Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-02-25
(Correspondoncc of the Beaeon
Vasi.;netnn I. !. pol IL.

] he Increasing crowd FL Inc CT tAt
moving u loads and loads u secondhand
furniture, mattresses, pillows ari bod
clothes from placc 70 place, all fore-sL''d-
II the coming evcat, the Inauguration.
w Sc uev faces and figures every day
among the fash men At tLc.- tsvorlje cor
ncr. Oh the looAolt fyr Strangers, and
young men from tie country With more
dollars than brains ON The lookout for
ways ard means 10 q, rid Of their money
with the least possible trouble. Many
will he the reports sn file at the Ponce
Headquarters before the Inauguration l.
over. Of lost pocket-hooEs and watches
and all kinds Of valuablcs that the green
ones have lent 70 some dear friend with
whom their term Of acquaintance dates
ONLY . few hours lack Snowfakes arc
beginning to gather snl parade them
-cl7ee for inspection. most 81 them under
such mass Of paint, powder and pad
ling that j: j. impossible 70 tell what the
original may te The larger cities are
daily sending Us small attachments OF
tli.rss with details Of detectives. We
are Nc, able to say which Is expected to
i, The 1ror er thing. whether the detec~
t.7es arc sent to watch the thieves or the
th;eve. the detectives. One thing only
will remain doubtful and that Is. which Of
The two viii do the most profitable busi-
ness. We suppose it viii be ioss up
.. far - We are concerned We should lea4
to the Fly Gap.
During the last week there Las been
| eracted on the Avenue near 7th street,
little bourd .hanty in which Gen.l Grant,
or the Ok, Is being ,1Libited (but which
IF them VIC cannot tell for the moderate
sum Of twenty-five cents, current PAPER
or the rcalm We received our lnfoTma-
ton from an intelligent contraband who
COMPOSED one Of large crowd around
the building and he seemed TO think II
was dern mean business that The Pe0Pls
could not take look Tor 2o'nIl's' "'''
VIC greed with him. These fellows ue'-
er lose chance fer turning an "'ne''
penny. The IDEA o. inc lf1S'. 1D' -e'eN
showing 4 fat OK ttr the Pi,itul sum Ct
wenty five cents Had ne bought "lS
OK there might have been some excuse
for it, in the way Of paying the expenses
Of transportation or the iiAc--'i'''- "0''''
have been small enough p"' % 'A-'0'. "
thing that dld not cost I 'h' 4 ,S''' - '
little end OF pleannesS N'''$''oN " ! y :
point
Preparations for The grad in"u9uF'-
ten ball are in progress. II We reme"-
Der right Oh Saturday night that f.S'aS
question of the admission OF the dorm
srcddea niger vas finally settled, by per-
hitting all who could find spondul c.
enough to paw for a ticket, 10 attend the
ball Without regard tc sex, color or smell
How interesting it viii te. 10 see Mrs.
pre.idep, ard Vice President leaning on
the arms of si1-foot niggers black az tan
aud smelling accordingly. Then to see
those charming young ladies' held IL the
manly black arms whilIing IN tne g'dd5
waltz. Then how beautiful it viii DC to
see the report next n,oroipg Of how MI
Pomoey Squash handed the charming
lady of the President down 70 supper
while Mr. julius Cesar Gro" ,ooA c'8is'
If the Vice Presidents lady 70 the sup
room His Honor. the mayor q
Washington. pad marked attention 10
Mia Nancy Burzard and handed her and
Miss Kitty Ram,horn down 10 supper
meyer RENTING his attention 20 those tar
ladies' We hope the, night will be very
cool and the room os well ventilated as
ncss;bIc When the dancing beglns TO
crow brisk and scmo of the old Mary land
.od VIRGINIA darkies get pretty well ex-
o;.ad and thew burst out with one of the
"a brsaL down sLufaes, when you can
,.b, hror,o,s half mile of on a
-. a. :. n;cht and thew Give out one
,,,,t;ro veIIs and the per-
u :, torrents and
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