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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

SAVING OF SEEDs.-As far as possible,
every farmer should save his own seeds.
If he is icareful and selects none but the
best if he gathers them at the proper time,
he is more sure of their kind and quality
than ifhe purchases, or, as is too frequent.
ly the case begs them, and is, of course,
less liable to failures and disappointment
in his crops. There are many small
seeds, such as are wanted for the garden,
herbs, roots vegetables, flowers, Sc,
which should be saved as they ripen, and
arc nearly always wanted and welcome
when the seasons come round. No veg
etable or plant should be selected, or
planted out for seed, that is not of the
best quality, as it costs no more to raise
seed from good plant than an inferior
one.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
SONNET.

Suggested by the Death of General
Harrison.
Thy foes, o Liberty! are hale and strong;
And raise, exultingly, their forts and
ianes
Wherein to shelter their great Idol,
Wrong,
Who looks through loop-holes and re-
ligious panes
Upon PROSTATE world. Alas! thy
friends
Have often failed TO read thy truths
Alright;
And grieved thee by installing means for
ends.
Till tyranny has pointed to the light,
And sad:-'s'Tis but vapor that as
cends,
Out of the swamps of life, to mock its
night"
! hoped that one had risen up of late,
To teach the monarch and his mitred
slave,
How pure thing it is they fear and
hate,
But he who promised this, reposes in
the grave.
Tatc's Edin5urg Magazine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

Carelessness IN Celebrating C0rn-Let
lis calculate the cost of careless prac
tice in cultivating corn, we will take 20
acres and say, we place the hills three
feet nine inches apart, which is a good
distance, we have tifty-fve thousand seven
hundred and seventy light hills. By the
process that IS commonly practised, it is
seldom those hills will average two good
ears to the hill, owing to the careless
practice of selecting the seed, dropping
ploughing, sc. In the first place, we
should break up the ground deep, furrow
out straight and drop pleaty in the hill,
and alter it is to the height of Is inch
es or two feet, pull all out but three stalks,
but not like French's negro, who when
he found but one or two in hill pulled
them also, because he had been told to
leave but three stalks IN hill) bv this
practice we will obtain 1884 ears and
IN common season to take the ears as
they stand on the stalks 129 will make a
bushel, which will be 1893 bushels, or
about 90 bushels to the acre, and as re-
marked before i'll general way the far
mers of this country do not get more
than two thirds of this amount from the
acre, or at most as bushels, where there
is one man raises more, there is two that
falls short.
II this calculation is correct, and we
believe it will be found so in a general
way, then each farmer is losing 1854 BUSH
els of corn, this at 25 is S1l0. A sum
sufficiently large to pay for the culture of
the crop. If our views are not correct we
hope some of our experienced farmers will
set us right on this subject.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

81 might say with truth that the bank
owes as much to me as to any other indi-
vidual in the country; and might even
add, that had 1t not been for my e0oets ii
Would mol haze been chartered"
".afer a full surrey Of the 'cholc sub
ject, lean see none. 1 can conjecture no
means of ertricating the country from its
present danger, and to arrest its further
increase, bull a Bank-the agency o(phich
under some form and under some authori-
ty, iSINDIsPENsABLE."
(Speechof John c. Calhoun, IN '3i,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

CoNsuMPTIoN.-The following is said
to be an etlectual remedy, and will, in
time, completely eradicate the disorder.
Live tenn erately-avoid spirituous liquors
wear flannel next the skin-and take,
every morning, half pint of new milk,
mixed with wine glass full of the ex-
pressed juice OF green hoarhound. One
who has tried it ys-"Four weeks use
Of the hoarhound and milk relieved the
pains of my breast, gave me to breathe
deep, long, and free, strengthened and har-
monized my voice, and restored me to a
better state of health than had enjoyed
for many years."-.albany Daily .Aduer-
HScr.
The first three Of these prescriptions
will commonly be sufficient, where there
are only premona.ory symptoms, and con-
sumption has not actually commenced.
The milk will be useful, as it is one of the
most unobjectionable kinds of food. The
hoarhonnd will do good in many cases,
and in others viii do harm. Consult
your physicians; or try the experiment and
If it operates unlav rably, omit the boar
hound and follow the other directions.
N. B. Take daily, as much as you
safely can, Of useful bodily exercise in the
open air; and as anxiety and dependency
are very injurious in such cases, have all
your affairs, both for this world and the
next, so arranged, that you need not be a.
frald of any result.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

Circumstances alter CaSes.-During
the Admlnstr alton of Gen. Jackson and
Mr.. Van Buren,, their adherents thought
that the turning out Wings from office,
and turning in ''Democrats," twas tn, We y
thing-Now, they demur exceedingly to
the practice. The following epgram is to
the point:
"Whatevcr is, is right" said Pope,
So said Politicians;
But when his fate required rope,
He varied his position,
lasked if still he hello it good2
""hy; no." he sternly cried,
"Good texts are only understood,
By being we'll applied"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

FEMALE EDUcATIoN.-'She had finish
ed her education,' said my friend. Finish
ed her education! said Just as though a
young lady's education was stocking or
rather bonnet, and now is to be placed
in the band box, to be displayed to visi-
tors, and worn onl y on set OCCASIONS
Mr.. Editor, protest against the uoipg up
and finishing Of a young lady's educasrss5Is
with her teens-just at that time, W
she begins, if she ever does begin 10 t S
A youn g man has just acquired at one-e "a.
twenty, the elements of education, and
prepared TO study advantageously accd.5
ding to his own discretion; but Young
lady has done--fnished -the circle Of
her science is complete; and she is ready
for any station of life, that may be thrown
in her way. Now, why, in the name of
se..se, may not woman think; and if she
may think, why may she not study, and
acquire profitable TODD for thought.
There is lady, of whom have some
knowledge, that finished her education
by having peculiarly good advantages at
an early age. She is now wife and mo-
Their of six children. She plays well upon
the Piano-sings sweelly-darces ele-
gantly-is very polite, Sc, Sc, but her
hus band must, and actually does, put all
the children to bed, and takes care of
them through the night and for her table
the bread is execrable to one that has
ever visited his grand-mother's pantry;
and her coffee-O! her coffee! it would
cost her head, if the very scent of it reach
ed the Grand Turks palace-and yet the
lady has a finished education.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

Discovery OF INDIAN CoRN.-Pre-
viously to the settlement of the Puritans
in New-Englani, they formed parties for
the purpose Of exploring the county,
Captain Miles Standish, who may be call
ed the "hero of New-England," command
ed one of them, consisting OF sixteen men.
In their progress they met with several
small ,hillocks, supposed by them to be
the burial places for the Indians; but as
they advanced, finding many more, they
closely examined them, and discovered
that they contained Indian corn. Being
buried in the ear, it excited their curiosity,
and by some of the party was thought a
valuable acquisition; while others, who
ate it in rae state, did not relish it, and
thought it worth little or nothing. They
secured, however, some for seed the en-
suing spring. Squanto, friendly Indian,
instructed them in the culture of it; and it
was, probably, the means of saving them
atterward from famine.-VermoM Chron-
icle.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

PosTMAsrERs. "OEce hunters, tally
no! bark, forwardr' The post Office at
lola, Florida, is minus a postmaster, the
late incumbent, weary of official respon-
siblities, having resigned and slipped,
though without suspicion Of having
Swartwouted with the public money.
For the information of applicants, the St
Joseph Times states that the gross pro-
fits of the Office for the last quarter, amount
to the sum of S2.S7a, The duties are
light, the postmaster being required to set
up only four nights in the week, to re-
ceive and assert the mails which arrive
between the hours of one and four, A. NJ.
IN. B.-Lights to be purchased out
the profits of Office
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
CHILDREN AND THEIR CON-
Germs.

Children are full of cunning respecting
their own concerns, mixed up with a
recklessness of consequences that, alto
gether make up their charming character,
so different from the artificial minds of a.
dults. know noble little fellow, for
whom have conceived particular ad-
mlralion, because he is what he ought to
be-a boy. He has all the boys nature.
The other day, in moment of irrepres-
slble ardor, he seized hammer, and went
about the room knocking every thing to
pieces. Over went the chairs, down the
book, smash the looking glasses, and at
length having conquered the whole ter
ritory, commenced battering the walls,
which he beat half to pieces. His father, as
you may suppose, was indignant.
SHow did you do it, sir2'' cried the
trowning aTbiter Of his fate, in tone that
too obviously proceeded the birch.
$50, father" cried the boy, in the per-
feet simplicity of his charactcr,-s'so-
and so-and so''-Inhicting several 9TH
er wounds upon the plaster.
The father laughed; the boy followed
his example; and the execution was post
poned.
The next day our young hero was
mounted upon fence fifteen feet h Oh, on
ole leg, to the imminent danger of his
life. His fathers mind was again agita-
ted between anger and alarm.
"Bob, you young rascal, come down
this instant"
mo, pa.'
'Pll fog you, l say, If you are not
down in minute"
81 wont get down, pa if you are going to
fog me-"
"Come down, Bob," cried the father,
Sand will not touch YOU"
The boy got down. I he father had
given his word against the whipping. How
would Solomon, under precisely similar
circumstances, have opened the subsequent
conversations By explanation by apol-
ogies; by confessions, and promises for
the future. The boy better understands
his position, and human nature.
''Pa.''
"What you scoundrel."
"Was'nt | high"
What diplomatist ever let off an awk-
ward negotiation more adroitl,2
lhave observed, in this little fellow,
sen>ltiveness to pleasant subjects of con-
versation. thought | remarked in him,
some time since, a 81 ght dereliction from
the TRUTH was not certain, but seized
the occasion to give him piece OF advice.
| explained the distinction between truth
and lalsehood; the connexion between
goodness and happiness; between vice and
misery. | made a harrangue of several
minutes. Perhaps the pride of superior
eloquence rendered it little longer than
was necessary. ] wished, however, TO
produce my effect; and rather hattered
myself had done so. At the conclusion
ofmy homily, remained silent, being Gu
rious to hear what my disciple wou d sa
after so valuable an Grafton. Presently
he spoke.
"Mr. B"
SWELL" said |.
SHY mas going to buy me little wag-
on"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

To keep flies from Furniture.-The
Boston Times publishes very important
and simple article on this subject, which
is certainly worth trying. 1t is nothing
more than to soak bunch of leeks, in a
nail of water, and wash such articles with
the water and flies will keep away.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
CooLINa CoNJUoAL AFrEcTIoN.--A
curious scene came off in the Philadel-
,hia Police Oilice the other day, .aia is

CooLINa CoNJUoAL AFrEcTIoN.--A
curious scene came off in the Philadel-
phia Police Office the other day, saia is
DIES ribed in he spiritof the Times. A
man named Spencer had been arrested for
burglary, clue furnished by his wife
whom he had maltreated and deserted. A
witness was giving evidence against him
whom, behold. "a woman's shrek rent the
court room, and strangely enough Spen-
GERS wife having relcn,ed, rushed through
the crowd, and in an instant was enclos-
ed in the prisoners embrace! Her hatred
had all vanished at the sight'o her hus-
band in distress. Her love had returned;
and like true women she had forgiven
overything-his perfidy-his unkindness
and remembered only the being whom
her heart adored!
1t was an affecting scene at first, but
was rendered quite ludicrous afterwards.
1t seemed impossible TO part them.
They Rugged and kissed and struggled
outrageously. The whole Police force
was Intellectual, till at length his Honor
automatically ordered a pitcher Of rat
er tc be throun upon their heads, This
separated them. Ii cooled their rapture
directly He was ordered below-she
went home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

Counterfhu Merican Dollars.-a large
amount of spurious coin of this denom-
nation is said 10 have been put aaoat all
over the country,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

The following is Frenchman's deGni.
ton of a Broker.
All! me m ke Won discoverie. Vat is
de raison vat fore de people call de agen:
brokair2 1t is bekose ven de personue
have Dizziness wild him he became broke.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

The greatest touch Of the sublime we
have latel y seen is contained in the fol-
lowing stanza;
"There was man in our town,
That got INFO the steeple,
And filled a warming pan with grog,
And throwed it on the people"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
--~e@e%-

An ANEcDoTE.-Frcd frederick of Prussia
had no favorable opinion of chronology,
and one day he sent for the professor,
and dressing up highwayman and a
pickpocket in uniforms and orders, he
desired the phrenologist to examine their
heads, and give his opinion Of their quail
fcations. The savant did SO, and turning
to the King, said, Sire, this person. point
ing to the hghwayman, whatever he may
be, wonld have been great general, had
he been employed. As for the other, he
is quite in a dfteren: line. lie may be, or
if he is not, he would make, an admirable
fnancier' The King was satisfied that
was some truth in the science. .For,' as
he very rightly observed, what is gen.
eral but a highwayman, and what is fl
nancier but pickpockel?'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
TIE MEN.

When was a wee slip ola girl,
Too artess and young for prude. q
The men, as | passed, would exclaim
'preHy dearr'
Which, must say, thought very rude.
Rather rude, so did,
Which, must say, thought rather rude.
However, said !, when Pm once in my
teens,
In y'll sure cease to worry me then;
But as | grew the older, SO they grew
the holder
Such impudent things are the men,,
Are the men,
Such impudent tn ngs are the men.
But Of all the bold things | could ever
suppose,
Yet could | take it amiss?
Was that Of my impudent cousin, last
uight,
Whena he actually gave me kiss!
Az, kiss, so he did,
When he actually gave me kiss!
| quickly reproved him, but ah! in such
tones,
That, ere we were half through tho
glen, y
My anger to smother, he gave me-
another
Such strange coaXing things are the men,
Are the men,
Such strange coaxing things are the men,
"Ma," exclaimed Sophronia, " be kind
enough to hand me the bobinet,"
THE what, chlld?'' said the mother.
'sThe bobinet, MAJ
"For heavens sake, Sophronia, never
use that oderous bobinet aga;n-call it
Robcrtinet''
Jeens' cousins, how we run!-N. O
Crescent City.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
FASHION.

Fashions the ruler of the earth,
Both sexes cen in childhood hail her,
And all are forced to feel the worth,
And own how much they owe the Tai
lor
The power Of dress is great indeed
Beauty, uncou,hly CARRIED, displeases;
But we'll attired, tits then agreed,
That on the heart at once it seizes.
And with him who cannot boast
Its charms in either face or limb, sir,
Unless thou seest, thou little know'st,
What new suit can make of him, sir.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28
THE DANCE.

The dance was DER each gallant how'd
Unto his partner fair;
And 10 seat from 'mong the crowd,
Led her with tender care.
Then handed round was cooling ice.
Jellies Of various hues,
Cakes, fruits and soforth in rice,
For each sweet girl to choose.
Press'd NIaria's hand, and said,
My love, what will you take?
Clanchmange, ice cream, or ,emc made,
Orjelley with cake?
Or else perhaps some sangaree;
What shall | order in?
'lhe deuce take all such trash,' said she,
III take GLASS OF GIMP
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

When docs boat resemble man mn
der arresl9--Whcn she requires baiine.
When does a ship resemble recruiting
psrty?--Whcn she is beating up.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

Brerityof Lite.-An ancient register,
which may be depended upon; gives us
the following very Notifying instances
of the brevity of human life, of 100 per-
sons, who were born at the same time.
AT the end Of 6 years there remained only
ga; at the end of Is years, 46; at the end
of 20 years, 26; at the end of SO wears,
Is; at the end of 46 years, 10; at the end
OF 81 years, 6; at the end of &C years, 80
and at the end of76 years, l.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

The following lines are published at
the request of young lady. We trust
that these ''impudcnt' men will take the
hint conveyed, and be cautious h reafiet
how they exercise such objectionable IL
berries as those referred to.-llar s. In
tellIgencer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

HARD Work. 1t is hard work to make
dinner ofgrape shot, unless we'll boiled;
and 1t is hard work to digest FOOLS ar.
gument, unless it be soaked in something
like II ason.
It's hard work to look at the sun with.
out winklng, AID it is hard work to look
at some girls without fe, ling inclined 10
wink.
1t is hard work to do nothing, and have
too much of it on hand; aud it is hard
work to collect debt of one who saws.
"fll pay it Tomorrow
1t Is hard work to squeeze cider out of
brckbat; and it is hard work to scratch
ideas from FOOLS head.
It Is hard work to hold lightning BY the
tail; and it is hard work to stem the torrent
of lorely woman's vii.
1t is had work for many people to
live; and doubtly hard for some to die.
The following lines are nuhl;sboJ ~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

anticipation of the mail, brings intelli-
gence. The last dates are-from Macao
the 2nd of April, Calcutta the 9Th of June,
Bombay the 18th of June and from Alex
andria the 10Th of July.
Sir Gorden Bremen had left Calcutta for
Canton in the Steamer Queen, on the 25th
May, to resume his Offices as naval COM
mandcr, and joint plenipotentiary in Chi
mia.
At Macao our troops and the fleet still
remained in position awaiting reinforce
ments and orders, while the emperor of
China, inaamed to the highest degree of
anger, by the presumptuous proceedings
of the British in attacking his towns and
destroying his ships, was issuing furious
edicts and DEGREES against them. One of
his edlcts, in reference to the capture of
the Bouge Forts, contains the following
words. "They have carried their I'M
submissive rebellion to this extreme, and
/ (the emperor,) now swear that both
powers shall not stand, one or the other
must conquer or die"
The state Of trade in the manufacturing
districts is very dull, and very great dis
tress prevails among the population.
Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit. [volume] (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) 1837-1845, 1841-01-01
NeOtuguWgHW:

I. s,er " e3AttI;4nbsfreunp 9 une Gttf Der 3ttr
srl@ent reeeImaBtS jsrsn 5rstaS
Der Sutfertrrrnss 9reis 1T 6 in bae so Cents
IN Scrausttabuns, crr 1D" lei is rie 3snS no9 III"
Rsr beb Der llten .61lfte res SaDrs tssabIt wirh.
g. Die 9ercnbuns srGbiebt uu Soften Der ltntcrl6rtter'
nb 8rie bic rrausSetr mben rcrsp cinStnrt nerren
f. 4mseisen fir bic tlt9en pre enssridt mibe"
sber foa taor i, ,alt ,perren NO man nt auf lonse
Grt in Stebuuns ttrDt
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NbbreBe

bei esm Qntritt ce6 Neuen Sobres 1841,
bonn Serumtrdser beS
8aterlancsf csfreuno'5 uno @etf's oer 3ett
at bic Qefcr.
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7Qbroauo. YreptQ9, ben 1(fen Sanuar 1911.

9Clt (anmt Der 1bnre tri4t lit unfr 9aus'
|9o lebt Das Ding nod gang srtrdsIie4 aus.
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Wobnun96 Berdnoerun9.
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Ieutlder 9lo0oFat une 'ar, y'Star. ~. ,n,.,o.
h,rm;t tucm eeebrten tut2en putIte"m rse Ansel9e
mht @ atsufr mahtfe Ibare ~ Der Jcrrrn scrnls
s s. . a' nS Sar tpn" ssstr esr Sant:9sr NGmt
s.rI.et bst aoO sts trsit fey" wiro &c" ~"s" '"''
Ssnri cfts nt CT fur ae umesenes Saaes M an
eSGmseu in enslber, ut(asr nnr r"nschM!%s' M fi4t WY
a m au6 ae auptre Surumsnte to"nS" 'S9 '9 '''''
Stifelt werntn .o TOO tp
New-York tribune., 1841-06-19

ws1ssl- H.ik-DSz ase sAI"0S-F0' -@'eFa' T'a's' P'
s .,p or aatior TO pabs no''e to The ete s'tas
-, -. -. - ,-s ali Il. as,i.tas iz,e,sasty es
I'D feared night consequently 1' o9es.oa>
... a,roass No~ the e''As''sFea' "a beer coz
...ersb eaIared TO poHd's iafea' o. ''-'H' y
world SIMPLY ~ convenience 4ni a>'s l. -
>sI,r .sd. .srsd g city Of ~iofs L also i'
- .s.s 20 anew ;Aa a. assistants are ao OF,
ls-eas . EaelA al raea forsae7' ra'y Save A'ir ~
.d m e ealiar sic each "ss aaa Nea!P' cos
b re ,e. improvements nay i-r-ss Se 01AiSed a'fs Al s'
,,,, ro 7o ay young bachelor b under tie ae1e's o
- - tf ,e 20 The pahl,c gaze, th brazea Of the Srs
se II private apartments Il ~oe rs'lly worth 'i
- ts bsa:zl Ss.ooz merely 70 -, 70 u-s A' "s;se!
,aoe-o- a-s,f. .f5sr-4:-.
-org h contains g. -ord. avery th.ag requisite ;- seHe
mar oat or .oe, here every 'Ariep Of Perfa7ey ''~
cloves aadserc.e!, susFader Aoe SKIRTS 5''oH' CO
az Sc besides bra,h,s Of eNeFy d-e7Puoe a. Ne D. >S
far removing ,arf aai danirr:s aa4 all 20 De oStas
eo,-, lsdv'. ~ hsad
New-York tribune., 1841-06-19

Exca,ycs>-Fore.-n-Bl!. sn London esna.
Doar.,c- EHchaage Phadslphl4 yj 49G' a.no's e6i
Ausar-,~ ,rocss y l.osooy 3l-r B9rA 81 Maaaii
PEI c-l - M4,seeg, Sterling per ei75 NJ. fos i'55 ~
ct, =. Ol.o per o. - Jsae iiaIaad sterling - ios
49, H--.,.pP >'epg ST. i75' '+.a7' o. 1889 ''iAs4
oa.o5-. 1850 37s-75. { : BsaE l-CS. 3.a;'i
The Caa missioner advertised tor aar Of S9OJ ar
the Of the Enc cauSf75OO for tae construction Of
the Ge4e.ee Vale, Canal s25oO Of ''
BlecA E..er C.aa
New-York tribune., 1841-06-19
second Board d.
Commercial aud Money c1aiter-.

fr transacted At the ro&er Board Hs
morning h some Price coaiersbr
amount Of State stocks were a,o disposed Unei Bask
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