The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
The Cecil County Agricultural Society


The Cecil County Agricultural Society
When the stockholders meeting of this
association met in annual session last
week, there was blood in their eye and
when they adjourned there was blood on
the moon. The blocks of corporation
stock were on hand as proxies in hun
dreds, which had been manufactured
while the farmers husked corn in the
years that have igone. This multiplied
ton of stock and buying up of original
stock by the Wall street process, was like
the sowing of the tabled dragons teeth
that afterwards sprang up armed men.
The Society ran down to the ledge of the
slough of bankruptcy and large quantities
of the original stock were bought up by
the "speculators, or in railroad parlance
called wreckers," the object being to
convert the agricultural Society" into
an "out-law" race track. This was ac-
complished and the mother track soon
had five daughters more potent for evil
than their dam.
The speculation was a great success,
and for season was very popular, kind
of South Sea bubble on small scale. 1t
was a wonderful money making institu-
ton, stock rose to par and was eagerly
sought after. The Clancy" who attended
the races wore diamonds and tailor made
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copia, attended church and were types of
we'll bred gentle folks. They took"
Elkton, so to speak, and large numbers
of the best citizens of the little town on
the historic ground, the 'Head of Elk, :"
were on the side of the we'll dressed horse
men. This apparent harmless dragons
teeth sowing began to spring up, if not
exactly armed men, in the shape of
crime, debauchery, developed passion
for gambling, proxy wives and Morgan"
marriages.
When this period had developed, the
corn husking farmers began to kick and
'cuss" too Their sons had acquired
taste for dealing in pools" sort of
Wall street accomplishment, affecting
colored neck ties, talking "hoss" and
several other new attractions were added.
The daughter of the little town had pro-
crossed rapidly in Partisan accomplish
ments, and by the influx of money, not
little of which was stolen from merchant,
saloon, and other counting house tills,
chiefly in the cities north of us, were en-
abled to sport handsome gowns, gold
rings and such like luxuries. The spirit
of progress caught the 'colored brother"
and pitching crap on Back Street was
fully as exciting as the game of pool
played by de white gemmen.
By the year of grace, which is the pres
ent year, this kind of grapes had set the
children's teeth on edge, and the corn
huskeis gathered themselves together
last week, determined to "bust" this Ag-
ricultural race horse, pool selling, crap
shooting, proxy wife business, and march
ed onto Elkton, as above noted, with
blood in their eyes, but when they
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they were overwhelmed and routed by
the proxy troops.
And now there is blood on the moon
and the corn shuckers are going to the
legislature to get it washed off. They
have four good men and true they say to
speak up for them in the ancient city by
the Severn, but how many are for the
race men who wear fine clothes, sport
paste diamonds and fall in love with the
pretty girls, and how many are or will be
on the side of the corn shuckers is some
thing that no fellow can find out Just yet.
The meeting added five new members
to the board of managers making the
number twelve in place of seven.
The old board-the now noted "seven"
board of managers-met in Elkton Friday
and organized by electing Mr.. Woollcy,
president; Mr.. Lusby, e-president; Mr..
Ash, treasurer, and Mr.. Tucker, secretary.
Messrs. MITCHELL Woolley Ash were