The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-04-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tell me what people read, ANA !
will tell you what they arc" said tn"
Sclr-confcsscd North Street Philosopher.
well. there's my wife," rejoincd the
dyspcptic party. shes forever reading
cook books. Now. what is she = "Why
Il cook. of COURSE" replied the philosophy
dispenser. That's where the spokes
rattle in your Wheels" said the other.
"Shc only thinks she is
The dread of appendicitis is rcspon-
Sible for the production of the sccdlcSs
tomatoes nav grown on Southern truck
farms. When appendicitis became i
fashionable disease. it was attributed to
the seeds of fruits and vegetables OBJ
structing the appendix. Then to protect
their trade, the tomato growers went to
work. and produced II sccdlcss variety, a
much more delicious vegetable.
Mary Il. Hincman, a young woman
of Philadelphia. was i'll of Il fever. and
her physician dcSpaircd of her life. Mary
was ailianced to young Henry Myers,
and in desperation her friends urged her
marriage on what was thought her death
bed The ceremony took place, and now
y
Hymen proved better doctor than
EsculapiuS. Delicate engaged ones. will
please note this ease.
Mr.. J. Edward AddickS tied up the
Trolley Cars in Wilmington, on Tuesday,
by refusing upon the demand of the con-
ductor for his name printed on card.
Mr.. Ahdicks wrote his name. on Il
nf l,,, bn
which the conductor refused Mr.. Adj
dicks was equally resolutc, and the con-
ductor held the car, causing temper
airy blockade. which the Railway Dis
patchcr broke, by ordering the car 20
proceed.
The Bureau of Education ut Wash
ington. d. c.. is arranging Il unique cX-
hibition at the St Louis Exposition. The
exhibit will consist of about 1000 pic
lures of the schools, teachers and pupils
of the public schools of number of
states. Maryland being one of them.
Why may we not expect that the comcly
and intelligent faces of Cecil county
teachers and pupils may find Il promn-
rnt place in this exhibit We are sure
they compare favorably with those of any
other state of the Union.
The Baltimore papers this week give
the pathetic details of the death by her
own hand of Mrs. Louisa Amcs Van
Weik. who had recently come into Il
handsome fortune under the will of her
grandfather. the late Bishop Alfred
Amcs, of the VI. Il. Church. She had
been twice married and twice divorced.
She was beautiful and accomplished
woman. the daughter of Capt. Edwin
Ames of the United States Army. Her
remains were buried in Grecnmount
Cemetery, in the family lot of Mr..
Campbell Il. RoySton.
Rev. William NJ. Hersman ID. d..
whose wife was Il daughter of the late
Hugh Steel, of Port Deposit, and where
Jose, California. on the 4th inst. He
was. for Il number of years, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church of Berlin. Nd
In connection with this charge he or
ganiZcd Il church at Liberty Town. some
miles distant from Berlin, which has
grown to he tlOuriShing church DIR.
Hcrsman aftcrward removed to Califor-
mia. where he had charge of the church
at San Luis Ohispo for some years, and
which, from Il small, weak church, be-
came Il strong and prosperous one under
his preaching. OF late he had been liv-
ing on his farm in the northern part of
California.