Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-07-07

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"fou need not ps.s me. my dear 81
Just you stand where tou Are, al =
paas you" - %
VITA. 10 Known n ths whits Il -
dsced pcssi6is blythe usssssgiuayt =
guage Q: Which I en- psakine.
! vhsn the sheriff asksd the Vii efo -
ker, against whom he bad urie.
husband vas q hcine, she rpplfo1
he will zee thes IN Q mcaeas.ss r.
! III waited some tius, and tiea = 1I
10 the LADY that she bad psoniss1 {
might zee her husband. ..Na, lLf
replied the quakereaa. az Only pspz
that be would zee thee. He - %
sAsss Hesaid uss H. ~ lesAs - I,
fore he avoided thee. and hath ie(1
house bysanother path"
Persons upaccustomed to composition
frequently express themselves in langsags
which 10 liable 10 very absurd uisappre-
hension. The proprietor Of booe-uill
advsrtises that parties sending their own
homes to be ground. will b ate snded to
With fidelity and dispatch. A miller At
tempted to testify to tho merits Of pow
der for destroying vermin. BY saying:
"A fortnight ago vas full Of rats, snd
now don't think have one;" and in
the column Of "situatious wanted" We
read that = respectable young won an
wants washing. An account Of funer-
al saws: "Ths remains were committed
70 tha. bourn from which no traveller re-
turns attended by his friends.
Some Of the results of an imperfect
knowledge Of the proper grammatical re-
laticns Of words are very ludicrous. The
mistake in the following is quite easy to
be made. and yet It produces rather
startling effect: "Housekeeper-A high
ly.respectable midile-aged person Of eco
nomical habits, who hes been filing the
above situation With gentleman for up
ward of eleven years, and who is now de-
ceased. is anxious to meet with similar
one."
It was not necessary for this ''respec-
table person." TO say that her habits were
economical. It would follow - . matter
of course that her living would cost very
little. Some verses were sent to an edi-
tor with the explanation: "Thsse lines
were written some dfty years ago BY one
who has lain in the grave for his own
amusement"
1t is somewhat difficulty to 6nd the
correlative verb and uominativo ct the
following sentence: "Lost BY poor lad
tied up in brown paper With . white
string . German flute with an overcoat
on and several other articles Of wearing
apparel" The same trosbls Is found in
she following copv Of pcss sent to gen.
tlemcn BY the overseer n pNnce:-
"Please s,nd me by the . pair OF
trace chains aud two door hinges. Jane
had twins last night two padlocks. !"
1t will be seen that great care is required
in the construction of scntences. A re-
porter once wrote: "The procession was
very fine, as was also the grafton Of the
He after ward inserted, by n
carat after "fne. !" ''aud nearly two miles
In length. forgetting that this phrase
also referred to tho oratiou.
Persons accustomed to writing narra-
tive often experience the difficulty Of osiog
pronouns, 20 that there shall be no inis.
take as to the noun Tor which they stand.
In speaking Of two persons of the same
sex. there Is continual tendency to con-
fusion. This II ludicroueiy illustrated iu
the following account Of the examinat;oD.
BY . judge. Of a witness, In case Of assault
aud battery. Said the witness
"There was Mike and the dog there,
yer honor /; so he aew at me very sav.
age"
Judge. .-"Whof Mike"
Witness.-''No. the dog, yer honor
And I says 70 him"
Jadge.-"To whom? The dog -
Witness.-"To Mike. yer honor -
Get away wid yer !--aud 1 just hauled of
and bit him"
Jadee.-"Hit Mike?'
Wisness.-"No. the dog. yer honor /.
and he made rush for me-"
Jsdge.-"Whoi The dog p
Wi.ness.-"Mike. yer honor. And
up wid stun and throwel it at him, and
il rolled him over and over"
Judge Threw . stone Ut Mike p
Wiensss AT the dog, yer houor.--
And be got up and hit him again"
Judge The dog r
Witness. Mike. And vid that
he run of"
JsdSs.-"Mike go
Witaess the dog. And then
he come back and got me down, yer hon
or"
Jxdge.-"The dog came back as you p
Wisness.-"No. Nike. yer honor. and
he isn't hurt any q ALL"
Jsdge -"who isn't hurt I"
Wisnes. THE dog. yer honor"
In the proceeding Of the New York
Common Council. May II. 1859, appears
the folio wing resolution:
"Resclred, That the Comptroller be
and he is hereby directed to draw war.
rant in favor ofDavid Sherrad for the
sum Of $3.50. to be in full compensation
for loss sussaiced BY reasos Of his horse
stopping into hole In sse pavement il
Soush Street. At the foes Of Pike Street,
on The l7th Of February, 1869, from the
s6sses Of which he died"
Il = certainly rcmRtshae that Dayis
shouH have disd from the effects Of hi,
horse stepping into hole. and quite q.
yenarkahle that he could be compeusase.
for his swu death BY the pals,y sun .
three bssdred asd Say dSlIays.
Similarly. vs have n asco.ns Of