The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-12-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
New YEARS DAY IN THE OLD

New YEARS DAY IN THE OLD
COUNTRY AND oLDES TIMEs.-The following sketch of
New Years Day find in "Chambers Information for
the People, and is likely the majority Of readers
hive never had an opportunity rcrusc that book,
transfer the sketch to columns:
The last day of the year is called in Scotland Hog
manay, word which has fiuiticsrly exercised the wits
Of the ctymol'giss. The Scottish people. overlooking
Christmas in obedience to the bciicats Of their religious
teachers. have transferred the mcrrment Of the season
to ii ngnmnay and New Years Day. which they arcor-
DINGHY abandon TO all kinds Of fcstivy Ha,cl Mon-
day the first Monday of the year, is also occasion
Of "<tNity. On o2uauy. the children in small towns
pcranbulatc among the ncigibors of the better class
crying at their doors, llugmanay. sometimes the
following rhyme:
Ii.'gnlauay, trolloay,
Giles If Your white bread and none Of your gray:
in obedience to which call they served each with
eaten cake. In the evening there merry markings.
which always prolonged to twelve O'Clock. which has no
sooner iIuck than Nil start up cxcedy and wish each
other happy new year. Small vcnturos parties take
Kettle with hot ale rnssct, called het putt and
t. the houses their friends to sl them n hanpy new
year. Whoever first, is called in that house the
First Foot and is deemed necessary on such occasions
to offer the inmates both piece of cake and sip from
w" pSsc Kettle otherwise they wunll not he lucky
Throughout the year This is called 'Ftrstf"png'-
Next day, all people 90 about amons all other peoples
"uscS; presents are given among rolatiuiis and dinner
parties close the evening Formerly. the first Monday of
the year was also much observed a festive day. and
il was called lIandsc Monday. The Hanisel Monday.
old style is still in s,'nr rural Districts the chief feast
day Of the On the evenings of Christmas Hog
NANNY, New Years Day and 1inndscl M@nday. parties
Of young men and boys went about disguised in old shirts
and paper wizards, singing ut the various houses II
small gnerdun. The guth,rts, they were c;e also
acted rustic kind Of DRAMA in which the uivJturcs Of
two rival Knights and the fcats of ductor con
spicu'is Almost everywhere in Scotland the festive
and frucsome observances Of the New Year tide have
much declined.
ORev. George Burrows, D. D. of
San Francisco, formerly pastor of West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church has succeeded DR.. Scott in the
cditorship of The Monthly Pacific Expositor.
CLOSE OF THE QUARTER.--On Tues
day the last quarter of the Ekton Public School, for
the present year, closed with the usual examination
On account Of the in lemcncy of the weather. and other
difficulties the examination not largely attended
either by pupils or spectators former occasions.
not more than hafcf the former being present The
school will again open on Monday week. the 9th of
January Parents and guardi,Dof children should
not neglect to be provided with the enterance fee reoui
red by law and give their young protoge the advantage
Of an early commencement in the quarter.
LECTUREs.-We remind our readers
that Rev. W. II. Brisbancs lecture on Tile Symbols Of
our National Life comes off on Tuesday evening next
in the Elkton NJ. f. Church. See advertisements
Roy. j. McKendre Ecillys lecture on An Evening
with American Statesmen" will follow on Thursday
evening, January 9th next
FINE TURKEYs.-During these ho!i-
day times our streets are full of poultry
Poultry and candy are la mode about the
18th of December and lst of january
Every tamily'that can muster cash enough
to buy turkey for Christmas, is sure to
have one. And though all fowls are dis
cusscd more or less at this particular season
OF the year, each presenting some epicurean
attractions peculiar to itself, turkey stands
pre- eminent. Among the multitudes belong
ing to this family of the feathered tribe,
which have persisted to commemorate this
ancient festal day, that we have observed,
the finest and most tempting to bon rirnn,
were some brought into market by Mr.. John
p. Price. They were large, fat and tender,
possessing all those attractions which impart
to the Christmas dinner table that celebrity
to which it is so justly entitled.
In printing an extract, some two
weeks since. from letter written at Perry
Vile to the Lanras,cr Examiner and Heruld,
we neglected to correct mis- statement
which occurred therein, in reference to the
birth place Of Sheriff Cosgrove. The cor
respondent of the Herald located Mr.. Cos
groves place of nativity in Pennsylvania,
which is incorrect. He is native of Cecil
county. We make this correction by request;
but don't know that being born in Cecil
makes a man any more worthy than if he
had first seen the light in Lancaster county.
10 SUBSCRIBERS WHOSE "WHIG .
" DIpN'r CONE. We frequently have sub
scribcrs to, complain that they don't get
their Wig when all others at the same Office
are supplied. AS we always mail the pack
ages and count them carefully, we know
they are all started in the mails. The pack
ages are tightly pasted up and tied with
cord, and no single paper can be got out
without breaking the package. If any sub
scribcr whose paper has been in the habit of
not reaching him, and continues in that
same bad habit, will notify us, we will send
copy for the use of the Post Office, and then
he, perhaps, will get his paper.
The CECIL WING CALENDAR FOR
lS62.-We have incurred the necessary
trouble and expense in purchasing type and
getting up an Almanac for 1862, which we
send to each of our subscribers. They will
find this "a very convenient and useful
Calendar for pasting up in shops, counting
houses, or other places of business, and
hope none will dispose of it as waste paper,
to regret at some future day, when dates are
necessary to be consulted that The Wigs
timely hint was disregarded, and its labor
and care for the convenience of its readers
wantonly thrown away.
For The Cecil Wing.
A Noble Christmas Gift.
President FELTON,, of the Phila. Viii. Il Bait.
r. r. COmpany and Chief Agent lanes