Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-11
Our Election Returns.


San with its usual energy, and by a liberal
expenditure, sought to get ahead of its city
contemporaries and give our election returns
before any other paper could obtain them.
What was done to obtain this desired end
is thus explained:
M 7 O'Clock Tuesday night the $50 votes
of St Inigo's district was declared counted,
and in few minutes certified copy of
the returns were in the hands of TIE SIMS
representative. Jack Allston drove the
team which was to cover the first stage of
the journey to Great Mills, the distance
being thirteen miles, over the Three Notch
road Fifty minutes after starting Great
Mills was reached, and forty minutes delay
brought the returns from st. Georges Island
in the Potomac river, which, with Valley
Lee district, arrived in time to see Jack
Allston behind another Of his famous trot-
tiers bound for Leonardtown twelve miles
away. AT 900 o'clock he pulled up in
front Of Moore's Hotel to the utter surprise
of the large crowd gathered there, who did
not expect Tie Suns representative before
1890 o'clock, fact that found the double
team awaiting him still unhitched and the
driver snatching some needed rest The re-
turns from Leonardtown, Hillvile and
Milestown districts were received, and at
9:45 lively double team of young mares
from Farralls stable at La Plata was seam-
peling out Of the tossnona stretchof twenty
miles, which was to end at MechanicsFille.
Fording the waters ofSt Clement bay at the
hamlet of Head o the Bay, Chaptico was
reached in time to receive the returns and
depart at II o'clock. Mechanicsyille was
entered at 11:45 or two hours from Leon
ardtown. The Mechanicsyille returns,
which completed the batch for St Mury's,
being in the hands of the courier he board
ed Tie Suns special train on the Southern
Maryland Railroad, which left for Brandy
wine junction at I 30 in charge of Super
ntendent Ridgeway. The latter place was
reached at 1890 Il. M, Wednesday, when
the courier transferred to the second special
train of Tile Sun from the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad, then standing on the
Pope's Creek Division. To Marlboro the
train sped, and the st. Mary's returns were
on the wires at | o'clock, and in time to
appear in The SIM complete Wednesday
morning
1t does not appear that any other of the
Baltimore papers went to all the above
described troubles and expense, but one
g'hem received and published the returns
at the same time the SIM did. The Sun
man during the past week has revisited the
county seeking, presumably, to find out
how the rival paper got its returns.
Whether he can now shed any light on the
subject we know not.
The following is the way the Baltimore
H0rdd treats of our returns:
81 was picked out to work Southern
Maryland" said he. THAT is, hire horse
car, run down through st. Mery's, Charles
and Calvert counties, wade swamps, walk
over cornfelds, countrymen and pasture
fields, visit II polling places, get the result
and return to the city in time for the first
edition.
81 started out shortly after dinner (Which,
by the way, was at the expense ofthe Office
SO that could enjoy the drive before settling
down to real hard work. | took things
leisurely but did not larry by the waysidc.
The first little village | went through on
my way to the southern counties was about
five miles up the road. was quietly
smoking a cigarette, which held in one
hand, driving the nag with the other.
"IIalloo, duder shouted little country
niud-slinger.
al smiled. If there is anything a news
paper man likes it is to be called II dude
1t elevates him in his own estimation, for
dudes, as a general thing, are thought a
great deal more Of than men in our bust
ness
a kept steadily on, and soon was 100
miles outside the city. / was still smoking
the same cigarette when | reached the next
little town. You see, would let it go out
on the road and light up again in the vii
lagos, just to put on style.
standing in front Of a pretty cottage was
a very pretty young country girl, 50 |
stopped at the pump and asked her if her
dad was the judge in the First district Of
st. Mary's county. was getting along
nicely, a Ia book agent style, when her
father came out and wanted to know my
business.
"'You darned foolH You impertnent
dogr What do you mean?'
"Iie made several motions and jumped
aboard the coach and went along. Well, |
was not at all displeased; had something
to mediate upon It's not bad to be called
a fool and dog. All smart men are fools,
and the Loud knows a dog is one of the
most noble Of creatures, | think dog has
more sense than horse. But when com
pared him with the kind, gentle animal
was driving, ! almost changed my mind.
The car company stuck me just because |
knew nothing about horse / did not
know | was stuck until got half way 10
st. Mary's, and when | considered what a
darned hard time | would have getting
back and the ghostly possibility Of one Of
the fellows on the other papers getting
ahead OF me staring me in the face, | felt
weary, tired and forlorn.
at was my duty, however, TO keep man
fully on and went / had to stand lot
of guying. Nv horse had a spayin or some