The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-05-12
Local Affairs.

Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.
Painters are busy.
This is the season of boils.
House cleaning is at its height.
These are good blue glass days.
Carpet heaters are in their glory.
Summer resort gossip is in order.
Summer advances with steady strides.
The fizz of the soda fountain is heard.
Oats are worth nearly two cents per
pound.
Fishing parties now catch more colds
than fish.
Decoration day comes on Wednesday,
this year.
-Mudholes are abundant on many Of the
country roads.
Plants are selling brskly on Court
House square.
-Oyercoats we're found comfortable on
Thursday morning.
We have had frost several nights
during the past week.
The war map fiend will soon appear.
Shoot him on the spot.
Paris green is highly recommended as
bedbug e1terminator.
The young man with fancy "turn-
out is now in his glory.
Twenty-Five cents is the price of ad-
mission to the Permanent Exhibition.
The days of green apples, unripe goose
berries, ice water, and cramps, are almost
here.
Good looking women never attend auc-
tions. All who go to such places are for
bidding.
An itinerant picture dealer was in town
this week.
An Elkton man says he has the most
reckless watch in existence. 1t will stop
at nothing.
The new Board of Town Commission
ers will meet for organization, on Monday
night next.
Quite number of our citizens attended
the opening of the Permanent Exhibition
on Thursday.
"A very modest up town lady, one day
this week, asked the fish trader for black
chested herring.
-Toothache and cats are two things
nature has provided to prevent man from
sleeping too much.
Don't forget the sale of the stock,
farming implements, etc, on Wednesday
next at White Hall.
The fruit growers having nothing else
to complain of now charge the sparrows
with nipping the buds.
The Spring poetry fever has not been
running SO high this year as usual. For
this relief much thanks.'
Skye, "the dog with the beautiful
eye" has lame leg. Poor Skye. we ex
pect he has been fighting.
Mr.. John Gilpin began the work of paw
ing West High street under contract recent
ly made, on Thursday morning.
President Hayes and party passed
through, en- route for Philadelphia, at 8
o'clock P. NJ, on Wednesday night.
The sale of the personal property of
the late Peter X. Wright, at White Hall,
will take place on Wednesday next.
Mr.. John Cooling, son of Sheriff Cool
ing, has been appointed jailor, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr. White.
The smiling dandelion is pointing its
golden finger to the horizon, gladdening
the landscape, and giving tone to boiled
pork.
Rev. ]. A. B. Wilson will preach next
Sabbath afternoon, at half past two clock
at Boulden's Chapel, two miles and a half
from Ekton.
Ricketts, Mills, after suspension of
several weeks for repairs, are now in
thorough order and will begin running on
Monday next.
Mr.. Jos. Wells, of this place, injured
his back, one day this week, to such an
extent as to be unable to walk without the
help of a cane.
-Ifyou will call your boy after the Presi-
dent, give him the whole name. No boy
in school can be made smart without put
ting on the Birch hard.
1t was this sort of weather that Bulwer
had in his minds eye when he wrote
"'Twas in the prime of Summer time;
An evening calm and COOL"
All the sewing machine patents have
expired. This household necessity may
in the future be purchased at a fair price.
1t costs but SIS to fit out $40 machine.
Rev. T. E. Martindale, of the Middle
town NJ. E. Church, and wife, celebrated
the tenth anniversary of their married life,
or ''tin wedding" on Tuesday evening last.
Rev. w. T. Miller will preach at
Crouch's Chapel, tomorrow Sunday after.
noon, at half past o'clock. Sabbath school
half.past 9 o'clock. All are earnestly in
vited.
-Messrs. Reed & Bro, at Bay View,
made sale of a quantity of wheat, this
week, at $2.i5 per bushel, which they had
purchased during the season, some of it as
low as $1.05.
The semi annual Conference of the
Local Preachers and Exhorters Association
of the Wilmington Conference held its
session in Middletown, Del, on Friday
evening of this week.
DIR. Hutchinson, Of Oxford, who had his
collar bone broken by being thrown from
his carriage, in Charlestown, on the first
of May, while on his way to the fishing
shore, is rapidly recovering.
Don't be discouraged, boys; great
many Indifferent men have made their
mark. We saw one do it Observation-Disclosures
Justice of the Peace-and the Justice
wrpte hiS mama auaiDst