The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-03-13
OLD REGULATIONS.
"Reminiscences of an OId Crcii Countain

"Reminiscences of an Old trCii Countain
Co,rcs poaasni Oltorl Press.
Being unaccustomeG to writing in a
style worthy of public reading N a jour
nal like yours. aud knowing full we'll M
incapacity Of doing SO, | now try ii with
bit of hesitancv; but as two of ynu
correspondents seem to desire that
should make a few more notes Oh old
Conowingo ard RDwlandsvile sulrouud-
ings, l concluded to make another at
tempt, and by this means correct Two
important commissions happening with
your prospect" correspondent.
find i'll coming over the names Of the
old residenters out from C"nowipgo lie
lost sigh: Of my old friend Polly G,lIes-
pie, a very worthy and venerable widow
lady. She owned a large farm uea! New
Mexico, above C0n"wirgo, respectfully
rs Used family of seven on eight ii ildrcr
on that farm, besides caring fur nam
Der of helpless people around her, and
dying at tie aae o. near "re hundred
lfdIS, NtiGSI Ltll anu tNtlfN Nut II, Ia
ing all her children to rest in the grave
before she left the wur,j. say that
such a character fully deserves a passing
note. Her daughter-iu-Iaw, Who has
several children, still lives in The same
house where Mrs. Gillespie lived 81 long
and died. Your correspondent talks OF
taking a back track around Roc, Springs.
hope he may not omit mention Of Car
It's Lowe, another Old and active man
who died many years ago and, Ike Mrs.
Gillespie, full OF lie and vigor to the
last. He lived 20 be near one hundred
yeors old and the year before he died
walked down and back from Port De
post, as was his mode at travelling, He
followed fishing on the Susqushanra for
a number of years and was Qu tie eccen-
tric in his ways. H. cummouly calied
a piece of chalk i'll his pocket, processing
to be some what OF poet, AMI when he
felt little cheered up 10y little drop of
the "clittCr as was lis habl: to indulge
in moderate way. he would i'll sly
way slip up to a friend and touch a mark
off and repeat his favorite poem for
stockins have two and devil The one
shoe. and am forced to wear boots all
weathers" Your Prospect correSpon
dent well kIew Andrew Lowe. son ui
Curtis, I'D if he will, he can give sDmr
wild schemes of his life, ou the discovery
of chrome on his property.
In my first notes relating to CoHowingo
| omitted mentiod of John NAnnort as an
old resident there. He is still living,
now in Port Deposit, where he kept
large dry grOods store for number #
wears, but is now retired from business
He has four sons living, one Ct whom /
conducted the u, st Office until the re |
cent change; another son, George. owns !
large dry goods and gr0c' ry store. |
Old Mr.. Nannort is not quite as o.d as | |
am but of far less activity.
While speaking of Conowingo | must |
relate a little incident that came under |
my notice. Jonas Preston, who owned |
large farm near the p!, C, was having |
some timber sawed at Browns mill and |
when loaded uD in a BOAT, wished to send |
it down to p, TT Deposit. The canal that |
day was full of rats going down also. |
John Grifiing then was the | ck-tender |
and of course had the full n auagcmeut. /
Preston with his man waited very pa |
tiently Tor chance Of pushing ont his /
boat from the pond into the lock and .
finally saw chance, when, leading to-
ward the locks, Guifing squared himself /
up to Preston in a rcpuiSlVH way, saying /
he would have to walt further. Preston |
being large, stout ma ami Quake /
at that, and Glilling Of small Slz sad, /
John will not strike thee. bur will hold .
thee very uneasy" which caused a dam .
per on John, so Mr. Preston succeeded .
in taking III, boat through.
Sp aklug of old residents long since .
gone hence, will here mention some of .
the old fashioned farmers around about .
Row laudsvile with whom had the good
fortune to meet oftentlmeS in confident .
ial ways and friendly intercourse: Wash T
ington Hall, Amos lienshaw, David .
Churchman, Patrick Ewing, David .
Moore, Commodore Conner, Edmund .
Physic. Samuel Rowland, Joseph Roman,
ST., Edward Todd, John SwishSr, Col. /
James Gerry, Canvil Canvin and Corbin
Cooley, Capt. Drew, Joseph Death and
John c. Way, all of whom have left this
stage of action, | hope for a better world.
Theodore Death, son of Joseph Death, is
still living there and the only one there
vino was alive when | lived there, still
works in the rolling mill now owned by /
the Mccullough Iron Company. formerly .
owned by Joseph Roman, who first built =