The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-06-25
"REMINISCENCES.
MEN AND THINGS OF LONG AGO.
NEW AIGhHy, jane is, 1881.

NEW AIEiHy, June is, 1881.
once again I write, and Of the past. /
once was yuuug, hut nov ana old. | wo'-
der how many persons in i.'Itou remember
left Sample" Not many, | presume.
mi.hr 90 through aud through E!Ai"n and
u,, one would recognize me. Ca the 4th OF
November next. il alive, | will he 81 years
old
My mind is wont 10 wander back 10 The
war of lSl2. | have rather a rrmarkabe
ficuIty of remembering dates and names.
Iik.aW boys, | WAS fond al martial music.
There was :, recruiting party IN EAkt"n. IN"
drummer Of which, naiu"d Curtis, was tie
hest drummer ever heard. Elisha Sitn-
,nuus Il r,,rIr.nttr, WIS good drummer
rnr lur H.. learned i,- h'.-t hrt.> from Cur
lis There. wa, also Il cavalry recruiting
f,:rrt, rhrr. ~ hu>. trU'nlirlrf, nanird frtnrh,
t.N,.rr,I..l any "n" ! ever heard on The iru'n-
PCT. Dii, ! remember Viii: :-r'-af delight no"
,irlrt.r IDLE il WAS in I've awakened :ihont day
break hv his trumpet NOTES, n Ii" rode rap
Willy through the streets, sending i"fth Hl'h
strains ~ j.e WA won't /" ,t.i,d hil 10 Arouse.
II, from a >yrr; >ir,n. But Fr,.rrh au,! his
rrumu,,t are still uiIii tie voice "f the arch
angel will awake H. nj! with iherry, Awake
We d .;ui and come to judgment.
dwell very mnch i'll Thought about the
old Landing. Welived there Tor som" time.
| spent most of srhunl days az III" Lending.
There We're iour families there when lived
there. O!d Captain I:!Gdie, who sailed Il
schooner from therr, lived ~ the lower
wharf and had Il daughter Milly. Henry
Brmn,,rr, ut the middle wharf. had a daUgh
ter Fanny, who. | think, married Lieut.
FL. Wilson after the war. Eudo!ph Ben
neil lived 1T the upper wharf. John Gam
HE. an IriShmau, lived next door 10 us. His
chill Ircn ani Ours went to school together.
DAYS Ut my boy hooh, We are vanished and
zone.
Durin" nav residence u. the Landing. there
WAS a grer' ctrryin" trade from B,lrimnr"
in tin. article, of wheat. brought 10y water 10
th. Landing, aud then hauled from the
I.rnding IL rhr mills nj Eikr",. | WAS in
Eikron when passenger travel between
Philadelphia and New York Was carried
on by Ihr old Sivir II lG-S. There Were
three line>-1hr Pilot. Expedition, and the
Mail, each stage carrying from SIN 10 lime
passengers per day. Then There We're post
chai~1s. each carving nine Passengers, and
each mrkin" one "trip per day. These came
IN The morning from Wilmington, ran 10
the Landing, and the paS>en gers " ere trans
trrrtt to steamers. There WAS a period when
There WAS run AN opposition line. This led
Ia r ,ring and danger attended it. This STATE
of aft ,ir> rrutiuu,.t NIL he railroads changed
IT, There WIS much haZira III il. Ih" his
tory of rll. pIS>rr9,.r travel htrwr,n New
I.rk Philadelphia, and lialrimure w"ul'i
liz. now intensely interesting. Ii was rXclt
in- 10 Sc. the pp-t-ch ii>eS coming III III the
morning. all in a line, aud filled with pas
>eugerS, going through to tie l.iadlns On,
how Tht Times have changed.
| have said thai lived in Elkr0n during
rh, war of 1872. | cannot think of th">r
dly~ with any g,Il feeling toward England.
ENGLAND i fast losing her prestige among
the nations of rhr wnrii, aud she will >unrt
or iat"r pass AWAY. | say, tel her -.
have. 40 GOOD tr"liug for her. | esteem
Queen Eirruri' is good woman, bur Eng
land A. a nation ! ahhnr. She has been
wei hrtl in The balance and found wanting.
Her conduct AT The city ot Washington
blasted her character among the Christian
nations. | repeat, let her 90.
Yours truly. T. j. SAMPLE.