Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-21
Communicated.
BsYASrowS, March sth, 1854,

BsYAETowE, March 9Th 1854,
Ar. Editor. Thinking perhaps "a letter from
Bryantowue would be acceptable to you and
your readers. will undertake to give you u
short account of what has been going on up
here during all the gloomy weather of the
past winter.
Everything has been very quiet since the
beginning OF Lent. the bows, with few er-
cePtions, are sticking to their resolutions. and
AS consequence, sc seldom see citnrr the
Amateurs or Regulars" engaged in their
fAvoriie sport.
The only beverage used here now is Mas.
s-netla water, an article introduced by one of
CLUB as substitute for the cocktail. /,
is very popular here, and want you to re.
commend II on my word to the "Reyul.rS1
OF your town, and TO Dave particular-whom
! know Is sadly IN need Of substitute
lhe Amateurs now style themselves the
Nv cdnesddy Clue, aud instead of thr
S",l. game AS of old, they spend their
time IN discussing the leading questions of The
day cheap marriage license, free tobacco in
spection, ETC., Doth ut which ills have p.s,rd
our body by large majoriues
One OF our ,moels r. . N, feeling f. :
igued from the heated debute of lh, l,St ,'9,..
ING, concluded to take home with him som.
of the panaceA to revive hun II MAS put nm
in one OF these MaSSanetta bottle, wh,ch ar.
cmoellshed with the L,ble Nature Kenedy
His kind mother Gndng the bottle in h.
room, became alarmed, supposng that her
son was suffering from sonue dreadful M ,lad =.
Out her leafs we're SooA allayed by smelling
the bottle
Notwithstanding the unusually bad weather
ana roads, the young people OF this neighb,r-
mood were not deprived OF their share of en-.
ymeht. FOR TWO weeks preceding As,
Wednesday, there were any number of n.rties.
the one given at Gardeners Hotel, Waldorf
seems to have been The party of the season
Our Bryantown DUDE still holds the la,a
and Will wager bottle OF cologne that tber.
is not another this side Of New York Who car
show up more hats OF the Zip OF the fashion
handsome cravats, breastpins and cnarme IN
he cam nor can they hx them on W. az
much taste. He started to the Waldorf marty
with his lady IN his new Brewster; his horse
not yet well broken, refused TO take th.n
through deep mud hole and there thev were
The ''eld gentleman" in his anxiety to make
the ''hrst set passed them without Offering
assistance, but very soon friend came along
aud enquired. Nv hats the matter jump
My horse won pull" "Why don't you get
out and lead hun, asked Wv. why. NV
dear fellow" said the dude "a came swsy
without my gums" Wv seeing he sou,a
either have to 20 back after the gums or lead
the horse out, and out Of cons GRAFTON for tLs
lady, he choose the latter Il Isa wonder 10
me Why the girls prefer these aides to piun
fellow.
"Old man jim" says he had glorious
time at this party, but one would have sup
posed, from his appearance next nornin..
that he had been ia spariug match. II Is
that he became dizzy IN The waltz
aud ran against the door frame
AS soon as the season OF selEdenialn ia
over, the ~ ednesday CLUB are gong TO
give a rousing entertainment, to which ,ou
viii be invited, and want you TO Lriag I'd
your dude. II a dude story Is enjoyed, VII,
from time TO time note what is going on and
report Good bye for The present. Yours &c.
AMATEUR"