The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-21
!NORTH EHST IYEUS.
TENPEE.tS nee.

Our informant has it that on the evening
of the 18th inst, the Gospel Temperance
Society convened in the usual place. Mr..
Patrick Reedy, being Il committee to make
arrangements with the ". T.. Pecord TO pub
liSh the names OF the SigncrS of petitions
for the sale of whisky i'll North East, us
also the names of the bon,lsmen and wit
ncSScS reported is follows: On the Monday
following he called on the editor, who, after
some little hesitancy, agreed TO publish the
article that week for five cents per line, but
ON Friday evening, not seeing ii i'll the
R"rof1', called ut that office to ascertain the
cause of the omission, when he received Il
percmptory refusal to publish the advertise
ment though he had made 4 positive bar
gain, at a stipulated figure, to do so. We
learn hat the instruction was 10 have them
published in the Elkton papers also, but to
present them to the 8 Froriess 0nd Free "
first, which resulted rs above stated.
The meeting was very ably addressed by
j. w. Falls, ESP. tunor says that two re-
porterS for the whisky party We're stationed
outside the door to take notes. One was the
HHhr pT(?) who piays on the street at the
town 5 expense: the other was that geuer-
ouS-hearted Soul(n) who alone voted for
whisky ut the last election held in North
East for local option, although the law had
been repealed II month or so before. The
citizens We're anxious to know how the lueS-
ton stood, and the vote resulted in 81 for
local option to against it,
CHILDREN's DAY.
Last Sabbath was children'S day in the
NJ. +. Church. The table in front of the
pulpit was handsomely decorated with vases
of flowers, and i'll the midst was a beautiful
floral cross. The meeting was well attended
by both parents and children, and the in
tcreSting services was listened to with
marked attention. Rev. Mr.. Murray took
for the basis of his remarks Zech. S;4,5.-
(See teXt.) He compared North East with
Il man and the street as his arm, and rs Il
physician can tell the condition of Il sick
man by feeling the pulse, so can we under
stand the healthy condition of the town ny
feeling the pulse of the street. He said if
you pass along the street and see the mer
chant nr the mechanic have his goods or I'M
plcmentS exhibited nj the doors Of their
Spectivc places of business, You might eN-
pcct to find Il similar character of goods i'll
side the doors: and if you met men or boys
on the street with an oath hanging on their
lips or rceling to and fro from the effects of
drinking liquor or fighting and gambling us
many bad boys do when playing marbles
for keeps, which only led to 4 worse state of
things: or the girls with their flirting or a
fiji ON their tongues: it was Il sure indica-
ton of bad training. But if the street was
full of boys and girls with their harmonious
indnlgcncies and plays at amusement which
could be looked upon with approval by the
old men and old Women OF the town, it was
IA sure mark OF good training AT home
These with many other appropriate remarks
and hints TO both parents and children in
regard to street training We're made, but
time and space will not permit recapitula-
ton. The services We're attended with some
choice singing by both the choir and chill
dren.
HARVEST At HAND.
Some of our ncighborS are preparing and
others are busy cutting their grass. prepare
tory to cutting their wheat. We have only
heard of one reaper ut work, which seems
to us to he somewhat premature.
THE IMPROVEMENT
so long desired on Elkton street is progress
ing finely, though met with opposition by
some of the Old tusic> SPECTATOR.