The Cecil Whig., 1876-09-09
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Local Affairs.

REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WHlG.
This is the harvest moon.
Pears are large and plentiful.
Autumn tints will soon appear.
Corn cutting has already begun.
Peaches are growing scarce and high.
Tender plants are now covered at
nights.
School and trouble commenced last
Monday.
Heavy mists on the marshes these
evenings.
Not so much lounging on the piazzas
as there was.
Bright warm days and cool nights are
now the rule.
The gaudy sun flower is now showing
his prettiest.
Of course will vote the Republican
ticket, this Fall.
Extra blankets were in order several
nights this week.
The delivery of freight at our depot
increases weekly.
Sour kraut will be a failure this season.
There is no cabbage.
Now the shot of the reed bird shooter
is heard in the marsh.
Cardinal red noses will be fashionable
i'll the early mornings soon.
The twenty-five cent Saturdays at the
Centennial will be continued.
The 4" Fall weddings" will soon begin.
How many will we have in Elkton =?
Venus shines very brightly these cool
mornings; at least SO we have heard.
Saturn and the moon had very sue
cessful occulation on Sunday morning.
Cider now runs freely and but few
vinegar barrels will be left empty this Fall.
-Messrs J. Tome & Co., of Port De-
posit, have reduced the price of their coal
to $4.75.
The feminine hat is to be worn high in
front this Fall. We expect it will be high
in price also.
-"Some pumpkins ''-this season; the
crop is quite large, notwithstanding the
dry weather.
-Messrs Bell and Anderson are supply
Just the size for the pan.
The town pavements are in a shameful
condition and should be attended to imme-
diately by the authorities.
The Presbyterian church at Zion, Md,
is soon to be enlarged by new addition
to the rear of the building.
Stoves are beginning to perambulate,
and the man with the pot of backing and
brush is seen on our streets.
EARLY cider quaffed with so much sat
isfaction, is generally a mixture of defec-
tive apples and worm juice.
Preserving kettles are on the tramp
from house to house. They do good bit
of travelling these hard times.
The Westamwell Sunday school picnic,
, postponed on account of the storm on
Thursday, will be held to day.
The County Commissioners, Orphans
Court and School Commissioners will meet
on Tuesday next, 18th instant.
Goodman, the urbane, smiling Good
man, appears in a card this week, Read
it and see what he has to tell you.
Some of our street Arabs are given to
pilfering fruit from uptown gardens. -
They should be made examples of.
Go see those beautiful parlor and cook
stoves at S. S. Ramb0'S. Nothing like
them has ever been in Elkton before.
"A cotemporary remarks: "Fifty-cent
notes are remarkably scarce in this region -
So they are here, and all other kinds, too.
An exchange says: Punctuality is the
soul of business; but advertising will create
,l~-Ao II A. {
We made a mistake, several weeks ago,
in stating that the dog days had ended.
They did end, though, on Wednesday last
Our streets are now lively between s
and o'clock in the morning with school
children, equipped with their books and
states.
What a great consolation it is to know
that the day is not far distant when every
shirt collar will be able to stand alone once
more.
-"In the Fall, the young mans ulster
turns to thoughts of Winter woes:
In the Fall, the blIthe mosquito dips
his siphon in your nose"
1T is said that "women and children
are the best friends of weekly newspapers -
If this is fact then we have the strongest
and best part of creation on our side.
The Governor has given the Board of
Assessors an additional month in which to
finish their labors. The third of October
has been set for their final winding up.
The time for painting your houses is
at hand, send to Messrs. Bellah & Elliott
Wilmington, Del, for the celebrated ready
mixed paint. 1t is the best in the world.
Why didn't somebody send delegation
of Elkton dogs to the Centennial dog
show? They certainly would have re,
ceived first lass medals-for worthlessness
The hose of the fire engines are lying
doubled and twisted about the floor of the
engine house, and will doubtless be found
in excellent condition when next wanted fol
use.
September is now upon US. The next
thing ahead is stoves. You know how you
enjoy putting them up-stove pipe-.joints
all fit-no trouble-easiest thing in the
world. &c.
Now is the time for husking bees, says
an exchange. The bee should be firmly
seized by the responsive end, and-we,l
you can depend upon the bee for further
instructions.
MIR. Baldwin, contractor for laying the
track of the Port Deposit and Columbia
Railroad, says the road will be finished as
far as Peach bottom Peters creek on the
first of October.
Those dull. delicious, sleepy hours are
now upon us, when life is only shadow
and we don't care whether we 90 or stay
LanguOr, laZness and lassitude prevail
and-we are too weary to say MORE
One of our bright little uptown girl.
was asked, the other day, what the objec
of the kindergarten was. She replied tina
she thought it was to "give peace to th,
mothers" Pretty good, wasn't it?
So far as we have seen the champion
big aches in this section this season hav,
been grown by w. p. Howard, Esq, o
Back Creek neck. We believe the best hi
raised was of the "Pullen" variety.
Jim Hawkins, the lame colored lad, S,
well known about town, was arrested yes