The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-01-01

pouch. What mair do they ken anen
the matther than David and Solemn and
Nehemiah? And had ma this latter wor.
thy and benevolent mon, who fed at his
table, evera day, hundred and fifty poor
folk, "daily a scrts o. wme2" Now as
Pm no a governor or ony theng O that
sort, just gle me ane sort, and that may
be lnnisfail, or Mountain Dew, if we like,
and Pm content.-But | wad ma hae we
dram.drinkin' a. day. If a mon wad tax
ane or twa drap drains whan he first gets
up i the mornin, dinna care; it will cut
the lag aft hes stomach. And just when
he comes frae the bit wark to the break
fast meal, he might tax wee drop: but
dinna be dram-drinkn' a. day. And pro-
vidt he'll be modtherate, he may take a
leelle after breakfast, as he's gauin' out to
wark.-David, on ane occasion, "dealt to
evera mon and to evera woman, piece o.
bread, guidly piece o. flesh, and flag
gon o. wine" Now Pm fond to tkenk it
was bad job that: but if our temper
ancers wad find ane O. our guild wives
WEI three pints o. wine under her apron
string, they'd try hard but they'd max her
b'leave she'd swallowed three acres O.
hill. Isay, AVA VII sic Tom-looleries.-
Pm ellt its a practice at sea, (and dinna
ken why we sud ma hae as muckle rig int to
be dry on the dry Ian as they hae WHARF,
on the walher,) when the sun is ayont The
yaird-arm, for all hands to take pull at
the haulyairds, as they ca it:-and as Pm
no disposit to STAN i the wa o. ony guild
auld customs, ] dinna care ifmy crew wad
tax pull then alang wi' 'em. And at sea
too about t,cal o'clock, or sic an mat
ther, Pm tellt it's customeery to pass
roun' the jigger: sac Pm agreed to that too.
But be modtherate, and dinna be dram
drinkin' a. day.-For bye thes, we might
tax q wee drink at the dinner meal: it'll
max it wholesome: and sma' taste aft
ther dinner, may be will no hurt We: but
fax wadna low it an thocht we wadna
be vera modtherate; for we keh well that
guild aul antl-teatotaler mon, St. Paul,
wha told Teemothy to take leetle, did
ma gle hem leeberty to be dram-drinkin a
day lang: but said, "Let your modther-
eetion be known unto a men," Now ]
wad like our temperance Solomons, wiz
their muckle waims fu' O. wisdom, to tell
us how a mon can show hes modlherate
use O. onything whlk he does ma use ava.
And as mon is dry i the forenoon,
it's no unlikely but Altogether natural he
suld be dry i the aiflhernoon: sac about
four o'clock, or, if he can wait till the
horn blaws hem in for the bit porritch, or
tea-tea, or caflee-tea, or chocolate-tea, he
may tax a wee butt o. the rams horn
again; it will max hem strang and hairty
for the eaten. But for conscience sake
dinna be dram-drinkin every hour o. the
day, like Tam Wiley and Sauney Hacket
What's the use o mon maxim brute
beast O. hemself?-And then fec, whan the
guild wife has cleared the tea-table, and
swept up the hearth, it aye promotes so.
ciabeelity TO jigger around wonst; and JUS
aforeiye gang to bed, we may safely tax &
thimblelu' or twa, by way O. "A night-cap
twill max your pow lie close to the pill
low. But tax tent now, that | hae aye III
| CHihttlcu lloutltICC'ioi do VIC NCid lh'
and soul o. the theng; and beg yell nc
be dram. drinkin a. day, and maxim swine
o. yoursels.'
| There remains but little to be said
The veri-table Mr.. Slit succeeded so com
pletely in entrapping and outwitting thu
avaricious, graspIng lawyer, as to get tn
penurious and iDsolvent widow Wlggle
duly installed as Mrs. Makafee. In this
he had the very disinterested motive o
better securing the payment of certain
mortgage which he he held on the estat
of the late Revd. Mr.. Wiggler, in whicl
estate his widow had buta right of dow
, er, and this being incompetent to NEE
! Slitt's principal and interest moneys, h
was happy to add to it such reinforce
ment as should now avail to him throug
the Squirrels possession. Accordngl
on the day after the marriage, he addres
> sed him note of congratulations, inform
ing him at the same time, of the true stat
of the case: but telling him however, t
, give himself no unnecessary uneasiness, a
he did not desire nor design either tn
payment or foreclosure of the mortgage
but should only require the back interes
to be paid up, and the punctual paymer
hereafter, of the annual interest quarterly
according to the tenor of the Bond an
, mortgage.
LOCKER ON in VENICE.
Elkton Md. Dec. 1871.