The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-10

TAKING loLL.-Ihe st. LOUIS Revllle
is publishing tale, pnrporting to give
some adventures in the life of a young
physician, from which we take the follow
ing extract:
As snow had fallen, the young folks OF
the village got up grand sleighing party
to country tavern at some distance; and
the interesting Widow Lambkin sat in the
same sleigh, under the same buffalo robe
with myself
"Oh, oh - DON'T" she exclaimed, as we
came to the first bridge, catching me by
the arm, and turning her yelled face
towards me, while her little eyes twinkled
through the gauze in the moonlight.
"Dont what % asked, s'I'm not doing
anything"
"Wcil, but thought you were going to
take TOLL" replied Mrs. Lambkin.
"Toll I rejoined, "what's that %
"Now, do tell ~ exclaimed the widow,
her clear laugh ringing above the music
of the bells. cdr. Mellows pretends that
he don't know what toll is.'
'sIndeed don't then, l said, laughing
in turn.
Don't know that the gentlemen when
they 60 sleighing, claim kiss as toll
when they cross bridge. Well, never"
But shall | tell it all9 The struggles of
the widow to hold the veil were not suifi-
cient to tear it, and somehow, when the
veil was removed, her face was turned d.
rectly towards my own, and the snow
glistened in the moonlight, and the horse
trottng on of himself, the toll was taken,
for the first time in the life OF DR.. Mel
lows.
Soon we came to long bridge, but the
widow said 1t sswas no use to resist and
she paid up as soon as we reached it.
"But you won't take toll OF every span,
will you doctor she asked, to which the
only reply was, practical negative to the
question.
Did you ever, reader, sleigh ride with a
widow, and take toll at the br ,dges
THE NEWSPAPER PREss.-The follow
ing is from a speech, delivered by Rev.
James Aspinwall, on Education:
s:Nor, while speaking OF the schoolmas-
tiers, in whose hands the printing press is
such powerful agent of public instruction
at the present time, must we forget news
papers. Whether we regard them as the
guide or echo of popular opinion-and in
one sort they partake Of both characters
we are lost in amaZement and admiration
at the quantity and quality Of mind, and
that of the highest order, now to be found
in the columns of the daily, weekly, and
provincial press. From being a mere
chronicle of passing scenes, dry register
of dates and facts, the newspaper has grown
into one of the leading school-masters OF
the day. Its articles amuse us with their
articles of wit, and instruct us with their
wisdom. They exhibit the brllliancy of
the classical scholar, and the close reason
ing Of the logician. 1t is an encyclopedia
in itself. 1t reviews all books and treats
of all science. 1t is familiar with all geo.
graphy, and at home with all history. 1t
is Gdipus, TO read the riddles which every
political sphiax may set before it. 1t dives
into cabinet secrets and anticipates the pur-
poses of statesmen. 1t has the hundred
eyes of the ever waketul Argus, the hum
dred hands and fifty heads OF Briareus.
And as omnlpresent, as ubiquitous as YER
satile, it is here, there, and everywhere,
from Indus to the Pc, from China to Peru,
the world with its correspon-
dents, and with its expresses and electric
telegraph, racing against time to commu-
nicate the intelligence of nIanklndin every
region of the earth. The ancients count
ed up seven wonders of the world. If they
had possessed a newspaper press they
would have had an eighth, more marvel
Ious and of more worth than all the rest
together"
A lettar finely written is q riYet To