Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-02

Our peer = u ahead Of others and
70 enjoy Il lves. determined. a. Va,
snnconced = the last issue Vi the Bra
COR 70 clop - Ckshivzl 3, a grand
Masquer.de = il the new Hall in
onr Town. snday evening last vas
The time - spen. and despite the
cloudy skies tose Who wished attend
ed and wsse sased. Il seems sha. all
things return afser cycle Of time. and
nov. after to years. the Masquerade
again makes - appearance. There is
something stsange and weird in this
grosesqne and mysterious appearance
OF those with uhom We havr been so in.
timately associafed-eyen : brother O.
sister may speak to Us With stranger
tongue. and voices which we 50 love &c
listen to may lose their sweetness be-
hind the domino. How little we know
each other, o. 10 il the "human face d..
vine" which makes US what weare. pre-
eminent among the creations Of the Al
mighty.
Apologize s1.soablins ouand your
readers wif ~ nusines. I 1ill pro-
coed to thay 6Dt <itaking of describing
the Masquerade Ball above alluded to,
Of course il 10 expected. and justly too,
that the young ladies should be spoken
Of in regard. not to their sweetness,
which is conceded, but TO the cbarac-
tiers assumed by them. We noticed sew
eral old. acquaintance. "Old Mother
Hubbard" was there (poor old LADY, by
the side of "Fortune Teller" having
her fortune told; "Lady Washington
graced the entertainment BY her pres
ence (cen.enniaD; there was Little
Bo PEEP" who had lest her sheep, bu,
5eiug unable TO find them was tripping
it with "Sir William Wallace" "Poca-
honts.s" had no Captain Smith TO save,
and Thought she would try her hand OH
one of the .''Drunkards;" "A Young
Lady Of the Period" strange TO say,
was led 10 the dance by "Old Black
Joe," Qrrepr-ssible contiic, settled at
iast); little Peasant Girl was prom
enauing with Cavalier" German
Peasant" was conversing with Hunts
man" a German possibly. probably the
Black Rlntsman; MRS. Pariirg:on" was
there, uuaccompanied, however, nv that
ruquisitive son of hers (won.ler II Ike's
dead); Aurora" was paired off with a
negro considerable constrast-"N Might
III Morning;;") an "Old Grandmoth.
er" was v-ry much pleased with Sail
orr" French Peasant" was attrnc,ed
hv major ANDRE" Red Rose"
seemed to be struck by the appearance
Of an old "Irishmsn" who hal Just ar
rived in Town looking for work on the
5. N. r. 1--WE wonder if they are 90
ing tn commence grading again. IF the
legislature will only give us another
Slt3, 300 We will have All T. r4ilroad-
in Snot's pocbet.) An "Ttalian Girl'
was trying to catch "B;g Cesiro." and
Mrs Stoves "Topsv" was dancing with
= Young Negro Danly" (all richt).-
There were many other ladies in domi.
nns. hut being unable to penetrate their
disguise. canno, tel their preferences
OF the male characters not si,oken Of
We noticed four "DruHkards;" thew
seemed to be on the same old drunk
We Thought these very good characters
and admirably acted. so well tina. a
thought flashed through orr mind that
possibly thew were making virtue of
necessity But they must stop now as
the carnival has ended.
Our honorable candidate for the Pres.
ident Of the United States q don't
mean Grant) was there. taking the
character of a Three Faced Man. -
We have heard Of \ man carving two
faces, but never before of one carving
three. II, however. NAV be necessary
FOR a President to have that number,
and possibly more. There were others
IN dominos.
At eleven O'Clock the dancers unmask.
II, and OF course many were surprised
aud possibly ashamed At what they had
s,id To some one, installing some on.
FOR some ons Untii late hour the
continued and pleasure held
SWAY All euiosed themselves and went
10 their homes pleased with the fun and
to remember for some time this lltti,.
episode in their life of PLEASURE.
The Soci-,y, under whose auspices
The Ball was gotten up, must feel un-
Ter great obi atoms To the ladies' who
Ok charge of the arrang' ments for tb.'