Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-09

The hot, steaming liquor was poured from
the kettle into tin cup, and handed
to me. ''Drink p they exclaimed "drink
to our past and future hopesp' They did
not think it wrong, and no eye that truly
loved could see me. They were jolly and
'jovial-drowning care with drink.
i I pleaded former habits, urged many
reasons against joining them. Laughter
and jeers were the only answer. They
seized me, one holding my head and anoth-
er my hands, while third attempted to
empty the liquor into my mouth. [ was
about to give up There could not be much
harm in drinking, else they would not urge
it upon me so strongly. [ signifed my ac-
ceptance. They at once released me, and
all filled up, ready for toast, song, or a
story.
[ must give one or the other. [ stood
there, the youngest of the band. [ was the
pet of the camp, and for the first time was
going to join them in their revelry. Wild
and tumultuous shoutings went forth from
that band of brave warm hearted fellows
They thought not of what the end might be.
They had conquered. It was frolic, only
frolic, and was going to give them a
toast. Standing before them, with cup in
hand, thinking of what should say, my
mind travelled back to the parting. The
veil was lifted from sacred remembrances
| Again, in memory, Iknelt before my mother,
heard her prayer, and remembered that this
Of Tho nfo%I che bod ,oro xroC
might resist.
But none would see me. No eye was
upon me that, in after years, would cause
me to blush when [ met it. No! [ was in
the mountains, down in deep canon, and
| it was only to satisfy those with whom [ had
toiled; it would never occur again, and they
would think me silly if failed to comply
with my agreement.
| was about to propose our future success,
when the magic words came to my heart,
and from my heart to my lips, almost in
voluntarily, ''Mother, Home, and Hcaven!'
If it was unexpected to me, it was still more
so to them. Every cup was set to the
ground, and an honest, manly tear, was to
be seen in many an eye. as they gazed upon
me- / was saved--rcscucd-a they toUcd
me before, they only liked me.
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How gratefully is the name of MeraEE
associated with our earliest recollections.
She has guided, counsellcd, and prayed for
u.s. Time, distances, or circumstance can
never blot the love she bears for her child
from her heart.
HONE is ever present in our mind, en-
| II,
and one of our most ardent wishes is to be
permitted once more to cross the old familiar
threshold, and greet the loved ones, face to
face; to take by the hand the friends and
companions of our youth to meet them with
a clear and open brow, conscious that nc
stain dims the escutcheon of our honor.
HEAvEN-the resting place! To it we
can look for reunion, if denied to us on
earth. IT'S there many loved one has
found welcome; tbs there many prayer
, has entered for the voluntary exile; tits
there all desire to enter, when they fee
they are approaching the portals of the
! tomb.
Aye! they are magic words-the three
sweetest of language, carrying with them {
| thought, a feeling, sympathy, that the
worlds sophistry can never destroy. None
: can resist the influence they breathe. =
, Whether high or low, rich or poor, honoret
= or degraded, the exile will. at times, thinl
7 of Mother and Home-perhaps of a depart
3 ed mother-and from thence his thought
: lead to the future, and heaven presents it
3 self as the place of re- union Ureko Union
s A CAUTION TO YOUNG MEN.-A youns
4 medical student from Michigan, who hac
: been attending lectures in New York TO
g some time, and considered himself exceed
0 ingly geod-looking and fascinating, made
+ deadly onset on the heart and fortune Of;
t the same house with him was AH2aE ARHe2aaFding il
a longed siege the lady surrendered. The
a were married on Wednesday morning last
The same afternoon the ssyoung wife, sen
It for and exhibited to the astonished studen
a beautiful little daughter" three and
!, half years of age
t "Good Heavens! then you were a wild
/ ow,' exclaimed the astonished student.
d eyes, my dear and this is Amelia m
, Youngest -; tomorrow, Augustus, James am
0 Reuben will arrive from the country, an,
, then [ shall have all my children togethe
once more"
d The unhappy student replied not word
his feelings were too deep for utterance.
The next day the ''other darlings'' arrived
:. keu ben was six years old, James nine, an(
t Augustus saucy boy of twelve. The,