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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28

Perhaps the power of beauty was never
bet T. illustrated than in the last century by
the career of Elizabeth Cunning. She was
the daughter of a poor Irish squire, John
Cunning of Castle Coote, Roscommon, in
Connau sht. The family was ruined and APP
parentiy without resource. But yet there
was resource left, and Mrs. Cunning dis
covered it. 1t was the beauty of Elizabeth
and her sister Maria. By desperate exertions
the mother secured enough money to take
her daughters to Dublin. There the kindness
of Peg Wellington furnished them with in
vitations to grand ball at the castle, and
with dresses to wear on the occasion. The
maidens grew famous in a night and were
the toast of the town. More money was
raised, and in 1850 they went to London.
Society received the wild Irish girls" with
open arms
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
Legislative Intelligence

TOMMY say, pa, are the members of
congress all tallorsi
Parent-Why do you ask such a silly ques-
toni
Tommy-Well, II they amt tailors, why
are they always taking measuresl-Texss
Siftings
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28

Sarcnis aptissimus
He, Sire Ane he
This has been somewhat freely translated:
From the regions of the east
Blessings on the bonny beast
Came the donkey stout and strong
With our packs to pace along.
Bray, Sir Donkey, bray
Then the mock priests, with real priestly
robes worn inside out, holding prayer books
upside down and wearing spectacles made of
lemon peel, went through a service, in which
they ridicued at random the local follies
Sometimes charcoal and flour or noxous
smelling weed seed were used for incense, and
the service went on amid a confused uproar
of limitations Of pigs, cows and asses. When
the ceremony was to close the priest placed
his hands beside his head, moved them like
ears and brayed his loudest three times, to
which the people responded with a loud and
prolonged bray. In many places nuns dis
guised themselves in mems clothes and took
part.
When the custom reached such abuses re-
form was not far off, but traces of it lin
gered till the Fifteenth century. Remnants
of these observances passed over to Christ
mas and April FOOLS day. On very ancient
monuments April is typtied by dancing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28

TIC III ~ Oliltil
president of a steam
railroad is Mrs.
Charles ID. Haines.
The line of which
she is the chief Off
Ger is the Haines
Medina Valley road
in Texas. Mrs.
Haines' husband, in
association W | I h
others, Is the owner
of Sc v er al short
railways in various
states Of the Union.
Mrs. Haines is said
to be an excellent
business WON a n,
and well fitted for I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
COUNTESS GRosvENoR

marriage united the great houses of Hamh-
ton and Argyll, and was the mother OF two
dukes Of the latter title also. Her sister
Maria, too, was wooed and won by noble
sutton and dazzled the gay world for years as
the Countess of Coventry.
Another woman TO force herself to the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
Why, let the stricken deer go weep,
The hart ungalled play.

To run a quarry with hounds having
tongues to proclaim the track of his foot was
an afterthought, and probably had its origin
in running the hare with beagles. In the vast
forests of Europe IA line hunter on the scent
of an ungalled hart would be lost to all eter
nifty. 1t is in England alone that the culture,
which may he almost called a cult, of this
hounds tongue could have grown into sort
of passion. And it is the much scorned fox
hunting squire of the last century, undeserv-
eddy scorned by the votaries of another cul-
ture different from his, whose fine taste may
be detected in the tongue of mis- hound, i'll his
old mansions, in his gardens, his parks, his
woods and in country life as it is followed in
England, who took pains to produce the fox
hound.
The hound has been bred by him for very
many generations 1t must have been long
ago that the hounds tongue took his fancy,
for no hound ever condescends to common
bark now. Such a vulgar thing must have
been bred out of him for generations on gen
erations. In so called puppy shows nova
days, when young hounds sent into the ken
nes are judged on their merits in shape and
form, the tongue is not heard or judged any
more than the pace or hunting qualities can
be there judged But no one for an instant
or her tuneful tongue soon to be known tc
the huntsman's ear as surely as or more sure
ly than, the form, style and color are known
to his eye. The hounds tongue is "A curious
fact and must have been the reward of care
full breeding, we say, in England, where
heredity has been so much the guide of man,
to enchant the musical ear of musical ma
ton.
In hunting it was necessity that hounds
should be heard, and that the tongues of the
hounds should vary, that the huntsman
should know the tongue of truth from that
of the youthful babbler, and go to it, 1t
would seem that this wild and beautiful cry
from the woodlands has arisen partly from
the necessities of the modern chase, but surely
also from the musical instincts of the hunting
man of England. Nimrod, in The Horse
and the Hound quotes Addlson's knight re
turning "A hound that had been given To him
as an excellent bass" whereas the note he
wanted was counter tenor And this is a
hint how the squires of bygone times valued
the tongues of their hounds. The variety oil
note in pack of foxhounds is very great, but
it is all musical and stirs the spirit of the man
and even of his horse, to deeds of daring that
the fascinating cry may not die away in the
distance and be lost to him left in the rear.
Saturday Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
THE TONGUE OF THE HOUND.
A Noticeable Result of Cultivation that
Separates Hounds from Dogs.


The tongue of the foxhound, uttered as it
is in the wilds of hunting country, resound
ing in the Valleys awakening the echoes in
the cliffs, Ginning over the upands or max
ing the woodlands ring with music, far from
the madding crowd, away from the music
hall or stage play, Is one of the most melodi-
GUS and spirit stirring strains that can he
heard in the world of sound Holy came he
by this tuneful tonguel 1t is as distinct in
melody from the bark of dog as anything
well can be that is similar in its kind. We all
know that "A hound is not dog, except as he
may be SO classified 10y the zoologist But
whence did this fine tongue Gomez
Darwin tells us that the dog never barked
before he was domesticated, and considering
that the fox is classified with the dog it is
rather surprising that he should say so, for
the fox in his wild state undoubtedly barks
The bark of fox is exactly that of small
terrier, though a little shorter and not shrill
But whence did the fine tongue of the hound
Gomez Who says the English are not a
musical nation! Mr.. Barring Gould declares
that they are, but that their MINISTRIES were
suppressed 10y Henry VIII and his stern
daughter Elizabeth. 1t is odd that the Eng
lish hound, alone of hounds, should have this
melodious tongue The BaSset hound has a
common bark, no better than spaniels for
he is French yet he is in personal appearance
very like the beagle of Bewicks pencil, whose
tongue was melody itself. 1t must have been
of the beagle that Shakespeare wrote:
Their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew:
Crook kneed and dew Tapped like Thessalian bulls;
Slow in pursuit. but matched in mouth like bells,
Each under each. A cry more tunabe
Was never holla'd to. nor cheer with horn.
There was a feeling for music in those days.
Shakespeare was a hunter, bred in the pur-
ieus of the forest, and the charm of forest
music must have possessed him, for whose
verse was ever so musical as hisl How is il
that the Basset hound speaks the speech of a
common dog, and the beagle of old sang a
chantl How is it that the dachshund OF
German origin talks like a dog, and the
beagle barrier and foxhound intone their
praise of naturel In the early days of hunt
ing the stag or rather the hart-a name i'm
properly gone out of use-was the chief beast
of the forest, and the pride, pomp and cir
cumstance of the glorious chase attended hi.
taking and his death. But the hart was shot
by an arrow from the bow, and the stricken
deer was run down by gazehounds-hound.
at gaze
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28

religion of the primitive Aryans. No doubt
some popularity Of the season, perhaps the
general riot of the natural mans blood and
of awakening nature, first suggested day Of
sport and unreason. In the course of time
many of the tricks and practical jokes Of
April were COMPOUNDED with those of the
Feast of Fools, which must take rank as the
most extraordinary of the many fantastic fol
lies which old pagansm bequeathed to Chris
tianity.
1t began with the Saturnala The Romans
believed that Saturn, after being dethroned
by his son Jupiter, had reigned long in Italy
and established a golden age. So they had a
Saturn's festival late in December when all
strict etiquette was laid aside and all distnc-
tions of rank abolished. Slaves ate first and
were waited on by their masters. Dainty
ladies served food to beggars No one could
claim any privilege of rank, and in some in
stances the license extended so far that men
of wealth and distinction thought it prudent
to maintain a disguise during the entire festi-
val. The Christian fathers preached against
the CUSTOM but it survived, and at last OBJ
tanned q tolerated place in church observ-
ances.
Every age the absurdity grew greater.
Balaam's ass was introduced and soon became
the great central nSure. Later, Une ass on
which the infant Jesus was carried into
Egypt and the ass on which the mature Jesus
rode into Jerusalem were introduced with
many ceremonies which would shock modern
Christians Mock popes, archbishops and
other dgnitaries were chosen and held local
rule through the festival, being known as
"Pope of Fools" Archbishop of Numb
skulls" "Boy Bishop" and Patriarch of
SofS Tbay took 1OsSaSSiOu Of the churches
and went through mummery of the priest
" offices, even the mass and the absolution.
At length the burlesque reached a point
where reason and religion alike revolted.
Rituals were issued for the mock worships,
and the ass was introduced into the church.
Many songs We're written in his honor. One
sung for many years at Beauvius, France, as
the ass moved towards the altar, ran as fol-
lows:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
BEAUTIES OF LONG AGO.
WOMEN WHO HAVE WEIGHED THE
WORLD WITH THEIR LONELINESS.

The Famous Cunning Girls and Their Rise
to Rank and Fortune-The Ups and
Downs of Lady Hamiiton's Life-Old
Time American Graces.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-28
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
THE GOOD 1T DOES HIM, IN EVERY
WAY, TO SHAKE HIS SIDES.

Healthy Laughter Is Mentally and Physi-
cally Bene0cial-The Views of Three
Clergymen Christianity should Not
Make One Gloomy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-12-05

SILVER ENTHUSIASTICALLY Commissioner
George B. Silver and his estimable wife, Mrs.
q. Kate Silver, celebrated the twenty-ftth an
niversary of their marriage, at their home near
Lapidum. ON Friday evening, November 2Sth.
The occasion was reunion of their relatives
and friends and was pleasant gathering. Mrs.
Silver is daughter of Mr.. Amos II. Hughes,
ex-Sherif W. Oliver Hughes being her brother.
They were married on November 2Sth, at the
residence of the BRIDES parents, near Lapidum,
by the late Rev. Samuel NJ. Bayless, pastor of
Harmony Presbyterian Church. They have
two children-Charles B. Hughes, aged % years,
and W. Scott Hughes, aged 10, the latter pupil
at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mrs.
Hughes received q number of presents of silver,
in COMMUNICATION of the event. Among the
guests were the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos II. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. j. P. Sill
yer, Mr.. and Mrs. K. P. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ambrose Cooley, Mr.. and Mrs. H. u. Silver,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. V. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. 8. Courtney, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. 4. Stephen
son, JOS E. Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ii. Spen,
Ger, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. o. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs
M. F. McGonigal, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. s. Smith,
Mrs. 8. A. Hughes, Miss Mary e. Silver, OF
Baltimore, Mrs. Write Gilbert, Misses Susie
Osborn, Eliza j. Silver, Carrie Mitchell, Marion
Cooley, Messrs. VIM. Stephenson, j. Scott
Hughes, John A. Osborn, E. L. Hughes, Law
son Cooley, A. P. Silver, Harry Silver, Chas.
B. Silver and w. Scott Silver.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-12-05
Wells SHOES.
NO ADVANCE.

NE WISH to announce to
Wv our customers that not
withstanding the advance in all
kinds of leather, we have not
raised the price of Shoes, and
we will still be able to supply
your wants at the usual low
rates. Having anticipated an
increased fall trade we have pre-
pared a large stock of the best
goods in all lines, and to which
we invite your attention. La
dies Button, in Pebble, Goat,
Bright and Undressed Kid, gen.
uine Calf Skin, Button and Lace,
suitable for wet weather, new
common-sense toes and low heels.
Also Narrow, Square and Round
Toes, with Patent Tips, prices
ranging from 50, $3.50 and So.
Genuine Hand-sewed Button,
all styles, $3.50. Our make
Mems Calf Shoes at So and
$3.50 are the best goods in the
market for the money; fine Calf
homemade Boots S.; Heavy
Kip Boots 81, S. and $3.50; ex-
ira heavy Overshoes, Arctics and
Gum Boots for country wear,
and Gossamer Rubbers for fine
trade. Visitors from the coun-
ties specially invited.
E. P. WE'LL & SON,
1928 and 1926 N. Gay Street.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-12-05
UPPER CROSS ROADS.
Accident to a Farmer-other News

Accident to a Farmer-Other News.
Reported for The Egis.
DEC. 2-Last Friday lille Mr.. Joseph Ash
ton was engaged in chopping tree in the
woods a large limb fell on his head, cutting it
severely and striking him violently on the
breast. Mrs. Ashton and Mr.. James II. Thomp-
son assisted him to the house, where he is now
attended by Drs. Baldwin and Davis His con-
dition is comfortable. He made q narrow
escape from being killed on the spot.
MIR. Thomas Kelly is i'll with pneumonia
Drs. Jarrett and Smith are attending him.
from home, last Saturday. The parents were
uneasy and much alarmed, but the little one
was fonud and taken home before night-fall.
Mrs. Andrew Base has q second crop ofgrapes
on some of her vines and ounce tree with
perfect ounce upon il.
Mr.. John Dalton is building wooden bridge
at Jarrett's Fording, on the road leading from
Upper Cross Roads to Sweet Air, via Joshua
Green's.
Mr.. William 8. Scarf, tax collector of this
district, will open his blacksmith shop at Wat
ters's Cross Roads. in few days Mr.. Edward
Rutledge, of Lancaster county, Il good work.
man, will be in charge
Mr.. Randolph Chalk will close his black
smith shop at PIeasantvile. shortly.
Mr.. John Galley has sold his place to Mr.
John Divers, Jr., and has bought the Washing
ton PaFlett farm near Sarah Furnace.
A few days ago party of gunners with dog
chased a rabbit under q gentlemau's porch and
shot the frightened animal. The lady of the
house was greatly alarmed. The head of the
house declares that if his premises are again in
vaded in this way he will prosecute the Often
ders.
Nearly all of our farmers have finished husk=
ing their corn and hauling in the fodder. The
crop was never better.
Wheat is looking well. Some of orr farmer,
however, are still sowing it, ..R. IL. I.
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Norrisvi11e Affairs.

ntporteu tOr Inc hgls.
Dec. 3.-Protracted meetings are now being
held at Ayres' Chapel, DRY Branch under
charge of Rev. J. 8. Bowers at Fawn Grove,
under charge of Rev. j. L. Elderdice, and at
Piney Grove A. M. E. Church. Much interest
has been manifested.
Rev. J. 8. Bowers, pastor of Stewartstown
Circuit, M. r. Church, has received call to st
Johns, Independent Methodist Church, Balti-
more.
Miss Mary LIZZIE Wiley, eldest daughter of
the late Nelson Wiley, was married on Thanks
giving day, to Mr.. John Wheeler, of Delta. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. W. G. Stull,
of Bethel Church.
Mr.. Clarkson Manifold is lying very i'll at his
residence, about 81 miles from Norrisville.
, Mr.. Napoleon B. Bryan, Of Bryansville Pa,
is guest of Mr.. c. H. Sitter.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor ia steadily increasing in membership
and promises to be useful adjunct to the
church.
The Mite Society will hold its next meeting
at Mrs. Eva Campbell's. CLAY.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-12-05
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BoARD.-The

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BoARD.-The
School Board met on Tuesday.
Thesale of North Bend school house to Joseph
NJ Street, Tor SO and Paradise school house for
$3.50 to Benjamin Cole, were ratified and deeds
ordered to be executed Tor the same.
500 was appropriated for the new school
house heating apparatus at No, Us, fifth dis
trict.
The boundary line between No. z, NTH dis
trict, and No. IL, fifth district, was slightly al
tered SO as to leave the public road where the
Long Distance Telephone line leaves said road,
near Mill Green, and follow said line until it
re-euters the road leading from NH Green to
Conowingo Bridge.
Messrs. Rouse and Worthingtop were .ap-
pointed committee to act on the application
of the Bel Air Fire Company to locate hose
carriage house on the Bel Air school lot
The Board agreed to introduce water in their
school house ia Bel Air, Mr. Rouse to make
contract for said weEg. and to pay water rent
at the old Academy Building if the Academy
board would bear the expense Of introducing
water therein.
The schools were ordered to be opened Janu-
airy 5lh, after the holidays.
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The Examiner was directed to hold a compet-
tive examination for the scholarship at the
Agricultural College, some time in December,
after duly advertising the same.
The contract for uniting the Havre de Grace
High School and Academy was ordered signed
and filed.
Mr.. William 7. Walter was appointed trustee
at No. 10, fifth dstricr, in place of VIM. J. Har-
kins. resigned.
The $40 library fee was ordered to be paid to
No IL, third district, and to No. II, fourth dis
trict, those schools having raised over that
amount for library purposes.
The board agreed to pay Randall Atkins $25
for work at No. 1, fifth district, or to arbitrate
said claim, but declined to pay it in its pre-
sent form.
Adjourned to meet January 9Th 1891
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-12-05
From Baltimore County.

Reported for The Egis.
SHANE, Dec. 2-We had a light snow fall
yesterday, but not enough for sleighiDg.
Hog killing is in full blast.
Mr. l.. NJ. Birmingham has returned from
cunning trip to Frederick county, Va. He killed
about 200 partridges, IL pheasants and 90 rab-
bits. He was accompanied BY Mr.. Valley
Hawkins, of Fawn Grove. They drove Mr.
Birmingham's matched ponies and made the
distance, 140 miles, in two days, returning In
the same time. They speak very highly of the
county and say great improvements are in pro-
gress fhey spent most of their time with Mr..
Birminghsn's cousin, Mr.. John Birmingham.
Mrs. Burns. widow of the late John Burns,
died at the residence eft her son, Henry Burns,
at Burns Switch, on the Beth OF November
The funeral took place on the Cd instant, from
Stablersvile NJ. E. Church. II was largely at
tended.
Mr.. william McCubbin, son of John McCub-
bin, of New Market, was buried at Stablersvile
on Dec. Both.
Sterling Birmingham, son OF Mr.. L. M. Biz
mingham, returned, fey days ago, from
Cheyenne, Wyoming, where be has been engag-
ed in business for the past Ave years. He will
soon go to Washington, d. c., where he will
act as correspondent for the Cheyenne Syn,
with which he has been connected for several
years. He brought from his Western home
. pair of blooded horses, one of which is very
sRe hunter, and the other handsome racing
pony. Il. .. NJ.
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THE BANKERS AND MERCHANTS TELEGRAPH
COMPANY SODA referees deed was filed In
the Clerks Office. on the Goth of November, from
William N. Armstrong to John W. Mackey,
conveying the Bankers and Merchants tele-
graph lines in this county. The consideration
named is 1896, 900.
This telegraph line, over which there was q
large amount of litigation at the time it was
built, by the land owners, with regard to the
right of way through this county, extends from
Conowingo along the Darlington road, through
by Schuck's corner, on the Bel Air and Church
Vile road, and thence to the Philadelphia turn
pike.
The line was sold under proceedings institut-
ed in New York by the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, mortgages. The deed was
sent for record here by Robert q. Ingersol. at
torney.
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400 Acres, More or Less

400 Acres, More or Less
being the same tract of land which was conveyed
to DIR. William B. Rowland, late of Cecil County,
deceased. by two several deeds. the one from
Ohio Scott. Trustee. dated March 18th. 1855, and
Of the Land Record Books of Hartford County
aforesaid. and the other from Henry W. Archer
and Hen:y D. Esrnandis Trustees ~ dated Fe6Su
80. folio 80, another of said Record Books.
The farm is splendidly located on the Chesa-
peake Bay, in an excellent neighbOrhOOd, and
possesses fine shore for fishing, cunning. &C.
1t is within q very short distance of the famous
ducking fats. at the mouth of the Susquehanna
River, where. in season. Canvas Back, Red and
Black Head ducks abound. part of their feed
ing grounds being near the shore of this farm.
oak timber and the remainder is in a fine state
of cultivation. The soil is of frst-class quality.
highly 'Ss and to the growth Of
best of order and the farm is. conveniently. d.
vided into fields. A good apple orchard ia on the
Iar.n az oe@i The o improVements consist of a
~ - large and commodious double, two
small 1f tMoestory Frame FRAME p SSEsE
ING HOUSE for tenant or farm hands; frame
barn 50x9O feet. granary, smoke house and other
stable and sleeping apartments for fishermen or
gunuers. All the buildings are in good repair.
borders On ii the Chesapeake Bay are large auan
titles OF superior moulding sand and on othor
parts OF the farm brick clay of good quality.
tn6 18TH 10 oepcCldily WSil duhptcu " tuc
growth of sugar corn.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad touches the Western extremity of the
tract and the farm possesses direct water and
railroad communication with the markets of
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The city of Havre de Grace. distant about one
mile from the farm. is situated on the line of the
p, w, & b. X. R.. where the railroad crosses the
Susquebapna River, go miles from Philadelphia.
IS miles from Baltimore and 70 miles from Wash
ington.
Altogether, the farm is one of the finest in
Maryland aud worthy the attention OF all per-
sons desiring real estate Investments.
TERMS OF SALE.
Ope-third of the purchase money to be paid in
cash on the day of sale, the balance in three
equal installments payable one. two and three
years after the day Of sale. The credit payments
to bear interest from the day OF sale and to be
secured by the bonds or notes of the purchaser
with surety to be approved by the Trustee.~
Other terms, TO suit purchasers, may be made
by the Trustee on the day of sale.
Cost of Conveyance TO be paid by the pur-
chaser. X. c. HOPKINS. Trustee.
Port Deposit. Md.
ROBERT C. THACK cry, Solicitor,
5dec Elkton, Md.