The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-02-12

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becomeSotstool to some still higher tho'
throne him beyond the angelic state io'
finally e the throne of the Almighty i'e'
grand in the extreme. OF '"y
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ltion otpossibilities of life, as suggested VIC
" the bless infant in contrast to the '"e
ighest linment of developed manhood, 'he
nd tbe,lication of the idea of developed thr
,ssibihn individual, selfgovernment to LAX
lie nertion of civil government. The an
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lire acknowledge as the necessary condi- SUI
N of ufect self-contrsl, the cultivation i'i'
conscice, and his recognition Of Christ res
the Jchest type of perfect manhood 'e''
lclude, an Grafton, the elevating charac- ho'
of wbSh merits the highest encomium.
n tbi. imperfect synopsis of DIR. Guards co'
ion we are aware that we have but est
Nv indicated its character. In fact no Vi
1psis could convey an adequate idea of sPi
common consent it as the most III"
nd exhaustive or;ltorical effort Pi'
/ Odd Fellows Hall, if not in ACT
tn;
The grand ~,
tie Grace, on Fritz. ,,. cal
he Il failure to Il gre. a,
there was the largest eve.,,t u,vre g.;
the restaurants and hotels a..royed to of
ness But the racing was MT .,wd NJ,
mention. Considerable pleasure W, NJ,
I rived from sleighing upon the river by til,
visitors from the various cities, 4 great nov
owners of the teams made Il good thing o
it, pecuniarily. One feature of the day
not on the bills-was runaway by horse
belonging to Mr.. James Cameron. He ran
for several miles, nearly to Spesutia Island
before he was overtaken. Altogether, Havre
de Grace at least seems pleased with the
carnival, of which the Baltimore Sun OF
Saturday makes the following note:
n train Of nine cars, carrying 600 eXcur-
SioniStS, among whom We're about 100 ladies,
left President street depot ut 1l.30 O'Clock
\. NJ, and arrived at Havre tie Grace before
l O'Clock. Extensive preparations had been
made there for the entertainment of the viSi-
tors, and they We're met ut the depot by
Mayor John \. Russell, MeSsrs. Murray
Nandiver, Thomas Wilson, II. Courtney,
.Ir., James X. Smith of L apidun, Mr.. Mat
thews, Mr.. Nandiver, Sr., and other promi-
nent citizens Anon. the visitors from
Baltimore were MeSsrS. John Il. Norris and
Thaddeus j. Barton, of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad: Sher-
if a. +. Smyrk, Messrs. Christopher Shaw,
Christian Leutbecher, and others. = space
of about 80 feet wide on the ice had been
cleared of snow Just below the bridge, from
Havre de Grace to Perryville, for the sports
face an ice boat managed by Mr.. ii. b. Court
ney was gliding swiftly from shore to shore.
The eXcursionists quickly made their way
to the shore, and the ice was soon covered
with skaters enjoying the sport. Sleighs
loa lei with ladies and gentlemen came rush
ing across the snow-covered field of the Sus-
quehanna from Perryville, Port Deposit,
Lapidum, and the surrounding country,
until some twelve hundred people We're con-
gregated for the festival, and business in
Havre de Grace was suspended for II holi-
day. Quite Il mum Der of persons sailed ont
on the ce-boat, and later in the day a second
boat appeared on the Perryville side. Sev-
eral runawayS took place among the teams
and great excitement was manifested as the
fiery steedS rushed over the snow fields, but
fortunately all were captured without dam
age. About 80 o'clock the event of the
day came OFT in a race across the river by
trotting horses harnessed to sleighS best
three in five heats, for a valuable purse the
distance being about seven-eighths of mile
The judges We're Sheriff Smyrk, of Balti-
more, and Mr.. keene, of. Havre de Grace
Horses were entered by MeSsrS Boyd, Will
ton Greenway, ana John Payne, of Hartford
county, and George Nelson. .Jr., of Balti-
more city. The horse of Mr.. Boyd acct
dentally collided with an ire-boat and did
not start, and that of Mr.. Greenway was
withdrawn, leaving the contest between
MeSsrS. Payne and Nelson. The race re-
suited as follows: Nelson's black horse
Harry f., first and second heats, in =. 56
and 90: Payne's bay horse John Davis,
third heat in 2.Jl: fourth heat and race, by
Harry +. in 30 During the day the Ma
sonic Hall was opened for the accommoda-
ton of visitors, under Mr.. w. f.. White
house, librarian, and meals We're furnished
by different hotels in the town.
The cutting of ice on the Susquehanna
was about closed, Messrs. W. NJ. Oler & Co.
having filled eleven houses at Watson's
Island. Four houses of the firm ut Havre
de Grace are already full, and five houses
ut l.apidunl. making in all about 10000 tons
stored by them. The ice was fourteen inches
thick and of most excellent quality. Fred
erck X Sons, who have six houses at Havre
de Grace of about 10000 tons capacity, are
about three-tourlhs full, but were not cut
ting, on account of the heavy snow upon
the ice MesSrS. Cochran 4 Co. and Mccoy
have completed filling their houses at Per
ryville, and the ice crop this season is alto
gether satisfactory. Detectives Mitchell and
Schafer, OF the Baltimore police, were on the
excursion train. Three well known pick
pockets, one of them from Washington city,
We're spotted " by the officers on the way
to Havre de Grace, and on order of Sheriff
Smyrk We're promptly sent back by return
train after arriving there. The excursion
lists left Havre de Grace at 4. IS F. NJ and
arrived in Baltimore at o'clock.