The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-22
Our Outside Reporter. =.

What beautiful "spoony" nights.
Law business is unusually dull in these
parts.
Some very fine crabs have been in mar
ket this week.
Vic. Bennett keeps the celebrated Z" La
beradore' herring
Only another name for fellows fist
Running against door.
-Watcrmelons and cantaloupes are
cheap and plenty. Peaches are very in
ferior, scarce and dear.
Thursday was one of the days Shake
speare would call ga hot, malicious day."
Paper collars, ice water, and-suffered ter
ribly.
Several gentlemen of Elkton accom-
panied the excursion from Wilmington to
New York and up the Hudson, on Thurs
day last.
There was game of base ball played
at Chesapeake City on Thursday last, be-
tween the Elkton and Cecilton mines, and
resulted Elkton %; Cecilton 10.
Song of the Groome Guards" want
to be an officer, and with the officers
stand,' the day Of the Tournament-and
then I'll have no guard duty to do.
1t is said that the reason there are so
many burglaries in Elkton and vicinity is
because fellow las to ego through :"
from six to twelve houses before he can
get money enough to pay his railroad fare
out of town.
We saw stock of corn at the Howard
House on Tuesday last, grown on the farm
of MIR. Lyle, at " Big WEIGH Point" which
measured 10 feet and 8 inches, and con-
tanned two massive ears. Who can beat it ?
Trot out your tall corn, Mr.. Granger.
-"The whole world stands aghast at
Tilton's tale," says the St. Louis Globe;
but a contemplative gentleman of Little
Elk, who has given the subject much
study, sadly remarks that he was always
under the impression that it was Beecher's.
The dog "Brandy," the property of
Mr.. VIM. Jones, that was reported to have
been bitten by the mad dog last week, and
mysteriously disappeared, was found in
Mr.. Walmsley's garden on Wednesday,
"stone dead" the victim of misplaced con-
tidence or shotgun.
Our former townsman, Mr.. Ed. Gil
mour, was in town on Wednesday last
Ned went to Newark, Del, about year
since, and few moonlight strolls, "and
sich,' sealed his fate, consequently Newark
now claims him as one of her citizens
but she couldn't claim better fellow.
Why don't the Town Commissioners
have the pavement fixed and the weeds cut
down on Bow street, along the FELTON,
House yard. That is portion of the
street that is not only much travelled by our
own citizens, but necessarily by all stran-
gers, and it is now in shameful condition.
Those who visit the drug store of A.
w. Mitchell, Esq, can see couple of
twigs cut from an apple tree belonging to
John L. Smith, Esq, one of which, meas
uring 10 inches, contains 80 apples, and the
other, measuring inches, contains 90
apples. And it CANT very good year for
apples, either"
"A certain young man in town visited
North East, on Thursday evening last, an
pleasant moonlight promenade
with his " future happiness" but arrived
just in time to see her get into carriage
and go off to camp with another gentleman.
MANS inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn"
We overheard an old lady remark,
upon passing a certain house in town, the
other evening, 81 say there amt no one
sick in this here house or nothin' is there
l seen light burnin' nigh onto o'clock
last night, but don't smell no campfire
nor nothin' round" We suspect some
young man was counting into the "we sma
hours
We were somewhat amused the other
day to see an old up country Granger enter
the popular restaurant of Harry Bennett,
and, after eating half a dozen large hard
shell crabs, claws and all, exclaim, with a
dignified air, 81 wouldn't give chaw ter
hacker for bushel O. them ere kind O
clans A Teller can't find the stufin' ~
There was long-necked bottle sitting be-
side him, and then came sound like the
gurgling of waters.
We are already in the last month of
Summer, and the cool evenings and morn
ings begin to remind us that soon the
Autumn will be here. Summer is going,
and ere long the bright flowers will fade
and the melancholy music of the falling of
the "sere and yellow leaf" will salute our
ears. The Summer is going, and in thy
breast o brother traveller in this life. way,
will arise the question, "What hast thou
done?" Hast thou done thy might to
make the law Of universal love prevalent?
This question aoiW ariss-see to it that you
will be able to answer.
Capt. NJ. L. Really and Admiral Biles
left Elkton, on Thursday morning last, at
seven o'clock sharp, for Baltimore in the
small 14-foot cunning skiff, "Birdie,"
belonging to Capt. Really. There was a
good deal of speculation in town during the
day as to the probable result of their ad-
venture, some being charitable enough to
say that a committee of crabs would de.
termine whether or not they were "tender
hearted" gentlemen. But on the same
evening Harry Bennett received the follow
lowing telegram
Baltimore, Aug. 90, 1874
Harrison Bennett, Esq, Elkton, Md
The Birdie" Capt. Really, arrived here
at 4:30 p. n. All well.
CAPT. REALLY"
The distance from here to Baltimore, by
water, is about sixty-five miles, and this
trip is looked upon in aquatic circles as
very extraordinary feat. The gentlemen
were merely experimenting, and returned
to- day on the cars. Ipterviewers received
with the utmost courtesy.
"DowN THE RIVER. THAT is happy
temper which leads one to see in his own
and in his own locality circum-