The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-01-06


they were holding high carnival
yondcr on Water street. The
crowd oi bad boys, with their lead
crs-scycral jovial mcn,-wcre in
the Hollow, in front OF the old
I.lkton Hotel. then kept by mine
host Uncle Joe TAYLOR. The men
OF the gang were very busy just
then. in connecting a scheme for
lots more fun, and | think that this
was to be the last act OF the night.
1--WE want to borrow a cart and
oxen first thing, said Step.
Take Our cart and oxen said
Hen"
There were six or eight oxteams
standing on Bow street at the time,
for mind YOU reader, this was the
farmers mode of travel at this
epoch, especially when something
was to be hauled home. And
wasn't this Christmas eve? Just
think of it Young reader. No
buggys or carriages OF any kind in
lLlkton on the Christmas OF which
| write. But instead. the streets
were lined with carts and oxen,
lowing uncaSilv in front OF every
store and hotel in our old town,
for their masters to come and gee
haw them home to their fodder.
must loiter longer Just here,
dear young readers, for the pur-
pose of telling YOU more about
Buck and Berry, Tom and Jerry,
Jack and Nell. How strange. YOU
may think. that Nell should be
voked up with lack. All, we'll
that was only one popularity of
the by-gonc days, out OF hundred
and some day we will give out the
other ninety and nine.
The cattle named lack and Nell
were owned by Bat-Eyed kindale.
or John kindale but every one call
ed him "Bat-cyc.' He then lived
on the old farm known as Glen
Dale, on the Little Elk Creek
about two miles up the Blue Ball
road. ack was spotted bull,
and Nell was a pretty brindle hei-
fer, and how strange that Bat-Eve
ever voked pretty Nell with ugly
lack. and made her work every
day, when his barn-yard was full OF
young steers.
The old Elkton was lit up. that
is. candle was on each corner,
and the tiny blaze was Pickering
and irving to work its way out
from the inkv darkness. but it
could not. All, well. it was good
enough for We olden time! But
at this glorious period. if one can
not read newspaper, halfway be-
tween two lights. he has terrible
kick to get off the next day. where
as the antediluvians were satisfied
with their little penny dips. flicker
ing yonder and here, and far over
there. like tiny FREELY. which had
been trampled on in the grass and
was now struggling manfully to
get out.
Oh. how I do wish that I could
call the dear old fogies back to our
Brand New Elkton, to have them
stand and gaze in rapturous awe,
at the glorious changes since they
last ambled hereabouts. To have
them understand that by the pres
sure of button, far over the hills,
yonder at Gilpin's Falls, our new
Elkton is made as light as though
myraids of penny dip candles were
lighted in the streets of our once
crazy old town.
BENEFITS oxen. the ones that
Hen had kindly offered to the bows
OF the night for purpose OF their
own, and for which | know my
young readers are very anxious tc
catch on to, but they must wait
the old scribe's pleasure.
I'VE will have to get a cart tc
fetch him up, for no five men coulc
fetch him without" said Harri
son. "Take Tom and Jerry" sale
Hen; they are the fastest walker!
and will drive them myself"
Tom and Jerry, Benefits oxen
from Vinegar Hill, were a prett,
pair of muley steers. They were
bays and could trot around any
thing on the road from Vinegar
. Hill to Elkton.
Tom and Jerry were united from
the post, and Hen yelled "all-a
board for Little Elk. Ben.
: Gut cuts Little Elk loose from
Big Elk, as the hamlets were de
, signatcd in We olden time, anc
away scampered Tom and Jerry
up and over Partridgc's Hill, lick
ETY. split. The cart contained sew
, eral of the men.
Where were they going?" 20,
ashland what for"
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