Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-06-08


And bed bugs too,
With mosquitoes,
| My claret drew.
have thought that, like cat, must b'
blessed with nine lives, for certainly hat
enough to take away eight Of them, if no
the ninth. However, have recovered an(
am once more rational and in the en- oymen
Of my usual spirits. How this relief wa
afforded, and how the squadron of Blue
Devils were repulsed will now relate.
On Saturday last, it may be remembered
the sun shone out from under the clouds
oltener than on any day during the week.
Ny feelings, like Sir Robert Peel's sliding
scale, frightened and darkened with the ligh
and shade began to feel on this day some
symptoms of returning life, for ! was dead
| may say, to everything up to this time
Luck is a jewell is an old adage. ltwa'
truly so in my case. Seated in my lonely
room with no other companions, save sick
Cat and my own gloomy thoughts, and be-
ing engaged in torturieg fly which hae
tormen,ed me much, boy unknown ant
apparently alarmed at my appearance, walk
ed in and presented neatly folded note -
Upon opening found it was an invitation
from Miss Lofty Goodheart to come and
spend the evening at her house and parlake
of some fine strawberries. The note ran
thus:
"The honor of the company of Mr.. - is re.
quesed at Woodland Cottage this afternoon to par.
take of strawberries and ice cream. Mr. - viii
confer great favor by inviting the members of Stag
Hall. LOFTY GOODHEART."
| Upon the perusal of this note my spirits be-
came somewhat exhilerated. ! began to re-
|vive rapidly from ticipation. Go to
Woodland Cottage? Yes, to be sure will
With this determination | called to Martius
then in the Yard "Come here, sir; take
these boots and put polish on SO that
can see to shave in them, and then, sir, 90
to all the members of the Club and say to
them they are invited to strawberry feast
this afternoon" With this order to my
servant began to hum tune, and examine
my wardrobe. Alas, what a shocking sigh,
of old clothes! began to think if Roberl
McCare's Wallet de chambre could peep in
he would be pleased at the chance of be-
coming suited; but for a beau in search OF
wife, and who expected on this occasion
to meet with the object of his love, the
prospect was rather calculated to PROSTATE
his notions of sentimentality. However,
made out to find one Of Mrs. Blimber's pa
tented stillly-starched inexpressibIes, and
with little lacking here and little splicing
there, succeeded in rigging myself out
quite genteely. When having finished my
toilet, which to say the least, was a mos,
laborious task, pritnmed (as ladies general
ly do) before the glass, and as | gazed at
my noble self the thought crossed my mind
if Miss Goodheart can resist such charm
ing nice young man she must have no heart
at all. When engaged in this selfish solilo-
guy, Martus came in and announced that
the Stag Hall wagon was ready and the gen.
tlemen were waiting
1t was now late in the afternoon. Il was
high time to be on the way, as the distance
was some six or seven miles and our team
not quite as fast as the Suns ponev express.
So with Coke, Jr, Obediah Moogin and
Duchy Burch, together with a couple Of
bottles of -, set off in few minutes a,
rapid pace An hours drive brought us 10
Woodland Cottage. This sweet place needs
some description. The cottage is small
yet neat building, and has about it every ap-
pearance of comfort. 1t is Economically stu
aled, bordering as it does on the skirt of a
deep and shady forest 1t has attached a
fine garden, in which blooms flowers of
every description. As you approach it is
easy to perceive that rude man has no sway
here. The doorway is completely canopied
with flowers which scent the whole house
with their rich perfume. The yard is clean
and every thing the eye rests upon shows
that the delicate hand OF woman superin-
tends. And true it is, the sole inmates OF
this cottage are two sisters, Miss Lofty and
Miss Martha Goodheart, both Of whom pos
sess those fine traits Of character and amiable
qualities of heart which chiefly adorn wo-
man. The cottage. of course, is great place
of resort for beaux. How could it be other
wise when its attractions are SO great. As