The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-08
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Local fairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL wHIG.

next tuesday.
The smartest girl in Elkton was seen
in the large congregation at the Episcopal
Church, on Wednesday evening.
"A farmer of Elk Neck presented us, on
Wednesday, with head of Fultz wheat,
exactly eight and half inches long. Who
can beat it?
There will be a strawberry and ice
cream festival at EbeneZer Nj. Z. Church.
or Friday and Saturday evenings, the 14tl
and 18th inst.
The Wood Lawn camp meeting will
commence on August 18th, and will be in
charge of Rev. ID. c. Ridgway, of Elkton
NJ. Z. Church.
j. r. Sewers, the agent of the Rich
mond nurseries, will visit the Fourth dis
trict next week in the interest of the firm
good people residing there with fruit trees,
i. Z. Ceilings showed US, few days
ago, some heads of wheat plucked from
his field in Elk Neck, which were six inches
long. They were of the Fultz aud Red
varieties and gave promise of an abundant
yield.
The teachersapd pupils of the Cherry
Hill school, of which Prof. Quigley is prin-
cipal, and the school at |. D. Carter's bank,
over which Miss A. A. Coale presides, will
have pic mic to, day, in the woods near the
latter place.
The Household of Faith intend hold
ing a camp meeting, some time in July, in
MAYORS woods, about three miles north of
Perryville. This meeting will be in charge
of Elder Jacob Elliott pastor of the church
of that denomination recently organized in
that section of the county.
Buy your sewing machines from John
Wilkinson, Elkton, Md. He deals in all
tirst-class machines. Price, S15, $25, $35,
$45, $50-all warranted. He delivers ma
chimes, and gives instructions free of
charge All makes of needles on hand,
and repairing done promptly. Personal
attention to all No pedders employed.
The attention of parents and teachers
OF the county is called to chapter 9, section
4, of the public school law, which is as fol-
lows: Every child, before being admitted
to any public school, shall produce certifi-
cate from a regular physician that he has
been properly vaccnated.' The School
Board earnestly request teachers to see
that this provision of the law is complied
with.
Our young fellow townsman, VIM. R.
Crow, is an applicant for the position Of
Principal of the Elkton Public School,
which Mr.. Johnson contemplates resigning
We hope Mr.. Crow will secure the position.
He is highly endorsed as to fitness, and is
a self-respecting and exemplary young gen.
tleman. His application we are glad to
see is endorsed generally by the citizens of
Elkton.
VIM. B. Cullis, the evangelist who has
preached so acceptably to the people of
Elkton and Chesapeake City upon several
occasions, contemplates making a tour Of
evangeization around the world, starting
from New York, about the 1st of July.
He will visit England and the Continent,
and then go to India, China and Japan and
return home via San Francisco. He ex-
poets to be absent four or five years.
The managers of the Farmers & Me
chanics' Fire Insurance Company of Cecil
county have allowed Mr.. Wm. B. Smith
$4S7.50 for the loss of his barn and $292 80
for his personal property destroyed in it,
which amount, $3.50, has been assessed
upon the other members of the company,
in accordance with the bylaws, the notice
for the times and places of payment of
which will be found in another column.
The Elkton Base Ball Club mean bust
ness. They met at the Clerks office, on
Tuesday evening, and adopted constitu
tion and bylaws, and have rented the Gil
pin lot, near the railroad ware house, where
they may be seen practicing almost every
evening. Quite large number of promi-
nent professional gentlemen of the town
are members of the club, which bids fair
to become permanent institution.
We are sure that a number of our
friend will visit Baltimore this season, the
expenses for travelling being very small.
Those who do should not fail to examine
the elegant clothing to be had at the cele-
brated New York One Price Cash Clothing
House, No. 1874 W. Baltimore street. The
hn Of
such a superior character that it would be
we'll for all who have an idea of buying to
go there.
-Meisel, McClosky & Co., carriage build
ers of Elkton, have>just finished hand
some falling-top pheton for Rodger Wit
worth, Esq, which, for handsome work
manship, expensive mounting, and beauty
of finish, has never been equaled in this
town. The hub bands, lamps, and other
parts of the mountings are plated with
gold, the whole being finished in the high
est style of the art, at a cost of three hun.
dred and fifty dollars.
We ID arm that Mr.. N. Barnard, of Still
Pond, Mf., is growing very extensive
nursery of over eco, 900 peach trees, as we'll
as general assortment of other nursery
stock. He will commence budding June
18TH, and is now taking orders. We think
this plan the proper one, as planters, by
ordering now, furnishing their own buds
if they prefer can have grown just the
varieties they want. His advertisement in
this issue explains his plans.
Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian
Institute, visited the T. S. Fish Comms-
sion, at Havre de Grace, on Friday of last
week The Commission Is actively en-
gagged in Matching shad eggs at that place
The young shad, nearly a million of which
are hatched each day, are sent to the prin
cipal streams in the south and southwest.
with view of stocking them with this
fish, it being the theory of naturalists that
shad will continue to frequent the water in
which they are placed when quite young
The second Sunday in June is children S