Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-01-31


some distance from wharves, experience
considerable difficulty in hauling. Roads
are 10 bad condition. and daily travel ng
upon them makes them wore. Pity, his
true, the poor showing just now oi our
roads wields an unfavorable influence
inducement-to men who seemingly man.
ifest desire To locate permanently amongst
"a. Men, mark the fact, who would be
valuable to any c"mmunity. Aye, men
of brains and capital, who 90 not despise
labor or the lsborer. We do not lay-p!sce
the defective apples at the bottom Of the
barrel No Blu; we ascend, 20 speak 81,
to the top of the spire, take long, steady
and patient view Of the surroundings and
report the truth let il bit ever 81 hard.
Merchants are doing satisfactory bust
ness. Cash &C. . D") Is written over
their doors. say, Boss, do you take eggs
for good? is question frequently asked
An affirmative answered. IS cents per
Dozen confirms the bargain and nO~ the
poor worked clerk, with pencil in hand is
take 3 cents worth nf tea. Stop-wait
minute. 6one dogiI! we'll. the old woman
raid that she wanted il mixed-'alf and 'ali
Jest pGs little of the black stuff in il,
aud let her squeal Now, we'll go 10 the
bar--and "ff gpes customer and clerk Say,
is you got any right good whiskey Tor 20
cents a pints Y es, slowly answers the
clerk Let me taste EN-. for, you fellows,
gone dog il. don't act on the square, for
bought pint during the cold snap about
two weeks ago, and If il didn't have ice IN
Il next mornin'. I'm the :acicN sport in ~.
InigG's deestrict How much is coming 10
me now? Clerk figures-snd rfter several
a.h-e m :, replies: / b re ecents Wei,
| give M i've cent segar, aud Wei call IL
| square GuOdb} e AMI THIS settles the bu,i-
ncss between customer ana cirrk-uuiIl
some one else brings dozen ur 5" If eggs,
| or few mink hid-s, and the scene i r..
| produced, and should II be W q IN Il Il,
| good LDId! deliver us-the clerk we mean
| l. il true that We live in an nge that We are
| cnmpelh q To Confess that we have lest tie
cspabi'ity of beiug urpri-el-astonishei?
Recently, while Mr. Jcaay Jones WIS
cutting into an uli log which hrs hecn
,ing Tor many Years IN the woods near
his house, bright silver pi' CO about the
size Of half collar. TELL To he ground.
On the diverse thea , side. Carulus III.
lei GrIIir, 1884, and on the reverse, HiSpan
Et Ind Rex VI. @ X + encircling
the Arms f Spin. The piece has II clear
ring and shows that alloy was sparingly
used when 1t was coined.
The Potomac IN tkes regular trips to our
wharves despite the fl qTtntly unfayorably
weather. 1t is rum"reG-w- trust that
there may he some f undsri"n a. the sane
that the Company cunicmpintes changing
the schedule-that is-iusiead of making
Miller's, Jones, Brome's and Bacon's
wharves at night. which Is very incon
venient Ia passengers and -hipp' r., the
boat viii bc timed 50 AS to make MiIleI's,
the first wharf coming from Baltimore al
or 3 "a. m. Do this, and boats not OF the
line, will fair badly SD far as getting patron
| age. We desire Ia say that The tfircrs of
tie Potomac, notwithstanding their irk
some duty, are accommodating To II fault.
! They are gentlemen-all
See that smoke over yonder-nOt far
away A house on fir,? Run! Psbaw!
Why, its Nr John Combs, a most excel
lent citizen, burning brush-getting his
tobacco led in shape, etc Th ats all.
/ What pleasing sight tn see numbers "s
children with books IN their hands going
Ia school. Working in fractions, sir, y
WAS the polite reply If d little boy To our
questi IN: How far have you advanced in
arithmet c? At our request he illustrated
"A proposition in This rule. Ii the terms OF
46 be multiplied by 2 they become II
and if divided by they become 2 3 The
value sir, is not altered, tnr ? 3. 4 and
3 IL are the same thing in value The ratio
between the numeratpTs and dcnumiuatnTs
remains unaltered. Multiplying or divid
ing both terms al fraction by the same
number does not alter lie value. See:
Good DAY, sir, for must be- in pla' e at iho
prtper time 81 my teacher vii desire e.
know the reason Why Noble by PcU
j At Peu, little bv little, no doubt is that boy s
& silent motto Loo,! the msjrstc Potomac
I in lis beginning is small steam See,
| There goes tin steamer ''Pr'omac' swiftly
stramiuI u the noble stream Sur little
friend i small A few year hence and,
well, ha NAV not rival Franklin "r Rl;t
house. but our word for it. barring urfa
! vnrahe circumstances re will make his
i mark. he an ornament to the community
in which he lives Do we n I err in at
iribu,irg TN much b. genius aud favorable
opportunities? Experience teaches US
that il leads youth Ia rely too nu h ON their
favorable opp ,rtunities, and the sequence
is that their mino lacks the mercy which
adverse circumstances gene;sl'y impsrt
We give the substance If Examiner
| Wingate's remarks la u months ago 'IuT
s'huols. sir, may not turn uu General
Gr,enes. but they Sili give L. the dear did
cauniy pI ,ciic Il men and useful women.
| Nv soul i. in t.e noble work Of education
and the Wheeis If my vehicle will never
bee me moss covered So long as hid the
position OF examiner. Replying 10 the
question which we asked hun, Do the
teachers generally teach their Iupiis tina;
youth j. the proper illnesses 'n--to cul.
liyate the benevolent and humane affec.
tons? He said that his intercourse with