The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-07-25

The writer is bcguiled into the act OF
opening this Chapter of his Rambling
RecollcctionS, by making public the ful
some but doubtless sincere compliment t,
Elkton. contained in the foregoing acroS
tic. written in the early tWcnticS. pos
Sibly about lS23 1t bears no date but
the yellow time-StHiued leaf that lies
before him. seems relolcnt of the air OF
gallantry that dictated it. Its author
afterwards became Il distinguished Edi
tor in the West, attaining deserved prom
incwce both in politics and literature.
The writer was Il child when he first
saw that acroStc He thought it then
the greatest piece of composition ever
penncd in the English language. Today
III the year 1908. sixty years since h,
first read it. it warns up the cookies of
his heart. in the memories it recalls. of
his childhood hours, when every pathway
led to flowers :
when sticks of peppermint possessed
y Sceptre's power to sway the breast,
And heaven was round him while he fed
On rich ambrOsial ginger bread.
IL must nave "tell ihiS acroS'l', I'M
pressing upon 'lc 'nin,.''c MINI VI Tue
writer, the virtues of Elkton, that trans.
formed the impression into Il positive be
lief. and from which he has never fully
recovered. He hadn't when so young
s''Se en""S. III '""rHc' 10 kl'""' 'nn' 1t
was .'"' r'"i'H th' low 'i"l 'ht S"'laii'
Scrlpler was coh'piilhentiie' ""i 'ht
n'""ti'"' Sir' whose nome 1t was '''''
tl'' 'he roa' d'l!'"cN OF ms wit "e'illle
apparent III thr iHlPrrS"hal character "l
nlH NerSr' ia" ne "'e'l "oI"'r l"E'f'
ne "oulh nav" t>rh'"'" lhr Town "l'"'
EeIher' r'''trel no "o"ot III MS eyes
'i''''t "''r"',N' u! h'r PI'N'il'e' an" We,
c'"''" ""', 'I"' every 'l'S"i'r "iI,,
grace "WrIl hoiii'i" tla' "lnSonl" lace.
b"l ne ulih l. "''"uS" II" WAS 700 mo
"'H'' "i" 'lic a''"S'l' Nus '"'l' l"M u
our gene 'r"''"" "S 1t" 'A"ES''''e'' 'Iln".'
10 'iie VIRTUES "l p'ri"l' 'ha' possibly
ou'ri''''" Us present r'P"''''"!' l"i
e!P@an'e' kloWI'u@' an" "S''htali"h'
As we are NOT however engaged III the
voluntary I'lHH'"h "l NrI'i'E f'lh'"N "l
i'H P'oih'' 'llh'r E"Sh'hSN up OF MS
"Sr''nnN """"' we H''A ''Nlh'SS 'he
"''"H'l'' WIN II" 'l'"i'EN J." ""i r'"'''iS,
l"r GIVING 1t poSSlolF 50 huch uhdeS'fNeu
pron''hel'c''
II w" c"" suppose IN "rlGilla' hat''e "l
ElNl"h returning mere amer an absence
OF SlNty-thrre years. W" can readily I'M
aElhe III" "iIhrully he would nave III re-
c"Ghl|ihG tn" pI"rr from tn" environ
ll'hlS OF me hailf"au station. Bow
- Y
thF'' I""rS' lhai any p"Ill"n Oh 'h'
toWh' IN" residences "1 Mr. I. I. Stflck-
lal"' MIS-. DUNBAR. Mr' Joseph lilhch'
me, ANA NrN. MarShoailk o'llS ih' Only
analtiohS I" It's haterlHl growth or al
least III thr hummer "l IT'S MONIES. Al the
kallr"ad station llSel1 the trahSlorna-
non mas hc"n complete. SN,F years ago
lt Stoon Oh the south Sldr OF IN" single
track the railroad from lhlIadeIphln To
ba!tlih"f" helhG owned ANA controlled by
three S"phiat" corporations. The road
from balllih"r" |" liaNrr dc TRACE hrln"
Known rs the haIllih"rr ana iort De
post Rhllf"ad. chartered by the Mary
lahn Legislature III lS1-, the w llmlhgton
ana SuSqhehanha Road extending from
ieffFNlilr I" wilmington. ANA tn" Ihlla'
drlphla' llmlngl"n ana Baltimore Rail
ROAD from IInihgtoh to ihlladelphia
all thr"" roads beng consolidated III
the year 1853. under one nam"-Thc
ihllad"lphia. Wilmington ana Baltl'
more RalIr"ad. The station itself
was capnc"uS frhm" building OF
one story ANA half. the main portion OF
thr lower moor beng large bar
loon. the west END OF which was parti-
TONED on rs ladies' room, through a
Shah WINDOW OF Whlch' opening mt" the
larger room tickets could be purchased