Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-05

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There 3 something. apart fro1 smuss-
nsnt. which strikes m. in seeing those
whose sss.s and fss's have bern % fsnil-
lar, pass before ~ unrecognised-a feel
ing akin to the marvellous and ssrangS.-
Il is . fancy Of our nature. at times. 10
Wish to be- uukSovs asd - conceal osr
identity from others. Il is said that sll
Of NJ wear the mask. not only to others.
bat even to ourselves, and vhen TIN nat.
ural disguise Is Increases. Il matcs rs al
most nonensisy. To sec The fashes de-
srived By the child. the Husband s.joled
y the friend q bis BISON, and to catch
the whisperings Of . voice vhoss tones We
have loved to hear. without rseognitioo.
but serve to teach ~ What dupes We can
be made and What strangers We really arc
70 each other.
But let rs dismiss the serious thought.
and think Of the masquerade. which came
Of on Tuesday evening. the 9th ult.. Al
Moore's Hotel. only in connection with
the nirth and amusement il occasioned
This long expected event Of tho season
had been thought Of and wished for with
considerable anxiety and some little mis-
g'vings as to its success. We confess that
We bad doubts in this regard, thinking
that IN large towns where many would be
10 attendance. disguise could not be 90
easily penetrated. aud Imagining that IN
our limited community, where all arc known
70 eacn other, either ~ form or movement.
THIS de'us'on could not DO successfully prac-
tccd. we were mistaken. Many were
the bets made. and those who bet against
oe'ng duped insar'aoiy 'ost- we thought
'ha'' 10 less than niteen minutes every
character IN the room would have been
SHOWN oy Us. oa toe contrary after
setN'"s :" VAN 20 discover ~, s0"e one 'na .
s'pPosea VIC anew "c became 20 "oen
pu'.'ea 'aA' /" was VIZ" sSous'ueIao'e di'-
neu'5 We could oe even conscious OF our
own identity. we were amused at seeing
a young 'ady-"a ow nedo" -sha-
KING nanas win ae1 own "'ncr' VINO seemed
70 Wis" an '"'l0aoce0"' 80 wei" o'd n's
Iaee say you nave the aovan'cse OF me.
we were aeco''eo se'era' ''me'' Out "o'
knowing whether " no' our fe"a' IS "ou'o
""'e 0ee" app'e''a'''' 'e'"eo ITO" ma
ing any ne'e "e'e S'"' - "no" We
"'Sned 10 say something 'e"oel'y' nut We
were AFRAID 70 trust our o"" opinion. and
DC caught 'n 'e'"ng secrets 70 one near
intended ior another. Ladies would oe
'e'egraphs IN such case as this.
The maskers were in attendance at an
early hour. and at o'clock marched to
the ball room in couples. forming in the
room a procession, which for ludicrous
aud grotcsque appearance, We have never
seen equalled. Conspicuous were Wild.
oN beo"''' VINO so' 20 mucn store te
NICK oedo''' Two i"ps'es' TWO 'Nigh's'
Au''"n' tue "a'Ae' "'r'' se''hg eggs
~ t"en'y GEMS ae1en' an ancient
na'uen 'aay taxing P'ncn OF snun' the
'estao'e MS harrington, with her car
Pe'-oaS OF run tnc Foor va slave with
h's same oia song just one year ago TO-
aay' &C. Tue Little f"cher win Dig
ears the 'Carpet-b Dagger from down East
DANDY jim from Caroline. Brother Jon
athan, the FIAT Boy, the Heather Chi
nee whose language was plain. the same
which he wished to remark. 'Shy'ock and
'Count Foseo. and still later Paul Fry wht
Tell INTO the room very suddenly. out get
ing up apoiog'sed oy 'ay"g nope don
intrude. Many others were dressed 10
'"''"'''' an" oo"''"o'' 0'.''e " tue Jun
nos were yer! gao'y' ana We 'noos"'
'na' tue disguise causeo ~ 'nem was more
euec'''e IMAM any o'her.
Then the dance and the promenade un
til 10 o'clock, at which time the unmask-
ing took place. Many we're very much
deceived when they saw the real faces Of