Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-11-19
Charles. They were little surprised, az

they deemed one Of the most important,
committees which could be attached to a
Society which has for its object the advance
ment Of the great agricultural interest. The
committee referred to, is one whose duty it
should be at every Exhibition, to report faith
fully upon the fair charms and beautiful
qualities OF the ladies who may be assem-
bIed, and who, by their winning presence,
afford more brilliant and interesting sigh,
than all the articles Of the Fair combined.
As above stated, we consider such a COM
mittee invaluable, SO far as it concerns The
trse interest Of the Farmer aud Planter
And why SO? The reason is briefly stated
First, it was one Of ohn Tyler's fixed facts,
that no farmer can fully succeed in all his
operations without the aid and assistance OF
good house, wife-one who not only
loves and can rejoice with him in the broad
sunshine Of prosperity. but VIII" also can
cheer and soo,he him in the dark hour Of
adve. si,y-one, in fact, who cheerfnlly as
sumes and with ability discharges all the
duties Of the domestic circle, while her hus-
bands attention is devoted exclusively to
outdoor and more important busIness-lhus
saving by her beautiful system of domestic
economy, hundreds of dollars which other
wise would be lost TO the farmer. Yes, We
old bachelor farmers, who gather around
your cherries hear,hsIones al night, with
naught to nleres, save your cats and dogs,
and your own selfish thoughts, let US have
your experience upon this subject; tell us
the perpexi'es Of having Nancy's frock
made up and Bills pan,aloons cut out, Of
giving on, this bushel Of meal and that piece
Of mea, o? having these stockings kni, and
that yarn spun up, Of having this parIor
cleaned and that larder attended to; tell us.
we say, if these things don'l ds,rac, you, and
whether ye can calculate the loss which
otherwise would be saved had We all good
wives. We feel assured if there are any
bachelor farmers here present, they mus.
sensbly feel the force Of our remarks and
know that what they lose, for the wan, of a
well-regulated family, would be sufficient TO
buy guano enough TO make their poorest
fields rich. II mus, be admitted, that in every
community there are many farmers, who By
nature are very lazy, who care not how
their affairs are going on SO they can sleep
and eat and drink, and eat and sleep and
drink again. They take no interes, in Ag-
ricul.ural Societies, and look upon all that
science has developed to benef, the farmer
as perfec. humbug. To such, if they be not
married, we would recommend wives some
what touched with the spice of Mrs. eau
die, who, by way Of a stimulus to their hus-
bands exerlions, in addition to their curtain
lectures, would occasionally ''smooih polk
er DER their bIains." Again, this Society
should have committee 10 report upon the
ladies, forthe purpose ofpoining out to those
love-sick SWANS who are in search Of part
ners for life, what charms will suit them bes,
and what qualities are mos, to be admired
in making a selection. By such a course,
love, which is said to make one blind, would
be deprived Of this most formidable power,
and hundreds belonging to that class styled
the exquisite and soap-lock gentry, would
be saved from having their finer feelings
crushed; and, in many cases too, the coro-
ner would be saved The necessity OF return
ing verdict-sCommil,ed suicide on &C
coun, of unrequi,ed love-" Are these then
not some reasons why this Society should
have committee such as has been describ-
ed? We certainly think so, and with these
remarks shall proceed TO give some Of our
crude jotting s-down since our arrival here.
Well, yesterday was raw, cloudy and
frosty-not, however, as Boz would say, by
any means juicy, though great deal Of the
juice of The grape was drunk. Nolwilh-
standing The incement day, we were pleased
to see it did not prevent a full turn out. We,
with our knapsacks, happened to "loaf'' in
the village, pretty early in the morning.
determined 10 take a peep al all the pro-
auctions before the crowd assembled. Blu,
scarcely had we admired Ibis old gobbler and
that fine goose, this noble horse and that
perfect COW, this beautiful specimen Of tap
estry, and that fine quilt, together with the
host Of other things before ''spang, whang"
cracked the whips-"To, ho!'' cried The dri-
vers and here rolled up before the gate of
this building every species of vehicle, from
the old gig to the fine coach, freighied with
the fair ones of old Charles. We stood Iiule
back to see, and when the steps of these diff.
erent vehicles were let down, out poured
such stream Of beauty that we forgot all "a
bout The agricultural products and Toasted
upon such charms as must make,
to say the least, the hearts of all old bache-
Tors move with more than electric speed. If
any thing, there were more beautiful young
ladies presen, than when we were las. here,
and though we saw many Of the same who
had changed their names by ma.rimony,
and who perhaps did no. excite so much in
,eresl with the would attentive beaux,
still there were many Others who ha6 grown
up 10 supply their places in beauty and
loveIiness. 10 fact, we are free to confess,
if we had not been under some Sigh, obi
cations and responsibilities ourselves, we
don't know what would have been The eC-
feet Of Cupid's power upon our finer feelings.
We saw, in looking around, every style of
beauty, and 10 parucuarize would indeed
be an endless task. We must stop, there
fore and ask why i. is tina. any young far-
mer here remains single? Is it because he