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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-01
OLD NEWSPAPERS OF CECIL
COUNTY.

We wish to procure as complete files
as possible OF the newspapers published
IN Cecil county, prior to August |,
1871 at which time this paper was com
menced. Our object is To bind them
and keep them SO that they may be
consulted by all persons DESTROYS OF
referring to their columns. We will
pay liberal price Tor enough to form
complete files. ii they can be had.
Among the papers, the names OF which
we remember are the Eikton Press. the
EIkt0n Courier. The Cecil Wing"
published at Port DcpoSit The Port
Deposit Rock, and the Cecil Gazette,
prior to the late above mentioned.
There may have been others. but we
do not now think OF any. Many per-
sons in the county. no doubt. have par
tlal files among their old papers, which
are 81 little or no use to them. We
shall be pleased 10 receive any number
however few, as by getting one here
and another there we may get com
plcte files. Persons having them, who
are disposed to assist us in collecting
them will please send them by mail, or
otherwise to this office.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-01
THE OLD FIFTH AWAKE.

In another part ui The Wing will
be found a call. largely signed for the
formation OF a Fillmore and DonelSon
Club in North East on Tuesday even
ing next We understand the meeting
will be addressed by !. b. ASkcw, Esq,
OF Baltimore. and James 7. McCul-
Tough and W. ]. Jones, EsqrS., oi Elk
ton. Come out all men opposed to
sectional issues and sectional candi-
dates. Fillmore Gained the mad sec
tionaliSm OF 1880 and he alone is able
to calm that 81 1880.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-01
ONE CENT REWARD.
Runaway from the subscriber OF
Will Iron Ever Be As Dear As Cop
per?

The Manufacturers Record OF Bal
timore in discussing the worlds IRON
ore supply says;
In discussing the expansion OF the
iron and steel trade supcrlatives have,
OF necessity, become common Records
OF production are being broken so OIL
ten and the expansion goes on so rap
idly that the figures which yesterday
seemed almost beyond our comprchen-
sion today become commonplace. 1t
was but few years ago when produc-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-01
CECIL WING FIFTY YEARS AGO
Bits Of News Selected for Careful Reading from Issue
August 30. 1856

Sunday morning the 10th OF August
an indcnturcd Apprentice to the Wheel
wrghting trade, named James X. Wei
don. aged u years. Whoever will re.
turn the said apprentice shall rccciv,
the above reward but no charge paid
All persons are forbid trusting or har.
boring said apprentice, as they will be
dealt with according to the law in such
cases made and provided.
WILLIAM +. WELDON.
Cccilton, Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-09-01
THE MARKETS.

Eikton Market. August go Wheat
$1.45; corn, 50 cents; oats. 81 cents.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
For Your Future Use.

One of the most unique descriptions
for Il typical George Washington din
ner. is offered i'm an exchange which
we reprint for our readers future use
We are told to have the table lighted
with wax candles. and to serve the
dinner on old blue and white china
The ice cream to be moulded in the form
of the small Bunker Hill monuments
and tiny flags to ornament each dish
Cherries are not to be conspicuous. but
the election cake will have an elabOr-
ate decoration of candied cherries,
with leaves of angelica.
An amusing dish for the patriotic
table is made by having French chops
carefully trimmed. BrOil them nicely,
and have ready some rounds of toast
or fried bread. Fasten each shop be-
tween two of these rounds with wood
ell tOOthpickS or small skewers, and
the result is very close imitation of
a cannon. Put a few stoned olives
on each plate to represent ammunition
A pretty salad in keeping with the
general scheme is made of the choicest
canned or preserved cherries to be had
Unless the stones have already been
removed, take them out carefully, and
substitute a blanched filbert or hazel
nut. Arrange on white lettuce leaves,
and serve with French dressing in
which lemon juice takes the place of
vinegar.
Then we might add any other sug
gestive dishes that come to us.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
Recipes.

Peanut t-ButterlThe most tOothsOme
peanut-butter we have tasted was
homemade, and this is the way our
hostess prepared it: After freeing the
peanut from shells and skins, she put
them through her food-chopper, into
which she had inserted the finest knife
in the set. The ground kernels were
salted to taste, and about half a table
spoonful of butter well worked in
She used one quart of peanuts (meas-
ured with the shells On), which made
sufficient peanut butter to fill a large
jelly-tumbler. Placed on ice, it will
keep long time.
Dates in Breakfast Food-Many of
with milk or cream may be made more
palatable by the addition of dates from
which the stones have been removed.
They add a zest and flavor which
children find especially agreeable.
Dates are an excellent food in them
selves and are much valued in the
East. When chopped and added to
ice cream they give pleasant variety.
They may be used in ordinary custard
in the same way. Many people avoid
the use of dates of the tough skin
If boiling water is turned over them,
these skins may be removed without
difficulty. L always remove the skins
from dates when using them in break
fast food and for most other purposes.
Whole dates with the skins removed
are much better for children than
candy-EXchange.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

gown, gun metal coin purse, a suitable
hair ornament, nosegay in a colonial
vase, box of her favorite sweets,
pair of crochet room slippers, set of
sweet lavender sachets, a dainty little
shOlder shawl. becoming liberty silk
neck piece. pretty shade for her room
lamp, suede wrist bag, hot water bot
tie in soft. pretty case, bottle or SO
of her favOrite toilet water, Grecian
ribbon support if she be stout, print,
1.-The Last of the Skein,'' handsome
bag for her fancy work supplies, gold
decorated crystal glass and water bot
tie, dainty muslin or lace turnover
set for neck and wrists, combined
utility box and window seat, heavy
inside curtains to pull together when
searching winds whistle. a dainty writ
ing board.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
Appropriate Gifts.

We are often asked to suggest suit
able gifts for babies, and old ladies,
and have just found list for both
that are especially practical.
For the baby. necklaces are many to
choose from. They come in Spanish
coral. in gold beads, in small turquoise
beads, and in both opaque as well as
transparent amber. Rattles have be-
come luxurious affairs, in gold, silver,
ivory or pearl. In size they vary, as
they do i'm shape. Bib and sleeve. or
sO-called cuff pins, are legion. Very
pretty are they in engraved gold. in
cOnch-shell, in brilliant enamels, or
with small jewel. precious or semi
precious, or with small pearls To
attach birthstone charm to a baby's
necklace is one of the fads of the day.
The stones may be mounted in gold.
Baby's silver sets devolve upon rich
relatives to purchase and present.
Just now many are the pieces. both in
gold and silver, as well as Silver-plat-
ed. There is drinking cup, a bowl,
a plate saucer. a tray. spoons of two
sizes. forks. knives, food pushers and
napkin rings. Lesser gifts are in sets
of three pins connected with the gold
cnalIlS, aS wen as Stl'dIitt oieS- III
gold and enamel. Small studs. also in
gold. in enamel or jewel studded, are
pretty ornamental decorations used in
the closing of the little yokes to baby's
white lingerie robes.
Handmade dresses. caps made from
dainty handkerchiefs. toilet sets for
basket.
For the elderly lady or grandmother,
nothing is so pleasing as soft silk
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

Little cOurtesies are the wayside
flowers of life.
The best biographies are those Oh
two feet.
Instead of real love being such a
ladylike thing, it often has blisters
on its feet, cOrns OH its hands, and a
back that aches with loads of Others
Go as low as we please, there is al
ways an evil below which we have
tranScended. Go as high as we please,
there is a good to be attained.
Each of us has vices beneath us,
virtues above us. Our ideals are our
virtues. Our temptations are our
vices. The ideal beckOnS us onward.
The temptation lures us backward
Exchange
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
waterfalls. The gold ball means a

waterfalls. The gold ball means a
treasure, which the carp, 1eaping and
struggling, buffeted by the wind, is
forever trying to reach. And the
whole thing means that the boy, when
he's a man, will have to battle his way
as the sturdy carp struggles up the
river. The fishes look so very pretty
and gay, flying over his house, and
the boy gets so many treats at Fish
Festival time, that 1 don't think he
minds even if the carp is a nice little
jolly lecture on ambition.-St Nicho-
las.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
Birthdays in Japan.

The Japanese have a queer way of
celebrating birthdays. Instead Of a
party i'm June for little Tama. and a
party in September for little O'Tatsu.
and a party i'm December for little
Ume, there's a party in February in
honor of all the little girls, and one in
May for all the little boys. In Feb
ruary every little girl receives from
all her grOwn-up relatives and friends
gifts of dolls. and besides these dolls
her mother takes out of the closet
many of the dolls she had when she
was a child. and some even older dolls
that the little girls grandmother had
when she was little tot; and 1 dare
say there are dolls that belonged to
the little girls sgreat-grandmother and
even her great-great- grandmother
quaint dolls in faded clothes of a
hundred years and more ago, carefully
handed down from mother to daughter
ever since. | saw one old doll, about
six inches tall, dressed as a daimio. a
great lord of by-gone times, in gorg-
eOus brOcade robes, covered with steel
armOr of little overlapping plates, just
as beautifully made as if for a real
warrior. He wore tiny helmet, and
carried two tiny swords not as long as
matches. You could draw the swords
out of their scabbards just like real
ones, and they were as sharp as they
could be. Well, for about a week all
Japan is one great dolls tea party:
And then the festival is over, and ali
the best dolls, even the presents to the
little girls, are put carefully away,
never to be even looked at for whole
year. l don't see how the Japanese
girls can bear that part of it.
Then at the first of May comes the
boys festivalIthe Fish Festival, it
is called. Every family that's lucky
enough to have boy puts up a flag
pole in the dooryard; or perhaps sever
al families combine to use the same
pole, and have it a bigger, handsomer
one than one family could afford. On
the top of the pole is a gilt ball, or
else a basket with something bright
and tinsely in it. And flying from the
pole, in the brisk, spring winds, is a
whole string of carp, made of oiled
paper or cloth, painted in bright colors,
and anywhere from five to fifteen
feet long. Each fish belongs to some
particular boy, and the carp is chosen
because it is big, strong fish, and
not only can swim against the most
rapid currents, but in it's eagerness to
get up stream will leap straioht up
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

There are two groves at Estero
which were planted four and five years
ago. This year the four year old grove
produced 1900 boxes and the five year
old 1000 boxes, making q total of
10000 boxes. The Fort Myers Press
states that this is more fruit than was
shipped from the entire County Of Lee
ten years 49,.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
From ParIor to Kitchen.


keep bright if wrapped in fine white
tissue paper
\ cloth saturated with coal oil will
clean a sink, bathtub or basin which
has become greasy and discOlOred from
use.
| If a spoonful of bOraX is put into
the last water in which white clothes
are rinsed, it will whiten them very
much. The bOraX should be dissolved
in a little hot water before it is added
to the rinSing water
Residents of country towns and vii
lagos whose fire-fghting facilities are
| limited may. with but little trouble,
make an eXtinguisher that will put out
any chance blaze if used at once. All
the housewife needs to do is to put
three pounds of salt into a gallon of
water. and to this add one and one
half pounds of sal ammoniac. This
liquid should be bottled, and in case
of fire the contents of the bottle should
be poured upon it.
If tablespoonful of vinegar is put
into the lard in which dOughnuts are
fried it will prevent them from alb
SOrbing too much fat. One or two
teaspOOnfulS put into a kettle con-
tanning boiling beef or chicken will
hasten it in becoming tender. A little
vinegar put into stove backing will
make it stick better and prevent dust
from flying while polishing
A small quantity of ice cream for
an invalid can be easily made without
a regular freezer. Put the cream in a
cup and place this in a goOd-sized
bowl. Fill the latter with equal quan:
titles of salt and ice broken very fine
Then turn the cup briskly around with
one hand and stir the contents of the
cup with the other The whole process
takes only a few moments
For applying tonic to the scalp,
nothing is better and cheaper than a
new machine oil can. 1t puts the ap-
p1icatiOn where it is needed without
sOiling the hair, and it only costs five
cents. Such utensil is also the most
convenient article for applying kerO-
sene Tor any vermin pOisOn) to a bed
stead, as it forces the liquid into the
cracks so thoroughly.
The most beautiful bit of greenery
[ know hangs overhead a group of
children in a city kindergarten. 1t is
Il huge fern ball with a splendid yard
long sweep of verdant Boston ferns.
1t was an invention of the artistic kin
dergartner's. She told me how she
made it. Into a fifteen-cent OK muzZle
was put lining of fine moss. then
some Boston fern roots here and there.
with small frOnds sprOuting from be-
tween the inner netting. Inside was
packed plenty of rich soil and it was
kept generously moist. Presently the
ferns grew wide and glossy, sweeping
their long trails north, south, east and
west
We were giving little dinner with
the color scheme in red and wanted
Inexpensive menu cards. We purchas-
ed wall paper with huge red roses
upon it. cut them out and tied to the
roses. with red cord, paper cut the
same size and shape of the rose to
make a booklet. Inside we printed
the menu. There were four different
rose designs in the wall paper Every
guest voted our "hand painted menus
a success. and the cost was less than
twenty cents for thirty-Good House
Keeping.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
Soap Kills Prairie Dogs.

1t has been discovered that soap,
plain, common washing soap, is deadly
poison to prairie dogs. The discovery,
like most other big discoveries, was made
by accident. John Il. Braun. a farmer
near Miltonvale, must be credited for it.
He had about 100 prairie dogs on his
farm and started in to wipe them out.
He used traps. After he had caught
about 30 the rest got wise and would
walk around his traps. Among the 80
was one that the trap didn't injure and
he put it in a cage for pet. BY mis-
take his children fed the prairie dog in
the cage small piece of common soap
one day. Within five minutes the prai-
rie dog was dead. Mr.. Braun decided
to experiment. He cut bar of soap
which cost him three cents into small
pieces, about the size of "A hazlenut, and
threw a few pieces into each hole in the
dog town" The next day there wasn't
a solitary prairie dog left to tell the story.
All were dead. Ten cents worth of soap
will clear big farm of prairie dogs.
The result as shown by Mr.. Braun eclip
sed results from the dope which the
agricultural college sends out to kill
prairie dogs.
The above article which is clipped
from the Kansas City Journal is at least
worthy of a trial by anyone who has a
dog town on his farm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
cORRE EsPONDENCE
Items of Interest From Various Sec
tions Of Ebert and Adjoin-
ing Counties.
Bijou BASIN

From Our Special Correspondent.
Jan. 3.--Mrs. Emma Aux and children
Of Boulder visited H. L. Holden and fam.
iiy last week
M. W. Proctor and family visited the
Excelsior ranch Saturday and bought a
bunch Of cows.
I. A. Kelly was called to johnson
county, Kansas, by the sickness of his
aged father. He returned Monday.
Roy and Verne Kelly, who have been
attending school in Denver, came home
70 spend the holidays and returned to
Denver Tuesday morning.
Earl Dowling has gone to Elizabeth.
where he has employment on ranch
near town.
David Cox of Wray, Colo, has rented
Fred Capell's ranch.
William Auld expects to leave the Ca
pell ranch about the first OF March and
return to his own ranch.
Miss Gertrude Sutton, a former Bijou
Basin teacher, and Mr. George Meyers
of Walla Walla, Wash, were married in
Colorado Springs Sunday, Dec. 81, 1905,
Of p. IN. Mr.. Meyers has a good posi-
ton in Walla Walla as cheese and but
iermaker. He formerly worked in the
factory here and at Elbert. Miss SUIT
Iion is one of the successful teachers Of
the county and will be greatly missed by
her many friends in this locality.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
IsIizabetln Notes

Prom Ebert County Bannef.
Miss Isabel Cort is out from her school
IN Denver spending Christmas week
with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Murray have
bought 800 acres of land southwest Of
town, adjoining Peter Rlumer's place on
the west.
Mrs. John Schillinger OF Colorado
Springs came up Sunday morning and
spent a couple OF days with her brother,
Sam Stoddard, and wife.
His many friends will be surprised to
Earn that Charley Able enlisted in the
United States navy at Quincy, ILL.,, on
Dec. /, and is now stationed at Norfolk,
va.
Mrs. John Cummings OF Eastonville,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Sam Stoddard Of Elizabeth, left Mon
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Stoddard accompan-
led her home, in the hope that Mrs
Stoddards health, which has been quite
poor, might be benefited by the change.
The Cort Hames Mercantile Co. are
qettng ready to put grist and feed
D. H. irto the old creamery building.
The rollers and other machinery has
been, ordered and they expect to have
it in operation soon As they already have
the engine in place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
Hog Raising Is Profitable.

.sThe stockmen of Colorado do not
give enough of their attention to hog
raising" said Prof. Mclean in speaking
to representative of the Daily Drover's
journal -Stockman, of the experiment at
the yards the other day, "and the object
OF this test is to demonstrate if possible
that hog raising can be carried on in
Colorado with great success and profit.
The demand for hogs for home consump-
ton is steadily increasing and it seems
to me that with an abundance of sugar
beets and alfalfa in this state on which
to feed hogs there should be no neces
sity for the Denver packers to have to
go down into Kansas and Nebraska for
their hog supply. At present the hogs
being fed on the sugar beets show the
most vigor and growth, bnt we are not
making any predictions as to the result
until we have tested the different rations
more fully"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
TWO WEEKS COURSE
For Stockmen and Farmers at the
State Agricultural
College.

The Agricultural College at Fort Col
Inns has completed arrangements for the
second annual short course for the stock
men and farmers in Colorado. The
course opens January 18th and contin-
ues until the 9th. The great interest
I manifested and the large attendance at
this course last year was a surprise to
all parties concerned and the outlook is
particularly bright for an even larger at
tendance this year. Some Of the bright
est men in the live stock business in the
United States have been engaged for
lectures and demonstrations during the
course and every minute of the time
spent at Fort Collins during these two
weeks will be interesting and instructive.
Some of the leading educators along
agricultural lines will be present to aid
in the work, among them being Prof W.
j. Spillman, of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, at Washington, ID. c., who
will lecture on grasses for the range and
for semi-arid conditions such as prevail
in this state. Norman in America is per
haps so well posted on this question as
is Professor Spillman, he having spent
the greater part of his life in the study
of this question and is therefore pre-
pared to give our people a great deal of
information that cannot help but be val
liable.
n. III. Gentry, of Sedalia, Mo-, one of
the most prominent breeders of Berk-
shire hogs and Shorthorn cattle, will be
present during the course, as also will
Supt. George McKerrow, of Wisconsin,
an expert in all that partalns to the
breeding, feeding and management of
sheep. Prof. G. f.. Curtis, of Ames,
Iowa, who was SO popular at the course
last year, or Prof. W. j. Kennedy, pro
fessor Of animal husbandry at the Iowa
Agricultural College, will also be present,
as well as a number of others.
Every stock man and farmer who can
possibly attend this course should com
municate at once with w. l.. Carlyle,
dean of agriculture, at Fort Collins, who
will immediately issue certificate that
will entitle the holder to half fare rate
from his home to Fort Collins and re.
turn. The tuition for the course offered
will he free, the cost of board and lodg-
ing and an incidental fee of $500 to cover
the cost of materials used during the
course being the only expense incurred
by the students.
The college is better equipped than
ever before to give practical instruction
along live stock and grain growing lines.
new live stock pavilion has been COM
pleted which will accommodate about 80
people and with the government horse
breeding experiment, in connection with
the college, the students are well pro-
vided with material which is not avail
able at any other institution in the eoun-
try. 1t is hoped that this section will
be well represented at Fort Collins dur
ing the course.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
EastonviIIe
From om speeial correspondent.

From Our Special Correspondence
Jan. IA public wedding took place
in the Easionville church last Wednes-
day, Dec. ", 1905, when Mr.. Leo r. Dav-
is of Silver Plume and Miss Laura M.
White Of near Eastonville were made
husband and wife in the presence of a
multitude of friends, Rev. j. ~ Davis Of
Elbert officiating. After the ceremony
"A wedding dinner was served at the home
of the brides father near town. A large
number of beautiful and useful presents
were received by the bridal pair. Mr..
and Mrs. Davis will reside at Silver
Plume. The best wishes OF host of
friends are extended to them.
Mrs. Ella Baldwin and two daughters
srent last week in Elbert, visiting at the
home OF Ed Baldwin and wife.
Your correspondent learns that Jack
Dawson, our well known butcher and
auctioneer, and family have decided to
move to Elbert, where Mr. Dawson will
engage in business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
County Seat

From the Kio'rn Record.
County Treasurer Hertel and wife en-
tertained Mr.. aud Mrs. j. Il. Mayer of
Ebert at Christmas dinner.
William D.. Reilly is summoned to
serve on the United States Petit Jury,
beginning Jan s, in Judge Hallet's court,
-Denvcr.
Mrs. Susan Wilferth, mother OF Mrs.
L. #. Cowau, died Christmas night at
the home OF her daughter in Elizabeth
and was buried in Hill Side cemetery
from the Presbyterian church. Thursday
afternoon, Rev. Pressly conducting the
service.
The Russell Gates store is pretty well
supplied with jack rabbits and cotton
tails, killed on the Bijou by Ed Baxter
and George Mcguire, Jr. Baxter wants
his rabbit sales to run up to sufficient
sum to buy ticket back to his home
in Ohio