The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-01-26
ICorrespon lence of The Cecil Wing
A Sketch of DOStowIf and suburbs.
BY M;.ACDEFP,

BY MACDCFP.
The name o! Dog Town (it Is not sobri-
qiIet. arose from the following incident in its
history. 1t has been, and W i'll ever he. hand
cd down from sire to sob. from SeasrStion to
generation to postcriiy forever.
In years gone by. there resided in this dis
trict jolly. rnhlcund, humorous Tax Collcc.
| tor. who was an original in his peculiar way.
and who in his tour of col ecling, came into
our town, then in ,mbryo. AS he stop.
ped at each dwelling ~ ship in the the town,
he was bcSet, on al sides. hy from two to
half dozen dogs, each making extraordinary
elDrts to bite our worthy Collector Of Taxes:
he managing, in the interim. to avoid being
bitten until the proprietor should appear ard
- call OH the dog" from the dire attack
upon, his mr'st worshipfull Colh c,orship.
As soon as he got clear of the embargo
laid upon hun by M"ngrel, puppy. whclp
| and hound. and cur Of low degree =" he jpuuir.
cd the name Of the place Being answered
that II had no name. then. said he, III
name II Tor you the name is Dnstown."
On and after that ever to be remembered
period Our place has gone by the euphonious
Having thus given you the origin of its
mare well proceed to give Your readers the
boundaries Of our towr.. Bpstown is hound.
ed on the North. by the Central Rail Road !;
East by Brckley town; S,u,h by Herring
Frog-Swamp. and West, hy Corner kerch !"
You can see with the most usual glance
that our geographical position is not a very
delectahle one ut the present juncture. owing
to the fact that it lies immediately South Of
Mason and Uxoas ihe.'
! Why, Mr.. Editor. we heard the Lord
Mayor of our town say that he didn't in.
tend to plant corn next spring" Why g
we dcmurely asked. " Because" said lie q"
do not wish to have my growing corr tramp.
lrd down BY the contenlng armies of the
North and South ie Gods, and little
fishes thought We: can this he tine that
our beautiful town viii be laid waste by the
deSolatins hand of civil war! But. thanks
to our lucky Star! our town boasts of her
fighting men, as well as beautiful bellies. -
With the former we defy all aggression with
the latter, ito our ci,izcns,) with their be.
wltching ways we may we'll exclaim g. Law
on Macduff, and d he he who first
cries hold. enough - Where. then would be
the enemy. Echo answers. no. ui.ur!
The situation of our town is hcautifnl
one, -commanding view Of the surrounding
country for many miles. There are a NUN.
her of fine dwellings; School House Shops
&c The inhabitants are noted for their hos.
pitality, urbanity and benevolence. To the
stranger and friend the - latch string :" ever
| hangs out,
Fox and coon hunting is the prevailing
mania here Hence, every citizen and sub.
urban keeps his hounds and coon dogs; and,
IN the proper season. the woods valleys, hills
AMI plains resonnd with the deep baying of
the hounds, and the yelp Of the coon dog
when it has - freed a coon." Here, too. is
the debating school, which may send forth
at no distant day, a Henry or Clay: not.
wlthStandlng one of our suburban friends did
say that. - il all the dcbatcrs who attend the
debating school should shuttle off this NOR.
tai coil all the wisdom of Dugtown would
not die with them Our little dark eyed
friend says, tina when any one tries to be
witty at the expense of our cliZ"ns, he
should not steal the thunder of the honorable
Alexander"
As in,imatcd before, onr town is famed for
its beautiful ladies', and ifn were no, for the
"pcsky dogs" which here abosnd. our
streets would he crowded with masculine
pedestrians, and Jenny Lind parties would
become as familiar as household words. If
we were only single parsonage, we might
lay seige to the heart of a----.P sllaw !.
Mr.. Editor. we were near committing ourSelf.
We forgot that leap year had passed away,
and that we do not stand any chance for the
mex: four years. However. our matrimonial
day has arrived, and We have launched our
bark on the Sea Of matrimony: so what we
have said about leap year is a Il fudge.
If we had good pen to aid us. We might
tell you how many tradrsnen we have
among us: how our girls are the centre of
attraction how il, has become fashionable to
carry the ladies' to Church on horseback, sit.
ting, or pcrched behind masculine: how
rabbit hunting on horseback has been adopt
ed by cqnestrians in a village not Thousand
miles from Dogtown; how they missed
catching the rabbit by the little animal
striking Decline" to a huge swamp.
thereby outwitting the hunters how there
are many wise.acres hcreabouts, and at the
= Sun ' who think they know who Mac.
dull is, but who are guessing the wrong
individual each time; how they should get
up before the Sun" and guess again, and
when they do so please to be so kind as to
change the gender: then they may find out
it is M'ss " Macduif," instead of a Mister
| MACpUFF.