The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-03-01

Cherokee Indian orator, upon the invita-
ton Of \ number of prominsnt citizsns Of
Elkton, will lecture here, ON Wednesday
evening, March l2th. The sahlect of his
lecture will he. The Indian q uesiion."
The Washington EreHing Star says that
Col. Boudinot Us uLquestIonabiy one Of
the most eloquent aud interesting speakers
of the day The advertisement of his
lecture will appsar in our next issue.
A Vermont man has advertised card
in the paper in his town which reads:
Some people have the vulgar habit Of
calling ms Bill; that is not my name, nor
any part of it. My name is W lillian Palmer.
forgive al. past oiieuses, but # any person
ever calls me Bill after the publication OF
this letter, shall take it as a downright
insult. and Just much of All insult As
though ho had called me by aay other
hateful name that is not my own" How
are you. Billy?
Joshua Bordley, a rural gentleman, al.
legged to have an innate weakness for game
both wild aud tame. bat more particularly
the barn yard varieties, was committed To
the custody Of Sheriff Boulden this week
but afterwards released upon ball. upon the
oath Of Mrs. Julia Biddle, near Elkton, who
charged him with the invasion of her hen
merry. One witness in the case produeed a
bag Of feathers with which to establish the
guilt Of the accused. The justice thought
this testimony too light, other circumstan.
tial evidence however being in his opinion
sufficient to commit the prisoner.
Isaac Albsrtson, the genial proprietor
of tho - Mansion House. on the corner of
Fayette aud st. Paul streets, Baltimore.
has, with conmendabls enterprise, made
very decided improvements in the cuisine
of his hotel. His new 81 bill of fare covers
enough dishes to please the eye of any
ordinary epcure. His terms, however, re-
main the same, $3.50 per day. Beside, his
entire house has been renovated, and no
hotel in Baltimore, we know personally.
affords cleaner sleeping rooms or more care
fully tended beds that :" Isaac's," of the
Manson House. There is no use in paying
80 90 per day, when the Mansion House
affords you every reasonable comfort foI
one half the money.
Many of the members and friends of
Zion charge visited their pastor, Rev. J.
owen Sypherd, and family, on Wednesday
evening last, and after spending the even
ing pleasantly together returned 20 their
homes, leaving behind them many sub
stantial evidences of their high apprecia-
tion of their pastor and his family. The
Zion orchestra was present and under the
leadership of Mr.. WIN. Haddock. contrbu
ted much to tae pleasure of the occasion
by discoursing sweet music. Giving to the
Indictment evening, a number of those ill.,
tendisg to be present were prevented from
doing SO, but on the following evening they
came aud bore their testimony and another
pleasant evening was spent in The Zion VI.
E. parsonage.
The North East Sunday School Mis-
sIonary Anniversary will he held the second
sunday in March, at q o'slock T. NJ
There will be a missionary dialogue. solos,
and variety of music. A journal will be
read, prepared by Mr.. ID. Brewer, assisted
by the teachers curious, spicy, inn lisitive.
instructive. Each class will report the
Missionary money collected during the
year. To every teacher whose class secures
$500 during February and March will be
given nice hymn book. To each scholar
contributing 800 beautiful card with an
illuminated text. The Sunday school from
Bouldsn's and Goodwill Chapels are in.
vited to take part, make reports and receive
their premiums. A specimen Of the pre-
miums will DO exhibited before the school
to-morrow afternoon.
Already the seedmen are out with their
catalogues, and soon will the enthusiastic
vIllager invest his bottom dollar in dried
beans, peas and corn, hoes, rakes and
spades, wheelbarrows and lawn-mowers.
Learnsdly will he talk of mammoth beans.
stupendous squashes and perennial peas
Lovingly will he liugsr over the first green
shoot that splitteth the bosom of Mother
Earth. Glssfully will he chuckle over the
peeping forth Of the insipient cucumber
But let him not vaunt himself too highly,
for the day cometh when the squash, bug
exhaleth his sweetness on the Summer air:
when the potato beetle gosth about seeking
what he may devour; when the air and the
sky and the earth are full Of divers insects
hateful to the sight, unpleasant to the
smell. and death to every green thing:
when the MONDAY sun burneth that upon
which his heart was set: when the monoto-
nous watering pot taketh the place of the
rain which cometh not again; when the
birds Of the air and the fowls of his neigh.
Dor do wax fat OH the seed he has hidden
IN the earth. Isn't it your experience,
reader,