The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-03


On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn sound
The hivouac OF the dead.
CGmr33e David l.. Sloan passed peace
fully away few days ago at his happy home
in Ekton. surrounded by his loved ones
ComraAe S'nan's patriotic heart beat with
low ug kindness for all, and he was passion
at " in love with the starry emblem OF
Freedom. lie WAS a devoted husband, n
loving father and citizen that all Elkton
nouns 40 loss.
Poor old comrsde John Simpsons taking
off was tragic in the extreme. He totterPd
off from t,e lofty rail- DAD bridge into the
M 'tcnpd waters of the Little Elk creek.
And soon the last will have passed over to
fame eternal camping ground, when oil
the old soldiers, both the blue and the
gray, will have gone to sleep for the last
time i'll the windowless palaces OF rest,
careless alike oi sunshine or storm.
II is rot known at this time whether an
engine struck Mr.. Simpson and knocked
him into the cruel waters or whether he
tottereh fl, Init in either event the loved
old comrades spirit was suddenly hurled
ripht in before the great Captain OF 10th
Heaven and Earth, who will lovingly COM
mand the great army of glory throughout
eternal ages But many recruits may be
rejected for the army OF which write.
Tney viii! be carefully selected by the great
King OF glory himself.
On Monday, the 10Th instant, Uncle
John, as he was lovingly called by many
OF we younger men, called at the home OF
the writer in Elkton, who served in the
same company with him during the
Civil War, and consequently we were
very close friends.
His old chum was absent at the time and
the old gentleman left word that he would
be back on the following Saturday, il moth
ing happened to prevent, as he wanted
some writing done by his friend. But
something did happen, and poor old John
was prevented from coming back. In the
evening the feeble old man was seen totter-
ing from Elkton toward his home, about
% miles from Elkton, on the North East
road
There had been recent downpours OF
rain and the streamlets had been busy
carrying the extra water and dumping il
into the Little Elk, until she had become
furious, and had burst her confines, and
now her maddened waters were frantically
sweeping across the highway on either side
OF the bridge at Red Mill.
Our old comrade slowly walked on out
to Red Mill crossing where our genial friend
Richard Pummer is ever on the alert for
the welfare Of the railroad company and
the travelling public as we'll. Mr.. Plummer
pleaded with the old man to return to
Elkton and wait until the Little Elk would
have spent its terrible fury, but the octo-
genarian would not be prevailed upon, and
said that he wonld walk the iron railroad
bridge that spans the creek near the Red
Mill, and the old veteran started, and Mr.,
Plummer said DO more to him.
Mr.. Simpson was born in Ireland bnt
immigrated to this country when young
man. He married Miss Mullen in the
fifties, by whom he had several children,
five or six OF whom survive him, but he
buried the mother many years ago. He
enlisted in 1861 in Company l. Fifth Mary.
land Regiment and went from this town
with William G.. Purnell, |. d. Davis,
John T. Bennett, DR.. Henry Register, U
NJ. and VIM. II. Fowler and the writer
He was affahe in demeanor, but it was
dangerous to the one who would dare
arouse the sleeping lion that was always
crouching within his manly bosom in the
days of long ago. He was a passionate
Republican from the time that the G. o. p.
came, clear up to the very minute that he
toppled from the iron structure to the
turbid waters OF the Little Elk creek 1t
was very amusing to hear Mr.. Simpson tell
the three reasons why he was Republican.
He would say In the first place, am a
Republican because the party was borne of
the exigencies OF the Nineteenth century,
inheritipg from the traitorous administra-
tion that preceded its advent into power, q
bankrupt treasury, dishouored credit and
gigantic rebellion, it renewed the credit,
repenished the treasury and conquered all
resistance, restoring to its place and to re-
spect the flag OF our country, not star
dimmed, but with many added to it's glst-
ening cluster OF glory.
In the second place, l am Republican
because the grand old party has always
been identified with all that is best in good
government. 1t has stood by the old SOL
dier, and it inaugurated the free school
system, which made is possible for the poor
mans children to drink from the fountain
Of knowledge as freely as the millionare's.
In the third place, l love it because il
sustains the starry flag Of glory, and keeps