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E. E. Ewing, Proprietor.
VO i,. VIL RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MO.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER •>, LNN.>. NO. 51.
TO BUSINESS MEN.
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A good advertisement in a good paper
is the best of all salesmen. It is a saies-
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man who never sleeps, and is never weary;
who oes after business early or late; who
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accosts the merchant in his store, the
scholar in his study, the lawyer in his office
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the lady in her home, the traveler in the
cars or boat; a salesman whom no purchas-
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er can avoid; who can be in a thousand
nlaces at once, and speak to thousands of
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people daily, saying to each one the best
thing in the best manner. A good adver
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ment insures a business connection on the
most permanent and and indeoendent basis.
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and is, in a certain sense, a guarantee to the
customer of fair and moderate prices. Ex
perience has shown that the dealer whose
stock has obtained a public celebrity is not
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only enabled to sell, but is forced to tell at
reasonable rates, and to furnish a good ar-
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tide. A dealer can make no better invest
ment than in advertising in a live paper.
1885. 1885.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL FAIR
OP THE
Cecil (hunty Igrioultural Society
WILL BE HELD ON THE
FAIR GROUNDS AT ELETON
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 6,7, 8 AND 9.
SIO,OOO IN PREMIUMS!
The success of our Fairs has been unprecedented. The location
of our beautiful Grounds is unsurpassed for a great attendance, and
we have had it.
Our Exhibits have been varied and excellent and contributed by
four States ; but the great bulk has come from old Cecil, and to her
citizens do we again appeal for the best of the products of her Farms,
Gardens, Orchards, Factories, Simps and Households.
Every man, woman and child in Cecil should have an honest pride
in her Fair and contribute to its future growth.
Send your entries early to
JOHN PARTRIDGE, Secretary,
Elkton. Maryland.
C. M. CHILDS & CO.
CON OWIN GO, M A RYI, A N L>.
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C OAL. LINE, Sfi LT, FERTILIZERS, PLASTER, HAIR, BRICK,
CEMENT, LUMBER and AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
TOBACCO , AT WHOLESALE ONLY.
Have also opened a general Hardware Store, where the Carpenter, Blacksmith and Painter car
te supplied with lull outfit and stock. Our Hov-onoi.1) Furmiu.uk, included in the line of Hard
ware, comprises many novelties never belore ou this market.
We invite particular attention at this time to our facilities tor furnishing all grades of
HARD AND SOFT COAI., ARX iiTOYXS
of all varieties and sizes to consume it. Special prices given on application to Clnba for the deliv
ary of Coal in Car Load lots at Uaines’ Statiou, Oi toraro and Kowiandville.
Wc solicit a call iron) all the farmer* in this vicinity, that the, may know where they can procure
PUKE UONi. eitlier Haw, Dissolved or Amiuouiaud. Alsu HlltH UHADI RUCK and other reliable
OT.KTTUI.IiRb. at competing prices.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED IN ALL PRACTICABLE CASES.
[Entered at the Post Office in Rising Sun, Md., as Second Class Matter.]
Grading Produce Before You Take
It to Market.
A few days ago we purchased a lot
of Red-A strait hail apples of a farmer.
When we take honey around town on
our wagon, wc take along fruits and
vegetables also, moie or less, and the
Red Astrakhans were put on the wag
on. We decided that we should liava
to have 13 cts. per peck, to cover
cost, and expense of selling. The
■ales were slow, because customers
ware deterred from buying by bruised,
specked, and gnarly specimens of fruit
scattered all through. Finally the
boys stopped the wagon, and picked
out all the poor fruit, and put it into
a basket by itself, showing customers
nothing but fair, smooth apples. The
load was closed out at 20 cts. a peck*
in a very short time. Now, how many
bad ones were left, do you suppose?
In grading they got about one peck of
bad ones to five pecks of perfect fruit,
and they sold this bad peck for 10 cts.
Do you see the point? Six pecks of
apples brought sl.lO after they were
graded. Before grading the}' offered
six pecks of apples for 90 cents and
could not get it; therefore it would
have been good economy to have
poured the bad apples out. to the pigs,
rather than to have damaged and
hindred the sale of the nice ones by
having them sprinkled through with
bad ones. I was a little surprised
when they told me about it; so I ask
ed my wife one day. when I saw her
paring apples,—
“Sue, how much moro would you
give to have apples that were all
smooth, without any specks, rotten
spots, or ‘crookedness’ about them —
that is, providing you wanted them
to cut up for pies or sauce?”
She replied promptly,—
“ W hy, I would give twice as much.”
“Oh, no! you couldn’t give so
much as that, could you? Are you
not putting it a little too strongly?’
“I am not putting it too strongly
at all. Where a woman’s time is val
uable. and where she likes to lave
things nice, she can well afiTot d to give
double the money to get nice f\ir
fruit.”
Of course, there are people who
will want the culls at a moderate
price, and such people should have
he privilege of having them. Now,
we have kept on grading our fruit
every since that day, and I have been
surprised again by bearing the boys
say they could not get rid of their
culls so long as they had nice fruit
on the wagon. There was hardly any
body who wanted the culls at any
price. While relating the little story
o a friend, he mentioned the follow
ing :
He wanted to buy some com. and
t farmer drove past his house with a
load that be wanted 20 cts. lor; but
t ter-i were so many nubbins and so
much soft corn mixed in with it that
.c decided not to buy it. Shortly
ttterward he drove to Akron (five
miles), and met the tamo farmer who
was trj ing to 6ell his corn. He drove
from place to place, but the soft corn
and nubbins frightened his customers,
and he could not get a purchaser. He
finally sold it to my friend (who of
ered him 20 cte. in the morning), for
only 15 cents per bushel. They trans
ferred it from one wagon to the other;
but while 60 doing they sorted it,
throwing the bad ears to the back end
of the wagon. After they got it sort-
ed a man drove past who warned to
buy corn and he offered 25 cts. a bn.
for the best. Now. then, how many
bushels of bad corn were in the back
end of the wa-on? Ido not remem
ber the figures, but, the result was
something like this : There were 17
bushels of good corn and 3 bushels of
culls. The farmer sold the 20 bush
for $3. My friend who bought it was
offered $4.25 for the round corn after
he got it sorted, and had the culls to
take home besides. I have mention
ed this little story a great mat.y times*
and every one verifies it.
Our friend Terry, of potato-book
fame, has several thousand bushels of
potatoes, not very large, on account of
the devistating blight that has swept
over almost all of Northern Ohio. 1
suggested that he so't them, and sell
the small ones for what he could get,
and the nice ones at a good price,
lie was afraid that it would not work
with the potatoes. When I got home
I asked mv wife if she would give
double the money for good sized po
tatoes in good shape, free from specks'
crookedness, etc. She replied at once,
that she would gladly. Now, Ido not
know how far it pays to carry this
principle. Perhaps my wife is a little
over particular, in her readiness to
pay a good price for fruits and veget
ables that are just to her liking; but
I know there are lots of women folks
who are just like her.— Gleanings.
Court Proceedings.
(Continued from last week.)
§4atc vs-James Wilson, indicted for
violation of the Local Option Uw was
then taken up, pending which the
Court adjourned. Bratton for State;
Constable for Wilson.
WEDNESDAY-
Judge Robinson appeared in Court
to-day and took his seat upon the
Bench.
The case of State vs. James Wilson
was resumed and concluded, and re
sulted in a verdict of acquittal. Brat
ton for State; Constable for traverser
Case of James O’Leary vs. Han
nura & McHugh and John Wallace
was then put upon trial. This sui was
brought to determine the ownership
of certain horses, carts, shovels, etc ,
which were attached as the property
of John Wallace by Hannum & Mc-
Hugh, which were claimed by O’Leary
under bill of sale. The legal title to
the property whs proved to be in an
other party, who claimed it under a
subsequent bill of sale from O’Leary.
Verdict for the defendant under in
structions f the Court. F. X- Ward
of Baltimore city for plaintiff; Con
stable and Warburton for the defend
ant.
Ti e case of Mrs- Anne E Ilinglan 1
vs. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
B Itiinore Railro id Company was then
taken up. This case was brought to
recover damages alleged to have been
received by Mie plantitf by being
jerked against the wheel of a brake
and thrown down on the platform of
defendant’s cars by one of the brake
men at No th East, on the 24th of
March, 18*4.
This case occupied the Court till
Friday atone o’clock. The Jury re
turned a verdict for the plantiff for
|3OOJ.
Case of John Price vs. Patric Prin
dible, from Harford county, was then
taken up and was on trial when went
to press.
One Dollar per Annum in. Advance.
The Grand Jury closed its labors
on Frida}’, having indicted Charle# P.
Barnes for the murder of Thomas E.
' Brown and J. Arthur Barnes, and
I found other indictments as follows :
1 for assault and battery, 1 for assault,
ft for larceny, ft for violations of the
Local Option law, 1 for keeping a
disorderly house and 1 for bastardy.
MONDAY.
The case of Price vs Prendible was
still on trial. Pending the arrival of
the counsel in the case who reside In
Harford county, the court took up the
criminal docket. A number of cases
were called for trial, but the only one
ready was the case of State vs. Thomas
Lawson, colored, which was tiied be
fo-e the court. The facts showed that
the traverser had c<>mmitied an assault
upon Oliver Bolton, on the farm of
Joseph Wollylian in Sassafras Neck,
in July, 1875. He was found guilty and
fined $1 and costs. Bratton for State,
W. S. Evans for traverser.
The case of Price vs. Prendible was
then taken up and counsel argu°d the
same before the jury during the re
mainder ol the day.
In tire case of Bingland vs. P. \V. &
B. It. R.. the defendant has filed rea
sons for a new trial on the grounds of
newly discovered evidence.
Gu-tave Rosendale, a native of Swe
den, declared his intention to become
a citizen of the U. S.
Court at 3 p. no. adjourned until 4:30
p. no., when the argument in the Har
ford county ease was concluded and
given to the jury.
TUESDAY.
In the case of Price vs. Prendible the
jury rendered a verdict in luvor of the
plaintiff for SS3.
In tire ease of State vs. Edward J'
Conner and same vs. Frank T. Merkle
in which the parties had confessed to
have broken into a box of the Union
News Co., at Perry vile, the court heard
tes}im<>ny and held llie eases for con
sideration.
THE BARNES CASE.
The case of State vs Chs. P. Barnes
for murder of his brother-in-law Thom
as E. Brown and the same vs. same for
the murder of Arthur Barnes his son,
was then taken up. Bratton and
Crothers for the State ; Constaoble and
Tha kery for the prisoner. On being
arraigned in the two cases his connsel
elected to try him before the court.
The facts of the shooting were de
tailed by Mr. Toulson, his father-in
law, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Kelly, and
litt e Ernest Barnes, son of the prison
er.
Dr Brown testified that he consider
ed the prisoner sane on the day o*
shooting, hut that he was in a drunken
frenzy. A number of witnesses
testified to the dissipated habits of the
prisonei and his embittered feelings
against his brother in-law, after which
the Btate closed.
The defense then proceeded with its
t stiinony, which tended to show that
the prisoner was of unsound mind at
the time of the murder.
The typhoid dysentery, which as
sumed an epidemic f rtn in West
Nottingham township, Chester Co,
has we are ha| py t<> state a.• ted,
there being n*> new citses, and those
not entirely well, are rapidly recover
ing Five dei tis occurred from the
disease in the immediate vicinity of
Birmingham School house, all chil
dren. The school was closed on ac
count of the sickness, but was opened
on Monday last, with an attendance
of only In the first day. The school
has usually an attendance ofsop ipils.
Miss Maggie A. Williamson is teach
er.
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