The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-01-14
lecial Correspondence of The WING.
A CECIL OOUNTAIN ABROAD.
HENRY. ILL.,, January 7,h, 1888.

Orably Impressed Wlth THIS country.
Everything goes with whlzz. Tue peo-
| Die are clever and soclable. We have
| access TO a private library containing
large collection of books treating upon
all subjects essential for common people
to know.
During the hot September days l visi
| ted an agricultural fair in a reighboring
town. The exhibitions were about equal
| 20 the Elkton fairs except III the matter
of swindlers admitted on the ground. In
thi. respect Ekton leads by a neck. The
exhibitions of feminine beauty are about
evenly balanced, although Cecil county
has reputation for handsome women,
we believe the bouncing bellies OF the
prairie are thrice parallzing.
Women are becoming power all over
the land. The w. G. L. U. are holding
suffrage meetings all through this coun-
| try, where they read aud discuss the
principals of Susan B. Anthony aud other
| noted women sutfragists and are encour
| aged by the thought that the time when
the little ballot will be put in their hands
is not so very far away. They say away
| down in Kansas the politicians will bow
and scrape at the very sight OF petit
| coat. Ii ignorant men, white or black,
| native and foreign born are eutltied to
the privilege of the ballot in the name OF
justice why not an Intelligent lady.
1t seems little strange That such
should be the case, but the rugged honest
farmer out through this country feels
moderately prosperous Notwithstanding
the dry administration and Democratic
summer. Oh this is little mixed but
you know what we mean all the same.
But with the advancing price of pork,
corn and other rural products they seem
i'll a fair way to scrape along till spring.
| As usual there is no aenyiug the fact that
the success OF the farmer is the bed rock
upon which rests the success of all other
| departments of trade.
hear some talk of wolf hunt by
some of the local sporting fraternity.
We understand about a year ago how
some of the Nimrods of this section Gov
cred themselves with glory in one OF
these hunts. By all means let us have
the hunt as there is plenty of the wall
eyed brutes to practice on III the Jnngles
along the river.
| acknowledge the receipt of that box
of sundries contributed by our lady
friends. 1t is these little evidences of
kindness that sweeten life as we journey
along toward the great beyond. Aud We
|
their pathway through life as the dew
upon the mountain, and if our DAYS
should be spared till our head is covered
with the frosts of time then as we look
| aduwn the moss covered trail OF time
and contemplate the gorgeous goneness
of the gone, those same hands that con
tributed to the comfort of our youth will
| still be held sacred in memory's store
house. Aud when their days are ended
aud their work is done may their happy
spirits shine as FURNISHED gold in the
realms of eternal bliss.
Two of our poultry spectators have
gone out of the business with large and
choice assortment of experience and con-
siderable less money than whel they
started in. TIE keen commission men
of intellectual Eastern cities were a trihe
| too smart tor them.
Lark kee is giving series OF lectures
through this SECTION concerning things
as they list in China. $50, 600 worth of
curiosities brought from the land of al
mond eyed people are also on exhibition.
The lectures are under the auspices Of
the Methodist Church.
The worlds holiday was celc brated in
the good old way in Henry. Christmas
exercises were held in all the churches
these same exercises being attended with
the regulation amount of shrubbery.
music, youthful oratory, and ieasting on
the good things of earth. The Baptist
Sunday School had a grand time. The
Congregational folks had big tree while
Methodists, who never do things by
halves, had an abode for old santa fixed
up with regular old-fashioned chimney
and big tireplace-the idea of which was
L. i r
of the leading brethren. The exercises,
one and all, were of a very pleasing char
acter, and made the occasion one of
Joyous remembrances to the children.
Skating on the river Is the alpha and
omega in the recreation line. While
gliding DER the Illinois river brings to
mind skating on the fish pond on the
Row, and we imagine we see the colossal
forms OF Archie, Mac, Frank, Ella and
Jess, swaying gracefully up and down
the Illinois river would be thing OF
beauty if not joy forever. But as this
cannot be we tender them our kindest
regards, hoping they may have good
time skating on the little pond on the
row. The skaters have some exciting
races, the ladies come on the river by
tiocks il their close fitting garments, and
some OF them are perfect flyers. We were
drawn iuto trial of speed oy big how
ling swell from over the river. In racing
each Teller takes his gal" So the big
teller picked out his girl, and we took
Lena, whom we had seen move before, and
with pa!pitating hearts scored up to the
starting point for two mile heat-one
mile down and return. So we moved off
at an easy gait, the big fellow little IL
advance, but he gradually increased his
speed until nearing the end of the mile
it taxed our energy to hold our ground,
and he beat us out about the length Of o
piece of rope. But Lena led her girl the
length of Maryland fence rail. This
renewed our courage, and remembering
that the race Is not always to the swift
noi the battle to the strong, we deter
mined to do our best on the home run.
After briei blow we moved of mean
| ing to take it easy the first half mile, but
our big friend moYed off with the power
and momentum of a locomotive-ths
brought us down to our level best, and
when halfway home found us a nose
ahead and Lena close in the rear. About
this time our 200 pound friends skates
were making the ice fly like showers of
snow. But alas for our big friend-for
in his muscular exertion and wondrnus
river to Rio Grande revealing his under
linen in all its pearly whiteness to the
admiring gaze of the coming dalnsels in
the rear. When this happened our
friend faced about and went backwards
at rapid rate toward the western shore
and has not been seen on the river to
this day.
| A letter from home informs us one of
| our young friends has a notion to leave
! the virtuous soil Of Cecil and locate in
bloody Missouri or sin soaked Illinois
As cecil countians are scattered all over
the world as missionaries. merchants
bankers and traders in all civilized and
unciviizad nations, we would advise
our young friend to stay at home till
spring, as it is powerful cool out here,
and sooths his religious zeal by looking
| to the needs of the fatherless and sooth-
| ing the sorrows of the widows.
AS eur letter is growing longer than
we intended we will close by wishing the
editor, foreman md all hands down to
the newest ID a happy aud pros
| porous new year. G. b. H.
| Specu correspondence Of The WING.
AVIAN DOWN SnUTH