The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-10-17

Sunday school cause, from several churches
in Cecil county, met in the Methodist Church
of Elkton, on Tuesday, Oct. 18th, and con-
tinued together for three sessions.
Addresses in the morning were made by
Revs. Johns, Owen, Griffin, and Poulson.-
The company then dispersed to the homes
of the citizens, and were welcomed to their
we'll laden tables.
AT three o clock, the children of the Pres
byterian and Methodist schools of the place.
by invitation, were present, and sang numer-
Gus beautiful pieces, and then listened, with
manifest delight, to speeches made for their
special entertainment and instruction.
The most marked feature, was the exer-
cises on the black board, by Mr.. Wisong, of
Baltimore. He made the childrens eyes
snap with fun, by drawing very poorly a
house-which he finished up at their dicta-
ton in answer to "What more is wanted?"
The last thing was foundation. Then
he marked out rock. Under that he wrote
Christ" Then followed reading by the
children-marked passages of his selection
which related to the Rock-Christ-th
Sure Foundation, &C. There were eight
texts in all.
As each read, he would write a word or
more of their text, at the extreme right of
the black board. The words from each
text were put down under the first quotation,
forming an irregular column of eight frag-
ments.
Then Mr.. Wisong, in brief, stated a truth
lyzed by apt questionings, until every child
was alive with interest, and then wrote it
out so as to form a line ending with the
words of the first text. This was continued
until there was seen, much to the astonish-
ment of the children, eight lines of poetry
from familiar him.
These lines, the children first, and then
the congregation, all standing, united to
sing to an old fashioned tune, which, with
the cabinet organ, (under Mrs. Carrie T.
Browns hand made volume of music
rarely ever excelled in our modern church
psalmody.
The Sabbath school Teachers not present
missed an intellectual treat. Those present
agreed to have another Convention here, one
year hence, to be continued two days. We
know it will be the pleasure of our citizens
to welcome and entertain at that time, twice
the number present on this occasion.
DEATH OF AN OLD SLAvE.-On Friday Octo-
ber 3D. colored woman named Mary Wesley
died in Fulton township, Lancaster county. 1t
is supposed that she was hundred years old.
She was forme!y slave and belonged to a man
by the name of John Rollins, who lived in Not
| tingham. Cecil county, Md. Rollins, in his
WILL left her, along with all his other slaves to
his daughter Mary. In those times it was Gus
tomary, after the return of the friends from the
funeral of the deceased to call in all those inter-
esed and have the eiH read. In this instance
all the slaves were called in and arraved in line
to hear of their worldly future. When it was
announced that Mary was to belong to her
young mistress, she made such noise that the
reading of the viii! had to be dispersed WITH
Nothing would appease her short of "A promise
elscs charge; this the young mistress agreed to
do. Her objection was not so much to her
young mistress as to the man she was going
to marry. Her time was bought by Josiah
Kirk, who resided near Hilaman's Tavern
He took her to Nottingham, Chester county,
where she servel him for "a term of years. y
She was well known by many of the oldest in
llabitants of Nottingham and southern Lancas-
! ter county. For many years she has been re-
garded as a living relic of times long past.
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FOUND DEAD IN HIS NEST''-" John
Allen Of this town, found piece Of Grape tied
to his door handle. morning or two after the
ELECTION, with the above inscription pinned to it,
If ever Tie WickeIest Man. did - tall
swearing i: on that eventful morning
Suits, iHumerable, Of clothes, hats, boots, had
all been bet on the contiieu assurance OF
Tie Cecil Democrat Philadelphia Age and La
/ Crosse Democrat, and lost ; ba. aS if to add in
suit to injury, some waggsh Coprerheads had
affixed the above obituary to his door handle -
Well, as we said, lie swore, and he swore! He
swore by the " lost cause - he swore by the lost
goods; he sworc by his great expectations Of
the sEeriifality in the future; and he swore, and
! he swors
| ARREST OF A BAGGAGE MASTER. For son G
time past several robberes have feen committed
on the =. w. & B. r. X. Trunks were opened
and pilfered in the baggage cars. A Phadel-
phia Detective was employed to work up the
case, and few days ago he succeeded in detect
ing man Younger. baggage master, in the
very act of rihing trunk between here and
Philadelphia. Younger was arrested on his ar
rival at Philadelphia, and has made disclosures
to the whereabouts of the greater part of the
missing property. He has been in the employ
ofiiie company = number of years and seems
to have only eommancai his depredations re-
Gently Uilmiagton Commercial
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE-E Glacken,
| Tax Collector Of the 9TH District, ATTEMPTED
to commit suicide, on the 9th inst, by cut.
! ting across lts444omen with Gaze knife, so
( that his bowels rrotruted from the wound
. ;,I ii, of Al. r