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

changing leaves.
Well, we are glad 10 say, that is, tell
the plain and naked truth, without any
equiyocation, mental reservation, or Sc
cret evasion whatever, taking the words
IN their usual meaning, that schools are
being well attended and pupils seeming-
" are learning in satisfactory manner.
The teachers ofour schools possess sound
sense. Some one has uttered the words
Of wisdom, employ fool for what you
please, except TO teach children. Teach
ers are burning and shining lights-ycs,
they are as lights placed on candlesticks
10 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
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
uEites and that makes the union an in
separsble 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 n 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. Inigo's. Stop
moment, gentlemen. Let your language
be more mild, Fair play will not do
any set of candidates harm II is de-
cidedly w:olg to hold men as incorrig-
ible anomalies-''dragons, gorgons and
ehimeras" 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 creculous. We
have lived long enough to know that the
mind which dislikes, hopes all things and
believes all things against the individu-
al Tor Individually 1t dislikes. We are
sorry to have 1t to say that good polit-
ical hater "sees 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.
Wha' beautiful nights, The heavens
declare the glory of God. Do not the
works of God teach religion to man. II
our memory be normal Napoleon was
made to stop 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 God. and the people
must have religion"
We notice that our near by neighbors
Philip Trossback, Jos. Trossback, S. C.
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 we'll attended. We
give the result of the teaching of these
echOOle ;t an email on,,nos. Cksll.o,.
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
CIR Potomac, recently.
The tell-tale call of the katydid con-
tinues to be heard and the ehirp of the
cricket Is grateful to "ears 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 Greek few nights ago. This
was not surprising to him but when he
found several 30 calibre pistol cartridges
conspicuOusly displayed in his boat,
paroxysm of fear took possession of him
and he firmly believes that the thieves
intend to shoot him should he essay to
defend his cove at night.
Joe Cough, coiored. worked Is acres
of land in corn for Mr. W. C. welch on
the Ridge farm aud realized 1913 barrels
of long and 12 ditto of short corn. Joe
is elated. In 1873 two barrels per acre
was the maximum raised on this land.
Mr.. Welch informs us that domestic fer
tilizer has made his land rich and raised
IL up to its present productive condition.
Messrs. John Gray Lilburn, 4. s. Ben
yille 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 Po-
tomac and Sue are clever gentlemen.
To know, to feel, and to choose, are
the most obviously distinguishables 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,