Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22


LnoSAnp1aax, July =, 1855.
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cpluuans s. your tast t1ae. the s,eArser Arr8n-
smith car epnnts naaa. ~ ssEene. ekprge = ef-
falrss, Ksaee.l AZ car = .alS ~ EIsnra eeening
last IT, eeEA1son b<iuE hee kHial trip oTex her
rfur18 rosie EN- aEE mmHkxH. which shse wms -
nmgnfazfna bg fire. exearainm 80 pin6y P0Int
The b6z1 nza nomewhA9 Mle II put1inw II an
aRpEa7nx. bet not aazEcienfly % % pat those
eoaiespIafsnR the trip seEy seriously COS e hn-
NOR; ana Is she nesred IL wharf = hssrst ofen-
Iivenins Strains fnid has tie brAss b4sa part q
"a Che promise wan kept. Going ON hoard, We
apund gAAt &l6e crowd-Aloas three hnndred--
apparerfiy 80 dense from BE wharf, b. no means
diAlefambIF So whEn distxibuled oger tie eom-
naoliious steamer. and enlirxIf devoid of eny e.
eineat a. rpaFhnas hat might have been anii-
eipaled ls1nl ghe faEt fiaf % charge was made
Isrefiy non We steamed 81 g Tbs air az ssThe
aiFi ieA behind me. making EASILY the furn
hmi0w lie mhmEf which ahn Smn--eiRht Get short
eF-fnds Il laposzibls 20 DO, ana afaer : xery
pleasanl Fun o. an hour and a-halk rsached he
port 81 psomlss, where tie doors 81 he spaeions
dinine-soem uers thsown open, and IL alserna-
tion be<ween annelnR. beneA-ElFulling etc. ia
time sped aill the whistle reminded Is L vas
time 10 II homeward bonnd- And 70 we're
furnssS, sach with shat regret which y the alloy
Of Tire feia 81 ezrthy hewnilensenl; ard The pad-
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olufioa. bors us slowly teoar destination, where
ne arrived tlst as the Thompson was leaving
her moofings. AZ O'clock.
The mtafe esnnaoyod 20 she occasion waa ex-
relIemE amn III manrs which rendered the
eaIeiag msge :. Y eslcyabIs va. shs
with sort int ti0ue. throughout ihs Blglls.
The Arros e ins . boal a has ever
4ilen 70 car i6t NJ See In these waters. Her
model graceful and shapeiy, her appointments
ample and IN all respects hrsl-ciAss, heF speed
mueh greater than that ofany boat Of tbs CON-
peting lines, she oids falr, under the efficient
mauAgeshenf of PnrseF SlOEs, 70 bec0me dan
gcrpus Oval - compeiitof8 70 this oficerss hoe
pitaiity and courtesy the excnFsonists are great
j. indebted ior their thorough enjoyment o. the
affair; and Il Is 20 be regretted that Leonardtown
showed It's appreciation for his Efforts 90 poorly
BY iss very sparse participation.
The excursion gotten up By MessrB. Dyer and
Abel on the following Saturday 10 the same
place vas the next thing On the bills. Il was
much better patronixed, 50 far as Leonardtou-
ians are soonceFned, than the previous one, aud
had II not been for some drawbacks-and eraw-
backs that might, we think, have been avoided
LII would have been successful IN the highest
degree. The advertised hour Of leaving was
o'clock, sharp, and at that time goodly ihrong
Of the people from the eountFy around had con-
WEE|U4S0 mere DtIG4x 8WtEEnEHFtS ana ali. ana
were awaiting her. After three hours Of AK
ious watching, and after the boys who by-the-
way hare steamboat whistling down 10 . 6ne
point-had sent the expectant 10 the top Of The
Hill some dozens 81 times, the genuine ssto0t''
was heard, and the town was at the wharf in q
triee. What throng It was Every seat IN
the saloon and on the main decks taken and one
small detachment, more sentimental and mo ne
ligh-l0ving ihan Oh rest on top In charge OF the
hurricane deck After while snmerusfie who,
ensconced comfortably On the front deck, wasin-
nocently taking IN the rapture Of steamboafing,
and swelling with proud thoughts Of "a life on
the ocean wave" land who Of course halls from
afar of from Leonardtownl observed that
'''peared TO him like the darn wharf was going
ashore and we were off. No Currioman rs adj
vertised, however, and after getting out Of the
hay we headed for the point, where we arrived
ct half-past nine.
Daneing was a part Of the advertised pro-
gramme, but few out Of the perhaps Eve hundred
AZ the hotel that night were fortunate enough to
obtain dancing room In the. small parlor in
which about twenty-five could Grip comfort
ably. The dining-ro0m was not placed at our
disposal as heretofore. No matter, however
Give a crowd Of young folks like those who had
disembaFked from the Thompson, moonlight, love
and-well. never mind the howers-and they
will manage u somehow. And so they did, and
the night whiled away almost unconsciously
The Thompson soon after arriving had backed
Gus s0inndislanea from the wharf and lay at
Choir aIvnight, leaving the passengers at their
own resources, and preventing many who bad
anticipated taking state-rooms from so doing.
Well, in some respecss-many perhaps-ex-
eursien No. 2 was a failure. Il was certainly
disappointment not 70 have four o'clock. Curri-
oman and dancing rs advertised, but TO the wri-
ter II is guided leaf turned in the book Of his
past, and his memory cheFishes some minutes in
that July moonlight as highly as others likely 70
be there. So At least he thought, as returning.
be sat upon the deck as the stars paled and mat
ter-offaet day was ushered in, bordering on two
short hours q nameless Eair one had given him,
and signing how truly our
e Blessings brighten aS they take their flight"