Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-12-06
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downtown Locals.
From our Regular Correspondent.)
Well, yes, now we have It, Have what?
why, the idea that we, unlike Horace, do
not write with the intention OF making a
name. We navn't the brains, and If we
possessed them they are not cultivated.
Horace says in substance. My writings
will survive me. Non omais morjar-
Horace's anticipation OF Immortality. Our
race will soon be run Yes, whenever
cumbs TO the (grcat toothed) devouring
time-all will be over with him then. No,
we entertain better opinion of ourselves
than to indulge the opinion that our squibs
will live after u.s. We write to improve
oar mind-never too late to, well, we will
say, to improve. Read, write and write,
read. That's it, We think that the Eng
lish language is capable of being UNDER
stood-interpreted on fixed and definite
| principles, SO friend J. Forrest Freemen
may understand why we write. aye, simply
to improve our mind, being strongly i'm
pressed with the conviction that it is pro-
per to do so.
Bang! Whew! stop! well, what? Bang!
mercy! What does it mean? Did you kill
anything? Why, man, no, shot to scare
that thief-Captain Smith Only's cook
who stole $I07, while the Captain and his
crew were asleep on the "Wm. Austin"
Friday night last. Crish johnson. lad
eighteen years of age is wanted at Miller's
wharf charged with the above mentioned
deed. When last seen, he was skulking
behind trees in Sc. Jerome's Neck with a
Bull Dog pistol in his dexter handi
Warm weather prevails to dav. II
doesn't look much like the month of which
Capricorn, or the Goat, is the sign. True,
Nature has gone TO rest, and the trees are
I as it were in a state Of death-everything
/ is cherries and desolate around us-we
mean this, ii is so warm-unlike the weaih.
! er, etc, which generally accompanies De-
| cember. IL is now the season of snow, and
ice and bitter cold without? The lucious
strawberry. :he velvety plum. the bursting
CHEEKY. the downy peach. the purple pulpy
grape are no more. Sad, very sad
What general propositions should be
admitted to make the terms cduse and effect
/ intelligible? The roads are tolerably good.
| We have knowledge of this fact Cause
pleaseg Well, the County Commissioners
appointed man in the person of Robert
Pembroke as district supervisor. More.
They gave him shovels. hoes. etc. More.
aye, mo:icum of the uncrowned king,
money, sirs. money. Bobis q man of some
engineering skill-he knows how roads
should properly be worked-he went to
work, selected muscular employees. and put
them 10 work. made them do days work
everytime. This is the cause of good roads
in former bad places. Well, the effect.
See that buggy. how smoothly the wheels
revolvel How happy the occupants
Neither jar nor jolt Good! More.
No contradiction, true, and NJ cuss words.
What an effect, Say. give friend Bob a
few more dollars. and our word for IL
barring accidents. which may occur at any
time, and wheels will continue 70 turn a
smoothly as the wheels Of vehicles did AZ .
perio'i too early for the light OF history.
Hog killing is INDUCED just now, and
some very fine hogs have bsea dressed
for--the meat house. W.P. Powell, Esqr.