The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-09-10
SuibS.-Pleasant weather.

hands.
SuibS.-Pleasant weather.
Population of Warwick-35S.
A quiet shop "A hop toad's.
Taking people-Census officials.
Rough cast-Our streets generally.
Do you (ao0 owe for The Cecil Whtg9
The peach season is drawing to close.
| An uneasy resting place-The I" seat - o
war.
The Elkton Binding Society meets to
night.
Camp meetings are prayed out for thi:
season.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful in oul
market.
It is the chickcn-hearted men who gel
henpecked.
The trees are showing the "sere and
yellow leaf.
Blackbirds are numerous along the creek
and marshes.
Flowers are said to be abundant in this
vicinity this Fall.
The Democratic "ring" of Elkton are
emptyiDg the treasury.
Excursion parties, "down the river"
are growing less numerous.
Oysters will soon take the place of ice
cream-not in the cans.
Ought to be arrested for throwing stones
in the street<.Our Bailiff.
about town IN; tboir
dogs for the Fall shooting.
The Fall of the year, and the fall of the
French Empire appear to be twin sisters.
The bailitf is sanding the streets, prepar-
atory to scrubbing when the rain comes.
The Elkton M. Z. Sunday school held a
picnic in Merry's woods, on Thursday last.
Who puts on an overcoat in the Summer
and takes it off in the Winter Our street
members.
Our town authorities are deepening the
channel of Big Elk, below Hill, Harlan &
Cos dam.
1t is now September, and all should
remember that night air is conducive to
the "shakes."
HoggisA-Trying to excel your neighbor
in raising large hogs. Some of the pork
raisers of Elkton are doing it.
"Shingle" weddings are said to be be-
coming fashionable. They occur when the
first child is old enough to spank.
A rare mind in Elkton-Mind your own
business. A popular mind in same TOWN.
Winding everybody else's business.
Ten dollar counterfeit notes, on the
Poughkcepsie National Bank, of New
York, are said to be circulating in this
State.
The dysentery is raging in the neighbor-
hood of the Rising Sun. Several deaths
have occurred from the disease within the
last fortnight.
The news of the surrender of Napoleon
created quite an excitement in town on
Saturday evening last. Evening papers
had ready sale.
There were more drunken men, fighting,
and other disorderly conduct in town on
Friday week, than has been witnessed in
Elkton in many years.
The Sheriff has stopped persons from
"goin' in to see Harris" No person is
admitted to see the doomed man, except
ministers of the Gospel, and his relatives.
A full attendance of membrs is requested
to be present at the regular meeting of
Elkton Lodge, No. 70, I. o. of G. T., on
Monday night next, at o'clock, as bust
ness of Importance will be transacted.
Already some fellow is predicting that
the coming winter will be a hard one. We
should suppose after the miserable failure
he made of it last year, that he would have
committed suicide.
Our farmers are busy "cutting up corn"
which is great deal betterthan many sup
posed it would be. The early corn suffered
from the effects of the drouth, but the late
corn was not much injured.
Do the Town Commissioners intend leav-
ing the gutter across North Street, in front
of the Academy, as it now is? 1t endan-
gers both life and property. We have re-
Gently had evidence Of this. Let all who
meet with accidents there, sue the Commits
sionerS.
A foreign writer says that American girls
are the only women in the world who are
than one man at a time. Wrong again
as these foreign writer's invariably are
There is Anna Dickinson, for instance
and Olive Logan,-who have entertained
five hundred men at time, to say nothing
of the number of women.
Street, talk in Elkton on Friday week
"When'd yer git in?'' "What timed you
start ?" CLOVIS yer craps?" "This is a
id fraud!' Hang i'm anyhow "Let's
take sump'in?'' "Don't crowd on mer'
Where's the Jail@' Giles not go'in to
be hung9" els that report true 2"
"How'd de yer know?'' "They won't sell
me agin"' "Who hit me9'' "Let's take
him out?" eve want to see him. 81
come twenty five miles this morn'in.' 81
got the best hogs eyer was in this ere town,
haven' ellie, let's taks another drink?''
On Wednesday last, party of ladies and
gentlemen took sail down the Elk on a
pleasuring excursion. After gently skim
ming over the placid bosom of the chfystal
like stream, distracted by the grandeur of
Nature, which spread itself in a thousand
beautiful forms before them, or watching
the inhabitants of the deep, as they now
and then darted from their native element,
as if for an instant to brsath apQther at
mospherc and enjoy golden ray Of sun
shine, producing little ripple which would
swell and swell until it reached the shore
on either side-they landed on ga bank
wherC On the wild flowers grow" covered
with a soft ant, beautiful carpet af green,
whilst the trees were clothe;.. with golden
foliage, upon whose branches sat and
sweetly sang the feathered songster.-
Here, in this sequestered place. the
company spent the day. Amusement and
hi.,arity was the order Of the occasion,
and it vas one not soon to be forgotten