Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-09
tCOrrs pOnssncs Of the BsacOn.l


OF al The new experiences in The World, Just
imagine the delights o. being ensconced IN an
Editors dea--for Il Is from there salute YOU
To one long accustomed % the trade and versed
n All It's mysteries, my enthusiasm nliEht seem
Iukewarm; bat some day win give yOu chap
Ter from my experience IN The Awesouae sanct9m
sancioTum-
As from an eyrie, can look out AID view the
raging and clashing Of party strife ana personal
auimnsity aud fit were not 90 intensely real
could ferl amused ~ the strenuous and transpa-
rent efF5rts Of the partisans for their own oene-
ST. These are w0mans ideas you Know ana
"a the day Of wommn's rights has not come yet
An Obliged 10 stand TRANQUILITY aside and heAr
the lions roar. Hardly ever have such demon
STATIONS and eiectioneering gone on IS ~ pres
eat. We can Judge Of the state Of politics By
the political senGments Of the sEnall boys -taith-
fal Reproductions Of their iather's faith
1uvenatns querica Of his ggamdmother, tne
other day, which side she took, and when in
formed that she was sitting on the fence, ready
10 Jump either way, be was filed with scoru,
and said sarcasticaIly, s'0h, pshaw, I'd kurrah
for one OF the other hurrah for Hancock u
How like the masculine element, always ready
20 take IN some idea, right or wrong, and cling
% n forever Aforesaid small boys prepare
banners and painted lanterns, and when The
sound o. o band Il heard ioin the prOcession.-
Ons niuh1 Il a ssHurrnh for Garfield !" and the
next ssfsuFrah for Hancock 20 We follow the
parade 70 the stand, and mix with the motley
ihrong; q man with an empty bead Fisrs TO
speak. You can alnsoSt hear Is contents rattle,
and fancy you hear the bells Of . court fool,
ringing and jingling near you. he throws his
flaming balls ofrhet0rical eloqUence In rapid sue
ceosion; but you can catch and exami0e them
fearlessly, for with the seeming Of genuine hre
shells. they are Of but limsy texture, Clustering
with phosphoretic light, very pretty, but very
harmless. The dischargeceases. II has effected
nanght, but to batter down all respect for the
honorable gentleman, as he blandly seats HIM
SELF wipes his heated brow, and g1Ses with be-
nignani condensation upon the insect creation
before him.
We saunter away from the stand and walk
| the streets once more, greeting here sud there
familiar and long missed faces, for many are re-
| turning TO the city iured by these halcyon days
Ia dreamy foretaste Of early Fall.
A large number Of rs are still tempted TO lin
ger amid the delights afforded by such charm
| ing resorts as Leonardtown and kindred places.
Lately our genial and scientific Westinghouse
have been rushing to the American Scientific
Association in Boston, there 10 be lectured and
excursioned to their hearts content. They
come back TO their admiring and wondering
friends with ali the wisdom and unsearchability
| of Egyptian sphinxes written on their faces 50
/ we poor mortIls Of commOner clay look abstruse
and when any locality or event Is mentioned
can Immediately bring forward whole guide
book Of accurate information. By-the-by, our
Smithsonian archseologist, Prof. Charles Ran,
has by special request accepted the title OF Del
egate Of the Institution EIhnographique OF
France" This distraction was conferred in re-
coguition Of Prof. Rams eminent services TO eth
nograPhic science.
or course we Americans all feel glow when
| the hand is taken Of one Of our honOTed ones.
The season Is fast advancing, aud then will
have all the gossip Of the capital to write you.
BERTHA FREELAND.