Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14

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| On Thursday, December 1ash. 1sea.
General Genrge Washington--him who
retired from public life, without blein-
LIB upon bis character ~ = soldier. q
statesman, or . man--breashed his last
and lis precious immaterial part went
20 its reward. One-husdred years hare
elapsed. Then and now. Well, about
the time Of tie great mans death the
United States numbered ID round figures
100000. To-day seventeen times THE
numher will scarcely compass the popu-
lasion, not including the recently &C
qui-ed possessions In the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. Wonderful growth M.
merically and geographically viewed. II
should be wildly kept before the youth
of the present generation that In paying
homage to the patriotism. virtue and
genius OF the nGblesf soldier, the purest
statesman that freedom eyer knew Ii but
doing justice 10 his memory. Let oar
rulers frequently read his last address
legacy 70 the republic. Itcontains The
golden rule of governmental policy and
OF popular duty In all rsFablics for 81
time 20 come.
We notice that merchants are doing
much business. and they are naSt slow To-
acknowledge that Oystermea belp 10 In
crease their cash sales.
Say, Uncle Peter, are there many oy-
sters on Hare Bar, Ben D's Rock, and
In Chicken Cock Creek Well, sir, L am
not prepared TO give definite answer TO
your question as Iseldom head that way,
but. ahem, there's lots of them In other
places All that Il needed. sir, il energy.
Ahem, Shakespeare tells rs that there Is
. tide In the affairs Of men, which, taken
at the food. leads on 10 fortune True.
sir, the tide turns many times in the voy-
age on which all oystermen are bound,
and / for one keep il green in nv mind
tina; il "waits for no man, and conse-
quently | am always ready 10 seize
promptly the auspicious moment. and
Improve Ii BY my energy and persever-
ance. An revoirl
Oh, myi Well, another accident, we
suppose. What's the matserg Nothing
much. Sarah Jane ''scorched" her fing-
ers by placing them upon the stove pipe,
forgetting that, q diathermanous body
allows the heat to pass through it read
ily. Let this be lesson, child, and re-
member that obscure heat is that from
non-luminous source.
Merchants are filing up their stores
with Xmas goods, and we notice that
boys are accommodating pennies. nickels,
etc, with which TO purchase good things
by shipping mistlesoe to Baltimore.
Mr.. Stephen Goodrich and family will
soon move to their new home. Jarboes-
vile, having sold his farm near the Pine
to DIR. Lewis M. Tippett. Mr.. Goodrich
Is good citizen and we trust that he
will make many friends iz The section
In which he has elected to reside.
The entertainment which came OF at
st. Mary's City, 18th, instant. was sue
cess in every way. Many pretty ladies
were present and young men could be
counted by the scores.
Steamers Potcanac. Sue and Arrow
smith make the new wharf at Miller's.
It is much more convenient than the old
one. Messrs. T. L. West. Edmund Ham,
NETT and Captain John Davis, all of
Smiths Greek, were the workmen.
Mr. Irwin Jarboe, SON of Mr.. John 8.
Jarboe, postmaster. Ridge, has gone to|
Washington for treatment. He sustain
ed fracture of the cerebelIum sometime|
ago by being suddenly thrown out of al
wagon.
Mrs. Ollie Forrest is improving. She|
has been sick for months.
Our old friend Ex-Judge Stanislsusl
Clarke looks the picture of health. He
would make an "A1" magistrate.
AzzAEA.