Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-16

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/, Babies, half dozen CIR nssre. The dear
innocents- Are they not keenly sensible
of everything that can give them pleasures
Rock the cradle. push the carriage, get q
move and keep 10 or they will know the
reason why.
Lovers. 0rsooih, are many. How affec-
tomato. What promises ara mutually ex-
changed bef,re the mysterious knot il tied.
United by the bonds Of Hymen and for a
brief time the sweet notes Of the nightin-
gale are not TO be compared with the null
tiplicity ef unsteady uttered pet names.
and tranquiliiy-yes, we wish II could be
Perpetuai-that peace and love woald take
up their abode in the cottages in which
dwell the newly married couples, and
flourish for ever and aye
Boarders-men, women and children
are coming TO our Summer resorts per
steamers, Sue. Arrowsmith and Potomac.
Their anusements are many. Every COM
fort is afforded them. Even their magma
lions may be indulged TO the utmost extent.
Distant orange groves. where play wanton
zephyrs. tanning with their ambrosial
wings the sweets around, may be imaged
in their minds, or they may have Nebuc-
hadnezzar's dream Of the great image"
with It's golden head, silver breast aud
arms. and iron legs and feet, pass in pam
orsmic view before them.
Garden spot why. readers of the BEA.
cor, If you want to be happy. visit Lowun-
town. Here. and here only your earthly
happiness viii be ccsapleta. Here from Sc.
Inigo's to Point Lookout, your dream Of
life msy be filed not alternately with Joy
and sorrow, no. but with the former. pure
as an angels smiles.
Rechabites are few aud this mention
brings TO our notice that there are three
classes of men in the district 1. Those
who follow the theory and practice of abb
stinence In the primitive age-men who,
for the sake of their neighbors, abstain
from an indulgence which TO them may
prove an occasion to sin. 2. Those who
know ~ how to pluck the rose without
feeling % the thorn O that is, those who
know Cd how TO take q glass of liquor and
imagines there are no dangers for them
no fear Of moving so close to the precipice
that they may fall, over the edge. 3. Those
who are "given to wine"-"men Of strength
to mingle strong drink" Men who plunge
deeper and deeper into intemperance, till
at last they become drunkards. Alasl poor.
creatures, they suffer the serpent TO encir-
Gle them and fix its sting. the poison of
which consummates its deadly work.
Eternal inselicity are theirs Their doom
Is sealed. They have made their eternal
home where hope never enters-in the dark
regions Of despair! A John Baptist Society
would, in all probability be productive of
some good 10 the last mentioned class; the
second having self.righteousness for their
basis, cannot endure the idea of friendly
warning. They travel from place to place
TO establish their-ignorance; and the for
mer knowing that they will be "beaten
with many stripes" should they indulge
publicly or "be'hind the door," for God is
ecery sshere, have no particular need for
such society.
Doctors have few patients, and their
patience Is one Of those truths which SD.
persedes the necessity of proof They use
their reason correctly, and calculate upon
the future, bearing in mind that watermelon
season is current, and thst ice cream in
dulged immediately will induce cramps,
etc. We vouch for this statement.
An AMPHrBroUs MoUsER KILLED.
A few mornings ago Mr. Ford Bean, of
st. Jerome's Neck killed an exceedingly
large green frog near the door of his corn
house, and in dressing it for breakfast he
found well developed mouse in Its stom.
ach. Mr.. b. lives near pond, favorite
habitat Of this species Of batrachians and il
is supposed that they frequent the granary
for the purpose of "mousing", and that the
one killed failed to return with its associa-
tes, greediness, perhaps, causing it to violate
the rules of good breeding, etc.
The citizens of the Neck, we are inform
ed, are prosperous and happy. The crops
there are tiptop and doctors are seldom
needed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Edgar Smith celebrat-
ed their Wooden Wedding Clss9 1894
Monday, 18th instant. 1t was happy &C.
casion to host and hostess, and those pres
ent were very pleasantly entertained.
Toasts and sentiments were INDUCED. Are
not such weddings" sort Of guide.posts
on the matrimonial: road 10 life, pointing
the way to happiness?
Miss Maggie Harvey, of Washington, d.
O., is visiting friends of the district.
The following ladies and gentlemen were
present at the party which came of recent
ly near the Confederate Cemetery: Misses
May Robson, Ida Shinn, Lula Smith,
Sadie Hayden, Dsisy Bohanan, Eugenia
Smith, Lila Gray, Maggie Smith, Alice
Smith and Mrs. J. Frank Smith. Messrs.
Ernest Bohanan, Clarence Townsend, Fred.
v. Dunbar, jeanne Jones. Wallace Dunbar,
w. G. Bayne. Notely Smith. G. L. Smith
and Charles Dunbar. versovienne and
Zulma L Orientale, Galop and Deux Temps.
Gavotte, and Minuet Quadrilles, etc, were
INDUCED until O late hour. The affair was
pleasant one. and il viii remain indelibly
| impressed in the minds of those presen: for
i An indefi mite time Nexts