Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-06-03
POBtOnkey Items.

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Your types Of last week made us say
we had a PONY Express in Pomolkey,
instead of Boag Erprcss. This Of
course may not be fully understood by
many of your readers, but some Of our
voung ladies' know all about this Bong
Erpress. The professor knows some
thing too.
some Of our "rumsqadlers'' were CIR
COMMUNICATED" at the idea Of being in. \
dicted for selling and allowing whiskey
TO be drunk on their premises. Ven
goonce is sworn to be visited upon the
devoted head of our Chief Judge, on the
dav If election next fall, on account Of
Ills reimbursement Of the whiskey
trade w glory in such a man, who,
knows his duty and darcs to do it
without fear or favor. Such men can
he trusted anywhere; but, so few are
they that they appear, in the great
masses. as oddities That this whi>key
business is curse, no one | am sure
can conscieutionsly deny.
Fighting Tom has not been rcsurrec-
ted but there has sprung up suddenly
among us another fighter Ofcourse
very naturally these noyitlatcs, at first,
tackle an easy subject, and if the exor-
else prove healthy, they may venture
something more athletic the next time.
we hope our new man may not be fore
=c | to share the fate Of our old one MIR.
Gross. who. a short time ago, lost by fire
his dwelling aud storc-huuse, together
with his entire stock Of goods furniture
I&c:. has begun the erection Of new
buildings near the same site. Mr. Gross
is a man Of energy, and we wish him
abundant success.
Most of our farmers are getting ready
for tobacco planting, the corn planting
being finished for the most part, though
we understand that much of ths corn is
being cut off by the worms. Wheat,
through this section bids fair for a good
yield, if nothing happens to blight the
present prospect We shall have an
early harvest.
The fishing season has about closed
and tits said the catch has been larger
than for years past and the prices ruled
lower
Our district lies along the Potomac
river, from just oppislte Mount Vernon
to Deep Point nearly opposite Quantico
distance of some fifteen miles or more
Along our river front we have three
steamboat landings, Marshall Hall,
Pye's and Glymont, at each of which
daily communication is had with Wash
iugton City, the capital of this great ma.
ton, Norfolk and Baltimore. The fare
from here to Washington or Alcxan-
diais simply 25cts Freights are chear
and transportation for all our products
, are easy to any of the cities named,
Our lands compare with any in South
ern Maryland, and arc cheap. Our
farms are entirely too large and can be
= conveniently divided into smaller ones,
j, and soil is susceptible of easy improve
mont
We have in the district three Post
Offices and daily mails three churches
> three public schools, and five as fine coun-
try stores as can be found in the county,
and all seem to be doing a thriving bus
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err than they can be had at retail in Bal
t timore To show thac our merchants
are always ready and willing to accom-
modatc their customers, if YOU should
happen to call for any article this morn
ing say which they have not already on
haad, If you will Just step in again to-
morrow evening you will find they have
taken the trouble to send directly off and
getlt TOR you at less price than YOU could
have procured it yourself in the city Of
Baltimore Now in the face Of all these
facts we hope, Billy Perkins insinua-
lions to the contrary Notwithstanding.
We Shall not be regarded in any sense. by
persons who may not have Travelled
through this garden spot of Charles
county, as back woods county" or n
back-woods people, or destitute Of any Of
those qualities which 90 to make up the
real lady or gentleman If such i'm
presslons have ever prevailed, we invite
all the world to come to Pomonkey and
see for itself We have no one-horse
II. X. nor any old uncle, nor sheep wild
overs, nor any other sort Of miserable
oSd things here as our friend Perkins
speaks of so often but. ,re hare an in
teIlgent, energetic, wide awake set of
i've business men We lend money 10
the county for per cent. and have
plenty yet. SHOCKS