Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

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ucssEs. Editors :-~The III Nen suu8ay
School picnic near .aas Easnss. mhieh canse
or on JuI, III, = - saskess - usual
There was not qasas . lasnss er6sKd - hare
ssea, but those present. ed ii fully enjoy
themselves. TIE chiiassn 80 Qua in force
and were fully beas aA sing good
lime, ~hich ! 50 g. = - - did.
The eamp mesiA* coanasAeed On Friday.
The 4th instant. - continued one week
closing Friday, lbs1Ish. u was one of The
most sacressful dmps ever held hese-spiris-
ualiy, socially u financially. Over thirty
were converted. All seemel 10 enjoy them
selves aad all the uODey asked Cor vas OBJ
tained with bat little trouble.
The Temperatures cause received quite .
boom on Wednesday, the 9th. Miss Ada
MOshes, = youngsr, sister q Miss Minnie NO.
sA@s g - aaa hshss kuown 10 sAF
people. favored ~ with recitations, which
wese well received by the large audience pre-
seat. Nessrs. c. 8. Mpsher, Sec. Of The I'd.
Temperance Alliance, VIM. Daniels, Presi-
deaf Of same, and MT. Higgins, all of Bali.
more, delivered addresses. All did well and
portrayed the evils Of inlemperance In force
fal terms. Bot the speech Of the day was by
Mr: Daniels. He viesed the sul,jecs in all Of
lss bsaslnEs, I'D pictuRea glowisal y.tAe sauE
age incurred. socially, morally and financial
", by any community that permitted the sale
Of alcoholic drinks by law. The speech Was
naa onHw sy~~wA k,.wa nsx..~sswn nwn- -. f..
drcd pledged themselves to abstain from iu-
toxica,ing drinks a. q beverage God speed
them in their noble work Good order with
one exception prevailed during the camp, and
this exception was illustrative Of The evils Of
intemperance. The disturbance occurred ON
Wednesday, the 9th instant, in the afternoon.
1t was promptly checked and the offender Ia
ken before a Justice and disciplined by the
law.
Corn and tobacco crops are looking very
well, but we are sadly In need Of rain. The
seasOnable weather week before last gave them
a start, bat now Ii the importan; time with
as, and unless we have ruin soon our crops
viii be much shortened. Wheat crops have
yielded above the average. though some are
dissatisfied. The bcst yield in our immediate
neighborhOOd was Mr. VIM. Dixon's on the
Queentrce. From four bushels Of seed he OBJ
tanned 100 bushels. Not much from the seed,
You say. Perhaps not. But rs Mr. Dixon
seeded his wheat very thick, think the yield
per acre will compare favorable with any in
the county.
AS your laughing correspondent Observer
pulled through his laughter enough to criti-
else my short article in regard 10 the manage
ment ofthe republican party in this State, hope
be has sufficiently recovered to weigh calmly
what ] shall say in response. He states tina
fraud 10 one Of the principal planks Of the re.
publican party, hut doesn't tell where or how.
lie might with more prCpriety have said that
the democratic party had become in this State
a synonym for all that Is filthy and corrupt in
pOlitics-fOr proof refer him TO Gov Hamil-
ton and other members Of IL. His article Il
itself an exempli6calion Of TIE lengths demo-
c. ats will 20 TO- the straws they win sieze hold
Of and Of the lore, IL not the truth Of the
adage or old saw, that quoted. did not
utter itas truth in which believed or de-
Tended, lif he had not have laughed so inn
moderately he perhaps could have seen i'll,
but one which was in a great measure arceIp-
ted and acted upon. sought to warn replsl
licans against the wiles and money Of demo-
Gratis, who knowing that Col. Crane If nomi-
mated would be elected, would doubtless SEEK
to tamper with delegates and secure ihe nom
inatiOn ct some democrat whoa kelecaaon
woald be doubtful, or who could lie made q
plant tool in case Uf his election.
lie places great stress upon the seeming in
congruity OF my two assertions that COL Crane
is the only eligible republican in the dist let
for the judgeship, and that 81. Mary Is one
Of tie banner republican eOuntiesof The State,
both in bRains and maiOrites. lie lOrgcts
that the republican party rs an organization
IN 81. Mary Is young-not ovce IL years Of
age--conseqnenily mott Of our older lawyer
are yet welded 20 the fossil democracy. But
we have young ones Who are coming 10 the
front and taking their places. BcsiAes. OBJ
server must know that all the braias IN the
country are not centerrd in the legal Prufes-
sion, but that farmers, merchants and other
trades and professions generally cone in 70:
sheir share.
In my feeble efEurts for the republican cause,
] shall certainly Condemn those who so soon
rs their frllow citizens pla.e them in positions
OF prominence seek 20 run the party solely for
Their own benefit. repeat, that the repulDli-
cans Of st. Mary's should q me to the front
aud assert their rights and privileges, not as
Observer would have me say by Og9Soxisg 0Rly
that is too democratic-but by acting. ANY
suggestion "a the se.i-aPpointed bosses Of
either faction, offered as republicans for tie
Interests of the whole party, should be acted
upon, but any brought forward seifshly, only
10 give one faction some advantage over the
other, should I've promptly repudiated Let
us give our best energies TO the support Of the
Whnta md nOs IN Faxwx, -hr
unhcsi'aIngly wreck the party that thet may
swim. Let us not repeat the mistakes Of our
advcrsaries in our own CT unity, who by this
very course have helped so much toward tur
success. Occasional.