The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-09-12


in Cecil county, Elkton.
"A lad, named Woodrow, attempted to
ride on the 9:45 train as it approached the
Depot here, on Tuesday last, and missing
the step fell between the cars, but fortu-
nately succeeded in holding on to the rail-
ing till the cars stopped. 1t was narrow
escape from most shocking death. And
to add to the poor fellows fright, after the
train halted, the conductor talked very
savagely of Edwardsing him. This
should be warning to the boys who are
in the habit of jumping on and off the
moving cars.
On Thursday last, DR.. Mitchell recev-
cred his borse, stolen from the pasture field
about year ago. The animal was found
at Cape May. The horse had changed
hands two or three times since the thief
parted with him. The bride and saddle,
taken with the horse, were also recovered.
The thief was colored man who W orked
on the Dr.. farm, and who was arrested a
short time ago for stealing horse belong
ing to DR.. Skinner of Delaware.
The windows of stained glass have
been put into the Presbyterian Church,
which are very gorgeous and fine. Several
of them are memorial windows; the large
window in front of the church being dedi-
Gated to the memory of the late Col. John
C. Groome, by his daughter Mrs. Black.
A few finishing touches remain to be put
on the building, when it will have been
completed, and will be formally dedicated
and opened for the Presbytery, which will
meet on 22d instant.
The Oxford Press says: "The wheat
fields sown in the latter part of August are
now quite green and flourishing looking.
A few of our farmers make it point to
SOW before the first of September. They
generally have success at harvest time.
AS general rule it is best to finish this
important work before the middle of Sep
TENDER. There is little danger of damage
from the fly in the Fall, as this insect does
its most destructive work in the Spring"
Farmers like doctors differ on this import
ant question.
One of our citizens offers a reward of
$25 for the detection of the person who
broke his boat loose on Monday morning
last and secreted it. The practice of
breaking boats loose and taking them with
out the consent of the owners, is a most
disreputable one, and very prevalent in
this town. A mans horse might with the
same propriety be taken from his stable as
to break loose and carry off his boat. 1t is
high time this disreputable business of
boat stealing-or taking, at any rats-was
summarily broken up.
-" Olivia" of the Philadelphia Press,
objects to the athletic sports of rowing and
base ball. Neither of these can be turned
to any practical use ia the battle of life by
Americans, and the latter she styles most
base game. 1t spreads out the hands,
breaks and batters the fingers, deforming
and destroying the beauty and symmetry
of the hand, the most delicate and COM
plete piece of mechanism of the human
body. The tournament as an athletic and
graceful exercise is preferable, inasmuch
as riding is an art which is useful as we'll
as graceful in our American life.
Two lads, living near Elkton, took it
into their heads on Sunday evening last to
go West to kill buffalo, and for this pur-
pose got on the cars and went as far as
Baltimore, where they seem to have become
bewildered, and fell into the clutches of
the police, as a letter from the Chief of
that Department, on Thursday, informed
the father of one of the boys that they
were held subject to his orders. A friend
went after them on Thursday night
This will be warning to any other small
boys who may become infatuated by the
" Buffalo Bill - literature, that it is long
way to the haunts of the noble animal, the
buffalo, and that four dollars is rather a
small capital to start with.
-Elkton excitements are epidemic, and
her steady going habits have been suddenly
broken into by round of sensations most
unusual. On Tuesday the Convocation
ceremonies of the Episcopal Church COM
menced, which occupied the greater part
of three days. The Presbyterian congre-
cation, too, were on tiptoe, particularly
the ladies, in getting their new church
ready for the Presbytery. Then the circus
came to town on Wednesday, and the
music and the clown set all the children
and colored folks wild, and the Tourna-
ment has been racking the brains of the
Groome Guards for fortnight, and the
Tournament ball promises to be such an
elegant affair that the ladies are quite wild
over it. On Thursday the Temperance
ment among the Temperance folks had a
rise. Such a round of varieties as this
quite upsets Elkton's staid old head.
AS Tournament day next Tuesday,
approaches, the knights and squires, and
proud ladyes grow more nervous with ex-
pectation, and vibrate between hope and
lear, ana lalrly lOOSe tnelr neaQS. ne
young gallants have had their lances
couched for weeks and have been running
a muck and "tilting" at certain little
rings suspended by cord, each afternoon.
Thirty-five dollars are to be invested in
flowers to adorn the throne where the
Queen of Love and Beauty is to sit in
State, and receive the regal crown from the
hands of the champion Sir Knight. At
least this is part of the programme which
is at present discussed. 1t may be altered
in some particulars before the appointed
day. 1t was long and warmly debated
whether the Queen should be crowned on
the bloody field (metaphorically), or the
ceremony should take place at
"early candle light" in the Hall, and was
finally decided that the diadem should be
placed on her regal brows on the field of
All, how many old dynasties does
history tell us of, that have gone down in
clouds and darkness, and how many new
empires and royal lines have had their
birth or that fold