The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-01-11

knit. aud sew.
! leave Ia Sol Mogg fnr tolling The bell.
My old hat aud pipe which he knows yer,
we'll.
TO my nephevs and nieces my biz, s,iug
give
And entrsat they will mind aud learn how
to live.
Wy thanks tn the public cannot express:
Their goodness To me has been quite I,
excess,
My feelings are many but words arc 10,
few
To tell how il pains ma To bid them alden.
Here we have the man and his time II.
in his brown coat and silver buttons, III,
back marked by the quadrant Of powdel
the club of his queue described Is ii move,
back and forth with his head, like one q
his own pendulums, So fulfilling the rcscm
blance men groS 10 of their pursuits. ",
then have a picture of his house, his fam
lily aud his friends, the landscape" ans
the picture of 4" Judith - in the hail. iii
the musical clock behind the door. the spin
net i'll the parlor and the ied and whit,
COW IN the stable. Then there was the gar
den, aud the shop with its many tools and
few books aud it's half-century accumuIa
tions, prominently hanging among them al
the trophies Of his dental skill. strung to
gethcr: for trades were mingled in those
colonial days, when "specialties were
unknown. His three sous had distinct in.
divIduality, and his daughters Marcy and
Abigail were notable girls. lie had . thrifty
wife, and his friend Harry Woodcock was
a ne er do well genius. llc remembers sol
Mogg, the sexton, and does not forget Ia
put ON record his irrepressIble dislikes. IL
that brown coat with its silver buttons, his
corduroy brooches and silk stockings. :" i.
the walking be dry" silver shue-bucklcs,
cooked hat, cane and queue, he paraded
tho town on Sundays aud on the King :
birth day. for loyal subject of King
colony of a London craftsman and 4 reader
OF The Mar, land Gazette" the latest
news, only three months old, from Europe
And was it lie who published in that ven
away service or apprentice
Run away from the subscriber Twin.
at Annapolis, ON the twenty seventh OF this
instant August, l1i5. servant man uamcd
John Powell. alias Charles Lucas. a Lon
doner born, by trade a clock and watch
maker. He is a short, well set fellow. has
full, google eyes, aud wears Wig lie
had on, when lie went away, an Osnabrig :
shirt, a pair of buck skin bIeeches a pair
Of white hose and Il well worn broad cloth
coat with metal buttons.
Whosoever secures the said runaway so
that he can be had again, shall have -
reward besides what the law allows: and
if brought home. reasonable charges
But in the next number we fluid this:
:. Whereas John Powell was advertised
last week in this paper a. runaway: hut
being only gone into the country cydcr-
drinking, aud being returned again To his
masters service: these are therefore TO &C
quaint all gentlemen aud others. vino have
any watches or clocks TO repair. that they
may have them done in The best manner
and at reasonable rates
The seventeenth of January, in the year
of grace l1ij, on 4 Thursday. &" The Mary
land Gazette appeared, not a foo; square
aud published weekly, ''by Jonas Greene,
post master, at his printing-oilice in Charles
Street, and containing the freshest advices,
foreign and domestic" An address To the
public sets forth that "Our intent, there.
fore, is 20 give the public a weekly account
nf he most hi. far.
eign and domestic, which shall from time
to time come to oar know ledge. having
always principal regard 10 such articles
as nearest concern the American piauta-
land in particular; ever observing the strict-
est justice aud truth in relation Of facts,
and the utmost disiuierestedness and i'm
partiaiity in points of controversy" The
printer invites - the ingenious productions
of learned correspondents, provided what
ever is transmitted be consistent with So
briefly aud good manners The price OF
the paper TO Subscribers is twelve snillincs'
Maryland currency, per annum;' its latest
dates being from The London Gazette :
Of the preceding August, and from Boston
the twelfth of November.
In the library of the state house a. An
uapolis we have 4 complete file of this in,
teresting journal from its com neuccmenr
TO the present hour, for it is still printed rs
hip-roofed house on Charles street, where
the rusty vane, representing some extinct
marine animal, still sings of mutation. -
On Summers day in the cool and quiet
pastime for the tired student than 4 perusai
OF its age-stained pages. We are trans
ported TO the past, aud live fur :. while III
the last century, as much interested in the
latest news fiom the walls III Austria aud
Flanders as in our last telegram from Con
stantinopie. We read of the great Fred
erick' successes and mishaps, and the hor
rors of those wars. We have the letters
Of participants in the battle of Fontenoy
and the tax ing of L,uisburg, news Of naval
comba;s on the high seas. of French plots
and German lntrigues, and essays on NOR.
Atty aud manners BY the advertisements
we can realize the dress. tie material wants
and the every day life Of our ancestors, and
imagine their pleasures, their preiudices.
their sentiment, and their opinions. There.
in they speak FOR themselves.
Between one hundred and iif'y years ago
and To-Day there is no greater change than
in the matter Of a geu;lsmaA's dress. In
The male sex, tImidity ia the Use of color
and slnuchy neg ligeuos Of attire charac.
ieIZe the nineteenth century. IT, the eigh
to.uth, the bearing of i man Indicated has
social rank, and - gentleman" WAS sup
pnSed to be accomplished in all knight Is
exercises. The dress. moreover, exacted
attention - mien and bearing As any lack
of muscular development was At once ap-
parent and exposed the unfortunate weak
ling to ridicule from the fair. We of tn-
day are disposed To measure dress aud
manners by the narrow standard of utility.
aud to forget that otttimes manners make
the man" aud that All attitude expresses
as rnI.uu a. words Ii,.rhans ,h,. niI .cI,n,,l