Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-02-03
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liz sty e f0 begSHa letter ~ AH snk0lniasticei
as.en I'd fAe stals Or the westist etc. ara What
WI alternate saew, rsip, slsst fssszihg, tbaw-
ID sluyh e9d nd - bave rbafge and yaris.
v enodh v to- lie ibej most,iastidiqas our
s.oFdest iihabita6t' Can recolIect nothing Ike
It. Surely, we have plenty Just now andtb
spare. .'.--.-4-----.a's'i
But, bad Ms our surroundings are and have
been, 1t did not stop our friend Matthews. ofthe
Factory district from getting up a sensation
for the younger folks in the shape Of quiet
weddirg -us-his- .hvvss oninst' Monday evening
and--'th thereby hangs a tale"
II seems two widowers OF the Indian Bridge
xicinity. Msssrs- n and .T----boil- mostby siti-
gems, by the vay--have been for some time
dancing attendanc upon certain sprigbtly
aud yivacious widow Of the neighborhood, va
ried occasionally byen o,ainous shaking ofheads
and fists at each other across the swamp, but
being continually in each others way, and not
able to decide which was entitled 20 bear off the
prize, this same young widow bounced the
claims Of both and allied her fortunes, With her
hand and heart, 70 quite a worthy, sober and
industrious young man, and when latc the same
sFsFipg, these yeritable widowers put in an APP
pesrance TO learn what the matter could be, she
quietly presented her husband and coollJ asked
them, ''What they we're going TO do aboutiti"
Well, now, IL any one suPposcs that either Of
these gentlemen tainted then and there shot
himself or wept of and put an end to his disap-
pointment BY snspendiag from the beam Of some
harnSor other clubhouse, he is much mistaken
They did nothing, ofthe kind --rnoi biz oft .
Nor did they proPose 50 drown ahei r persons in
the mill-dam hard by, though they did think of
drowning their sorvowinihs llensicing bowl o.
our friend Herbext's, alllsle higternpq Howev-
sroaonea Of these did they attempts IS till,lIley
did not surrender uaeendi sionally s0ar,inde-
faIlgabIsWorshy, iba widower,T i NOT VI be en-
tireiy circumvented, held a couacilnf vat the
following evening" In the snpe'of regular old
fashioned 'shaks-dowa,A 10 which hisaacient
advr-ssry,s widowcr d v as we'll rs hisiaseiand
aaroasfab sstAgonistp Mr. sw4, &srsinvited.
After thS lssitaaiiuRi sws dihgasssa fasalI Us
sbeHtinvsg M. understanding waIa, svugth ar
Eitea ats The esluElsiao OF pelcslpassci akohpd,
Entd kll the parties pferrsied shook hands
across The biooiy ehAsnGf 9ti masi
Thessqsasns two widswers, ~elesrhqhavt
stree f6rnedAn alIianee8 offensive an'iideGssslse,
ahd are howaOf on me swss pAfH eaih IN quest
Of nsr adveu,aeess Ne tsmt suttsss may Al.
htead hthsm, but would ssAsea1hat, howeyei
wei copsrtAefships may WORK III bilies matters
Ia thAt 81 mairim6py the nsufer plsnfs 10 *,
~ aloBeu Therefiis plenty II material IN ID,
shape Of good, pretty, bixoun girls, aud itiaort
ieo, 10 act upon We Gad them mali condi
lions ofIlfe, of every age, size eud eol@, stop
pen, ron had Feariy dotted down ahe 7~fpaihinI
etler Letters, btA ne zoe didn't, anu they sal
. miss Il as good rs . mile rbut 20 return; Iher,
Il 90 going amiss Of them, aud from What ihi
haSsale eosTetpandent Knows of them, there 4
not one but will readily and Willingly enpsiai II
! psopessls, Of y mabimoniai nature. in facl
We have only one we'll anthenlisAipd inslanc
where a Iadg positively refused to marry, and
need hardly tell Won sLs Il not ~ dis inimedl
ale ueiahborlIooe, no, not Of this district, moi
Of this county or SAte--Rot even Of this naiior
or tongue; nor does sbe live 10 our day or gen
GRAFTON; nor was she u Ibis era or epoch. Lon,
before she tight Of oar present civilization, wal
back IN the dim masiy ages OF antiquity, In ,h'
curly aids Chrisft days, do we find her, aud wa
Il not that this fact Is fortified by age and EN-
bedded Ia Holy writ (see Ruth chap +, vers,
/ ~, II would even nj this late DAY, be yigor
ousIy, and Il might be successfully, disputed
Her name waA Naomi, End no aycrse his woulaf
ever been 90 her action 10 this matter, ti,at on,
has never been foGud willing 10 perpeinate bel
uiemefy by naming her offspring amer her Hel
discrimination IN lhis matter stands OH, soliiar,
and alone, 80 Isolated example upon The Scrul
! u Time which 70 the present has never been " 10
lingiy initiated. Bat II she WIS ayerse 10 re-
marrying TIM ron must know she was a widow }
stic finaiie all taa amends IN her power bs sue.
| ccsafnllyl intriguing 70 marry her Moabilisl
daughler-iu-law 70 her rich kinsmAn Bnaz 81
yoa sec The chances, my worthy fsicnis, o. fnd
ing one ~ her pes'aHar temperament ARE slim IN
dra T.. Why, blsss sou tllere are all Rrount
you girls Just As lovely and Just as pretty, and
! Who will make good wilkes, huusek keepers an,
-4-N eii-y cs-- mothers too. " you'lI only Civ
them chance, as did the dumsels that gieane,
vheAI aud barley In the valleys Of Moab in tn
days Of old,
We have sevtraicases Of Pneumonia in our Vi
cinitY Mrs o. w. Abell, an exemplary anS
modest lady, 10 very low At this writing as i
also the wife Of w.. r. Unkle, also hight,
esteemed aud worthy old lady. We trust lo
the sake Of ll,eir families, as well as the comnu
| nifty ~ which they hive been 10 long and favor
ably knoSn, shat they may be yet spared
| liills son o. Mr.. james w Thomas narrow
u escaped drowning on last Saturday. II seems he
! II company With his brothers and cousins, chill
| iteA Of Capt Geo Thomas, was amusing himsel
oh the lev IN the creek just below the hcuse, wher
he bfpke in and disappeared below the ice. His
! father. aud Nc. Henry Davis who were SOME dis
tance Oh, upon bearing tie cries for help has
tened 10 tile spot, and afief some diHirnlty res.
eed the little fellow in an almost liieless eondi.
ton, bur After the proper remedies ia such cases
were resorted TO- he finally rallied 70 the joy Of
his distressed parents, and We are happy 10 state
Our desrgvcdIy popular and worthy pastor,
Rev. Father Neale, gave mass ~ st, Nicholas
church on sunday last, aud Notwithstanding the
weather and bad roads tic number Of comma
nicaEls was quite large. rruly,
~ d an tsiattld- suf. at4s NpF