Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-03-12
Caught by the Lounger

Caught by the Longer
"In the spring the young mans fancy
Lightly turns to thoughts of loves'
In the spring the festive amplet
starts upon another rove.
In the spring orr heavy flannel
Causeth us to sweat and cuss,
In the spring the roaibed's bot ON
Sinketh out of sight from us.
In the spring we get the fever
Lazier grow than ere befJre,
In the spring our winter coal bills
Send us out to join the poor.
also observe that 10 most springs there is
more water than there has been for some
time past. That's no joke either
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A young lady Of this neighborhood is keep
ing Lent" by retaining from the use Of
slang. Sta slid to ne the other day. "Why,
I'll give it to you straight. it's dead easy
way Of doing the modification act after you
once get onto it, I'm dead stuck on the
scheme and I'm going to rush it to beat the
band. I'm no, the onj pebble on the beach,
either. Oh, no there are others, hut that
cuts no ice for we are all preachers, and every
time we go broke on our deal we pray up
cent. Say, you'd be tired We WON'T do
a thing but send the proceeds to the heather
and give 'em the glad hand" Just then
somebody called her. $50 long, Cholly p
She cried as she tripped away ; and went
out aud put my head under the pump-spout,
and paid Niger a nickel to work the handle
for fifteen minutes. The cold water bad
soothing effect, but don't want to meet that
girl when she's not keeping Lent.
SIS
There is q young man on the station
Who works hard without compensation,
The boys call him jay; .
And when he gets gay
His dad makes a strap application,
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Why does u dog howl at night? Every
body not speak 1T once, but II like 70 know
VIII. it is, for if we could discover the reason
the remedy might he not so far to seek
There is a cur 10 La Plata that bowls, APP
parently for amusement his own, of course
and he bowls right often, too Some one
told me that sure method Of choking #
these canine nightingales is to get out of bed
mostly you are 10 bed when dog begins
would say to any who have not this remedy,
don't. The only effect that | could notice
was that the dog appeared to howl louder af
ter the shoe was capsized than he did before
to be accounted for by the fact that was
probably wider awake after the exertion.
Perhaps the wisest plan is TO let him howl,
but if you must do something take No. 10
gun and put an ounce and half of No 4
shotas far under the dogs hide as four drains
of powder will drive it lie will then stop
bowling.
*s*
st Valentines Day
Has passed away,
But the missives are still being sent,
Over the creek
At Hill Tops peak
Though this is the season of Lent,
A damsel fair
With raven hair
Reee we'd one the other day
Twas the comic sort
So runs the report,
And ugly as sin they say.
The maiden was mad
And so was her dad;
He cussed by note and line
And hunted about
For the idle lout
Who sent the va entine.
Four yonng men
Did WELD the pen
That wrote the cause of the row;
But the gay quartette
Dad never met
Nor will he find them now.
The damsel fair
Shed many a tear:
Her heart is broke in twain,
The youngsters four
See her no more;
They'll never do so again.