The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-03-06
Death Of an Episcopal Clergyman.-Re,


John C. McCabe, d. d., well-known
Episcopal clergyman, died at his residence
in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on the
Goth ult., in the sixty fifth year of his age.
He was formerly the Rector of an Episco
pal church in this city, and afterwards
years since accepted call to the pastorate
of Christ church, Chambersburg, where he
labored until Observation-Disclosures Sun.
DR.. McCabe was also Rector of the St.
AIMS church, Middletown, and was we'll
known and respected throughout the State.
He was prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity Wilmington Gazette.
He married, few years ago, the young
est daughter of the late Henry G. Mackall,
ESQ, of Ekton. The deceased has many
warm friends in this town who mourn his
loss, and whose warmcst sympathies are
with his bereft family.
March.-March was ushered in with a
severe snow storm which soon turned to
hail, and then to rain, and with the aid of
that was execrable to pedestrians. Further
north the storm was much more serious.
At Toronto the snow blocked the railroads,
almost stopping travel. Trains on the
eastern roads leading to Chicago, were de-
layed three to six hours, by heavy snow,
and it was feared that general suspension
of travel would take place. Snow fell at
Mauch Chunk and other places in the Lee
high Valley to depth of ten inches, "and
drifted terribly Travel on the branch
road made time. The snow was succeeded
at five o'clock in the evening by three
hours rain, which was in turn followed by
snow, with prospect of more rain. And
thus March made his appearance in his
lion skin costume, and it is devoutly hoped
that he may in conformity to his historic
character, assume his lamb-like nature with
as little delay as his lion dignity will permit.
Reading in the SchOOls.-A thinking
man evidently, writing on the above much
abused subject to the New York Tribute,
says:
The history of the United States should
be a reading book, instead of some of the
very long series of readers. Many persons
who are graduated from our common schools
have no knowledge of the history of their
own country. They perhaps have small
means for buying books, and little leisure
for reading when out of school. When in
school they must have all the readers -"
up to the " fifth perhaps there are sixth
and seventh readers. The readers are no
doubt good collection OF scraps of litera-
ture, but, after one or two have been read
thoroughly, it would be far better to have
something more useful.
For the future voters of our country,
would it not be well to have such books as
Nordhoff's politics for Young Ameri-
cans" as well as the United States His
toryo"
Among the school books of our county
and all the State perhaps, is one abridged
history of Maryland, written by bitter
Secessionist during or about the close of
the war which is not fit to be in any school.
After the author brings the work down to
a later date than McSherry's history which
he follows it is as false and prejudiced as
is possible for any bitter party politician to
write. Many of his statements of hstori-
cal facts are untrue and all of his coloring
is as false as it is possible to be. Publish
ing rings and School Board rings combine
to foist such trash on the schools of the
State. Notwithstanding the gross errors
of the book, it has enough historical truth
to mako it profitable reading for the
children of the State to three fourths of the
"readers provided for them. But new
ertheless there is no shadow of excuse for
the authorities adopting such faulty his
tory. A we'll arranged history of the United
States, would be one of the most valuable
school books it is possible to get out, as a
reading book.