Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-11-22
saint bIafg's Beacon.
ELL ARP on TgE Returns.


depressing scenes attending the re
ceipt OF the election returns in Geor-
pia town with some sage remarks az
TO the result
And tn. city OF Shushan was per
picked. In Adams TALL we sinned
all. Boast not myself Of tomorrow,
for thou knowsst not what day may
bring forth. All is vanity and vexA-
ton Of spirit. Today man puts forth
the tender leaves of hope, tomorrow
blossoms, and the third day come
frost-a killing frost. Is there 10
b .lm in Gilliad? / said in mine haste
all men Are liaIs. We hanged our
hsrps on the willows. How long, oh.
Catsline, wilt thou abuse our patience?
The combat thickensl On We brav,l
Re ist the devil and he will fee from
you. The wicked spreadeth himself
like green bay tree. Some rise by
sin and some by virtue fall. Aud lat
Of all came Satan.
"All these pointed remarks, and
more too, came to me from time to
time the other night as watched and
waited and eagerly listened to the
election bulletins as they came every
minute from the wires and were read
10 the crowd assembled in the ante
room of our depot. Everybody loves
TO hear good news, and it is still bet
ter when it comes along mixed up
with some doubt, but getting little
better and better all the tine, and
finally cap- the long delayed climax
with victory. Then comes the grand
hurrah, the wild glad shout Of tri-
umph, and everybody feels good and
loving, and ever and anon those who
are spiritually inclined uncork the
bottle OF their hilarity and embrace
one another in a delirious Joy.
"But there was none of that-none
Of that the other night. The news
was bad from the start and oscillated
pretty much that way all the long and
tedious night. Sometimes little
Cleveland squirt would cheer US up,
but there was more bad than good,
and our boys began to weaken about
eleven o'clock. Those who chewed
the weed chewed hard and fast and
those who smoked pulled the very
gizzard out Of their cigars and took
new courage in lighting fresh ones.
The whole business began in smoking
and seemed likely to end in smoke.
Bulletin 1877 was read, Returns from
3S4 districts outside of Kings and
Queens give Cleveland 81, 726, Harri-
con 1892 Our waggish fellow
citizen, Moses, exclaimed, Well, vot |
hav de king and de queen got to do
NIT all dis pisnes every time de
pulleteen come he say Something's
about de king and de queen. tot
dis uas a free republican democrat
government. A voice from tina Car
tersville furnace was lifted up with
hope and said, Just wait till you hear
from Oneida and Saratoga counties.
They will make Harrison sick, and he
jerked off his coat and hung,it high
on the wall. Another bulletin was
read that gave hope for Cleveland,
and Editor Christian showed me his
figures and said il was goikg along
about right. Then Editor Strickland
peeled his coat off and squared him
self and said, 'Gentlemen-my opin-
ion is that if Cleveland does not car
~ New York Harrison stands chance
70 run in-1 don't see any chance for
Fisk. just wait till you hear from
Oneida, said the furnace, and about
that time the bulletin came over the
wires, Oneida gives Harrison 1000
majority Willingham sat down hea-
Wy on box and squashed the lid and
grosned, All is lost save honor Car.
tain Murphy undertook TO tell a Joke
on Vandever and broke down in tears.
Jay Gould is monkeying with the
wi'cs, said Wllke. Boston gives ten
thousand majority for Cleveland, said /
the wires, and Jay Gould was forgiv-
en-. Father Graham sat in a corner
figuring all the time like a sphinx, /
tut making no sign. You will know .
by waiting, but if fgnres don't lie |
somebody is going to be hurt 4 tall. !
slender youth talked to himself and |
nervously fingered his cane and said, |
do hope that Harrison will be cleo
'.a, for it will bring millions Of mon !
~ down here to be invested, and we
al will get some Of it,
Juet then bulletin 1876 came, saw.
.rG the Herald comedies the State to
Harrison. Then came the funeral
mournful silence fills the smoky