Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-07-10
Mount Hill Road Again.
A correspondent sends us the following

communication:
Mr.. Editor w hat have our Commissioners
concluded to do about the oft-talked of grad
ing of Mount Ill., or the better and cheaper
route up the ravine near by? My attention
was called to the subject few days since by an
enterprsing gentleman, who, perhaps, has oc-
cason to 60 up and down the Hill several times
a week. He informed me, as fact, that
horse he has recently purchased north of US, in
driving out of Port Tobacco, as soon as he
crossed the small stream at the foot of the Mount
nstinctively, or from some natural cause,
turned his head to the ravine and made full
start in that direction, and was brought up by
the waiting fence, where he paused, as if to
exclaim, ooh if our County Fathers could see
the advantages of the change up the ravine and
relive me- as | am made to feel the burthen Of
the present road, surely they would furnish
the relief"
Another gentleman, who is compelled to
pass up and down the Hill from his residence,
has come to the conclusion, if the Commission
ers insist grading the present site of the
road, that they should tunnel a way out
to Port Tobacco Station which, indeed, would
afford great relief, on grade. And as the tun-
mel would be constructed upon an airline, it
would save much in distance from the metpop-
oils to that point. Indeed, switch might be
constructed to the county-seat. This gentle
man S calculation is, that the cost would vary
but little, if you take in the advantages.
thought | would give you the sentiments
of some of our citizens, and hope the Commits
sioners may, at least, have the benefit of their
views and give some speedy action in the prem
Uses.
The Biters Bit.
We find copied into the Marlboro Ga
zette, the following bit of sharp practice
on the part of Charles county man,
as related in the Washington Chronicle:
He was very innocent-looki ing man,
and had evidently come from Charles coun-
| ty, God bless you, to enjoy the Fourth.
He wore blue jeans. very seedy and thread
bare about the seams, and heavy cowhide
boots, redolent of the stable-yard. And
so it came about that when he dropped
into leading billiard room, not hundred
miles from the National, he found no great
difficulty in inducing one of the sharps
who frequented the place to give him small
odds in game of French carom. Then
some of the bystanders wanted to bet, and
the stranger, not to be outdone in the dis
play of genuine spirit of accommodation,
took all the wagers that were offered as
the game progressed, and when they had
mounted to the respectable figure of some
$500 he turned in and ran out the game.
His play, in the last inning inspired the
lockers on with so much respect for his
powers that no attempt was made to get
even, but old Charles county pocketed the
cash and started for the Navy-yard bridge
as quietly and as innocent-looking as when
he entered the saloon, and the boys said
nary a word.
A Calvert County Local.
How THE LAWYERS WERE PUNISHED IN
"YE OLDEN TYMEs."-In one of the old
Records in the Clerks Office we find the
following:
Att Court of his Lordship, The right
Honorable Charles, Absolute Lord and Pro-
prietarie of the province of Maryland and
Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore &C., held
at Calvert Town in and for Calvert county
the third Tuesday of August being the
18th day of the same month in the fifth
year of his Lordships Dominion &C., Ammo
Domini one thousand seven hundred and
nineteen by his Lordships Justice there
unto authorized and appointed, Mr.. Daniel
Dulany and Mr.. Michael Jenifer, two of
the Attorneys of this Court being called
to attend the court appear not Thereupon
the Court fine the said Dulany and Jenifer
each one hundred pounds of Tobacco"
The court which thus dealt with men,
bers of the bar was composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: Col. John Smith. Thomas
Howe, Henry Cox, James Highe, Patrick
Andrew and Nathaniel Ashcombe. They
were all civilians appointed and commits
stoned by the Lord Proprietarie. "-Cal-
cert Journal