Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-04-30

ing T." The day opesed With the sssal
skirmishing Of rsis. which ras quickly
followed BY hail. and 1t present snow hal
been added to the slsmenssry missiles vhiel
assail n. "A Geld day" effosl weather 4
would be pronoupced BY {" our army IN
Flsnders." but. as 10 our mind. day liks
this 10 much more desirable for indoor than
Geld recreation. We shall not venture out.
unless drafted. to see the fun any oftene'
than We can prevent. The very --latest
from the front Is. that the engagement
has become general. and rain. hail and
snow are now moving in combined march
and simultaneously upon rs. Thus far,
On our side. the farmers have been the
greatest sufferers. but our fruit people and
mill-owuers are in imminent peril.
Speaking Of farmers reminds Us to cal
the attention Of our readers to an able ar.
ticle on our 6rst page. which explain
"IIow I came to be q Patron" We shall
follow this up next week by an article OF
the Purposes" Of the Patrons. W,
avow our object in these publications Il
be, to divert in measure the attention o
our planters from politics and other nm
profitable excitements and to direct it upou
their own proper business. Every othcl
interest has combined for sslf-protection
and We have had sad experience that Mii
selfprotection is neither intended for on,
advancement nor has it Injured to il. In
every county of our State. Oranges and
Changers sre rapidly multiplying. Here
as yet. they have made little headway.-
Beyond a single Grange in Chaptico dis
trict. we hear Of NO other, and the worst
is. We hear Of no other attempting organ
ization. There should be at least one
Grange in every district Of the county
and our endeavor in making the pablica,
tons we have and in others we intend t.
make. is to compass contamination q
desirable and essential to our interest. -
The writer announces his own READINGS.
to cooperate in the formation of Grane,
either in Leonard.own OF Patuxent dis
tricts.
We learn that Father Paceiarini, wh.
has the pastoral charge Of st. Joseph,
church. in Chaptico district. has inaugu
rated somewhat novel plan for this lati
tudc. to disembarrass that beautiful edi
flee Of the heavy debt at present hanging
over and pressing down upon it. He ha.
divided the adult members Of his congre
cation by sex and color aud allotted t.
each the payment Of an annual nomina
sum which is to be devoted to the liqui.
dation of the church debt. Male whit,
adults. for example. pay twice the amount
Of the ferale. the colorcd members pay
half as much as the white. and the same
sc < ratio Of payment obtains with them a.
with the whites. Novel or not rs tn.
plan may be, we learn that the devoted
congregation of St. Joscpb's has accepted
it with enthusiasm and has already com.
meneed to carry it into effect. Our hes,
wishes 60 with tho worshippers Of St. 10.
scph's in their laudable endeavors to free
the church of their affections FROM tho in.
cubus Of debt.
Observing from the newspapers that os,
friend. John NJ. Lloyd. whilom Postmaster
at st. Clements Bay. has been summarily
Of by the Post Osice Department,
and feeling some interest in the young
man, we were induced to make inquiries
as to the cause Of his removal. thinking i,
possible that he might have been found
derelict in some official duty. Nothing
Of the kind. however. Lloyd merely be-
longed to the wrong political church in
our county-''thas and nothing more"
We notice that the enterprising and
popular landlady Of the near aud iar-famed
Washington Hotel. Of our village. has ad'
dcd Eve cosy little cottages to the South
wing other property. and that they are really
an ornament both to the hotel and village
The addition was made to increase the "a.
ci!ities Of the hotel to accommodate the
large Summer patronage from the cite.
of which it is the recipient. Tho con.
tractor and builder was Thos. C. Green.
well. Of our Town. who has just occasion,
We think. to be proud Of the job.
The special election for Clerk Of tn.
Circuit Court for Prince Georges county
held on Wednesday Of last week, va.
again q very close contest, resulting in
the election Of Brooke By three msjority
Our old friend. Turner. is ecstatie and
jubaaas beyesd measurement over the re.
ssls. bat We cannot help thinking. never
,heless. that 5 majority is rather . small
AFFAIR to be Growing over.
President Carroll. Of the State Senate
and Speaker Hines, Of the House Of Del
egates. have designated the Beacon Z,
publish in this county the General Law
Of the State passed u the late session o
the Legislature. They will accordingl,
be published As rapidly a. they are re