Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

......By invitation Of Mrs. Simms four or
Eve pretty little girls of about thirteen and
fourteen years recently spent a delightful week
at her hospitable home, Charleston, in Cobb
Neck and four or FIVE handsome little gentle.
men OF about fifteen aud sixteen years were
not long in finding it out aud went there and
spent delightful week too. They had nice
time, you bet.
] ".,..Ile was q Chinamsn slightly over the
bay, aud he rushed into a saloon rushed up
to the bar. and cried eIcitedy:
'Whiskee cockee tailes for me alice samee
Mclean man.
'Putse down GU slsttee, alice samee Mclean
man.
And long before the bsrkeeper could get
hold OF a club the celestial was seen no more
......Dr. Fred Sasscer will probably be M,
republicans nominee for County Treasurer in
Prince Georges. Mr. A. T. Brooke and Mr.
W. A. Jarboe are having manly set TO for
the dimmycratc nomination for Clerk in the
same old county. Prince Georges dimmv-
Gratis are very gloomy over their prospects and
some Of them, we hear. notably old man Dyer.
have recently been trying to conciiate eI-
Governor Bowie.
......lt wass Lawrence Mass, lady who had
the good fortune to revive the Grscian bend at
Saratoga this year The girl 10 very beauti-
full aud stylish and dresses elegantly. Natur-
ally enough, then she attracts great deal of
attention. She happened to be taken the 9TH
er morning at breakfast with what vulgar peo-
pie call collie, and leaving the dining hall
walked away In great agony, terribly doubl-
cd mn and taking strides like a sailor when
the Greciaa bend was revived and is NOW mr.
vailng at all Of the hotels
1.-THE Prince Georgian wants IN kno.. =
the DR.. John F. Ireland, who ia cboir,no'. =
the Democratic Central Committee for 60 VI
county is the same DR.. John p Ir.Is.S vert
is the republican nominee for stats senator in
that county. The Baltimore GaIe,te saws we
Of the INDEPENDENT are making great hoorsy
over the matter and calls on some one in Cali
vert to rise and explain. Now what we want
to know is whether Mr.. Parran who edits the
Calvert Journal is the same Mr.. Parran who
is the Republican nominee for Register OF
Wills for that county; Let US know brethren
matter OF curiosity only, you know.
Mr.. C. C. Briscoe is 4 sort Of privileged
gentleman He was pretty full and long after
bed hours he went 10 friends house the other
night. Everybody was asleep and Columbus
very hungry knowing that his friend would
take no exception he fosnd his way to the
dairy, Of which the door was open, and gener-
ously helped himself to milk, cream and but
ter. The good lady OF the house didn fancy
this ssrt Of thing much and felt sure that
Columbus would repeat the operation the next
time be got hungry. SO hearing one day that
he had been on a spree and was then SOLDERING
up she expected and prepared for him. The
dairy door was left unlocked as before and
there the tempting display Of rich cream and
golde butter invited the attack as be came
along and pseped in. This cream and butter
we're heavily dossd with lPecac and very soon
tell tale sounds broke upon the Silly night.
Columbus New Worked all over the neig hbOur-
hood Mrs. c., but indeed you served him right
and richly earned the hearty laugh you had
at his expense. 1t seems that since Peter has
fallen in Columbus has fallen out with Charity.