Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-09-23
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ing issue
To nl;racu, u7 interpretation Of Divine
Providence. the fact IF M. S existence
Is attributable. FOX il : evident, 50 far as
Mr.. Co,,;gin i concerned. lie would have
long since been consigned where ''hor4
and mercy c7ul 4 Il -verreach / tm." Yes. h.
still kiss. and although it may be some
time before IL ! fully couvalesceut. he
hastens . send greeting ovr=- the way.
and 20 thank him for the hopor1Ve and
manly manner in which be has noticed
the many good" , things inpiiedly ap-
pertaining 20 Teacher No 5.
Il has evidently been his desire from
the first. in his controversy with No. $,
to narrow down to personalities. Think
not so much who speaks as what Is spo-
ken" seems TO have been entirely ignor-
ID in his impetQositv and hot haste. =
From the depths Of bis (noble y soul he
chuckles with malicious delight over the
SANDERS of his fellow man, and pandcrs
to the insidious calumuies, the very cast
Of slough of degraded and shameless
tongues. The dirty, cowarlly hyena rev
els amid the garbage and offals Of the gut
ter. and dabbes in the cess-pools of filth.
Since, his Unsuitable stomach Graves such
Wholesome y nu,rimcnt as tis, why, I
suppose. his delicate p palate must be
(moderately = indulgci.< But No. :
would admoDish him. fo7his owa benf
to BE careful in his fanc5ed security -
AFFECTED iubKaucy, how coasts stones
in glass hsbses." i hfp to tie rise Is
SUFFICIENT Whether hi habits for up
right. hot51>le dealinI be good or
bad, No. 8 feels they woult.not suffer by
comparison with the habits of him who
claims to be the embodiment Of all that is
honorable and praise worthy Oh. the self
righteousness OF some people,
Lord, / thank Thee, that | am ~ as
other men" \
They are in trouble, poor fellows =
If events don't prove that another poor
fellow" is or will be in trouble, then Ne
S. no.prophet. Don't bctray your own
feelings, Mr.. Costigin.
being detected in fraud Con this oc-
c,eion a literary one only")-not 50 bad.
detected. who by? Mr.. Costigin
Yes "send a rogue 70 catch a rog"e y
Poor fellow since he has been detected,
who will No s draw upon now? DR..
Bunting. don't you believe It, No. )
never intended to steal those "wiSe say
ings, he only borroued them, and they
shall be returned as soon as Mr., Costlgln
qi'res them up and DR.. ('rhat / am go-
ing to say nop is strictly confidential,
don't say vordto any one atout It, J
,ro,ddnt hare .M Costigin TO kno,c it in
the ,corid) | would like to borrow few
more What say you DR.. :? Speak out,
don't be 50 rcticent, don't he SO mn2" :
while it may be fun fer you, it is death to
US. Don't you see No s is absolutely
starving for want Of fund OF literary
sayings with which to regale himself! 4
is bis private opinion, unless you come {"
his aid be will be literally "squelched, >
oh, oh look out for the classics. No.
s, you have taken an objectionable license
in using such an expression As is,-Il.
be bound you'll be 'pegged' for it.
It is apparent from his last letter, Mr..
Castigins "high expectations, OF paving
the Teachers a n,inin,un. salary of $500
has mcasurally abated lie now says we
have fair prospect of beng paid $500 or
$3.50 for the whole scholastic year, end
Inc July 31st, 1869. Since he appears
to be vaeiIlating, let me try to steady him
in this {yH,ticular. Let me ten llm, once
for all, instead, Of $3.50 1 siug Che
mtnin. l. $500 Will be the asorimnn'
salary paid the Teachers. Time will de-
termine who is right.
He admits that $4,000, or more,s has
been expended in constructing school
houses. chow much for repairs is conve-
nicntly kept back) but seeks to palliate
the measure. by telling the public before
Teachers salaries could be paid, it Was
necessary to build school houses, &c, and
concludes by saying, if we hare erred, we
have inflicted no injury upon the rising
generation, oh no. if there is to be IN
jury inflicted upon any one, let it be the
Teachers, they can bear it. Liberal
man who so parsiminionsly spares his
own pocket, but prodigally rifles the con-
tents of Others,
l will, Just here, 90 back to point
which failed to notice in his previous
communication He there stated, that
the average salaries of Teachers. for the
YEAR ending June, 1868, was from $500
to $3.50 Now, Mr.. Co>tigin very WILL
knows or ought to know" that this is an
egrecious error. | think | am within
bounds, when say, $3.50 was much near
er the actual sum. A record Of the dis
bursements Of the school fund for that
year, is, suppose, on file in their Office, and
Mr.. Costieiu can correct me If | err
Starting out upon this false hypothesis,
and following up the financial ideas ct
Teacher No. s, be lays down $3.50 As the
amount Is be received by each Teacher.
and finding that 4 balance Of 1896 would
have to be provided fer by taxation, cries
out to taxpayers .-'see what | have
saved YOU Judge We whether orsnot It
be 10 your interest TO retain me in my
present position :" Now, had he based
his calculation upon $500. which is much
nearer the amount actually received, we
would have had saving Of $4,000. and
the $500 would have At once subsidized
into 1886 not such q great amount al
ter sl!.
Since Mr. Costigin seems to be so SEN
sitively alive TO the suppression Of truth,
| Will call his attention 70 a'trLaing mis-
take Of his in this particular. Ia his cur
sorry notice Of the requirements of the
school law, he says. las it now stands.
the School Commissioners are empowered
10 cali ON the county 10 make good any