Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-15
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pomonkey.-H. Ehfov.-. Sine a..
cradle Thomas R. has taken brias I,
young folks think they may as well b,n. /
TIER fiddle.
We surely hope the fate Of the Re..
viii not be like tina, Of the veneraL,e NJ
Or Calvert. !
Eddie says hen dog-gonned il he intend, /
hang up his fiddle If all the venerable
christendom step to the front feisan,..
iule fellow for few nights he va. -
nearly all night taking several vou,r -
to and from an entertainment IN ,bs .s
borbood
Mosey has just given the snishioo ,on.. .
the innerside Of his neat little mansio,
has the cage; now for the bird n. a
Nosey, he is clever fellow, but ifbs a.
10 something in the shape ofmatrimonv -,
he will certainly become a ccn6rm., I'll
bachelor nd will wilt and wither INIT; /.
comes as ugly aud as dry as a smoked M
ryjack. We think he'll do the prone, M
in time howevet to save himself from 4.
miserable doom that awaits old bacbelo,.
Sandy has done the noble thing u,
we must not forget to tell Of a littlq iots i
mischievou8 scamp played on SANDY AZ
be vas yet Benedict-mark, We ala
mschevous scamp-but Charlie s5d 4
shall did it himself Well the facts srs h
on a very solemn occasion-that Of taI.
when the friends Of the deceased were ,.,L...
ing together to pay their last solemn tia,
Of respect TO the dead, and just before ,ba 4.
neral services were begun, and eyer, n.
wore solemn shadow, and the cs,bsri
friends we're standing about ia squad, Or.
eight or ten-S4ndy being in one II h
squads none hardly speaking above OK.
per when presently one Of the souaa ~,
gravely asked Sandy if he would he li.i
enough to give him chew Of tobs.,8
Certainly, SAID Sandy, out it i an
crumbs and at the same moment th,n,, me
Of his haAls down into his coat poke, s,i
hauled out a great hand full Of tobrco
crumbs and was about to pour them io,, 4,
hands Of his friend who had re, ebe5 an f5r
the coveted tobacco, when in the vprv 81
Sandy made discovery aud excl,imel
Halo, Caesar and Great Guns What tBia
At once, the attention Of the entire squad 4,s
directed to poor Sanly while he drew Oh.
from among those tobacco crumbs. the fsin,
leg Of a doll-baby. Well for a few INMATES
you would have thought we were At a ei-as
Joe has one eye on a star little gir add ars
she can prevent him from going to Kansas
if she Will Blu will she?
Bonnie had picnic a few nights ago a
frolic over the wav We said he was ti.sei
until he coudn' rest at the amount Of court
ing and the way it vas done on that occasion.
Bonnie Of course is young, too young 70 do
much counting himself, but he is jast Oh
enough to see every thing, and enjoy hugel,
every thing he sees. The girls must keep an
eye on 3ennie.
Rumors are rife that we are sooa to have
four weddings within the radius Of nile
By Dukes! ifthat the way oar girls intend to i
do we shall be lett girIless we fear Four at a
time.
Our brother Night Of the Quill ]. IT,,
wishes it were now April l8t. For nblt We
know not
Jim our former knight Of The gndstifk is
now u partner in the firm. He sticks to bis
t1m-cats yet. lie has some fine specimen o.
the feline tribe,
We are having a neS saw and sris mill
erected in our village.
George Hawkins, colorei, was maorer By
cart and killed one day last week
Orlando King, who was seulesua b the
Tcours l'si asaSseqrlii''vr $780, vSs asasls-
rectiou for one wear, for common ass ult and
since pardoned by the governor his returned
TO his home. SHOCKS.