Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-10-10

dead L mrst lightly ailude. "De
mortuis nil" would be better maxim
without 'nisl bonum" suffered when
Il human monster at the close OF long
criminal career-the curse of the
whole community where he lived, al
last he gifts into his grave, that mere
fact affords no good ground for pouring
! over his tomb a lavish libation of ly
ing adulation. OF the good christian
girl who short year since left her
earlier home for better abode, moth
ing but good can be said-NOught else
,cas erer said. A model daughter
sister, aunt, cousin, friend, beloved
tenderly by all who knew her, when
she passed into the Masters presence.
the instructive thought of every one.
by some not unexpressed was that
sentiment of the great philosophlc
poet-'The good die frst."
| have insensibIy fingered too long
ou some of the subordinate side figures
in this family picture. There is
another, very prominent, which claims
u longer notice tken my limits allow
Three years ago | was hidden to a
golden wedding winch by some mis-
chance, was not celebrated. 1t was to
have been at Oakley. \ half century
had passed since Sarah Ann Weems, u
blooming maiden born in Charles
county became Mrs. Hawkins. They
were welded at Port Tobacco by the
Rev. Lemuel Wilmer, her sire's sue
cessor in the rectorate Of Christ church.
Her great uncle, Mason Lock Weems,
was the religious guide, the cherished
personal friend and the biographer
of George Washington. | have not
seen the book since it charmed my
childhood. Mr.. Weems' mental calible
was less than John Marshall's. OF The
two, the meek clergyman, was the far
better 6iographer
Mysketch would be misproportioned
without spmething more concerning
the chief fame of the group, in the
central high backed armchair in the
ancient parlor
Mr.. Hawkins physique sremarka"le
" hen first saw him seven Years ago,
his appearance was very striking. SO
far past his meridian, his physical and
mental fac 4lties showed no symptom
OF even incipient decay. He had b en-
u marvel of strength AMI ability. The
septenary years snperadd-d, have not
proportlonaiiy impaired his powers.
On the croquet ground ne gives his
orieinal na,nrsf fstrength is yet = abateJ
The surpissaacuracyo Of hls long shot.
-. -. ..<,,e ! h:s ey2 yIe
med. TE sometimes his antagonist.
Rather oftener than half our daily
contests end IN my defeat.
The younger llenry's fame as Il
base bali player would not be SO loull,
sounded II some magician sho sud-
denly metamorphose his aged sire into
the youth OF sixty years ago. If the
lille principle be so strong IN this year
ot our Lord 1884, why may it not hold
out until thr year 1900. Twin broth.
er OF the l9th Century, 1t may be his
to say TO IT, rs according to the poet
81 PoN'i, -ic last uiaI SIait SAY "
the sun, We are twins in DEATH
In the classic eras Of Greece and
Rome, dies natales" were made much
Of 1t by all classes Of people. 1t is u
good custom that should be cherished
In christian land the grounds of this
sentiment are more solid than in the
times or the regions Of P4gan darkness
If the bible be, as some wise men vet
believe, revelation from God-its
grand Incompatible characteristic con-
slsts in the fact that it points out the
postal gate aud ilumines the road that
leads to life eternal. We read N that
book of "house not made with hands,
eternal in the Heavens. To secure
mansion in that glorious home, is
the highest, the only rational ambition.
The ag,d d lsubjec; of this sketch is a
christian. His is what Sir Humphrey
Davy pronounced, the bestof all lsublu-
narypossessions, firm nnfaltering faith
The flame of his ambition to attain
that blessed home on high burns in
his bosom stronger ever as he nears
the hour of bidding adieu to earth.
He hopes to meet in that eternal hap,
py home all whom he loved and all by
whom he was beloved. He b"gs not to
disappoint his hopes. Let no one
fail to keep the rendesvouz.
W III. III.