Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-03-16

PRINTERS. - The Cincinnati Inquirer
thus sketches the printers in that Office
The Editor says:
In this office are some twenty printers
engaged - only look at them! In ages
raging from twenty to forty-in size and
complexion, from the ordinary stout 1--WE
never knew ia. prin,er) TO some that might
crawl through creased Auie-some as
white as Clrcassans, and others brown or
rosy-your "Georgia cracker" or Pennsyl-
vania publican. Some bearded like the
Pard, others smoolh-faced as the Greek
Slave. One has travelled all over the North
American continent, hunted beasts in Ar
kansas, and the wild horse in the pampas
of South America another has been out on
the broad ocean, and seen ''life before the
mast; - another graduated at Yves. Point,
served in the army, and accompanied Col.
Donip phan in his Zenophenic grand campaign
all over New Mexico. What book he
can write! Another has kept tavern, sold
at auction, travelled over the u. States seve-
raj times been we'll of aud been broken-of-
ten. Two have been son the slage,'' pro-
fesson printers are much addicted to-(or
about half the actors on the American boards
were printers. One, we believe, has
preached sermons and another has ectured
in crowded houses. Another has served in
Mexico with General Scott. A sixth has
been stump orator, member of the Legisla-
ture "out West,'' and fought duel, we be-
Iieve. Three have praclised medicine, kept
store, dealt in horses, cotton and negroes.
Two have held municipal Offices. Four or
FIVE have been officers and priyates in vari'
Gus military companies. OAe served witt,
Gen. Houston in the Texan Revolution, and
one in the Canadian rebellion. Six or eight
have edited and published newspapers in
various parts of the United States. One has
been frs. officer of packet on the "ragin
canawl" One was ounded-leg of-a.
the storming of NJ onterey. Another has
clerked on Mississippi steamer, was blown
up and slightly killed. Some are or have
been married-some are old bachelors. All
have seen more or less life, and its change
able scenes. They are all live men, good
practical printers, speak various languages,
and form a newspaper corps hard TO surpass
or equal.
"Go IT, OLD SoRREL p'-sIn my boy
hood days." said the narrator, 81 used 10
reside with an oiu aun,, i'll ti,o eosa.ry, who
was atrictly pious, went 10 church regularly
and made me also follow the same Christian
practice. Among those who attended The
church regularly, was man known among
all the villagers by the appellalion Of old
Joe.' Old Joe, in addition TO being strict
church-goer and devout Christian, Che pass
ed for the later,) was something Of sport
ing charac,er-deligh,e in frequently in
dulging in horse-racing. His favori,e nag
he called 'old Sorrel,' and he would a, any
time put up his pile on sold Sorrel' against
any other animated borse-fesh in the neigh
borhood. Well, as said before, Old Joe
attended church frequently, and occasional
ly, like many others, used TO indulge in
map during the sermon. While thus lux
uraing one Sunday-the divine putting in
in the big licks-spreadlng himself aston
ishingly-and jnst at the moment the latter
was indulging in one of bis lof:iess flights,
Old Joe, doubtless dreaming tha, he was on
the track, and participating in an animated
race sang out, in loud voice-'Go it, old
: Sorrel! Go it, old SorreIn 1t is needless
10 say that Joe's unconcious exclamation
brought the house down. Sober counte i.
nances, that had never INDUCED in a smile,
were distorted with laughter; old women
'snickered,' and young girls, with cambrics
up to their pretty faces, INDUCED in sup
pressed gggles. What added a zest to the
incident, was the fact that the minister had
most brilliant vermiIion tinted head of
hair. odd Sorrel,' wasn't bad, and the
crowd took the force Of it."-.E. York
Monthly Mag.
That the sworld owes every one living
is an impudent and mischevous felton,
The world only furnishes us the tools by