergency lectures" These
are, no doubt, of value.
If a girl slip down and sprain her
ankle, instead of being obliged to wait
till some man picks her up and sends
her home in cab, she quietly takes off
her shoe and stocking, tucks her skirts
to one side, and performs the necessary
surgical operation on the spot.
If she feels faint at ball, instead of
looking around for man to whom she
has been introduced, and into whose
arms she can without immodesty fall,
she quietly sits down on the nearest
chair, sends her escort for a few simple
remedies, and applies them herself.
Suppose during the beautiful snowy
days she is run away with-run away
with by a horse, mean. While the
horse is tearing along looking for con-
venient Iamp-post to use in breaking the
sleigh, the Boston girl, with the COOL
ness of Galen, and the quiet dignity of
hOl bnS5 oOAAO
liniment. one or two splints, and num-
ber of strips of linen, and when at last
she is thrown across the horses back
against the side of house, instead of
screaming or fainting, she applies the
liniment ready in her hand, bandages up
the fractures. and walks quietly home to
send one of the grooms for her horse.
I believe later in the season some OF
the lectures are to be purely practical,
and we shall be told how to smile upon
mosquito so that he will refuse to
molest us, or how TO frown upon wasp
so that the wasp will drop dead with
fright, or how to convince ones self at
a moments notice that mouse is more
timid than 160pound girl, and quite
unable to scale dress, either on the in
side or out, unless helped by ladder,
You see there is no nonsense about
these lectures; the girls are honesty
{i'e'r'.Ahted by tl1eHa- aud they are hecoScn-
ing more and more popular. ar.-Loutougse see
Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Preparing for War.

A dispatch from London to the New
York Times, says: Lieut.. Col. Sweny,
of the Seventh Fusileers, who for many
wears has been at Gibraltar, had long
interview with an American official
here on the possibility of buying horses
and mules in the United States. He
made special inquiries about the mule
breeding localities, and the tone OF his
questions gave the impression that the
Government is thinking of making ex-
tensive purchases. Already so much
criticism has been called out by the
large meat contracts given to firms III
Chicago that it is officially explained
that the English meat packers cannot
be patronized, and that the contract
which was given to the Messrs. Nor
here was so badly filled that it had to be
revoked. The temporary relief caused
by the pacific talk of the Marquis OF
Harrington, is almost dissipated by the
statement that Russia comedies no single
vital point at issue. The war prepara-
tions are going ahead as briskly as ever,
and there is absolutely no real reason
to count on peaceful solution.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
A Joke on General Sherman.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland (Ohio) Leader makes Col. A.
H. Markland responsible for the follow
ing story: "When Gen. Sherman's army
was at Goldsborough, N. O., Gen. Sher-
man made visit to the headquarters OF
Gen. Howard. While there Gen. Sher-
man felt the need of a small draught OF
whisky to drive off the malarial effects
of the climate on his system. Now, all
the officers of the army knew OF Gen.
Howards rigid temperance proclivities,
and were strict in their respect for them.
Gen, Sherman knew there was no whis-
ky in Gen. Howard's quarters, and,
therefore, did not mention his wants to
Gen. Howard. Presently DR.. John
Moore, the Medical Director, came in,
and after little conversation Gen.
Sherman gave him the wink. and said:
Doctor, have you a seidlitz powder in
your quarters p The doctor answered
that he had. Gen. Howard spoke up
and said: Gen. Sherman, it is not
necessary to go to the doctors quarters.
have plenty of seidlitz powders here.
and good ones too. will get you one.
If there was anything in Gen. Howard 8
quarters that Gen. Sherman did not
want it was a seidlitz powder, and there
fore he said to Gen. Howard: Never
mind, General. Give yourself nc
trouble Howard was then getting the
powder and glasses of water ready. 8
will be going by Moooe's quarters after
a while. DR.. Moore was great wag
and quickly took in the situation and
became party to the joke on Gen.
Sherman. He said to Gen. Sherman
BY the way, General, I don't think
have seidlitz powder in my quarters
and you had better take the one Gen.
Howard has. By this time Gen. How
ard had the powder all ready for use
and handed the two glasses to Gen
| Sherman. Rather than offend Howard
by saying he meant whisky he drank th'
foaming stuff down, much to his owl
disgust, to the satisfaction of Gen
Howard, and to the amusement of th'
staff officers"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

tunate States in the whole group Of five.
1t Is entirely out of debt, has firm,
liberal government, and is happy in its
situation, for the proposed canal is pro-
jected across its territory, for which it
will receive a handsome sum if the
waterway is built. Costa Rica is the
most southern Of the States, and has al
ways proved the most obstinate in re-
sisting the attempts of military adven-
turers to consolidate the five countries.
A number of motives are assigned to
Barrios in his present project. One is
that he covets the plethoric treasury of
Nicaragua, and the fair prospect that
country has Of being made still richer
by large bounty for the right of way
across her territory for a ship-canal. If
Barrios could now obtain possession of
Nicaragua he would receive the benefit
Of whatever gain there will be to that
country through the construction of the
canal. It is most probable that this is
but one Of the rich results he aims to
obtain by becoming the dictator of the
whole country.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Indians as Horse Thieves.

The manner in which the Indians steal
horses is as follows: Two or three men
approach the encampment cautiously
soon after nightfall, and take advantage
of any creek, dell or brushwood that
may serve to conceal them from the OBJ
servation of the out pickets; if they sue
ceed in reaching the extremity OF the
village undiscovered they stand up and
walk deliberately through it, wrapped IN
their buffalo robes. They can no longer
be distinguished from the Pawnees of
the party by the faint light OF the hall
extinguished fires; and as they pass the
oroups of horses collected before their
respective owners lodges, they cut with
a sharp knife the lariats that secure
those they purpose to carry OF. AS soon
as they have loosened the required num-
ber, each man jumps upon one and they
drive off the rest at full speed, shaking
their blankets and urging the alarmed
animals to their utmost exertions. VI
course they obtain a considerable start OF
anv pursuit, and, if the night is dark,
run but little risk of being overtaken.
The manner of securing horses on the
prairie against these depredstors Is two
fold; either to tie them by lariat passed
round the neck or to 'hobble' them,
which is affected by tying the fore legs
close together, by leather thongs passed
round them below the knee joint. This
latter is the safer plan, because a thief
can sometimes cut the lariat as he walks
without risk of observations; but If he
stoops down to unite or cut strong
leather thong between the shins OF q
horse, he not only runs more risk OF
alarming the animal, but incurs suspi-
cion from any one who may happen to
be lying awake in the neighborhood. In
cases where there is probability of such
an attempt, it is better both to tie ant
! hobble them,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
American Fables.

A Carter whose vehicle was stuck in
the mud piled the lash over his mule in
the most vigorous manner, and Finally
called out
"Alas! that should be the owner of
such Cheap Beast"
"But you must Remember" replied
the mule, 'that my food consists of the
very Poorest Quality"
MORAL:
Cheap hands turn out cheap work.
THE PEASANT AND THE DOG.
A Peasant who was Awakened at mid
night by the Barking of Dog under
his Window, threw up the sash and
called out
"How now-what is the danger?"
"There is none"
"Then why do you Bark and Disturb
my Slumbers ?"
''For the same Reason that you play
the Fiddle and keep me Awake-for
Self-Amusement"
MORAL
When the Piano next door becomes
Unbearable buy your boy Drum.
THE WISE JURYMAN.
A Juryman who had Assisted IN
Reaching Wise Conclusion in Several
Gases of Importance was Complimented
by the Lawyers on his Wisdom, and ne
replied
Really, 1 Deserve no Praise for what
you Mention, for was sound Asleep
during your Arguments.
| MORAL:
The less Lawyer the wiser the YER
| dict.-DetrOit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Irrigation in Egypt.

The ancient wealth of Egypt has ever
been in its crop of corn. As surely as
the seasons come round, so surely has
the Nile risen year by year. From the
earliest time the Valley of the Nile has
been divided by earthen embankments
into succession of great fats, measur
ing occasionally as much as 100000
acres, The rising flood is diverted by
n series of short canals into these fats,
where the water stands two or three feet
deep until it has soaked the soil and de-
posited its rich alluvial mud. By this
time the Nile has subsidized. The drying
mud is rudely plowed and sown, and
four or five months after the crop is
reaped. No rain has fallen on it, but
the soil has been sufficiently saturated
to require no further watering. A rich
crop is produced, but by this system
only one crop in the year, and during
the Summer months, when, from its
latitude and temperature, one might ex-
pect Egypt to be yielding subtropiclI
fruits, the empty fields lie baked and
parched.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Progress OF Science.

In 1900, little boy will run to the
corner grocery with can in his hand'
and say:
"Mah wants a quart of your best cleo
tricity."
chow did your nah like the lastY
the grocer will ask.
"All right"
"That's Johnson's; Johnson makes
good 'tricity," the grocer will remark
as he turns the little boy on a quart.
"Wots your nah using it for to-day :?
'She's going to wash, and wants 1t
to run the washer and wringer,
"There you are, my little man. Look
out and don't spill it." Aud the grocer
will give the little boy a bunch OF rals-
! ms
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
WHERE ARE WICKED FOLKS BURIED

'Ten me, gray-headed SEXTON" said,
"Where in this field are the wicked folks laid
l have wandered the quiet old graveyard
through,
And studied the epitaphs old and new;
But on monument, obelisk, pillar, or stone
Tread of no evil that men have done"
The old sexton stood by grave newly made,
With his chin on his hand, his hand on a
spade;
knew by the gleam of his eloquent eye
That his heart was instructing his lips to
reply.
''whO is to judge when the soul takes its
hight2
Who is to judge 'twixt the wrong and the
right?
Which oi us mortals shall dare 10 say
Chat our neighbor was wicked who died to-
day2
"In our journey through life, the further we
speed,
The better we learn that humanity's need
Is elsA-ity'e spirit that prompts Us to And
Rath.r virsae than vice in the lives OF our
kind.
Therefore, good deeds we record on these
stones;
The evil men do, let it die with their bones.
I have labored as sexton this many a year.
But never have buried bad man here"
-T7tsth Seeker.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
The Following is Partial List or my
OFFERINGS OF REAL ESTATE

One a5OAcre dwelling suitably di
vided into tge pasture and oad
water at house and barn.
mile soil strong and productive and farm would be re-
osrasd worth So Will sell for 81 OOOo down, bal
800
One 5o-Aore Farm buildings $50
down, balance per
One 5-A Hyde laboring
who his vegetables price soe
balance
One Dwelling good buildings
and good size; price down, balance so
Sixteen of Hyde Villages
meadow what gOOd
measure Will sell OIL all
Several Good Building Hyde village To entsing
young 200 dollars put into land and labor
will furnish timber lumber brick nails glass doors SASH shng
and lime allow therefor
be payments Land parcels of two and three
acres those who want land with near by
o. $125 and $50 each
Hyde Park village known the Cornsr Store or Pages
Block 1t rented for five years at two hundred dollars per year but al
rangments probably desired
s2,O00-s5OO down, balance 500 per year.
sixty Johnson This lot lease land and not sub
ject taxation rental of 3D. Will sell equity
informed that it within two miles of
mill and lot and represented to to be cheap
for desiring logging job Terms $50 in ono and $5
dollars NJ reserved until am paid
pond supplies $500
25 Two dollars till lot is
paid
One Building inf Belmont Mass,
Mass Ftchburg way down.
An examination of property placed
alton good
close the practicable
will this
To either
estate confidently AS CHEAP the
described
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Teaching the Deaf How to Talk.
THE LORDS PRAYER DISTINCTLY UTTERED
BY BOY ONCE A DEAF MUTE.

BY BOY ONCE A DEAF MUTE
Mr.. N. F. Whipple, principal of the
Oral School for Dear Mutes, at Mystic,
Conn.,, explained in the Plymouth lee
ture room, Brooklyn, the system of
teaching articulation to the deaf and
dumb He introduced on the platform
boy who had been deaf from bis birth,
and who repeated the Lords Prayer
loud enough to be heard in the rear of
the room. The boy spoke with much
distinctness. Long and difficult words
suggested by the audience were prompt
ly interpreted by another deaf boy as
they fell from Mr.. Whipple's lips.
Enoch Whipple, over go years of age,
who was the first deaf mute taught
to speak in this country, read chapter
from Jeremiah, and related how in early
childhood he had learned the power OF
speech from watching the movements OF
his fathers lips.
AS a test of the length to which the
system has been carried, Mr.. Whipple
had the lights lowered and had deaf
boy interpret his utterances by watch
ing the shadows made ON the wall by his
| lips.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

ACCORDING to the Building Nea0S,
manufacturers Of wood mosaic say that
they have found by experiments that
hard maple on end is FROM four to hve
times as durable as marble, and equally
MS durable as the hardest baked tile. 1t
is reported that two end-wood hoors
we're laid in the elevators of public
buiIding in Chicago about fifteen
months ago, and that the floors are In
rs good condition as when first laid'
although each elevator carries from
900 to 1000 people daily.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

My Calf Skin Business is absorbing my capital time and
attention. and having decided to close out all of my other
branches of business we'll my miscellaneous personal
property and real estate offer for sale all the land
except that occupied in my business and my dwelling will
dispose of same at very low figures and easy terms of
payment
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

THERE are in New York State $4,000
boys and girls employed in mills. fac
tories and workshops
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

A MEMBER of the Missouri Legislature
has introduceda a bill compelling cirCuses
TO do all they advertise,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

THE value of ton of silver is S87,-
704.s4.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

From Day Laberer to Presfdent-An In
trepId FIghter-HOw He Won BIS Wife
His scheme TO Unity Central America.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
CARROLL S. PAGE.

Hyde Park, Vt, Feb 2. 1885.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-05

AN INSANE MAN IN A RAILROAD CAR
On Wednesday night last lady passenger
on the Virginia Midland north-bound train
noticed man in seat near her acting
strangely. In moment afterwards the
man rose, having in his hand large stone
hammer; and was just in the act of dealing
blow on the head of the gentleman just in
front Of him. The lady gave sbrek, and
the gentleman, Mr.. c. Z. Jolillce, of War.
reuton, turned and seized the man with the
hammer, who dealt him a severe blow on
the back. Several passengers came to the
aid Of Mr.. Joliffe, and after desperate
struggle the man was overpowered and
secured. He proved to be a stonemason
named Webb, from Baltim ore, who had
been at work at the University of Virginia,
and giving every evidence Of being maniac.
Webb was taken in charge BY the authori-
ties at Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-05
DiSnrlnrlY Proceedings.

ST.. JOINS, n. f., Jan. 5.-Yeslerday al
Bay Roberts, there was another famous
Orange outbreak The New York Redemp-
ZIONIST Fathers, who are holding a mission
at that place were besicgcd and imprisoned
in ilcir dwelling, an Orangearch was erect
ed near the Catholic Church and hundreds
ofarmed Orangcmen paraded the streets.
When the intelligence reached St. Johns
the L. s. Consul demanded from Governor
Glover, protection for the lives and liberty
Of United States citizens. An extraordi-
nary meeting OF the Executive Council has
been summoned. The British corvette
Tenedos has been ordered to Bay Roberts
and large body of police, under Inspector
CRY has been dispatched by special train
10 he scene Of trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-05

LEAD Notwithstanding of a sensation
has been created in keyscr and Ridge.ille,
w. Va, by the announcement that a farmer
named Lea,herman, living in Mineral coun-
ty, about fourteen miles from Keyser, and
Sheriff Smms, OF that county, are in Cum
berland looking for 81 daughter of Mr..
Leatherman whom they state has been led
astray and kept in Cumberland for about
two weeks by man known as DR.. Frank
Ashhourne, alias DR.. Cowden. 1t is said
that u short time ago Ashhourne went to
keyser to practice medicine. and having
no license evaded the law by hiring n team
aud travelling around the county making
cures. In This way he became acquainted
with the Lealhermans. Al the same time
he was attending an elderly lady living in
Ridgcville, an auut OF Miss Leatherman.
IL is alleged that he explained to The family
OF the young girl that he could attend to
her more advantageously If she lived with
her aunt or close to keyser. The family
asscnted, and about December 10, Ash
bourne took her away in his carriage. IN
stead of taking her to keyser, he went with
her to Cumberland where the two lived at
q hotel on North Mechanic street for about
two weeks, after which he left her and dis
appeared. On Friday last, the girls father,
who had supposed she was with her aunt,
went to Cumberland with Sheriff Simms,
searching for Ashbourne. The proprietor
of the hotel bought the girl ticket to Key
ser, where she stopped, being afraid Of her
fathers rage.