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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15
Rlc1TER's DEATu.-IIe died in the

RlcurER's DEArH.--He died in the
year 1923, at sixty years of age. On
the noon of the 1lth of November, he
said, thinking it was night: at is now
time to 90 TO rest" He was wheeled
into his sleeping apartment, and all was
arranged as if for reposc. His wife,
Caroline, brought bin Il wreath of flow
ers which a lazy had sent, and as he
touched them, for he could neither see
nor smell them, he said, repeatedly,
Only beautiful flowers, my lovely flow
ers." He soon sank into a tranquil sleep,
which was to be to him the repose of
death. His respiration gradually be-
came less regular. but his features calm
er and more heavenly. The family
were ranged round the bed when the
physician entered. Soon slight con-
vulsion passed over the face, and the
physician said, "That is death" The
spirit had departed! All sank, praying,
on their knee. Richter was buried by
torchlight; the unfinished manuscript of
Selina was borne on his coffin, and klop-
stocks noble Ode, "Thou shalt arise
my Soul" was sung over his renlalns
at the burial vault.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

The SEA- The largest of all ceme-
teries is the sea, and ITS slumberers sleep
without monuments. All other grave
yards, in all other lands, show some SYM
bol of distinction between the great and
small, the rich and poor: but in that
ocean cemetery the king and the clown,
the prince and the peasant, are alike I'M
distinguished. The same waves roll ov-
err all-the same requiem by the Minis
trelsy Of the ocean is sung to their honor.
Over their remains the same storm beats,
and the same sun shines, and there, un-
maaked, the weak and the powerful, the
plumed and the unhonored will sleep on
until awakened by the same trump when
the sea shall give up its dead.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

GrHE THAT embarks in the voyage
OF life will always wish to advance rath.
err by the impulse of the wind, than the
strokes Of the oar; and many founder in
their passage, while they lie waiting for
the gale DR.. Johnson.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15
VOL. XI.---No 43
Annie CIayyilIe.


In the brightning wake of April
Comes the lovely, lovely May,
But the step of Annie ClayvIIlc
Falclh fainter day By day.
In despite of sunshine, shadows
Lie upon her heart and bIow:
Last year she was gay and happy
Life is nothing to her now!
When she hears the wild bird singing;
Or the Sweetly humming bee,
Only says She, family smiling,
What have you 10 do with me!
Yet sing out for pleasant weather,
Wild birds in the woodland dclis:
Fly out little bees, and gather
Honey for your waXcn wells.
Softly, silver rain Of April,
Come down singing from the clouds,
Till the dallodils AM daisies
Shall be up in gc!trn crowds
Till the wild pinhS hedge The m,anows,
Blushing ont Of slender stems,
And the danlcllons, starry,
Cover all the hills with gems.
From your cool beds in the rivers,
Blow, fresh winds, and .ladness bring
To the locks that wait to hide you-
What have to do with spring!
May is past-along the holIows
Chime the rills i'll sleepy lunc,
While the harveSt's yellow chaplet
Swings against the face of June.
Very pale lies Annie CIayville-
Still her forehead, shadow -crowncd,
And the watchers hear her saying,
As they softly tread around:
Go out, rcapcrs, for the hill tops
Twinkle with the summers heat
Lay from out your swinging cradles
Golden furrowS of ripe wheat!
While the little laughing children,
Lightly mixing work with play,
From between the long, green winrows
Clean the swcelly scented hay
Let your sicklcs shine like sunbcams
In the silvcr-llowing rye,
Ears grow heavy in the cornticds--
That Will claim you by and by.
Go out, rcapers, with your sicklcs,
Gather home the harvest store
Little cleaners, laughing cleaners,
| shall go with you no more.
Round the red moon of October,
White and cold the eve-siars climb,
Birds are gone and flowers are DYING
lis a lonesome, lonesome time.
Yellow leaves along tn" woodland
Surge TO dri'S--thc elm buugh sways,
Cicaking at the homestead window
All the weary nights and days.
DiSmnllV the raln is Il, lime
Very diSmalIy aud cold;
Close, within the village graveyard,
BY Il heap Of freshest mould,
With a simple, nameless hradstonc,
Lies low and narrow mound,
And the brow Of Annie Clayvlllc
Is no longer shadow-crownCd.
Rest thee, lost one, rest thee calmly,
Glad to 90 where pain is DER
Where they say not through the noht-tim
81 am weary any more.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

O-LlrrLE TEUTsMs often give the
clue to long, deep, intricate, undisplay
ed trains of thought, which have been
going on in silence and secresy for a
long time before the common place re-
suit, in which most meditations end, is
expressed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

nFCHILDHooD is like mirror, catch
ing and rejecting images all around it.
Remember that an impious, profane or
vulgar thought may operate upon a
young heart like careless spray of wa
ter thrown upon polished steel, staining
it with rust that no after efforts can eff
face.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

D"flallo, steward!' exclaimed a
passenger in an American steamboat,
after having retired to his bed. "Hallo,
steward!' "Here, massa." Bring me
the way bill" "What for, Nasal" 81
want to see if these bugs put down their
names for this berth before | did; if not
| want 'em turned OUT,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

1.-THE heaviest fetter that ever
weighed down the limbs of captive, is
as the web Of the gossamer, compared
with that pledge of the man of honor.
The wall of stone and the bar of iron
may be broken-but his pIighted word,
never.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

character and splendid talents so we'll
deserved her, made her the pride and
happiness of his home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

GrKnowledge may slumber in the
memory, but it never dies; it is like the
dormouse in the iyied tower, that sleeps
while winter lasts, but wakes with the
warm breath of apring.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

C=The title of esq" is hereafter to
be restricted to married men. This sug-
gestion was made at Boomer meeting
composed of old maids, and carried
without dissenting voice.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

A MODERN Poet thus criticises some
church going people:
ATTEND your church, the parson cries,
TO church each fair one goes;
The old 60 there to close their eyes,
The young, to eye their clothes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

ooh dear, Mr.. F., you jest when YOU
say my baby is the handsomest you ever
saw, you must be soft.soaping."
"Well madam, | thought it needed
soap of some kind.''
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-15

A MoTnER's TEARs.--Therc is a
touching sweetness in a mothers tears
when they fall upon the face of her dy-
ing babe, which no eye can behold with
out imbibing its influence. Upon such
hallowed ground the foot OF profanity
dares not approach. lnfdelity itself is
silent, and forbears It's scoliing. Ard
here woman displays not her weakness,
but her strength Of attachment which
can never in its full intensity be rsaliz-
ed. 1t is preferential, dependant upon
no climate, no changes-out alike in
storm and sunshie-it knows no shadow
of turning. A father when he sees his
child going down to the dark valley,
will weep when the shadow of death
has fully come over him; and as the last
parting knell falls on his ear he may
say, i go down to the grave of my son
mourning But the hurry of business
draws HIM away; the tear is wiped from
his eve, and if when he turns from his
fire side, the vacancy IN the family circle
reminds him of his loss, the succeeding
day blunts the poignancy of his grief, un-
til at length it finds no permanent seat
in his breast. Not so with her who has
born, and nourished the tender blossom.
1t lives in the heart where it was first
entwined in the dreaming hour of night
She sees its playful mirth or hears its
plaintive cries, she seeks it in the morn.
ing, and goes to the grave to weep there.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02
For the Grand River Times.
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.

O never, o never is life so sweet
Or its beauties so fully blown,
As when in the Joy of youth we meet;
All cares to the wild winds thrown.
'Tis then the spirit is gay and light
The heart is free and the future bright,
And sorrow Is all unknown.
We see the old man with shufiling gait,
And locks as white as snow;
We pity,-perhaps we lament his fate;
But think he was always so.
AS he leans on his cane, his nerves unstrung,
We can't even think he was ever young,
Or that we in his steps must go.
NV nerves are strong, and my heart is gay,
And nv thoughts will flow in rhyme =
May we not be young while young we may,
And not run in advance of time?
If age and adversely come, they must 8
But youth is the season of hope and trust :
Can this be accounted crime!
Il have seen the countcnance long and SAD ;
Modification in every line;
And laughed at the sight, for my heart was
glad
That cOuntenance was not mine.
Fer why should we fill the present with care,
And shroud the future in doubt and despair,
Distressing power Divine?
I'm y0ung to-day; let tomorrow come,
And the future with rolling years,
Let age come if it will,-I know my doom;
And why should wait it with tears
The joys of the present will not spurn,
I'll take life as it goes for I've yet to learn
There's wisdom in gloom and fears.
PHI. EPSILON.
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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

l.. M. s. SMITH Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Dry Goods, Groce-
ries and Provisions, Crockery, Hardware Books,
Stationery, &C., &c. At the Post Office, corner
of Park and Barber streets, Mill Point Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02
RULES FOR HOME EDUCATION.

The following rules we commend to all our
patrons and friends for their excellence, brevity,
and practical utility They are worthy of being
printed in letters of gold and placed in conspic-
uous position in every household. 1t is lament
able to contemplate the mischief, misery and ru-
in, which are the legitimate fruit of those def
ciencies which are pointed out in the rules to
which we have referred. Let every parent and
guardian, read, ponder, and inwardly digest. i
l. From your children's earliest infancy, in
culcate the necessity of instant obedience. $50
2. Unite firmness with genteness. Let your
children always understand that you mean ex-
actly what you say 3GH
3. Never promise them any thing unless you
are quite sure you can give them what You prom
ise. a
A. If you tell little child to do something
show him how to do it, and see that it is DONE
B. Always punish your children for wilfully
disobeying you, but never punish them in anger
6. Never let them perceive that they can vex
you, or make you lose your self command.
7. If they give way to petulence and temper,
wait till they are calm, and then gently reason
with them on the improprety of their conduct
s. Remember that little present punishment
when the occasion arises, is much more effect
ual than the threatening of greater punishment
should the fault be renewed
9. Never give your children anything because
they cry forit
10. On no account allow them to do at one
time what you have forbidden under the like cir
cumstances at another ..n,
IL. Teach them that the only sure and easy
way to appear good is to be good. ..'
~. Accustom them to make their little reel
tails with perfect truth. ei Ie.
13. Never allow tale-bearing.
IA. Teach them that selfdenia!, not self.n-
diligence, is the appointed and the surest meth
cd of securing happiness.
10. Guard them agnst the indulgence of an
angry and resentful spirit
l6. Above all, strenuously endeavor to give
your children knowledge of things, instead of
. knowledge Of aoords.
These rules are plain and simple enough, one
would think, and easy of observance by parents
but how often are they reduced to practice!-
Not by one in thousand The great majority
of parents seem to rest quite satisfied that be-
cause a child attends school, and learns by rote
few elementary rules, that ALPS right not to
mention great multiplicity Of words about the
meaning Of which they know nothing This is
all wrong, and hence the too many ounces mt
twenty, and the labor of the teacher gone. tits
here that the parent should assist the school
teacher. II is his duty to do so. Understand
est thou what thou readest % was question put
long time ago, and should be kept in mind by
every parent. There is much to be learned at
the family hearth.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

"Father what do printers live on!'
"Why my son."
"Why you carry all your produce to the mer-
chants and don't pay for your paper"
$50 to bed, you little scamp and don't let me
hear another word out of your head tonight"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

HENRY GRIFFIN, Dealer in Staple and fan
cy Dry Goods, Ready made Clothing, Boots and
Shoes Groceries, Hardware Crockery and Glass,
Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines, Paints and Oils,
and Provisions. Also, Lumber, Shingles &C. &c.
Opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven,
Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

HOPKINS8. BROTHERS,, Storage Forwarding
& Commission merchants; general dealers in all
kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries, grain and provis-
ions; manufacturers and dealers wholesale and
retail in all kinds of lumber, at Mill Point, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

Why was Christmas-day great day In the
annals of pedestrianism! Because Of the great
number of people in England who on that day
walked into Turkey. b.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

WASHING TON HO USE, BY HENRY Penney
Err. The proprietor has the past Spring new
iy fitted and partly te-furnlshed TINS House,
to compare favorably with the best in the State.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

r. b. GILBERT, Dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps CrOckery
and Stone Ware, Hard Ware, Groceries, Provis-
ions and Ship Stores. Grand Haven, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

STEPHEN MONROE, Physician and Surgeon
Office over J. T. Davis Tailor Shop. Washing
ton Street. Grand Haven.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

Commission Merchants, and dealers in Produce,
Lumber, Shingles, Slaves &C., &c. Grand Ha
ven Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

IT, ID. c. TUTTLE, M. ID. Office, djoining
VIM NJ Ferrys Store, Water street, Grand Ha-
ven, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

SIMON SIMENOE, Dealer in Groceries and
Provisions Washington Street, second door
East Of the Ottawa House.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

for so she gave it, threw the class into convul-
sions. Great was her wrath on that memora-
BILE day. Two Of us were imprisoned beneath
the stairs two were sentenced to stand upon
one foot; one held in extended hand, Walkers
Dictionary great work, was that
Dictionary-and a lad who was desperately
"afraid of the girls" was set between boun-
cling brace of them.
But it wouldn't do. Sillybossy" would not
down, and smothered sounds, chokings, out
right laughter, broke forth from every corner
around the perplexed and angry schoolma'am.
Years have Aed-the tenant of the old yell
low house is doubtless borne away, and "the
places that once knew her, shall know her no
more forever"
So much for cold Murray" and the memo
ries it has awakened and beautified by time,
we can almost wish ourselves back again in the
midst of the days when Murray was a terror,
and its pages, mystery.
OLD TINE WINTERs.-The river Tiber used
to be frozen over in the days of old.
In 1864 the cold was SO intense, that the
Thames was covered with ice sixty-one inches
thick Almost all the birds pershed.
In 1896 the cold was so excessive, that the
furnishing wolves entered Vienna and attacked
beasts and even men. Many people in Germany
were frozen to death in 1896, and 1896 was
nearly as bad.
In 1909 occurred the famous winter called by
distinction the "Cold Winter" All the lakes
were frozen, and even the sea for several miles
from the shore. The ground was frozen nine
feet deep. Birds and beasts were struck dead
in the fields, and men perished in their houses.
pin the south of France the wine plantations
were almost destroyed, nor have they vet recov-
cred the fatal disaster. The Adriatic sea was
frozen, and even the Mediterranean, about Ge-
noa; and the citron and orange groves suffered
extremely in the finest parts Of Italy.
In l7l6 the winter was SO intense that peo-
pie travelled across the Straits from Copenha-
gen TO the province of Sema, Sweden.
In 1926, in Scotland, multitudes Of cattle and
sheep were buried in the snow.
In l740 the winter was scarcely inferior to
that of 1909. The snow lay ten feet deep in
Spain and Portugal The Zuyder Zee was
frozen over ana thousands Of people went over
it. All the lakes in England froze.
In l744 the winter was very cold. Snow
fell in Portugal to the depth of twenty-three
feet on level
In 1854 and 1855 the winters were very Sc
we're and cold In England the strongest ale
exposed 20 the air in glass, was covered with
ice one-eighth of an inch thick.
In It'll the Ebe was frozen to the bottom.
In l776 the Danube bore ice five feet deep
below Vienna. Vast numbers Of the feathered
and inny tribe pershed.
The winters of l7i4 and ITS were uncom.
monty severe, and during the Revolution can.
mons were drawn on the ice from this city to
Jersey City.
From 1900 to 1912 also, the winters were re-
markably cold particularly the latter in Rus
sia which proved so disastrous to the French
Army.
In the winter 1919, heavy loaded teams used
to cross between New York and Jersey City,
Scientific American.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

"A MOTHERS INFLUENCE.--Who can measure
the influence of mother on the young and i'm
mortal minds of her children! Her looks, her
actions, her smiles or her frowns on her chill
dren, stamp impressions on their minds; which
will last forever. She gives moulding infu-
ence to their character their course of life I;
their temporal and eternal well-being. They
rise to the glories and the happiness of Heaven,
or sink down to the shades of death through the
faithfulness or neglect of the mother. The
mothers influence is often much greater than
the fathers. Her post is more responsible, and
she engraves deeper and more indeble lines on
the minds of her children. She stands at the
head of the race. All the most important springs
of society are held and controlled by the feeble
hand of woman. Every cord vibrates on her
touch, as with magic sensibility; and every har-
mony in the social system waits on her impul-
ses How pure and tender, then, should be the
mothers heart How careful of her looks /;
her smiles; her conduct her every action,
which imprints such indelble lines, and exerts
such imperishable influence on their young
minds
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

WILLIAM TELL, HOTEL, BY HARRY EA-
TON Pleasantly situated with excellent rooms
well furnished, and the table abundantly sup
piled with the luXuries and substantals of life
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

HENRY r. WILLIAMS, Storage, Forward
ing and Commission Merchant, also Agent for
the Steamer Algoma. Store House at Grand
Rapids, Kent CO.. Mich
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

JAMES TTERSON. Painter and G.azier
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painting done at
Grand Haven. All orders will be promptly atten-
ded to, by leaving word at this office. Shop at
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

eGROSVENOR REED Prosecuting Attorney
Landing, Allendale, Ottawa County, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

| See LIGHT-IM ALMOST HoME.-Tbc
following is related of young girl, whose
journey of life was near an end siIf
About the chamber glided the loved form of
her parents, and only sister. She silently no.
ted their movements with mild expression of
her dying eyes turning from side to side. Ar
rested by her peculiar looks, so expressive of
all afflicted and patient suffering, they paused to
look upon her whom they now saw but dimlv
through their tears, and soon should see no
more. co
A feeble effort to speak, quivering voceless
movement of the lips, drew closely around her
the loving hearts of that sorrowing circle
Mother, father, sister, all came close to her side.
A playful smile lit up her countenance She
laid her little pulseless hand within her mothers
palm, then closed her eyelds to the light of
earth and sunk away. The cold damp of deaths
shadowy vale seemed circling over her. Slow
ly down, she glided towards that rivers shore
which, like n narrow stream, divides the spirit
land from ours. But see the quivering lips
essay to speak Motherw How each heart
throbbed now, and then each pulse stood STILL
They listened 6 Mother" the dying girl breath
ed forth" see light-Pm almost home !"
Blessed thought! Light is sown for man,
even amid the gloom and darkness of the grave
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

CHARLES W. HAT TIA WA Y, Blacksmith All
kinds of work in my line done with neatness and
dispatch at my shop Mill Point, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

WILLIAM ". ANGEL, Register of Deeds. and
Notary Public for Ottawa County. Office over
III. Griffn's store Washington street, opposite the
Washington House, Grand Haven.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

BALL d MARTIN, Storage, Forwarding and
Commission Merchants. Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

AH0YT g. POST, Clerk of Ottawa County. Of
fee over H. Griffin's store, opposite the Wash
ington House.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

JOHN II. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on
Washington Street, first door west of ii. Grif-
fms Store.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-02

HENRY PENN0 YER, Treasurer of Ottawa
County. Office over II. Grifhins Store, opposite
the Washington House.