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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. lO5 S. Charles St..
BALTIMORE.

Rf- Particular attention gives to the ia
ion and sale OF TOBACCO, the sale of GRAIN
nd all kinds o COUNTRY PRODUCE.
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03

CoNSIGNMENTSS SOLICITED.
Agents or Anire'" Goes Phosphate. We
also &c Bradley : Gree Brand pure Bone
and Potash manure and other Fertilizers.
~ Leo II. II 'yden, recent Tobacco lnspec-
tor IS With Gs aud Solicirs con>igumcuts
aug ll-3m.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
The Immigration Society.

The Board of Incorporators of the Immi-
grafton Society met on Tuesday and and or
ganzed by the election of the following officers:
presid mt, Richard H. EdeIen: Vice Presidents,
John G Chapman and H Clagett Page; Treas
uler, William Boswell Secretary, L. Allison
Wilmer. The question of the adoption of IA
new constitution adopted 10 the requirements
of the body corporate was discussed, and upon
motion Messrs John II Mitchell, VIM. Boswell
and F. NJ. Cox We're appointed committee
to draft a suitable constitution and bylaws
and report the same for adoption to the next
meeting Upon motion Of Samuel Cox Esq,
the Secretary was directed to open books OF
subscription 10 the stock and to issue the shares
OF stock as provided in the article of incorpor-
alton. Upon motion OF John Ii. Mitchell, Esq,
the chair was requested to appoint committee
of focr of which the President should be chair
man. to prepare plan TO be pursued in apply
ing 10 the General Assembly for State aid to
the measure, and report the the same to an
adjourned meeting Of the Board TO be held
OF Tuesday next. Messrs r. II. Edelen, J. H
Mitchell. l.. A. Wilmer and F. N. Cox were
appointed as that committee. Upon motion
the Board then adjour ned until Tuesday mex
at 10 o'clock A. II. Letters have been received
from public spirited gentlemen indicating {
Willingness to invest literally In the stock o
the corporation, and there is at present an en-
couraging outlook for the association.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
County Roads.

| The present season has proven one which
thoroughly tests the manner in which the pub
| lie roads OF the county have been worked the
past year. We do no; mean to intimate that the
amounts levied by the Commissioners have not
been expended upon the roads by the parties
who have been commissioned 10 work them
We have every reason to believe that the
work has been done, and for the purposes of
this article, we admit that every dollar levied
has been faithfully expended. In other words
We do not propose 10 assert that the leyies have
not been faithfully worked out, but to inquire
if they have been worked out TO the best adj
vantage? The present condition of the roads
is sufficient answer 10 the inquiry. In the
first place, supervisors give too little attention
to proper draining Insufficient draining is
one of the chief-if not the primary cause
of bad roads in " inter and Spring. There is
too little thought given to making roads
There seems TO be no fixed principle or plan
how roads should be made. An exchange
writing upon this subject, says. "ltis cheap
er to make good wide road when the land
will permit, than a narrow one, from the fact
that in making wide one, you simply bring
the dirt from the bitches open the road bed,
which should never be plowsd up or disturbed
A public road should be 35 feet from outside 10
| outside of bitches, highest in the centre, and
curving gradully to the outside Of ditches.-
The road bed (that is, the part between the
| inside of the ditches) should be IS feet wide
The bitches should be 5 feet wide and one feoi
deep on the outside. and deeper, if necessary.
with sufficient grade 10 draw of the water
otherwise there will be a bad muddy read
Now with such road the bed is solid and the
soil scrapod on top will soon pack and become
hard. There is no danger in being tipped over,
and travel is not obliged to follow in single
rut as it must in narrow read. Dry roads
mean good bitches. To fill up mud holes
without draining, is simply putting in more
dirt 10 make more mud 2"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
The heirs of Jos. C. Gray, have sold to

The heirs of Jos. G. Gray, have sold to
Mr.. Townsend, of Baltimore county, their
farm near Pisgah containing about Ioo
acres, for SO an acre. The SAFE was made
by Mr.. Geo F. Williams, our enterp'lsins
real estate agent, and is considered re-
markable one.
The farmers of New Jersey use goats to
protect their sheep from dogs. 1t Is SAID
that two goats can drive away dozen
dogs and that they will attack one as soon
as he enrers field at night and ways
prove too much for him. Try 1t here In
Charles.
"The muses. kiss with lips of flame,
s,vs new poet. 1t would not do for our
Young men around Port Tobacco 10 go
courrin' any of them just now, for there
mustaches the tender care OF years might
he siured off and all their trouble lost.
Mr.. Wesley Bowie has just finished
palr of seamless shoes which he lntchus
sending to Washington tor the purpose oil
having a patent taken out on them. we
hope our ingenious mechanic my meet
with every success.
Louis w. Fritch, Esq. a young lawyer
Of the Upper Marlboro bar, died IN that
village last week of consumption. MT
Fritch was young man OF tine attain
ments and exceeding culture, and had he
been spared would have made his marx
in the profession he had adopted. lie
was a school mate of the Junior OF TINS
paper at st. Johns College. His loss VIII
be regretted 10y large circle OF frlends
A worthy Judge of our orphans court
who is sometimes afflicted with rheumdtt'
hearing some one complain OF having a
stiffness of the joints, said he had an ele'
giant remedy for rheumatism he would
give him. But on pulling il out 1t was
found that by mistake he had given
recipe for govt Thus it is that murder
will out.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Local Brevifies.
Rain ! slush , mud

Rain slush mud.
Our fishermen will scon he setting their
nets.
Thank fortune tie weather is not al
WAYS the same Some lines il changes
from wet to wetter.
Fresh fish have made their appearance
in town and fad ready sale. Rock fish
seems TO be the principle ones captured.
The ice house of Mr. David Smoot has
become almos' delueed with water, ewing
to tie recent moist spells He keeps a
pump almost constantly Al work.
Fever, Fever and Arue, Dyspepsia, Head
ache and ell bilious diseases cured by J.
Laroqnes Anii-Bilious Biiiers. IS cents .
paper 81 a bottle W E. Thornton, Bal,i-
more aud Harrison Streets.
The most pronounced Earbinger of the
fact that spring is near We have as yet
seen, We. q ussquito that presented his
bill in person or Monday This beats the
proyerbial fs tree all hollow.
The hens, that must have been on a
strike all winter judging from the high
price Of eggs, seem to have effected COM
promise. Eggs are row plentiful and sci
at reasonable rates.
The Governors green bag" has been
sent to the Senate, and the soul Of the
average politician is now cit her in a tu-
multi of disappointment or a serene quiet
and happiness of victory.
The Annapolitans are already making
preparations for the centennial celebration
of Washington surrender of his commits
sion, which takes place in their city Dec
23rd, 1888.
ITerre Haute Saturday Evening Mail
Mr.. George knoehr after having tried all
remedies recommended to him for Rheumatism
received no relief until he tried the ST. Jacobs
OIL the first application of which gave him re-
lief and the continued use cured him.
1t is rule of table etiquette that the
stones in pruL es, cherries and other fruit,
should not be paced on the table cloth,
but slid quietly and unostcntatiously into
the pocket of your neighbor.
The steamer Mattano, which has been
laid up for repairs for month or so past,
will resume her trips on he Potomac on
Thursday, March end. Further accounts
OF her days of sailing will appear IN the
TINES shortly.
A public spirited citiz,n asked one OF
Dur youngsters day or two ago why he
did not attend school, was it because he
had graduated. The boy replied with
alacrity, yes, ST., but it didn't take!" He
evidently had b.tn vaccinated.
ILogansport, (nd.) Daily Journal.
sell more of ST JIcobs Oil remarked Mr.
D. f. Pryor, H. NJ. Broadway, to cur reporter
than of any other article Of lis kind and
consider it the best Eminent in use. 1t has tC
my owl knowlc ledge cured severe cases of rheu
r maism in this community.
There will be divine services at tn,
Catholic and Episcopal {! urches scvera
days in the week during the Lenten sea
, son. II tine pastors will kindly furnish u
with the days and hour of such servic
t we will gladly publish il for the beneti
of our readers.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
A Proper Decision.

On Tucsds" evening we happened into
court lust as the case Of State vs.. Brown was
called, ;nd were much sirucs with the farce
that The case presented. The court ordered the
Sheriff TO bring in the prisoner, and when he
arrived with him the contrast WAS most re-
diculous. First came our big six-teet Sheriff
and following him a pnny, half idotic looking
little negro boy about s or years old, and very
small for his age at that. 1t was certainly a
Lillput beside a giant. The prisoner was
arraigued on the charge of stealing gun,
though really it looked as if the boy could hard
y lift good sized gun. The prosecuting
witnesses were examined, when the scene be-
came too Ridiculous for the dignity of the bench
to stand longer, and Chief Judge Stone very
properly and wisely said that too arraign such
n infant on such a charge wa. a burlesque on
justice and would bring the court into disre-
pute, that the boy he was sure, hardly knew
What the word stealing meant and it GER
tainly was not right for him to be tried on the
charge. He dismissed the case.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Something about the Origin Of the
{eutOn Fast.

Lent the Spring time fast for forty days
before Easter, began on Wednesday last, which
was Ash Wednesday according to the church
calander. Roman Catholic theolosians and
many Protestants maintain that the forty days
fast is OF apostolic origin, and such appears 10
be the opinion Of ST. jerome, but the greater
number of Protestants consider it TO be of
ecclesiastical institution. 1t is commonly sup
posed 10 be commemorative of Christ's fast OF
forty days in the wilderness, and instituted as
a preparation for The great anniversaries of His
crucifNion and resurrection. According to
some authors the fast YVES, in TIE beginning,
of only four days duration, embracing the
first four days of tioly Week, and was gradu-
ally extended to forty days ; but, according to
other writers, was of forty days duration from
the first. However this may he, it appears that
the Latin term ''quadragesima' was applied
before the fourth century TO Il period OF forty
days before Easter, set apart for fasting and
pray er, beginning With what is now the first
Sunday in Lent, and terminating on Holy
Thursday. In nearly all the Protestant churches
OF Continual Europe, and particularly among
the Lutherans, Lentis still penitental season.
The Church of England and the Protestant
Episcopal Church both observe Lent. Accounts
are given Of some curious old English Lenten
customs, among which is one of peting pup
pet called Jack o Lent, the origin of which,
however, is not explained. Ben. johnson al
iuSes to il in his Tale OF a Tub" thus:
ON an Ash Wednesday
When ihou didSt stand six weeks, the Jack o
For boys to hurl three throws a penny at thee. I"
The fourth Sunday in Lent, often termed Mid
Lent or Passion Sunday, was formerly known
rs Gail Sunday, and on that day peas or beans
called earrings" used TO be given away or
eaten. Thus an English translator gives from
the French, published in 1907, The following ::
after tlfe Said (eaten in Lent after the first
scrvice) We eat fried beans, by which we I'M
derstand confession. When We would have
bean. well Sooden We lay them in steepe, for
otherwise they will never seeth kindly. There
fore, if We purpose 10 mend our faults, il is not
sufficient barely 10 confess them at all adyen-
ture but we must let cur confession lie in
steepe in the water Of meditation
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Venner:s Latest Bulletin.

Veneer predicts for the close of the present
month storms Of great severity from Toronto
westward TO Chicago, Milwaukee, and other
points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and ada
cent States. In the ST. Lawrence valley, below
Kingston, the same storms, but less severe,
may extend 10 Montreal and Quebec, While in
a southerly direction snow, sleet and rain is
likely to extend to Washington. There is like.
ly to be serious blockades of snow in The
Western sections and possibly in the Northern
and Middle States. Should these storms bs
well marked in the sections mentioned, Vennel
is Of the opinion that March will enter exceed
ingly rough and with heavy snowfaIls from ST
Lawrence to various southern points.
Many of us have lost faith in this prophet, a
most of his predictions this year have faile,
ANONYMOUSLY, but still We publish the abov
for those who continue 10 believe in him, tina
they may prepare for hard time.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Bad Bridge.

Our attention has been called by severa
person to the bad condition of a small bridge
under Mr.. j. Harris Sonestreet's farm, on the
road from this village to La Plata. There is
large hole in the bridge that W ould permanent
ly injure any horse that happened to be caught
in it, and our informrnts also state that several
planks are loose enough TO be easily displaced
and that the bridge is very dangerous. we
would call the attention of the commissioners
to this fact and gently remind them that a
"slitch in time, saves nine They may have
to pay a hundred or two dollars to some one
for valuable horse if the bridge be allowed TO
remain as it is when II dollar or two would
effectually repair the evil.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
That Wife of Mine.

The handsome and urbane postmaster al
Pomtret, the irrepresSibe Yates, it seems has
juiued the noble armv of Benedicts, and that
TOO in a Clandestine way, as it was not known
hereabouts until quite recently, and even now
some doubt the tact. But as proof conclusive
several letters and postal cards hare been re-
ceved al tina, office for the POSTMASTER 5 wife
and how can the postmaster have a wife unless
he is married? Blu, it SEEMS impossible TO find
out 10 whom those letters are delivered as no
one calls for them, and as soon as the postmast-
er crosses one he quietly chuckles 10 himself and
puts it in his pocket. No doubt he is highly
gratifei at the way he is. fooiDg natives. BE
honest Yates and tell Us who she is, that We
ma ' impress upon her rosy lips the hrst conJugal
kiss
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24

Over two million volumes of The revised edi-
ton Of the New Testament wrFe sold on the
frs, day Of its issue. These fingers only
he equaled By the enormous sale Of Swayne' 5
Ointment for Itching Pills, which is uuiver-
SALLY used as a STANDARD remedy for siopping
the itching at night, when one thinks thsr pin
worms are crawling about the rectum. To
calcula,e;h The e1ten, OF i,s sale in actual hgnre.,
would involve the isbor of a lifetime. Will
YOU be pestered longer from the aggravating
piies7
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Warning to Posfma sters.

First Assistant Postmaster Gen. Hsttou
has just made the following order; Post
from the boxes, nor will they hand TO them,
newspapers addressed to subscribers, reiolded
and returned TO them into the general delivery,
without verbal or written permit from such
subscriber violation OF this regulation will
De considered q sufficient ground for the re-
moval Of the offending postmaster
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
A few Words about I. Eichberg's fa-
nous Dry Goods House in Alexan-
dria

We are daily rrcivin- goods fron suslion
sod from our special bowers in the North some
Of the hest taFg airs out aud a. prices really
cheaper than regular Iyicss, Ne mention ouls
f,w spevialtics One and half yards width
Linen table cloths 50 cts. yard. Ladies,
gents kid gloves two button. AZ 30 cts pair
Ladies elastic top gloves At Il cts. pair.
Yiss,s regular made boS- a. . cts pair
Ladies r.a! linen hsfn stitched hAndkerchirfs al
Il cts pair Ladies c'oaks uiisieEs, dol
mans and packets from - to SIS. Blankets
gray and white at all prices Lace curtains,
window shades at manufacturers prices. ri.
ano covers, table covers and stand covers very
cheap, carpets and oil cloths a fu assortment.
Dress goods reduced from ~ 10 - cts. yard
Call or send for samples at
/. EiCUBERG'S
4 a
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
AT TIE ETio NJ!
Goa ch Makers, Blacksmiths,
Trimmers, Painters,
Wood Workers.
50 NETTING TOR I0fHliG.
READ!READ!! READ!!!

want the address of every Coso
- Maker. Blacksmith, Painter, Trim
mer. Wood Worker or any person inter
csted in any Of these lines Of business in
order that may mail hem regularly our
quarterly price ourren, which will be is
sued about March LIST in the form of a
u column newspaper. 1t will contain an
exhaustive price list of my immense stock,
notices of new goods and matters OF gen
cral interest to the trade. 1t will be
mailed free Of charge and will be OF ines
Unable value on account Of being the only
publication of the Kind in the country.
II win enable you to estimate correctly on
any kind of work, il will keep you posted
as Ia novelties aud general prices aud 1t
Will no, cost YOU cent except the one
expended for postal card on which to
send me- your address. Iwant big cit
culation and a big trade.
5Eo- Orders by mail will receive prompt at
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Death of William IL. Biandford, Esq.

In our last issue we reported the serious
Hines of this gentleman, and expressed the
hope that this week we might be able to give
our readers and his many iriedds more encour-
aging news OF his condition. But this cannot
be, for now it becomes our sad and mournful
task-a task which We perform with feelings
and pain sorrow-to record his demise
lie died at his residence in Baltimore on
Monday evening last of consumption, after
a long and wasting illness. Few men who
have left our county to seek a new field OF
labo-, were more generally and favorably
community to-day enjoyed more universal res
pect and esteem. Born and bred in Char les
county, he, by his urbane and courteous man
ner made for himself many friends and attract
ed towards him all with whom be came in
contact, and very few indeed are they in our
community but will sincerely mourn his death,
When quite youth Mr.. Bandford entered the
store of VIM Boswell. Esq, in this village, as
a clerk, and here was laid the ground work
and here developed those stirling business
successful. He was at one time engaged in
mercantile pursuit himself in Port Tobacco, bu,
soon abandoned it 10 accept position in Bal
timore, and in the latter place he has since
resided. He has built up by his energy and in
dus.ry one the largest, most thriving and
most reliable business houses in that city, and
the firm of Blandtord l. Co., is well-known
everywhere for its reliability and stirling quail
ifcations which govern its management. EARLY
in life Mr.. Blandford married daughter Of the
late Elijah Wells formerly proprietor Of this
paper and he leaves his widow and three small
children 10 mourn his sad loss. Mr.. Blandford
was in his 3Sth year at the time of his death,
cut off i n the very prime of manhood and use
fulness by that insiduouS disease consumption,
from which he has been suffering for some
time past, and was slowly but surely sapping
his life being superinduced and aggravated by
his very close and stlict atteniion to his husi-
ness. His funeral took place Piney Chapel
on Wednesday last and was attended by a
large host of sorrowing friends. Rsquiescdt IN
pace.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
'The Domestic Tyrant.'

''The average man." quoth Mrs Parting
ing, lis u weak and irritable domestic tyrant, F"
and Mrs p is correct. Tyranncal to fault
the average man will enter the bissful Paradise
of happy home, scratch himself in fendish
glee, send the baby into commissions, and for
what? Why, because he has the Itching Piles
and is too mean to buy Swayne's Ointment,
which is an infallible cure for the worst cases
Of that annoying complaint
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Justices OF the Peace.

Since the article upon the guIerustoFia
nominate published elsew here, Was pu, ia
~ pc, the following nominations Of justice o.
the Peace for this county have been made pub
lie:
First district, Wm. Bosw eli .eCcrd +. A.
Hanson, J. A. Frauklin third, Geo. W Car
peaier, Joseph Price: fourth, John T Col,os
Jr, Wm. Neasiti, John II. Freeman; hi;h
Washington Page, Joseph II. NJ. puuou.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Circuit court .

The intermediate term of court met on
Monday with Judges Ford and Brooke on the
bench After the calling of the dockets and
the transaction of the usual routine business OF
the first day, court adjourned. On Tuesday
Judge Stone arrived and since that time a full
bench has been present. The appeal docket
was taken up aud the case OF NJ. Ia. Luckett,
which had been sui mitted at the November
team WAS by request of the court re-argued.-
This is case Of scire facias in which tits soug
to revive Judgment before justice OF the
peace, entered up by confession, in which only
the initial letters Of the plaintiff name appear
ed. The chief point involved in this case is
whether a Judgment entered upon the initial
letters of the plaintiffs name is a nullity The
case was re-argued upon this point by +. NJ.
Cox for plaintiff and Adrian Posey Tor deten-
Gant, and the, court, after intimaling an opin-
ion as to the invalidity of such Judgment
consented to a continuance OF the case to the
next term for further argument. The next
case taken up was that of State VS.. Nelson
Lyles, who was charged in two indictments tor
burglary and for assault with intent to commit
rape The court acquitted the prisoner OF tn
first cha ge, but found him guilty OF the second
and sentenced him ts.the penitenti"ry for
years and months.
The court resumed its session on Wednesday
and the first case was State vs.. JeaiIer Matthews
coored indicted for assault upon Vernon " eich,
and the prisoner was found guilty by the court.
Sentence has not yet been passed. The next
case were two cross appeals between Edward NJ.
Grinder and John II. Butler, (cof d.. In these
cases Butler had recovered judgment below
against Grinder for $40, for the killing of a
hog lrespaSsing upon Grinders cornfeid,
and Grinder had in a cross action recovered
damages to the amount of $50 for the tresspass
committed by Butler stock. In the FIRST case the
court decided in favor of Grinder, and a COM
promise WAS then effected by Butter paying all
costs and renting the damages recovered be-
low in his favor Brent for Butler, Edelen and
John H. Mitchell for Grinder. The next case
was State vs.. Augustus Brown, a small color
cd boy, indicted for stealing gun. The court
acquitted him on the ground of his extreme
youth Posey for defence. The case of State
VS.. Planter Turner, indicted for assault with
intent to kill Stonewall Tolson was Led and
continued over to the next term. The next
case was State vs. James Ammon indicted
for an indecent assault upon Mary Everett.
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