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TO TIE COMMENCEMENT BALL OF CHAR
LOTTE HALL ACADEMY.

When twilight had locked the sun in the West,
Ard nature setting her mansion for rest,
bell;
Calling from out the soff night air
Worn hearts to quell all anxious care,
And come where lore and beauty dwell.
Then gIeefhl did ehaatisg. swimnisw the ssy,
And hearts with pleaapr- -lhsa bsating % high
Come ddueinR % where the on zen Ifrht-
Streaming softly In joy -flpd hall,
Sheds rays Sn fair from shining wall
Fair as e'er came on such night.
For beauty Was such Of the blooming fair.
II seemed as kind fairies had tresssd their hair,
Bright graces bedecked the grace made ihrong.
ftlfd d vel! with hearts for love-warm dance;
Sparkling the eye with wistfal glance.
VI some whose hearts beat high and strong.
Tho all were glad in the happy passime,
Enraptnred were some with the joyful chime,
Which nature rings out from iove-strung heart;
TO this are they who 'tention paid,
The loving swain and happy maid,
AND formed some ties that meier win part.
When red pinioned dawn SCARED far In the sky,
Add chasing away stars-nigh,s progeny
Sweet moments had fed the dance-spent nours;
Morn for rest to weary had come,
Shut out the notes of busy hum:
And locked the worn in dreamy bow'rs.
Ere again that s,eepie with pleasure be heard,
And busy cares again be demusred,
Some changes will come o'er LIES broad
'spanse;
Carrying back to long past day,
Mem'ry OF sbings that led the way,
To tripping sweetly marriage-dance.
As years like pillows sweep over the sea-
No one can say what the future will bel
while some be tossed on the far Of deep;
Sinking beneath the wave-like time,
Some may dwell in the spirit cline,
And some be wrapped in final sleep.
But spared Of these. when the steeple shall ring,
Some hearts returning on memory's wing,
Glad answering gain the far-spread call:
Coming from out the care-pressed land,
That year ago had pressed the hand
To join the dance at Charlotte Hail."
PARrIcEPs.
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VERBAL Vrcrs.-Indulgence in YER
bal vice soon encourages corresponding
vices in conduct. Let any one of you
come to talk about any mean or vile
practice with a familiar tone, and do
you suppose, when the opportunity oc-
ours for committing the mean or vile
act, he will be rs strong against it a.
before? 1t is by no means an unknown
thing that men of correct lives talk
themselves into sensuality, crime and
perdition. Bad language easily runs
into bad deeds. Select any iniquity you
please; suffer yourself TO converse in its
dialect, to use its slang, to speak in the
character Of one who relishes it, and
need not tell how soon your moral sense
will lower down to its level. Becoming
intimate with it, yoa lose your hor-
ror Of it. To be too much with had
men and in bad places, is not only un-
wholesome to man's morality, but un-
favorable to his faith and trust in God.
ft is not every man who could live as
Lot did in Sodom, and then be fit to
go out Of it under Gods convoy. This
obvious principle Of itself, furnishes a
reason not only for watching the tongue,
but for keeping ourselves a much a
possible out Of the company Of bod o.
s0ciates.-lsdias Ascasa.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

but sood-looking gentleman - Ry his
skill. Tho Judge quietly runarled tknS
he was fatigued With ths day's jsufney
and No about - rstire. but that his
boy would play with them, and that 4
they beat him, ~uky," said n, ssyou
nay send for ne King humcred 60
joke. end playsd With one snd thna
othsr, b>nfinG 49, N viii ouoA 60
tt thex hn1nxno lriicinaoG
looking upon the glory and honor Of
the forest a. sacrificed to an unknown
man. A grand consultation was then
held, when it was proposed to send for
the old doctor, who could bat the ''old
boy, while this enemy was bat young
one"
That's all very well said, remarked
the sage Higbee. "But, don't you see,
here's the trouble: II he beats the
boy, the old man will come down. I
think you'd better not send. Wen all
take drink, call it square, and go to
bed"
For years after this little event Hig.
bee would amuse the crowd by relating
the joke Of Senator King.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

THIxx.-Do your own thinking. Yes
that is the idea. Think for yourself.
Il is well TO listen to the expressed
thoughts Of others, and it is an agree
able pastime to give expressions to you.
thoughts; but when you are alone,
weigh what you have said. It is well
to do this, for it win insist in curing
you Of false notions, and in eradicating
unpra6table ideas, and in time making
you better men and women. While
yo1 thus gain from surroundings, you
viii unwittingly transmit to the rising
genesation, and the result viii be. thai
you viii do your share IN the glorious
vork Of elevating the human family
Do your own thinking.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05
LAMB AND GREEN PRAs.-The lam il
D juvenile sheen.

. juvenile sheep.
They are born about the fust of March,
and menny Of them die as soon az green
peas cum.
Lam and green peas are good, but not
good for lam.
Lams are innocent as shrimps-they
wont blight, nor skratch, nor talk sas-
sy.
They don't kno much, only to skip,
turn summer-sets on the grass, Xix up
sseir heels, and have phun generally.
/ Inv the lam. even luv them af-
ter they becum mutton. luv lams ov
all kinds. had rather have one lam
than 4 VOLTS. This may lux like odd.
ness in me but it il my sentiments emmy
how.
Mary had little lam. I wish had
. little lam, and if had gud deal Of
ham il wouldn't discourage me.
When q lam gifts thro being . lam,
they Immediately bekum sheep. This
takes all the sentiment out of them.
There amt much poetry in mutton.
Sheep are muttons.
Mutton is sometimes prekarious.
When youth and innosence of enny
hind groze old, it loozes most ov its
lamness.
This fakt is too well known tew re-
quire an affedavid.
The lam in an article of trade, as well
~ diet-they are wuth from 4 to 10
dollars, ackording to the way things
an.
It is strange that so much innosense
as the lam IL possessed ov should be
for sale.
II il jiss 30 with all innosense and
purity in this world-it is too often
4 brought to the shambles.
The femail lam is the dearest little
: package Of innosence and buty known
20 naturalists.
The femail lam is my pride and hope.
2 ] luv the whole congregation ov them.
The lam, from childhood, is kivered
with soft coating called wool, from
which cloth is said tew be made, and
also from which yarn is said tew be
spun.
There is a great deal of yarn spun in
this world that has no wool in it-these
yarns are called phibs.
Phibs are not considered feroshus.
& A phib is lie painted in water COL
ors. There has been more phibs in
market since the formashun ov man,
than there has been truth.
Phibs are often ingenious, sometimes
pretty, but are alters dangerous.
Phibbers have been known to become
liars, Jest as hot lemonade drinkers,
/ with little port wine in it. just for
II effect, have been known to becum our
4 most reliable whiskey drinkers.-Josh
4 Dllin9s.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

CUsroMs A HuxpRtp YEARS AGO.
The Boston Globe of a recent date gives
this vivid picture of the manners and
customs Of our ancestors century since,
"The apparel, as has been said, oft
proclaims the man, and we may add
woman, and certainly the costume Of
the days of the Revolution had q pic
turesqueness which is wanting to our
more extensive luxury. The wigs and
gowns and bands of the clergy gave
them notable appearance in the pull
pit, and the cooked hats which they
wore in the street distinguished them
from their brethren of to-day, whose
white cravats sometimes make it diff
cult to discriminate between them and
hotel walters or ordinary diners out
The gentleman in those days wore when
he went out, wig. white stock, white
satin embroidered waistcoat, black satin
small clothes, with white silk stockings,
and fine broadcloth or velvet coat. At
home, instead Of his wig, he had on .
velvet cap, and sometimes fine linen
one under it, and his coat gave place TO
n gown, frequently of colored damask
lined with silk, while fancy colored
leather slippers covered his feet. Ladies'
wore those elegant silk ard brocadS
dresses which are still SO much admir-
ed, and their hair, dressed with powder
and pomatum, was elevated much higher
above their heads than the most soaring
and ambitious locks Of their fair des.
cendants of to-day.
ain those days q gentleman's snuff
box was as indispensable a. the cigarlis
now, and courtesy was shown in taking
the weed in this form with a friend
The houses. in those days, with their
spacious halls and ample freplaces and
stairways, were very suggestive of solid
comfort. Bright brass andirons, the
use of which has lately been revived,
were common in Revolutionary times;
and as long ago rs Governor Endicott'S
day, they were features of luxurious
household. The punch-bowl was also
notable article in families of substan-
tial means, and its contents were Gus
tomary trest for company. Rings were
given as presents at funerals to pail.
bearers and particular friends, and the
Rev. Andrew Elliot, of Boston, who
died in 1778, left "mug fulr' of these
articles which had been presented to
him on such occasions. Hotels on the
scale of our caravansaries were un-
known; but there were taverns and cof-
fee houses where good deal of solid
comfort could be secured. Such are
some of the manners and customs Of
our Revolutionary ancestors, whose
stately curtesy and dignity covered so
much of genuine nobility and worth
that we cannot but feel interested in
whatever distinguished them from their
descendants Of to-day"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

BELIEVE IN YoURsRLP.-It is said
when John C. Calhoun was in Yale Col
lege he was ridiculed BY his fellow stu.
dents for his inteuseapplicationt to study.
ssWhy, SIR" said he, al am forced to
ysake the most Of my time that I may
scuuit myself creditably when in Con.
eress. Do you doubtit? assure VOC
e were not convinced of my ability to
reach the national capitol as q repre-
sentative within three years, / would
leave college this very day % Let eve
" young man thns have faith in him.
esh, and earnestly take hold of life,
ocorning all props and buttresses, all
orutches and life preservers. Let him
believe, with Pestaloxxi, that no man on
Code earth 10 either willing or able to
help any other man. Let him strive to
Be creator, rather than to borrow
Instead Of welding the rusted sword of
valcrons forefathers, let him forge his
own weapons, and conscious Of the God
in him and the providence over him, let
him fight his own battle with his own
lance. Instead of sighing for an edu.
cation, capital, for friends, and declar.
ing that ''if he only had these, he would
Be somebody" let him remember that
= Horace Greeley said, he il looking in
ths wrong end Of the telescope; that il
he only we're somebody he would speed.
ily have all the boons whose absence he
= bewailing. Instead Of being one oi
the fooled potentiAlities of which the
world 10 % full-one Of the subiunctiv<
heroes, who always might, could, would
or should do great things, il what NO,
body can understand-let him be in
che imperative mood, and do that q
which his talents are indicative.
This lesson Of self H-reliance one learnet
and acted on, and every man vii
1isecver within himself, under God
fhe elements aud capacities Of useful
ness and honor, "Getting on in Oh
uosld."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

e0Upe, - : - u four mile heats,
ard tkey again appeared in competition
% Ne 1etairie Course, on April "a
Lexington won in the first heat, Le-
ccnpte being drawn in the second.
|Tle time was 7:2Si. This was Lexing.
tots hst appearance, and he made his
frk season in the stud in 1855 at the
farm Of w. F. Harper, and the next
yer stood at the same place. In 1859
Mr. Ten Brock sold Lexington to Mr..
r "A. Alexander for $4,000, and he
hai stood at the Woodburn farm until
hiS death. Lexington, in his career,
vs. beaten but once out of seven starts,
ard his total winnings were $4,000.
Lexington was blood bay, about
II hands 8 inches high, and has been
fully described frequently. His fore
and hind feet and pasterns, and small
portion Of the hind legs above the pas
tenn joints were not particularly large,
except the backbone, which was i'm
mense. He had plenty of muscle, and
hia ears were handsome and wide apart.
Hs head, though not small, was clean,
bohy and handsome. His nostrils were
large, the jawbone uncommonly wide,
and the jaws wide apart, affording
abundant room for clear and well-de-
tached throttle. His arms, which
came out well from the body, we're long,
strong and muscular, and were sufi-
cienay wide apart for good chest
About fifteen years ago Lexington went
blind. but he has not generally trans.
mitted his affection to his offspring.
Up to the year 1865 Lexington had
sired 50 winners at mile heats, who won
122 races, 80 winners at two miles and
heats, who won lO2 races, Is winners
at three miles and heats, who won SC
races, and 8 winners ct four miles and
heats who won 12 races. Since 1866
the winning sons and daughters-at Lex.
ington have added double this number,
but it is sufficient to say that as the sire
Of Kentucky, Asteroid, Idlewild, Nor.
folk, Leatherlungs, Thunder, Arcola,
H1xry of the West, Daniel Boone, Jack
|l3nR1szknxxy Bn6ekx, Tom Bowling
1ol1, Wanderer and other great
h0l1ss, Lexington's fame win live in
thspmemory of turfmen for generations
to come. Lexington founded line oi
race horses unequalled by the offspring
of any other stallion in this country OF
England. In his declining years Lex.
ington even bettered the record of his
earlier career as sire, for Tom Bow.
ling, Harry Bassett, Preakness and
Wanderer stand as fitting representa-.
tives Of the noble animal. The an.
nouncement of his death, therefore, will
be received with sorrow by the entire
racing public.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

- A young lady was yesterday
sanding on the wharf as the foot oi
Second street, waving her Handkerchief
- = schooner lying IN the stream.-
"Know any y6ody On board 2" queried
hsr companion, n he came along.
~No. ! doa't; but they are waving
thair hAndkerchief as ma" she replied.
~Hand (hA y ker (hoc y chiefs!' he
s1clAimed. dropping his basket and
lsaning against wcod-pile |; why,
then's the mems shirts. hung up te
dry y She waved into . warehouse.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

NAUTICAL SERMoN.-When White
field preached before the seamen of New
York, he had the following bold apos-
trophe in his sermon: "Well, my boys,
We have a clear sky, and are making
fine headway over smooth sea, before
a light breeze, and we shall soon lose
sight of land. But what means
this sudden lowering of the heavens,
and that dark cloud arising from be-
meath the western horizon Z Hark !!
Don't you hear distant thunder? Don't
you see those flashes of lightning p
There is a storm gathering! Every
man to his duty! How the waves rise,
and dash against the shipi The air 10
dark The tempest RACES! Our masts
are gone! The ship is on her beam
ends! What nextf" 1t is said that
the interpreting tars, reminded of FORM
er perils on the deep, as If struck by
the power of magic, arose with united
ted voices and minds, and exclaimed
''Take to the longboat!"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05
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WOULD + WE'RE 4 p1fxG =

0a-she yaU4it slowly s111Iif
Scenes are c1nnged iron 1ny y =
Yet these9euonel1a1sde e61ln<p
Time en- uuger chaw AUoy.
Floatise back to byeons pls1Go1u1s
RondrmemoFy vii sooso1inee -
Reviyjsg scenG ue lore = 1Dso1u
0hoPa SssesG - aN1
Smnl1k Jo10Iy oJlk a.
Ny lone and weary heart 3 dseam1oe
OF the shadows that may lhll.
visious bright will sometiues lingee,
Lending hallow to my dream;
But the touch of sorrows 6nger
Alas too Oh win come between.
Could we cast aside the shadows,
That hide the failure from our gases
Could We lift the mystic curtain
And dispel the rising haze,
o how bright we'd make our pathway
Through all the coming scenes of iilei
How we'd strive to keep our footsteps
Away from all its cares and strifs I
Could we Gull again the flowers,
Az we did in childhood's day;
All could We live again the hours.
When life to us seemed but play
Now and then these thoughts come rinRin
Throbbing wildly through my brain;
To the silent past, my heart ID clinging,
OF would l were boy again.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

E A bashful and not cvcr-educa-
ted fellow went to see his girl the other
night, and as he started away he PUT
his arm around her and whispered in
her ear, "dcsrcsf. / love-" and she .res
ponded sweetly, "ditto," meaning, of
course, a reciprocation of his tender
passion. The young man could not
fiud ~ditto'' in his vocabufsry, and asked
his father the next day a. they wero
hoeiug cabbage, what it meant. The
old gent rested . moment ON his hoc
and pointed 10 the cabbage in front vi
him with the remark:
~You see that cabbage
"Yes;" responded the youth.
.And you see the next one there r.
~Yea."
~Well that is called "difto."
aDamn her :" exclaimed the impe<u-
ous youth, s'she called me a esbhss.s
bead" ~.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

PRESTON KING AT CHRcKERs.-When
the late Preston King was rathera young
man, hale, hearty and robust, as nearly
all Northern New Workers are, he took
advantage of little respite from his
Legislative duties for a Winter trip to
his old home and friends at 1.-The Burg," /"
in st. Lawrance county. Judge Still
well, then in Albany, and before the
days of vile railroads, invited King to
take the tripin his private sleigh through
TO the st. Lawrence. They had q cory,
pleasant time of it among the drowsy
snowflakes and mugs Of hot flip. When
they finally arrived at Higbee'sl'' Moose
head Tavern" (rlainly indicated by the
swinging sign that hung by the door,,
away off on the confines of the great
Northern forest that spread its dark
and frosty shades for miles around, the
Judge ordered supper for himself and
companion, and afterpartaking of which
they sauntered to the centre Of back
woods gravitation, the bar-room, which
was lighted up BY a blazing FIRE of hick-
ory logs. Around and about were
squads of rough-looking foresters m
tently engaged in The game of check
ers. Now, Preston King was said TO
be one Of the most expert players Of
the game Of checkers in the country
indeed, il 10 said that, giving him the
fiut move, he could not be beaten
The Judge, who was then Gas he ID
now, as the ripe age Of ninety fond oi
. joke, put on hiseye-glasses. as though
entirely ignorant Of the game, looked
over the shoulder Of one Of the most
skillful players, and coolly remarked /:
That move. cir, win lOse you the
game"
This, though rather unfair, 90 bewil-
dered the PLAYER that the game wen,
against him. After which all parties
jumped UP and invited the uaknowr
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

'This," thought the boy while being
trcunced by his fond para, us very
much Ike whale"
, 1875-04-03

AMU5EM ENTS.
DESEEfTa.

Thoro are benefits untold to be crowded into
next week, and two to occur tonight, First OF
these Is tho benefit OF Mr. William Crane. 1t Is
farowell benefit, aud claims tho utmost roepecs.
Iho.publio will crowd into Hootoy's this after
aoon and evening, and tako farewell glimpse
Of Mr.. Crane ns though tho lid Of bin coffin waro
TO DO screwed down upon lin, and shut this
clover comedian out forever from mortal gaze.
Tho ceremony. however, promises to bo Of tue
most milthful description, for tho pro-
mont aud everybody knowa how funny
1fr. Crane can DO. Tho matinee performance
consists Of "Blos for Blow with Mr. Crane as
Charley ssprngg+, followed by "Jnncs' Baby"
with ltr. Crano ns Jones. Tho evening bill will
contain "Don Quixute, Jr.." n recitation by
Miss Hawthorne OF ''Tho NRniac." "An Alarm
ing Sacrifice" and the musical buricBqno, ~ Air.
and Airs. reker Wl,ite."
Ibis evening Mr. Leon will also have bane-
fit at tito Grand Opera House, when 4 strongly
attractive programme will Lo giyen.
Wednesday night afr. Fitzpatrick. OF Hoolsy's,
will hayo complimentary benefit, waon sotno-
thing go I'd will 10 given, This. too. is q fare-
woll performance.
I'ylcKEn's THEATRE.
Lanrenc0 Barrett last evening appeared for
tLo ilrst time 10 tho prcgent engagement as Kim
Lear 10 q fn,r house. He played tic bame part
m tho Weat Side, md It was then noticed at
length a. Il tiuc performance. lie will repeat It
this cycping, playing This nfternool, "ILo Man
O. 4tiItip."
, 1875-04-03

Connolors Of tho Hospital for Women md
nn'uao" WI, oe hea as tne ho'r''al' corner Of
tAnl'f'a ahd AdAtna httoeth. at 2:5o H. Ineaiay
A mnes .n,eo!lng Ia to be lls,d this evening At
n,cmo'a TIal1 m c,rhorrp ,xcnun. Ia tnkc t,ro.
..ss,s. =" -, ~ 's"r s.'u ~
G,ianR fnIn@R' ~ ~ onloin tno lonn noafa o1 hot.'
HnaeaFo 1toua pa51n9 tito saofnoue Aplfopflh-
r,,o,, In l.. ,,.,- ,,.,.,. ,.,,. a..
W.. o., W.! w Union !,1oso ioAonks ~! tno
~ f,e,e's snnhene'nR ai9nuis. aia evmnetcs
nyeninca ar tooim1sa. ,,t,, ~. o"J . aau s ,Mvn"ss
tin,, ,nt Icy VIII 10 he1a a. tne f'ns eo'SteBa'
NoAA' enu4't''
Tho Committee on Invitation and Correspond
ccco Sodicra' amt Sailors Nonnon. will rneet at
a1",,ir. I'll, aec llo ~ ~ .,a H. e'Gsh s,n. .s
nv !. Fcr,,.s,a a9'l as'o"oancS u '' oo'"'alt-
W. - .ot"7''o"'
The philosophical Society will be lddrcsacd
tlla evening BY Elias Colbert tho distinguished
astronomer. Ills auEIuct IL, "Tho Weather, tito
Scionco by Which lta Changes Aro Predicted, and
How tho Reports Arc Alado A. Waallingtou.'
neot;pr ~ +,,o t,r,,cc ron,n,tt.,o an
polutel to rH.s frn.,s II hcfrar tfr cxnnnae. n
tho renntnm of lin ~ .sn1jicra n thn Snr.hwe.t
to 10 hoil in this ctr tin 13th tiav nf Nav uest
viii n,cct NJ tf'n ann;n,nr @ 1Jnr.n this ar","s
ouloci. '''o 0A'''' ''A'|" ''S''o A'' o''''''H "$