The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29
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ter leader than driver, as he is both a run
ner and kicker.
-Hobgoblins at Work.-The spirit OF
the murdered Nichols was on the rampage
at his old working place-Scott's bone mill
ON Thursday night last The steam
whistle was blown for half an hour, al
though there has been no fire in the fur
naces for more than three weeks. \ sui
phurous odor pervaded the neghborhood,
and it is said that tongues of blue and red
flame were seen to issue from the windows.
Awful.
Don't trust these sunny days. They
are like sleeping cats with their claws
drawn in, apparently as innocent as I'M
weand lambs. Don't trust them; hold
fast to your overcoats, for in spite of SEEM
ing Summer there is pneumonia in the air.
there is rain around the corner, and Il cold
chill in every sunbeam. Stick to your
overcoats, or you may get wooden Ulster
buttoned with silver headed nails.
Who wore horrid, high crowned cap;
Who called me toOtsy wootSey chap,
And gently turned me on her lap,
And brought her big hand down kerslap ?
Dear Nursey- pursey.
Who on my toddleums let me run,
l.
And now my mothers only son
Has just grown up a handy one:
Why, Nursey- pursey. Drat her.
The semi-annual meeting of the Pres
bytery of New Castle was held in Princess
Anne, Nd, on the 18th, 10Th and Goth
inst. Rev. John Squier, of Port Deposit,
was elected Moderator, Rev. l.. Marks, of
Wilmington, and Rev. Geo. j. Porter, of
Newark, were elected delegates to the
General Assembly in Brooklyn. The Pas
toral relationship between Rev. ]. T.
Ulmsted and the church of St. Georges
was dissolved.
Those who failed to attend the read
ings of Mr. Willoughby Reade, in the Hall,
on Friday night of last week, missed a
treat. He is good reader, but his strong
point is in his talent as a mimic; in this he
is perfectly irresistible, and notwthstand-
ing the air of profound solemnity hanging
over his small audience when he began, in
a few moments he had them alternating
between a broad grin and a hearty burst of
laughter. We predict larger audiences for
Mr. Reade upon his next visit to Elkton.
When an Elkton woman asked her
husband for two dollars to buy calico
dress, he whipped paper out of his coat
tail pocket and pointed to an editorial,
which clearly showed that female extrava-
gance was the Iuination of some of our
best men, and even the country itself was
being demoralized from the same cause.
Then he gave her ten cents to buy hair
pins, lit ten cent cigar and left the house,
and lost three dollars playing ards be-
fore he returned.
The business of cutting clothing has
long ago been reduced to an art. No man
unless he makes it Il constant study can
hope to succeed in it. Messrs. Adams &
Co., 1872 Market street, Philadelphia, en-
ploy none but the most scientific cutters,
and each department is in charge of a
thoroughly skilled man; hence, clothing
from their establishment always gives sat
isfaction. Among their customers are num-
bered many of the leading men of Phila-
delphia. Their prices, too, are extremely
low.
That the moon eXertS much influence
over the weather is religiously believed
among people savage and civilized. Here
is one of the rules set down more than a
century ago, which our readers can study.
New moon occurred on Monday last, the
Gath inst: If the weather of the sixth
day after the new moon is the same as that
of the fifth eleven times out Of twelve the
weather of the month will be the same as
that of the fifth. If on the other hand,
the sixth days weather is the same as that
of the fourth day, then nine times out of
twelve the weather for the month will be
like that of the fourth day."
Town ELECTIoN.-The annual election
for Town Commissioners will be held on
Monday next, May list. Polls open at ?
o'clock P. NJ.
LAND SALE.-John f. Wilson, ESD, as
attorney for The Elkton Building Associa-
ton, on Tuesday last, sold farm of so
acres, adjoining the village of Cherry Hill,
in this county, for $3.50. VIM. V. Moore,
Esq, purchaser.