Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-07-16
COURTING.

Il don't see why people cannot do their
counting by daylight, thereby saving an ex-
ira Of lights, fuel and forenoon naps."-A
Breakfast Table Remark.
Whew! preach that doctrine until your
head Is gray, and you are as toothless as a
newborn babe, and still young folks will
"set up" till the stars grow tired Of watch
ing, and the roosters begin to crow
There is sort of fascination in it, posi-
tive denial to the contrary Notwithstanding.
An indescribable, undeniable charm, in be-
ing the sole occupants Of front parlor, with
nothing to molest or make afraid the sofa
drawn up before the shining CRATE, and the
lamp regulated to steady blaze, that will
not eclipse the brightness of eyes, OR make
particularly pleasing in hearing the last pair
Of household feet take bee line departure
for the upper chambers, and feeling that the
ever swinging parlor door will remain clos
ed until one Of the party cornered choose to
open it.
Talk Of courting by daylight! Think. Of
laming ones arm by quick, hasty withdraw
ais froY around certain waist at the inces-
SAINT af9sing of the door bell, or seeing the
Iiua bmhs and curls fly in every direction,
BY a soundleg 81 coming footsteps. Imagine
proud lover at the feet Of fair lady, putting
forth an eloquent long avowal, with extra
ordinary expressions fitting over his face
and, at the same moment, puzzled little
countenance peering through the folding
door, wondering what makes Mr.. B.
pray with his eyes wide open" Or, more
disag greeable still, have ''mamma'' open the
door, without the prelude Of a rap, of course,
just at the moment you have ventured to test
the temperature and sweetness of her daugh-
ters lips
And then what time in the day could one
take? Not in the forenoon, certainly, when
music teachers and fashionable callers are
in vogue; not in the afternoon, when ones
senses are stupifed by the eating of hearty
dinner; not on Sundays, when everybody
is expected at Church, with pantomimic ges-
lures occupants of the neighboring pews
staring. No. there is but one time, and
that the veritable season set in old primitive
days-a time and season for courting. An
hour when you can pinch Susie's fingers to
make her tell who she loves best; look in
Susie's hand to see if her fortune runs with
yours, and see what letter of the alphabet
formed therein by thn lines; kiss her when
you please; hug her when you please; and
all this when the old folks are sleeping
when the sound of footsteps are scattered in
! the streets, and is there no one on earth so
near Susie as yourself. Them's UNI p
lNa,yaret Ve,ne.
GREE SEATS UP SrA1Rs."- ."-Happening
lately to enter the vestibule Of Unitarian
church in this vicinity. succinct and star
ing tin sign confronted US, with the notice
above quoted. We were forcibly reminded
Of a scene said to have been recently wit
messed in Grace Church, New York.
! Stranger, Go the sexton. )-"Can you
favor me with seat, sir?"
Sexton. ibid you come in a carriage ?"
Stranger,-ssNo,S Sir"
! Sexton. ''Then take one of those bench
es yonder''
Moreover there game up to our mind such
questionable, impracticable old texts as
this following:
"And if there came in also poor man
in vile raiment, x \ i:
and ye say to the poor man: Free seats up
stairs !! Stand thou there, Or sit here un-
der my footstool, are ye not partial in your
selves?
We thought also of another scene which
occurred in New York:
Stranger. .-"Can you tell me where I
shall find your free seats? %
Sexton Certainly they are all over the
house, sir. Walk in %
Which of the two replies seems to chime
in best with the spirit Of the Friend of
publicans and sinners Which would be
most grateful to the Saviour if He Himself
should chance to enter their porch a poor
way-farer as Of old, in Judea?
Il am losing ground" as the fellow said
when the hangman gave him the last 'shiste"