Saint Mary's beacon., 1878-01-25
r. [ConnUkicATED.r
LOCAL OPTION..b 80

. Mr., Dean BEAeoN s---f am, as,you
know, not,a troublesome correspondent.
bat your friead M os, the 4sha stshas
50 shocked me that. like the dowu-
trodden freg,f have TO exelsiBs,s''I
may be sport Tor you. but it is death %
me-" ,Whys my, friend, NJ tells us thst
five will but look arouRdin every COM
muniiy we. Will miss one or more per-
sons, who have crossed water and are
now on the ,olher'shore awaiting our ar
rival. i hope they win get tired IL they
areywaiting for me or any ofrny friends.
Butmyi He says that they are fight
ing over Turkey which was never
thought Of n months ago. Oh! how
strange that none sofus eyer heard aof
that until Nj tolgl.us. beul.a a 80 sfrs
~ Though last not Least friend M tells
us that hell isto be ebroken up (MithFow
up your 1bat) and that King Alcohol; il
20 be ,dethronedp and banished. bOh,
happy thoughtl why did you not let
us know that before Christmas, / would
have put more whiskey in my egg nogl
Friend Al goes on at some length; and
assures the people that the last obsta-
Gle 90 peFiect education will soon be
removed. I was, not aware that such
a removal was ak this time in coniem-
plation. m Bat to,the; sdbject. M opens
as battery, yes, ans 7en6lsding FIRE, on
wbiskey. and aHhthose swho selllit. Il
own. UP 10 the charge. for it is said that
the best honey Is often gathered from
poisoas kxs: and friend NJ may
- = aught kaosv, and
- fnent or ask was the
money - By the sale OF whiskey or
wooli If,I can by any honest pursuit
pay nv debts and secure q roof to shell
ter the heads of myewife and little chill
dren. think Iihase perfect right to
DO so. Bat hoysis il with M and many
Others who' have enough and 10 spare,
and fos' aught Il know. have an annuity
Of 'hundreds, to rest on.s wIf cur repre-
sentaIives- at Annapolis can say " hat
we shall not drink. they can with equal
right say swhat we shall drink. and APP
ply the same rule to eating. etc. No
such right Was eser delegated 10 them.
] much doubt il tits within the spiritof
the Constitution. If not, we are'abua
seFfsand slaves g xisya,i 81 Htas3
ssNearly lcrerr man who lives, is rich
in his own way 81 The Iox-hunter'issrich
with his fine horse and pack of hounds.
The chewer ahdsmnkerare rich asthey
sit in, the cornera and spit, spit and pufs.
puff. The miscf. is rich as he jingles
his coin or ruflles his greenbacks. e The
poor Iaboring man is rich as he returns
from the day'stoil If he can but buy a
drink 90 steady his carp-worn frame.
Generally men who croak in public
about tempefance o. local option have,
a. general rule, been the worst ene-
mics TO whiskeys They have destroyed
lots OF 1t, andnI greatly fear Mis- one OF
the above class. assA sAi iu' 1afM0Fo3
Is But hgreatly lear Mshas whiskey on
the brain, for ithas powerful specific
gravity, and may. have ran down in the
cranium whilst M was standing on hls
head. Don't let this shock you NJ as
there will7b no need of any surgical
operation u s. onlygin case ofspres-
sure on the brain that ansoperation is
necessary; which is.by no means likely
in youf case. But you know Doctors
will differ, and ifthey say operate, don't
object. lf when they cut through the
Uranium they strike whiskey, you are
all well, but IL they strike brain, further
consultation may be necessary, as nj
might get along as well without the
brain as withoutthe whiskey. IL would
be bad in either case TO leave larger
vacuum than the cranium has been used
: But NJ recommends dog law, and
says any sensi5le man would not object
10 paying 81 or % annually for good
dog. Supposing all men TO have as good
sense as hss they might not have as
much money, and how Them II is not
likely any poor man viii keep more
dogs than 6eahinks he needs, and the
poor have privaiions enough, and, Ia
my judgement. should be allowed their
dogs or whiskeY or bosh free Of exorbi-
fant taxation. .rs - q
- But how il the rich mans dog kills
the poor mans hog Why. Sod bless
him, and there the matter ends. In the
language Of Henry-''E know not what
course others may take, but as for me
give me liberty o. give me death.n SIS
,iass1 1asfl9 y. y.ssf3rs9 90ss OPTiOy.
4sP. s. ba There win Sc y meeting OF
the opponents 'of Local aOplioa fhIst
MaFyss county TO take place at Leon
aratown on Tuesday, 29ih inst. It's
desirable that there be As full and as
free expFession Of public opinion on the
o~rassor a< rs,seshle ~0p~rox