The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-09-30

thai very day, and that not plank had
heen laid on it. Mr. Van Ranselaer said
that it could not be true because his horse
had come over it without any difficulty
or reluctance; that the night was indeed
so profoundly dark, as to prevent him
from seeing anything distinctly, but that
ii was incledit lie if his horse could see
sufficiently well 10 keep his footing any
where, that he should not discern the
danger, and impossible for him to pass
over the bridge in that condition. Each
went to bed dissatisfied, neither believing
the story Of the other. In the morning
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, went at the solicila-
ton of his host to view the bridge, and
finding it naked frame, gazed for mo-
ment with establishment and tainted"
august llth-At Cheshire, a town
which seems to have been rightly named
as it is celebrated for lt!le save its uni
versally admired cheese, which is made
in almost any suantlty. One farmer told
me that he made about 10000 lbs each
season The weather being rainy, my
outdoor rambIes were sornewha. circum
scribed The greatest curiosity which
tie town affords is an old cider mill.
which pressed tie mammoH cheese, that
was here made for President Jefferson,
42 years ago. 1.-THE monster" is said
to have weighed about Il so lbs Mr.. JEFF
ferson sent back slice Of this cheese to
the inhabitants,to satisfy them of its excel
lence; he also sent pieces Of tito The gov
errors Of the several states. This town
contains 92i inhabitants, aud have the
authority Of very intelligent young Ia
dy, that many Of them are as green as the
cheese they manufacture.
.4rgust 16M-Reached Williams.own
this forming in time 10 see the process
sion Of Alumni Numbering about 400, |
march into the Congrega lional church,
where sou-sirring address was deliver
e. by Prot. Hopkins. lie alluded in a
happy manner to the onward course ot
williams College for the las, fifty years
The present being its first semi-ceutennal
anniversary. The alumni dinner was
served up in an artificial grove, in front Of
The New College, at the expense of the
.1l0sa H1GtsT-lt was a delIciou, repast; nc
alcohol about it in any shape; yet the
costly viands were not 10 be compared
to The unprecedented speeches which fol.
lowed Out of the 1900 graduates from
this college for the last fifty years, here
were assembled some 4 or hundred,
from almost every part of the Unled
States. " ma! all interesting group los
the imaginative mind to contemplate -
What a variety Of Counlenances. How
indicative Of thought and feeling. What a
mighty mass of intellect. What cat,sr
of knives and forks. Wings, locof0cos,
sbolilinnisIs, are all here,but not vi bar
re1s Of hard cider hiCh"7y poles or H5afy,
banners. They have laid aside their par |
ty feelings and aninnsitics, and all seem
intent upon eating hearty dinner one
would hardly think there were May Ca
hami,es amongst them, from the quaint
~ OF pigs, ducks and turkeys they drvuur,
TO say nothing of The harmless amh.,
chickens and oylers, which are forced TO
pay their respects to their cartIivorous
propensities. " lille they were finishing
their rePast with few cart loads of
watermelons, barrels Of apples, baskets Of
pears. boxes Of oranges, ant kegs Of raj
sins, amused myself by taking a stroll
through the garden and climbing up the
observatory-l returned 10 wever in time
to hear neat little speech from Judge
Belts of n. Y. who presided at the din
ner lie was followed by Gov Morton
of Mass. and quite number of the
alumni as they were separately called on
by the president.