Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-05-07

O. st this writing "Wednesday mosniDg)
although il might not pay to invest that
= viii continue clear until sunset. 1.-THE
Iies Of Marek have eome-but not gone,
Cesar"
Fly has made its appearance in the To-
bseeo beds Of our county and 10 some Sec
tons ID proving very destructive. Be-
sides this. the plants themselves are nm
usaally small and backward and are i'm
proving 80 slowly tina. a scarcity is anti
e;psses IN many ncighborhoods at plant
Ing time. The wheat crop. also. 10 be-
ginning to show the unhealthy effects Of
the present prolonged vet spell and is
badly following on the lower leaves 10
many fields. Farmers. gen, lily. are be-
bisdhsnd with their eorn-plaDsing and
many who hare planted anticipate tina,
they will be compelled to plough up and
plant over. especially in stiff lands. the
cold yet weather Of the past month ma
hing it unlikely that the seed will germi-
nah.
The assessors Of this county have all.
We believe, received their commissions,
but have not yet entered upon active
work owing to delay in receiving instrue-
tions from the Comptroller rs to certain
particulars Of their duty. The county ia
divided BY the new assessment law into
two districts. the upper being composed Of
Patuxent. Charlotte Hall aud Chaptico
districts. and the lower of St. Inigoes'.
Factory and Leonardtown. DIR. Walter
Briscoe, L. w. b. Hutchins and George
II. Garner are assessors for the former
Edward s. Abel. Cbas i. Wise aud Y.
Y. Dawkins for the latter.
The attention Of readers engaged in ag-
rieulturc-and nearly all our county read
ors are so engaged-is especially directed
10 the article on our FIRST page. entitled
Declaration of Purposes Of the Patrons
Of Husbandry." 1t was published for
their benefit. and We hope they will not
pass it over with mere glance or a wan
dering thought but take it in and digest
it. There is no. thoughtful farmer in
our county who has not already realized
that he is dclving the earth at great dis
sdvan,age-that something Expresses and
plumbers him, though he don't clearly see
what. And even il he did see it, he
would be impotcnt Of himself to right
himself. 1t is by some sort Of eombina-
ton and cooperation with his brother
farmers that relief can only come 1t is rust
here that the Grange comes in. 1t is a
farmers combination for sclf-protcction.
II will FIRST enlighten him as to the mysteri-
Gus something tina, is robbing him and will
then assist him to throttle il. But read
the article. think over il and talk about it
to your pext.door neighbor. and if it i'm
presses you. whatever else you do, don't
GO TO sleep.
We are in receipt Of Circular from the
Baltimore Eye and Ear Institute, SIS
Franklin Street. Baltimore. Maryland.
DR.. J. J. Chisolm. Surgeon in charge,
which states, that the Hospital is new
ready to receive gratis for treatment any
poor person suffering from remediable dis
eascs Of the Eye and Ear. BY recent
act Of tho Legislature six beds in this
Hospital have been put at the disposition
Of the poor citisens of the State of Mary
land. so tha. any poor rcrsen suffering
from remcdiable Ego or Ear Diseases can
have board and surgical treatment free of
all charge whilst resident Of the Balti-
more Eye and Ear Hospital. Extract
from the State law: Amy poor person
Who applies for gra.uisous treatment at the
Baltimore Eye and Ear Hospital must
bring from the County Commissioners of
the Poor of the county. in which he or
she resides. a certificate to the effect thai.
said applicant is without the means of
procuring proper surgical treatment"
The agony Of the imitation organs is pos
itively painful. The Cincinnati Enquir.
Or" is almost beside itself with rage. j,
sees in the future another sectional war
brought on BY the .'lordly capitalists Of
the East" who seem to think tha. the
West was only created, like lemon. to
be squeezed for their special benefit" In
the eO1aic' which is coming. it says. those
newspapers which oppose imitation wall.
street organs. which happen to be printed
IN the West" will support the New York
''ssock gamblers and thieves, ~ and in time
will sink to their true level. The only
Joarnal which feels worse than 1.-The En-.
qair"s' is The St. Paul Dispatch. ;" which
calls the veto the LAS. &C, of the tyrast, -
aud says lit author will live hereafter a.
the memory Of verres survived in Sicily. "
A correspondent of the Pe,er,bury
t'a) Meas met Hon. A. II Stephens on
Tie ears en- route for bis home in Geor cia.
when Mr.. S. said +: Il am going home to
d'e. have been a grea, sufferer, bu,
this Is the 6rss time that any vital organ