Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-05-20

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More rain-copious showers. They
are welcome. Natures display is won
derful. Fields are clothed in cheerful
green. Flowers greet the eye. Their
sweet odors are inhaled. Thanks soar
with hasfy wing 20 heaven. A beauti-
tiful rainbow. Tts iridesccnt rays arc
pleasing sight. Humble thoughts. The
infinitely just and merciful Gods cove
nant with Noah that He would NO more
bring deep waters upon the earth TO des-
troy IL.
What merry-making School is out.
See those little boys and girls how they
innocently amuse themselve. Gaiety
sparkles In their eyes and mirth plays
on their cheeks May the Author of life
shed His gracious bcnediction on the
morning of their lives.
knowledge, no, Educat.on-correct
education-consecrate its character in
"shrines,
such as the keen tooth Of time can never touch
Would that our words could burn, i. e.
could have force and energy.
Young men af the district, why are
you satisfied to grovel in comparative
ignorance Why are you so unmindful
of your duty to yourselves. Il it not
to be deplored that st. Inigos district is
without Society for the improvement
Of the intellectual faculties: Alas I
Ignoranss measurably supplants knowl-
edge. There is no equation between
the two, and in this age of cheap and
good literature there is no excuse for the
absence Of fairly good knowledge of
events ancient and modern. Arouse !
Do not be satisfied to live in the calcium
light of comparative ignorance. II you
should fail to become the blaze of admit
ration, you may become better qualified
to preserve the simplicity, etc, of your
natures. To the fore, young men Play
the wise ere it is too late
Farmers have troubles as well as 9TH
er folks. The cut worm is doing con-
siderable damage to corn. Potato bugs
are plentiful and they are voracious-
gluttOns all.
How time swiftly glids away What
changes are wrought ! A succession of
few years suffice to show that man
and his works are not firmly established.
Our village has undergone many changes
within few years. A number of indi-
viduals who figured upon the theatre of
the village of former days have passed
to the spirit world; and the village of
today-the modern Pine-proves that
Progress suffers no barrier to interpOse
itself in the way even, forsooth, in an
isolated section. New faces greet us,
new ideas are evolved, and new customs
and costumes keep abreast with the
amendments of the times.
Merchants apparently are doing fair
business. They take the tide at its food
and are, therefore, unlike those who,
failing to avail themselves of favorable
opportunities, wish for, desiderate, what
that have missed.
Poultry raisers, principally ladies, are
having fairly good luck. Turkeys and
chickens are mostly raised, the former
for market, the latter for the table.
Eggs are selling at minimum figures
2 cts. per dozen, and they go a-begging,
so to speak, at this. price.
The new or third party-The True
Republican Party as il is called-is mov-
ing its slow length along We note that
a number of colored voters are dissatis-
fed with several of the leaders of the
Old Republican Party The shaking.
cracking and rocking motion is ominous.
From present indications an upheaving
of discomfort will soon occur, which will
have paralyzing effect, that is, the
swaying backward and forward move
ment will eliminate in a terrible explo-
sion and land few of the great 81 Ans"
upon the shores of oblivion
There was Mass at st. Michaers 10th
Instant. Christianity is real and those
who embrace its holy teachings find
themselves Observation-Disclosures sus-
capabilities which affiliate them to all
its purity, &c.