The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

On Thursday next, Thanksgi giving Day,
the bank, the schools and all places of bus
mess in Elkton will be closed in general
observance of the holiday.
A large company of gypsies are at pres
ent holding forth in Hollingsworth' woods,
about one mile from Elkton. They are still
| at their old vocation of weaving baskets
and telling fortunes.
"A telegram was received by the Epis-
copal convention at Easton on Thursday
last from the bishop elect, Rev. DIR. George
w. Smith, expressing bis appreciation of
the action of the convention, and request
ing two weeks for consideration of the mat
ter.
THE WING will publish next week, in
contin uance OF its series of short, original,
and copyrighted stories, Dangers of the
Sea, AN interesting and delightful narrative
written for IL by Mary Prescott, sister of
the illustrious author and poetess Mary
Prescott Spotford.
We would call the attention of travel
ers to the fact that the time of the train for
Baltimore that formerly arrived here at
40 p. m, has been changed to :27. Thus
reaching here ahead of the limited express
and avoiding the former delay of ten min
utes at Newark.
The place to procure a correct photo
graph done by the wonderful instantaneous
process and finished in the highest style of
RI 10 4, 5>f ~
Garrett, 720 Market street, Wilmington,
Delaware. An established business of
thirty-six years has given them reptation
for excellent work that is indisputable.
Parties from Elkton will be courteously ac-
commodated when they visit the gallery of
the Messrs. NJ. u w. Garrett.
While Captain II. p Leslie was at
tempting to step from the $50 train from
Wilmington on Thursday evening last he
was jolted from the platform of the car upon
which he stood, his limbs dragging in front
of the wheels but he was quickly jerked
from his dangerous position by bystander,
who sprained his wrist in the effort. Mr..
Leslie was returning from the Episcopal
convention at E,ston, to which he had been
sent as lay delegate.
The scholarship roll of the Elkton
academy has increased so greatly during
the past few weeks that Prof. Foulk finds
it necessary to apply for another assistant
teacher. This speaks volumes for the ex-
cellence of Prot. Foulk's system of instruc-
ton. We have before stated that we saw
no reason whatever why the academy
should not now attain a more tiourishing
condition than ever, for what with the
labor Prof. Graham SO ably spent upon its
Improvement in the past added to that
with which Prof Foulk at present endows
it, it fully deserves to prosper and in
crease.
I've have no honey at our place this
fall" said Market street merchant resid-
ing in the suburbs "Last winter a diStil.
lery Was set up in the valley below us, and
this summer all the bees in the neighbor-
hood have resorted to it and become grossly
disslpated. Instead of buzZing bout among
the flowers they have hung around the rum
mill and spent their entire time in getting
intoxicated, thousands of them falling to
the ground and lying there in drunken
stupor. The usual consequences have en-
sued, of course; their h ,mes have been de-
serted, their families broken up, their saw.
ings wasted in riotous living, their lives
made miserable and their usefulness in So
ciety destroyed. Many have gone down to
drunkards' graves, and those that remain
old bummers, with winter coming on and
starvation staring them in the face. Mean
time we are short of honey, and 1 have got
to buy some to try and keep the scamps
alive and give 'em a chance to reform. .''-Er.