Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-04-19

d Those who have never INDUCED in
the pastime of keeping boarding house
have no idea Of what they have missed.
They have lived in vain
The mistress Of that important de-
partment has the sdvsntsge Of her less
favored sisters. Why there are plays
enacted Just for her amusemen. and she
hears dialogues in which the praises Of
her establishment are set forth in glow
ing and unmistakable language
II is soothing to hear her coffee char
acterized as dish water, her tea as slops
(elegant expression by The way) her
soup as-well--as . mixture Of pepper,
salt, carrots aud plenty Of water, into
which q sPeck Of meat has gotten by
mistake. sef H-
Quite pleasant to hear It remarked in
a stage whisper, take care, or the b1t-
ter ell IcaLk of; that beef spOrted IN
pasture lands "a anfedilRViaR days.
Then in a louder tone, "Did you see the
elegant fsh that was for sale tins morn
ing! aud those Strawberries were deli
ciOus looking. / would have told you,
Mrs. Wiffies, but ! could not find you"
49, Well, was quite young when my
dear departed left me all alone. and /
found no difficulty in counting the dol
lars and cents that fell to me. Ny
friends advised me to open private
boarding house.
Had / known what was in store for
me
We are told m ancient tables Of the
labors Of Hercules. the bed Of Procuss-
ties, the fate Of Tantalas, that Of SYST
phus, but ''tell il not in Gath and whisper
It not IN Askalon," the daily labOrs
Of boarding housekeeper cause those
oi Hercules 10 appear as naught and she
il ever on that mentioned bed-suIting
herself to THIS ones csprices, trying to
satisfy that ones whims. and ss her thirS-
ty nature approaches the well Of peace
Of mind, the sparkling waters rrcede,
and up the hill Of life she daily rolls the
stone Of unappreciated efforts.
One can never get used 10 such ex-
periences. never can, and ] shall al
ways despise q grumbler.
A boarding house appears especially
consecrsted tosuch. FaUlt-6ndingseems
to be chronic with some people. Give
them turkey. stuffed ham and pound
cake every day in the week and they
would have something to asy. i have
borne il for some time, but am afraid
I'll have to adopt another plan Of sup
port. Ny friends advise me 10 get mar
RED again. took their counsel once
and daily repent II, consequently ar:
doubtful as 20 the wisdom Of yielding 10
their advice . second time. FealIze
daily the imPossibility Of pleasing eve
rybody. li.o
Now there is Miss Grey, as nice and
modest little bird as you would wish
10 see, so kind, so generous, so obliging,
vet Miss Ellis thinks she is bold, unam-
liable. Then there is little Miss Nor
ton, limid a. a mouse, minds her own
business, Is as sweet as she can be.
even she does not escape. IL she hap
pens to be lively. CAV and chatty. she
Is considered fat. If at times she is .
little misanthropical, they say che must
have been treated very badly. Poor
little prosecuted being She was told
The other dsy "that certain parties put
their own construction on everything
she said and did," I was amused at
her reply. eyes, I beard they COM
mented on everything I said and did
that is why / act IS / do-that they
might have food for thought. Tell the
parties, whoever they may be, that ]
thank them sincerely for their kindly
Interest in my affairs and hope to make
them q more charitable return some oI
these days"
There - Miss Vaughan. as trim q
body and as perfect lady rs you could
find In Eve miles walk. and NJ meek ss
a. lamb, yet l heard MFs. DObbins say
one morning ct late breakfast, "Ah
this Is q deceitful world. They say
Miss Vaughan Is perfect tyrant 60 heT
pnpiIs--some Of them are afraid Of her
shadow % SIS
On our street Mrs. Todd lives. She
is NV dress-maker and as nice. mod
est little widow - you would wish 70
meet and as unobfrusive--in fact, too
shrinking-still Miss Perkins had the
face 70 say 10 me the other day, MRS.
WIalea, / am surprised At yon employ.
ing Mrs. Todd. | think she - Inclined
10 be FAST was 80 mad--you may
Be sure fhe accusation will not be made
again in my presence.