The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-08-12
THE CECIL WING.
A N e D L e Y.


las pape'-som,hing of light and airy kind, as
you used to write" So asks one OF the fair
correspondents of The Wing. And we answer
simply because our time now is exclusively de-
voted to business out of the printing office-we
have scarcely an hour to devote to our paper
but afler little while We will have more leisure
and then we will try and do better.
We will take an half hour now, however, to
arrange you column of something fresh, from
the pens Of some Of our correspondents, and our
own A medley-as we have headed it-of
conu.ldrums, rhymes, sc. &C., whatever our pen.
may in its hurry write or arrange.
Talking of conundrums; why" said c.,
to us 'totbel day, ais Port Deposit like the roof
of house," We thought of its slants and de-
clivities but judged it better to give it mp than
risk brnder Because" said he, "it is sup
ported by rafters." This brings up the thought
of lumber, and the probable reason why one of
the granite hills Of that village is called Mt Ar
arat, pops into our head to be, because SO many
arks make it their resting placa;-but the arks of
the Susquehanna differ from Noah's in that
they stop at thu foot of Ararat instead Of on its
top.
A conundrum differs little from pun-and we
rather like clever pun. By her enlargement
young lady lately, for some service rendered
became indebted to US "Quaker fp"-(you
know what that is reader.) Meeting her we re
minded her Of the debt; "present your biH" said
she, with praisewortly promptness, land I'll
pay it," Whether we received payment and gave
a receipt or not, is no snatter, but that was such
pun Us we can tolerate. Now, here is one Of a
different class About these times some chaps
have sundry appeals made to the csnts-atiVeness
oftheir pockets. Loan half-oan us quar-
ter, is no strange sound to some ears-bnt said
one clever fellow to us the other day, an never
ask you fer snorc .han iery at once, Gu re in
with the Commissioners Court, and they make
:tric, you know"
Here We have beside us long rambling epis
lie from a friend. 1t was written in eatire aban
don, and never intended TO be shown TO the pub
lie eye, as i.dced il shall not be. except few
sentences picked ont here aud there, and given
TO you, reader, for the sake oflheir dro.tness We
stlix the headings to the extracts; which are Ia
Ken out al random as the letter runs along. We
do no, voucl for his philosophy.
a RETENT.yE MEMoEy .--"She is on old mai
den, n good old soul whose memory is as reten-
tive as Il crabs claws, and as expansive as Indian
rubher. A talk with such ~, one is like Il walk
among iumh-sloacs--each exhibits the character
oi mank nd the onl? difference is, one is always
!Htterinp, the oihci nrver."
CuARAcrxa --"Our character like ouy teeth
j. not horn with MS In the structure Of char
nrtcr 80 much must be done not only to build but
TO preserve, that seems more than human
Undertaking. What is character, Nothing but
creating re~pect-enSsntng respect, and binding
ourselfto the certain society in which We .,iay be
placed, by exhibiting qualities they like and
concealnr those they do not like. Why is it
nec,s. " TO form character? Because the world
cheats itself so always. that all dslrust those
WHOM thevv do not know"
A PmzzLE.-"A drizzling rain is disiillrng
from the heavens like tedious tale from dull
,eIier's lips-slowly and drearily-very"
TELLING SEcRETs-"{ sometimes tell more
than intend, but get excite! and go right on
] never suffer myself to he drawn out. hate
him who attempts tit is unlocking Il valuable
chest with false keys"
Tuy Scx-"fIow loving looks the risen sun!
Glorious bjecl whatever thou art, whether the
corplomeraiion of departed souls or the black
smith shop ofleaven-or any thing or nothing
7 love thy sweet rislngs and thy sadness produce
inc settings, and when thou gocst, il, the SKY
thou lcavest beauty and pleasure like the feel
inps that hold II. after the friend is gone, who
charmed us with the sweet unfolding of his
thoughts"
Grammar ANcE1s.-'Wonderw what put that
idea into mortal heads. about guardian angels
itvishly watching neal u.s. 1t is pleasant at all
events, but not very pleasant to them, poor things!
following a fellow over land and sea, TO the
mountain top, and under the water--sleepng in
the cold in lonely forest-digging his own grave
in desert island, with ptiful face and empty
sto,naci-- working hard, his wages death--the
dear devoted things, the while, shedding invisible
floods of spiritual tears"
True TEAcnERs-"Years are the only teach
ers who do their duty. but my God! their charge
is high--wrinkles- -blindness-lame-
ncss-decrepltude-death
CoMprAINERs-"Is'nt it strange some people
can, talk about sny-thing but their ailments, as
if their subsection to them were proof OF refine
ment, or their Importance heightened by COM
planning. What care if"John Smiths" grand
mother croak like CT cket with the bronchitis
- his children have the meazles-his mich COW
fail, and his shaft horse have the bots | have
fallen in with pc ople, who tho most ptifuily de
scribing the peculiarites of their disease, would
not suffer me 10 condole with them account
of their constitution being lost, or commiserate
them because oftheir great Affections"
-Hcrc We must desist tho we are not
half through the ample pages ofthe letter. The
balance probably abounds with better Lacon.ics
than we have selected.
We promised some rhyme in the "medlsy."
fortunately here il. some, the product oftl'c hour
fresh ON the pen. youth for the last hour
has been sitting at one corner Of our table writ
ing. He has gone, but the result Of his labor is
left. 1t is kind of scolding dish of rhyme a
bout some beauty with whom he has quarrelled,