The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-01-26
Cofol Small IoIk.
"a snappcr-up of unconsidcred tribes. ;,
The Letters OF n Day.-What o.


soci,t;ions the letters of a day my bring up in
ones memory From what distant scenes AMI
different circumstances they may come! What
stories of ;hc Past they may bring up to view
Particularly true is this of The contents of a single
mail to us within Il week. On our first page VIC
print poem from far-otfn Louisiana, and let
ter from lowI-they bo.h came in the same mail
The writer Of the first says: Il send you a little
flower pluckel from Red Rivcr soil in mid winter
and We found enclosed Il sweet, pale hyacnth..-
The writer of the letter says 1.-The thermometer
here was this morning panu.ry 9h) Is degrees
bolow zero.'' When first knew these young
men they were room mates toy :thcr ut college, and
at the time the master spiritso OF the Institution.
Now they are far arart-the one II preacher and a
poet Il poet too. whose magnitude, such, is not
to b, measured by his playful lines to pct SPUR
rely in II southern land OF bioom-the other law.
yer (ani whilom Elitor) in a harler eli me.
whose win ter nigh; wei satisfy All F. stumaux.
'ncc. no month elapsed that The Wing had not
some essay, lcttor, or poem from or the Other,
for the lawyer then wrote poems which had MS
widespread popularity us any Of their day:)-now
ii may be, they have lost each other in the world
wide expansc and will with pleasure fnI them
selves side by side Of old in the column IF The
Wing. We hope they may many times be found
together there and that each may find the reward
in Life due t" the beautiful talents they possess
Nor were those the only letters of the day; there
was one fiom an Elk:ou boy who left our little
town nineteen years ago. 10 reside on the bank of
the Mississippi, ffc would fad his native town
grown out Of his knowledge were he to return.
And other letters here were from ab,at the cutn
try near,r home-somc OF them tho containing
little VI poetry or eloqucncc may have had tribe
OF ;hat ''sinow of war and business. which is nc
mean agent in moving the press of the printer
D5"Onc Of our old legal frcnSs thus dc.
delivers himself, the which, laying violent
hands on, we print in this column -
marrying "a FUrtunc.-navc ~ care
boys how you marry for money in these days
OF legal innovations. Baron and Feme Az.
no longer the index Of dom este. relations.
but ''as good u nun as You, Sir!" is now
the unique stionahlc prcrogativc of our better
halves. by the new Code Of ..Civ Practice
ana Procedure" Il woman is made the undis-
puted mistress Of her own properly, which
at her death goes to her children, and the
poor, disconsolatc wduwcr has not even his
cnrtesy to console him for his rrcparabc
loss, bat may consider himself lucky to get a
per ccntagc for acting as guardian to his
uJc's children. Worse than all, it gives our
wives the power to devise their property to
whom they please, without once asking
''plcdsc my lord 70 Have u care then. bows,
now you marry rich wives. But it's an i'll
wind that bassws a~' one good, for while the
fortune-h hunters have all their fine schemes
thus blown sky high, poor devils are ir, no
danger Of being logged by the constable, for
the IJcn'ry which your brilc wore the day
yon were married; and Of which every body
cNcia lined, elbow well it becomes hcr!'
Mr.. Prices report has in it some funny
things about the ladies', as witness the follow
ing:
VI nc same won n who as n wife will seattle,
messy in all manner OF eXtrayaruncics rs +,
widow viii pinch and save and mend Sucking.
~ never exceed her means, be hey ever 50
Wonder how lie Grows Did he ever
play 'possnm and us the children say "ienea
ne r"s dcad' just to see how woman would
dcp"rt herself.