The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-10-09
1tc',ls, Ouips ono O0oitirs

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The HICrr OF TMPrDENcE- Taking shelter
from shower in an umbrella shop, is the
! hight Of imprudencc.
! GoING IT DEAD HEAD. THAT was n
bright idea of the Iardshcl preacher, who
when discoursing OF Daniel in the den Of lions
said There he sat all the night, looking at
the show for nothng-didn't cost HIM
| cent ~
JUST So.-Aftcr Robinson Crusoe had been
reduced in flesh, upon the island he fell
into deep meditation and Mncird himself
monarch 1t was not all imagination, either,
Tor he was then, indeed, Min-kine (thinkng).
PATS DESCRIPTION or a FDDLE.-Paddv.
description of fiddle cannot be beat :-..It
was the shape of a turkey, and the size of
goose: he turned it over on its back and
rubbed its belly with stick and och !! St.
Patrick how it did squcal !'
TIE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH NOWHERE
The rate of travel of the Comet is computed
to be so, 600 miles per hour, at which rate
the distance between Boston and San Francis
co round Cape Horn, 10000 mles) would be
ACCOMPLISHED in four minutes or between
New York and Liverpool in one minute and
six seconds. Fast people, those who live in
the comet.
TIE FORENSIC GIVE. '-Barrstcrs have a
ludlcrous habit Of identifying themselves with
Their clients by speaking in the plural number.
g. Gentleman of the jury said lumnary of
| the Western circuit. " at the moment the
policeman says he saw us in the tap, | will
prove that we Were locked up in the station-
house, in state of intoxication."
THE WAY TIE MONEY GoEs The
cost of a thirtcen-inch shell, as it flies through
the air, is two pounds ten shilllngs sterling.
At each explosion there goes two guneas,
bang The estimated cost of firing thirty.
SlX'lnch bomb is nearly thirty pounds
These figures afford some idea Of the shel.
ling out " which is nccesstatcd by warfare.
QUEEN Isabella IN a Coal PlT.-IIer
Majesty of Spain recently insisted upon enter
ing coal pit, and was followed by her
cculters. She proceeded about three hundred
yards, partly under the sea, and there marked
her initials with a tallow candle, OH a rock
The Director had permission to mark the
event 10y placing stone on the spot. This
feat is chroniclld as wonderful piece of
bravery.
MAMMOTH STUMp.-Blshop Scott who has
recently been travelling in California, writes
to the Christian Advocate and Journal, an
interesting account Of his trip to the Mann
moth Tree Grove in Calavcras county. lie
says among other things that a semeweekly
paper, entitled the Big Tree Bulletin and
Murphy's Advertiser" is cdie,! and printed
on the stump of what is called the big tree,
though it is not 10y any means the largest
tree in the grove.
TIE Old SPEAKERS DEsK.-Workmen
still continue the operation of tearing away
the Speakers desk from the old House of
Representatives at Washington, and the lob
seems to be one of some labor. Some portions
of the work aboat the base can only be re-
moved by being torn away by pieccmeal but
the largest and most valuable part oft will
be removed with but little damage. The
cost OF erectinS this desk was five thousand
dollars.
AN OLD IIoRsE.--The Royal Morgan, well
known as the steel or cream horse is 81
years old. lie is owned by John Gregory
Of Mortified, Vt, who has declared his
intention to exhibit the old veteran in harness
at the State Fair TO be held in Burlington, Vt,
next month. He eats no hay but subsists
chiefly on meal oats, shorts, potatoes, SC.
and appears in d thriving condition. His
step is still quick and nervous, and he trots as
square as ever.
\ New DoDGE.-A Yankee in Kansas
occupying an old wagon by the road side,
was discovered short time since securing an
old gunbairel. On being asked what he in
tended to do with it, he replied that be was
fixing up to go into the liquor business, and
to avoid the law was going to make use of
this tube instead Of glasses, thereby making
it appear that he was selling liquor by the
barrel. The fellow is doing a thriving bust
ness. A great many persons have been
g shot i'll the neck by the novel contri-
| vance.
DoN'T LIKE TIE " BrcKErEs. '-Parson
Brownlow has not enjoyed himself at the
North. On his way home he stopped at Gin
cinnati, Of which town lie speaks disrespect.
fully:
at is city of great wealth, trade and CON-
merco but it is fast city and as corrupt as
the devil could wish it. tits full of rascals,
swinders and bogus stock dealers. Even
the bcggars are thieves and imposters The
streets are full of them. In soliciting char.
ties, IN creating houses Of worship, building
orphan assylums, or whatever this mixed
population go at, thief and impostcr stick
out"