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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11


once famous as the favor,e end rather rcni c"iii-
spicuous attire, but slill vindica,ing, by 3
|capscious st-coat, his attachment to thai,
republican color in gray shorts, small sill
Fver knee buckles, gray woollen locking~,
black slippers, blue body coat. surmount-
ed by gray spencer; tall, and though 1.-the
Of person, and decidedly graceful and agile
Of motion and carriage, yet long and ill.,
limited Mr.. Jeffr,son's figure was COM
manding and striking though bad, and bis
face most animated and agreeable, though
remarkably ugly. His legs, you perceive,
by no means Stunned observation, YET they
were scarcely larger al the knee than q, the
ankle, ard had never been conscious of q
calf. Sill, though without strength, they
had always borne hun along with vigor and
suppeness.
These bodily qualities and health al
most unfslIlng, he preserved in q most sim
gular degree TO The very close of his life
AT the time ! speak OF, when he was in his
eighty first year, he not only mounted his
horse wlthou, assistance and rode hablual4
ly ten miles day, but dismounling at q
fence breast high, would leap over it bv on
ly placing his hand on the topmos, rail
He then walked not only well and swiftly,
but with lighlness and sprnginess of tread
such as few young men ever have. 1t was
a restless activity of mind, which informed
all this unusual mobility Of body, and the
two. think, were ln him greatly alike For
his intellect had, like his person, more size
than shape, more adroI'ness than force, more
supp leness than solidny, and effected its end
by continuity of aclion not mass of power,
by manipulation no. mascularily. You may
batter TO pieces with a small hammer tn
which a cannon ball would not shiver. He
was never iIIe, nay, hardly a moment still
He rose early and was up late, through his
life and was all day, whenever ou, OH foot
or horseback, at study, at work, or in con-
versalion. If his legs and fingers were a.
rest, his tongue was sure to be going. In
deed, even when seated in his library, in
low Spanish chair, he held forth to his visiA
tors an almost endless flow of fine discourse:
his body seemed impatient of keeping still,
Tor his mind shifted his position all the
while, and SO twisted it about that YOU
might almost have thought he was a,iiludi-
nIzlng. Meantime, his face expressive as It
was ug ~, was no! much less busy than his
limbs, in bearing its part in the CONVERSE
ton, and KEEP. up all the while. the mos,
speaking by-play, an eloquence of the coun
'enance as great as homely features could
we'll have.
You have seen his portraits, his bus,s.
the bronze sta'ue-failhful enough except
as TO The limbs-wbich the Israelite navv
captain bought in Paris a, the price of old
clothes, and offered to Congress, but which
it Pu! by with dlsdain, as stroke Of specu-
latIon, meant TO procure professional ad
vancement not earned in any other way-
From all these, one gets jus. enough idea of
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

Now then, looking at the above table, we
find tha, potash, soda, lime, su1phuric acid,
phosphoric acid, and chlorine are the chief
Inorganic substances on which the turnip
feeds, all Of which, together with all the
others, may be furnished by full dressings
Of ashes; but as ashes canno. always be
had in sufficient quantities, in many loca-
lions, we would recommend the following
compost. The quantities named are inten-
ded for an acre of land, and to be applied
as top-dresslng, and narrowed in, viz:
10 bushels of Ashes,
10 bushels of Lime,
9 bushels of Salt, and
bushel Of Plaster.
The whole to be we'll mixed together be-
fore being applied.
Of the Preparation of the Land.-As
the lurnip has long tap-roo,, i, follows as
a matter of course that the land should be
ploughed deep, in order that, in its descent
in search of food, il may meet with no OBJ
s.ructions, and would be better of being
ploughed twice; therefore, we would new
er plough the frs. time, less than or 10
inches, and the second time, inches. We
believe that great benefit would result from
subsoillDg the ground also-and, as but a
few number of acres of lurnips are put in
by single individual in our country, the
operations of ploughng and subsoiing
would not be GENEROUSLY felt by any one
and as we feel very certain that the increase
in the crop which would be produced there
by would more than pay for the expense,
we most urgently recommend that expert
ments should be made to test the utility Of
the two modes of preparation.
The ground after being ploughed, or
ploughed and subsoiled, should be narrowed
and cross-harrowed, until the finest posi-
ble filth shall have been ob,sined. After
having been narrowed, it should be roll
ed before the seed be sown, so as 10 pro-
duce an even surface on which TO cast The
seed
Twnip SoiI-The soils best adapted to
turnip culture are deep rich sands, or light
sandy or gravellv loans.
.Manures- kinds -quantities.-No l. 20
double borse-cart loads Of well ro,led barn
yard and stable manure, or either, will ma
nure en acre Of .u'nips, so far as the nu!ri-
tive manures are concerned, one half of
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

Fanny Fern pi'ies city children :-"Here
comes a group Of pale-laced city children,
on their way to school. God bless the lit
tie unfortunates Their little feet should be
crushing the strawberries, ripe and sweet,
on some sunny hIl-slope, where breath OF
newmown hay and clover-blossoms would
give roses to their cheeks and strength and
grace TO their cramped and half f-developed
limbs. Poor little creatures! they never
saw patch of blue sky bigger than their
sa'chels, or blade of grass that dared to
grow without permission from the Mayor,
Aldermen and Common Council. Poor lit
tie skeletons! tricked out like the fashion
prints, and fed on diluted skm-mllk and
big dictionaries. pity you"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
AGooD ANEcDoTE.-Lorenzo Dow, rid

A GooD ANEcDoTE.-Lorenzo Dow, rid
ing once in stage coach on his way to an
TO preach, he fell in company
with some wild young blades, who were
led, from his eccentric appearance and man
ner, to imagine that he was proper subject
for aheir jokes and railery. He at once
humored their design, by affecting stiffness,
and making the mos! absurcd and senseless
remarks. Upon arriving a. the place where
he was to stop, they ascertained who their
butt was, and began to apologise for their
rudeness, by declaring his own conversation
had misled them. "Oh" said he, "lhal's
my way; always try to accommodate my
self to the company am in; and when !
am among fools, talk foolish ~
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

TNHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the SUBJ
i scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles County, Maryland, letters of Admnstra-
tion on the personal estate of EDWIN I. w. Nc
PHERsoN, late of said county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same properly authen-
tcated, to the subscriber on or before the 4th day
February next; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said deceased's estate
Given under my hand this Cd day of August,
1858. BENJAMIN w. B. MCPHERSON
Admir- with Will annexed) of Edwin T. W.
au A. Mcpherson.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE-

T1HIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE. That the sub
Il scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles County, Md, letters of Administration
on the personal estate of WILLIAM c. DYER, late
of said county, deceased. All persons having claims
against said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof to the sub
serber, on or before the expiration of six months
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand this 18th day of July,
1853. JOHN G. SUMMERS, Admir-
iy21 of William G.. Over.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
i scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles County, Md, letters Testamentary on
the personal estate of ELIZA JAMESON, late of said
county, deceased. All persons having claims
against the said deceased's estate are hereby warm
ed to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
to the subscriber, before the second day OF
February next they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand this I'd day of August,
1853. PEMBROKE A. BRAWNER, Exe'r
au 4 at L,izl Jameson
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

A FARMERS WIFE IN THE OLDEN TINE.
Sir Antony Fl'zherber,, Chancellor TO Henry
Will, thus describes model farmers wife ::
SIT is wyve's occupation to winnowe all
manner of cornes, to make mal.e, to wash
and lronyng, to make hay, shere corne, and
in time of nede to help her husband to fill
the muckwayne or dungear', drive the
plough, load hay, corne, and such olher.-
And to 60 or ride to the market to sell but
ter, cheese, egges, chekyns, capons, hens,
pigs, geese, and all manner of cornes"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

VNHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
Il scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
ofCharles County, Maryland, letters of Admnstra-
ton on the personal estate of SAMUEL D. JAMESON,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same to the subscriber, properly au-
thenticated, on or before the expiration of six
months. They may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand, this 10Th day of July,
1853. MARY S. JAMESON, Adm'x
iv2l Of Samuel D. Jameson.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11


ones self Trained IN what was once its
bes, school, the Partisan saloons--he under
stood his conversation thoroughly as an art,
and he made the most of it. as an engine of
personal influence and for the propagation
of his party opinions. Towards the incul-
cation of these, his conversation, whatever
the subject, was bent, except when scien-
tEc matter was in question !; either he knew
no literature, law, history, philosophy, mo-
rails, nor theory, or he could not talk of them,
unless connected in some direct or indi-
rect way with democratic theories. His
power, indeed, of winning and Controlling
men, always laid chiefly in his skill in per-
sonal communication, for, even in public
bodies, he rarely made speeches nor have
we any record Of his having shone as an
orator. In short, no, feeling strong enough
10 attack mems convictions by the front gate
of manful eloquence, he stole in by the back
door Of address snd Of insnuaton in pri-
vale.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
6hysiopomy: but none

Dphyslogomy; but none,
that mobility which was its
uality, nor the oddity of his CON-
There was much, in its general
color Of cream; but as that sub
ne Of which you good people Of
Gotham conceive only as mo-
of prepared chalk, lie. me explain
hey have oflener seen-lhe fruity
pumpkin pie. The face looked as
butlered with such paste; but in
'">lhis color and hue, i, was be-
win small pox pits, all Of live
e. Bad IS was the uncontrasted,
imagine Whist its beauty became
Il off by such a folf. As to features,
not one that was good excep, the
:hey were a greyish blue, clear and
g. His head was we'll set and we'll
but had the Jscobinical shape and
hair was originally reddish, but
kan ill-bleached foxiness; his fore
large, but not well modelled, in
frontal regions which bespeak
though, and creativencss Of i'm
indicated cIearness not great
rows were neither strong nor
.ular and uncertain, as those of
n will, and yet had not much
pose was mean-a small lube
en- bulb it was much cock
ed from that shape a char
nd vuIgarity.
rather large, but the lips
tp,; the expression sitting
J" ""' ~avolep, co,.;J;
kindly its isst.7 medui Sonclll-
ons 10 The manners notthe
not to temper. The chin
Sehead, broader than j, vas
ere the lIneamen,s in detail;
\separately; F.; and yet alto.
Fslve and agreeable. As
and easy, were the con-
made limbs, so was his
ID counlenance that of
+, ignoble apart.
Esallon he certainly
takers ever listened
extreme, without ever
'asy yet compact flow
fe; very variously, and to
llndly informed, and coma.
out his informa~on, but. h4d
atty you, not h'mssspos h'mssspos:t :tory
me, then, s,ea' E t - I'll 3 he, !,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

Go MARRY.-The most beautiful flowers
are those which are double, such as double
What an argument is this against the chill
ing deformity of single bedsteads! "Go
marry" is written on everything beautiful
that the eyes rest upon-beginning with
birds Of paradise, and leaving off with the ap-
pie blossoms.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

"a censorious lady," says the author of
MARY Barton,' "remarking upon the dress
of a recently bereaved widow, said 'lha,
black silk became her extremely we'll, bu,
bombazine would haze shopn dccper sense
of her loss.''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

4 The MIsER.-Ofall creatures upon earth
none is so despicable as the miser. ]. is
not impossible lha. The proAigale may have
friend, for there is usually left about him
some touch of fhuman,y-some one unbro-
ken chord of the finer feelings of our nature !;
but the mlser meets with no sympathy
Even The nurse who is hired TO attend him
III his latest hours, loalhes the ghaslly oc-
cupatIon, and longs for the moment of her
release: 4: for, although the dealh-damp is al
ready gathering on his brow, the thoughts
'of the departing sinner are still upon his
gold, and, al the mere jingle of key, be
starts from his torpor, in paroxysm of ter
ror, lest surreplilous attempt is being
made upon the sanclity of his slrong-boX.
Deeds there are many in that box; bui
where are the deeds that should have COM
foried the dying man? What blessings has
he purchased for himself through his long
and useless life? There are no prayers Of
the orphan or widow for him-nol a soli-
.ary voice has ever breathed his name to
Heaven as benefactor, One poor penny,
given away in the spirit Of true charity,
would now be worth more to him than all
the gold that the world contains but not
wlhstanding that he was a church-going
man, and familiar from his infancy with those
awful texts in which the worship of man
mon denounced, and the punishment Of
Dives told, he has never yet been able to
divorce himself from his solitary love or
lust, or TO part with one atom of his pelf
And so, from miserable life, delesled and
despised, he passes into drear eternity ;
and those whom he has neglected, or mis-
used, make merry with the boards Of the
miser!
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

Cu',erbuck's story of the old lady (his
aun,) is excellent. Being very nervous,
she told Sir w. Farquhar she thought Bath
would do her good. "lts very odd," said
Sir w.; "but .hal's the very thing tina.
was going TO recommend to you. will
write the particulars of your case to very
clever man there, in whose hands you will
be well taken care Off The lady, furnish
ed with the letter, set off, and on arriving
at Newbury, feeling, as usual, very nervous,
she said to her con6dsnt, "Lohg as Sir Wal
ter has attended me, he has never explained
TO me wha. ails me. have great mind
to open his letter, and see wha. he has STAT
ed Of my case to the Bath physician" 10
vain her friend represented to her the breach
Of confidence this would be. She opened
the letter and read, Dear Davis, keep the
old lady three weeks, and send her back a.
gain"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11
SAm SLICK ON ConRr1Nc-Another wise

SAN SLICK ON CoURrING.-Anothe wise
saw from Mr.. Slck's last book: "Courlin'
a gal, guess, is like catchin' young horse
in the paslur. You put the oats in pan,
hide the halter, and so(t.saw WIDER The critter,
and ilcomes up softly and shyly at first,
and puts its nose 10 the grain, and gets a
taste, stands off and munches little, looks
round 10 zee that the coast is clear, and ad-
vances cautious again, ready for 60 if you
are rosgh. Well, you sof-sawder it all the
time :7so-so, pet! gently, pet that's pret-
ty doA! and il gets to kind like it, and
comes closer, and you think you have it,
makea grab al its name, and it ups head and
tail, sports, wheels short round, lets go both
hnd-e eet at you, and off like shot. That
comes Of being in hurry. Now, if you
had put your hand up slowly towards its
shouuer, and felt along. the neck for the
manetit might perhaps have drawed away,
as much as to say, hands off, it you please;
lik eyour oats. but don't want you /: the
chance is, you would have caught it. Well,
what's your play, now you have missed it?
Why, you don't give chase, for tha. only
scares The crilter; but you stand still, shake
the oats in the pan, and say, cope, cope,
cope! and i. stops, looks at you, and comes
up again, but awful skil,ish, stretches its
neck out ever SO far, steals few grains, and
then keeps respectful distance. Now,
what do you do then? Why, shake the
pan, and move slowly, as ifyou were going
to leave the paslur and make for hum when
it repenis Of bein' SO ds.rust(ul, comes up,
-~I oou slip the hsl,er on.''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

PEACH TREES Tobacco leaves put a
round The body OF peach trees just beneath
the surface of the ground, are recommended
as preventive Of the worms that destroy
the tree BY eating the bark.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-08-11

he REMAINS OF PIzARRo can still be
sesn >, q Lima, in Peru. A traveller has late
y os osribed them thus: ''Descending few
ee esspT ! entered a small place some twenty
80. M 3ong, quite light and whi,ewashed, and
h smelt and looked so much like a
M .a,e Portable wine cellar, .ha. caught my
,;n ~, bore than once looking round for the
nd bottles. In an opening in the wall,
..,;. 49, iced what appeared TO me to be COL
u :, i'n of dusty rags; close inspection prov
- Ia, this was all that remained Of the con-
llYp.eror of Peru. He has still on the same
/ o. 9Abes and shoes he wore at the moment OF
e. o,.es,ssassins,ion. Of course his body is
! Hssytng bu. skeleton covered with dry
sand skia~ ~sa@1,aays21hz ,nass1hz-a around him in
. tle. -~aasssss...ssrsa = slepaa alm'
but ssie 20 WI 81. -. .sE-.iiected upon it,
had turned it TO light brown color, and i!
almost puIverizes when touched. The body
is placed on narrow piece of plank, in q
sloping position, and has been placed in that
position, merelv v to put j. out of the way.
The folks in Lima do not think anything Of
the remains of poor Pizarro; and dare say
a little money judiciously invested, would
procure for any curiosity hunter, the whole
stock of his remains.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18
WHOLE NO. 6rs.

No Party. We often hear men who
claim to be Intelligent, declare That they
are "uo party men," thai "lbeY vote for
The best man, &c. Now we wish 70
ask such, what constitutes a good man
poliIicaly?' Is il not his principles when
carried into action? If the principles Of
man are politically right, ard he act up
to those principles, be tan is a good
man-if his principles are 5ad,-o wrong,
then the reverse obtains.
Again, we ask what make pnr:icsf The
answer,is diversity Of principles. The
consequence is, that he who claims 10 be
"no party man." acknowledges that he
has no political principles, or is, ignorant
Of them. The blush Of shame should
mantle the checks Of any sane man, IN
this land Of light aud liberty, 10 own that
he is ignorant Of the political elements
lha, are at work in his county. A cheap
newspaper press is constantly teeming
with information upon this, from Maine
to Mexico. But TO cay that he is indiffs-
rem, TO the fleets resulting from political
principles, would be to acknowledge
that he was unworthy tho name af
free man.
The fathers of this country, with PAS
tic hands planted fair fabric Of free.
dom whose reIulgent light has already
radiated through darkened world. The
institutions Of this land come down TO US
consecrated by The blood Of heroes
santifed by The wisdom Of sages, and
shall it be said, that the descendenls Of
The illns'rious dead, have so far degene-
rated, that they are ignorant of the
principles that ale affecting for veal or
woe, the government that has been left
for them TO transmit, nntarnsEled TO
posicrity Napoleon Northucs..
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18

A LADY OFFICER. Jean Paul says
THAI lady officer, if she wanted to give
the word "haIt," would do ii IN this strain
''You soldiers, all Of you, now mi I'd, /
order you as soon as have finished
speaking, to stand still, every one ofy You,
on .ihe spot where you happen 10 be I;
,don't you hear me1 Halt, | say, all of
you"
Now, Monster Jean, i, was an un)ucky
day you wrote that sentence. May you
never hear anything but that little con,
else word, NO! from every rosy lip
you mee' between this and your tomb
stone! May you shalt" wiCeIess through
life; may your buttons be suappisb, your
strings knoily aud your stockings holy.
May your boot jack be missing, your feet
be corHed,y our shaving water be cold,your
rozor dull, your hair stand up, and your
dckies lap down, may your beard be por-
cupiney, your whiskers he thiuly settled,
and dyour mustacho curl the wrong way,
mayyour coffee be muddy, your tea 'rater
be,0itched: may you dream Of Paradise,
and wake in some-Some other place!
and with a never dying desire for aff4c-
lion, may you crawl through creation
meek, miserable, nasty, fororn, fgety,
Gissy, ridicnous, rnined, rejected: rag.
ged old bachelor! Amen! !--Fdnay Fern.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18

The Progressive, proper, regards the
world as bit vast seed; and all human
interests, bnt seed-reforms, or germs
Growth il the natural society, is not tc
him pyramid, standing up from its vast
bnsc, thousands Of years un2rowng and
unchanged, but rather bnnian tree,
whose vast trunk, old as ages, is yet
growing, whose boughs arc letting dow0
new trunks for a wider growth, and
whose glory /, is to hold the frost by
ovcrlaying old growlhs with new, and
preserving itself by perpelual change!
These arc the men who look for life
principle in everything. They believe
that Institutions, il alive, are constantly,
although gradually, changing, 10 meet
new shapos-eG human want: they believe
that customs must change: that philoso-
piers are rot cbySials, which God
bounded by immovable lines, and polished
beyond the touch of art; but that they
are the rude cndesvors of men TO speak
uu,hs, which, in full form, are unspeak-
able: they believe that it is better to 60
back 10 the original source Of God, than
forever 10 repeat the few notes which
men have jnttcd down, aud proudly called
their system !-Henry Ward Beechcr.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18

Frederick Leopold, naluralzed
American citizen, Of Ilancverian birth,
while on recent visit IL Europe, was
imprisoned on account Of military service
alledged TO be due TO the King of Hauo.
yer. Afier being kept for sumo time on
bread and water. sleeping on the floor Of
his prison, and being told by The Ameri-
can Consul that lie could do nothing
for him, he procured bis own release by
paying $3.50 far substitute.