The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-01-28
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing
Letter from North East,

NORTH EAST, Thursday, Jan. 90, 1865.
DEAR WING :-For some time have de.
sired to fulfil promise, i. e.. to notice any
thing that would interest your many readers
at Lone and abroad.
Cur village seems to make rather klcw
Progress in Improvement. The most notice
able trTture Is the building of dwellings by
thc Mccullough Iron Company in the vcn-
lty OF their works. So numerous have they
become, that IN order to designate them,
they are now being numbered. believe
the numbers have not exceeded fifty vet. ~
don't know how soon they may. This is
rather rcbuke to our ''City Fathers" who,
believe, have concluded to do nothing to
the streets or sidewalks so long as they can
be navigated by pedestrians or large wagons
without the loss of life or limb.
The railroad Company, too. have made
considerable alterations about their depot,
or rather f;ai5Sllt;ng department. Having
purchased a lot of ground of Mr.. McCul-
Tough, they have eXcavated and made much
more room for trains, as well as u double
track. They have much longer sidelng
for the convenience of freight ears to load
and unload. But their warehouse accom-
modations are altogether insufficient to ac-
commodate the business concentrating here.
For week past teams have had to wait
all day long, having no place to unload grain,
and, in some instances, have seen them
unloading corn on the ground. Were cars
| more plentiful they could avoid this incon-
venience.
Mr.. L. S. has still supreme control, and
when he wants cars smaller humanity have
to wait. This, think, does not excuse the
Company from having larger warehouse ac-
commodations.
The business of buying corn in the ear
seems to have struck the fancy of the farm-
crs in this section of the county. There has
been great rush of team" for some days,
and believe it would be much greater, were
there room to unload.
The hoop-poc trade is Unprecedented
1t is amusing to see the numerous wagons of
all descriptions vending their way to the
railroad, as though the stock in Elk Neck
were inexhaustible. Mr.. L. W. Tuchton
seems to control this trade. There is now
at the depot, awaiting transportation, large
quantity of this article, together with great
deal of hickory wood to he sent East for
mechanical purposes. 1t will require num-
Der Of cars to remove what is already here,
and the quantity of both is increasing daily.
Skating-ah look at the ponds, not as they
men entirely, but by the bellies, too, now
The fair sex performing like mountebanks
on skates to the admiration of the many by.
ISLANDERS who seem to enjoy the many ups
and downs made by the feminine performers.
Skating has got to be u tiavorite amusement
hcrcabouts.
Bat enough of this talk.
My attention is turned to very interest
ing meeting going on now at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, under the pastoral charge
of the Rev. Vim. Z. England. 1t has been
protracted since Christmas and seems to in
crease in interest daily. A good many have
Joined the church-mostly adults, although
not entirely confined to this class. A deep
Christian feeling seems to prevail through
out the community and no doubt many more
will be added to the church
OCCAsIoNAL.