The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-09-11
1tcns, 0uips ano Oddities

Nor THE INVENTION OF MaN.-Pravcr
was not invented: : 1T was born with the first
sigh. first joy, the first sorrow of the human
heart.
TOBACCO IN MINNESOTA. The experiment
Of growing tobacco in Minnesota has proved
quite successful-a hc7Yy crop being an;ici-
pated this year.
RICE CGcF.Tht tnters Of Georgia have
commenced b .veSl ( their rice. The pros
pect is iattering for an abundant yield.
CHoATE's WRITING Some writer says
that the word arould in Rufus Choalr's hand
writing resembles small gridiron struck by
lightning.
BuCHANAE SCoTcH PlrE.-At one OF the
Iron Works in the Lehigh Valley, workmen
now receive the enormous sum of GS cents
day! What glorious thing this Buchanan
Scotch Pipe Democracy isl
WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE "A writer
in the Christian Advocate and Journal SAYS
that there are at the present time between 70
and 50 clergyMen III the Chuch of England
alone who are converted Jews.
HAvlSG AN EAR TO IA barristcr, blind
of ono eye, pleading with his spectacles on,
said: Gentlemen, In my argument | shall
use nothing but what is necessary" Then
observed person in court, {" take out one
Of the glasses of your spectaces."
A Coon CHAnGER.--B Brigham Young has
presented bill Of TWO thousand dollars to
the War Department for the Use Of the churcl,
pasture for the army horses. Brigham must
belong 10 the cavalry. lie knows how to
charge.
LuTHERANs IN TIE UNITED STATES. THE
Lutheran Church in the United States mum.
bers about $4,000 communicates, 1000
congregations and LOO ministers. Its
members are found chiefly in the Middle and
Western States.
INTERESTING FACT IN NATURAL IItsToRY
1t is stated upon the authority Of those who
have heard it, that cat, when her tail is
pinched between door post utters the
novels a. e, /, o, II, with great distinctness.-
II the injury be prolonged she gives u and q
also.
THE WAYS THEY SEE 1.-THE great see
the world at one end by fiattery. the little
at the other end Ivy neglect: the meanness
which both discover is the same; but how
different, alas, arc the mediums thro which
i! is seen.
A LIBERAL RAILROAD CoMpANY.-The
Grand Trunk Railway Company OF Canada
has furnished the clergy Of all denominations
with permanent tickets, enabling them to
travel in any direction on the Grand Trunk
Line for half price.
a House WITHOUT A LoCALITY.-A Troy
paper says that the old red louse standing
near the line of the Troy and Boston Railway.
is located in two States, three counties and
four towns: the States. Of New York and
Vermont: the counties Of Rensselaer,. Wash
ington and Bennington; the towns of IIoosick,
White Creek, SALISBURY and Bennington.
South FLoR1DA.-An Alabama paper says
that some Of the sugar planters of Louisiana
are turning Their attention to that part of
South Florida from which the Indians have
been lately removed. 1t is thought that in
few years it may be made an important and
profitable sugar producing region. Perhaps
too, it is said, coffee will do we'll there.
ERYsIPELAs.-Ac correspondent of the Prov
idence Journal says that in ninty nine casas
out of every hundred, cranberries applied as
poutice will efftctually cure the crysipelas.-
There is not an instance Known where it has
failed to effect cure, when faithfully applied
or three applications generally do the work
THUNDER AND SOUR MlLK.-To person
who bad been relating many incredible stories,
Professor Engel, who was present, IN order
TO repress his mpertnence. said, g But gen.
llenen, al! this amounts to but very little,
when | can assure you that a celebrated
organst once initiated thunderstorm so
well that, for miles around, all the milk
turned sour.
REApING.-Get a habit. passion for read.
ing not by flying ION book to book, with
the squeamsh caprice ola literary epicure:
but read systematically, closely, tioughtfully,
analyzng every subject as you 60 along, and
laying it up carefully and safely in your
memory. 1t is only by this mode that your
information will be at the same time extern
slve, accurate and uscful.-UiH
BAD CoMpANf.-A skunk once challenged
lion TO single combat. The lion promptly
declined the honor Of such meeting.
How said the skunk "are YOU afiaid?"
every much so,' quoth the lion, " for you
would only gain fame by having the honor
to fight lion, while every one who met me
for month to come, would know had been
in company with skunk
A WEATHER lTEM.--The court was called
There was cloud upon the brow of the
Judge. Silence ruined. William Muligan
was hailed, but William was m,st. The
judge hundcrcd The prosecuting attorney
storned. The jurys labors hehfened, but
William Mulligan, the brave, the good, had
fed from the oppressor into the land of the
free md the home OF the bravc--New-
Jersey.
A CURE FOR NEURALGrA.--A Certain Cure
for Neuralgia IS said to he the application of
freshly grated horscradsh upon the wrists
and that it is also remedy for the toothache,
both being a nervous disease. This is
simple remedy to try. and the editor of the
Telegraph, who has had some considerable
experience in both diseases. takes it for
granted, that the afflicted will give il fair
trial.
EFFECT OF NOT TAKING THE PApERs.-
The Rockville Republican, CT, tells of man
| living near Stafford who had actually never
heard of the Atlantic Telegraph. Hearing
| the bells all ringing in Stafford. he saddled
up and rode to town post haste to see what
was the matter, and when informed that the
cable was laid, he wanted to know uhnt cable,
and said he never heard of the thing, and
couldn't understand it.
Will HE DO 1T ?-Prcsident Lopez, is Tie
chief merchant, broker, cigar-maker and
steamboat owner in his fertile dominions, and
is reputed to be worth more money than the
whole amount now in our treasury, incftas' d