The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-12-28
T II Il CECIL " UIC.
To Zee aIeus and Correspondents

number The original poem on the Isl
page is tin:-the original story, though
told rather rapidly towards its conclu-
sion, possesses interest because Of the To-
cality Of some Of its sccnes--the polii- !
cal article from The Tribune deserves
attention, and there is much information |
in the article Oh coal The Agricultural
department is we'll filed, and there are
several Interesting communications Oh
the inner pages. BY the way, will some
of our young mathcmaticians notice the
problem in another column.
Our old friend and correspondent Mr..
McNutt, has sent us sonnet for next
week, and we have several other articles
on hand, among them an interesting
Hash from History from the writer
of which we hope to hear often.
On the last pace is the poem by Mr..
McNutt, which we mentioned last week.
In his letter enclosing r!c sonnet to as
after stating that he 'thought and even
hoped" (ah! hold them fast for they are
Il Joy to the heart } "the misses had left
him he gives the history Of that pocm,
or song, as follows:
"il.csc etan2as were Tie result or an accia'rni,
which happened on his wise. On the Saturday
night lrtvions. as | rormg over X mt aui taxi
l.
weary h"p'. and moving nrarer to the stove
which was not VI" warm It. the tiroc. set ny
LAMP u.on IL. In rrInrriny the Inrrp hcrily al.
tsrwtrhS, | th"n.htl"ssly Jn.crcwcd the tor
wh"n 10! III an instant. lhr whole contest, dunn
lnE tprt,) were ia Il lame. and then followed
al explosion: whFrouIGn there va. Il disccnccri-
Ell disciple OF Blackstone near ty. There's the
result Of disunicn tEiHEs !, rcco'ernc. III lai
Kept It." ra!ts Of my lnmp sea, wed together
woGll not lave hrcn blown up in Ills fashion.
then procured another ilit. and at down and
wrote the verses If when yrn >p ak in 50 fiat
terine terms, AMI Sent them Of in the next mall
We copied last week from some of
our exchanges, notices of the improved
appearance Of 7Hc Hhig; similar ones,
some much more Na'terlng, are coming
in upon US from Al! quarters, still; but
having almost shocked our modeS,y, by
the publication Of those we copied last
week, "" cannot think copying Others
day. They corac to Us not alone
from Whi6 papers, but from the opposi-
ton Also gentlemen, you have our
hearty thanks.
Writers for newspapers often have to
complain Of the sad havoc made in their
articles BY the printers. This often
comes from bad manuscript - sometimes
bad proof reading, leaves errors, also.
Editors, who generally throw down their
articles in a hasty scrawl, often too. find
them n4utilatcd. We remember cf one
complaining that the printers made him
say "a vessel could not get up tlc bay
hccauS" Of the .frogs," when h" had writ
ten "hccausc OF the tcrS." Last week
We wrote something about the "rerrct-
ua'lcn' OF our Government we found
1t printed the ''prrpetration," not
Withstonding We read the proof.
Such things would BE- almost veAatons,
did not the frequent infection harden
one to them.
Since we last talked with our readers,
Christmas has come and gone. We
hope it was merry day and a happy
one TO all. Before we talk to them
again, ''.Aew Ipors"--the first of 1881
will, also have gone into the past. Time
flies! How fast it es. 1t bears us on
from childhood to youth-to manhood
TO the grave. Oh! how careful all should
be to improve it. Just here, we remcm-
bee, that the Carrier of Title Wing SAYS
he will be around to see his friends with
an Address on New Years Day. He
says he has a clever set of folks to deal
with, and that the quarters they show
him, prevent him from ever crying ''quar-
fers!' TO the snow, and slect, and bitter
winds that bcset his path in his weekly
visit to their dwellings,.
How the passing months as they fly
bring griefs as well as joys the past
month reader, may have been fraught
with happiness to you, but to some il has
been fraught with Woe. There are al
ways occurring, private griefs that chill
and lay desolate the hearts of some mar
row circle-some home. You have es
capped perhaps-another has been smit
ten; but in the course Of events your time
Of sorrow will come. These remarks