Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-10-02

Our readers will do well to recOlect that
their last chance for registration is at the
meeting of the Registrars on Monday and
Tuesday, the 9Th and 9th of October. We
cannot too earnestly appeal to- our friends
to attend to this matter. 1t is the duty of
every man to vote, and it is likewise his
duty to see that no man shall vote who is
not entitled so to do. This can only be
done by carefully scanning the lists and
laying proper information before the Reg
! istrar.
New Advertisements.
Whatever people may think and sa .
about Boss" Sheppard and the outraged rs
/ frau is which We're pcrpetrated under ms
administration, nobody can deny that for
! the time being he has made Washington,
with its wide and parked streets, one OF
the most magnificent cities of the world.
| 1t is true it cost the people five dollars
where it ought only to have cost one, but
still there is the fine city. Recognizing
that these improvements have advanced
! the city most wonderfully, our friends
| liable Bros, corner of It'll and ID streets,
/ have determined to keep pace with the
wants Of the expanding city, and constant
/ ly keep on hand one of the largest and best
Stit' NI'IIS u lNti'l \ III bAC
whole country. There YOU can get any
thing, from a blue swallow tail with brass
buttons, IN Poland.t to bob-tail which
/ Will only come below your shoulders. If
! you don't believe Us try it yourself.
! Mr.. l.. IIeilbrun, another old advertiser
ofours, puts in an appearance in this week 5
paper Most of our friends who visit
Washington know him of old, and know
that if they want a really superior article
in the Shoe line No. 402 Seventh street is
/ the place 10 go.
The Howe Sewing Machine Company
advertise also this week There are so
many sewing machines nowadays and
each one Is always 1.-THE best" that pur-
ChaSerS are puzzled to know which to buy.
( But this Machine, the Howe, we know to
! toe IS it is represented We have had one
! in use in our family tor years and are per
+ tcCtly satisfied with it. The Company also
advertise for an Agent for this county.
! Here is a chance for some Of our energetic
young men. Where is our friend George
/ Taylor!
/ The old established house Of c. West &
( Sons, Nos. ll3 and ll5 West lombard st.
/ Baltimore, advertise the non -combustibIe
Aladd II Oil This is n desideratum long
/ looked for. We. in the country, who are
entirely dependent upon oiI-lamps, Ger
tainly will appreciate an article Of this
+ character. The known standing of the
Mcssrs. West and their great experience in
/ this business, is \ guarantee that there is
no humbug about the matter.
| Read the advertisement of Read. We
once bought spray" of his Grand Ouch
css Cologne for Ii cents and we smclt so
sweet that the bees used 30 follow us when
ever we went out. Finally we had To
/ leave il NJ home and now we have thirty
nine bee-hiyes in the yard, and If we had
not cefScred il up'in the,ash pie no dvub..
we would have had all the swans within
! five miles of it. II is especially recon-
mended by the st. Marv's Beacon to Re
publican politicians in this part of the
world when they 90 among their odorous
brothers of African scent.
Land sales.
On Tuesday the Sheriff sold again the
two tracts otland. property of W. l.. Robey,
10 Hon. F. Stone for $500. This is the third
or fourth time this same land has been
sold. We would advise the purchaser to
swap it off for a bull pup and then drown
the pup. He would thus get rid of both
land and the pup.
On the same day. Sam'l Cox. jr., Esq.
offered at public sale Prospect Hill, the
we'll known residence of George Dent, at
Pope's Creek Having no bid for the same
the trustee afterwards sold it to DR.. VIM.
X. Wilmer for $4,000. We suppose the
Doctor bought it by way of consolation.
Sensible 10 the last.
The Mary Washington.
IL will be seen that this Steamer leaves
Glymont at str o'clock instead OF >, rs stat
ed in the advertisement last week, which
was mistake.
! 4 Tournament and Ball
Is II take place mt Cox Station on the
/ 2lst inst. OF course everybody will be
there. Coun: Us in, Colonel. This affair
will be under the auspices of the 'Sociable
! Club" of this neighborhood, and which
has done SO much during the past season
| for the qualification of the ladies-God
bless them. The following officers have
! been selected for the occasion:
| Chief NarMal-Samuel Cox, Jr.
| AHs-R c. FERGUSON, F. p. Hamilton.
Hralds-J. 7. Crismond, \. w. Neale,
b. G.. Harris, VIM. Queen, W. =. Jameston.
Judges-F. W. Wccms. Thomas Simms,
Hugh Mitchell, Capt. W. +. Dement,, VIM.
z. Compton.
Orators TO be selected.
Commjttee of arrangements w. Ncale,
Hughes Wills, John L. Davis, c. y. Neale,
c. G. Digges.
1rCaSurer-James Bateman.
PoettcaI and Homnnric
Are the two illusions of our brothers of
the independent headed death of Summer
and "Glorious Autumn" But when our
friends talk about being boys only twenty
years ago that's something else.
Better Late than Never.
a friend sent us last week brief account
of the Festival held at 'iiardbargain' on
the Goth of August, for the benefit of
William and Mary Parish, and we regret
that the account is so brief and so late in
appearing. But as it is not possible that
we can accept all the kind invitations eX-
tended us and thus be present at entertain
ments of this, or in fact any other kind,
we must always rely upon the kindness of
friends to send accounts of their doings
We read them with pleasure and cheerful
ly spread them before our readers. If we
are not always able to give interesting &C.
counts of these joyous occasions our friends
must not think it is for want of the will
but they must blame their own ingratitude
For we hold it to be rank ingratitude on
their part after having eniOyed themselves,