Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-01-19
Charles COunty-GOd Bless Him.

Charles COunty-GOd Bless Him.
1t has been said, 1--WE don't vouch for the
truth, of ii, that if yon met n Charles county
man on the road any time between the first Of
November aad the first OF May, and speak TO
him, he take off his hat if he had ANY, and
SAY good morning, Sir, "God bless you III
YOU met him about The middle of May, he al
ways had hat, and he wouldn't take it off
either, and if yon did Mt salute him very gently,
he would say, good morning Sir, well we won't
say the balance. 1t is also said, We don't
vouch for the truth of il, } that this difference
in disposition is owing TO fish, not TO the
climate.
1t isn't right TO be etvious but NE do wish
sometimes We had as much sense us the Charles
county people. His citizens (white or colored)
feed on hSh and they say that fish is bra in
food. St. Mary's, she was sort Of pround hen
she started out, and she went into the oysters.
Calvert, supposing she was the next oldest
county in the State, she thought she would be
proud, and she went for oysters also. Prince
Georges, after he StartSd he got so't ot proud
too, and being Prince, h, thought he would
go into hog meat, because il VAS Strengthening.
But old Charlie stuck To fish and he fish stuck
TO Charlie. bones and all, and they stuck TO
each other
And now look at him! He has the Treas
grant he may keep the present incumbent
forever
He has the Tobacco Inspector under the
nep Democratic administration. lie has the
Chief Justice. and brighter light never lent
lustrs to the Judicial Beach OF Southern Mary
land-if he does differ y little with US poliii-
cally. He has our present able Representative
in Congress, and it is u shane to the Stale that
he did MT keep him longer. If our readers
don't get tired of reading of the wealth and
possessions of Charles county, well tell you
what more she has
Od Charlie has fish and he has behring's to
boot, and plenty of them.
Brother Charlie that's right. G ahead md
take EN- all. Keep your balance OF power
and you will as long as you feed on fish.
In the last issue of our esteemed con
temporary, the Prince Georges Enquirer,
the new editorial statf-those gay and
romping young fellows-gst off the above
article that is evidently intended to be
humorous. 1t 10 merely a rehash of tina,
rite, stale and badly wora out and dil.p-
idated old jake, and tishiest of fshy lsh
stories which gave rise to the popular sx
preston, Charles county, God bless ys"
We do not like to be hard on these new
they have so perverted and mutiliased the
old joke that We with Difficult recogniz-
ed it. These rare and radiant wits in
their fantastic fancy, have even unsexed
om fair old couny and al asle to her as
brother Charlie This 10 right alfec-
tionate, but not exactly the thing. The
affection we have always ielt for our dear
and remarkable old bailiwick has been Of
that tender and en-, iearin. nature that we
sex, AMI hence we It, not reg sri the IN
novation OF our brothers with favor. ~
NOR al our contemporary draws 40
old story is t,at Charles vouniis
chiefly on fish, whIc.i ban, rich
nutrition, has developed a hig hI
tuaI populttion. Our brothers
isn't right 20 he OBVIOUS. bus ne
sometimes We b al As much sense -
c1uny people After rea iia,s
clio brothers, We say. in all Il
kindness, we W sin, in'lsed, q
/ deduction our contemporary
his premises is that the hi='r +,
,el'igencc developed by our Yn'e, I'D
caused our people ioie f,l,y eo.s;,,,m r,
in the councils of the AK anCse, 5,h,,-
Govern'ae"t Iss;
~c-n-vsse. Z, all of uhass il pays hirh
compliments An has oar brothers by
this circu:t"us cl.Airs 81 rcasnYiny. get
down to that winch apparently lies near
est to their joaFna!sesic hearts she dis ri
button Of spois~ But they arg Ne again
inaccurate. Wi.il- The State Treasurer il
one of Charles counties favorite sons, OF
whom SIZE vi ever be proud. she cannot
now claim has allegiance; because he has
by his elevation Ia the Ttcasurership, l., =
come e&parittcd, and longs now 10
good old pork eating '-bro,her Georgia"
whose sta 'dard of Intelligence, Lex Us hope.
he viii greatly elcv The same NAV he
almost said of the Chief jas ice, that his
duties necessitatc thu severance of his a.
esi nee To bis "oua Y. The fact of an
accidental l"bicco Inspector tor a frag-
ment of term is hardly worthy OF men.
ton. even from our contemporary point
of view. So ct US see. now. how the
spoi!s stand. brother Georuie~ has the
State Treasurer, fun Il dyed Tobacco
lnspect'r and ! resident ass ,ciate Judge ::
against a nonresident Chief Judge and a
fragmentary Tobacco Inspector. A Con
gresham we have not, though we ought
to h We one Ii would thus seem that as
batS our neighborin: county and our
own, viewed even from the standpoint of
the spoils system. hoRors are more than
easy in Prince GcorL,'s f,v,r In other
wor.is, thourf cnTiesscdiy Inferior to
Charles in point OF intellectual vigor and
force, she herself holds the balance Of
power"