The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-12-11
WHOLE No 5o3

i"i o'V"ll idHonS, HOiu commercial IN
terconrse with the Japanese, publish a
journal in the japanese language, which
IS intended to enlighte them as to the
! progress of the ''outside barbarians.
Recently, number of this paper came
into the hands ofthe editor who makps
the subjoined remarks upon its contents.
''lhere are many things in these SIN.
gulaI publications with which We might
be disposed to quarrel. We cannot rec.
ognlze the claims of the great nation Of
Hollanders to rank as the leading Euro.
pean power, doctrine which the zeal.
Gus Dutch employees have from tune
immemorial impressed upon the Japan.
csc public Nor are We by any means
satisfied with insi gnifcance which the
Dutch official journalists impute to Emo.
land and the United States. With
some appearance of FEASIBILITY, it is STA
ted that Great Britain is an island en-.
veloped in perpetua! togs, necessarily
veXtd with politica! disputes, and in.
habltcd by a race whose soundness of
intellect is worse questionable. The
United States do not fare much better:
for they are said to consist of commg,ni.
ties OF very garrulous men, perfectly
destitute OF all regard for the rieht of
property. Bat it certainly is by no
means logical Inference, that the ma
tlves OF the countries thus discorteorlslv
characterized, are necessarily without
power or influence to extend their do
minlon in the East"
The United States are going to give
the japanese a proof of their quality,
unless, indeed, they fall through with
the project, which they will not do
when once they get fairly started.
A MEAN MAN We have heard of
mean men in cur day, bat correspon-
dent OF the St. Louis ReveiIle mentions
one to whom must be yielded the palm:
Talk about mean men! Why, there
is that Bill Thompson, he's the meanest
man ever heard on. Bill was a con-
stable there. Why, don't you think he
had an execution against me for little
groceries, and he came out and levied on
my Did old 'oman's ducks, and he want
ed me to drive 'em up for him. told
him TO catch 'em himself: and he chased
'em round and round the house, and
every time he'd catch duck, he'd set
down and wiring its headof, and charge
maleage.'
PUMPKIN PlE.-Stew tae pumpkin dry
and make it like squash pie, only season
rather higher.-ln the country, when
this real Yankee pie is prepared IN per-
lection, ginger Is almost always used
with other spices. There, too, part
cream instead Of milk is mixed with the
pumpkin, which gives it richer flavor.
Roll the paste rather th cker than for
fruit pies, as there is bat one crust. If
the pie Is large and deep, it will require
to bake an hour IN brisk oven.
"Please, Mr.. Smith, pappy wants to
know if you won't lend him the model
of your hat y
"Certainly, my son, what for %
Gle wants to make scare-crow, TO
keep the corn out of the turkey-buz-
Yards"
! Exit, youth, followed by Smith anda
new aXehandle.
G--'Madam,' said old Roger to his
boarding house keeper, in primitive
countries beef is often legal tender,
but, madam said he emphatically,
thrusting his fork into the steak, all the
law in ChristendomI couldn't make this
beef tender
~ There are two marble busts in ex-
istence of Henry Clay, one is in the
Governors Room, New York, and the
other with his family, at Ashland. These
brsts are the work of Mr.. Pruden, a
young artist of Lexington, Ky.
10 Said young man Indignantly,
when addressed as boy--''Don't call
me boy; I've chewed tobacco and
drank whisky these three years"
C~-Parents send your children to Sum
day School, from childhood, and they
will become teachers, instead of field or
street loafers.
D-A new musical instrument, the
1r0nduenmiphilinoarasiamomcntb-yes,
that's the name has made its appear
ance at Louisville.
! ia lever watch contains two hun
dred and two pieces; locomotive five
thousand four hundred and sixteen.
IT, There are two things which can
not be too short, pie crust and commu-
nications for newspaper.
10 Think like the wise; but talk like.
ordinary people. Never 90 out of the
common road, but for somewhat.
U~Wheat has been procured by cul-
tivaton, from wild grass called Eglops
found growing in Sicily and France.
ID-Louis Napoleon is Bachelor Of