Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-16

AI|lrfnstly sroEsh~d asa lfuspn, with no guar
ami9 III eiiber extreme f0E any lenrfh oftinse, We
s<,6< rashfnrtcnians Eaelf with feryenf heat ere
4.&s @nd Gise next sllSser wish sereFe cold Now
sl,se sO1d Prob has departed This sub'unary
s6l1e. we know not uhat Nill happen, and
Gals mhen q new departure or rather approach
q 4 radicas change IN The weather Is predicted
Dr. fhmE strange preplsea of climatic changes
Terasr-do We have any inkIing Of that which
4 "a store fer ua. The government should try
e sseare sure prob. ia him In room of Genf
Nxne3. dare say II he we're to take the place
w1 monsd lark the deiightfml necesssity o. start
~ ent every day Rfih our umbrellas in our
hanlAz. which 4 now the case; fur look out for a
sloxerin dry weather, and look out for intense
heat iskoId weather, Is n0w The rule With scarce-
" - exception. could see IN my mind ) ere
he kxhupnJixht trembling through The rain yes
serdAg. Snch . rain ] thought Of Mrs. Can-
de wlfh her ever 20 Be remembered l0Quacious-
aees ssk Az sssl5ec1 of their borrowed umbrella
- 1NEsalig TadeH through the slippery streets
hla AID shattered -by he storm. I took .
Ssss Fnns pleasure in locking bEandIy happy
IS s0rn pedestrians struggled past me, look
ink kissaly ansazed af my cheerfulness in the
gf11z1 ling storm. ! thought Neptune had grown
un1AIx AmAitious and was endeaEOring 20 usurp
dosnsnfbn 81 land as well rs sea- We all know
ana 24mpashixe with Col Casey, our wei known
" AsN Rsoninn, on the loss Of hts con: from all
Cur 6tzsides, that dark destroyer, death, has tn
Ken pns " more, and we look with honest sor-
row 81 the cheerful, manly face that we will not
ever 80 aRnin. But while We lament the loss Of
nos who leave us suddenly, lei rs not forget
tho 10 surely and slowly kill themselves, for
flen ~ inast have nnutserable regret saw
- bits fhe.otber d4y. A man
sniezz5 szs - door, tall and fine looking He
talked with the editor awhile socially and bril-
lianfly, and then, would you believe Il, said he
had not where 20 lay his head, wished him 10
give him deIlar. This man, Il seems, Is a tai
enfed newspaper editor who, If he could be pre-
vailed upon 20 remain sober, would have no diff
feuliy in earning an ample livelihood. felt
degraded to think that any specimen of human
ity e.suld 50 lose his seif-respect, think we all
honor Mrs. Hayes for noble adherence 10 her prin-
eip'es on the subject oftemperance, for, semming
the tide Of custom must have cost her no little
effort. Many faces are back with US again, and
music and laughter rcs0und from the hitherto ST.
lent houses, and the weafher-beaien fronts natI-
rally seem to smile with the exuberance Of glee
which refuses to be confined within their walls
In our army circles, we mourn. here and there,
familiar faces, but change Is always new and
stranse and we spend our lives in trying 10 ac-
custom ourselves 10 change; especially in our po
iitical life Is il so, and now we cannot tell which
is thesafesi side for one day Carielder rejoices
and the next u HancoCker, 50 we hold our opin-
ion for the issue. Our new Post Master General
has arrived, and has been duly serenaded and
made to feel that il is good to be here.
Is. FREELAxD.