The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-04-19
HKO.ADBRIN.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Walking Malia-..ar. Talmoges Trial- 5a lden
Dlss appearance Luckess Bridegroom
Tammany OIL Tear-The DOG Show.

DlsapD luck!esS BRIDEGROOM
Tammany OF Tea1-The Dog Show.
New York is mati-mad as a March
hare. though whatever the cause of its
sudden insanity it certainly is not tracca-
bic il brains. for no people havin" brains
enough t. furnish the head Of a rclpc.ta-
bic walking tick would ever have been
guilty ni the supreme folly of which this
people have been guilty for the past few
weeks. heard Professor Silliman many
years ago, say that thcr" was great dar-
ger of the American people running en-
tireiy to brain. Ii the old gent leman had
lived tn see this day. his GcuSion would
most certainty have been ti>pcllcd. for
our principal danger at the present time
is that our whole population will run cx-
rlusvely to legs. \ stout pair of legs are
now aquaSi endorsement of responsibility
and twenty inches of cali are worth more
than dozen college diplomas. Ii is al,
we'll enough that etfeminatc men and wo-
men should be taught to Use the limbs
given them 10y an al!-wi&c and beneficial
Providence. but to see Il whole city so
thoroughly and utterly Gcmoralizcd. rs
we have been by this walking craze is
one Of the most ritilul and humiliating
exhibitions of the present c"utury.--
Preachers haze LEFT ;heirpulpits. Senators
their seats i'll the great council OF the na-
ton. Bankers have forgotten stocks Sc
curitic> and exchanges. and >taid old mer-
chants who wcathercl financial Shipwrcck
III 81 and II are stranded high and dry
i'll this diSleputablc pedestrian storm.
Church members OF repute. and ma"natcs
ofthc Young Men Chris tian Associations
have considered it no particular disgrace
to sit check by nwl with bank burglars
and pickpocittS, While prize fighters and
hulieS made the air loathSomc with pre-
family and tobacco. and We're betting thcn
bottom dollars on the possible endurance
OF Il parcel of staggering wrctchCS rcdu'-
ed to the last extremity of weakness ard
suffering by an exhibition The like of
which trust we may never see again.
The decentralization of men is bad
enough. but the evil example of this walk
ing mania has contaminated Thousands of
our women. and our sense of decency has
been outra ycd and shocked beyond expires
sion by seeing fine ladies. glittering i'll
diamonds. bearing bouquets and garlandS
to brawling vagahonds in the arena. who
under any other circumstances they would
not have allowed to tie the latches Of
their shoe. To such pass have we come
that ladies have had their parlors measur-
ed off. and can tell you to an inch how
many laps around the centre table it takes
to make mile. Learned divineS, asham-
ed to be seen in public, take daily eXer-
else in the privacy of the cellar while all
of our public schools have amatuer cours-
es III lumber yards and back lots and
every rising scholar knows more to-day of
Ennis. Rowell and Hartman than he does
of Gould Browns Grammer. Riddles AS
tronomy. or Robinson $ Arithmetic. This
whole diSIracclul business has eliminated
in walking match by Il dozen women.
whose exhibition has been sustained by
the sweepings of our gambling hells and
pot houses and which it is to be hoped
our local authorities may find it convent
ent TO suppress.
| recollcct reading somewhere of cou-
pie of cities. the names of which We're
Sodoln ana ""lh"rrall. ana as near as my
memory serves, tle iiliitpltaltS theieoi
were not particularly celepi'ttea ior tnelr
Pfty, aiid YET am inclined To thlllh that
a gentleman iroln Souom would 1eci very
much at home II he VISITED New ork or
Brooklyn, especially during the past
thirty days The week = calendar is not
particularly Savory. brooklyn is all agog
with the trial Of Brother Talmagc. and we
have the very ediiying sight of onc-half of
u large and influential religious hody try
M t" prove the other haii mars ana r"S"es.
The terms OF cheat and Nwlntier have
been thrown about IKE tennis oa,l ny
these clcrlcal champions anu teachers
nii'tS AT leij'r! ali', o'iler "iiei>e> equal
~ grave nave not nreh "'iitlh@ TO COM
pete 'he picture. lh.E iiSe'' no ae'oSefS
lf@n "uISloe; .!ll l"lHkc Ihe account tilat
each gives OF Tie other the reasonable
PreSuiiiP'l"i' "o"I'' ne .i"' 'ieI were
pretty pau 'ot. ara YET strange toSaE tne
accused Clergyman H. no''Seil"ld "orol,
not only mere nut III Europe VINO pre-
SIDES over one "i the largest ana most re-
spectacle congregations III me city by
which he is honored ana loved as 1t sci
dom iailS TO the lou oil man I" ne ana All
CT his acctlSerS are men plonS. honorable.
ana supposed I" nc Just. whose conSreSa-
tons are among the very best III the flty
More than year az" mentioned III
one Oh my reuters the frequent ana Suouen
disappearance OF individuals wh"are lost
as efectuaiiy as II they were sunk Ill the
middIe oil tie ocean. baS altef DAY the
river gives up It's oea", marks OIL violence