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

Correspondence Of the Beacon)
Messrs. Edisors On my way TO Leon
ardtcwn few days ago l was much pleased
10 see cur new supervisor, Mr.. Mills Heard,
making some much needed repairs on Han
over hill. This Is step in the right d.
rection, and I trust that the work will in
deed b. pushed forward as rapidly as pos
siblc, so that when winter comes we will
be enabled to visit your town occasionally
without having to borrow rails from Cur
neighbours fence to prise our conveyances
out of the mud. The part of the county In
which reside Is beautiful section. God
gave us everything good except roads. All
we ask ofthe Commissioners Is TO send US
. supervisor and few hands, and If we
don't make good roads-well, it will not
be our fault. We are progressive peo-
pie. and propose 10 push the work on as
long as the Commissioners will pay the
bills. If they refuse Us. we intend 10 ask
the Legislature TO grant US power to issue
a fee more bonds II IL true the taxpayers
may object, but let 'em kick, and get used
to it. What were they created for II not
to furnish money for the working man
Now, I am going to tell you secret,
Messrs. Editors, provided You will try to
keep It from spreading. Several Western
men have been looking around in this
neighborhood lately for q site to build
city. The plan IL TO build city on paper,
dividing and sub dividing lots in the usu-
al way. Then these gentlemen propose to
settle among us pro. tem., and at the proper
time run for the Legislature. The very
fact of their being non-taxpayers, and hay
ing but little interest in the people gener.
ally, will make it an easy matter for them
70 get all the legislation they need to build
the proposed city and furnish it with cleo
trio lights, etc. OF course they will have
TO issue bonds, but this they can easily do
by giving security on corner lots, and by
the time everything is under way General
Coxey will be out Of Jail, and as there is
little doubt CD that be will succeed in get
ting his national road bill passed, the next
move will be TO establish q boulevard from
the new city to Washington. Later on
our enterprising friends will again tackle
the Legislature and ask TO have the county
seat removed to the new city. They don't
intend, however, TO burn your Court
House as preliminary. That is fashion
they object to. There Ii nothing mean
about them They are perfectly willing
to leave IL to you a. q token TO remind
you of your former greatness They say
you can also keep the Jail, and when no,
occupied. you can use il as water tower
as they think It will answer the purpose
as well a. the one you propose 10 bSild.
A short time ago one of your town young
men paid our neighborhood visit on q
cycle. When / saw him he was peram.
bulating on down grade, and of courss
the wheel was gaining momentum every
moment. At the foot of the hill: one ofouI
young men was slowly meandering up.
ward. and seeing the wheel coming To-
ward him at such rapid rate, he con.
cluded II had gotten the better of the ride
and undertook to stop il by planting him.
self directly in the path. II il needless &c
say the wheel halted. but the cyclemar
did not seem inclined to tarry. He appear.
ed 10 have important business to attend e
on the other side Of the fence, and withou,
any apparent effort on his part, he go
there with kind of a-double. somersault
turn-me-over-again-if -you-can-sort-of-a
heap, and landed on his-well. never mind
how he landed 1t was done very grace
fully, however, and concluded he had
been practicing that feat for some time, and
that IL wis not the first time he had &C
complished il. As / passed heard oul
friend from the country, who was still
holding the wheel, and who seemed d
have somewhat recovered from his sur
prise, exclaim: "By Georgel bet yor
can't do that sgainfr A far.sway-sofs
and sad -could- Observation-Disclosures care
to-try kind.ofa- smile ficked over the Sc
rene continuance Of the bicycle man, and
that was all he said. PoroMAc.
Loealwiss and 0thsrw1se.