Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-12-09

portieo and grounds swarmed WITH prom
enaders until music warned them that
Terpsichore was abou, lending her witch
cry to the evening
Amid the faDciful display Of City i'm
rortq'ion the modes, lustre o: old St.
Narv's shed Us h lo Of beauty. grace and
manliness. nrdimmed. Swearing through
tie maze. Of the dance with The blended
dignity and Grace 50 natural to her st.ik
ing frura. We noticed one IF the loyeliest
blooms Of old s. Mary's soil. Miss a. D
-r.-raliant with smiles Of winning af-
fali';.v. while m:r.h and admiration scin-
,;l,atei in the circle If which that most
charming re,i.c Ms, A. lie was tie
cynosure. (Ah me how | regretted
nv bald head and old fogyism.) There,
i j, sim,la dr,ne,v IF white fovinc grace
fI,l,v over the m,,cb,ess .vune.rv of her
3i,,in Finished fcnre moved s Jeroma,s
/. Onocn afs,L Dr.. and there lean
;ng an tho arm cf bannv lucky F S-b
was tho orar-ova3 hrnnotta b,3 dos
tined 70 bloom with tropical efolpence.
Miss ". F-v. the witchery of whose
destinations have aided greatly to astro-
non,i,aI observations hareabonts nor did
the sweet and gentle refinement of the
q.roa.llo Miss G Ne or rensive soft
ness Of Mrs. &c fail to attract devotees
at their shrine. But it would be impos-
sible 70 describe all, or do Justice to at
fractions that sparkled before my dazzled
vision in panoramic beauty.
Since those baImy DAYS, Autumn has
strewn the grave Of Summer with its
leaves, changing with its colder breath
the festive scene to mans political arena,
where parties We'd, and feelings wa1ed
warm over the merits Of favorte candi-
dates. OF course We know bow that has
gone, as DO the defunct candidates their
money, which, by the BY, sugI ests to me
the wf.e distinction IN the PoHey used IN
the Inherent districts, An eiectonefrer
starts 50 I'm told) through the Factory,
and forest campaign prepared TO pay
wholesale demands t9r fish Iasses, Doc
tors bills, and "red eye, and no use
taking FORK over or nary votes the mot
TO- Why bless my SOUL Mr.. Editor, the
enlightened and Ph'-anthroP'eaIiy mag
unanimous citizens OF St. lnlgoe'5 would
nc more permit poor devil OF
La candidate to draw upon lis doubtful
credit ior benzene or slteh ike than
TO think Of asking him for an office after
wards. lis perfect jubilee for tie half
starved sugplicants when IN our midst,
and many meat house, poultry yard,
and corn crib grows ravenously less du-
ring their stay. Drink Nhew-cw-ew :
fact indeed, there wasn't a pint measure
left as nerver after satisfying their in
chnatlon for ye social drink Poor tel-
lows, they left US with rueful faces as they
turned forestward. Apropos of those
times, will YOU oblise me by telling US
now who paid for those geographic hor-
ses ? | should have supposed that moth
ing slower than yelocipeao would have
answered such desperate strait. Howev-
er, don, dabble much il politics ami
had better say less, FIR they do tell me
its inst ab8lt the easiest way of having
your optics bcsTangIol that you can start
up. But all ''sitch" has passed and
gone, though We ride upon the promise
of that railroad, in the early future of
which Am one Of the believers | can
dialy don't think some Of the citizens of
this section deserve its advantages, for
the obstacles they seem disposed to put
upon the track but we fnd IN all com
munitles that anti4uated concomltant the
eroaher.
Winters approach fails to numb our
inventive faculties Not content with af-
foriing the ligh, pass-times for your Sum
meF holiday. dieting for you, legislators,
to promote Your grave and weigbty in.
terests, We spread from the garnered dam
ties Of lore literary feast in Lecture
BY Miss DelPhine I. Baker, in which she
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