The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-09-18
atcli's, Gl!lps ono Oddities

winch PfoDaoly thcy VIII never be able to
pay.
THERE'S THE RIB. ---"Plain. faced girls
should dress plainly" remarks Miss Leslie.
Was there ever young lady who was willing
to admit that she bad plain face 2
Coop LAw.-The ancient Romans had
law, kept inviolatc, that no man should
make public feast except that he had sent
food to all the poor in his nciShborhood.
UNsouNDNEss. Crib biting in horses. has
been decided by the supreme Court of Massa-
chuSctts, in the case of Washington VS..
Cudiky. to be an evidence of unsounducss.
PRACTlCAL LITERATURE. - Mr. Rarcy S book
on horse tanning, which has been sold by the
million i'll England has been translated into
French, and $4,000 copies were Immediately
sold
a CARPENTERS BILT.-The following
bill was lately presented to farmer in
Sussex. g. 70 hanging two barn doors, and
myself seven hours, four shillings and six
pence"
He WILL Do.--Tn Lafayette. Indiana,
they have gigantic Indian on exhibition
lie is ~ years Of age. stands seven ieet seven
inches i'll his moccasins. and weighs four
hundred and eishty-seven pounds.
BANK NOTES. 1T is estimated that the
bank note circulation Ct the banks through
out the United States on the first of July,
was one hundred and fifty millions Of dollars.
resting on a specie basis Of one hundred NIL
lions.
Quality RATHER THAN QUANTIrY.-The
straits os ThermopylH were defended by
nt Iu flyua 1,,I l,,t h.,
Spartans: and, in advocating n cause we
should trust rather to the force than to the
nLmber of our arguments. rot caring how
few they be, incontroyertible.
DEATH FROM EATING MATcnEs.-A girl
three years old, daughter of Mr.. Henry,
BAKER, Of 1lalwick. Mass. died, last week.
from the effects of eating the ends of
three dozen friction matches. SaG1l cases are
becoming quite frequent, and care should be
used in the disposal Of these dangerous arti-
coS.
ONE OF THE PosTsCRIrTs. -The Boston
N"$c"m says, the following postscript to an
Irish letter may be seen at that Office -
Dear Alike-1f you dont get this letter at all.
write and Its know it, and II raise the devil
with the postmaster. An mind now we
don't pay n clint for the postage IN advance,
till yc see the litter safe from the office.
THEOLOGICAL DIsCussIoN.-Rcv Sylvanus
Cobb. one of the abest thcologians among
the univcrsallsi clergy, has invited Rev. Dr..
Nehemiah Adams to prove the ScripturalnesS
of endless punishment in the columns Of the
Christian Freeman, which Mr.. Cobb .dits.-
DR.. Adams has accepted the invitation, and
in few weeks will enter upon his work -
Mr.. Cobb will of course reply to the argu-
mcnts of Dr. Adams
DEPoRTMENT IN a RAILROAD CAR A trial
.o"k place month ago at Roucn IN France.
that affords a good precedent for Judicial ac-
ton the world over. Two fellows. pretending
to be gentlemen, were pleased 10 talk indecent.
~ III a railroad car. even after an angry re-
monsirance ola worthy farmer. who happened
to be with his daughter in an opposite seat.
lie denounced them to the public prosecutor
they were tried by the Correctional Court
the sentence passed on each was imnrison-
mcnt for two months and fine of 200
frances.
CABLE RHETORIC. The laying ofthe At
lantic cable has introduced an entirely new
set Of tropes and figures for the use of
rhetoricians. a divine in New York, a few
days ago makes the cable very servccahle in
his sermon. The following are samples of his
cable Rhetoric:
"When the suphuric acid of true repent
ance corrodcs the communicating zinc Ultimate
dcpravltv and actual sinfulness. the fervcnt
electrical force of prayeriul entreaty," &c.
Again Go to the Geographic Office of the
attoning cross" and touch the wire Of pcni-
tcntiai prayer"
REFORM IN RUSsIA.-A religious reform
has taken place in Russia. The Government
has limited the powers Of the orthorlox
Greek clergy in certain matters, and has sup.
pressed some ridiculous ceremonies winch had
been introduced into public worship, in order
to strike the imaginatio, ofthc ignorant and
supcrslitious populations 1t has also rcsol.
we'd to reduce the number IF the united Greek
| clergy, so as to have one pope tpreSt) for
| every 1000 souls, instead Of one for every 300.
Here we are reforming the other way. EX-
ternal objects and display are multiplying at
a fearful rate.
SENsE.-A rough common sense pervadcs
the following, in which there is more truth
than poetry:
Great men never swell. 1t is only three cent
individuals who are salared at the rate of two
hundred dollars year and dine on potatoes
and dried herring, who put on airs and llashy
waistcoats, swell, pull, blow, and endeayor
to give themselves "A consequential appearance.
No discriminating person can ever mistake
the spurious for the genuine article. The
difference between the two is as great us that
between bottle of vinegar and bottle of
the pure juice of the grape
THE BAPrIsTs.- Baptist Almanac for
1859 has just been issued by the American
Baptist publication Society. We gather
from it the following summary ofthe Baptiss
in the United States:
Associations sos : churches II 600: or
daincd ministers 7,l44; licentiates G25
baptised in 1857 63 ,5OG total members 623,-
1913. Besides these there arc the Anti Mis-.
sion Baptsts $4,000 and the Freewill Bap-
lists 50,3l0; and Of Disciples and other
denominations that practise immersion, bt Ut
400 900. The increase in the last ten years
has been Ia associations, ) 395 cAurchcs,
2,l9l ordained ministers, and 225 ,44S men,
bers.
CABLE SENTIMENT. The best thing we
have seen, connected with late Cable ccebra-
ton in New York, was the following SEN
timent on Waterbury Furniture Store Broad
way, viz:
Rejoice all Nations
Married On Thursday August 5th, 1858,
in the Church Of Progress at the Altar of Com
merce, the Old with the New World -may
they never be divorced.
! Born-August 10th 1858. IN the Bed of
| the Ocean of Science and ENTERPRISE. The