The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-02-02
Scraps for Everybody.
'From grave 10 gay-from lively to severe


When men speak i'll of thee, live
SO as nobody will believe them.
f~The German population of the
United States is estimated at 100000.
NJ A thousand parties Of pleasure do
not leave recollection worth that of one
good action.
f~The excuses Of our youth are drafts
upon old age, PAYABLE with interest, about
thirty years after date.
l%The author of "Jane Eyre" "Shir-
w. &c . is now said 10 he a Miss Brotte,
a lady of Bradford, in Yorkshire.
N-Sonebody saysof Tobacco Chewing:
IF Won wonid know n" deeds Of HIM tia, chcws,
Enter IL" house Of God and sce the prws.
nys!I say, nv little son. where does
the right hand road ro?" "Don't know
sir, faint gone nowhere since we've lived
here
NrHoLMEs says finely of the bigot,
that his mind is like the pupil of the eye
the more light you pour upon it, the more
it contracts.
n5-A wag on hearing that chimney
sweep had given up business, expressed
his establishment, for he thought the bust
ness soo'ed HIM completely.
NT7Why is a soldier more fatigued in
April than in any other month in the
vear' Because he has just finished a
.Morch OF 81 DAYS duration.
n-Don't try too hard to be happy
Many run about after felicity, Ike al alb
spnt-minded man hunting for his hat,
whilst it is in his hand or on his head.
"a lady recently having occasion TO
inquire tor a cat-tail pillow; went into a
store and asked the Young clrik if they
had any feline combinations in pillow
Smith SAYS he can't see that fresh
air does him any good. For the las few
weeks he has slept out Of doors regularly
every night, and vel his cough is Is bod
as ever it was. Very likely.
ry-Mr. Gilbert. one Of the Congress-
men elect from California. went on as \
volunteer in Col. Stevcnson's regiment
He is a printer by trade, and was former
y a composior on the Albany Atlas.
uyWe have removed many warts by
very simple and easy process, vi; 10
wash them with a strong solution OF pearl
ash, and let il dry on the warts. II This
is done two or three times, the wars will
disappear.
Dy.Shon,' sad a Dutchman, 'tvou may
say what YOU please, bout bad nei.hbors !:
| had tie worst neighhors rs never waa.
Mine pirs and mine hens come home init
dere ears split, and fodder day two Of lem
come horne missing.
GA woman worshipper and woman
hater both derive their mistakes from an
ignorance of the female world: for II the
characters Of women were generally an
derstood, they would be found too good 10
be hated, and yet not Sood enough 10 be
idolizeo.
0TA paper remarks thai it is cruelty
| cold up the mountains. bit no wonder, ion
they have no Thermometer up there, 30 it
gets as cold as il p'easps. This is q good
companion for The story OF Inc heat in the
South, where water can Lt boiled until il
is red hot.
F-Maior Noah SAYS "Mcn engaging in
such desperate enterprises seem 10 think
that editing and publishing come by ma
ture; whereas they constitute business
or rather two branches Of business, in
which more Of industry and watchiulnnss
are necessary than any other occupation
or calling known among men,"
Your other bills YOU promptly pay,
Wherever Won do 90, sir
The butcher for his meat is paid,
| For sundrles is the grocer:
! The tailor and the shoemaker,
The halter and the winter
Az ret their pav--ihe, WHY neglect
To settle with the Printer!
ia negro having purchased hat
was observed to take it from his head or
the fall OF shower of rain, and to mani
fest considerable anxiety to preserve il
from the wet. On being demonstrated
with for his supposed stupidity in thus
leaving his head exposed. he wit'ily OBJ
served, "Hat belong to me-head belong
to massa.'
Selfishness is too common to oul
world.-We do not feel that our neighbol
has claim upon us, and we have claim
upon him. We are all sensitiv" enough
about our own interests, but blind to thos'
ofothers: and if we all knew and felt thu
relationship by which society is interwo
ven together, and could recognize TIT
nearne>s OF interest which exists between
us, human society would be unlike wha
it is at present. Be generous to all aronne