Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-01-14

slave to custom. the <8 effects OF
which are more than ear seen. It
is alike detrimental to dIn>stic hap
piness. paternal care. culkrs- and ad-
vancement among IFS devo@sp. There
is custom smong . gre pany peo-
rls to be iadifferent u = sdscation
of their ehiidra,. to Be i1ifersnt to
religious services Of al Ii dzand very
lax as to many little c;s.~lsiss which
swseten society as well a.privats life.
and at the came time elsste both in
a great degree.
Again, 1t Is fact ihal'a fswcoan-
ties in any State. mai . excep-
iisas, isfheis more liquor drank than
10 dear old st. Mary's. Tis may be
due to the fact that great many people
make their money BY working on and
about the ,rater courses, and natural.
ly drift into using liquors asa ward
off for cold and sickness mistake
too frequently made-or it msy be in
many instances an inheritance, or a
natural fondness for it. But be that
it is may, it does not in any c.se alter
the effect produced, nor is he long
train of social, moral and domestic
evils so common in all localities where
alcoholic liquors are used to excess in
the least degree palliated in any in
stance by any excuse Sor too free
indulgence of the same.
do not believe in local option, and
/ beliere less IN drunkenness, hut I do
beliere IN temperance. The letters that
compose the word Temperance are
nothing more than abstract characters
used to represent certain sounds Ct the
human voice, but in the word itself
there is a volume of meaning. 1t is
doubtless the Pandora Box in human
life, within the golden easements Of
which is locked that most beautiful
and most expressive word in the Eng
lish language-coNTENTMENT.
A gentleman of some years and ex-
perience, who has in time past been
addicted to drinking. but now does
not touch liquor Of any. sort,
and whose opinion on the subject
is good evidence, said to-day while
talking to his friends, HE believed
liquor was the greatest curse to st.
Mary's county that could bs thought
of. 1t kept many of her hard work
ing, industrious men poor, and was
making them poorer. 1t kept bread
from homes where he knew it was
needed. 1t kept many little children
almost nude, and exposed to the colds
and the hard knocks of level poverty,
who would have plenty and be happy
were temperance the household word" :"
Beyond the shadow of doubt that
man was hitting the nail on the head
pretty we'll, for much experience has
taught him what most men disdain-
that is wisdom in at least one sense.
If it were possible that the money
spent yearly by men in St. Mary's coun-
ty for liquors could be converted into
a school fund and be used in properly
training our youth, in the very near
future talented men would acknowl-
edge amongst the sons of st. Mary's
LEADERS in politics, chivalry and art.
This is a fine country, hospitable
country, come-day- go-day God-send-
Sunday country in the full sense Of
the word. There are more fddlers,
dancers and husky patters in this
county than any of similar area in the
South beyond question. There are
here in the neighborhood Of most ev-
cry store fddlers, husky pa.ters and
dancers that knock the clowns Of a
Haverly Minstrel troupe into greater
efforts, and night after night, at one
public place or another, they meet
and go through their 'fun" amidst q
crowd of spectators, sometimes boy
and all striking step. Could theil
inimitable actions be reproduced on .
STAGE, the amusement of most any au
dience would be beyond measure. Blu
in this hum-drum of f.'' and nserri
me7lt there is q sacrifice of morals tha
even the participants cannot afford h
make, and when once they are 50 edu
Gated and refined as to see how detri
mental to their public welfare and ad
vancement such things are, they il
turn will become citizens Of high re
pute, recognizing nothing as impossi
bic that may bs accomplished. and rs
cognizing in their children elements I
far greater accomplishments than the
had dreamed of. There seems to th
writer TO be no available reason wh
this county should not truly symbo
ize q Happy Land Of Canaan.
JONES Cry, Nh.