Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-29

old Shanghai that grows - TIL noti1iea
them that the sun would soon sow Mother
earth with orient pearl. The music was
mp 20 the standard. and the fzid1cx received
handful Of pennies Cor BIS exe1fions 10
draw sweet notes out Of The much used.
badly cared for instrument. Merit
| VINO STOLE DEN Tunkxrszs
| This was u question ffeqrenfir beard M
ST. Inigo's last Saturday. 21th Instant.
John Abel. Esqr.. missed six IE1e turkeys
recently To speak candl1sr, this i an
unusual thing. i. E.. TO Iose-hsve stolen
50 many Of the valuable birds Il one time.
An old colored man was prcsenf 1t Birch's
store on Saturday and expressed himself
as follows: who stole de turkeys ann de
question il seems dat am enerossin' de
whole evenin's conversation. I'm not a
lone gallus" man-sure. All q talk dat l
hear will amount 10 about as much as a
seed tick bitin' my old mares tail or
butterfly ligntin. on tiger's back. Hare
NEEDN'T you? Say, Boss, can't You give
de ole man drink-T'm mighty dry
lie got his "jigger" Of pine top and-was
happy.
How the wind blows from he North.
westl Icer Indeed there was thick ice
yesterday morning, 25th. II was genuine
and beautifully clear. too.
Potatoes. p ,tatoes- and they are % cheap.
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Only 50cents per bushel for sweets and the
same, more or less, for Irish--sound. We
trust that some one, hereahaut .nnv haven't
a machine 20 turn tfem INTO slafsh. ouery
l. the sweet potatoe available for starch
makingg II is said that il contains too
much sugar
How sad! Yes. It's sad, indeed. What
scene-bare treesl and we are encircled
on every side by fallen leaves. We are
familiarized to such scenes, however, and
we ask, do they not occur yearly In sue.
cession-endless succession2 The mourn
iul picture requires no coloring from our
pen. Look! see that tomb. The leaves
81 i've Autumns have been waited over il
by the winds of heaven. What Is 1. sig.
nificant of, that is. what does IL teach a
sentieDt rational creature? Shall we pause
for reply? No! And here IL is-mark
well the words readers of the BEACON: 1t
teaches-shdH ace Iedrnl-that our breath is
corrupt, our days are few. and the grave is
ready for US. Do we not appear to our
selves, Majestic through in ruins?"
Thou chieftest goodl
Bestowed by Heaven, but seldom UNDER
stood"
Thanks. the health of the neighborhood
is tolerably good. We have doubts-we en-
tertain them-that good health Is not pro-
perly appreciated by some. We for bear
to judge. Matthew. Chap VIII.
Can the fig-tree. my brethren, bear olive
berries? either a vine figs? So can no
fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
This was the substance of Rev. FIR. Tynan's
sermon last Sunday. Eyes" said FIR. T.,
the tongue is deadly poison. Nothing
but the grace of God can tame 1t; nothing
else can govern it. Nothing but the love
OF Christ can give purity and sweetness to
our conversation. Some persons can never
let quarrel drop; they win nos forget
will have it over and over again. The
devil, our cruel foe, is always on the watch
to work upon our violent Saassions. Does
he not my brethren strive world
and the Church in q blazes 4 the evil
tongue. "The tongue setteth on fire the
curse of Nature, and il is set on fire of
nell" Beware Of tale bearers, whomso.
ever they may be-" My brethren, tale
bearers are plague of any community.
Root them out How2 Do not Issen to
them. Be as an iceberg to them Turn a
deaf ear TO them. Do this; whenever a
Observation-Disclosures comes TO you-re.
member that his Tor her) throat is an open
sepulchre; pray, inwordly for grace not to
heed what may be said, for the devil is
liar and he is the father of all liars, back.
biters, etc"
Education. Well, we'll say something
later on relative 20 it. We notice that Miss
Smith, teacher Of the Pine school has
number of pupils. Onward" should be
the motto of both teachers and pupils.
Caustic severity! Well, pray what do you
care what foolish people say about you and
YOUR mode Of teaching? Fools will talk
They are not discriminating and judicious,
to be sure. Onward Improve by books
improve by thinking-improve by con-
versation. Onward Yes, 81 will try"
Onward! Forward march, Now, our
word forit, you will accomplish something.
It's so.