The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-20
Lisbon Miscellany.


after LIES ftful fever, rest
Since the Notifications in honor of the cleo
ton of Cleveland and Hendricks are over the
business interests of the country are looming
up and matters have settled down in their ae-
| customed channels. A look of quiet joy seems
resting on the majority of faces that we meet
in our intercourse with our fellow-men. We
have scarcely yet recovered from the effects
of our Notification. The year of Jubilee has
certainiy come; if not, it will dawn on the 4th
of March next As sit here to night in this,
''the dark December listing the wailing of
the wind through the pine trees around my
door, rejecting on the verdict of the people,
and musing on the new era dawning before
us, feel that the language to express my sem
timents is contained in the new word coined
by Henry Ward Beecher: "Bully-Hallelu-
jah!''
Everything is quiet in this town; the mcr-
chants have received their holiday supply OF
goods.
Geo. r. Leach has finished his new house,
which is an ornament to the village. He
moved into it few days ago.
VIM. Engle has sold his farm and moved to
this place, where he will again resume the
harness and saddlery business.
n. X. Henderson has built an addition to
his house and given the whole coat of paint
Mr.. Sanner purchased from Levi Webb two
years ago $50 acres of land-called his old
lields-with buildings, for So, 500 We are
credibly informed that he has just refused
$4,000 for his farm.
An effort is being made to organize lyce-
UNI here for the coming winter. 1t is also on
the tapis by the young men here to give lit
erary and dramatic entertainment in the Odd
Fellows Hall during the holidays.
December and May have mingled and united
at Glenelg in this county, the occasion being
the marriage of Francis NJ. Shipley, wild
over, to lady younger than his youngest
daughter. Though some distance away from
this place to his home, we intended leading
the boys-and we are boy still-to serenade
the happy(?) couple a la calathumpian. The
day of their arrival at home being rainy and
the night disagreeable and dark, we have
postponed it 'somewhatiy.
In looking over the old numbers of the AD-
vocATE we have reread much of your cores
pondence from various places. To your able
corps of contributors we send greeting, wish
ing them all a merry Christmas and many
happy returns of the day
As the wear draws to a close should we not
ponder on the past, and if we have any ILL.,
will toward any one eradicate it from our
breasts for the sake of Him who said, "Peace
on earth, good will to men?''
Sitting by my window few mornings ago,
gazing out upon the heavens, my attenIloh
was arrested by two clouds, whose dark surface
was tinged with the glorious morning sunlight,
making picture of sublime beauty. A por-
ton Of the upper cloud seemed resting so
composedly upon the lower that it appeared
like cruelty for the sumbeams to separate
them; but the sun continued peeriug into the
dark cloud before him until the darkness was
gone, and behold the bright sunlight ap-
peared in full gloryl As gazed l thought;
That dark cloud is the future and we are the
sunbeams making our way as fast as time will
allow into the mysteries of that unknow state,
now separating the mists, and then the shad-
ows resting upon us, and onward we go until
the darkness of the future is chased away in
the full light of eternity. As beautiful as the
dark cloud tinged with the sunbeam may our
lives be, if Faith, Hope and Love shall guide
our course. In conclusion, may the ADvo
CATE prosper and increase, and may its pro-
prietors reap the reward they merit; finally,
''late may they return to heaven.