Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-10-04

Lspuniewn Locals.
| tEiosa ostx RssnElr Carrespondsa1l
Recent rains have bssra very Beneficial
70 tsrnips, potatoes, ani grass is looking
beautifully green
Every body praises she roads. hat Is, the
sections which have been worked by Su
pervsor Pembroke. No person with the
slightest grain Of intelligence can Cor q
moment seriously believe that the present
system Is nota good one. No doubt that
capable men have been appointed Super
yisors-meD who know their duty. and
have the courage 70 perform t.
Heavy crops Of corn are in store Cog
farmers Tobacco exceeds the m1st san.
guirle expectations OF those who planted
CROPS OF the "weed." Now, for fair prices,
and those who have beea litsle short
pecilniar;lY viii NEE; their liabilities and
have m easy mind. We advance this sup
position and We think II tenable.
Does the raisisg Of tomatoes sufficiently
renrinerase the raiser Of them TO ensure the
future cultivation Of the fruits Is the SUBJ
stance Of the question asked and given.
Well. judging from what we have been
told by those who have raised them this
season we should think ID does at &c per
ton Jas ID. Dunbar planted NOT quite an
acre and he has realized $40. Mr.. ID. fed
several hogs with them for weeks besides
using them for domestic purposes and Civ
ing frequent messes TO nelghbors. This IL
one instance, and one we presume is suf-
ficicnt.
+ Thanks that the bark of the jackal or the
howl OF the hyena is not heard hereaboui.
Stop moment. Don't b. too hasty. Lis
ten. Pshaw! why its the chorus Of voices
of what? Incessant and Simultaneous
barks of foxes chasing old and young hares
up Wales and Langley's lanes-ihafs all.
Say, John Gray, Dominick, Walter, Philip,
ct al why do YOU lie idle: Why do you not
toot up "Brindle," sol" "Grover," Cor
man" and the young dogs and go down to
the lower section of DOWNTOWN and assist
Notely. George Lewis Sidney and Blair 10
catch the "varmints." Presently, perhaps,
sooner. they'll be playing the mischief with
the old ladies' turkeys and geese. Do not
tarry. DO not mind the burning sunbeams,
Start &c, and may you have good luck.
The 'tongneing' Of the dogs will sound as
sweetly as they did when the Swallows
first greeted US in early May, and the flute
like notes of the oriole made us happy
causing our heart TO beat in unison with
the measured notes Of same.
The dust doesn't blow over everything
now. A few weeks ago IL reminded us of
the dust of Sahara as il blows over Italy,
and, whirled high into the air flies i'm
clouds over the Red Sea--a greeting from
Nubia TO Arabia.
Few fowers, and the humming bird.
which partly rivals in beauty the flowers
it sips. has taken its fight to the home of
possihoras % and bignonias which animate
the banks of limped streams far away.
"Pete" has climbed his last tree, scared
his last horse, and slapped the jaws of the
last darkie who attempted to be too famil-
lar. Yes, he took passage on the steamer
Sue few mornings ago, and now he's en-
joying city life. "Pete" came from the
region of the Amazon-He is one Of the
many species of monkeys inhablting the
Valley of the great river The animals of
st. Inigo's are not as numerous as those of
Amazonia, but we have a few that can
climb tree, grunt, bark, bleat and below.
Incredible, did you sayg Well, here's the
proof and it is not very romantic either:
The 'possum can climb, the pin. grunt, the
poodle, bark, the old sheep. bleat, and the
bull-well, he can make the welkin ring
with his peculiar voice. The comparative
paucity Of animal life here, should be
excused as we arc not enjoying ~ semi.
civilization.
"coLD COFFEE"
A colored man of ST. Inigo's section
bought horse from another colored man
some months ago, and now the horse has
gone the way of all flesh of the horse kind
the buzzards have had feast. Colored
man No. met colored man No. recently
and told him of his heavy loss, expecting
to receive gust Of sympathy. Well, he
didn't get much. for No. replied in low
cultural voice: Oats funny He never
did DAT when / had him.''
]. t. CAN'T, it is said, has the finest
tobacco in the district The average
height is s feet 2 inches, leaves feet 0
inches by foot II inches.
]. Frank Smith, Esqr, told us a few days
since that your Park Hall correspondent
was "little off," He, Mr.. S. did run an
anti German ticket at the late primary
Mr.. Smiths zeal and diligence has won the
appreciation of even his opponents. II
takes due amount of brain labor to run a
primary in Sc. lnigo's. /; is not an easy
baseball contest, per contra, 10 ego ahead"
and win" requires a strong will and
never firing energy.
DR.. Miles is successful with his patients,
some Of whom have been ill., He is typl-
cal doctor. Query Is not the true physi.
clan, as differentiated from the quack, a
man with an Unborn aptitude for that pro-
fession and no other? We never turned q
sOmersault, but we think we could do it
more easily than turn atune-we'll just say
good bye, eptember-welcome,O October
Exit chilis- The lily-wbite face will now
assume its former rosy-like hue. Thanks.
How cheap! Just think. readers of the
BEACON, that excellent sweet potatoes are
saIIinf, 81 I'll NJ ner hh1 down In q Ini.,nfs