The Cecil Whig., 1857-04-04
Correspondence of TIE Csail Yhig
LITTLE SHoP, BACK IN TIE WOODS"
March 2Oth. 1857.

March 10Th, 1897.
MR EplroR Unlike Noah" | was not
shoe ca, 10 have a lelly made to my letter,
although it did not cover three columns Of
The Wing, to say nothing Of know not how
many EXTRAS but WAS tota,Ty unnrcpared
to hear. that he had attached hin self to the
person of 'Slr Hudibras," as his page and
faithful follower Yeu must make some al.
lowancc for me Mr.. Editor, it is not probable
that >an make reply to the annlhlaEing
!. cftusions of my "ps.c," as have 10 poc'icai
,rorhs to give Inc half of my letter no per s,,n
to write the other half for me, ,ry "shop is
back in the woods. :" and have not m,rc
than three lightning rods to my house.
have made it rule among IN, followers,
that they must never be ashamed of their oc-
cupation: Low my page does not want to
acknowledge that he came down the raging
canal, V in Noah's ark, during the flood he
did Try Ar. Editor to land it un its destined
place, which was Mt. Aralat, but a sudden
Squall ayoss which swept his mastS by the
board. stove in his bpTy AMI stern and finally
run her ashore Dear CarSons Point, the cap
tain barely ,scapcT with his life. Two weeks
afterwards, so,ne Of the freight drifted ashore,
in a somewhat damaged condition: it consist
ed Of copy Of Buffers Poems, Containing
the life of Sir lludibras set 0! Fairbanks
scales. some choice cxpresSi ons. and II Per
Sonal Narrative" of the tlclugc. which HIS
since been published in The Cecil Whig. =
We learn that the wreck, (Which somewhat
rcsembed a span of Port Bridge, has since
been sold for the sum of $75 whether at
Sh,litf's Sale or not am unable to say.
Noah says do not know HIM, or would
not accuse him Of petty abuse" be that as
1t may, ii is not necessary to know mans
name always. his character is tuld by his
actions" Oh no ! he is very circumspcct, he
don't Use personalities, he did not USE any
names i'll his first letter from ''Nazere:h," he
d,n't use any petty abuse" especially in
the last linc Of hrs last letter.
lie wishes to cxculpa,e that degraded
Nazareth" from disgrace; why did he report
such an expression frcm one of lis best ond
most worthy e''iosnx, TLen follow it up by
the association that ninc-tcnths of those who
were i'll liquor that day were ha bltual drink
erS" y t,mpora. 9 mor-s.
Inevcr knew until lately that the Pcruv-
an Government had taken Port DEPOSIT undrr
its notice, recommend to President buch-
anan. the nomination Of her distinguished
survivor, to that government as Envoy En-
traordinary and Minister Penipotcntiary, to
enquire what price Guano shall be sold at,
i'll the city Of Port Deposit.
As must have some Poetry" in my
cpisllc suppose to I've in the fashion, have
fortnHatcty found an ODD book Of BALLADS on
the top shelf Of my little shop" and after
brushing off something less than two inches
Of dust, | find that the first line reads thus:
Il wasn't born in the woods to be scared
by an owl" and after transcrhlng that let it
return to its place of dust, to remain until
again called out by the demand for a quota
ton.
If "Nosll" stiA desires 10 serve as nay
page" I've msst attend on the FIRST day Of
the 'Garnival," TO be invested with the in
sigma of knighthood, consisting of Il wooden
sword and paper cap. and receive his com
mission as the page" and confidential SER
want Of SIR IIrplBRAS.