Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-05-31

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(FTom our Regular Correspondent)
II ID not fiction, il is the simple truth that
since the recent rains cut worms have in
creased and many complaints ara heard
reaativo 70 che damage which IL being done
10 corn and tomatoes by them. Both sweet
and Irish potatoes are growing rapidly.
Bugs are nolesting the latter. and we note
that London Purple and Paris Green are
being used with success. Farmers and
truckers are patient and hope with them Is
not meaningless word. At this time II Is
the anticipation of some real future good
the sudden and permanent disappearance
Of the pests mentioned.
A new physician in the person of DR..
Charles L. Cecil has located near the Pine.
We trust that our trio of doctors-Miles.
Wayson and Cecil-may be az successful
in curing diseases as were Hippocrates,
Galen, and Sydenhaml
We are not in position just now to state
anything definitely In regard to the progress
Of the pupils, white and colored, of our
schools, suffice II that few scattering rays
Of light disseminate their lustre sufficiently
luminous to convince rs that teachers are
performing their duty fairly well.
Bangl There II goes again. Some person
has shot poor crow, or, perhaps MANNED
q useful turkey buxzard, Talsur Aura)
Wheat IL beautiful, and we entertain the
opinion that Spencer Murphy's wheat upon
an average cannot be excelled In the dis.
trict.
How pleasant tits to behold
Fields Of grain which hold
A promise Of food untold,
When the green shall turn TO gold
Under the Suns bright rays.
Politicians are quietly working, and their
words are Of sufficient subtilty and impor.
lance TO command the respect and in some
sense satisfysthe minds of their hearers.
We are Of the opinion that politicians do
much harm BY their unwise words. The
felicities Of friendship can never be enjoyed
where hatred holds dominion, because they
are extremes which can never meet Who
we ask, are more devoid Of q right fellow.
feeling than the ordinary politician OF the
timer They are restless creatures. Envy
seems to be their Polar Star, and teachers
Of the Moral Code tell rs from the Altar
and pulpit that il is almost the only vice
which Is practicable at all times, and in
every place.
The strawberry festival for the benefit OF
the Episcopal church at St Mary's CITY
was success in every particular; and those
who were present will remember the 23rd
instantf for an indefinite time Our thoughts
travel back across the space OF two hundred
C260 and sixty years. st. Mary's is, we
think, the most beautiful spot upon God.
green earth. In 1884 nothing but the wild
shouts Of untutored savages and the howis
Of wild beasts Of prey disturbed the stiffness
Of the same, Today IL Is vocal with the
voice and activity Of civilization. The
more we read and reflect the more we res.
pect the primary object of Calvert In coming
to the banks Of st. Mary's. Noble object
indeed. He desired an asylum for himself
and his followers where they could CON.
scientiously worship Him whom they loved
ANA though enthroned within the Shechinah
OF eternal glory. b still, In all the strength
u human sympathies, touched with the
feeling OF human infirmity. =" ~
!. Forrest Freeman. Esqr., is well and
says that he has an excellent show for /
good crop. Forrest IL good farmer.