The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-02-26

--.S.--Ldyos commencing iioih SS0
advertisement.
The Teachers Association of the 9Th
7th and Sth Districts, will hold their next
monthly meeting. at West Nottingham
Academy, on Saturday, March 4th next,
at o'clock p. NJ.
els the Pen mightier than the Sword ~
This is the subject for debate at Union
Hall, on Monday night next. Professors
Blake and Henry, of Wilmington, will take
part in the discussion.
In last weeks issue, we noticed the
removal tc Philadelphia, of j. NJ. Sparks,
Esq. We neglected to state that the bust
ness tin ware, &c, will still be carried on
by his son, Mr.. Chas. II. Sparks, at the old
stand.
Some business men will walk through
the mud whole day with an old paint
pot in their hands, daubing upon every
board they come to: ego To SIN lThS for
YOUR lard" when one soft dollar would
add several more lines and put them in
decent shape in any respectable newspaper
in the country.
Quarterly meeting at Cedar Hill Col
ored NJ. p. Church, ON Sabbath, the 9th
inst. Love feast in the morning at
O'Clock; preaching at II o'clock, by 5. F.
Scarf, of Elkton, and at 3 O'Clock, T. NJ.
by Rev. J. Scott, Pastor of Providence
Church, Elktou; at y O'Clock 7. NJ, by
Rev. c. II. Williams.
David Tatum, Of Cleveland, Ohio, Min
lister in the Orthodox Society of Friends,
will deliver thrilling and interesting lee
ture on Temperance, rich in a variety of
fact ard matters of interest gathered in
this country and Europe, in Port Deposit,
at NJ. E. Church, on Tuesday, the Goth
inst, at P. NJ, and in NJ. E. Church, Elk
ton, Thursday, End of March, at = p. NJ.
"A Pleasant Place to VISTA visit to
the sales-room of Mr.. John Wilkinson,
dealer in Sewing Machines, Pianos and
Organs on North street, will repay any
one. His showroom is nicely fitted up.
and he has constantly open and ready for
use, number of superb Pianos and Organs
He has also a variety of that other very
useful instrument, the Seuing Machine.
Don't fail to stop in, whether you want to
buy or not.
Excursion to the Centennial Grounds.
About IL o'clock on Tuesday morning
last special excursion train of thirteen
cars arrived at this station enroute from
Baltimore to the Centennial Grounds
The train contained about 600 passengers
in charge of Conductor Colley, and drawn
by engine No IS. Quite number of per-
sons joined the excursionists at this point.
They arrived at Elkton on the return trip
about 1880 2. NJ.
Overheard Monday last, as Mr..
Squires, the superintendent of the mud
machine, and his engineer, were passing
from the machine to the wharf, the plank
upon which they were walking gave way
and precipitated them into the water. Mr..
S. is large man, and was with much diff
ficulty, rescued from his unpleasant pre-
dicament. They both, however, escaped
with nothing more than a good ducking.
Company A, 14th Reg. NJ. n. G., of
ElKton, paraded on Tuesday evening last.
AS they marched through our streets, and
we heard the tramp, tramp, tramp, of seven
pairs of martial feet, We thought, so it
must have been in the stormy times of '76,
when the hosts of the revolution poured
through our town. The Company mus
tered sir men and a corporal. They marched
in solid column to the east end of town,
where they were reviewed by their gallant
Lieutenant -, after which they broke
ranks and dispersed.
-Cobs.-Our countenance fell, an
Elkton gentleman, yesterday afternoon, sat
uOWu bb Out lhDi0 bui UCSGsi uiSONSI iuS
what we supposed to be a roll of manu-
script. Our columns were full, and We
inwardly said, Here's more trouble
but what was our astonishment and de-
light, when the last fold Of paper was un-
wound, to behold, not the fearful MSS,
expected, but an innocent corn cob, a mon
ster one too, over a foot in length. We
were never so glad to see corn cob in all
our life, and willingly testify to its huge
proportions.
The Board of Directors of the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, met ON Tuesday
last. Several small claims were passed,
and some minor business transacted. The
claim of Owen Lynch, of Caroline county,
for payment for loss upon dwelling burned
some time ago, was refused. Mr.. Lynch
had policy for 5000 upon his house. He,
however, failed to pay the premium when
due, it not being convenient for him to go
to Denton upon that day; intending,
though, to attend to it in day or two. In
the meantime, the house was burned. A
warning to all insured.
A single week since, our attention was
called to a case of peculiarly touching des-
titution, in our very midst. Two young
men, of noble and cultured aspirations.
with bosoms teeming with the subhmest
affinities," were found in want of even
those simpler comforts which the poorest