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Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24

nations holiday bill of fare is beeom-
ing simpler with the course Of time.
An interesting comparison may be
made of the Christmas dinners former
ly served in England and in this coun-
try with those of today, albeit the lat
ter are by no means scanty.
The fOrbears of modern EnSlishmen
must have possessed magnificent ap-
petites. Their hospitality was con-
ducted on a scale that would make the
housekeeper of today shudder. The
meal with which they commenced
their Christmas day, mere appetizer
10 them. was ample enough to rob the
modern gourmet Of all zest for food
for several days. The sideboard of the
old English mansion groaned under its
leviathan round of beef. its corpulent
pork pie. the Yorkshire ham, the Drawn
and chine. while on the table itself
deviled turkeys legs. homemade sau-
sages. outlets and kidneys sent up a
mingled and grateful incense from an
environment Of piles of hot buttered
toast, new laid eggs. honey and fru-
menti.
But this repast. substantial as it was,
was trifing as compared with the din
ner-the real dinner-that followed not
many hours after The feast was her
aided by the bOar's head, preceded by
servitors who blew resounding -four
ishes on their trumpets. The boars
head itself was carried, sometimes on
a dish OF geld or silver. into the BAN
quoting hall at the head Of stately
procession Of guests.
Then came the peacock, which was
served even more sumptuously than the
boar's head. with it's garnishing Of rose
mary and bays and its tusks Orna-
mented with large apples. This is how
they used 20 prepare the peacock for
the feast: When it had been roasted and
dressed with stuGing of sweet herbs
and spices and baSted with the yolks
of eggs It WIS sewed into its feathers.
its beak was eilded. ana it was borne
to the dining hall by DANES Of high de-
gree. accompanied by the strains of
minstrelsy.
Other features of the old time Christ
mas dinner Included geese, turkeys.
capons. pheasants. sirloins Of beef and
launches OF veuison. That these were
washed down with gallons Of ale and
wine goes without saying. Indeed, an
other stor, might be written Of the
liquid element Of the Old English din
ners -Uarper's Weekly
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24
LIGHTING THE BAYBEBRH CANDLE.

from this immemOrial belief that we
must trace the present day faith in the
virtues Of the bayberry candle.
The bay is a species of laurel, and as
poets and victOrs were crowned with
the laurel or the bay, wishing them long
life and happiness. so is the same wish
conveyed in the bestowal of candle
made OF the waXen berries borne by
the sacred tree.
Bayberry dips are also made as well
as the nodded candles. These dips are
smaller and less even in shape and
show us how candles were made by re
pearedly dipping the wicks in the melt
ed wax Of the bayberries and drying
each layer till the dip was of proper
size. That was before molds were in
troduced. early in the eighteenth cen
tury.
To accompany bayberry candle one
should send in the little box in which
It is daintily wrapped a card on which
is printed in red and green lettering,
the legend:
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
A bayberry candle burnt to the socket
Brings luck to the house.
Food to the larder
And gold to the pocket.
When these cards are not to be found
the luck rime may be written on the
back of ones visiting card and wrap
ped with a candle, but in that case ii
must not be forgotten that the in
closure of writing necessitates extra
postage.
Their color. a soft olive green, blends
beautifully with other Christmas
decorations, and they burn with a
steady flame, emitting a delightfully."-
pungent fragrance. and they are con-
sumed evenly all around without max
ing unsightly cutters or ridges of wax
down the sides as ordinary candles do
From New England comes the tradi-
ton that if lovers separated by dis
lance each lights a bayberry candle in
honor of the other at the same hour
the aroma or incense arising from the
burning wick viii drift in the direc-
ton Of the absent one; hence the
candles make a strong appeal to young
people Of romantic temperament.
A candle must be presented to you,
not bought by yourself. in order TO in
sure good luck. and you must not light
your own; that must be done for you
by some other person. not necessarily
the donor.
Christmas eve is the time for burn
ing. either at dinner or later, and to
follow out the old idea Of the laurels
and the bays to the victor a candle
should surely be bestowed on the rela-
tive or friend who has recently
achieved some success or won dis
tinction.- Philadelphia Press.
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24
THE DANGER FREE TREE.
How Electricity Provides the Sparkling
Cheer Without Risk of Fire.


Nearly every Goth day Of December
we read in the morning papers the pa
thetic stories of Christmas play that
ends in tragedy. 1t is the annual toll
Of the Christmas tree candle. Every
city has dozens of such cases each year.
The candle flame sets fire to the tinsel
trimming. Il curtain blaZes up, and the
day of festivity ends in sorrow or some
member of the family is badly burned.
The little electric tree lights are dec
orative and pleasing to children, and
they are safe and convenient. Tiny
lamps, fruits. roses, dogs, birds, snow
men and grotesque little figures are
all strung together on fine, silk covered
wire and may be readily connected to
any lamp socket behind the tree.
The little lamps sparkle and glow
They are the most effective Christmas
tree ornaments ever devised, and there
is far more fun for the kiddies, because
the lamps can burn us long as they are
wanted. They do not have to be watch
ed, and the little lamps can be used
year after year. They are suitable for
any festivity and add gayety to every
gathering of children.
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24
A Wish For the HOlida!
Season

"NHINE own wish wish I thee III
every place,
The Christmas joy, the song
the feast, the cheer;
Thine be the light of love in every
face
That looks on thee to bless thy coming
NV own wish wish I thee-what dost thou
All thy dear hopes be thine, whate'er
A wish fulalled may make thee king or
wish lice wisdom's eyes wherewith to
see.
ful year.
4 breeze Of morning breathes about heF
brows;
She holds the storm and sunshine, bliss
and fear,
She brings thee gifts. What blessing wilt
thou choose?
Lies crown Of good in earth or heaven
above?
The one immortal joy thou canst not lose
Is love! Leave all the rest and choose
thou love.
Celia Thaxter.
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24

ALTHOUGH we live in GungY-
"A wamp,
Which isn't on the map,
An, thou9h our town hez settled
down
To take its winter nap,
Our thoughts 60 out to friends afar,
FRIENDS north, south, east invest.
We hope an pray this Christmas day
Will be their happiest
We live here quiet on the farm.
Irene an ma an me;
We have two pens NV noisy hens
An cats, no less'n three!
We raise cur garden sass an sich,
Make cider ev'ry fall;
Wish we could git cask Nv it
Out to you, one an all
We amt no hands fur style an sich,
But we Jest wanter say
Wen use you white by day or
night
Ef you S ouId come our way
Accept This Creetin, which is full
Nv good Of Gungy cheer,
An pea,,e, good will an Joy until
We STE you all next year!
Joe Gone.
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woLFE's CROSSING.

Palmer & Clendaniel shipped two car
loads of railroad timber this week
The people of this section, like those
all over the state, are suffering with bad
colds and the grippe
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24

An Austrian Christmas Delicacy.
The Austrian affects at Christmas
time a delicacy known as fruchtbrod,
made Of raisins. currants, figs and
chopped dates. This constitutes a sort
Of cake, baked hot.
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24

berry candles are sent as luck
III 4 bringing gifts to an even
greater extent than during
the PAST few holiday seasons. The rea-
son for this is that the people who re-
eelved them the past year or two-and
who did not?-thought that they really
did seem to bring them good fortune;
hence this increasingly rapid growth OF
the candies popularity as a substitute
for the conventional Christmas card
or as constituting in itself an unpre-
tentious little gift symbolizing every
good wish.
But. while a great many people both
send and receive bayberry candles as
gifts. there are but few who know
whence they come or why the luck su-
perstition is inseparable from them.
The candles. or dips" as they were
first called, are the product of re
vived industry started few years ago
IN the old Massachusetts towns of Deer
field and bingham and in the kitchens
of the Cape Cod people, all of them
using the old pewter or tin molds that
have descended in the families from
colonial times. Old southern villages
have not as yet realized the opportuni-
ty offered its women in this revived in
dustry, although the bayberry candles
were made by the early settlers in all
the coast colonies where the berries
grew, never being found inland.
AS to the origin of the good luck
idea. we seek it in vain among colonial
chronicles as applied to the candle
itself. Yet from times far earlier the
bay tree aud the laurel were consider
ed sacred to good fortune, and it is
Milford chronicle., 1915-12-24

W. ' Elt1 one - l"Aliii"A
viands that go to make up the
Christmas dinner of the Eng
N1>- lish speaking races-the tur-
key. goose, plum pudding ana Mlnce
ME festivals-but how many OF US
know what they eat at Chrlstmasllue
in foreign countries?
The Frenchman's Christmas Dill o.
fare. for instance, is extensive aDu
varied and in many respects qul'e
different rom our own. The great
Gallic national dishes are trutded tuT-
kew and black puddings, OF WnlcD
everv Frenchman who can afford such
injuries makes a very hearty meal at
Yuletide.
In Russia the Christmas meal consists
largely Of two dishes-one OF Wneal
norriige served with honey and the
other a curious compound of stewed
nears. apples, oranges, grapes and cher
ries. sweetened with honey and served
cold.
Italians. too, are fond of rather
sweet and indigestible dishes espe-
cially at Christmas. One OF thelI
favorite combinations is that of eeis
periwinkles and vermiceli, while the
inevitable macaroni and spaghetti form
of course. the principal articles Of food
at all times.
The German Christmas dinner offers
as its principal attraction the goose
without which your true German
would feel that he had not had real
holiday feast. Germans. like Aus
trians and Italians. have a very sweet
taste. as evidenced by their numerous
varieties OF cake.
Notwithstanding the tendency in all
countries to offer huge dinners at
christmas. it would seem that every
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-02-20
AS TO THE AMERICAN"

BECAUSE the Baltimore American
is generally supposed to be a Republi-
can paper, many folks are misled into
thinking that its news articles on poll
tical matters have some significance,
from the standpoint of the Republican
party. Nothing could be further from
the facts in the case In the first place
the Baltimore American is not much
OF Republican paper, so far as the
Republican party in this State is con-
cerned. In the second place the news
articles of the American, as to politi-
cal matters, are written by Democrats
and by Democrats who have been for
years officehoders under the Demo-
cratic organization of this State. The
utterances of these gentlemen, natu-
rally, carry little weight with those of
us who know the makeup of the
Americans political reporters.
Under such circumstances it has,
of course, been impossible for the
American to carry any weight in the
Republican party councils of this
State. To the initiated, it is a matter
of indifference where the American
and its Democratic political reporters,
stand.
We do not say this to raise any con-
troversy; we simply state it as a mat
ter Of fact-just to let those, who are
not in position to know better, un-
derstand that nothing, particular, has
happened in a political way because
the American takes some political DO
sition. The American does not speak
for the Republican party in this State.
Hence the Americans efforts. now
and then, to furnish the Republicans
of Maryland with candidate remind
us Of Lowell's sentence in his ESSAY
on Carlyle:-"Many light. hailed by
too careless observers as a fixed star,
has proved to be only a short-lived
lantern at the tail of newspaper
kite"
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Cecilton

Mrs. A. Darby has been visiting re-
latives in Elkton.
Miss Martha Vandegrift is spend
ing some time with relatives in Will
mington.
Mr.. Clifton Burke spent several
days this week with relatives in Phil
adelphia.
Misses Violet and Annie Bennett
were the guests of Miss Edith Pearce
in Philadelphia last week.
Mr.. Lewis Cruikshank, of Philadel-
phia, spent several days last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. C.
Cruikshank, near town.
Mr.. Robert Ferguson entertained a
number of friends at his home near
town, at terrapin supper, Wednes-
day evening.
Miss Lillian Warren of near Earle
vile, was the guest of friends in town
one day this week.
Mrs. Eliza Reed is visiting Mrs. Geo.
Bolton near Earleville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pickron Smith and
two children have been visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ewood Pad.ey
near Warwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyles and lit
tie daughter of near Galena, visited
relatives in town on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Watts were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Robin
son, of near Sassafras, on Sunday.
Mr.. Dallas Manlove spent Wednes-
day evening at Dover, Del
Messrs. w. H. Anderson, Charles
Griffith, C. Rowan, j. B. Bolton and
Everitt Smith visited Philadelphia on
Wednesday 70 last week and attended
revival service of William Sunday at
the Tabernacle.
Miss Isabel Griffith visited Mrs.
Dawson Wilcutt in Dover on Wednes-
day Of last week.
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er as against woman's suffrage. A
man is known by the company he
keeps, and want to tell you now that
the man who prefers the saloonkeep-
er's company to that of his wife will
not be in the Democratic party long"
"If We are going to favor woman's
suffrage" continued Mr. Bryan, we
might as well go the whole hog. and
drive the saloon out of politics. Secre-
tary Bryan referred to the majority
vote in Congress for national prohi-
bition amendment to the Constitution,
and expressed the hope that Indiana
Democrats will be found leading in
the movement.
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fore be it

fore be it
Resolved. That suitable resolution
be drawn III memory of our departed
Brother, Osborne R. Chaytor; we will
miss his smiling face and cheerful dis
position in our deliberations around
our Council Fire.
1t was sad to know that our Brother
must depart from US, but we know
too that our time must soon come to
join our Brother in the great beyond.
We have admired his loyalty and devo-
ton to the Order. and his positive self
control in contentious on all vital
questions; we knew when he spoke,
his logic was clear, pertinent and hon
est, his greetings always were with a
wholesome smile, like sunshine dis
polling the clouds; HI has gone where
all must go; it's but little while ere
we too shall travel the same trail, and
our eternal lots cast with those who
know no sorrow and can feel no pain.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to Brother Osborne R.
Chaytor's relatives, and also a copy
spread upon the minutes of this Tribe,
and published in the county papers.
Signed ]. H. SLOAN,
ALFRED DAVIS,
J. ELMER SLOAN,
Committee.
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THAT wARBURToN CANDIDACY

THERE may be "innocents abroad"
(none certainly here at home) who are
disposed to wonder why the WING has
had nothing to say concerning the ru-
mored candidacy of William T. War
burton for the Republican nomination
for Governor. Well, there have been
sundry reasons for our silence.
In the first place, the WING Qike
most other folks in this neck of the
woods) does not take, with any degree
of seriousness, the talk of the Warbur-
ton candidacy. In fact. we have never
heard amongst Republicans the least
reference lat home or elsewhere in the
State) to his candidacy, except in the
columns of the Baltimore American,
where the Democratic office-holder
who dishes up the Americans political
stories breaks forth occasionally with
a mild effort to "boom" Warburton.
But thus far the thing has ended right
therein the news columns of the
American, where most anyone can get
boost if he knows how to engineer it
and is willing to engineer it. In fact,
it is only the uniformed who attach
any Importance to the political news
articles that appear in the American.
Hence We have felt no call to comment
heretofore on it's occasional reference
to Warburton's candidacy.
In the second place, our silence has
been due to the fact that we have not
believed, and are not disposed to be-
lieve now, that Warburton will ever
enter a primary contest for the Re-
publican nomination. He, of course
could not get the nomination without
such contestant bruising one at
that His record, both locally and in
the State, has been such that any at
tempt on his part to secure the Re-
publican nomination would precipitate
a fight in the party here in Cecil and
throughout the State We shall not
now enter upon any discussion of that
record. That discussion would come
in good time, if he should by any pos
sibiity enter the primary And that
discussion, when it came as come it
would, must in our Judgment reveal to
the party how utterly suicidal War
burton's nomination would be TO any
prospect of party victory.
And just in this connection let US
remark on our mild amusement at
hearing cerain Democrats comment
most favorably" on Warburotn's can
didacy; as if old birds could be caught
with such chaff. Naturally they favor
his candidacy; but we beg to remind
said Democrats that they are not GO
ing to be permitted to drive both
horses in this race. The Republican
party will do its own nominating-and
it is not thinking just yet of letting a
little soft soaping by cunning Demo
Gratis lead it into nominating the man
they want.
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Bryan Flaws The Saloon

Declaring that the Democratic party
cannot afford to stand with the brewer
and saloonkeeper against woman suf-
frage, Secretary of State Bryan, in a
speech at the banquet of Democratic
editors in indianapolis, recently, Sc
verely denounced the liquor traffic,
and also said that woman suffrage was
sure to come.
81 want to tell you Democratic edi-
tors" said Secretary Bryan, that the
Democratic party cannot afford to
stand with the brewer and saloonkeep-
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In Loving Memory
Jennie Roberta Anderson

Jennie Roberta Anderson
February 3, 1915.
"One less at home!
The charmed circle broken! A dear
face
Missed day by day from its accustom-
ed place,
But cleansed and saved and perfected
by grace,
zone more in Heavenw
Zone less at home!
A sense of loss that meets US at the
gatei
Within-a place untitled and desolate!
And far away our coming to await,
"One more in Heaven"
Zone more at Home!
That Home where separation cannot
be!
That Home, where none are missed
eternally!
Lord Jesus grant US all place with
Thee,
At Home in Heavenw
Freda.
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The State Of Maryland
Office Of the Secretary Of State

To All Whom Ii May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that application has
been mGde to the Governor of Maryland for
the pardon Of George Cuhee, who was con-
vcted 4 the September term, 1914, of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County. of assault, and
sentenced to six months in the House of Cor
rcction.
The Governor will take up the said case for
final decision on or after Saturday, February
20, 1915, NJ il which time protests against such
application viii be heard and the papers filed
will be ope to inspection 1t the discretion of
the Govern ~.
BY order of the Governor.
ROBERT =. GRAHAM
20rby-ltf Secretary of State
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The State of Maryland
Office Of the Sec etary Of State

To All Whom II May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that application has
been made to the Governor of Maryland for
the pardon of Charles Cohee, who was con-
victed Il the September term, 1914, of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County. of being habit
ually disordery. and sentenced 10 six months
in the House of Correction.
The Governor will take up the said case for
final decision or after Saturday. February
20. 1915, until which time protests against such
application will be heard and the papers filed
will be open to inspection ut the discretion of
the Governor.
by order of the Governor.
ROBERT p. GRAHAM,
2Otby-lt# Secretary of State.
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Coming events cast their shadows before"
This is especially true of bilious attacks. Your
appetite will fail. you will feel dull and lam
guild. If you subject to bilious attacks take
three of Chamberlain's Tablets as soon as these
symptoms appear and the attack may be ward
ed off, For sale by all dealers advta*
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Resolutions Of Respect

Adopted by Mattahoon Tribe, No.
118, Improved Order of Red Men.
During thep asst moon, the Great
Spirit has visited the home of a
member of or Tribe and called him
to the happy hunting grounds. There
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Card Of Thanks

Editor CECIL WING:
Theu Undersigned wishes to thank,
through the columns Of your paper,
Cecil Council No. 201S, Royal Area
mum, of Elkton, Nd, for the prompt
payment of the death claim of my
husband, George Wells Taylor.
SUSAN G. TAYLOR,
Zion, February II, 1915.
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Marriage Licenses

Howard Spence. of Providence, and
Ethel Cameron. of Elkton.
George Harris Janney and Elsie
Rebecca Gamble, both of Bay View.
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IMPORTATION

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of James
H. Mckee will be rewarded by communicating
with MRS. f. A. TAYLOR,
SOS Harlem ave,
6fby3ts:s Baltimore Md
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Nursery Stock

II. F. GrOVer's Trees Grow
APPLES, s25 per Hundred PEACHES, sl2
All other kinds of Trees, Fruit and Vines.
Call or address,. p. VAN PELT,
North East, Md, No. 2.
Also SPRAYER PUMPS from $500 up.
Herman's OVER-SHOES for Horses-pre-
vent slipping take off or put on in minutes
l6 jan-m+
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-15

A woman prominent in various
san Antonio good works recently
said that while she is not convinced
that equal suffrage would solve all
the problems lis more enthusiastic
advocates think it would solve, she
nevertheless felt persuaded it would
nave d tendency to make for the
greater physical cleanliness of
cities. Many men who do not en-
thnsa over woman suffrage as a
principle will be inclined to agree
with her, Il would be interesting to
see the experiment tried of placing
woman in charge Of some city IS
street cleaning. Provided she pos
sesaed the necessary executive abil-
ity to handle the Heutenants who In
turn direct the laborers, her instinc,
for neatness ought to work for ma
nieipal gooa.--oau Antonio Li2a1
Tezas viii be cleaned up whenever
women Aaee been assigned to the
iob of sHBeriateodtnz the el5ania5
process. And not uatil that time
Temple Telas- IN.
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