Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-09-20
downtown Locals.

power which causes the intellect 20 lay hold
on external objects is concealed too deep
for our limited researches-for our philo.
sophie rying. We take the pleasure
through this medium TO give to the readers
Of the BRAcos what we saw and heard al
the meeting Of the w. and b. Club, 18th
instant. The presiding officer of the Club
was the last member to make his appear.
ance. His arrival was greeted with man.
ifestations Of delight. Such handshaking!
Really so hattering was the recognition
that VIC concluded that he was entitled TO
the praise bestowed and that the admiration
was something more than emotional and
would not perish with the day which gave
it birth We learned ere we took our seat
"A back one--thaF no changes would be
made. At the tap of the bell the Secretary
called the roll and 10 our surprise the usual
thirteen (i3) were present After the min
utes of the previous meeting were read, the
President arose and in a clear, round voice
announced that Widower "Romeo" would
address the Club relative 10 the subject
selected to be remarked upon-"Are brutes
endowed with Resson:" 4 painful silence
reigned for a few moments, then stir.
How relieved we all felt The old widower
arose and in very dignitied manner said:
Mr.. President and fellow members of the
debated this afternoon will say by in
stinct understand that natural propensity
called into action, which inferior creatures
have, included within their natures, by
which they act in conformity to some inn
| polling cause. / ask, sir, is not instinct a
! species of intelligence quite different from
reason! Instinct, sir, consists mostly Of an
| intintive perception Uf facts. How differ
ent is the God given faculty of reason. Il
| is the power, sir, that leads man TO discover
truth by searching the Book of books, the
| production of heaven, aye, that truth which
awakens theconscience and saves the sonl.
Instinct; sir, acts under the dominion OF
impuisive causes. The ideas Of brutes are
simply perspective, whilst mans are both
perspective and reflective. / am told by
some persons that bTutes are Enthusiastically
guided by that beam of Deity, Reason
Now, Sir, if such be the case, symptoms of
moral nature should be discoverable in
them; for moral nature most assuredly is
inseparably connected with reason. An
elective power presupposes responsibility,
and deviation from rectitude, the same
being unrepented of, entails punishment.
Decide if you think proper to do so that
every animal from the unwieldly elephant
down to "the green myriads of the peopled
grass" is guided by reason and mans place
as lord of the brute" clearly implies not q
superiority and difference of rational power
but Of might. My opinion, untrammeled
by the opinions of others, is that reason in
cludes perception of Right and Wrong,
and as brutes have no such perception they
are not endowed with reason" The wild
owe:s remarks were listened to very atten-
lively and he resumed his seat amidst a
storm of applause. AS it was getting late,
we slipped through the door, which was
ajar, and repaired with quick steps TO our
humble home and just as we reached there
the sun was darling his farewell beams from
behind the trees and our pet hen-pullet-
May" had snugly seated herself by the
side of New Jersey chanticleer-a gift
from one of S. Jerome's Christian ladies.
The moon, the beautiful moon. There
she is, not very far away so astronomers
tell US, only two hundred and forty thous-
and miles from our sin-cursed world.
We have flowers yet. Sunfowers, mar
igolds, etc. See!
"On the hill the golden rod, and the aster
in the wood,
And the yellow sunflower by the brook"
beautiful, but not very aromatic.
Farmers are enjoying the fruition oftheir
hopes, for their fodder and tops are housed
or properly stacked. See what ears of corn
and what big pumpkins! What nice pies
and johnnie" cakes loom up before US.
Whew! how our mouth waters. The sight
takes up our heart with mighty feeling
and sweeps it right along TO the table laden
with the good things What delight. Alasl
what deceptory anticipations. A poor
creature eating pies and buttered cakes,
We comfort ourselves with the fact that
such delights are transient and maybe the
coil of the hidden serpent is in the dish
So there is 4 crumb of reIief-comfort-
even in the thought that such delights as
mentioned quickly pass away and that the
eating Of some may create an unpleasant
sensation at least
Politicians are at their wits end. Shall
it be Rogers and Wells or Coffin? There
is o96fn, perhaps, two to be occupied and
Salt River is navigable. Men who seem
TO rival Daniel in predictions are at a stand
still. The ball is moving but whittier
politicians cannot tell. Patience has its
perfect work. Well wait till the ball is
over, and then if our feelings are in har-
nlony with the result, why, we'll 'halleluiah,
a little-sing re Deum, and listen TO Pee
cari from the other side.
The not knowing what to do with ones
self certainly is an unpleasant feeling. We
yawn, shrug our shoulders, add a few
pages TO the "Reminiscences of an Exon.
iederate," and by an extraordinary exer-
else of the imagination make the angel of
Death to call forth the soul of Abel from
she ensanguined dust and behold the bright
celestial messenger as he clothes it with a
body ethereal and as luminous as the Sun
in his midday splendor Avaunt Ennui,
not 20, for We continue its prey and il sur
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