The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-06-10
CHARLESTOWN ITEMS.

Drought and Heat.-The principal source
of complaint now is the drought and heat.
Farmers look sullen and gloomy when med
itating on the prospect of light crops which
is inevitable if the present dry weather
shall much longer prevail.
Strawberries. strawberry season is
about drawing to close. The growers of
this delicious fruit have had a plentiful
harvest the present year. The fruit has
been large and of the best quality.
FSsAing.-Those of our citizens engaged
in gilling for shad the present season have
been quite successful in the catching of
this the most delicious of the fnny tribe.
AS general thing fishing is over for the
present season; but few continue to
make raids on the inhabitants of the deep
nightly.
improvements MIR. B. Cooling has work
men engaged in building an addition to
his dwelling. The trustees of tho NJ. E..
Church have had the fence enclosing said
church, nicely whitewashed. They have
also had set out about 80 silver naples, in
the square of ground fronting the Church,
which, in the course of few years, will
give shade, where doubtless there will be
many pleasant hours spent by the coming
generation of Charlestown.
Purchase Of Land.-Mr. George Shelton,
of this place, has purchased from Mr.. Jas.
Nicholson, of Havre de Grace, a lot of
ground, situated in this town, for the sum
of $40. Mr.. Shelton has the material Oh
the lot preparatory to building house.
Church Afans.-The first Quarterly
Conference, of the Charlestown circuit, was
held in the NJ. E. Church, of this place, on
Sunday and Monday, June 4th and 9TH
Love feast Sabbath morning at 9 o'clock
after which the Rev. J. d. Kemp, Pastor
in charge of the Charlestown circuit,
preached very interesting and able ser
mon taking for his text, the list Epistle
General of John, 3rd chap. and list verse.
In the evening Rev. j. ID. Curtis, p. E.
preached from Luke, Is: IS. Quarterly
Conference Monday morning at 0 o'clock.
Fsstiual.-In taking a walk around the
streets to see if we could find any thing
worthy of note, we dropped into the
Church, and there found quite num-
Der of ladies engaged in arranging affairs
preprtory to holding a festival on Friday
and Saturday, June 9th and 10th. The
lecture room of the Church, at the time OF
our call-and they were not near done
fixing-prcsented a beautiful appearance.
1t is being tastefully decorated with the
National flag, and profusion of evergreens
and flowers, and We are satisfied that any
who may visit Charlestown on the occasion
of the festival, will leave with the impress.
sion that the ladies connected with the
affair, arc at least ladies of taste.
Suindle.-One of our most worthy citi-
zens is somewhat alarmed, fearing that he
has been swindlcd out of forty dollars
The nature of the case is this, on the 21st
day of March last, a man hailing from
Plainfeld, Connecticut, and signing his
name 0. S. Robinson, came into his shop,
protesting to be an agent of or one of the
firm of Robinson & Fowler, for selling cast
iron land rollers and carrying with him a
model roller. A bargain was entered into
between the party and the "agent," agree.
ing to send him four rollers to sell on com.
mission, taking his note for forty dollars
the price of one oller,-representinig this
as his usual way of doing business. The
swindler gave his written obligation that
Gin case the rollers should not be sold, the
note should be null and void, and the roll
ers removed without expense" The note
is not drawn in the manner in which nego
table paper usually is, but rascal may
make it negotiable. The query is, how
many more in the county have been swim
died by the same party.