Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-08-29

trouble grew out OF dispute ABOUT good
and bad corn Juice.
On last Monday evening, after the soft
twilight had well nigh waned away and
the twinkling stars were already beaming
brightly in the skies, young man of our
acquaintance, in happy humor sauntered
forth. He'was glorious in his Indifference
to surrounding allurements and sought in
solitude for the free, undisturbed indul-
gence of his meditative mood. His refec-
tions were of pleasant nature and his glow
ing features bespoke serene mind. At
times he soliloquized in heroic strain as
he sauntered slowly on. Indeed, stran-
ger might have eyed him with an earnest
gaze, doubtful of his identity and wonder
ing whether he was brigand or a poet,
while his friends, justly knowing him as a
clever fellow, only looked on in silent adj
miration, awaiting the coming denouement
He sauntered on and crossed the stiles in
to the courthouse yard. He paced slow
ly up and down, walking to and fro, a
dusky figure, dimly seen, beneath the UNI
brageous aspen trees shade, moving ma
jestically. Anon he halted suddenly and
sat upon bench in the yard to rest his
weary limbs; he soon stretched those
weary limbs upon that self same bench
and socn he sank to peaceful slumber.-
Still the stars were shining brightly down
and the moments fieeting swiftly by; our
soporifc friend still slept and slumbered
calmly on. About the hour of nine P. NJ,
however, he awoke. He wondered where
he was. Things were perplexing in the
extreme. In the dark shadows of the
leafy trees, solitary and alone at night
cam I myself or somebody else?'' he
might have said, and eff am I, who am
I when I am myself2" Strange thoughts
held wild riot in that meditative mind, and
weird imaginings came trooping fierce
ly through the chambers of that busy brain,
conjuring up, as they trooped along, queer
visions and weird memories, too, of long,
long ago, when COLLINS, ghosts and ghouls,
genii, "spooks" and other supernaturals
were wont to play fantastic tricks on liv
ing man. At last, however, he seemed to
realize the fact; he arose, moved carefully
about with hands outstretched before him,
as if feeling for something. Atlast, to him
self, he said, in a sort of pGsso moderate tone,
"This is a h-ll of hotel. They not only
make fellow sleep on the floor, but don't
even put the windows down to keep the
shelters out" Things were very m,uchly
mixed thereabouts.
Since our last issue that judicial body
has done gone and met again. Well, it is
right. We agree to it now and the people
agreed to it too when they reelected two
their part that if elected they intended to
meet, as heretofore, every Tuesday. The
reelected dissenting Judge came grace
fully into measures as in duty bound and
has faithfully attended the sittings of the
Court. That is surely his right, his place,
his office and his duty. We think it well
to have one day in the week, known and
dedicated as "public day." on which
people living in distant and remote Sec
lions of the county may come to the coun-
ty-town with some reasonable degree of
certainty for the transaction of business
with one another. Custom has establish
ed this and the general convenience con-
tinues it. It is to the weekly meetings of