Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-04-23
ScRiTrERELLo.
Correspondence Of the Beacon J
Oakville, April 10Th, 1874.


Oakville, April 10Th. 1874.
To the Editors Of Tie ST. Muy's Bca-
con IL see that w" has undertaken to
inspire new hopes in our people Of speedy
completion of the S. NJ. r. X by inform
ing them that he saw large number of
railroad lands going South last Sunday.
and. as be said. did not look much like
abandoning the enterprise. viii assure
him and the public generally that l saw
equally as large number few days since
going North, for reasons probably best
known to themselves. Some people thiak
that there is something rotten in Denmark
Ii such be the case, i. must be an old friend
Of ours who shall be nameless, as we have
every reason TO believe him dead, as he
wrote TO his commissary clerk about two
weeks ago informing him that he would
be down on certain DAY if death did no,
intervene. Ii is very certain that he did
not come.
also see that my worthy friend " KYS"
has gently hiutei to the Board Of School
Commissioners the importance Of appoint
ing live men to act as Trustees to the Pri-
mary Schools. matter that has long need
ed commentator. as | really think it high
time that something should be done to
remedy the present abuse. aud wake the
Trustees ont of this Rip Van Wrinkle le:h-
argy, for with but very few exceptions
the only interest manifested by the Trus-
tees toward the public schools is in the
behalf Of some friends or some friends son
or daughter as Teacher. without regard
20 tic exalted duty they one to the rising
generation. Indeed. in many cases they
are avowcdly opposed to the free school
system altogether aud stigma,ize i, as
public nuisance, arguing a they do (and
indeed it is almost Invariably the case)
that the Trustees have no children to ed
ucatc, and il they have, they cannot re
81. IL, .l-tas aivcE % send g primary
school. b.. las -,c,.Ql matte, !. I yc-T-
wcigh,y affair. aud as a reformation is con-
tempIated by the very able and efficient
Examiner. we may reasonably hope for such
4 change in the system as may obli.crate
the long standing evil
We folks hercahouis think Of bringing
James A. Gary to the front as substi-
tutc for our much esteemed friend, Col. B..
as We cannot think Of boring the CID gentle
man 10 death when he has repeatedly
avowed his wishes AMI Intentions TO retire
from public life. 1t is too inhuuan to
compel him to leave his tranquil home
and repair to Washington so soon after
returning from Annapolis. and there to
endure duck and tcrrapin suppcrs Such
os-tcre living is not congcuial to the
health Of gentlemen of advanced age, not
wi,hstanding we know he is willing to
sacrifice his very existence for the good Of
his constituents So, ask in the name
OF humanity, save him from his friends.
Why, Mr.. Editor. allow me to lay claim
TO sufficient good sense and reason not to
believe it in accordance with sound policy
10 wear one set Of gentlemen out il this
manner, for If natures laws continue in
force. and if the present practice exist
much longer. there will not be man
practically qualified to vote in legislative
body or sit upon a jury twenty years to
come
Some Of or people still continue to
Triple, swear all the new fashion slang
osths, play cards and dice in turn, and the
devil all the time. Wheat is knee high
on the hills, and tobacco plants seem to
be very sluggish. as in many cases they
have net risen from their beds. The pros
peet of having large yield OF frui: this
season is now dwindled down to nothing.
aud as for peaches there is no. one left to
tell the tale.
Yours very truly.