Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-07-02
downtown Locals.

LoWantoWn Locals.
From our Regular Correspondence
Look see how carefully that bird a spar.
row-builds its nest in the mulberry tree
near the much travelled road which leads
TO Smiths Greek, and observe too, how in
geniously that gray looking spider weayes
its web TO the bough beneath We ask the
young readers of the BEACON are the bird
and the spider governed in their con-
structions by the observations they have
made on the labors of others? There goes
machine. What mechanism How
quickly and thoroughly wheat. oats, etc,
are threshed. The machine is the work of
man, and he constructs it by some known
rules Of art which are we'll understood.
Nest! Web! Machine! Wonderful con
structions, under the direction Of different
principles. What nice looking peaches
John s. Jarboe and Herbert Naylor, Fsqrs.
make cOnsignments of this fruit several
times a week to Baltimore per Steamers
Potomac and Sue. Potatoes, Ny What
large vines, and the yield is up to the
standard, that is, satisfactory 10 the planter
Ha! ha! Joseph Sniths are conspicuous
hereabout by their absence. Monogamy is
the rule-no exceptions. Mormon elders
are wise in not stopping here. Pass on,
we do not wish TO be RECALLED O. with your
perniciously immoral sentiments.
We notice that young clover is growing
ductiye CT much good to it, Roads in fair
ly good condition. An occasional bicycle
may be seen passing through our rapidly
improving village. The sand in many
places is little heavy, yet the rider OF this
vehicle doesn't complain. The Arrow
smith will commence making tri-weekly
trips to Miller's wharf 2sth instant. Sum-
mer boarders will soon commence to arrive,
principally from Washington. Exit June
with its grass what lately stood so green
and high. The It'll month is with us.
July, well, yes, before Julius Caesar re-
formed the confused and imperfect Calendar
this month was known by the name Of
Quintilis. We hear of the preparations be-
ing made to celebrate the 4th hereabouts
Death That we will at some particular
moment depart this life involves nothing
that is either contradictory or absurd
Our surroundings-see! There goes a
hearse. Yes. little son OF Mrs. Mamie
Smith, is dead. What consultations Ito usl
to entertain the opinions that the simplicity
Of the Souls nature ensures the perpetuJty
Of its< existence and stamps Immortality
upon its character. There was mass AZ St.
Michaers 2sth ultino. The good work Of
ministers is visible We are told that a
sinners repentiug here below is a matter
Of JOY and gladness to the angels.
The several steam saw and grist mills
are doing fairly good business The mill
at the Pine, owned by a. S. Benyille and
Company, is new enterpr. sc Of the Com
pany. That they will succeed we enter
tain no doubt. Messrs. Henry Abel, John
Gray Lilburn and - Merit, each are ex-
perienced in the business. Give good
meal, etc, gentlemen, and sour-faced pat
rons will not modest you with their pres
ence. We are told that artificial straw
berry leaves surround the coronet Of every
English duke. They were selected many
years ago as an appropriate decoration Of
the head gear of the highest order Of British
nobility. In our cornucopia (cornueopiae)
an ear of maize assumes a conspicuous
place; and what is more pleasing and APP
petizing to a laboring man than table
replete with the substancials of life inter
spersed, fOrsooth, with dishes of nicely
cooked corn dumpiings?