Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-06-19

The Grand Jury OF Talbot county nave
gone and done it, and we are glad OF 1t.
That grand inquest wasn't bit afraid OF
Timmons, our Admiral of the oyster fleet,
and have presented that redoubtable indi-
vidual for malfeasance in office. The State
Board of Commissioners on Oyster Police
men, and other scaly things, are about to
take the thing up for action. We hope
that Board will Ego for" Timmons, too, as
| they ought to. Witnesses from every tide
water county in the State ought to be sum-
moned to prove that Timmons, the oyster
man, hasn't done his duty, particularly
ought certain witnesses from st. Mary's to
be summoned to give the facts about an
outrage perpetrated in St. Mary's jurisdic
ton, whereof this same Timmons was, per
haps, cognizant. We hope, and believe,
no aohiteacash will be used in this investi-
cation, and that no soft-s0ap will be ap-
piled. Timmons, we are confident, is a
very dirty fellow, and much in need of
some cleansing, purifying process, but, you
condition which would allow of his being
put through (O handsomely and to advan-
tage. Go for him, gentlemen of the State
Board. 1t would give US pleasure to have
to chronicle Timmons' acquittal, and speak
of him as the patient, self-sacrifcing mar
tyr,-we especially like the martyr part
but then, if that thing can't be did with any
show of propriety, it will give US great
pleasure, too, to itemize the fact of his
downfall.
The very hot weather Of few days past
caused people to keep closely housed
Our staid old town looks almost deserted.
Late in the afternoons, however, the streets
wear rather more lively aspect. Pretty
girls are then out in force, driving, walk
ing or taking turns on horseback. Quite
a number of fair representatives from
abroad are now visiting their friends in
this neighborhood, and many of our atten-
tive young beaux are doing their "level
best at making agreeable impression
Now these young buds Of promise are by
no means able to suppress the tender sus-
capabilities of their natures, when beauty,
so beWitching, wages such effective and
yet such unconscious war. 1t is a very in
teresting thing to watch the clever gallant
ry with which these signing SWANS, and
sweet tongued youths of ours bestow their
courteous attentions. Young mustaches,
in feeble embryo are the subjects of anx-
ious solicitude and much careful nursing
One is much amused to witness the matter
ofcourse air of the youthful beau of Charles
as he plies his upper lip, while perhaps
glancing alteration, and isping love to
beauty's ear. At evening entertainments
| too, it is wonderful to watch the quiet seq
regation which sympathetic couples in
dulge. Secluded hooks and convenient
corners invite delightful dalliance, while
broad piazzas and pleasant porticos, en-
powered with rich foliage and flowers,
make up a paradise for sweet confdings
In fact, the pretty girls of Charles and their
pretty sisters from abroad have quite
stampeded quietude of mind and heart
Charles cavaliers are hoplessly bewildered
and bewitched. Nor is this so surprising,
for in such mystifying maze of beauty,
smiles and pleasantness ofmanner, even the
ascetic soul of an anchorite might forget it's
misanthropic fealty and wander forth to
worship and devotion at these vestal
shrines-
Two ladies from Pomfret neighborhood
were in Port Tobacco the other day shop
ping and sightseeing. One of them wore
spectacles, that she might see the better.
Both of them looked at the old Indian
King Hotel' shanty and said, "What is it ?"
John Dawson's wife and his wife's sister
were in town yesterday. John Dawson
lives in Leonardtown, and, at the request
of John Dawson's brother, John Dawson's
wife and John Dawson's wife's sister wrote
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