Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-05

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aftenet : description Of the ineu
tioa exercises Of the New Hall - -
ardtoun on Thursday, the 2ot1 =
We would fnd pleasure in rep - r
did Ne noe hess misgivings 81 e
ity to do the subject the justics u -
serycs,-for at first We VIII say. IL
this affair was far beyond anytki
conducive to pleasure and enjpymeaf
ever occurring in our county. III
Hail Is an enterprise Of the ST. Iar !
Beading Room and Debating Hocie1
and was inaugdrated. vifhintWo 1Snmf
after the beginning Of Il Nov comp1os
ted, il il . monumsnt q ths eneexS
our people, and, No txusk Hafto =
err in oarmareh tepcoesesaL IN
from . tsapls devoted - ssrv1
the Almighty, - one desefed ~
dom. Justice and Truth, i O. r.
IN its outward appearance, ut
so intrinsically. These Tire so1
butes are the gems in the perfS
the God-head, and their cnlt.
mortals but brings us nearer g
probation Of tIsat tkihnfoc
We follow the same end, but 81 a. -;
paths. Apart from the improvement g
the village, consequent upon the chaAeed
exterior Of the building and other a.
ditions, this enterprise can be thought
of as one Of lasting benefit to our p3D-
pleas the temple Of knowledge in
which generations yet unborn" nay
worship the virtues and drink fromits
fountains the waters Of "Wisdom, 1as-
tice and Truth" And If this old Town
should ever grow into city, and wien
other temples of magnificent conception
and proportion have been reared to the
same purpose, then can those who have
a pride in antiquity point to the inciii-
emit effort of their forefathers in Tie
march ofintellect. Our patriotism NAV
make US excessive in our praises, ard
over-proud of this realization, but We
think that it is q just pride, and one
which should be INDUCED in by every
one in this county. This is not . SC
tional enterprise-nearly every part Of
our county is represented by member
ship in our Society, and, we think, that
every nan, having an appreciation Of
the ,enuobling virtues of Society and Of
material enterprise, should lend us bis
aid and carry our dream on. to its
perfect and ultimate completion. But,
Messrs. Editors, ] have digressed, i di.
gression it be, and will return to my
first thought description Of the In
auguration exercises of this same Hall
At o'clock on Thursday evening the
Hon. Judge r. Ford, the Orator selec-
ted for the occasion, was introduced to
the company by DR.. Charles Combs, the
President of the st. Mary's r. Z. and
Debating Society. It Is our regret thai
We are unable to give the Judges a6.
dress in full. We have called upon
him to know If his address had beer
writteAout before delivery, but, as ex.
pected we were informed that he had
not thought of it before he delivered it
No one but the Judge could do this
Anyhow, we will give the text and salient
points, and if we have misguided hin
he cannot blame %. OF course, We al
not propose to do him justice, but Maj
is his fault and not ours. Our rendi
ton Of his address is entirely from usm.
DRY, and it is not expected that We car
be as eloquent or as classical as himself
I The Judge commenced his address
by ssting, that he had not prepared
any speech, and did not wish the com.
pany to expect any prepared display
He had brought q little book with him
in which were contained the Idyls Of biz
great Poet, and from which he proposed
to take his text. His text would b tn
beautiful picture from Vivien, where
Merlin changed the Knight device upor
the shield, and in place Of armoria
bearing and azure, with the bird Of fame
soaring aloft, he painted the rustic pur.
suit of the garden, and inscribed tn,
motto. Better use than Fame" III,
said that this temple, erected by thu
energies of the members of the st. Ma
rvs r. r. and Debating Society, wa
not intended for fame, but that the car
dinal teachings and influences would b,
the dissemination of knowledge, Trutl
and Justice. He pointed with pride I,
it as an example Of the intelligence ant
progress of our people. After descant
ing upon the arcnitecturai beauties Q
tne oaiicing' the Judge stated tina. al
though In the 1ntnre the same would o
devoted to the Goddess Minerva, ina
Tor TINS EVENING he was authorized ..
devote it to the MUSES. Euterpe ani
Terpsichore, aud hoped that all assem-
bled would End pleasure in the dance
Inc Judges address was greeted Q.
applause, ana we suggest that IN com
phment 10 nimseu, ana as an apprecla
ton OF ms eloquent enort, that the q
Marys reading Room and Debating
Society inscribe over the arch OF tn
stage, IN letters which will endure. hi