The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-19

H' i Lftlic El"I" t!ulhiu! IN the future or
perhaps he may require a longer chain than
his almost namcSakc.
y TRAMP or THE KAMrAGE.-Ou Mon
day evening last, thirsty tramp, who has
been prowiing about Eiktnu for some time,
and who was locked Up in Jail FROM Friday
L: ..t't until Monday morning FOR threaten
,uG ia burn the Howard House, appeared
Al sites mill. with two pint bottles, one
pi which WAS full of whisky, aud proceeded
to quench his thirst 10y drinking at one
!iaught all the shisk y in the bottle. This,
Of course, made him drunk, and. he pro-
coded as quickly as possible TO raise old
Harry and make thiags lively by perform
iug all sorts o; fantastic capcrs around the
mill. The whisky, is usual in such
eases. pretty soon put the devil into him,
and lie went To the house near the mill and
trlcd To climb into il through the window,
which frightened the female part Of the
family, aud w. Smith and some others
"An were employed III the mill, finally
tied INN ana brought him to illl where
ne vas Locked up IN one of the cells He
pruieSscd to be unable to speak and carried
a slate and pencil with him for the purpose
oil ieyying contributions on the charitably
disposed. In thIs way, he Is believed To
have obtained the MONEY with which he
purchased the whisky. Ii was noticed thar
the whisky he drank loosened his tongue.
IT least ST hiu 1" ha.looius like I mad
man, OF, - speak more accurately, TO howl.
~. like 4 panther, and he kept il up bravely
with short Intervals throughout the night
Justice Fuard gave him "A hearing on Tues.
day, when we had chance L. see him. ana
were not al all surprised ~ the say he had
been carrying on the night before, for the
rmd III his nose seemed bent upon obtain
ing an interview with his right ear Ii
seemed 10 NJ that Il man with such dis
'oFted viSage would be excusablc If he was
drunk all the time. IL came GU, at the
hearing that he had kicked the Justice
asho was attracted 10 the vehicle by the
noise lie made while on his way To AL in
the face, the evening before. and. in other
ways, had sought To sully the purity of the
lIdiClai crnrue but. after 4 patient hear
ing, the Justice committed him to ilil for
thirty days. under the name Of Thomas
I""t:wIn. stranger, who frigu> to be deaf
aud dumb OF c-aZy- but i believed to Toe
ueithcr, charged 10y tbs. oath and informa.
iIuu 1T James Smith with being drunk aud
trying 10 break into the house of Mrs Mary
Cameron. He frequently made use of his
STAT. and pencil to reply to the questions
asked HIM 10y the Justice. He seemed To
durrecaIc the loss Of the use Of tobacco
during the term of his Imprisonment, and
stopped at WItvorth's and invested the re-
uiaIudcr of the money lie had begged for
the purpose OF buying a pair of shoes, of
winch he was in much need, but most OF
which he had spent the day before for
whIsky-in ob:ainii a supply Of the mar
cotic weed and pipe wherein To smoke it,
and after informing the Sheriff that he had
drank a quart of whisky the day before,
entered his cell in good spirits.
CharItably disposed people should. as
General rule, never give money to tramp.
In ninety nine Of every hundred cases 50
treated, the recipient Of this misapplied
charity will toe drunk before ~ hour.
THE MEETING or TEACHERs-CuAP-
TER or INCIpESrs-SoxEBopY BLUM
pLRED.-Somc twelve or fifteen of the
teachers of the Second and Third dis
'rcr> met at the Public School house,
III Eik;on, on Saturday, the l2th instant,
citation for the benefit of the teachers
IN the eastern and southern parts of the
county, and others who are disposed to
.lpIn it. The meeting was not as well at
tended rs those who were interested IN il
had hoped it would be, which may lie &C
counted for from tie fact that Mr.. Biddle,
he School Comm iss Toner in charge of the
schools III the southern districts had stated
As we were iu!ormedJ in the notice he sent
to the teachers. that the meeting was to be
on the 18th instant. Nor was this the only
mistake, for Nj. Quigley, the teacher of the
Cherry Hill school, who manifests com
meudable zeal i'll inaugurating this new
literary enterprise, had sent the Rev. Mr..
Ridgway the following note:
CHERRY HILL, Oct. :, 1878.
Ray. ID. G. RIpGwAY- Esteemed SIR
The teachers purpose meeting on Satur-
day next, Oc.ober 18th, to organize an
association There will be no literary ex-
ercises ready FOR the occasion, and by re-
quest Of Miss Martha Biddlc address you
aud request You To deliver short address
tu the assemblage IN the public school room
1t % clock, on some subject connected
with education. If this request does not
conflict with YOUR duties, Will you not favor
us with i Speech = and obige the teachers
As well as youIs truly,
+. ). QUIoLEY.
Mr.. Ridgway Supposed, As any one who
reads the letter would, that the meeting
was TO be At Cherry Hill, whittier he went,
IN order To address it, but to his great sur
prise lie found. upon arriving there, that
the meeting at Elkton. The teachers
were quite as much disappointed at his
absence as he was by his misadventurc, but
did the best they could, as their report, pub
lished in another column, will show.
On the afternoon of Thursday last, the
18th instant, some ten or twelve teachers,
most Of whom were from the First district
met at the Public School room, in EIkton.
as directed by Mr. Biddle, who, it appears,
had not been informed Of the mistake that
he or some one else had made but upon
learning the state of the case, they held an
informal consultation aud went home.
We suggest that hereafter proper not ice