The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-06
GENERAL. NEW 5.

Boston is indignant over the discovery
in one nf h,.r iaiis nt :s bay eight wears
old. who hli been held three week. III
default of bail that his mother could no.
obtain.
"On, do, tor" said Mrs. Philadelphia.
at the Rowland House. Long Branch.
Johnny has eaten ice cream. cuctlmbcrS.
watermelon and soft shell crabs. What
shall do" Better send for an under
taker.' said the doctor, - for you and
can do nothing.
Cape May has had the honor of enter
, tanning the first bogus nobleman of the
season He called himself Lord Penyon
! and until his weekly hotel bill was due
created quite a sensation. Several peo-
pie now desire To know the exact where
abouts of Lord Penyon.
Apropos OF Saratoga the following is
SeaSonablc: DO you dance the Ger
maua" NO. do not dance the Ger
man. but | bet On horse races and gam
BILE away my winnings AT night. think
Saratoga ever so nice a place, don't
You - Yes. | think SO. too.
The ladies of the Philadelphia silk
Culture Association contemplate holding
an exhibition OF silk. silk worms and
cocoons al the International Cotton Expo
sition to be opened October 9TH. at At
lanta, ga, in addition To their own exhi-
bition in Philadelphia in the Fall.
julius Noetter, Pittsburg (P;,.) live
stock dealer has purchased from Elliott
McC all for SO, 900 the well known trot-
ting mare Kate Mccall. The mare won
in the 2.2S class at the Pittsbury Driving
Park at the July meeting. her best tine
being 2.255. At Chicago she lowered
her record to 2.23l
Will the coming man steal? This de-
penis. # he is I, Republican otliceholder
we should hate to bet against the chances
of his stealing.--Ntw Htren Register.
And this also depends. If the govern
ment is run by Democrats the four years
preceding his coming, there will be no.
thing left for him to steal.-NorriStotH
Ulr0ld.
Let us hope that now the apples are
ripening there are no blossoms on the
trees, for an old English superstition de
c!ares:
y bloom on the apple tree when the apples
are ripe,
Is a sure termination of somebody's life.
The New York H0r7ax special train.
carrying its last Sunday edition to Sara
toga. arrived there At 9.a5 \. NJ. Between
Albany and Saratoga part of the distance
was made at the rate of 10 miles an hour
Col. John W. SkileS. of Philadelphia
has purchased from DR.. Hughes and
others the Big Hill iron lands said 10
be one of the finest ore deposits in Nir-
ginia. These lands are in upper Botc-
tuurt county. on the line of the Rich
mond and Allegheny Railroad. and not
far from the Allegheny line. The price
paid was $50. 600. \ furnace near the
property will be erected shortly, to be
built by Pennsylvania capital.
Senator b. ii. Hill. of Georgia. who
Wi, recently operated on i'll Philadelphia
by Prof. Gross for cpithoioma. or a call
Ger of the mucus membrane on his
tongue. is rapidly recovering. For a few
days after the operation he used slate
to converse on. but he now talks easily
and without any unusual eXertiOn. Mr.
Hill left Philadelphia and Joined Mrs.
Hill at the ltockbridge Alum Springs,
where they will remain for some time
Does it. after all. pay to be honest -
a disappointed young man writes. No.
my son, not if you're honest for pay. it
doesn't. Not if You are honest merely
because You think it will pay; not if you
are honest only because You are afraid to
be rogue: indeed. my dear boy, it does
not pay to be honest that way. If you
can't he honest because you hate IA lie
and Scorn a mean action. if you can't be
honest from principle. be Il rascal; that's
what YOU are intended for. and you'll
probably succeed at it. But you can't
make nyhody believe in honesty that is
bought and sold Ike merchandise
BnrljnHtoH WtvktyC.
Right and wrong is after ali not so
much IN affair of conscience as of local
ity. Long after coffee drinking was an
established custom in Europe. Il school
master In llessc was sent 10 prison for
drinking it. because the landgrave dis
liking it himself, passed a law that none
of his subjects should enjoy it, In
Texas man was lined for telling pref
ty girl he should like to have kissed her.
Evidently in that State different copvic-
tion prevails from that in some. In Hi
nois, where n justice gave it rs a verdict
that counting is a public necessity, and
must not be interrupted. therefore. if
young man wanted To kiss girl, he
might put her father ont Of the room
first if he liked.