The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-09-04
Eorul "5lnaIl Ialk.
TR"p )rted for The Cecil Wing

TRep )rted for The Cecil Whig.l
No .9uthority.-T is decidedly bad gov
crnment in Elkton The laws of the Town
Authorities are notoriously diSregarded-thcy
do not seem TO have the power to enforce them
and going higher, there is very good reason TO
suppose more than one law of the State is set at
defiance. Nor docs the evil oflawlcsSncss stop
+ here; the laws of common propriety, not to say
! common deccncy, are constantly violated on
every hand. Something is radically wrong.
! We begin TO suspect that the greatest wrongs
are committed in the sacred precincts Of homes
that nurseries of children are too often nur-
series of rowIieS and law-brcakcrs. The scan
daluus behaviour of many of the boys Of the
town, is a matter for painful regret, and the at
tcntion of parents, gene rally. ought TO b" di-
rectcd TO it. AT no time, or place, is ii more
observable than around the Court House on
evenings of public gatherings. Their lalloo-
ings and Rawlings are positively an nlolerable
nuisance, and ii parents do not attend toit, some
i
seem inclined TO use the authority the law gives
ihem,) TO whip and diSpcrse them. Some altcn-
lion ought to be given to this matter.
/ Tnceiion Vacation is cndcd-the grand,
EXTENDED holiday, so longed-or by schools iris
and boys, has come'and gone. They have rest
ell, AM revclled. and idlcd through the long aud
sultry August, and now with the sweet Seprrm-
her their studies again commence. Happy if
they have profted bp the season of mental rest
through which they have passed. and return
with delight TO their labors. But alack too
many Will nj! up Shakspeare'S picture:
G. the whining schoolhoy. with his sa'chel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Cnwlilingly 10 school"
and too often the fcrrule will remind many n
rompinc urchn, that he fails TO make as good
use Of his hours Of labor as he did Of his hours
Of play.
The old MW.--A running stream and n grey
old mil!-house are attractive points in any land
scape, even where a broad bay or lodges Of tow
cring rocks are seen in the same view; here,
where the scenery is 50 tame, the old mill and
saw-lnill are quite prominent in the eyes range
during an evening walk to The creek. And it
is pleasant to pass near by them and see the bold
and savage saw, biting with its teeth Of steel,
through great oaks length, and to hear the
busy mill Gathering away so noisly. How
much like life it is TO watch the wheel FLASHING
: ,,,,J, hal r,L T., a
, and quietly resting itself against the green banks
below. Busily it grinds away from nom till
; eve, and then
'sBv night the water-sate is drawn:
Within the wave the wheel is still,
$ And waiting for the lingering dawn,
1t rests beneath the lonely mill.
| Sleep, busy wheel-a respite ask
When all thy daily work is dune
| And would thy fixed and endless task
e Were less the image Of my own!''
, The Emil are here.--The annual return of The
: :'rail'' affords an annual paragraph. The brt
= and has been named by some the sLittle Amer
n lean Water Hen" They haze already mad,
# their appearance in our marshes and, when thu
tide SUITS the gunners are after them. Wilson
r makes the following reference 10 this sport:
: "Oi all land or WATERFOWL perhaps none ailor'
It the sportSncn more agreeable amusement, or
Il more delicious repast. than the little bird nov
before This amusement is indeed tempo
= rary lasting only two three hours in the day
o for four or five weeks in each year; but, as
\ occurs in the most agreeable and temperate q
!, our seasons is attended with little fatigue to tn
:. gunner, four author. oicoursc, premises that tn
J gunner has a good bOalman; and Is lreqnenl
= successful, it attracts numerous followers, an
:. is pursued, in such places as the birds frequent
l., with great cagerness and enthusiasm"
i, "T'hc Jig is up." We are not confident tina
70 we head this item with very classical ex pres
n sion, but il serves to commence the announce
Il ment that the Dancing School is ended Profe:
~ sor Munder did wonder in keeping it up $
T. long;three whole quarters, each pupil payln
l. Sic a quarter let US see--3 times 10 are 30
j. $50 worth of fddling and dancing. We would
l. MT for MON cnt dare to say, that some oil tn
v pupils had better expended the amount on the
v 'heads' than on their 'heels, but we will max
free 10 suggest, that as the Professor has ''lai
A. down the fiddle and the bow" il would be quit
N bci,ting fccrtain olthe dancers should stake Il
ID the shovel and the hoe" and try to make then
II selves somewhat useful to ''the world we liy
s. in.' The dancing school, it is held, has had
great tendency to impart gracetulness, promo1
n sociabiity, &c. Not being disposed to 90 MOI
h fully into the subject, we have only to add, &C:
S; mote it be-