Saint Mary's beacon., 1892-07-21


tCouespondcnce sf<he Beacon.l
- we have 90 many mAeistrate trials In
our neighborhood. 1 think 4 wculd inter-
est some OF your readers = know how shey
are disposed Of sometimes In violations Of
the dredge law the cases ere generally ses-
tied fE $50 and eesfs; ~ fighting, t1.oo
and cosfs;;..for cunning On Sunday. t1.0o
and costa Now. with such hsaey iines.
yon would think We hsd quiet neighbor-
hood. Jet we have few zghis and other
violations q LAW. Nov. gentlemen, we
had case on Wednesday. the 6sh instant
l cannot understand. = do NOT know
much about law, and sm rather thick
headed, but the ease / chs is;-There i liv-
ing near me a gentlemAn who two wears
ago bought farm that was turned into the
commons. built fine hauea, and in sum-
meg has 9 number ofviaslor from the civ.
Some ten days before ~ fial one Of the
little boys got . gun in rplae way. a. bows
win do, for boys are never % happy a.
when they have gun. (Why: gentlemen,
when I was boy would almost give nv
head for q gun). Wen. Oils little boy got
the gun; he did not Shoot himself or anv
one else; don't know that be even shot q
bird, and he did not go outside Of the gen.
tleman's enclosure, bat just had little fun
firing the gun of. You know boys like 70
hear the report Of gun. Wen, the gen.
tleman who owned the place and the boys
father were both In Washington; colcred
gentleman living near, who may be very
good, did not like tho sabtr<;l broken and
swors out warrant before Justice ofthe
Peace. who we all know Is the best of men,
and don't suppose would fire q gun on
Sunday or take drink for anything, izsu-
ed q warrant TO constable, one Of our best
men, Of course, or he would not have been
appointed constable Now, gentlemen,
you would not think that these good men
would have taken that little boy, but they
did, and the boy, not having man to take
his part, lady had to go with him TO
store. You know what a country store
where whisky Is sold is like. Well, these
good men took this little boy and they did
not let him go until they got 81 90 fine and
costs $2.0o. / suppose the county gets
$1.0J and each of the officers 500 and the
good colored gentleman nothing, unless
they gave him the 500 fine to inform on
the boy. Now, 10 those who would like
to have my opinion, which is not worth
much. win say / think Il an outrage for
an officer TO arrest a boy and take him TO
public store. when he has only lady to
defend him, and impose a. much fine for
firing gun on Sunday as he does on a
man who takes four pound weight and
tries to knock another mans brains out.
That 10 what our good Justice has done.
Gentlemen, Just imagine your wife and
child sometime in Q strange place in the
same position. How would you like its
Are not such actions bad advertisement
for old st. Mary's, we who have always
boasted of our hospitality 70 strangers
The Justice, am told, excused himself by
saying he would make an example of the
boy. but he has plenty of opportunities
without taking boy and q lady who are
strangers for an example. Firing gun on
Sunday is no rare occurrence in this neigh
borhood, and there are plenty of other vi
olations Of Sunday law which they could
easily ascertain If they desired; and last
Winter these same officers could on nearly
any day, in this section, see dozen or
more men that they knew violating the
oyster Gull law. Why did they not make
an example of themf That would have
been doing their duty. But no. they pre-.
fer to take q little boy who had done no
one any harm, and stranger in q strange
land, and impose as much fine on him as
they would on q lot Of drunken men for
fighting and polluting the air with profan-
ity and obscenity. That is the justice we
get from this great and good man, who
viii not let little boy fire gun on Sun
day. BE forgets that he was once boy.
In Gods name. must the people of dear old
ST. Mary's put mp with such travesty Of
of fairness? Dear Editors, tell all the Int.
tie boys you see that If they come to this
neighborhood not to 60 cunning on Sun
day, for If they do they viii get into trou.
BILE. I love good little boys who do not
gun on Sunday and do not want them 10
get in trouble. GREGORY.