Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-01-25

insure success is no.oriety. You will see
that this will be noised all abou. town as a
trick played by one Of the circus managers
upon The other, and our pavilion will be
crammed tomorrow night"
1t turned out az he con ectured. The
Joke was in every PERSONS mouth. We
soon became acquainted with the whole
town, and bad immense audiences during
our stay. This. however, did not induce
me to forgive Old Turner, for ] knew full
we'll ,ha, self interest was an after conside-
ration in the case, the joke being prompted
solely by desire 10 see some fun, no mat
ter at whose expense.
A peculiar incident occurred at Hanover
Court House in Virginia. Ia consequence
of heavy rains we could not perform there,
and concluded ,o'star. for Richmond imme-
dialely after dinner. The landlord inform
ed US That as our agent had engaged three
meals and lodgings for the company, our
bill would be the same if we departed that
day as if we remained to breakfast next
morning. We backed our remons.rance
wuh an offer to poy for dinner and portion
of ,he balance Of the bill, 10 compensate for
provisions oblained and no. consumed, but
the landlord stubbornly refused 10 aba'e a
ot of his first demand.
1t was now about eleven o'clock in the
forenoon. Mr.. Turner was very angry al
what he considered the unreasonable DE-.
mands of The landlord, and told him it
would be much to our benef. if we could
proceed at once TO Richmond.
81 don't preven, you," said the stubborn
hotel keeper; ''but you must pay for sup
per, lodging and breakfast. have made
provisions according 10 order, and ! must
be paid for it.
"At wha, hours can we have our meals" +"
asked Turner.
"Whenever you please" was the reply.
VERY well sir We will have dinner at
twelve o'clock, and supper at hal(-pas'
twelve. We will lodge al one O'Clock this
afternoon, and breakfss. at half-past one,"
said Tuner.
The landlord was amazed alike by the
fact and manner of this announcement
~ on don't want three meals at once, do
you?" said he.
"No," said Turner, "nor will we have
three at once. You shall sci the table and
cook us good dinner. We will cal it
The table shall then be nicely cleaned of
and reset with clesn dishes, and our supper
placed upon it. We cal that, and finish it
by one o'clock. Then we will 60 to bed ;
and do you see that the supper table is
cleared off, and good breskfas, cooked with
plenty of good coffee, and lie. it be ready
when we arise at half-past one O'clock
And, mind you, don's think you can re-bash
one meal and make it answer for another.
We won't stand that. We pay for the best,
and we will have The best"
The landlord said il was all right, and
started TO prepare the dinner. ] followed
him, and tried again to effec. compromise,
but he would hear 10 nothing of the kind.
A good dinner was on the table at twelve
o'clock. We did full justice to 1t, and Tur-
ner then ordered the table to be cleared of
and supper to be brought in at once. IT
was done punc.uslly by half-past twelve
O'Clock, and we all did our best towards
ealing 1t. By one o'clock we had devour-
ed as much as we possibly could. Nov
show us 20 bed," said Turner, each man by
his demand being provided with lighted
candle. The landlord showed us 10 ou'
rooms, aud we sll Ohir,y-six in number,
undressed and ,umbled into bed, previously
to which, however, Old Turner halloed to
the landlord from the top Of the ssairs,-
"Do you see, sir, that our breakfast is al
ready and on the table smoking hot in hal
an hour.
No response Yves heard to this request
; Turner maintained his gravity, and SO die
the landlord. Both were angry, and made
q serious time of it. Blu. myself, was con-
vulsed with laughter q. the absurdisy Of TIT
whole thing. All the company, indeed
were in great glee; bu. we felt that the tav
ern keeper was unreasonable, and .her efor'
we no. only obeyed The orders of Turner
bu. did our bes. TO get the worth of ou
, money. We were up and dressed in bal
en- hour, but our beds exhibited every sp
pearance of having been devoted 10 al leas
one nights lodging.
We then all marched down TO breakfast
Everything was cooked and prepared in 'h'
bes, order, and stranger would hav'
2 thought, had he seen the victuals disappear
I tina, we had been on short allowance for
: fortnight. 1t has ever been q mystery Il
] me how we managed to live 'hroug h suct
:, s,uffing as we all underwent on that oc
, casion. | have seen my father cram .ur
!, keys for weeks preparatory TO serving then
! for thanksgiving dinner, but that was no
0 circumstance, 10 the cramn.ed circus com
pany.
l A LIFE PREsERvER.-Ons day, whe'
0 Marshall Scoult was showing his gallery q
Paris to Colonel Gurwo ood, he stopped op