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Middletown transcript., 1907-08-31
TRUSTEES OF THE POOR
Business Transacted ut the Monthly
Meeting Wednesday

At the meeting OF the Trustees OF
the Poor, at the Office OF Super
intendent Foster, at iFarnhurst, Wednes-
day the following members we're present
President Henry, Messrs. George Denni-
son, Polk, Clark, Alice, Beth, Harris.
Burge, Dire. Day and John Ball.
DR.. Bali, chairman Of the house COM
mittee, said: "The house is in excellent
condition and am pleased to hear the
old ladies' say, we have the lovelist
matron, the best in the world, and a bet
ter one we could not have to care for US.
The superintendent is fine man, kind,
and we could not get better one. /"
President Henry stated that he had
gone into the cost OF treatment OF per-
son bitten by mad dog and found the
cost to be about $50. at the Delaware
College ct Newark.
The report Of the farm committee
showed expenses, $75. 80; receipts, $2l.22.
The reports were accepted.
DR.. Ball stated that the drainage facili-
ties in the rear of the building have been
repaired.
Mr.. Polk reported work proceeding on
the emergency hospital and that it would
be ready for occupancy within a short
time.
Messrs. Jester and Horrigan, with DIR.
Henry, were appointed the visiting COM
mittee for the month of September.
The bill OF DR.. Steel of Newark for
furnishing 1900 units of anti.toxine for
a family in Mill Creek hundred, and nine
visits, amounting to $l6.25, was ordered
paid.
The following bills were approved
and orders drawn for the respective
amounts: Odessa Creamery Co., butter,
$3.50; Wray F. Bacon, meats, $l57.93;
August Angerstein, bread, $ll4.45; Mas
ten & Kali, printing annual report, :$65 IS;
Frank P. Hall, furnishing photographs,
$5.25.
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ton, we're entertained over Sunday by
W. H. Money and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs George Crpssan and Mrs.
White, OF Wilmington, were over Sunday
visitors with Mrs. James A. Hart.
Mrs. NJ. D. Donovan and SON Kemp
have returned after pleasant visit with
relatives ut Houston and Sslbyyille.
Mrs. Joseph Jones and daughter, Miss
Thelna, Of Newark, N j., are whiting
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Jones and family.
Mr.. d. B. Jones, wife and daughter
have retnrned home after visiting rela-
tiyes and friends in and near Bridgeviile.
Mrs. Richard Hodgson and Mrs. Salie
Taylor entertained the Ladies' Aid So
ciety at Ie-former's home on Tuesday
evening.
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CHESAPEAKE CITY ITEMS

Miss aIae Roe, of Masseys. s.li-ited Mrs
Nellie Reed last week.
Miss Mary Allen, of Newark, Del, j,
the guest of Miss Ida Morgan.
The Methodist Sunday School held its
annual picnic last Wednesday.
Rowan Pearce, of Germantown, is visit.
ing MIR. and Mrs. ]. Polk Steele.
Miss Helen Hopper, Of Philadelphia, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James Hopper.
Thomas Reed, of Philadelphia, is
spending sometime with j. NJ. Reed, Jr.
Miss Alice Hanson, of Baltimore, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. WooIley.
Miss Alice Queck. Of Trenton, has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs Thomas Price.
Misses Este Karsuer and Florence
Egee lave been spending a few days at
Randalia.
Mr.. Clay ton Buckworth, Of PhiIadrI-
phia, has been spending few days at
his home.
John Hopper has returned home, after
spending sometime with relatives al
Georgetown.
Miss Sadye Saunders, Of Baltimore, is
spending this week with Miss Elizabeth
Cooling.
Mrs. Hannah Folks, of Wilmington,
spent serera days last week with reIa-
tives in town.
DR.. and Mrs. E D. Graves and son Ed.
win spent several days last week at Sails.
bury, Md.
Mrs. Louise Griffith and son Joseph,
of near Middletown, visited Mrs Maria
Griffith last week.
Miss Helen Meyer has returned to
New York, after spending several weeks
with Mrs. j. Groome Steele.
Misses Ella and Miriam Curiett and
Esther SmedIy, of Wilmington, spent
last week with Mrs. q. II. Rtuss.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Eissers and daueh-
ter Ethel, and Mr.. Philip Grose, of New
York, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. ]. D.
Mccoy.
Miss Rena Beiswanger, of Baltimore,
and Fred Beiswanger, of New York, are
visiting their parents, ME and Mrs. John
Beiswanger.
Misses SaIlie, Julia, Alice and Margaret
Woodafl, of Georgetown, aud Miss Mar
garet Griffith visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
S. Hopper last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward kersIaw, Miss
Bessie KerslIaw, of Wilmington, and Mr..
David Bradsbury, of Lees, England, are
spending sometime with Mr. and Mrs.
James Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vissers AID daugIl-
ter Ethel, and Philip Grnse, Of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b Mccoy and son Jay,
Mrs. Ida Bonchelle, Misses Sara, Lila and
Mary Bouchelle spent Tuesday afternoon
a. Betterton.
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LICENSED SALOON

Wishing to get living without hard
work, I have leased commodious rooms
in Mr.. Lovemoney's Block, corner OF
Ruin Street and Perdition Lane (next
door to the Undertakers), where shall
continue my business Of manufacturing
drunkards, paupers, lunstics beggars,
criminals and dead beats," for sober and
industrious people to support.
Backed up by the Law, 7 shall add to
the number Of fatal accidents, Of painful
diseases, ss sss ddiiesEacefrl q4narrelar Of riots
and OF murders. My liquors are warrant.
ed to rob some Of life; many of reason,
most OF property; and all Of true peace; to
make fathers fiends, wives widows, chill
dren orphans.
shall cause mothers to forget their
infants; children to grow upin ignorance;
young women to lose their priceless purity;
young men to become loafers, swearers,
gamblers, skeptics, and "lewd fellows OF
the baser sort"
Lady customers supplied with
beer as good as the best "honIebrewed,
which will not intoxicate' but only make
them slovenly, lazy, coarse and quarrel
some. Boys and Rirls are the raw mater
lei out Of which I make drunkards, etc.
Parents may help in this good work by
always sending their children to buy the
beer. On two hours notice l agree to
put husbands In condition to reel home,
break the furniture, beat their wives, and
kick their children out Of doors; shall
also fit mechanics to spoil their work, be
discharged, and become trampe.
II one of the regular customers should
be trying to reform, I will, for few PEN
nies, take pleasure in inducing him again
to take just one glass and start again on
the road to hell. The money which he
has been wasting in bread and books for
bis childrsn will buy Iuxuries for me.
And when his money is gone will per-
init him to run in debt, and then collect
che bill by attaching lis wages.
Orders promptly filled for Fevers,
Scrofula, Consumption or Delirium Ire
mems. In short, agree to help bring
upon all my customers in this world,
Debt, Disgrace, Diseases, Despair aud
Death; and In the next world the death
that never dies.
have closed my ears to Gods Warm
ing Voice (Hsb. 2: l2-l5). "We have
made covenant With death, and with
hell are we at agreement" have paid
for my license and have right to bring
alIof the above evils upon my friends for
the sake Of gain.
Some have suggested that display ou.
side the door assorted specimens Of my
art-but that would blockade the street.
"A fine assortment Of my manufactured
wrecks may be seen inside, or at the
station house every morning. in the
PooFhouse, In the Asylums, in the
Prisons and on the Galloss. Mr.
Voters, you see by the above What it
means to vote for the saloon.
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TOWNSEND

Miss Elsie Carey, of near Smyrna, is
visiting friends here.
Mr.. Samuel Townsend is spending
sometime at Cape May.
Miss Maud Smith, of Middletown, is
visiting Mrs. I. L. Maloney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gill spent Sunday
with relatives in Chestertown, Nd.
Mrs. John Townsend, of Philadelphia,
is visiting her uncle, Mr.. John Townsend.
Mr.. Price Lattomus, Of Philadelphia,
has been visiting Mr. John Townsend and
family.
Mrs. Annie Allen, of Middletown, spent
Wednesday ~i:'r her mother, Mrs. Jane
Wilson.
Miss May Wells has accepted position
as clerk in ]. B. Messick's store. in Mid
dletown. =
Mr.. Joseph C. HutclIison, Jr., spent
Tuesday with his sister, Mrs. Walter Lee,
near Smyrna.
Mrs. Ida Hanam, of Kennett Square,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mrs.
Edward Hart.
Mr.. Thomas Boulden and sister, Miss
HyIie, of Cecilton, were visitors in town
on Wednesday.
Miss Ethelwyn ]. Maloney has returned
home from Preston, Md E, where she
visited friends.
Rev. R. 1. Watkins, wife and daugh-
tcrs, of New York, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. q. NJ. d. Hart.
Mrs. James A. Buckson, OF Backbird,
entertained the Union Ladies' Aid on
Wednesday eveEing.
Quite number Of young folks attended
party at the home of Miss Hylie Boul-
den, near Cecilton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Naylur, Of Whining
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SPECIAL EXCURSION TO rA.ros YAIx

On Thursday, September l9th, th.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will rnu
. special round.trip excursion train 80
Easton, Nd, County Fair, which IL by
FAR the largest fair on the Eastern shore
OF Maryland. Tickets Twill be good TO re.
turn on Saturday. See posters at statiol,
for further information. Governor Lea,
of Delaware, and Governor Wariield, Of
Maryland, are invited and are expected
there on Thursday. Fast racing aud large
exhibit Of horses, cattle, sheep and hlgs.
Many new attractions this season.
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SALES TO TAKE PLACE

WEDNxDAy, September 25th, 1907. =
Administrator Sale Of Stock, Farming
Implements, household Furniture. etc.,
ol the late G. w. Fintham, in Middle
Neck, Cecil Co., Md. W. D. Bradford,
administrator. Joseph NJ. Armstrong,
Aaciioneer.
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fciently seIf-cOnscious affair. Thomson and
Goldsmith. Gray and Collins. are not romantl-
csts in the obvious sense, but they take their
places as precursors of the revolt in their reac-
ton against the spirit of Pope, and in their re-
turn to nature. In MacphersOn's "Ossian and
in Percy's "ReIiques'' ground was broken Where
il was most important for literature to enjoy
the potentiaiities OF freshly turned soil Both
"deepened as we'll widened the range on
human passion That is what poetry, and prose.
too, needed above all things if they were TO
shake off the more frigid influences Of the Au-
GUSTAV age Men needed to look deeper into the
human soul. and they looked, 70 handle ITS
mysteries with greater freedom. with more
spontaneous emotion Professor Vaughan IS de-
lightfuIly acute in his exposition OF the stir
rings in the heart of even such a poet as Cow
per of the new impulse. He, too. was subject
to the spell Of Pope. but. our author says, IN
his love OF nature, in his religious bent, and IN
his humor he was touched by the wagner ten
denotes OF the Romantic movement, and his
work went to swell its force
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Gbe Geaa'2lorIs gribm1ae.
SUNDAY, APRIL Z, 1907.

The Keats Shelley exhibition for which the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland recently lent
their house in London, was in every way sue
ccsSfuL The collection, it is said, included
nearly all the manuscripts of the two poets
and all the editions of their works, corrected
and annotated by them. that remain the prop
crty of private collectors. \ fascinating feature
of the exhibition was the collection Of rare
looks and manuscripts lent by Mr. l. J. Wise.
There were many portraits of the poets, and
among the personal relics was the pen long
used by Shelley Sir John Shelley lent the
glove which the poet wearing on the day
of his death; it was of bright yellow kid, much
soiled 4 little case held four locks of hair OF
Shelley and his children, the locks varying IN
color from black to palest gold. 4 set of jewels
turquoise and GOld-which once belonged to
Mary Shelley. was lent by Lord Abinger One
Of the chief items of the memorial concert was
Madame Ella RuSSell's singing of "Adonais.
The great hall of Stafford House was packed
with distinguished people, and tie regnnS fam
lily was represented in the person of Princess
Louise a woman whose culture and taste are
admirable.
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Sheridan. then TO the political delfverances OF
Burke. and even TO the achievements OF the
GREAT chemists and biologists in his period This
comprehensive scheme is sound. since IL makes
for n better understanding OF the revolt as
something that was in the air. having its origin
i'm the thoughts and feelings Of mankind az
large Sometimes. it is true. the authors prin-
ciDIe seems a little strained Writers like Jane
Austen and Fanny Burney are unexpected Voy-
ayers in his galley. Yet. in the long run. his
assertions as 70 these and other seemingly de-
batable additions made TO his romantic COM
pany are plausibIy enough established
I'm dealing with German ROmanticism his net
Is Intentionally not spread so wide, but we Will
ingIy accept the Apologize reference 70 the sub
iect In the preface for in small volume like
this something must be left out Professor
Vaughan was well advised 20 cOnfne his sketch
of the German revolution against the tyranny Of
French thought and literary methods to the
leaders like Leasing. WinckeImann. Herder and
Goethe The third chapter in the book goes
terseIy over the subject in France and Italy. and
the fourth deals. in the briefest fashion. with
other countries Everywhere Professor Vaughan
is adequate as to broad tendencies. the drift OF
ideas. and if few Of his Characterization have
the fuIness and luminosity Of his study OF
Goethe. he is sagaciOus. far as he goes, in his
appraisal of every one Of his heroes His book
as a whole does Just what it is intended to do as
part of this series: il bridges the space between
the mid-eishteentk century and that romantic
triumph which carries us well into the nineJ
teenth century and down 20 the verge OF the
twentieth. 70
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cence Of imaginative literature which only in
our day has suffered marked loss of vitality.
He well says that 1.-THE Romantic Revival was
except in the Latin countries, n war OF liberia
ton" The chief virtue in his survey of the in
cidents OF that war lies in his exploitation Of
them as interdependent factors in one grand
achievement. The imagination is easily taken
captive by dates. names and catchwords- Take,
for example, the history OF that literary and ar
tistic revolution in France which is generally
dated from the third decade of the nineteenth
century Few writer's the subject fail to exc
aggerate Victor Hugo's relation to the time. and
not one ever fails to make great play with the
first performance OF Hermann and with Gau-
tiers red waistcoast. But the reader who is at
pains to reflect without haste on these things
is bound TO be impressed. sooner or later. by the
gradual development OF any fertilizing idea Ha
sees even the most conspicuous representative
of such an idea not as an isolated wonder
worker but as a contributor with others, to the
creation Of atmosphere by which every one is
stimulated He sees that every given stage in
the emancipation of mems minds is the work of
many men, of many minds. This is the point
that Professor Vaughan enfOrces with ability in
his thoroughgoins though cold monograph.
He shows his good at the very outset in
his careful indication of the senses in which the
be understood. In the first place. they point. in
the narrower sense he says. TO a love OF vivid
cOlOFing and strongly marked contrasts. n crav-
ing for the unfamiliar. the marvellous and the
supernatural But. he adds. Elm the wider and
less definite sense they may be used TO sig
Nifty that revolt from the purely intellectual
view OF man and nature that recognition OF the
rights Of the emotions the instincts and the pas
siOus. that vague intimatiOn of sympathy be-
tween man and the world around HMM one
word. that sense of mystery which. with more
or less clearness OF utterance. inspires all that
is best, all that is most characteristic I'm the
literature OF the last half OF the eighteenth CEN
fury: whether. in the stricter and more familiar
sense of the term. il is to be called romantic
or no." With this second definition, Professor
Vaughan approaches very naturally and aptiy
the figures fOreshadOwing. in England, half I'M
consciously. the revolt which ultimately to
prove. in Some Of its aspects at any rate q suf-
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The pages on Burns reveal the same firm
grasp on points that might eIude many a critic
The poet Romanticist in the superficial
sense. but Professor Vaughan rightly finds in
his humor. in his lyric fervOr and in his genius
for idealizinG common things. an essentially rO-
mantle force. There is shreWd note here. too.
on the romantic significance OF Blake who as a
visionary. and as an interpreter OF human pas
sion, undoubtedly shared in the inspiration
which was to burst forth in the Lyrical Bal
lads" In that book Professor Vaughan recOg-
nizes the clarion note of the new regime. giving
To Wordsworth and COleridge commanding
places in this war OF Liberation with which
he deals. OF COleridge he says that che was.
heart and soul. the poet of romance" and
makes. aprOpOs OF the most famous Of his
pieces in the memorable volume. some remarks
so true THAI We must quote them intact:
w. WIN the Ancient Mariner, we in the full
ude OF the romantic triumph Scenery. colOrinl,
Sbf fn1 1 c moSy it the IaPdity Of he action.
burnt into the brain of the vTeei,iinr -IIsSf
and which of US has not stood in his place all
from certain passages of Keats. there is no poem
IN the ianSoasg-there Is none perhaps. in the lit
deTpeSt and truest in romance as this ballad. Com
or the "Kehama' Of SOuthey: compare il even
with me Isabella Of Keats, and we see az once
all that is merely external or mechanical in the
upon the weapons Of the spirit Even the 11er
natural horror. poignant IL is is no sense an
end IN itself The heart OF the poem lies In the
dramatic truth OF the emotions which an ex-
perience so uneaFthlY could not fail TO Waken
suppoSinS IL TO be real": the experience OF the
soul that has been alone a wide wide sea
haunted by the bodies OF the SDirit-WOrld. sur
rounded by the bodies OF those his own act had
brought To death The removal OF the more ma
terial touches OF horror In the later draft OF tire
ballad is evidence ir further evidence were Needed
OF the true intention of the poet
Throughout his book Professor Vaughan Is
constantly tracing manifestations OF the fnas.-
NATIVE power celebrated in the foregoing pas
sage. but as constantly he seeks also for tunes
of sheer personality. The romantic revolt dis
closed itself. after all. I'm divers ways The
thing that AT bottom counted most was inst
the dynamic force of original minds wreakirr
themselves on the interests Of mankind I'm n
passion of sympathy and of individual delight
In what might be called the intellectual rr,v
Thus the historian passes from literature pur,
and simple. from the works OF men like Words
worth. Coieridxe and Scott TO the plavs os
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THE ROMANTIC REVOLT.
H Critical Period an the History
of European Letters.

THE ROMANTIC REVOLT. BY Charles Edwyn
Vaughan, NJ A.. OXon. periods of European
Literature. edited by Professor Saintsbury9 SyO,
PIP. ;.ii. sol Charles Scribner's Sons-)
This is one of the most useful volumes In the
excellent series edited by Professor Saintsbury
If it is not also of the most interesting it
is because the author lacks the faculty for bring
ing out all the subtler elements of charm in his
subject. Professor Vaughan is not precisely a
kindling writer But he might say. in defence.
that the execution Of his task called for at least
as much cool Judgment as enthusiasm in inter-
probation He had 60 elucidate not much the
secret of this that man Of genius the
broad significance of the movement In mems
minds which overthrow the tradition of the
eighteenth century and fOstered the efIiOres-
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A BLOW.

BY GEORGE IVES
Green hedges grow up in the gale.
With maythorn bloom upon each crest.
And as a hunter takes a rail
Our boat flies forward breeze behest-
Foam iipples glance her shining keel.
And all around the wave tops splash.
With Iurch and plunge and buoyant reel
Our sea bird glides as on we dash
The hills and valleys rise and fall.
With sheltered dale and wind ripped height.
Our little bark rides over all
And casts forth crystal clouds of white
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Not long ago in commenting upon the pes
simistic view which some persons take of the
vast circulation of cheap editions Of the classics.
we pointed out that readers are often found
where they are least expected. Especially did
we protest against the assumption that only the
obviously cultured" men and women in this
world read good books. We are glad TO see
in the correspondence columns Of The Acad-
cmy" some concrete instances of enlightened
reading in obscure quarters. One writer says,
Il know we'll village of eleven hundred in
habtants; you would be- surprised to learn how
many Of the young fellows in IL are able TO
appreciate such books as old Mortality The
CLOSER and the Hearth and Vanity Fair"
Another contributor states that he has found
rows Of well-worn cheap reprints in the houses
Of mechanics in the large industrial centres, ana
he has observed the same signs of interest in
good books amongst the miners Of the Welsh
hills Il have known GOLFERS" he says, whose
knowledge of the works Of Ruskin, Carlyle,
Arnold and Mill would put the sO-called well
educated man to shame. Believe me. il is not
among the middle classes that the search for
genuine readers must be made hut among the
toilers- the men and women who are daily
brought face to face with the grim realities OF
life, and who snatch a living from the Jaws of
death" Such men and women would know bet
ter than to do as the highly cultured Mr.. Arthur
SymOns has dOne-they would not name Walt
Whitman alongside Shakespeare and the Bible
We have often felt, in looking over the dog
matte announcements printed on this subject
that they must have been written by excessive
ly literary" individuals, critics living among
books and among people like themselves and
never really going out into the world to learn
the ways Of the multitude. There is nothing
like your exclusively literary society to warp
mans judgment on merely human things
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Literary Englishmen have been congratulatinS
themselves on the fact that so large part Of
Frederick Lockers ROwfant books returned
from America to the London auction room with
w. g. Van Antwerps library. One Of the most
entertaining passages in Lockers volume OF
"reminiscences describes his search for a Shake
speare First Frolic in perfect condition He
ended by buying n splendid copy, lacking only
the leaf with Ben JOnsOn's verses, with the I'm
dCrstandinS that the seller would before long
get him the missing leaf Locker, by the way.
had an amusing experience with a country
squire who had a folio with the verses and
without the title page, and who resoluteIy re-
fused to dispose Of the precious leaf. "Some
years after" says the poet 'the dealer who
sold me my Shakespeare (1623l was at a print
sale, and he Glanced 70 hear a man in the
crowd Of buyers say that a friend of his had
the precious leaf OF verses-it was pasted into
an old Scrapbook!and that he had been told
1t was worth $50 or f100 II has ended In INV
becoming the possessor of this leaf for the
larger sum. So I suppose may now consider
my Shakespeare is perfect" Then the enthu-
siaSt deprecatingIy adds: "One hundred pounds
seems large sum for a single mutilated leaf,
but sensible people have paid more than that
for black tulip or blue ribbon"
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IN INDIA.
The ViVid Impressions of a Sym
pathetic 7TaUeIler.

UNDER THE sun. Impressions OF Indian Cities:
With Chapter Dealing with the Later Life
OF Mana Sahib- BY PeTCeval LandOn- Illus
trated- svO. pp. xii. 2& Doubleday. Page &