The Cecil Whig., 1870-08-06
Squibs. s.-Cooler.
On 4 strike-The sun.

MCNcal 'lCE. is S(n)0.
Domestic squalls-Crying babies.
Familiar again." Going Camp?'
Peaches are demanding high prices.
Base ball is on the increase in Elkton.
A quick trip-A trip on an orange peal.
Chickens continue to be scarce and high.
Old and young complain of prckly hoat.
The best time to advertise-All the
time.
Sickness is on the increase in this COM
munity.
-morrow-Idle men work and fools
reform.
A curiosity-The woman who is attached !
to an old hat.
The whisky duty-Help yourself and
pass the bottle.
A horse chews hay best when he has not
a bit in his mouth.
The livery men seem to be doing good
business at present.
The Elkton Building Association meets
next Saturday night
The census-takers arc unearthng great
many coolest Inhabitants
The Sheriff has been kept busy of late
The old Jail is filling up rapidly.
When you go boat riding, be sure you
take up the anchor before you start.
There have been an unusually large mum
Der Of " trampers in town this week.
Elkton has no daily paper, but we have
a woman who issues daily the gossip of the
town.
If you have scolding wife trust to time;
old age may bring you the blessing Of
deafness.
One of our clothing dealers informs us
that the trade in overcoats was never duller
than at present.
Considering how every body wants to go to
hoo van II 10 rathar odd thot uraot ,i,opv
are slow in preparing.
Our Devil thinks marriage must be favor
able to longevity; an old maid never lives
to be more than thirty.
Mrs. S. Drew Thomas will open her
school for the instruction of young chill
dren the 1st of September.
Read thrilling Indian tales, murders, etc.,
this warm weather, if they have tendency
to make your blood run cold.
Quite number of Elktenians are attend
ing the camp, at Moore's woods, near Glas-
gov. A few have taken tents.
Everything is considered pretty and
stylish that is in fashion, no matter how
odd, ugly or ridiculous it may be.
Little parties, numbering from four to
twenty, 60 down the river nearly every day
on fishing and grabbing excursions.
1t is a singular fact that some men in
this vicinity drink so much whisky that
they have to be "bailed out of Jail.
Query-How many single ladies in Cecil
county acknowledged to the census-takers
that they were more than twenty-five years
old?
what mas become OF the good custom
adopted by the merchants and clerks, some
time since, in regard to closing the stores
tat 8 o'clock?
This warm weather has the effect to-
make our streets look empty. The ladies
keep shady and men run about as little
as possible.
1t Will cost SIX cents head to take the
census. DIX cents mead 1oots up to
ven, great deal more than we ever expect
to nave on hand.
Harvest Is over, and our farmers can now
ENJOY snort season OF rest. NO class OF
the community oetter deserve, and have
more larry earned IT,.
An unDfeii' WIS seC OH nre ny tne sun s
rays III Albany, as 1t was being borne on a
wagon. IL appears that 1t has been nearly
as not IN Albany as mere.
| ltlssilgulafho" plous new ciothes make
I5feonle. M For z whole month after the
alnrol +hraa +;raS y da,, 'ie' "'i' "'
N,,;to nL ;,
$1,000 70 ba,a ,,,ot ,r;t,, nnn IN
MonSou ,,nr,,;,a. Iost W. so4 iuoA vi
th;mm ';,,S',ai ne;, @v ~, j., "a to .nei' "'y-
thlmS unusual gong on IN town?
an ano +Ie a o"mn+rm %o oas nonS a.ieeU,ngs a. an
;t oatL .ne EotIer1onS % ,eAR,vsS,ng R"t sympathy
WIN Fatneriaha' @ but what mas mo-
theriahd done that they nave no sympathy
tor her?
An exchange says tnat the smoke OF q
lighted match OF tne lumes OF burning sui,
phur will remove at once the stains OF
small irult IRON tne hhgefs OF garment Of
th0se handlins tnem. ,,
Two young gen!lemen, whiie down the
creek, the other evening saw snapper
mead on the surface OF the Water' ana they
nave been trying TO snap that snapper
ever since. 10 ior MN 49,.
Our farmers Sh0uld pear III nina TINS