Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-11-14
80. sns@e's Esemx.
From our Regular Gerrespendenf.l

from our Regular C5gTcspendenf
Report has IL that trio Of weddings
win take place in the near future. l. il
not true
It'll Hymen brought his Iove-delighted
hour,
There dwelt no joy In Eden's rosy bower -
The tournament which came of the
past week sor the benefit Of ST. Ignatius'
Church was tolerably successful In pecu.
mary point Of view. Chfvalry constitutes
one Of the most remarkable features in the
history Of European nations in the Middle
Ages II certainly produced wonderful
influence upon the manners Of the Young
men OF those chivalric times Its effects
may stiil be traced 70 the present time. and
In truth our young men are not far behind
the knights who, clad in steel, We'd with
one another to gain the esteem Of the fair
sex. The fitting at the tournament in
question was pronounced excellent by the
judges. The knights were handsome set
OF gentlemen, and We have the pleasure to
state that James Redman, knight Of 80 =,
crowned Miss Laura Clarke, Queen; Theo
burroughs, knight Of Bayview, crowned
Miss Josie Clarke, First Maid; Frank
Crane, knight Of Hope, crowned Miss Ma
ME Smith, Second Maid; Harry Raley,
knight Ct Windemar, crowned Miss Lessie
Langley, OF Baltimore, Third Maid. The
Queen and her Maids formed a quartet of
beauties.
Mr.. s. c. Goodrich, of the Pine, contem-
plates moving TO the Cruikshank farm al
an early day. and Mr.. ]. Frank Dunbar
will take charge Of Point No Poin, farm
ere the Xmas holidays are upon us-i G.,
Dec volente.
'The melancholy days are come, the sad
dest Of the year,
or wailing winds, and naked woods, and
meadows brown and sere."
The saxons were right a. calling Noyem-
ber-"wind month" Is not the weather
stormy and boisterous during said month";
Miss Laura Wood, who has been visit
ing her Uncle Captain g. G. Wood, North
cumberland county, Va, has returned home;
and Mrs. ]. @. A. Robson, of Baltimore, is
visiting friends hereabout
j. +. Freeman thinks Of opening branch
store at Yellow Bank, the current month
We suppose that the profit arising from the
sale of rye C0 is an essential auxiliary in
keeping the stores a-going. The colored
folks say they mus. have their drinks if
oysters are 'skase' and tatoes dear; ditto,
a number Of Caucasians.
Turnips a2e very fine this season, and
the yield meets the snticifations Of both
the producer and consumer.
Formerly. whenever oysiermen desired
TO purchase large and fast sailing boats they
would take a trip down the bay and pay
from $50 to 500. 1t is not so now, for
boats Of the most improved pattern can be
built near the Pine and for a less figure.
Drummers are plentiful and they are TAX
ing large orders, particularly for liquors.
Merchants are doing tolerably brisk
business. No accounts are kept, and the
money for small and large purchases is
paid en- Jloc
Nocturnal hunters report that marsupi
al animals are numerous.
Hon. J. @. A. Robson, Police Commits
sioner of Baltimore, who Is visiting friends
in Tick Neck, is enjoying himself hugely
shooting hares and larks. He witnessed
spirited fight between a cur and mink
recently and was much excited during the
combat.
The oyster supper which came off on 9th
instant for the benefit of the Methodist
Church was a success in every particular.
Many thanks are due Mrs. West, her daugh-
ter, Miss Hattie, Miss Fannie Price and
others. RALYAT.