The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-09-30
Correspondence of he Cecil Wing
Let CT from Is;-2fin! OF G.
BALTIMORE, Sent. %, y


FRIEND RICKETTS, Tie Wing comes week.
ly to us and is read with increasing interest.
We estimate 1t with the 'Amcrcan' upon
the say so of which we conlllvnially rely.
From accounts | receive from Cecil it SCI ms
you are Incoming quite fashionable folks.
Your Pic Mes and entertainments, during
tie past s,aSon, have lccn of the formal char
actcr. We'll let every one IlcaSc their fan
cy, but am disposed to favor the old friend
~ way Of passing off the tire in company
with acqnaintanccs; and see you think that
way too. So the conclusion come to is W,
are not to be dsrcspected for opinion sake.
think am in good company even if in the
minority.
The Fair at the Maryland Institute is in
6 II blow. The unrivall,d ladies of our city
grace the crowd each evening it is useless to
say anything about low pretty they are
The name Of Baltimore and her bellies are IL.
like rroverbial. Your townsman, Hon. Al
cxand,r Evans moved in the midst eff the gay
throng one evening Of last week. lie seemed
to take survey in his USUAL unpretend;pg
way, Ct the mechanical specimens on cxhbl-
ton AID no doub, he now has perfect math.
eu.atical diagram of the entire contents of the
spacious Hall figured On the re,ina of his
grey eye.
You know the Agricultural Fair comes off
on the End of October. We expect your far.
mers will avail themselves of the chance to
meet their brethren on that occasion and
learn from each other the progress of huS
bandry over the State. And let them bring
their wives and daughters along it will give
us pleasure to ste natures rosc paint on their
plump healthy checks.
lear that an agent will canvass the State
Immediately after the agricultural exhibition
is through with, to obtain subscribers to- or
stockholders in, the farm TO be purchase
whercon an Agricultural College is to be built.
The Farm, it is presumed, will be model
and experimental plantations; and it is not to
he criticised if the college is intended as an
Institution where the honest yeoman's sons
may receive the Knighthood Of their profcs.
sion. Why shouldn't they? Who gives sus-
tcnance to the world: and who is following
the very livelihood given to man in the days
of This innocence He is as much entitled to
| his degrees, as the man who commands the
gym ship, or wears his plumes on the field Of
slaughter; who conveys estates, or soothes
the discordant nerves of the expiring patient
All! that is the question. The world is ever
| willing to esteem least its greatest bencfactors
What do You 'sposc they think of your
county here in the Monumental They say
Cecil is an cnterprising part of the State. A
manufacturer of agricultural implements said
to me some months ago, that IF all the 9th.
err counties were as much engaged in furnish.
ing their own farming utensils as Cecil.
wouldn't sell a great deal in Md"
Politics are quite exciting: how it is going
to go Il don't know" but reckon the head
man will be elected.
The rapid growth of Baltimore has made a
| demand for more houses of entertainment In
addition to several small fry" Hotels that
haze been opened there are two others worth
notice. The orc adjacent to Barmlm's, to be
conducted OIL the European plan, will OF
course have its epcuran patronage. The
Natioral has just opened: it is situated in
Camden St., near the B. & O. r. r. Dcpot
in quiet part Of the city: it is neatly and
most conveniently planned and handsomely
furnished. The two old stands--the Amcri
an and the United Statcs--on Pratt, oppc'
site the tll Depot, have been thoroughly re-
fitted and the two houses thrown into one
They have been undergoing repairs for thu
last three months and present an entirely
new appearance; indeed they have been sc
completely renova ted that they make quite {
new house. Mr.. Smith the former host o
the American has taken what hereafter viii
] be called the Notify House. Under his su