The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-10-16
For the Cecil Wig.
HUMAN CHARACTER NO. III.
Or. Smitherton SmiMfeld Smith,

ramifed family connexlon as most men,
will scarcely be denled-that he is gen
tleman whose life, at the sane time that it
possesses but little of genuine romance, is
diversified by as great variety Of matter
of-iact, scenes or incidents as that OF most
unprelending individuals, remains to be
seen.
As we do not set out to indict perfect
lie of Mr.. Smith, Qor Mr.. Smiths life
might turn out rather imperfect,) we cam
not, without swelling this article to too
large a size, DO more than select and Of
fer 20 view, few prominent features.
MIR. Smith was one Of the crossest and
most iamousl y cross-eyed babies in the
memory of the Oldest inhabitants:9 and
though graded apparently in the lap o!
ease, 1t j. astonishing how ill at ease
some people can make themselves and
others, and how uneasy current their
lives seem to run in. He was called
Smitherton after Il wealthy old bachelor
uncle, and Snithield after an opulent
maiden aunt, with a view to his standing
heir apparent to the property Of BOTH
like the Colossus at Rhodes, with one
| foot on a continent and the other on an
island; or at any rate, Or either side Of Il
good harbor.
Mr. Smith, born with the bump of APP
preparation or acqulsltiveness strongly de-
veloped gave astonishngly early Indlca-
tons of precosty in this line; for on day
while yet but three or four years old, be-
ing at a loss fora top cord, his grandfather
sitting erect on Chair, fast asleep a'ter
dinner; he climbed up on another chair
which he managed deXterously to place IN
the seniors rear, and carefully uutwisted
the rlband that had been deliberately wrap
ped about his queue; and when the old
gentleman awoke, 1t was in consequence
of this young scion OF the Smiths bella
bouring his top al the top Of his strength,
to the great detriment OF the grandIalher's
spindle shanks, and everything else of a
brittle nature III the apartment. The only
comment the cid gentleman made on this
feat was, that he doubted not his little
Smithy would soon be able to take care OF
himselfin this world.
! That little smithy' in his boyl od,was
an actor OF aH-work III dcvilry, and was
well known TO the sorrow of many in hls
then neighborhood, cannot be denied.
say then, because he has since been so
much of cosmopollte, that it is difficult
and very uncertain to speak of his nejgh-
dorhood since, for he appears almost To
have been gifted with the rare quality Of
ubiquity. That he was CITED with a
marvellous dullness at books, but all IN
credible aptness at learning, that is, to APP
propriate to number one, through some
mistaken dea of property, 'oe marbles,
tops. APT les, cakes, sc. OF other scholars,
the chronicles Of his school-ddys m ght
amply testify. Then and there too, the
orchards, turnip and melon patches, if ia
vored with hearing, might reveal many
an untold depreciation.
Did an old lady carry out dozen fresh
laid eggs in her nice white apron, to set a
favorite hen, looking forward with great
sell-gratulation, to the coming brood2-
Smith ('the little imp!') was sure to come
(instead of the brood) like an evil blight
across her path, either TO cross her by fer
reting out the nest, and removing the de-
posites," by the sucking process,--or, If he
saw what was going on, thought nothing
Of sneaking up behind, and suddenly by
the conclusion OF both hands crushing
the contents of the white apron, and thus
demolishing long train of calculations
and whole brood OF chickens at dub.
('Nasty on the wretchr-) Then again it
was in vain that these matrons tried to
dry their peaches in the sun, kilns being
then little, used except by large growers
for while all hands were praying and
working hard on the sabbath at church, to
save their souls, they we're losing their
peaches; for their boards would be swept
as clean as platter-as if in judgment
for their taxing the sun with the work of
drying peaches Oh Sunday. | do think
fever rascally imp richly earned and
punctually received his wages, the male
dictions of whole community, it was
Smith. He used to say, that the only har-
monizlng of feeling he could perceive in
his fellow christians, resulted i'll their all
agreeing to reprobate him.
But it would be hopeless to think of
tracin, the nice gradatlons of vice, from
bad to worse, and from worse to worst, in
his character, and thereforeI passing over
many slight particulars of his youth, such
as everlastngIy sticking pins in the schol-
ar next to him, chewing up and discharg-
ing wads of paper across the school at the
faces Of the girls, continually getting fog
ged in school and out, for these and SINH
lar acts; desire to make passing notice
of his constant habit of barrelIing up all
the neighbors' cats he could lay hands on
through the week, in the cellar, in order
to carry out and hunt them with dogs on
the sabbath. am happy to perceive, for
the credit of humanity that Such dlSgrace-