Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-06-02
Local Breyities.

Summer weather.
Fine late cabbage plants, now, ready for
sale at Mrs. 4. Quenzels.
/ Spring chickens have at length made
their appearance.
/ Next Sunday the annual collection for
the Pope will he taken up in all Catholic
churches
/ March had nine rainy days, April Was
ten striker, and May KEEP, a, it pretty
much al the time.
/ May is gone and still We have not
had Mr. Vennor's snow fiurrics. We be
gin tn think the Canadian u superanuat,d
old fraud
Our town since The adjournment of
Court has seemed unusually quie, and
dull, by contrast We suppose. as there
was large crowd of peopI. here every
day during the 'erm.
At the request OF leading physician OF
the county we publish to-day a clipping
from the Kaiscal Brief. II contains many
wholesome truths, and should be read
carefully by our readers.
The first soft crab OF tile season was
caught 10y Capt. Chas- Lacey on las, Sa,ur-
day iu Port Tobacco creek. The Captain
says their will be foil supply ofthis crus-
tacia the coming season. We hope he
may prove true prophet.
An old sailor from Nanjemoy being
asked the other day. VIVA, he thought OF
the weather. said that when the Lord
control ed be could sometimes ELL but
sinch Nennor took b Id Of it, id if he
kner anything about it"
The sta emrnt Of the native and foreign
born population of Mary land, which has
just been issued by the census office, shows
that the to'sI population is 934 943, of
which $50, 1877 are native and 50 ,s06 for
eign born.
We again call your attention to tue fact
that the Commissioners will meet on .ext
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day for the purpose Of passing accounts
against the county. Bring in your accounts,
but make them small
| 1t is not too late in ind ge in the free
use Of whitewash about your houses See
that your fences are made white; it will
add very much to the beauty Of your
homes The cost will be but trifling and
the comfort and pleasure very great.
Mr.. Vennor has modified his sinister
predictions about The weather this sum
mer, and says the outlook is somewhat
better; but he can't say much that is en-
couraging for next fall. According to his
best information the cold will pu, in an
unusually early and severe appearance.
The Marlboro Gazette, after giving an
account of the late libel suit in our Court
winds up with suggestion that our farmers
case raisings ociable turkeys. Perhaps our
esteemed contemporary can tel us how to
dis inguish them from the unsocial We
must admit that we are unable o give our
farmers that important information.
A few persons from the coui ty visi ed
Pimlico during the cent races and as
usual SEINE came home flush" and others
dead broke We heard Of TWO young
sports from the neighborhood of Cox g
Station who were lucky enough to select
the winners every time, as consequence
their pockets are well lined.
Temperance people are organizing for a
vigorous campaign in those counties where
'local option" is to be voted for. at the
next election. In Anne Arundel and
Howard counties this movement has many
friends and an aggressive fight may be
!, looked for there. The colored voters OF
the frs, named county are reported a,
taking an active part in favor of the
measure.