St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-03-28

cavaliers. while waiting for better days
and brighter fortunes, they relieve their
wants by help of the Lomhards and Jews.
LADY AIMS ADVICE.
Like tho ways of all deep drcamers. his
habits arc o,ld. and vex Lady AIMS sfiec-
tionate and methodical heart. The boy
siss up hate s,s nights. drinks his ale.pos..
set to make him sleep. starts out of bed
ere il is light, or may be, as the whimsey
takes him, lolls and dreams till noon
musing. says the geod lady with loving
pity. on-she knows not what. Her own
round of duty lies in saying her morning
and evening prayers, in hearing nine or
ten SERMONS in the week, in caring for
her kitchen and hcn-roost, in physicking
herself, her maids and her tenants. in max
ing the rascals who would cheat her pay
their rent, and in loving and counseling
Eer two careless boys. Dear, admirable
soul: How hnman and humorous, too.
the picture OF THE good mother, warm i'll
her affections, scolding 70. US onr broad
browcd awful Verulam. Grace and
health. That you increase in amending
l am glad, God continue it every day
When you cease of your prescribed diet.
you need, | think. to be very wary both
Of your sudden change of quantity and of
season Of your feeding, specially suppcrs
late or full; procure res. in convenient
time, it hclpe,h much to digestion. |
verify think your brothers weak stomach
to digest hath been much caused and con-
6rmed by untmclv going to bed and then
musing, l know no, what, when nc should
sleep, and then, in consequence. by late
rising and long lying in bed whereby his
men are made slothful and himself contin-
ually sickly. But, my SONS, haste not to
hcarkeu to their mothers good council in
time to prevent. The Lord. our Heaven
ly Father, heal and bless you both. as His
sons, in Christ jesus"
AT THE AGE rwENTr-FoUR
How be appears in outward grace and
aspect among these courtly and martial
contemporaries. the miniature by Hilgard
helps US to conceive. Slight in build,
rosy anil roand in flesh, dight in sump-
tuous suit; the head well-sct, erect, and
framed in thick ssarchcd fence Of f-ill;
a bloom of study and of travel on the fat.
girlish face. which looks far younger than
his years; the hat and feather tossed aside
from the broad white brow, over which
crisps and curls nane of dark, soft hair:
an English nose, firm, open. straight;
mouth delicate and small--a lady's or a
TESTERS mou.h--a thousand pranks and
humors. quibblas. whins. and laugl,tcrs
lurking in its twinkling. tre,nulpus lines;
such is Francis Bacon at til. age Of twcu-
ty-four.
rpE MAIDEN or HIS LOVE.
She loved him and he loved her. Blu,
her mother, Il widow and again "a wife.
having made tw" good matches for herself,
Has set her hear: on making great alliances
for her girls. La pars to please her, still
more to glorify his bride. bacon waits and
tolls that he may lay ut her feet settled
fortune and II more splendid name The
fanlily into whicl--when he can steal an
holr from the courts of law and the pur-
suits Of sciencc---hc goes acquiring. and
in which he is now an accepted lover, con-
sists of four girls. their pretty mother.
and u bold, handsome, hcsdy step-tather
of ffty-six; group of persons notable
from their private stories. and Of romantic
interest from their loves and fcuds with
the philosopher, and from the part they
must have had iii shaping his views of
the felicities of domestic life The four
young girls are the orphan daughters 9f
Bel,cdict Baruhala, merchant of Cheap
side and alderman of his ward; al homes.
fellow. who gave his wife good lift in
the world, and left his children to take
their chance of rising among men who,
with all their sins. are never blind to
the mcri:s of women blessed with youth,
loveliuess and wealth. Alice is the first
to fall in love; but the three hoydens
who now romp around her, and, per-
haps. get many hug and kiss from her
famous lover, will soon be in their turns
followed for their bright eyes and brigh-
ter gold. Elizabeth will marry Mervin
Tourhet. Earl of Castlehaven, that niiser-
able wretch who, when his first young
wife, the hoyden of to-day is in her grave,
will expiate on the block the foulest crime
ever charged against an English peer.
The two little things now playing at
Alice's knee will tecome. in due time,
Lady Constable and Lady Soamcs.
Ills WEDDING.
The day is named; the tenth of May. !.
By help of Sir Dudley Carleton. We may
ook apon the pleasant scene, upon the |!
pretty bride. the jovial knight, the romp-
ing girls, aud the merry Company. as
through, glass. Feathers aud lace light
up the rooms in the Strand. Cecil has !
been warmly engaged to come over from
House. Three Of his gentle !,
men--Sir Walter Cope. Sir Baptist Hicks. !
md Sir Hugh Beest,n. hard drinkers a7d
men about town-strut over in his stead
in their swords and p'umes: yet
he prodigal bridegroom. sumpsuous in his
astes as i'll liz genius, clad ia suit Of =.