The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-09-15

| We published last week a program o
the exercises of the annual convention o
the W. c. 7. U. but owing to the convention
being held on press day were not able tt
give all the proceedings. The floral decora
lions were very fine, an arch over the pull
pit, made of box and golden rod, was parti
cularly admired. There was appropriate
music by the Y's of Zion. Solemn and i'm.
pressive memorial services were held in
honor of the late State President, Mrs. Mary
| Whitall Thomas. The president urgently
presented the claims of the The White Rio
bon the State paper of the organization. The
following officers were elected: President,
Mrs. j. r. Milllgan; vice-president, Mrs.
Isaac Jewell; recording secretary, Mrs.
Mary Waring; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. L. NJ. Haines; treasurer, Mrs. I'll. H.
Haines.
The general resem Dlance which Mr..
Jacob Tome of this county bears to General
Grant has often been noticed and COM
mented on by his friends in Cecil, but it was
emphasized few days ago by little Incl
dent which occurred. in Washington. Mr..
Tome accompanied by his wife and several
ladies was inspecting the White House
grounds, when he was approached by Haw
kins the we'll known Colored Coachman,
who under so many administrations has
driven the Presidential Carriage. Stepping
up to NJ. Tome he said with a manner of
his own. "My dear Master how you put
me in mind of that dear old man who is
gone'' When reference was made to his
lang service as the Coachman of the
White House and was asked who he in
tended to vote for he replied "that he was
out of politics.
While our old friend John Mahoney of
Bay View, doesn't pretend to be . fowl
(fouD surgeon yet he told US the other
day of a piece Of his surgery which seems
to have been skillfully done and a notice of
which may be of interest to other growers
of that succulent fowl which is now rapidly
ripening-the great American Turkey. Mr..
Mahoney owns a fine gobbler whose patri-
archial bearing and dignified strut are some
thing wonderful to behold. He noticed last
spring that his royal bird looked droopy
and crest fallen. An examination revealed
the fact that the trouble laid in the poor
fellows craw. 1t was immensely large and
as hard as a brick. Evidently there was
some stoppage of the duct leading from it,
since it was swollen with corn evidently
not in transit. Several days past and the
gobbler grew worse. His case locked des-
perate. Mr.. NJ ahoney saw that unless some
heroic treatment was adopted the COB
bier would die anyhow, 80 he decided to
operate on him and to see inside that craw.
He hunted up an old razor on which he put
a fine edge, and having the suffering bird
held, he made a long incision
down the craw. His surgery revealed the
fact that it was crammed with mass of
corn and other food which evidently from
its offensive order had been swallowed a
long time, some of it being like paste. He
emptied the craw of all is contents and
after carefully cleansing it with tepid water
sewed it up again taking pains to oil the
wound to aid it in healing For sew eral days
after the gobbler was fed on soft foods. His
WAS immediate. The wound
healed rapidly and it was not long before he
resumed his usual food. There is not today
a healthier gobbler to be seen. Not to put
too fine point on the case, but really the
fatherly bird seemed to have an instinct of
gratitude about him for the service rendered
him, for before the season was over he be-
came the parent of two promising broods of
one of which he took tn rearing
Of, the other being left to his hen companion.
During the entire season he has strutted
ike Brigadier at the head of his troop
his youth seems to have been renewed, for
His step is more elastic than ever, and al
though the steel has entered his breast, he
still survives the living proof of timely
piece of domestic surgery.