Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-06-25

the -;orc--.-just pay. my dear sir, when
you please. and if you are in want of funds
for sn.gediate use, we beg you no: to
think of getting them from anyone but
ourselves" 4 neighbor of ours. young
man Of twenty-three. az soon as he heard
the news boI,ed of and engaged himself
to charming young widow of fortyninc,
4 government e.nl e, who-e' ste IN
trade consists o:somc mourning clothes and
four very bad, ed-hea led children. Poor
fellow We saw him in the capitol ward
Oh Saturday, with his intcnl,-i leaning
on his arm, with a most atfcctionate IS
we'll as patroniz;ns<air, while the four
red headed girls (qtra mind YOU march
cd two on each side. i'll very short dresses,
showing very slim legs, aud two long
plaits behind, reminding US torcibly Of
the young kcnwigs. There il only one
consolation for him he wont last long,
the agony will be severe but short. he can
utter one blessing on the City Fathers.
and in the Canal have no dreams Of red
headed girls, We should have tremblcd
for the individual who could have been
toolhsrdy enough, next day, to mention
the word percentage, in the hearing OF A
Government clerk. He must have had
the courage Of the i vii. We knew one
clerk to shiver his cane over hoot-black
who told him he would black his boots for
fz2-cenI word Gent" brought such
4 rush Of horrible memories that he waded
into the unfortunate youth on the spot
Numbers of individual. with sal faces ard
carpet-bags in hand might have been seen,
that day. wandering about the streets i'll
curing for board on the cheap, St scale -
1t is supposed they were the promiseto-
pay clerks whom their landlords had
kicked out to relieve their minds when
the awful news came that the bill had
failed We have never seen such looks
as on that memorable day even the dogs
stuck their tails between their legs and
kept out Of sight.
Judge Fisher gave hi, political dcci ion
in the Corporation Attorn, y Case on Wed
ncsday last. Everyone knew what it
would be long before it come Judge
Fisher, only wants to know your color
and political options and you may bet
heavily on the Radical ana nIggcr.
There was rather amusing circum
stance connected with the passage of the
twcnty-pcr-ccnt bill which, some say,
was, the cause of its being rc-considerci.
When Buffers. name was called one I'M
fortionate employee in the gallery, hear
ing him vote in the negative, yelled out,
bully for Spoons Butler" which some
of the Generals friends, not liking, they
paycd back with compound interest on
the innocent, for what the poor devil had
done IN the excess of his joy.
We think Mr Col Forncy has got
himself III 4 very unfortunate scrape with
Mr.. Clarke BY the cowardly attack mado
by him on Mr. c. for discharging y pis-
tol in the air in front Of the Metropolitan
Hotel Unless We are very much mista-
ken in Clarke (and We do not think we
are) he will give the blood stained Colon
cl (the first time he puts his eyes on him)
that which he has stood i'll need Of for
some time, COOL sound thrashing. We
would not have IN our lacks VI at the
Col. Will get for tn income of,"my' two
papers, both daily.
The weather has been intensely hot
during tbe- last week, too hot for work of
any kind. even letter writing. 1t takes
all ones time to wipe off the perspiration
and flies, and it is only between the wipes
YOU have the slightest chance Of getting
the smallest kind Of an idea
NorR.