The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-03-25
Local Affairs.

Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WIG.
-Shad, oh.
Graft your fruit trees.
The straw hat approaches.
Poor weather for early gardening.
Avoid sudden changes of clothing.
The fish mans horn is heard in the
land.
Cant borrow now-every thing i.
Lent.
Cub, gedtle Sprig; ethereal bilidess,
cub" All kitchew!
More snow. It's suspected that Marsh
brought it with him from Canada.
Fitted Up.-Uncle Mack is nicely fix,
ed up in his new place of business, Browns
old stand.
AT Harvey Browns sale, West Not
tingham township, on Saturday, two cows
sold for $67,5 and S72.
The meat house of Mr.. Ross Smith,
near Zion. was robbed of a quantity OF
meat, on Friday night last.
The Spring fair of the Chester County
Agricultural Society will be held on the
22nd, o3rd and Gath of June.
The Elkton Band paid Il visit to Capt.
NJ. Really. at his new hotel, in Chesapeake
City, on Thursday night last
An Elkton merchant is glad this is
Centennial year; some of his customers
only settle once in hundred years.
Repairing. 'rery & Boulder are
putting some extra touches on the store
house recently occupied by Mallon, prepar-
atory to removing thither.
Tile Cecil Wing says an Elkton hen
laid eight eggs in one day. Eggs hGordt
nary-Crisfsld Leader. Not at all; it $
laytent hen-ergy on-nestly eggs-ibiting
itself.
"A company of Elkton gentlemen, mem
bers of the various churches, contemplate
renting the dwelling house of Caspar W.
Morris, Jr., at Plum Point, as a place of
Summer resort for their families.
Sale of Fine Stock-A r. Magraw,
ESQ, will sell, at his farm, West Noting
ham, on the Goth inst, lot of extra fine
stock. This sale is well worthy the atten-
ton of farmers. See card elsewhere.
Merchant Tailoring.-Mr. Jno. Frazer
has leased the store house belonging to b.
F. May, Esq, on Main street, opposite the
Court House. where he will carry on the
above named business. Mr.. Frank Kerr
is removing to his Main street stand.
The vigesmal or twentieth annver-
sary of the Octoraro Farmers Club, at the
house Moses Brinton, on Saturday last,
was attended by sixty five persons. The
proceedings were of an interesting charac
ter
A Martha Washington tea party and
tableaux are contemplated by the ladies of
the Elkton Presbyterian Church. a rich
treat may be expected, because the affair
is to be on an entirely new plan-entirely
original.
Look out for the Eclipse.--An annular
eclipse of the sun will occur to day. from
t O'Clock to sunset. The moon will pass
across the suns disk. conceaiiug the whole
of the orb of day except bright ring
around the border.
Will you believe it.-An Elkton hen
went to sleep, on Saturday night. and al
lowed her entire setting of eggs to freeze
beneath her. In the morning they were SO
hard that she couldn't break them; no, not
even with her little Ratchet.
-Omission.-In our report of the Sun
day School Missionary Anniversary i'll last
weeks Wing we inadvertently omitted the
name of the Rev. James McIntire from the
list of speakers. lis address was one of
the most interesting given on that occasion.
Till Tapping.-The money drawer of
Mr.. Charles Sparks tin ware store was
robbed, on Friday evening last by di-
minutive female Afrcano- Americanus.-
G. w. like, she acknowledged the corn and
her maternal guardian made good the pill
fered stamps.
Spring has come, astronomically. The
sun crossed the line, on Tuesday last, in
the midst of a fearful storm. 'HCome, gen
tie Spring; ethereal midness, come, sang
Thomson. But that was hundred years
ago, when seasons and habits were regular
and "men wore jackets all buttoned down
before"
Sheriff Cooling was interviewed at his
residence by the grand jury, Oh Thursday
afternoon last. Every thing was found in
applepie order, and much satisfaction was
expressed at the condition of things. The
escape ladder recently made use of by
prisoners is being closed up. The Sheriff
entertained his visitors with table full of
good things.
The old steamer Maryland formerly
used by the Phia., Viii. & Bait. Railroad
Company in the transfer of trains across
the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace, las
been undergoing repairs at East Boston,
Massachusetts,. She will 60 to New York
where she will do the same service for the
new through route from Boston and Phia-
delphia and Washington without change
of cars, transferring trains from Harlem
to Jersey City.
real. ESTATE SAIEs-Hon. II. McCul-
Tough, as Trustee, on Monday last, sold
farm of 80 acres, improved by frame dwell
ing house, barn, &C., situated in the Ninth
district of the county, for $1,000. Josiah
Reeder, purchaser.
TEACHERS AssoC1ATIoN.-The next
meeting of this body for the 9th, 9TH, and
Sth districts will be held in Port Deposit,
on the first day of April next, at halfpast
one o'clock p. NJ. A full attendance is de-
sired, as resolutions in reference to the
employment of teachers will be introduced
for Endorsement by the Association, previ-
GUS to being submitted to the School Board
for their consideration and action.
NARROW EsCAPE.-R Richard Marshbank,
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