The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-07-20

Some water aud some sugar,
Matya n man fSal Mica
If nothing STRONGER

Some water and some sugar,
Make a man feel nice.
Try it-but nothing stronger.
The initials to our Rehoboth letter last
week should have been rs. B. F." instead
of rs. B. T." Our North East, Zion, and
Pivot Bridge readers can easily supply the
full signature.
Rev Mr.. Gould talked in the Free
Methodist Church last Tuesday night
Quite number of preachers arrived in the
. o'clock train on Tuesday. Go out to the
camp and you will see the old fashion kind
of Christians.
AT Providence NJ. P. Church, on to-
morrow Sunday, there will be preaching
at 10I o'clock, by Rev. S. F. Scarr; at >
O'Clock, an address to the Sabbath school,
by Rev. c. II. Williams; preaching at s
O'Clock, by the same minister.
In the cities the servant girls are
having a "high old time with their
beaux, while the AIissus" is at Long
Branch or Saratoga. In Elkton the
''Missus" is having t red hot in tie
kIlCLei, Willie our f!Sll anu tllal III lcNSi ut
Cape May.
1t seems after all the talk of an almost
total failure Of the peach crop, that there
are Il few in the peninsula, for the Mary
land & Delaware railroad, which is located
between Clayton and Oxford, is now trans
porting nolthward about four car loads
daily
Jacob Fulton, a boy of about six years
of age, son of James Fulton, who was liv-
ing with his uncle, Lewis Boulder, on Hen
derson's Point, accidentally got his wrist
broken on Tuesday morning. He was
brought to Elkton to receive the attention
Of DR.. Mitchell.
-Elkton "sports, who contemplate the
Nantucket trip must not forget to be civil
=, and respectful to the pretty but high
strung New England hotel waiter girls.
p No nonsense is their business motto. IF
you put on airs you'll be starved, anl get
your store clothes spoiled with soup besides.
Monday last was St. Swithin's day
These lines upon ST. SwIthin's day arc of
Ing liou aLu SSOI1iSu vi III.
ST. Swithins day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain;
st. Swithin's day, if thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain ma mair.
If there be any thing in this prediction, we
may expect an unwelcomc drouth.
The Fall term of the Elkton Academy
will open on the first Monday of Septem-
Der next At a meeting of the trustees. on
Tuesday evening, the present popular and
efficient principal Mr.. T. J.. Graham, was
continued as such. We hope the academy
may enjoy increased prosperity during the
coming academic year.
Several vehicles, loaded with the
youth and beauty Of Newark, passed
through Elkton last Tuesday morning, on
their way to Locust Point, where they
spent the day. fishing aud boating. They
passed through town on their way home,
about p. NJ, and made the town echo
with the music they discoursed.
The following are the bids for the
Cecilton public school house opened July
10Th, 1878: Messrs. A. II. Reynolds & Bro,
S1,420: Layman & Conrey, $1,450: L. o.
Cameron, $1,G50; John Morris, 81 $50;
Amos Wilson, 81 94G. The contract, has
not been awarded yet, but Messrs. Rey-
nolds of Port Deposit being the lowest bid.
ders, doubtless will receive it.
Now is certainly the time to Get great
bargains. The proprietors of the New
York One Price Cash Clothing House, No.
1S4 W. Baltimore ST., have placed their
entire stock of clothing at cost of manu-
facture. To parties in want Of Summer
stock, this offers a splendid chance to make
good investments. We would say to
parties in want of clothing go there.
A jury of inquisition in the case of
Margaret Porter against Rebecca Porter
was held at the Office of Sheriff Boulden.
on Friday last, the object of which was to
ascertain the mental condition of the said
Rebecca Porter. The jury, after eXamiu-
ing several witnesses, adjudged her to be
of unsound mind. Her real estate will be
taken in charge by those appointed by the
court.
Eight persons were immersed in the
Susquehanna, above Watson's Island, on
the Cecil county side, on Sunday last
Some three or four hundred people were
gathered along the river shore to witness
the interesting ceremony. These parties
intend to join the Household of Faith
Church, Of which baptism by immersion is
one of the essential requirements of all
members of that denomination.
Mrs. Larzalere, the wife of Nicholas
Lalzalere, Esq, of Elk Neck, who had
been in i'll health for some time, died on
Saturday last. Her funeral took place on
Monday, when her remains were inferred
in the new cemetery, in Elkton. She was
an aiiectionate and amiable lady, whose
many acts of kindness endeared her to
large circle of acquaintanses as well as to
the members of her own family.
VIM. J. Jones, Esq, Henry Vinsinger,
Mary Walmsley, Lizzie Walmsley, Mary
Strickland and Sadie Strickland were sent
as delegates from the Elkton NJ. f. Sunday
SCHOOL to the Sunday School Convention,
at Rehcboth, on Thursday last. A NUN Der
of other citizens accompanied them. The
committee, except Mr.. Jones, drove to
kirkwood, on the Delaware railroad, and
took the early train at that place for Reho-
both.
1t is time that people who run their
horses along Back street were taught that
it is not race course. Somebody will be
killed or crippled there in the sweet bye
and bye, and the town or somebody else