Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-05

bility ofConvention antics. The proposer
Of the resolution, no doubt, played the
part of simplicity, and was only mindful
to discharge for some one the dutiful of
fee of an affectionate ''brudder Bones' in
the merry minstrelsy which made the Con-
vention comedy and its pet elect an un-
happy failure. 1t is ludicrous to see even
''dissenting Judge pointing, for his vim
dication, to pledge he processes to re-
spect which he, at the same time complac-
emily violates. Such thing may have
been quite becoming in those unsophisti-
Gated danes, Mrs. Sairey Camp or Mrs.
Betsey Prigg, but hardly harmonic with
the severe gravity which swells the vast
Importance of even "dissenting Judge"
Mrs. Sairey Camp and Mrs. Betsey .Prigg,
however, have their admiring imitators-
They were garrulous gossips, and discours-
ed as yolubly the mythical Mrs. Harris as
dissenting j Judges learnedly ponder the my
thical 'mares nest" Here cometh the
end, and the Times man, profoundly bow
ing, bids the 'dissenting Judge" be pa
tient, and ''try Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" A discovery that is no discove-
ry, is "mares nest!" Thank thee oh,
''dissenting Judge" for the lucid defni-
ton. Shade Of Jack Bunsby, where are
you9
From accounts received last Tuesday
the storm, which prevailed on Monday
night, was, if possible, more terrific and
disastrous than that which only short
time previously visited our county. The
storm began about O'Clock P NJ, and
ragged with undated fury until after mid
night. Loud peals of thunder and fearful
flashes of lightning prevailed throughout,
accompanied by a heavy fall of rain and
most destructive showers of hail Several
dwelling houses and barns were either
blown down or otherwise seriously injur-
ed. In some instances the windows of
of houses were blown entirely from their
fastenings, and furniture scattered in all
directions about the rooms. The fright
ened occupants of some of the houses were
preparing to leave, thinking it safer to
brave the storm outside than run the risk
of being crushed by the timbers which
they momentarily expected to be falling
about them. The storm, however, subsid-
ing saved them this disagreeable alterna-
tive. Entire lines of good, substantial
fencing were swept away and whole fields
of corn and tobacco in sections, which had
escaped previous disaster, were irrepara-
storm ragged with special violence through
bly, ruined, and are now worthless. The
Pomonkey, Duffield and Bryantown dis
tricts, and extended, we learn, as far as
the Hughesville neighborhood. Some of
our oldest and most successful farmers,
who were, in town on Tuesday, speak of
it as, by far, the most violent storm they
had ever experienced. The loss entailed
upon a great many of our people by the
ravages of the storm is most serious.
At the Tournament which recently came
off at Glymont, Col. Samuel Cox, Edgar
Brawner and John W. Warning acted as
Judges; Mr.. Jno. T. Davis, DR.. J. T. Digges
and Mr.. Sydney A. Miles, as Marshals.-
The following Knights reported and en-
tered the lists, viz -"Knight of Cornwall
lis" w. H. Miles; "Knight of Potomac"
E. H. Brawner; "Knight of Glymont."
Marshall Thomas; Knight of La Plata"
J. H. Mattingley; Knight of Mattawo
man." Marcellus Cox; Knight of Saint
Thomas" Hughes Wills; Knight of Hard
Tines" Albin Wills; "Knight of Ash
land,' Bernard Miles; "Knight of Pom
fret" Albert Wade. After an address by
Mr.. D. I. Sanders, in his usual happy style,
the fitting began, and resulted in the
browning of Miss Linda Rhodes as Queen
of Love and Beauty, by the Knight of
Mattawoman; Miss Maggie Miles as first
Maid of Honor, by the Knight of Potomac;
Miss Cecie Miles as second Maid of Hon
or, by the Knight of Glymont, and Miss
Cora Dement, as third Maid of Honor, by
the Knight of Ashland. Mr.. Alexander
Robertson was unexpectedly called upon
to make the Coronation address in the
evening, in which he acquitted himself
very handsomely. The music was render
ed by Donch's band, from Washington,
and the dancing in the pavilion kept up
nearly all night. The Knight OF Hard
Times wore striped trousers and no one
accused him of hailing from that region
where striped unmentionables are suppos
ed to be popular.
In answer to the challenge given by the
Prince Georges county fox hunters, Mr..
G. w. Smith, of Liberty, Frederick coun-
ty, says that he will run his hound Helen
against any hound in Prince Georges,
Charles, st. Mary's or any county in Mary
land, for one hundred dollars, the hunt to
take place in Frederick county.
We call the attention of the .fogy men of
Charles to the aforegoing Every season
there is great talk and activity in our fox
hunting circles and many hard stretch
for the brush. Merry Boy, Sweetheart,
Venus, Old Marcus and Dido have never
faiIa5 to reSnond in enthuSi site stvIe to