Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-08-04
Il. PHILIP WALL.

Ste the Imp post. By 5 dim ray!
you can behold the Electric Ligh
across the street. There is mau lean
ing against the lamp p'st. Perhaps til,
lamp post would fnll If it were not fot
the man. Al any rate the man woul,
fall If it We're not for the lamp post
" hat is the matter with the mun: II,
appears tisquiete |. He is trying to worE
his boots up through his mouth. II,
Will have headache to-marr ant
lay it 10 the climate.
ii.
Tie girl is scratching her bach
against the door. She HIS bevl
eating huckwheat cakes. Her bean
thinks she is delicate. lu. he III.
never sen her tackle a plate Of 10
cakes Oh frosty morning. C.ke3 had
better raost high wh.n she is aroaud
If We were the girl We wou wear sand
paper liuiug in the dress aud not bs
making a hair brush out of the poor
door.
Here we have baby. 1t ID composed
of bald head and pair of lungs.
One of the lungs takes rest while the
other runs the shop. Que Of them is on
deck all of the time. The baby is a
bigger man than his mother. He likes
to walk arourd with his father at night.
The father does most Of the walking
and all of the earring. Little girls,
you will never know what it is to be Il
father.
The peach is hard and green. He is
waiting for a child to come along and
eat him. When he gets into the child 5
little stomach he will make things hot
for that child. The child who eats the
peach will be an angel before he gets q
chance to eat anoher. Ifthere were no
green peaches there would rot be so
many children's sizes of gold harps III
Heaven.
Y.
Behold the printer. He is hunting
for pickup Of half line. He has
been hunting for two hours. He could
have set the half line in twenty seconds,
but it is matter of principle with him
never to set what he can pick up. The
rrinter has hard time. lie has to set
type all highland play pedro for the
beer all day. We would like to be a
printer were it not for the night work.
This is the man who has notice in
the paper. How proud he ia. He is
stepping higher than blind horse. If he
had wings he would fly. Next week
the paper viii say the man is measly
old fraud, and the man will not step
- high.
This sorry spectacle is q plumber.
He is ragged and cold and hungry.
He is very, very poor. When you see
him next spring he will be very, very
rich wear diamonds and bro dcloth.
His wife takes in washing now, but
she will be able to move in the first
circles by the time the weather turns
~ ihci anu Tic Pauoles oiooLH d SalH.
VIII.
Here is a castle. 1t it the home Of
an editor. 1t has stained glass WIN
dows and mahogany stairways. In
front of the castle is park. Is it not
sweet? The lady in the park is the
editors wife. She wears costly robe
t f velvet trimmed with god lace, and
there are pearls and rubies in her hair.
The editor sits oD the front stoop smok
ing a Havana cigar. His little children
are playing with diamond marbles on
the tesselated floor. The editor can
afford to live in styl". He gets seventy.
five dollars a month wages.
TX.
This is cock roach. He is big,
black and ugly. He is crawling over
the pillow. Do not say aword, but be
still and keep your mouth open. He
will crawl into your mouth and You
can bite him in two. This will tie oh
him to be more discreet in future.