Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-10-21


in their usual meaning, that schools are
being we'll attended and pupils seeming
~ are learning in satisfactory manner.
The teachers of our schools possess sound
sense. Some one has uttered the words
of wisdom, employ fool for what you
please, except 70 teach children. Teach
ers are burning and shining lights-yes,
they are as lights placed on candlesticks
to shine to all in the house.
God bless the ministers of the gospel.
Their special attainment in divine know
ledge, their preeminent devotion to God
and their lives of exalted piety puts a
sinner like ourselves to open shame.
We have been informed-we do not
vouch for it--that several marriages will
be consummated in the near future. An
old married gentleman said in our hear
ing recently that the only bond that
unites and that makes the union an in
separable one is love, and not the mere
formal ceremony of espousal Young
men and young women should carry this
in their minds.
Some sickness prevails and Doctors
Miles and Tippett no doubt essay to per-
form their respective duty towards their
patients
What is the news is a question often
asked. Well, we do not hear much
about the railroad and the large deposits
of placer gold on the Klondike river in
Alaska, but this we do know that poll
ticians are active in St. Inigos Stop a
moment gentlemen. Let your language
be more mild, Fair play will not do
any set of candidates harm 1t is de-
cidedly wong to hold men as incorrig-
ible anomalies-''dragons, gorgons and
chimeras' outside of the pale of human
ity because they do not entertain the
same ideas, politically, &c, as you do
Hate, like charity, is very creGulous. We
have lived long enough to know that the
mind which dislikes, hopes all things and
believes all things against the indiyidu-
al Cor Individually it dislikcs. We are
sorry to have it to say that good polit-
ical Halter secs more devils than vast
hell can hold in his opponents. Fair
play, gentlemen.
The firing of guns indicates that sports
men are about. 1t would require many
octave pages of NJ. s. to tell the wrongs
done to the dear innocent birds by sports
men whose heads are shaped wrong alb
initio,
What beautiful nights The heavens
declare the glory Of God. Do not the
works of God teach religion to man ? If
our memory be normal Napoleon was
made to stop a moment to think Alright
as he viewed the beautiful heavens
over us He said to friend immediate
ly after one Of his surveys of the stars,
There must be a God, and the people
must have q religion
We notice that our near by ncighbOrs
Philip Trossback, Jos. Trossback s. G.
Goodrich, j. Frank Dunbar, Geo Roach,
Geo. Drury, Wallace and Frederick Dun
bar and John Combs, Esqrs., have sowed
considerable areas in wheat.
Sunday schools are weltattcndcd. We
give the result Of the teaching of these
schools in a small compass: Children
see the truth in the holy teaching and
fulfill their duty in Gods heavenly love
Mrs Lottie Dorman, nee Biscoe, after
spending some weeks with relatives and
friends returned to Baltimore per steam
or Potomac, recently.
The tell-tale call of the katydid con
tiuues to be heard and the chirp of the
cricket is grateful to Gears polite"
Mr. John b. Courtney continues to
supply his old customers with watermel-
ons at reasonable figures.
Mr. Willie Combs had a number Of his |
Xxx oysters stolen from his cove on
Smiths Creek a few nights ago. This
was not surprising to him but when he
found several 32 calibre pistol cartridges
conspicuously displayed in his boat, a
paroxysm of fear took possession of him
ana he firmly believes that the thieves
intend to shoot him should he essay to
defend his cove at night
Joe Cough, colored, worked 10 acres
of land in corn for Mr.. w. G. WEIGH on
the Ridge farm and realized 1913 barrels
of long and ~ ditto of short corn. Joe
is elated. In 1878 two barrels per acre
was the maximum raised on this land. |
Mr. WEIGH informs us that domestic fer |
tlizer has made his land rich and raised |
it up to its present productive condition.
Messrs John Gray Lilburn, A. s. Ben
Tille and Company, Henry Abel and
Charles Records are doing fairly good
business saving and grinding.
Miller's, Grasons' formerly Jones and |
Brome,s wharves are doing well-much
freight being shipped several times per
week therefrom. The officers Of the Pc
tomac and Sue are clever gentlemen
To know, to feel, and to choose, are
the most obviously distinguishable states
Of the soul. We take this occasion to
state knowingly that farmers of St.
Jerome's Neck have realized most excel
lent crops of corn, and Walter Raley,
Esqr realized 172 barrels of corn from
fifteen acres. This is phenomenal for
his section Mr. Raley uses bone meal
and if we mistake not other farmers Of
the district use similar fertilizer. To-
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