Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-04-08

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no.. Lopef1' iudicatic.s Of tie better
time coming tcr our section is to be
found il tic fret dat our people are grad
eally withdra sing tier attention from
ere arsenal politics ind directing it to
tds improvement Of their farms and tie
lettering Of their material condiion.-
No good citizen, Of course. will abdicate
al intsres. IL public affairs. The little
virtue that Is lcf' il public life Il entitled to
Ls credited to tie supervision which hon
eat voters Lave exercised in patti ular To-
ca!ities. This should, no: only never be
relaxed Ia, i. would be we'll to t'g hton
AZ vell as extend it in every direction =
Bs. il is eesY to Do this without making
ones self violen. cross-road politician.
We can form pretty accurate opinion Of
the character and capacity Of political
sspirans rithou. following Lin, to the
neglect Of home business, frog tia begiy
Ring TO the cid Of campaign. Cam
paign e3ci.eroen,z which lead to tie loss
Of time and The expenditure of money
Should lie avoided or. if no must be e1-
cited. let us agree TO get excited about
our own and the future Of our children,
regarded from vulgar dollar and cent
stanJroin.. If ne take care Of our chill
dreu and ourselves. we shall be very apt
~ take care Of the country.
Embarked. then, from the new stand
point, wha. should be done AS we are
oil, or nearly all, down at the heel. We
should nske up our mind to 90 work in
the fields or elsewhere with our own
hands; we should impress upon cur wives
and grown daughters the necessity of do
ing their cwn household aud garden la
Dor wo should make our children, il
school intervals, assist our e1ertions, and
the whole household, as long at least es
sbsre is dollar of dGLt hanging over it,
should be made TO practice a reasonable
self-denial. We live too SUM ptuoasly.
dress too fine and work too little Tho
prde Of keeping up appearances is one Of
tho greatest evils of our society We
haYs seen better days, and don't Ike that
our lady wife should be caught practising
at the wash tub. We Lave sported n
buggy and pair, woru fine raiment, have
been hand AID glove with the highest,
have drank toe Lybian Sun to sleep, "
and We don't relish that our old eronies,
Who have been more fortunate than we,
should discover US fetching water for din
ner And We are weak ia the same way
In regard TO our children, especially our
grown daughters. They are now study
ing with our approval the Grecian Bend
In the parlor when they should be out in
the kitchen studying how to bake bread
We have got to come down, and to bring
orr families with US. to economy and
work. and the sooner nc DO this the bet
Ger. We are pleased to believe that our
society is slowly but surely gravitating
20 these conditions. We shall probably
vince little when we first touch them.
Thi, is 10 1s expected. Generally, the
medicine tina: is the most bsno fcipl is the
least lalatable. Time and use, however,
Will reconcile ono even to EPSON Salts,
and so work and sclf-deninl, after while,
may become established habitudes of our
people. When this shall be, We may
oil discover that ni,fcrtunes are some
itne1 blessings in disguise and appre-
cia.s also the lesson which the poet has
taught Us
s~eet are the uses Of sdrerstv
hich like the toad uglv and vcnomous
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ="