The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-23

proved by Il judicious selection "f tints in
the painting.
| Tie Northern CuuV0rAtion of th. Dio
cese of Easton was held in Shrewsbury
parish, Kent county (Erv. Il. IL. Murphy,
rector), on Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week; morning service being
held in Shrewsbury church and evening
service (with the exception of Tuesday
| EVENING" in ST. Andrew 5 chapel, Galena.
| Different topics pertaining to christian doc
trine and duty Were presented at these
| services by Rev. Mrssrs. Wake, Of North
Sassafras. (Dnan OF the Convocation), Rob
erts, of CLc>tcrtawn; Martin, of |. L. parish
and :, h"u!c:, OF Ekt"n. TIi5 was the first
meeting of the convention since that held
in Elklon in December last.
The graves Of Union and Confederate
soldiers V i'll be dccora ted alike in the ccme-
tcrie5 of Elkton. In view of the scarcity of
| flowers this season, the G- Y. L. Post hay
ing charge of tie ceremony cannot possibly
expect anything like an ample supply, un-
less every one having interest in honOring
| the graves of the dead soldiers make it their
| especial business To add to the offering. If
all OF our citizens will jain i'll this move
mcnt and gather up al the flowers they can
| the graves of the men who laid down their
lives for their country and those who made
the same sacrifice for principle which
they believed to he right, will te made
beautiful on Decoration day. We trust
~, ali al int
| this matter.
A surprise party wis given to Miss
| Clara Scott at her residence on West High
street, in this town, by company of her
| young friends last Wednesday evening.
| The party was made up oi some two score
or more persons and 4 very ple SAINT even
| ing was passed. Among those present was
noticed the Misses Grace Wells Nollic Per-
| nell, Ollie Gilpin, Laura Maxwell, Addie
Brown, Doliie Miller, Elya Gilpin, Eta
| Anthony, Josie AIahan, Mamie Hughes,
Emma Lewis and Carrie Ricketts,, and
Me5srs. Frank Harvey, .lustus Dunot,
Richard Reese, Rufns Rowland and Charles
Perkins. Music, both vocal and inStru
were indulged in until 4 late hour, when,
after doing justice TO 4 wcll-lalen refresh
ment table, all bid their young friend good
night, declaring that it was one OF the most
| enjoyable parties they had ever l,articipat-
ed in.
The ''hoarl walk" on Howard street
and the shady grass plots under the trees
along the Gemetry fence, is Il tavorite resort
for groups of children during the warm
summer afternoons. "Mumble peg and
numerous other games of this character are
INDUCED in, and the youngsters no doubt
have good time. But there is another
feature of the pic ure and that is, they are
frequently boisterously noisy, and residents
of the street complain that their afternoon
siesta is frequently iuterfered with in con-
sequence. We have been requested to notice
this matter and ask the little ones who are
accustomed to spend their afternoons in
this locality to lie little less noisy and to
give Up the usual foot races upon the board
walk. This would detract nothing from
their enjoyment and would add much to
y
upon the street 1t is a very common thing
for parents to send their children to the
"board walk" to play, but to prevent an
noyance to others they should instruct them
not to engage in noisy plays.
The picturesque line of foot logs leading
over the Big Elk at Far Creek fording have
this early i'll their history proven to be a
dclusion and a snare and trap to unwary
pedestrians. One evening recently an Elk
ton lady, while crossing this piece Of re-
marlahle engineering work, for Il moment
raised her eyes from the flooring of the
bridge and the consequence was that her
foot went through break in the boards,
mi uring that member considerably. If any
| one can get up 4 more ridiculous and dam
gerous series of crossings over narrow
streams, we would like to look at the man.
Instead of the four or i've spring boards
called foot logs" one passage way, no
longer than almost any one Of the present
ones, could have been thrown across the
creek at the carriage bridge, at cost very
far below that Of the existing bridges, and
it would have been far more convenient and
safe. On moderately dark night it would
be an impossibllity for any one, unless he
possessed cat eyes, to find his way over this
labyrinth Of bridges, through the groves of
trees, without the aid of lantern or an
electric light. The purpose of the builder
appears to have been to follow the longest
possible route and to cross as many streams
as he could find. Five bridges to cross one
na row creek appears to be about as many
as the most liberal law would allow. We
are not given to croaking or unwarranted
fault-tinding but in such case as this we
are OF the conviction that it is our duty to
speak, as the whole thing looks SO much
like job upon a small scale.
An amusing little episode took place on
| East Main street on last Tuesday afternoon.
| The driver of milk wagon which comes
| from the country three miles or thereabouts
from town, is a bright and intelligent lad,
though in outward appearance in the ver-
nacular of the town boy, "a clodhopper."
! The boys of the town seem to have taken Il
marked dislike to this lad, and make it
their business to annoy him whenever they
can. On the afternoon named Il party of
boys up to fun in any shape, taunted him
as he drove through the street, some of them
going as far as to hurl stones at his wagon.
| The country boy becoming incensed jumped
| from his seat III the milk wagon and went
for them with blood in his eye. The little
scamps who Lad been annoying him scat
| tered like leaves before She wind, and only
one unotiending chap remained when he
reached the curb stone. Taking him for
one of his prosecutors he grabbed him by
the nape of the neck and gave him Il right
| vigorous shaking. He of course thought he
had hold of one of his enemies and really
| was not blainabe under the circumstances,
but when the irate father of his victim came
after him he melted like butter in a summer
sun The reporter expected to witness an
interesting scene, but fortunately for the
youthful milk vender good Judgment took
the pi ace Of passion and he was dismissed
with a severe reprimand, charging him to
look well to his subject before he made
| another raid upon boys Cn the street. The
circumstance attracted quite n crowd of
spectators.
a TERRIFIC STORM.
4 Man and Two Horses Killed by
Lightning.