The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-02

however, tie spacious old mansions of CO.
i"nial days still remain their red and black
glazed bricks hidden with moss and iyy.
their walls pierced with rows of rre,t
square windows with their dozens of di
mlnntive lights, their rose powered porches
sadly needing repair, and th~ir central
chimney stacks suggesting the puain, old
corner iircplac.S within.
The masses of the people. except upon
the hey and river shores. ars farmers to a
man. and their prculiaTitles are those Of an
agricultural community, always Favored,
however, with the inevitable dash of sail,
water. ~ecinded rs their life has hacu
iIom outer Influences and marked by A
strong spirit Of conservatism, it is not
strange that their social habits should lie.
yea! 20 Us some glimpSes of the light of
other days One has singular sensation
ni antiquity when lir receives an invitation
To spend the evening " out. and finds the
Cartilage waiting At TWO o'clock. az course
little q; THIS is noticed IN the towns. espe-
cia!iy those which have become ac,iy.
business centres but III retired parts Of the
country thcr, i much which suggests the
good old times of loyalty to the Crown.
Such names as - Gays Inn E. Bohemia
Manor oxford" " Cambridge " aud
- Castle Haven " are most frequent.
though =" Hungry Town. " Potato Neck, ="
- Tobacco Stick - aud the like occasionally
ohtFnde Themselves. You pass old. tum
nle-d"wn mills by the roadside whose
heavy. moss covered wheels may have
ground the corn OF the forgotten sieepers
beneath those blue slate headstones, the
dates upon which run far back into the
last century. Camp meetings are III high
iavor and IN many places the humber
has!-mectIng attracts large attend
auce. The latter is always held at night.
and the titfnl glare Of the brush fires pro-
duces a wild effect, while the slow, dirre-
like melodies which float away among the
shadows are strangely suggestive Of the
forest c"nvcnticles Of other and long gone
times. And yet the influence Of the an
cieut days of an established Church may
still Toe distinctly traced III customs which
are last becoming obsolete. Easter aud
"hitsuntIde are observed Is holiday sea
sons by those who have luag lost sight of
the religious significance of those festivals
Twelfth Day cakes are exhibited in the
shop windows, and Halloween parties in
dniged IN. while many who never read a line
OF Shakespeare or heard OF Ash Wedue,-
lay believe that til. corn crop W III certainly
fail II they do not eat pancakes on Shrovc
Tuesday and l.usy pudding at Easter. 1t
is curious to lind the singular .,ame peter.
boat, applied by the fishermen of tie
Thames To the Slated boxes IN which they
keep their fish alive, in constant usc on the
Chesapeake by men who never heard of the
Thames.
1t is refreshing, too when one hears
people talking familaIly about -. tie war.
To discover that their minds are not dwell
ing upon any recent sectional differences
There are. indeed, here a. elsewhere
Throughout this broad country, bitter heart
burning still uuqueuched, which only time
and mutual foI clearance can remove. but in
as II only vague rumurs OF suc! strife had
ever reached the people. Tier war-the
crrii.ct which bequeathed To- them historic
battle fields and the Sar.Spangled Ban
her was waged about the yea. Of grace
eighteen hundred and twelve. They will
proudly tell now j British squadron cas-,
anchor IN the ro4dStcad of Wor;nu Greek:
how the gallant Kcutish militia met ami
routed Ills Nai-,ry's marines ON The elias
sic plains of Caulk's Field: aud how thr
English commander, like some male and
martial Cinderella, He'd, thence inc ioriouslv
t" his ships, leaving his slipper as trophy
I" the vict"is.-all this rs if it had hap
peued but year ~ two age.
The position of the people Of Eastern
Mary Wand during the late war between tie
the States is well known. and anon. tie
hundreds OF Northern men who are DOW
attracted to this rich and promising country
many seem /" entertain some fears As to
their reception. have more than once
been questioned complementary upon this
point. and Will therefore close this paper
With the assurance 10 every such doubtcr
that there exists nowhere quieier or more
law ahiding community, and that every
one. whenccsDcvcr he may come, who
brings industry or capital and an honest
character, will find awaiting him kindly
recognition. a hearty welcome and social
position equal 10 that in which he was en-
Titled 10 move at home
lTo he CONTINUED