Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-05-22
LOCAL MATTERS.

Quite a respectable meeting of the farm
ers of the neighborhood, took place in
Port Tobacco on Saturday last, to take
steps towards the formation of a Farmers
Club. A committee was appointed to
draft Constitution and Bylaws and re-
port at meeting to be held on Saturday,
the 31st inst.
Among those from abroad attending our
Court are. DR.. B. Neale, Hon. Barnes Comp
ton, of Baltimore, Hon. Daniel Clarke and
C. c. Magruder, 'Jr., of the Marlboro Bar,
Messrs. W. A. Padgett, w. H. Blandford,
L. V. Oliver and Jere Dyer, are on hand,
representing commercial Baltimore, look
ing for more tobacco and asking some of
our people to fix up that little matter now,
can't you9''
In charging the Grand Jury, Judge
Magruder was very positive and pointed
as to the license laws. This we think it
well for the jury to consider and act effec-
lively upon. An unfair enforcement and
neglect of the license laws not only preju-
dices the claims of the State, but is an un-
just discrimination as between those deal
ers who faithfully comply and those who
do not, to say nothing Of the sad democrat
ization it visits upon the community.
Having as extensive supplies of oysters,
and vastly more extensive fisheries than
any other county in the State, Charles is
correspondingly more interested in the
proper management of the Oyster Police
Force than any other county. Timmons
is nautical humbug, and very poor po-
iceman for the general public. Wonder if
he does not, as Orpheus G, Kerr would say,
s'take the bath with mint in it" whenever
he sees the Times and other papers that are
attending to him for not attending to the
business of his ofice9
A gentleman of this county recently
wrote to his agent in Baltimore for bar
rel of best Potomac herring to be sent him.
The barrel came, and our friends appetite
was Whetted for the feast. When he open
ed, however, that barrel, branded as No. 1
Potomac Herrings, and bearing the Inspec-
tors mark, our friend found marry fish,
The barrel contained only lot of Turks
Island salt This shows the great advan-
tage of having Fish Inspectors. It is es-
pecially well to have for Inspector one who
can't tell fish froma lump of salt.
Our distinguished and respected friend,
"Old Boston" looks elegant. Side-whis-
kers, after the English style, greatly i'm
prove his already good looking face, and
Baltimore beef-steaks have wonderfully
extended the limits of his corporation
He soon found out how the squirrel was
running" and found the glasses -casi and
clean. He says, George wanted to put
me on ale, but told George that extract
of malt didn't reach Bostons case" We
were really glad to see the Doctor; glad to
know he is doing well, and always glad to
welcome him back to his native county.
OHO OdIN-AO1uOu uudui 1IOill D6duIOWu,
left Port Tobacco in a hurry, during Court
Why9 Because DR.. George D. Mudd told
him, Grant was having recruited twelve
regiments of bald-headed men to fightthe
+ Modocs.' The purposeis to guard against
scalping recreations ON the part Of the said
Modocs.
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Hold Hengland says he is very sorry we
suspected him, in the ring matter, of as
sociating with Congressman. Very hard
on the Congressman. Eh2
So many of. the multitudinous Jacksons
in Charles county "got SO" at Chapel Point
that they are laying it on one another.
Not many stripped breeches worn in
Charles county now.
The handsomest man in Bryantown has
been in town during the week, and it seems
generally conceded that he is the ugliest
man in the county. Upon the principle
that handsome is who handsome does
Bryantown, however, is ahead of other sec
lions of the county in the matter of it's &C
counts with this office.
The schooner John Samuel, Capt Elkins,
sailed one day this week from our Creek
with go hhds. of tobacco, 1000 bushels of
wheat, and 400 bushels corn. Consider
ing the competition for freights between
the steamboats,, railroad and sail vessels,
this is pretty good share for one trip.
A colored woman was severely burned
on Tuesday morning last by foolishly at
tempting to kindle fire with kelocene
oil The vessel contaipg the oil exploded
in her hand and set fire to the shirt of her
dress, the lower portion of her body re-
ceiving the most injury. She is the wife
of Peter Smith, who lives on the farm, in
Corvallis Meek, known as the "six
Chimnies."-
We understand from subscribers at Po-
monkey that our package of Times had
not reached that office on Saturday even
ing last. The fault is not ours, nor is
it the fault Of our Postmaster here, as the
package was sent as usual on Thursday by