Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-22

nFsb nag ok cANli @AN E9us liberty,
but there i = cons sble number
Of Roundheads is nd in Saint
Mary's county. Al Arundel coun-
ty has the honor u sna tea over
board before It ~ ons in New
England. The Pee Stewart still
lives in History. 81 sxt shine that
engages my attentsiIs Badda Greek
blowing about ~ asnee ii Wash
ington. ! ns4S ed Is have =
Big influences . tils FIcs. / have
some warm friends in Washington
and am not ashamed ol having work
ed on the cars for . living. Honor
and shame from no condition rise
work we'll your part and there true
honor lies. Yen mount q high horse
and crow about your democratic pres
ildent to be elected in 1884. Don't
let your party fool you with the
jackson dodge any longer. The last
alleged democratic President was s.
j. Tilden, of New York. Some time
will elapse before we have another
one. You are behind the times
Ben Butler is in training for the next
PRESIDENTIAL race on the democratic
side. Should the General be elected.
you would have no difficulty in getting
a better place than position on the
street cars. The General would want
a smart fellow like you at the White
House to rub and clean his spoons.
ohoo, fly, don't bother me about nv
influence in Washington. The next
thing on the carpet is medicine. l
was surprised to find you turn Limbo
doctor. What a pity you did not
study medicine at an early dayP We
are told that Esculapius once appear
in the Tiber in the shape of an enor-
nous serpent.
l expect after death our modern Es-
culapius will appear in Budd's Greek
run in the shape of tadpOle. Ny
good friend, | call your especial at
tention to what you say about the
Cross RoadsdoWRin the Back Weeds Of
old st. Mary's county. Yes, am at
the Cross Roads teaching. do my
duty. | am preparing the colored
for a higher sphere of civili-
cation. AS a moralist, was always
to slavery and voted for
emancipation in my native county in
Oakv!lle district, where I lived du-
ring the war. After the war, was
penniless. All / ever had was pro-
Perty in man (colored people.) Ide-
clare before God and man that had
rather die in the Poor's House than
own the property l once owned. 1
stood under the Star Spangled Ban
ner during the Rebellion and was left
IN extreme indigence. / am proud
that when the bombshell bursted in
air and the rockets red glare lighted
up the sky, l was covered by the Stars
and Stripes. Say what you please,
sir. | am at the Cross Roads. lam a
gentleman, a patriot. as proud as Lu-
,ifer, not of my money, have none,
proud that live under the greatest,
Ireest government the world ever saw,
'he asylum of the poor and oppressed,
'he North Star of hope to the temp
sst-tOssed patriot from every tyrant
and. never pointed to tie Rebel
lag. l have no objection to your
pointing your finger at the sculptured
mage your great veteran chief, who
ost the hero in the Rebels name, and
stepped over PROSTATE loyalty to famel
am poor-not blessed with this
worlds goods. like my friend. He
has that almighty dollar that will
make an angel smile and make the
Prince of Darkness laugh. We are
old that he who hath not music in
us soul is fit only for spoils and STRAIT
gems. My friend knows no music
'ut the dollar clash. You talk about
'ig swapping turtles. We have a big |
urtle living in Battle Run Hole down
'haptico run. He never lets 90 when |
le bites. How about the big tree
rog up in Bethel forest7 His bite is |
'oisonous. Now ] will examine Won |
N physical geography. ! am rather |
Iull, not blessed with shining talents |
Ike my friend. ] am told he was al |
Vays considered very smart, bright |
ad. He learned his q. b. c.'s before |
'e was old enough to be sent to
ehOol. AT an unusual early age, he
Eas sent to an old field school, where /
Ie made rapid progress. He soon
lassed the camel in John Comley's
pelling book, could read the lesson
bout the bushy tail squirrel. could |
pell ABoMISATION aud got as far as
bort division in figures and almost
through Matawoman Swamp in qsoa-