Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-07-26

PEELED Hope IS w0ven in with our nature
Is primordial condiEion Of H. So We
hope that '.hange for the better nlsy be
realized in the not far distant future II ID
this hope that throws radiance rs,uad the
subject and rcconciles as 20 the present
state 0f afairs.
That thost who WELD the bovr in Tari
for the purpose Of obtaining money with
which to purchase the necessaries of life
should be reasonably remunenlted, no
person. we presume. possessed Of rational
mind viii advance contrary opiaion. Ii
deEolves upon the sterner sex, those who
enjoy the smusenents Of the ball room, to
square the account with musi:ians--to
place into the hat or other receptacle as il
Il passed around, dimes. quarters, etc.
True, the abehemists cif the middle ages
failed TO discover the gold-producing SOL
vent which would extract the precious
metaifrom the baser ones, even, we enter
tain no doubts, from brass buttons of the
U 5. type, there il no excuse for airy young
man 10 refuse to Contribute nickel OF two.
This is not plea de lima eaprina but ii il
one Of momentous interest TO The musician
whose possession Of worldly goods Is
limited. Are We not speaking the words
ofsoSerness and truth, frissds Jeanie, Fred,
ct ap II is not vain in as to say that We
have the gentleT sex ON our side In our
humble effort TO advance the claims, rose
colored, forsOoth, OF our friends Of the bow.
We know whereof we speak when we say
there is no greater woe than TO recall TO
memory days of plenty amidst poverty.
If mutability and variableness be the
distinguishing characteristics of the mind,
then We have asufficien: cause upon which
10 base our omission that the steamer Sue
makes bi-weeklY trips to Miller's wharf
The Md. and Va. Steamboat Company
have not commenced the erection of the
wEsrfat Mrs. Abell's place, formerly known
as Benyille's, and we have no conception
when they will commence it. AS we do
not wish TO involve our expressions within
the compass of uncertainty we shall forbear
further mention Of the matter until deyel-
opments insure us that the Company means
what it says.
While Mr. Geo. Edgar Smith, Of ST.
Mary's City section, was cultivaiing field
of tobacco 10Th instant, the teeth Of the
cultivator upturned a large clod Of dirt
under which was lying small silver case.
On opening is Mr.. S. found two thumb
lancets one Of which had partly siiccumbed
to the corroding tooth of time. The hand
les are tortoise shell and are in perfect
state of preservation. On the diverse side
of the case is inscribed ct t. FiIell, NJ.
d., to" and on the reverse side "H. A.
Ford, NJ D." The field is known as the
" Mustering Ground" and was used by men
of past generation to learn the art of
drilling and perhaps target shooting with
the flint and steel fire arms of their day. |
1t was also used as drilling ground by |
Federal officers during the days when the |
tramp of the warrior and the clangor of |
arms echoed on mountain tops and in |
valleys, and garments dyed in blood told of
the terrible strife existing between brothers |
Of the North and South.
Miss Lillian Beal, niece of our esteemed |
neighbor, Alexander Beal, Esqr, of ST. |
Neck, like Mary of old, has chosen |
the better part, and she now is experiencing |
The noyiciate life of Sister Of Charity. |
Two other young ladies of the district, Miss |
Sally Lusby and Miss Sally Ford, former
pupils of ours, precede her in the holy life. |
Il have over come the world" said the |
Savior himself 81 have triumphed by |
patience over hell; drank during life from
the torrent of pains and reproaches; there
fore my Father has exalted my name; he |
has made me sit on his right hand as a
But wish, also that those who |
shall overcome in my name sit with me on |
glory and happiness, enjoy, all my posses
sions, since it Is for them acquired them |
At the price OF my blood. o holy Father!
I commend to thee my elect; commend to
thee those afflicted souls, those suffering
those poor infirm who languish
upon earth and sow in tears; / commend |
them TO thee, o Fatherl Thou hast given |
them. to me, they are mine; / sacrificed
myself for them and will thai where am
they also may be with me. Let them ever |
be in me, incorporated to me, that thou
mayest treat them as myself; and as am |
in thee and make but one with thee. let |
them also be in US and make but one with
u.s." We will lore Thee, too, o our God.
Docs he not regard the voice of worm
like us? Yes, we will praise Thee from
The early dawn to the rising of the evening
star.
Heritage ard flowefs glitter in the early
morning with the dew drops Of Heaven,
and the cooling of the timorous dove as it
sits alone upon the topmost branch of
majestic oak or perhaps, upon the sapless
bough of LOFTY pine of the old time greets
US as we pen the closing words of our
locals, and, shsll we pen it with emphasisg
4 gentle shower has commenced TO fall-a
benefcent gift of the Most High towards
his sinful creatures.
AzzASA.