The Cecil Whig., 1876-11-25
Local Affairs
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WIG.
Not settled yet.
Thirty six SHOWS are predicted for this
Winter
The Centennial popcorn man cleared
$4,000.
The doctors look to Thanksgiving day
for lift.
Holiday goods are beginning to appear
in the stores.
Aqueous weather; keep sharp eye on
your umbrella.
The $50 p. NJ. express South, now stops
regularly at this station.
Next Thursday will be Thanksgiving
day. Get your turkeys ready.
The girls that bet kisses on the election
are said to be getting impatient.
Squirrels are worth thirty and ra bbits
forty cents pair in Philadelphia.
Sugar has advanced in price in conse-
quence of the destructive floods in Cuba.
Doctor Frazer mourns the loss of his
Scotch terrier. He was lost, strayed or
stolen way on Friday last.
Our hog butchers are getting ready for
their annual slaughter. If the weather is
suitable, operations will commence next
week.
Capt. Davidson arrived on Wednesday
with large load of extra fine oysters the
finest by long odds that have come to our
market this season.
Our town Commissioners are still put
ting shells upon the streets. We trust
they will not grow weary in this good work
till every street and lane in town is well
laid with them.
On tomorrow Sunday, Rt. Rev. Bishop
Becker, of Wilmington, Del, will preach
and administer the Sacrament of Confirma-
tion at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and preach at y
P. NJ, at the Catholic Church in this town.
Mr.. l. d. Carter has leased Marley
Paper Mills from Mr.. George w. Childs.
Hereafter these mills will be run by Mr..
Carter. The Ledger will buy the most of
the paper made. Mr.. Sweetapple will re-
main on the farm.
The clover seed crop seems to be fair
one this season. Mr.. VIM. Wright, with
his steam thresher, has, up to this time,
cleaned upwards of three hundred bushels.
When the yield per acre-which averages
only half bushels considered, this is
large quantity.
The Series of ezra Services at
Crouch's Chapel, which have been in pro-
gress for some time, will be continued next
week. On tomorrow tSabbath) afternoon
at p o'clock, there will be general ex
perience meeting, and in the evening it is
expected to have preaching.
The new Methodist Church, at Summit
bridge, Del. is now ready for pewing, and
it will be dedicated about New Years. 1t
is built in Gothic style, and is 40 by 60 feet
in size; it will seat about four hundred
persons, and cost $4,000. The Rev. Mr..
Bristor, will occupy the pulpit.
The teachers of the Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth districts, have reorganized their
association for the current year by the ap-
pointment of Joseph Turner, President, r.
X. Stevenson, Vice President and Miss NJ.
Roberts, Secretary. DR.. J. Haines McCul-
Tough will entertain the association with a
lecture on physiology at the next meeting,
on the I'd of December.
The Centennial Supper, given on the
22nd instant, by the. ladies of the Zion Pres.
byterian Church, in aid of their repairing
fund, was very creditable affair The
fair walters were attred in the "ye ancient
costume" " Of 1776. They presented very
the NJ. E. Church, and Johns, of the. Pres
byterian Church, were each presented with
large and beautiful cake. They both
made short addresses. The net proceeds,
we learn, is about $3.50.
There is not a prouder and more con
ceited fowl than the rooster and we do
not know why the Democratic party, which
is never supposed to cater to anything
"high- toned" should select this vain and
affected bird when they desire to put in
print pictorial emblem of victory. How
ever, he never wore so detected and crest
fallen an appearance as he does now, not
caused by the doubtful result of the Presi
dental election, but by the prevailing
mode, for it is the ching for young
ladies to wear cocks tails in their hats in
a nearly upright position, the half-drooping
feathers, they imagine, are very beautiful
and captivating to the opposite sex The
result is, that roosters are pursued in every
direction by young as well as more matured
women, who do not hesitate to deplete the
living bird of its rear and chief ornament
All? Thereby hangs tale, Thrice
happy is he who has thus far escaped his
mericiless pursuers and still wears the
unshorn and unabridged appendage.
tB Christmas is coming. Christmas is
coming! Go to Mrs. NELSON'S and see h,
hne lot of Goods, suitable for presents
- Muscatel. Seedless and Layer Raisns;