The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-04

and express business showing decrease of
s3f SIS 45, the rents of $2,29j.G1 and mail
of Sl55.e4
On the New Castle and Frenchtown Rail
road, the passenger traffic, showed an
increase in revenue of $1l0S0 but the
freight traffic fell off $9,62S.24 and the
mail $167.1s.
IndoorS.-Grace Greenwood delivered
| her lecture, Indoors at Odd Fellows
| Hall, last Wednesday evening, to the pleas
ure, and we doubt not profit of all who
availed themselves of the opportunity of
hearing it. Mrs. Lippencot is good
! speaker, but has none of the art and tricks
of the elocutionest, which. when properly
employed, are capable of adjoining and
making pleasant most ordinary discourse.
Indoors is less regular discourse
than group of beautiful pen pictures of
domestic life, each picture complete in
itself, and touched up with that rare and
mastery skill so remarkable in all the
writings of Grace Greenwood. This part
of her lecture was full of pathetic and
tender passages, alternated by much sound
advice and amusing hits at the expense of
| frail humanity.
The lecture was principally devoted to
endeayoring to show what woman should
be, and her influence on and in the home
circle; and that g Indoors is a successful
effort in this object, we think that few who
heard it will hesitate to admit. We have
omitted speaking of the opening of the lee
ture, which was glance at the sWoman's
Rights" aspect of female affairs, which at
present is claiming so much attention in
the world. We need scarcely say that
Grace claimed all the rights and privileges
for her sex that the most aggressive of the
''strong minded clan-thc right, as she
expressed it, ofevery single woman possess
ing property to have vote in clecting the
men who make the laws governing it, and
the right for every married woman with or
without property, and the right for e0ery
other woman who wished to vote. No fair
minded man can find fault with these con-
ditions, as he would insist on similar ones
ii it were man lot to occupy the situation
that the sex do in regard to political rights.
The audience was not large, but quite
respectable i'll numbers; and respectable in
morals and intelligence none will question,
or the popular lecture would not be patron
i .ed by their presence. But the evening
was unfavorable, the walking being most
nyanra1,1a oil,
necessary for slim audience at our best
lectures; and the Committee who have
undertaken to run the course have had to
put their hands into their pockets and
defray very nearly the entire expense of
the course. The very best lecturers in the
country have been engaged, and as fine a
course provided for Elkton, this winter, as
any of the cities can boast, but the public
have not given the enterprise their cordial
support. This perhaps was unreasonable
to expect. Our town is comparatively
small, money is VIGOROUSLY scarce, and we
have twelve grog shops to support. They
are home necessities. On their maintenance
depends the future we'll being of the sons
anu o''uS hteiS VIM aie W occupy INC StdSe
of life few years hence. If they are
instructed in the beauties, the duties, and
prophecies of life and the home circle it
might prove detrimental to the darling
domestic institution which is protected and
fostered by the broad aegis of the State
and public opinion. Elkton is too small a
place these dull times to support twelve
crop shops and Star Course of lectures,
and the latter must of course go to the
wall.