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


on file in that office But to the
older folks. CECIL WING Fifty
Years Ago, is doubly interesting,
because it carries us all the way
down the long line. and even back
to our childhood. And we are al
most ready to Jump up and clap
oar honey hands with delight, Just
as we did our little tender ones,
fifty wears ago when we see some
piece Of fun which was gotten off
far back wonder, and especially
when we had a part in the event.
But | don't mean anything real
harmful. My goodic! my old
minds eve again sees that Will
liam Goat, as handled by Bill and
Pet. 90 sailing through that old
church Windows and then the cN-
plosion came-"great day i'll the
mornin'." I was there and so
was Rusty Bill. Charley, Jack, Nor
ris, Harrison, Step, Bonny, Pet,
Dad, Hen and others.
The paragraph which has called
forth this outbreak. and which was
clipped from the old WHO. OF the
issue of the week after Christmas,
fifty years ago, was the following
CHRISTMAS.
"Christmas came to us here III
Flkton as it did to all the villagers
OF Christcndom. The weather
was dull and dark. and rain fell
down from a weeping SKY during
most of the day. And we'll the sky
might weep over the doings OF the
sons of men here in our little CAPT
tai OF Cecil during Christmas and
the previous ni"ht. On that night
some thirty to forty were loose in
the streets all night; some OF them
drunk-all Of them noisy and be
having outragcously. If the utter
disregard bv them of our town
laws had been their only mlSdc-
mcanor. their offenscs would have
been comparatively light. The at
tack made by this herd OF boys on
the colored people while attending
to their dev2tE;ensat their church,
-aaaff ite- COM II 'efSTh else. is a mat
ter of Grievous wrong, and should
have the serious attention OF the
authorities. They broke up their
meeting entirely, and prevented
their usual march through the
streets on Christmas morning, as
their custom has been for years
to march, which, with its doleful
and musical chanting, striking the
ear from afar and growing louder
and more musical till its approach
and then diving away SOFT. in the
distance. has become one OF the
expected and not disagrecable
attendants OF our Christmas morn
ings. They attacked them with
squibs, pistols and guns to do this
they went to the negro church III
its out of the way location, and
broke up their meeting entirely
But the very grave wrong OF this
act is small compared with the la
mentable fact that we have SC
many boys disposed to such mis-
deeds. who have liberty to run al
wild the night long to perpetrate
outrages.
Oh, how we'll do | recollect the
events OF that night of long, long
ago!
The colored church to which the
paragraph has refedence, stood
close up the high bank, on Water
street. and Just below what is now
called Scrap Hill. The little edi
fee stood sideWise to the bank
and of course parallel with Water
street. but right up against thu
hillside. But all of the worship
pers of the little church OF tina
night. have gone to the New Elk
ton, the Elkton of everlasting
glory, just over the imaginary lin,
llldl SCI)dl dllS llloSC HNlllS III llllh
and those in Jehovah's eternity
Three windows were next to thu
bank, but not quite up to the leve
of the alley-way. passing above OF
the hill. We could peer right dow
on the mourners bench, and tn
one in the little chapel was glori
ously crowded that night. Tn
night was a dark one, SO black i
was, so pitchy dark that one coul'
cut the awful phenomenon il
chunks with a knife. The ancien
scribe said that ruined the create
part of the day. Our recollection
is, that Good Old Peter pulled tn
flood gates above clear out, Oh
Christmas eve night while we wcr
on our lark, and we were drenche'
properly. Ten or more of w
juveniles were mere kids. We tool
no part in the sport of the night
save to crack our little sides il