The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-08-18

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Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.
Peaches ripen slowly.
Warm weather and muggy.
Everybody goes grabbing now.
The mostest Summer ever known.
The moisture keeps the grass green.
The rush towards camp is tremendous.
Give tramps no quarter-not even a
nickle.
Our farmers are getting ready for
wheat sowing.
The rain interfered with several pic
MICS this week.
The whooping cough is prevailing
among the children.
Mr.. Dunbar Morgan has enlarged his
stole on High street.
The corn crop promises to be the larg-
est ever raised in this county.
The latest piety dodge is a small satchel
made so as to resemble bible.
There will be great rush to Wood
lawn camp meeting tomorrow.
1t is "Groome's Hall" now, "Odd
Fellows" is thing of the past.
MIR. l. H. Register is esecting new
porch at his residence on Main street.
This is the time to preserve the water
melon rind, the streets are full of them.
High street A.now receiving the atten-
ton of our town authorities. 1t needs it.
Temperance meetings are still being
held at Louisville, by Mr.. Harry St. Clair.
When will the authorities commence
the work of putting our county roads in
ordera
-" Them peaches is very good tastin :"
said son of Erin, s'but the seeds scratch
my throat"
The bricklayers on the new buildings,
on Main street, struck on Wednesday-to
go to picnic.
An itnerant vioinist and harpst dis
coursed unusually sweet music on our
streets this week.
Our young folks are hammering away
at the wooden balls with long-handled
mallet. They call it croquet.
The Sabbath School at Crouch's Chapel
is preparing for an exhibition, to be given
sometime during next month.
MIR. Joseph L. Wells, of this town,
who has been visiting Atlantic City for
some time past returned this week.
The aid of a wheelbarrow was several
times pressed into the service of conveying
dead drunk tramps to Jail this week.
Excursion parties are in despair at so
much rain. They talk of getting up a
petition to remove cold Probabilities.'
The Church of St. Augustine, b.
hernia Manor, will be opened for worship
on Sunday, August Goth, at 81 p. NJ. I
-Messrs. R. C. Lewis and VIM. McCrery,
of this place, left for trip to Norfolk and
Old Point Comfort, on Wednesday last.
"A regular avalanche of tramp typos
came down upon US this week. The ma
jority of them were anti-temperance men.
An Elkton man objects to railroads.
because they bring him home from the city
so quick that he hasn't time to get sober.
From the appearance of the streets
one would infer that many Of the CANNES
had returned from their Summer watering
places.
The Big Elk Sabbath School will hold
their annual picnic in Jesse Taylor's wood,
Thursday, August 23rd. The public are
invited.
Rev. Mr.. Ridgway, of this town, on
Tuesday, removed his family to Woodlawn,
where they will remain during the camp
meeting.
Our town authorities should pass an
ordinance requiring the arrest of all boys
found jumping on and off of moving rail-
road trains.
The short, cool spell, on Tuesday, fol-
lowing Mondays rains, brought out the
lawn mowers, and they were buzzing all
around town.
Nine large perfect tomatoes in one
cluster are exhibited by Mr.. Fl. H. Gilpin,
of this town, at Frazer's drug store. They
weigh Al pounds.
Marks Liberman, clother, is painting
up in tasty style the front of his store. 1t
is being made to resemble marble. Foley
is doing the work.
The annual picnic of the congregation
and Sunday School of Trinity Church, will
take place at McCullough's grove, on We'd
nesday, August Goth.
N. j. Lee, Esq, is to be one of the
speakers at large temperance picnic, to
be held at Lambertville, n. j., on the 22nd
INSTANTLY next.
"A new way to mend roads is practiced
by some of our supervisors: they gather
up the stones and throw them OFT, leaving,
for road bed, the bare mud
The circus, that exhibited here on
Monday, met with poor encouragement
their audience were very slim. The per-
Torrance was unusually good.
Miss Hester Ellis, of Philadelphia, is
! lying very i'll at the residence of her brother,
F. A. Ellis, Esq, in this town. Very little
hope of her recovery is entertained
If you 60 on an excursion, and the
seats are all taken, stand up as long as you
can and then cry out: "Man overboard.'
/ Every woman will rush for the rail-
a Thomas w. Brown, of West Noting
ham, Chester county, while telling tree
sst Friday, was struck by falling limb
fatally injured. He died on Saturday