Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-08
Correspondence Of the Beacon.)
AN IMAGINABLE PARADISE,
A Look Through St. Kary's County.

Ladies, Gentlemen and Frienfs Before
I even wet my pen in my ink will ask
TO excuse the printer for any mistake toI
myself as / only said il il look through
this county.
Hearing so many complaints of our OWL
citizens and others-every one Is telling
the faults Of this county-the most of them
are on the wrong side. The faults which
are told Of rs suits or helps this county a.
well as mustard plaster" to the late G.
Washington's Monument. or 10 give the
Chesapeake Bay two teaspoons full Of cas-.
tor oil twice day so that the oystermen
can catch more oysters than they can now.
am willing 10 admit that St. -Mary's
county has very little Of Theatres or Dane.
ing Academies, bnt still we cannot com.
plain Of our ST. Mary's zig" dancers and
~nppers" All the dances have heard OF
were danced pretty good. It makes me
mad TO hear how people talk about this
county 90 much. they actually cannot be
ashamed Of the following words:
Politicians, Sports, Horse Trading, Lar.
gers. Physieians, Merchants, Farmers, Capt.
talists, Crdnks, FSshermen, Oystermen, peo-
pie who are driving around and doing
nothing, and some I cannot mention the
first time. In other words, 1t Is a sweet
country, and it runs down on the Three
Notched Road.
PoLrTICIANs.-We certainly have few
Of them In the seasons, and shrewd ones,
too. Some of them drive two horses; some
drive one; some drive none; some even
walk, and the rest of them peddle pocket
bottles. am certainly NOT in politics.
Politics is just like prize fight-a big lot
talking, voting, "hollering" and dozen
good lies tells all of it. We will stop about
politics as we all have got enough ofthem.
SPoRTs.-Now the sport is coming
dressed very nice with white bosom look
ing like dude. Some Of you will ask how
can you become a sport in newspaper,
but You will admit that sports are general
ly the favorites Of the gentlemen's partner.
(This is another mistake from the printer J
HoRsE-TRADERs.-A very good job, in
deed. If you know the age of the horse, but
lost so much trading that am ashamed
to talk very much about them. may fol-
low it again.
LAwYERs-Iamc certainly afraid for them.
You can give me any real fact you want
10 and / will swear that you may ask o
good advocate what time in the day it is,
and ne will tell you $40 check would not
do; but ten dollars in paper or silver is Ia
ken, however.
PHYsIcIANs-We certainly have few
of them, and good ones, too. because ifthey
were not good the undertakes of this coun.
ty would be little more busy than they
are now. Everybody to his trade"
MERcHANTs.-We surely have plenty
ofthem. Everyone of them is growing big.
ger every day-not in size-but in books,
and statements are visiting them often. In
some respects st. Mary's county is equal
TO New York in competition. 1 hope the
business will be better for them soon.
FARMERs-A short talk about them.
They are the luckiest people on earth.
They are certain Of raising big crops or
mortgages, do not know which, and are
only paying 10 per cent OF II discount.
They raise good crops Of tobacco, and vet
have not enough to chew for themselves.
We will leave that as question.
LABoRRRs.-very good, think. The
most Of the laborers are glad to see clear
days. but our laborers like the rainy DAYS
the best.
CAPITALISTS, CRANKs AND COMPANY
l will have TO put them together. not be-
cause have no paper, but if we canno,
have the capitalists we do not want the
cranks, and money is very scarce.
FIsHERNRS.-Well, that is pretty wet
JOB. / like eat fish much better than 70
catch them; and the "drummers." which I
do not like, raise too much fuss over fish
for nothing.
OYsTERMAN.--It Is getting pretty close
to the bottom and you have plenty now,
90 we viii leave that for some other time.
II I have left anything out hope you win
excuse the printer. Something is Growing;
I think it Is hen. Good.by. My name
Is WATcHMAS.