The Cecil Whig., 1879-01-18

rI"nt rdN had lis custom house a
stately brick Yet standing. Tie Mary
land iirct, unr,r convoy Of British men
oi-war and far the most part well arm
81. gathered here a, Their port of ics,i-
h"t1"u. amt many = the tale. related bv
our o!i }ourUsi. Of their cumhals with
The French incu-ot-war and priva,ccrS-
a prolific nursery Of sailors warns '
told IA >ra phrase. and recording British
pluck and contempt of the Frcnchman
Frequent mention l. made in the adj
v"rit-rmrnt> of that dav Of the town
gates Of Annapolis made in fear If In
dian attacks: for the French ennis.
>artrS were ever busy in disturbing the
friendly relations which existed in
Maryland between the ahnrigines and
the English We find an order "to
have IN said town two rFAIRS wear,
persons coming thither not to he ar
rested one day before the said rFAlR
and one day thereafter These ucca.
lions were the gala DAYS of the people
a. the high days and HOLIDAYS OF the
gentry were the BIRTHDAYS Of prince
and proprietary, and Nav dav. Whit
SuntiGc. Michacima> and Christmas
Militia trainings and muster davs also
broke The monotony Of daily DUTY. At
the lair horse races were included
n principal attraction. and. n in one
advertised for Ballimore-towu." a
bounty was offered of forty shillings To
any person That produces the best
piece Of yard-witr, couurrv-madc. white
iinncn. the piece To contain twenty
yards. on Saturday. the third dav. i
hat and ribbon viii lie cudgcllcd for ::
pair Of pumps wrc>tlcd for; and a
white sniff TO be run for by two negro
girls"
We read that at county court
held hcr" nn Tuesday, the 9th july of
this wear GI4?). Mrs. :. c.. Of Pa
tap~c" was fined the sum Of one penny.
for whipping the Rev Mr. Nj W.
with a hiccory switch il being ima--
inrd ny the court that ne well deserved
IL"
On III" 18th Of June. l753, appears
tn" following advertisement
"By permission of his honor the presi-
druI OF the council at The new theater,
IN Annapolis hy the company of comn.,
d an. fIou Virginia. on Monday next,
"eing the 22ni instant will be performed.
= The Beggats Opera likewise :. face,
called The Lying Valet. =
The duties Of servant are shown
hy one vino offers himself TO wait a,
Table, curry horses. clean knives. buoi~
and shoes. ;ay i table. shave and dress
Wigs, carry lantern and talk French ::
l. IL honest a. the times VIII admit.
ana a. sober a. can he Ne can fancy
This man.ot-aii-w"ik cundur,ing his
master home from some cunyivial meet
ing. the lantern >wavine To and fro a.
the faithful domestic adjusts the OLD
Iertcmaus wig and cooked hat. and
guides h!s Wandering footsteps through
the unpaved aud uuiighled streets OF
the PruvInral capital.
Tic history of he Tuesday Club j.
dated lrnin the authors study. Sepicm-
her @th, 1874 "ni in quaint style az
kn"w.rd-cs all dcdiratinns Ia b,.. al
best. but pai'fv stuff. in which truth i.
warped, either hy the power of Hat
terry. or tv the pes ,jlcut inclination To
party. or pu>illanmous fear "f the
aHGcraad resentment Of m"n in power"
Til" first vr!umc contains the first
decade Of the transactions Of that So
r.rfv. cpmprcLrndcd in 80 scdcruEiS
VIZ. fram May. ~. to May. l1jj. in
elusive, with IL" heads oi the honora-
,,ic the president. and the principal
officers lnd members. ani also figure,
# the most matcr.a! transactions Of
'h" "!ur,-wiih an appendix of the
club music composed hv Si-nor Lar
tiEi. the most inyor!;r songs used in
the club etc Tin" laws provide that
the club shall meet weekly a, each
others dwellings by turns. every Tue
'iav. throughout the wear; that the
incmhrr appointed 10 serve a. steward
-hali pro:icc L '' CANNON Of bacon, or
aUv one other dish Of viriua!- and uu
moFr: tina, no fresh liquor shall Lr
made, prepared or produced after II
o'clock i; night. and that every mrmhrr
shall he 4; liberty 20 retire at pleasure
Il is established as rule of the su-
ciety that immediately after supper
the ladies shall BE- toasted. before any
other loa-ia or hcalths 20 round"
Sedcruut, June 18Th, l1ij. This night.
the great Chees. or bachelors was pro.
duced upon = side board. Passed into
law-thG!, if any subject of what nature
Sncyrr be discussed which levels al party
matters, or the administration Of the gov.
ernmeu; OF th;S p:o"iuce. or br dIsagrcra
h!c to the club, un answer shall be given
thereto. but after such discourse is ended.
the society shall laugh at the member Of
Tending III oIdet TO divert the discourse
d" Iuuc 18th, the Goiastic Law WAS this
night put IN execution against Mr. S-crc.
tary Ma.SEc who got into proilx haraugue
about the cnuScIcEcrs of lawyers. Ordered
that Nj. Secretary Marshe entertain this
society upon Tuesday, the Fad OF July
next ensuing.
Later, il is
. Resolved, that cheese is not any more
I" bc deemed a dish "f vittles Therefore
the use of it as such in the club is forbid"
A. the society developed, the insig-
MIA Of Office ami various adjuncis Of
ceremony were adopted Badges Of
silver. double guilt and engraved with
the device and motto Of the society,
were procured from London
The entry l. made that
= Wm. Thornton Esq. on account of