The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-07-27

bald head.
Chickens arc now being fatteued for
camp meetings.
-. How's your wheat turn out? - is the
current question.
How about the year without sum.
mer, as some predicted in June.
The mournful mosquito pleadeth in
vain at the bar, but he will not he admit
ted.
Revolutions may never go backward,
but be careful never to sit on the tail. board
of farm wagon.
After harvest everybody was Goiu. to
pay everything they owed everybody. OF
course they did it,
Rev. James McIntire will preach at
Crouch's Chapel to morrow (Sabbathl ar
ternoon at 81 O'Clock =. NJ.
Amongst the every day new things is
cheese made Of potatoes, but there is moth
ing like the old time skipper"
BE ever active, and do whatever you
undertake well, and you may travel the
world over, and never find yourself out Of
place.
WIN. J. Jones, Esq, attorney for
the mortgage, sold the old Soap House, =
near the gas works, on Tuesday last, to
Jos. L. Wells, for $500.
William II. Nelson is building gun
ming skift for Joseph l.. Wells, which he
expects TO have finished and ready for use
upon the arrival of the rail and reed birds
in the marshes.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Delaware have determined TO
rebuild the Elkton foundry, the insurance
upon the old building being amply suili-
cient for that purpose.
The themes to be preached on At Sus-
quehanpa camp: Holiness. The Second
Coming of Christ, and the Kingdom of
Eternal Righteousness. Bowman, OF South
Carolina, will be on hand.
DIR. Sewers, the agent of The Richmond
nurseries, who has been absent from the
county for some weeks past, attending TO
business elsewhere has returned and will
visit the Sixth district next week.
The ubiquitous and universal tramp is
now upon the rampage, in quest of peaches
TO pluck. We met ten of them in the
short distance of four and 4 half miles.
while taking drive with friend, one
morning this week.
We are informed that Mr.. Barnard
will commence his Fall budding August
1st., and will bud about 10000 trees pc.
day. We feel like advising our patrons To
make out lists of the varieties that suit
them. and forward early 10 him.
On the 10Th inst, Rev John Thomp-
son. n minister of the NJ. +. Church. died
n Saratoga, y. Y, in the 18th year of his
age. Mr.. Thompson was born in Balti-
more, and in February "a, 1919, joined the
NJ. Z. Church at Newark, Del.
The annual hegira of the colored
people from E!ktou TO Cape May took place
last week. In this way they accomplish
the double purpose of enjoying that fash
ionable resort and making an honest penny
by waiting upon the guests at the hotels.
1t is vulgar to say that you sweat.
The elegant thing to say is, that you ale
being deprived Of the saline and oleacinouS
Iiuids Of your material substance through
the excretories of your puIlusid cuticle,
with sensible condensation OF moisture
upon the superficial exterior.
Grand Excursion from North East to
Cambridge, Md, on Tuesday, August
Sth., 1878, on the large and commodious
steamer Chester Tickets one dollar round
trip. There will be no bar Oh the boat
good time is anticipated. BY order of
the Committee. J. w. CHENEY, Secretary
The thunder storm % last Sunday
afternoon did much damage to the growing
corn and grain stacks III the neighborhooi
Of Back Creek mills. The corn in some
of the fields was twisted off near the
ground, the stacks scattered in every direc-
tiou and much fence leveled with the earth
That would seem to be pretty good
name" grasshopper christians - for those
persons who are always so lively in times
Of -evivals but are Irregular in putting
in AZ appearance at othcr times There
is 4 pretty good swarm of "grasshopper
christians" at this time that need some
thing to stir theta up.
1t takes generally much longer than
six weeks to make good man out OF the
average specimen of humanity, but if the
Sunday reports Of drinking and german
dizing and froiicking at our Bay. side re
sorts he true, the six weeks season is long
enough TO make bad men OF some who have
at other times been of good report.
We understand that several gentlemen
who are detained in town by the OK igencies
of business, while their families are at the
sea side and other cool retreats, intend CIV.
ing brilliant party to their stay. at home
friends, male and female-especally female.
1t is opineG that such a movement NAV
promote hasty return of the absent ones.
The Rev. w. w. Heberton left town,
this week, on visit to some relations in
Boston, where he expects to spend the
most of his annual vacation. Services NAV
Church during his absence which will
continue for come weeks. The Rev Mr.
Crowel. Of Odessa, will preach for him
to morrow at the usual hours.
When we ALLOW an ignorant and vicious
population to grow up in the community,
we are punished by the example, the couta m
mated atmosphere, the injuries inflicted,
the costly defence against the evil, OF the
expensive machinery for detecting and
furnishing the criminals. The school is
cheaper and better than the jail; the sun
day school and the church are better than
the police court.
The Africans, who reside in the class
cal region known as Water street, many
of whom have lately become very quarrel
some and contentious, are making it lively
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