davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

THE IMAGE OF HIS FATHER.-On the
birthday Of the seventh child, all the women
came rushing TO see the dear little infant,
and to congratulate the happy parents upon
the event. Our friends anticipated the visit,
and instead of having the child prepared
for it, made the servant girl bring in suck
ing pig, and dressed it up in swadding
clothes; covering up its face, we laid it in
the place the real child should have occu-
pied, and gently approached the bed the
coverings were turned down, and portion
of the face of the little grunter was exposed.
'Bless my soul !" cried one Of the ladies,
"what remarkable child ~
$50 very interestingly
"And so good natured - observed the
third as she commenced toying with it.
"And how very like" fourth remark
ed, chow very like his father -
They were all Immediately struck with
the observation, and exclaimed
"The very image of his father''
The fattered parent rushed out Of the
room, convulsed with laughter, leaving the
old women to discover their mistake.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

MARRYING FOR MoNEY.-There are men
in the world who seem to marry only for
The concession is rather d:scred-
table to human nature, but it is too obvious
to admit Of denial. The following passage
from an eminent English author is SO apro-
pos, that we hope all will give candid Pc
rusal.
"For you, my dear, and frank, and high
souled young friend-for you should say,
fly from load upon the heart, on the ge-
MUS, the energy, the pride, and the spirit,
which not one man in thousand can bear.
Fly from the curse of owing every thing to
a wife It's reversal of all natural posi-
tion-it is blow to all the manhood within
us. You know not what it is; do. My
wife's fortune came not till after marriage.
So far, so well it saved my reputation from
the charge of fortune-hun.ing. But ] will
tell you fairly, if it had never come at all
! should be prouder, and greater and a
happier man than ever can be with all its
advantages. 1t has been a milestone about
my neck. And yet my wife Ellinor has
never brea,hed a word that would wound
my PRIDE"
Twenty, thirty, or hundred thousand
dollars will not make man happy. Virtue
and true affection are the bonds Of lasting
bliss. Let the young man or the woman,
who contempla,es matrimony, keep this
thing in mind, that in years to come he may
not have cause 10 reproach himself for his
folly.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

WAsHINGroN.-Extract from Washing
toms code of manners written in his early
youth
'Every action ought be with some sign
of respec. to those present.
Be no Aatlerer, neither play with any one
who deligh! not to be played with.
Read no papers or books in company
Come not near the papers or books Of an
other when he is writing.
Let your countenance be cheerful, but in
serious matters be grave.
Show not yourself glad at anothers mis-
fortunes.
Let your discourse with others, on matters
of business be short.
1t is good manners to let others speak
first.
When a man does all he can, do not
blame him, though he succeeds not well.
Take admonitions thankfully.
Be not too hasty to believe flying reports
to the injury of another.
Let your dress be modest, and consult
your condition. Play not the peacock by
looking vainly at yourself.
1t is better to be alone than in bad COM
pany.
Let your conversation be without malice
or envy.
Urge not your friend to discover secret.
Break not jest where none take pleasure
in mirlh.
Gaze not on the blemishes of others.
When another speaks be attentive.
Be not apt to relate news.
Be not curious to know the affairs OF
nihersO
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

He HAD NO ENEMIEs.-Such was the
language of friend in speaking of de-
ceased relatives character, and very strange
language it is. A man who has no enemies
is seldom good for anything. lie is made
of that kind of material which is so easily
moulded that every body tries hand in it.
A man of sterling worth is the man who,
with all his friends, must also have his enc
mics. He thinks for himself; he acts for
himself, he speaks for himself; and mas
much as all men do not think, and speak,
and act the same, the man of settled princl-
piles frequently come in collision with bis
neighbours opinions. What wonder, then
that he occasionally has enemies How
much greater would the wonder be had he
none!
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

1t was a clear, calm night. Brightly
shone the innumerable stars the fixed orbs
of giant magnitude, the little twinkling points
oflight, the glorious constellations-ln their
imperial beauty stood they, gazing upon the
mysterious face Of darkness-a clear, calm,
terribly cold night.
Winter had not as ye, fairly set in. There
had been no snow, but ii was very late in
the autumn, and the grass, and the flower
ing shrubs and trees, looked as though they
had each and all fel, the cruel breath Of the
Destroyer, as he pronounced the doom up
on them.
People rubbed their hands, and talked
with quivering lips of the hard winter COM
ing, as they FASTENED in the increasing sha-
dows Of the night, 10 their homes. The
children, warmed and gIaddened by the
bright fires that were kindIed on the hearth
stones, romped and frolicked, and prophe-
sled, with knowing looks, about SNOWFALL
ing, slejgh-rides, skating, and all manner of
fun. The young girls met together, and
talked merrily Of coming gaye'ies; the old
man wondered whether he should see an
other spring-,ime; and the poor crept to
their beds at nigh,fall, glad to forget every
thing-cold, hunger, and misery-in sleep.
Midnight came. More and more bright
ly shone the stars-they glowed, they
trembled, and smiled on one another. The
cold became intense-in the deep silence
how strangely looked the branches of the
eaHess trees how desolate the gardens and
the forest--how very still the night did
seem
Close beside an humble cottage, under a
hugh bush of howering-currant, had flour
ished all the autumn tiny violet root
And still during the increasing cold of the
later days, the leaves had continued green
and vigorous, and the flowers opened.
There had been an arrival at the cottage
that day. Late in the afternoon, a father
and mother, with their child, had returned
from their long wandering in foreign lands.
A student had watched their coming. In
the morning, he had gathered flower from
that little root i'll their garden, and now, as
he sa, in the long hours of night, poring
over his book, he kept the violet still be-
side HIM, In vase which held the treasures
Of greenhouse, and his eyes rested often
on the pale blue modest flower.
At nghlfalI, youthful form had stood
for a moment at the cottage door, and the
young invalid's eyes, which SO eagerly
sought all familiar things, at last rested on
those still living nowers--howers, where
she had thought to find all dead, even as
were those buds which once gave fair pro-
mise of glorious opening in her girl-heart !!
Unmindful Of the cold and dampness, she
stepped from the house, and passed to the
viole,-root, and, gathering all the flowers
but one, she placed them in her hair, and
then FASTENED with shver back TO the cot
tage.
In the fast-increasing cold, the leaves that
were left bowed down close to the earth,
and the delicate flowers crowning The pale,
slender stem, trembled under the influence
of the frost.
The little chamber where Mary laid down
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03
p O EFT r Y.
SWEET MOON LOVE THEE.

SWEET MOON | LOVE THEE.
BY G. D. PRENTICE.
Sweet moon, love thee, yet grieve
To gaze on thy pale orb tonight
1t tells me of that last dear eve
Ipassed with her, my souls delight.
Hill, vale and wood and streams were dyed
In the pale glory of thy beams,
AS forth we wandered side by side,
Once more to tell loves burning dreams.
Ny fond arm was her living zone,
My hand within her hand was pressed,
And love was in each earnest tone,
And rapture in each heaving breast.
And many a high and fervent VOW
Was breathed from her full heart and mine
While thy calm light was on her brow,
Like pure religions seal and sign.
We knew alas that we must part,
We knew we must be severed long;
Yet Joy was in each throbbing heart,
For love was deep, and faith was strong.
A thousand memories of the past
Were busy in each glowing breast,
And hope upon the future cast
Her rainbow hues-and we were blcst.
craved boon-oh in that boon
There was a wild, delirious bliss
All! did'st ever gaze, sweet moon,
Upon more impassioned kiss!
The parting came-one moment brief
Her dim and fading form l viewed
twas gone-and there stood in grief
Amid lifc's awful solitude
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

MANIFEST DEsTlNY.-Dr. Liebig says
"Women are born to be married." Un-
doubtedly. Men are born to die too-but
when you come to talk of their prepara-
ton for the event, they are as little fitted for
it as the girls for the "future state'' of ma
trimony. Yet women are born to be mar
red-mos. Of them, and to be terribly dis
appointed in their connubial relations
some of them.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

SEEING THEM AT WoRK.-The following
words from the lips Of that singular but
sound headed Englishman, William Goblet,
are worthy of serious reflection
"Women, so amiable in themselves, are
never so amiable as when they are useful :
and for beauty, though men fall in love with
girls at play, there is nothing to make them
stand to their love like seeing them at their
work"
This is a truth which the experience of
eyerv sensible man confirms. Occupation
is not simply what every man should have;
il is one of the chief sources Of human hap
plness.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

COOP REsoLvE.-"Wharll you take,
Dave :" said Joseph -, the other night,
TO young man we'll known for his convi-
vial propensites. To the great surprise Of
the young blood, the reply was, "l'll take
the pledge ~ and he moved towards tenn
perance meeting near at hand. Joseph de-
parted alone and in brown study, while
we calculated with Bunsby, "that is wis
domp,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

"A bright and beautiful bird is Hope; il
comes to us mid the darkness, and sings
the sweetes! song when our spirits are sad.
dest; and when the lone soul is weary, and
longs to pass away, it warbles its sunshine
notes, and tightens again the slender hbIcs
of our hearts ,ha. Grief has been tearing
away.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.-Wishing and
sighng, imagining and dreaming of great
ness, said William Writ, will not make you
great. But cannot young man command
his energies? Read Foster on decision of
character. That book will tell you what
is in your power to accomplish. You
must grid up your loins and 60 to work with
all the indomitable energy of Napoleon
scaling the Alps. 1t is your duty to make
the most of time, talents and opportunities
Alfred, king of England, though he perform
ed more business than any of his subjects,
always found time to study. franklin, in
the midst Of his labors, had time to dive
into the depths Of philosophy, and explore
an untrodden path of science. Frederick
the Great, with on empire at his direction.
in the midst of war and on the eve of battle,
found time to revel in the charms of phi
losophy, and feast on the uxuries Of sci
ence. Napoleon, with Europe at his dis
posal, with kings a. his an,e-chamber, and
at the head Of thousands of men, whose des-
.inies were suspended on his arbitrary plea
sure, found time to converse with books
And young men who are confined to labor
or business even twelve hours day may
take an hour and a-half Of what is left, for
study, and which will amount to two months
in the course of year.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

What three authors would you name, in
commenting on an extensive conflagratlon
Dickens, Hewitt, Burns.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Vex not yourself when ill spoken off,
Con,umeies not regarded, vanish; but, re-
pined at, argues either puny soul or
guilty conscience.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

CADDLERY.-Just received lot ofsupcrior
- Saddles, Whips, riding and carriage Brides,
Heads and Rims, Martingales, Stirrup Leathers,
cotton and worstcd Girths and Sursingles, horse
and mule Collars, Blind Bridcs Halters, Plough
Hames and Plough Bits. For sale by
may Is. E. w. DAY & CO.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Never be angry with your neighbor be-
cause his religious views differ from yours:
for all the branches of a tree do not lean
the same way.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Riches are bu, cyphers-i. is the mind
that makes the sum.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Don't rob yourself, said the farmer, when
the lawyer called him hard names.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

oils g. PAINTS.-Just received and for
~ sale supply of Linseed Oil, Turpentine,
White Lead, Chrome Yellow and Green, Lthargc,
Lamp Black, Japan, copal and black VarnisI,
Prussan Blue, Verdigris, Turkey TIMBER, Sulph.
Zinc and Pumce Stone-also, Paint Brushes
may Is. E. w. DAY & CO.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Be calm and steady; nothing will grow
under moving harrow.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

II w. DAY q co. have just received lot
lIs of beautiful TRANSPARENT WINDOW
CURTAINS-together with all the necessary fix
lures. june 5.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

None bu. the contemplate are appre-
hensive Of contempt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

\ lot of Extra FLOUR and Shoulder BACON
"a just received and for sale by
may 20. LEWIS WEEKS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

\ lot of very superior CIGARS and TOBAC-
IA co, just received and for sale by
may 20. LEWIS WEEKS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

HEMP and VANILLA ROPE, assorted sizes
IL Just received and for sale by
NAV 20. LEWIS WEEKS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Rogues in rags are kept i'll eoun,enance
by rogues in rutfles.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

(lITY-MADE BOOTS & SHOES.-Just
~ received and for sale Gentlemen's superior
calf Boots and Shoes fine articles of Ladies and
Gentlemen's Cater Shoes also Ladies' Morocco
and Kid Slippers and thick soled Shoes.
may Is. Z. w. DAY G. CO.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

Age without cheerfulness is a Larland
without sun.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

\ SUPERIOR lot of genuine Havana CIGARS
IA just received and for sale by
mays. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

rOD LIVER OIL, Townsend's and Sands
~ Sarsaparia, and Wistar's Basam of Wild
Cherry. For sale by E. w. DAY & co.
june 5.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

rHEWING TOBACCO & SEGARS.-
~ Just received and sale superior lot Of Chew
ing Tobacco and Segars-also, Smoking Tobacco
may Is. E. w. DAY g. co.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03
ELECT MIS- CELLANY.
THE BLACK FROST.

By CAROLINE CHEsEBRo'.
ssMethinks
This word Of love is fit for all the world,
And that for gentle hearts another name
Would speak of gentlcr thoughts than the world
oWns.''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

CHOVELS & MANURE FORKS.-Just
~ received and for sale a lot of long handle Shov-
els and Manure Forks.
NH 6. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

DRUNKARD's LAND.-I. is supposed to
have been discovered in the early ages, for
it was visited by Noah soon after the flood.
1t is situated quite on the opposite hemi-
sphere to the beautiful continent of Sobrie-
.y, although there is now smooth road
uniting the two. The road was made by a
very respectable man named Moderation,
who was not aware Of what he was doing,
until he found himself in the capital of
Drunkard's Land. large and populous city
named randyburg, situated in the heart Of
the country, and regarded as its principal
stronghold. You arrive at Drunkard's Land
by embarkment at Natural Appetite, thriv-
ing town on the coast Of health you then
cross the Moderate Ocean, round Tipping
Point, pass Cape Decency and sailing thro'
Riot Bay arrive within sight of the conti-
nent. The first land that meets your view
is that Of the Convivial Mountains, lofty
chin Of hills encircling the entire territory,
at the base Of which you land. 1t is bound
ed on the north by Moderate Ocean, slrea-
dy mentioned on the east by Irreligion
on the west by Brutality; and on the south
by the Bottomless Pit. The county, from
its extreme boundary all the way to the Pit,
which constitutes its southern limit, is one
regular declivi,y, pretty rapid all the way,
but remarkably abrupt as it nears the bot
tom the whole life Of the inhabitants is
occupied in making their way from the top
of this slope to the base this is accom-
plished generally in a very short period,
and each individual terminates his brief ex-
istence by rolling or stumbling off the brink
of the precipice into the abyss below.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

C000lbs. PRIME SHOULDER BACON
~|OOO has just been received, and for sale by
June 5. E.. w. DAY 81 CO.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

rOTTON YARN, assorted Nos, just received
~ and for sale by LEWIS WEEKS.
may 20.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
BY Z. WELLS, JR.
EDITOR AND PR OP l T
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
For one year, if paid within six months, $l.5O
IS if not paid within six months, 200
per square for three inser-
tions--l2 lines of small type or IA of large type
constituting square-and 25 cents for every sub
sequcnt insertion. If the number Of insertions be
not marked on the advertisement, it will be pub
lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. A
liberal deduction will be made to those who ad-
vertise by the year.
Communications addressed to this Office must be
POST PAID.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

RURLAPS, mos. l, 2 and 3;) Farmers Drills,
ID Cotton Duck and Osnaburgs- just received
and for sale by LEWIS WEEKS.
may 20.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

TENNY LIND TRIMMING.-A lot Of Jenny
u Lind Trimming, assorted colors, received and
for sale bv [may IL WIN. BOSWELL s. co.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

TUST received and for sale lot of PLOUGH
u POINTS and nj. BOARDS.
NH 6. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

10 dOZ. LONDON BROWN STOUT,
i 4 very superior article, just received aud for
sale by may 81 WIN. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

I = deZ. superior ALBANY ALE, just re
i y ceived and for sale by
may s. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

7OdOZ. superior PORT WINE, just recev-
i 4 ed and for sale by
may S. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

O00ibs. LARD-Just received and for sale
cOO by [may 81 VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

CITY-MADE SHOES.-A lot of Baltimore
~ city made Walking Shoes and Kid Slippers,
for sale bv [mavl1 VIM BOSWELL & co.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

G000 lbs. BACON Just received and
>OOO for sale by
mayl VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

CEED POTATOES-Al lot of very superio
- Mercer Potatoes for sale by
may % VIM. BOSWELL & co.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

TIORSE and MULE COLLARS and
IL HAMES, sc. just received and for sale by
NH 6. VIM. FERGUSON.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-03

TULTIVATORS- Expanding and other pat
~ ters of Cultivators, for sale by
may % VIM BOSWELL & co.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-03-28
LAW OF NEWSPAPERs.

LIST. Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary are con-
sidered wishing to continue their sub
.scriptioh.
Cd. If subscribers order the discon!
.tinuanceo Of their papers, the publisher
may continue TO send them till all that
is due be paid.
Bird. If subscribers neglect or re.
fuse to take their papers from the Office
to which they are directed, they are
held responsible till they have settled
their bill, and order their papers dis
continued.
4th. If subscribers remove to other
places, without informing the publish
ers, and the paper is sent to the former
direction, they are held responsible.
9Th. The courts have decided that
refusing to take a paper or periodical
from The Office, or removing and leOv-
ing il uRcalIed for, is prinld facie, evil
dence IT intentional fraud
Judge Thompson Of Indiana, de.
cided recently "That when a sub
scriber to a periodical failed to notify
the editor to discontinue the paper at
the end Of the time for which he sub
scribed, or pay mp the arrearages, he
was bound for another year"
A year or two since, the Circuit
Court Of Pennsylvania decided :"That
where a Postmaster failed to notify the
publishers Of newspapers, that their
papers were not lifted or taken out OF
The Office, he rendered himself liable
for the subscription"