Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

NO. 35.
will be the greatest bore London ever had,
and that is saying great deal"
DEATH OF WILLIAM PITT.
Pitt died at a solitary house on Wimble-
don Common. Not far of, bv the roadside,
stood, and still stands, small country inn,
where the various parties interested in the
great staiesman's life were accustomed to
apply for information, and leave their horses
and carriages. On the morning Of the 22d
Of January, 1906, an individual having CALL
ed a, the inn, and not being able TO obtain
satisfactory reply to his inquiries, pro-
ceeded to the House of PHI. He knocked,
but no servan, appeared; he opened the
door and entered, he found no one in attend
ance; he proceeded from room to room,
and at length entered the sick chamber,
where on bed, in silence, and in perfect
solitude, he found TO his surprise, the dead
body Of that great statesman who had so
lately wiIded the power of England, and in
1uenced, if he did not control, the deslinIes
Of the world. We doub. whether any much
more awful example of The 10! of mortality
has ever been witnessed.
LITTLEToN's DICTIONARY.
When Llle,on was compiling bis Latin
Dictionary, he employed an amsnuensis.-
One day he announced the word concurro
to The ready scribe, who, thinking he could
translate i, himself, said: ''Concur, | sup
pose;" to which The doctor peevishly re-
piled "Con-cur! con dog" The secreta-
ry, whose business was to write down what
ever was ordered by his master, did his duty.
Condog was inserted and actually printed as
one Interpretation of concurro, in the edition
of 1878; though i, was corrected in all sub
sequent editions.
ORIGIN OF Kissing.
| Formerly there was no kissing in the
theatre. The benevolent audience were con-
tented TO yawn and fall asleep. The inven-
lion of kissing is no Older ,ha, 1850, and took
place al the first representation Of Aspar,
tragedy of FoneneIe. So we are told BY
the poet Roi, in his Brepet de la Catotte,
where he says, in speaking Fontenelle:
.4tteur d'.7spar ourre n,morteHe,
! Par lie S!ttet, qui sortit d'eite.
ENcoREs.
| The first encore on record was that given
to Livus Andronicus, Roman actor, who,
according to Vslerius Maximus was called
back, often TO repeat his speeches, tha. hc,
in self-defence, brought boy to declaim for
him, while he himself supplied The gesture.
FIRST AMERICAN TRAGEDY.
The first tragedy written on the conti-
nenl was from the pen Of Benz amin Coleman
while studying in Harvard College. 1t was
entitled Gus.svus Vssa, and was enacted at
| Harvard at a regular commencement. C"le-
man studied divinity and sf,erwads se,led
a, Boston. He was eloquent and affsclion-
ate, and was called upon to pronounce the
eulogies Of mos, Of the great men who died
in his time. His published sermons are one
hundred in number and from these the
materials have principally been furnished
for the biographies of the illustrious men of
the sold colonies"
| REYNOLDS AND HIS PHYSICIAN.
Dr.. Bsiie, (no. more famed fol his medi-
cal skull, than for bis strong, common-sense
mode of display il,) being called in to at
tend F. Reynolds, The drarna,is', during a
nervous complaint, ,ha. fertile playwright
said TO him ID ,ctor, do you not think
write too much for my constitution ?''-
No." replied the physician blun.ly, ''but
you do for your repu,a!on.'
BURIAL OF MoLIERE.
| When Mollere, the comic-poe,, died, the
Archbishop of Paris would not let his body
be buried in consecrated ground. The King,
being informed Of this sent for the Arch
bishop, and expos,ulaled with him abou. it
bu, finding the prela,e infexibly obstinate,
his majesty asked how many fee. deep the
consecra,ed ground reached. This question
coming by surprise, the archbishop replied
about eight. SWELL" answered the King,
81 find there is no getting the better Of scru-
plies therefore lie, the grave be dug twelve.
feet deep-tha,'s four below your conse-
Grated ground and lei him be buried
there"
voLTAIRE's sERMIRAMIs.
When the Sermiramis of Foitalre was
acted the first time far from being received
with all The applause which the confident
author vainIy anticipated, i! went off very
lhesvilv. As Vol,sire was coming from the
play-house. he met PIron, and asked him
his opinion of il. IL Think" said Pron,
i"you would have been very glad if had
written it,"
FOoTE AND THE SCoLD.
Foo,e, being scoIded by lady, said 81
have heard of tartar and birthstone YOU
are the cream of one and the .1gower of the
other"
vOLTAIRE AND HIS SECRETARY.
Voltaire, when on his estate of Ferney,
was fond of assuming the air Of nobility, and
displayed a mos. philosophical hatred of
poachers. One poor fellow was caught
aud brought before him. Volsaire deter
mined 10 try him in the form OF law. took
his seat as judge, and directing his secre.a-