Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-01-19
Local Brevitics

Sleighing
Lent commences this year on IN. eth of
February
Port Tobacco creek is So idly fr9zei
and the boys are enjnyin. the skating
Create a healthy appetite, pycrsn, mal.ri,f
diseases, b using Browns lron Bitier.
/ The beautiful snow aud dash of rain
do no; make our roads the best in the
world.
| Our ciiizsns have ali succeeded in fill
ing their ice houses during the recent
cold snap.
Several cases OF diHheria are repor's ed
in different sections of the county. We
advise al TO be cautious.
/ We are in receipt of Communication
] from = valued correspondent; which q lack
ofspacc prevents US from publishing thi.
woek.
4 Mr. VIM Boswell has retired from mer
chandiziOg IN thi. vi\ge. Mr.. Boswell
retires after sucSes,i'A career f more
than thirty years. a.
| A lady refused IaEFsh ride receaty
/ because the gal ant Who ed hsr drove
= span Of mules. The verdict Of her sex
is that she VAS too particul r.
| Washing on Willis, our worthy colorel
carpenter, WAS married on Tuesdak las,
to Miss ski ner at Donc.ster. We ish
hem much joy
! Ayers Pills are a general favorii.. Lecsus,
Of heir ~srful yet gentle Operations. Medical
men prefer them for nervous or delicate con
I stiiutions
The disagrce4hie weather and the slop-
py condition If tIe roads on Sunday made
the attendance at The churches through
out the county on that day rather slim.
Mr.. F. DeSa'es Mudd, the polite and
oblisisg treasurer If the county and his
atfable wife have again taken up their re-
sidence at the 'Centennia
The visitors to town on Tuesday were
again unusually small. The coun com
missionsrs were in session though but lit
tie business ras transacted.
On OF the draw backs of married life is
sickness of the little ones For Cold
or Cough you cannot find a better remedy
than DIR. Bulls Cough syrup. Nearly all
physicians prescribe it and no family
should be without it.
| Pomfret turne1 out in full force on las,
Monday night A four mule team and a
big sleigh brought the inhabitants OF that
infant bur4h To town, where they were
du RECALLED at the Centennial
Good reso utions formed at The begin
ming Of the year, have already com i encetl
being broken. We heard on, of our Dung
men remark last week that good resolu-
tions were easy to form bur the "devi " to
keep.
In fevers, malaria, biliousness heartburn etc
Miss Gussie Young, daughter of Of Mr.
Hop" Young, of Washingt N county, and
Miss Rose agett, daughter Of Dr. Clagett
Of Baltimore, are visiting the family OF
Mr.. Jos. A. Gray. b I'll, are charmi n (
b-lles and most peasant companions.
No ice the postponelnent of the sale OF
woodland which was to have taken place
last Tuesday. The postponemcnt was
made necessary on account Of the inclem-
ency of the weather aud the bad cond
ton Of the ro.ds.
Mr.. john S. Greer lost valuable horse
last Friday nigh, j. is supposed from ex-
haustion. He rode the animal 10 Bcne-
dict and back on that day, and just as lie
was in the act Of putting him in the sta
/ BILE on his return home the horse fell dead
Moral: Do not take long rides while the
roads are in such bad light.
We give to-day a biographical sketch
Of the late Father Wiget from a gifted
pen and one who is familiar with his pas
history. Father Wiget, by his piety and
goodness, had 80 entwiDed himself in thu
hearts of our people, that we fell sure w
are forgiven for devoting to his memory
20 much OF our space.