The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-12-10
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wondering if any other person i'll our trim
little village, will summon up courage suf-
ticient to address you, thereby giving you
the exquisite pleasure (?) of having to
tax" one of us "no!"
Our quiet borough does not furnish items
for a neUsy letter-no wedding" has
occurred of which to make a speciality"
Cupid keeps his arrows sheathed, or
only wounds where he should kill; Death
has not visited us in this pleasant autumn
weather, bringing sorrow and mourning to
any of our happy family circles, but instead,
Gods grace has been bountifully showered
down upon many of those most highly
esteemed in our midst, during the revival
still in progress i'll one of our churches.
All is quiet and peaceful among us; no
liquor-vender "ruffles the stiffness of our
dreams,' by his communicating influence.
Our moral community, as yet, have never
felt the breath of misery from this curse,
which is running and degrading so many of
our fair sister villages, although being
of the male persuasion, whom not to deal
in personalities, l shall call "Count Bis
marck," pronources it anything but "char-
mant," because Cur village boasts not
this Zone thing, needful" to assist in
degenerating mankind. We may conclude
Count is "fondcr of his toedy than of his
wife," lin prospectus?)
Our two churches unite in the one effort
of contributing their might mot mite) to
the honor and glory Of God, and in a way
that shall best SubServe his interest.
The NJ. E. Parsonage in process Of erec-
ton, under the management of Mr.. L. o.
Cameron, is progressing rapidly, and bids
fair to do his usual taste and Judgment
much credited.
We have our prophet among us, who
prognosticates earthquakes, sees inrisib!e
comets, says 81 told you so" to the
announcement of tidal waves, volcanic
eruptions ETC., and sometimes, rejoice to
say, sadly misses the mark in our wretch
edly non-appreciative community, thereby
verifying the sentiment, that ga prophet
is not without honor, save in his own
country"
Another celebrity is our Knight of the
shears, who holds recherche oyster suppers
in his diminutive accommodations, and
who finds the chairs, stools, "elbow room, :"
&c., of his miniature saloon, after the day S
routine is over, filled with spectators, as
well as participators in euchre, old sledge,
the scores of Bills and Toms who nightly
crowd the billiard-roon in the rear of the
Continental.
Mr.. Ford's model store, need not men,
ton, It's too well sought, and widely appre-
ciated to need my feeble praise.
Last but not by any means least, come
to the educational part of my communica-
ton. We have two schools in our vicinity,
Churchside Academy with its efficient
teacher, Miss Jennie Kinser, and the Grove,
under the management of Miss Ida Cameron
assisted by Miss McVey, each eminently
successful in her different department, and
by their assiduity and attention, winning
the approval of all those interested in the
cause Of popular education. Just here
seems an apropos time for me to unburden
my mind of several ideas regarding our
school system, with which it has been
oppressed for some time. Don't think Pm
trying, in vulgar parlance, to kill two birds
with one stone, or to interfere with those who
uerc not born great, but have had greatness
thrust upon them, as our old bard Shake
speare tells us. Schools crowded with
pupils, are given to one teacher, who clings
to her situation as the one means of sup
port open to her. conscious that her reputa-
ton will suffer, from the fact that her time
and strength are neither sufficient to do
her pupils justice. Her plea for assistance
usually elicits the one response: really we
must ecogonize! Economize forsooth! In
what way? Is it economy to tone down
teachers list of incidentals, thereby taking
from her hard-earned pittance, depreciatinS
her labor, positively crushing her under
the wheels of this modern Juggernaut,
while one in little higher office, figura-
lively pulls wire and finds his already
liberal salary increased for staying at home
in pleasant and stormy weather. Verify
consistency is a jewel! A mechanic can
strike for more advantageous bargains, and
tits certainty that his employers dread
such a movement, but no such an avenue
is open to the scores of teachers who,
many of them, might fifty be ranked among
the Les Miserables of our land. Civilization,
refinement and our social elevation, demand
that the teachers should be encouraged.
Visit them in their school rooms; let them
know that their efforts are appreciated by
some few, at least, and for one, fancy the
good work will not be lost.
Winter is creeping on apace, dispelling
the hazy mist lingering so long around the
weather, reminding one forcibly of Indian
Summer, in days by-gonc.
Some one is yawning, l know, over this
stupid communication from SCOTIA.