The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-11-14
CECIL WHIG ELKToN, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER a. 1908.

II pair of scales at the PeIryville freight
house.
Thursday November 20. is Thanks
giving Day. School boys will be glad to
know that the next day too will he Il
holiday.
w. :. Lcathcrbury succeeds w. r.
Folk as Superintendent of the Odessa.
Middletown trolley line. The latter will
winter in the South for his health
The BOX Social given by White
Oak school of Calvert. lHet Friday even
ing WEBS II very pleasant affair netting
quite II meat sum for the ones interested.
The IINpcwcl Calendar Club viii
hold an Oyster Supper at Mr.. George
/ poiSt'S. on Wednesday evening, Novem-
her 10Th. If stormy, the next clear even
ing.
The teacher ard patrons Of st. Au-
gustinc Soh0ol will hold Box Social
TT the school houNe on Friday evening.
November 20th. 1893. All are invited.
If stormy. the reXt evening.
| The EpwC1th League delegates to the
recent convention will make their report
TrXt Sunday in Harris Church. The
sacrament of the Lords Supper will be
hcNd in Harris and Wesley Churches on
next Sunday.
| A large congregation was in attend
ancc ut West Nottingham Church on
Sunday morning. at the memorial ser
I vices held for the late Rev. $. \. Guylcy.
! The memorial sermon was preached by
IIev. DR.. FULLY, of Media. Pa, now in
his Sith year
| -Four or five acres of standing timber
on the Alurat farm. on the railroad be-
tween Port Deposit and Pcrryville. own
ed by X. b. Waters, were burnt over on
Tuesday. 1t is supposed that the fire
w7lS caused by sparks from passing
engine There was no wind. luckily,
which limited the sweep of the blaze.
| The National Convention of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union open
ed ut Cincinnati yesterday. Al1T. Stevens
Of Portland. Maine, National President
with forty State Presidents and II large
number of minor officials and delegates
are present. Mrs jefferson Haine~' Of
Rising Sun. is one of the delegates chosen
from Maryland.
--Frarcis Moore. aged 10 years. young
est SON Of Michael Moore. Formerly of
ElktWn and Principle Furnace. died at
his fathers residences. in llavTe de Grace
on Thursday. from the effects of in
iuric>l received by his hicycl" colliding
with Il team ON Octrb,r 9th. The hey
WIS learning to ride the wheel and could
n,t get out Of the way in time. His
skull WAS fractured.
DIR. Homer Eaton, of New York.
Treasurer of the General Missionary
lCummittce Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church reported AZ its opening session
lat Omaha. on "Wednesday. that for the
lyrar ended October 31st. the receipts in
Guiding special gifts. reached 81 65r.233.
The disbursements for the year were
81 300. 49,. Foreign Missions got STl6,-
Ill. and Home Missions S4I5,SIo.
james Wilson. colorcd, recently
caught at ChickicS Rock. Pa. with a
large amount of T.und,r, gnt out of Ian
caster Jail ON Tuesday night, through an
lopcning SKIS inches in his cell window
by rubbing himself thoroughly with SOAP
and squeezing through. He climbed the
lightning rod To the roof and up the wall
by a MinsTout AMI then reached the
ground by II rope he had put together.
A rather peculiar thing happrIcd al
SmAllcy'> dam. near ChriStialwl village
on Saturday. Perry Howard and john
RrHu>tpin. of Wilmington. had beer
fishing in the dam all nlurning, hut had
had very poor luck and Mr.. and Mrs
Smalcy took pity on the unfortunate
ti4hcImcn and invited them into dinner
They both haitcd their hooks and thrI
II .puHlcA to tina kind invitation. Al
hour later when Mr.. Braun>tcin returned
T. r,hat he hard bite. and the corl
went unnrr 50 far that it WAS half d;
minute before it would rise again. anJ
when he pulled out III at first th.,dgh
= it was a chicken that he hal caught bu
il proved to he ~ wild duck. The ducl
had but ullr leg. the either having hccl
shot off by some gunner in the dim past
The duck must have been very hungry
. as il rot only swallowed the hook but
great p~ptun Of the line ~ well. In ~
moving the hook and line the duck wa,
almost cu1 in twain.
+ " DO nor sptN TTw. tSprtInily the sun hSl
1 small yellow fish. | have heard
father >ly that in his youth they W
n caught in such abundance that they "
, hauled ont on the land and used as n
"a tilizor. which some old folks said cul
= the land with barrener>S.
- The filNt Of May WAS Il gala day
Is the fishing shore. everyone that q
> don II white dress and gather Il huncl
flowers, wNs there. though dog-w
a. wild honey suckle and wood violets Y
. i about the only flowers that could
gathered so early in the season.
nog was made in huge quantities for
q entertainment of the guests. but | |
p thought since THAT it brought but !
y S. change to the fishermen. as it was
0 !. same old whiskcy they got all the t
a y only with II little milk and egg thl'
" in.
4 Fish traders, in long, covered wag
i. | woull come to the shore for hSh,