The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-09-17

1t is said that the apple crop, this year.
is very large.
The protracted drought prevents blowing
for Fall grain.
Our country friends are enjoying peach
and apple bearings.
Wild pigeons are plentiful in some sec.
tions of this county.
A great many people are getting in theil
winter supply of coal.
All our schools are now in operation,
and we are truly glad of it,
A fact-That the street. lamps-or some
of them-have been washed.
The shady side of the street is not so at,
tractive rs it was a month ago.
The September term of Circuit Court for
Cecil county commences OH Monday next.
The fast drivers through our streets
should receive the attention of our Bailitf.
Our friends will confer a favor upon us
by sending in all the items of interest from
their neighborhoods.
During the past few weeks the dust has
been almost intolerable Very little rain
has visited this section this Summer.
"There's small choice in rotten apples. -
-SAaspeare. Would he not have said the
same about Democratic nominations?
| Blackbirds are in perfection. They bring
up memories of Mother Goose, and the
"Four-and-twcnty blackbirds baked in a
pie"
Mr.. Benjamin c. Biddle, of Pivot Bridge,
introduces to the public through our col
umns to-day, the famous Patent Ivory Eye
Cups.
Who were they-Those drunken parties
who were running their horses up North
street and the Newark road, on Tuesday
evening last.
| A tournament " is to held at Bel Air
on the a2d inst. We suggest that the he'll
NETS be made of paper of an ancient and
we'll known pattern.
The boys about town are every day TAX
ing surveys of that lake OH High street,
and are anticipating grand time skating
there-when ice comes.
Since the Jail wall has been torn down,
the Sheriff has procured "night gnard'
to keep Harris safe. Crowds gatherin the
yard and converse with the culprit through
his cell window.
The census takers throughout the county
would confer very great favor on the pub
lie and the county, if they would make
synopsis of their work for publication, SIM
liar to that published in this issue, prepared
by Mr.. Kimble.
Steel & jackson, of Rock Run, renew
their advertisement of new Store Goods
this week. They know the utility Of intro
ducing to the public through the best
medium in Cecil county, articles of prime
value, such as their new goods.
The mornings and evenings have been
exceedingly cool the past week. Prone
nading is not so fashionable; and lovers
now "move in ~ from the door-steps and
porches quite early in the evenings, and
many dim lights are visible through partly
closed blinds.
While Mr.. Chas. McAteer, Porter and
Ale dealer of this town, was driving be-
tween here and Chesapeake City, ON Mon
day last, some part of the wagon tongue
broke very suddenly, causing his horses to
run. He succeeded in stopping them, how
ever, before any serious damage was done.
Should be dispersed-The crowd that
gathers nightly, and more especially on
Saturday evenings, on the Court House
Yard, and at the junction of North and
Main Street, there they smoke and chew
tobacco, using the pavement for spittoon.
Charity-Some time since, when great
many people were visiting Harris, who was
to have been hung on the End inst, but
was respited, he was soliciting money from
his visitors for the purpose of sending
counsel to wait on the Governor, when a
certain tendcr-hearted ~ individual gave
him a counterfeit fifty cent note!
"The sooner what n man lives, the
longer he finds every day out - and we
saw, the other night, when nearly all the
Inhabitants of the town were in "That
lovely Land of Dreams" a young man, on
Main street, vainly attempting to milk n
COW HIS musical voice filled the air with
$50, Dos so, Dos - but all to no avail
"Where'd you git it ?''-not the COW.
An exchange says: "Look out for
frostr' We generally do look out for it.
1t is said that large bonnets, with capes
sensible renewals-are again coming into
fashion.
Every one who can, cans fruit now
those who cannot can in cans, can can
in jars.
Never purchase love or friendship by
gifts; when thus obtained, they are lost as
soon as you stop payment.
For gentlemen only-The most fashiona-
bic materials for autumn undercoats are
ribbed diagonals, straight ribs, and honey
comb pattern cloths.
1t is reported that the Fall fashion for
ladies' hats will be funnel-shaped an
rangement, with the small end behind
| The idea, it is understood, came from
China
Up to Saturday, Sd inst, it appears from
the railroad officials, that the number Of
peaches shipped to New York, was 70 per
cent. of the number shipped last year up to
the same date.
When Brigham Young gets sick, it is an
affecting sight to see his numerous wives
gather around his bedside. 1t is necessary
to place his bed in a two acre field, so that
all of them can gather around.
| Women require more sleep than men,
and farmers less than those engaged in any
other occupation. Editors, reporters,
printers and telegraph operators need not
sleep at all. Lawyers can sleep as much as
they choose-it will keep them out of mis-
chief
Here is the best joke a Democratic paper
ever got off: The world has had it's iron
age, its golden age, and its age of bronze.
Radicalism has made the present an age of
steal" This is "good JOKE" when we
remember that the Democratic party left
nothing to steal.
The requiem of Summer dead and gone,
is heard in the signing winds, in the rust
ling leaves; seen in the dying roses and the