Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-01
L0caI BreCities.

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HAPPINESS.
Corn in the barn loft.
Fodder in yard,
= Meat in the smoke-hOuse,
Aud barrel full Of lard,
Milk in the dairy,
Butter on the board
) Coffee IN the little La.,
AID sugar in the gourd.
Firm friends-partners.
4 night owl-the cats.
Dark green remains a standard color.
Ways that are dark-Unlighted streets
This is nice weather with the or left of.
burr in the bush is worth two in the
hair.
Three things that rhyme. Boys, toys and
noise.
tree that shades the most preeious fruit
is the rooftree.
Give US neither poverty nor ricbes-auyhow
not any poverty.
This winter, so far, is way ahead Of Ven
nors predictions.
What relation to you is rour fathers only
brothers. sister-in-lw.
The girl Of the period is yet to appear With
A stuffed ostrich on her hat.
Mr.. W. j. Norris has again started in bus
mess at Aliens Fresh.
The Rock Point Oyster Company is still in
fuddled condition.
Poker players were not wanting at Cox's
on the mig BIT Of the shooting match.
"God save the Queen especially il the
other ellev holds four aces.
It is thought that n fashionable boardidg-
house furnishes the best anti-fat.
The small boy with coaster" don't care
a continental for the right Of pedestrians.
Reads Grand Dstcbess Cologne is the
sweetest perfumery in America and you'll
find the most lasting, il sells for rs cents per
bottle and is kept at Howard Bros, Co1's
Station. ap 2O-lm
The Thermometer will have to be made
longer at the bottom to accommodate the
weather bureau.
An exchange heads an article rheumatism
in a nutshell" We think that is really the
the place to have it.
Mr. Vennor ventures this: "The latter part
of january will be mi ID, but February again
cold and stony"
A little girl riding past pond only partly
covered with ice exclaimed, 30, papa, know
what water is-its ice juice ''
The fashion of wearing stuffed birds on
ladies' hats Is progressing SO rapidly that by
next fall Thanksgiving turkeys will probably |
be in demand.
eyes, said Mr.. Payne, a; the theatre, 81
like short waits, but when I'm buying coal /
it's different matter"
whiskey bought in New York drug stores
is now known as "0ne-eyed soda water" be-
cause man has TO wink before he can get it. |
lost knowlede by study; lost health by temp
sranee of medicine; but lost time is gone for
ever.
The reason why borrowed books are so
seldom returned to their owners is that it is
much easier to retain the looks than what is
n them.
Reads three minnie headache and neural
sia cure is almost monarch for the headache,
leuralgia, rheumatism or any acute pain
made by ". H. Read, Baltimore l. Light
Sis, Baltimore, Nd, pr'prietors of Reads
Grand Duchess Cologne. ap 20-lm
In MaLitobs, where the blzxards start from
he liquor saloons have to employ fat men to
III on the barrels TO keep the whiskey from
reezing.
Glands and measured in rods, leagues and
70 forth" said the teacher, NOV what is
'urveyor? ?" "a land Lacquer p shouted Que
If the boys.
What man knows should find ITS express
'ioIs in what he does The value of superior
is chiefly in that it leads to per-
forming manhood.
person who was sent to prison for marry
ing two wives, excused himself by saying
that when ne had but one she fon ght hiui
but when he had two they fought each other
The w. J. Norris referred to in the local Of
transfers of property last week, was not the
merchant. Although crippled by his recen
FIRE. the merchant is at present too prosperous
to make an assignment.
One of the young men who composed Young
Shoots posse to defend the Rock Point Store
against the recent raid, was so frightened it
is said that he armed himself with carpet
tack hammer, and got under the nearest b ed,
and swore that he would brain the FIRST man
who approached. brave hero, he
wonderful discovery READS three min
ute headache and neuralgia cure is tue won
der of the 18th century AS hundreds upon
hundreds of our best citizens have been cured
in two minutes ofintents neuralgia and sick
after using everything they could
hear of, and trying all the doctors in vain
Reads three minute headache cure sell for Is
cents and is kept at onr friends, Howard
Brothers. ril 20-lm
BEAUTIFUL LINES.