The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20


ages that would accrue to our town and sur
rounding country, from an established market.
But the first steps toward that coveted bene.
fit appear to be looked upon as wide gulf
very difficult to cross. Every one who ut.
tempts to discuss the matter, begins and
house, and evincing general despair OF at
tanning that institution. That vast amount
of marketing in the adjacent country goes
to waste, and that the town is but nditfer
emily supplied in that line, is admitted on
all sides; and that a large quantity is taken
to Wilmington for sale, which would be dis
posed of in Elkton il there was q regular
market established here, is notorious fact.
Every article which is hauled to Wilmington
from our own neghborhood in quest of 8
market, might, and generally would, be sold
at home, if the facilities were offered which
are always supplied by an open market, be.
sides vast amount Of summer produce
which annually perishes for the want Of
means to bring producer and purchaser to-
gether.
Now it has always struck US that the mere
matter of a market house is the smallest and
most insignificant part Of market. The
building seems mere nucleus, in the neigh
borhood Of which people gather to dispose
of their varied commodities. Go to vii,
mington, or any city where regular markets
are held on set days of the week, and you
will find wagons backed up along the street
adjacent to the market house, extending for
squares. These people who drive miles to
sell their produce have no need for market
house. They merely assemble at certain
designated spot on specified days with what.
ever they have for sale, and the citizens and
traders knowing that such meeting will take
place at those specified periods go prepared
to purchase whatever they need Of necessa.
ries for housekeeping. Now does ii not
strike every one that the long shed into which
iron hooks are driven, and in which are
placed butcher blocks, is the most insignif.
cant part of market, and especially so for
country town. A market shed might be
dispensed with entirely in such town as
Elkton, and very excellent market eStab.
lished, which would be Of great convenience
to our surrounding agricultural population
and townspeople, and source of much profit
to both The produce that is hauled from
this section of country to Wilmington, if
sold in our midst, would add much to the
trade Of the place. The dry goods, sugars,
coffee, tea, salt, &C., which are purchased
elsewhere would be bought of our mer
chants and by having large and constantly
increasing demand for dry goods and groce.
ries, they would be enabled to extend
their purchases, and hence lower rate
of prices, which always results from extern
sive sales and constantly augmenting traf
ic, would be the sure fruits of an established
and well regulated market in our town.
In a future artihle we propose to point out
the mode by which q we'll organized market
might be established in Elkton; and once
established, it would be source of steadily
augmentng profit to the town and very
large scope of surrounding country.
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE School COMMIs
sIoNERs. The Board was in session on the
18th instant, and the principal business
transacted was the passage of accounts
The following tuition bills were passed. For
the First District bills to the amount of
S1,2lS.04; for the Second, 1852. Is; for
the Third, $949.47; for the Fourth, 1871.
80; and for the Fifth, $09497. The account
OF the Second District is not complete, as
given in the above, there being some bills
yet to render to the Secretary. OF inciden.
tai expenses there were S4l4.0s.
Miss johanna Egan passed an examina.
ton, and was appointed to the Normal
School.
The Board also appropriated 5000, or that
portion Of the school fund derived from the
taxable properly owned by colored people
in the county, for the purpose Of aiding in
the erection Of school house in Elkton for
the use of colored children. This appro.
priaton was made in obedience to the pres
ent school law, which sets apart that portion
Of the school tax derived from property
owned by colored persons for the purposes
Of the education of their children. The
amount thus appropriated is the accumua
ton Of the fund from the above. named
source since tho present school law went
into operation, about two years. How many
! thousands of dollars have these people paid
into the treasury, which has been expend.
ed IL educate white children, and of
which they received not one cent? The
present appropriation is the first and only
money from this source that these people
have had appropriated for their use. The
mills Of the gods grind slow, but they grind
very fine. The injustice and wrong that
has been inflicted on the colored race so
long is likely to- be pulverized at last.
RAILROAD AccoMMoDATIoN.-T through
freight which leaves Wilmington at 7.s5 PM,
for Baltimore has now passenger car at.
tached which stops at all intermediate sta
tons between Wilmington and Havre de
Grace. Passengers leaving Philadelphia
in the O'Clock accomm odaton train arrive
in Wilmington in time to take the freight
By this arrangement, persons leaving Elk.
ton, in the 9.45 AM. train have six hours in
the city.
WOODS ON FlRE.--On Wednesday evening