Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-22
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Messrs. Editors II noticed in your
issue of the 9th that my swelled- head
friend of Budd's Creek has again
buckled on his armor and declared war
in good earnest. He refuses to smoke
the pipe of peace, talks about a big
Manitoba chief as a substitute, talks
with more impudence than ever,
and blazes out his rifle blast in storm
Of battle and thunder of war. l see
plainly he has made up his mind not
to waste life in fond delusions. He
means war and intends to be a hero.
am compelled to rise like man and
defend myself, or tamely submit to
be trampled on. Live or die, sink
or swim. survive or perish, fight |
must. He tells me | have the roos-
ter gout and rheumatism, and | un-
derstand he is not willing that should
send him a flag of truce from Chapti-
co asking a suspension of hostilities
for 20 days. He does not respect a
flag OF truce according to regulations
Of war. You big coon, you still in
sist on caLIag me a Prince. We
have no titles such as prince, duke,
viscount, baron, etc. You are the
big knight of the Raven Black Plume.
l will inform you that / have exam
ined the British Heraldry from alpha
to omega. / have Blackburn 8 learned
work on British Heraldry from the
Norman Conquest down to the reign
of Edward the Confessor, when n
change took place in Heraldry. I
was unable to find any one by your
name mentioned in the work. It is
alphabetically arranged, and It's a fact
that no one of your name ever re-
ceived a coat of arms, so you see You
can never be Prince. That's sure.
succeeded in finding one of your
name in the reign of Queen Bess,
England's illegitimate Virgin Queen
who ran away from England and
and went to the Emerald Isle and
drowned himself in the Devils Punch
Bowl, a small deep lake in ireland,
the only place in Ireland where there
are any snakes and toads to be found
Old st. Patrick drove all the serpents.
out of Ireland, but could never drive
them out Of the Devils Punch Bowl
You say something about people dy-
ing to hear me lecture. Now. INV
friend, please keep away. III should
lecture, l would certainly warm the
wax IN your ears. You speak about
your visits to Calvert county. lam
inclined to think your visits were on
iy flying visits. You evidently did
not remain in old Calvert long enough
to get the big Calvert county polish on
you. In your last card you were very
rough and spoke harshly of me. Your
card In the BEACON shows that Won
did not stay long enough in Calvert.
Your impudence stands out in bold
relief. If you can't learn Cockburn
manners, for gracious sake, learn some
kind. Go to Gilbert Swamp and take
lessons. Cockburn did really send a
man to Calvert to learn good man
ners. Calvert was settled by chival-
ry from old England. Charles county
has more talent than any other conn
ty In the State. There is a consider
able mixture of Indian blood runninO
through the veins of the big families
OF Charles county. which accounts for
her superiority in talents and the
great oratorical powers of her gifted
sons. She can also boast of General
Smallwood, who broke the Kings
Guard at Cedar Point, the second |
time in history. There has been a
monument erected to the memory of
her brave son. The Black Prince is
the first mention& in the annals of
history as breaking the Kings Guard.
Charles county Is on the Pocahontas
order. There are crowds of big bugs