Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22
JERSEY AGAINST THE FIELD.

well resi- satisfied.
JERSEY AGAINST THE FIELD.
In Walnut street below Second, the tho
roughfare is much obslructed a. present by
pieces Of bricks and other building materi-
,als-introdnceo to be used in repairing
several houses in that neighborhood. These
deposi'es make the carriage way so narrow
that two vehicles cannot pass each other at a
certain point. On Saturday aficrn oon-a
Jerseyman driving dearborn, met jockey
ish looking gentleman in Il gig, in the mid
die Of the narrow defiIe-whcn the follow
ing conversation took place: Gent. in Gig
i-hiister, you'll have to give way, guess.
My horse WON'T back.
JersGyman-W ONT he Well, like his
humor I'm pretty much Of the same way
of thinking, myself.
Gent in Gig-l won't give all inch, if we
stop here all day.
Jerseyman-It will suit me very we'll to
wait here for week. I've 60, twenty or
thirty fine water millions in my wagon, and
can live on them as long as they last -
and as for sleeping place, there is nothing
better, at this season than good covered
dearborn.
Gent. in Gig-lf you're going to be so
rusty, old fellow, I'll stick it out till your
horse drops for want of fodder.
Jerseyman-Oh don't trouble yourself
about my cretur. The water million rinds
are enough for him-he's amazin' fond Of
I 'em. S'pose now we have some talk, to
improve ourselves a lI.le, while we are such
nigh neighbors. What's the last news from
the gold diggings
Gent in Gig-The last news is that an
old whelp 60. horse-whipped for stopping
up the road before his be,ters.
Jerseyman-Raly .--IIow | would like
to see something of that kind tricd in our
parts And what are they going to do with
Prole ssor Webster?
Gent. in Gig lang him, and wish a
few more were bound on the same voyage.
If the gallows had got its due few years
ago-yon wouldn't be sitting there where
you have 10 business
Jersey man-Thal's a fact might have
been in market before this time selling my
wa,er-milions. What's the last accounts
Of the cholera
Gent, IN Gig-It's spreading very fast
since the watermelon seasons commenced.
hope you'll make good heavy dinner on
them in your dearborn.
Jerseyman-Thank ye;-l jest will
What abou. the admission of California?
Gent. in Gig-Oh criminy We'll, Jer-
sey, Pm beat out, | confess. If you've got
on that subject III compromise at once, and
clear the track for you. We can't make
eight dollars day, as they do in Congress
by staying here TO discuss lha. topic, SO
take the road aud be hanged TO you. lie
backed out accordingly and the perscvering
Jerseyman was proclaimed victor by the
miscellaneous crowd which had assembled
to hear The dialogue PennSylranian.
FILE YOUR NEWsPAPERs.-A seXagena-
rian regretling that he did not begin in early
life to file away his newspapers, says: How
interesting it would be to an old man to
look into The paper which he read when he
was twelve, or sixteen, or twenty years old!
How many events would this call To mind
which he has entirely forgotten How
many interesting associations and feelings
would it revivc What a view it would
give one of past years What knowledge
it would preserve by assisting the memory!
And how many valuable purposes Of liter
airy kind even might it be rendered subservl-
ent to.
AN ORIGINAL. PRAYER.-A correspond
en,, in a recent letter, tells good story oI
a rough sea-captan in storm, who, when
the terrified passengers persuaded him to
| petition heaven for cessation of the tenn
pest, preferred the following brief request
I"Oh Lord ! haven't been in the habit o
calling upon thee often and if you'll JUS
shift the wind from sou At to lCele more
sou Won't trouble you sg'In.>