Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-18

to Sovereign Goodness for alternat.
showers and bright rays. How Flora
dear goddess, displays her beauties, aye
MOWERS with pleasant odors charm ths
eye with their bright tints I'm man,
places See In tho early morning ths
pretty yellow Sewers, which reminds N
OF lion that took great deal Of care
about his personal appearances. How
sweeflY innocent IL looks as it peeps Out
from behind cluster of grass. A sulip
. not half so sweet looking to our eye
IL seems to say, o man, be innocent and
bear in mind that innocence Il born OF
virtue. IL Is is legitimate offspring.
Nothing bit the practice Of it can make
you happy
Little footprints are plainly visible.
Shall we follow themf No. Do they
not indicate the direction Of those who
made thems Look See there 20 1. q.
y, 4, al in . row making bee line for
.he edidce in which they are taught the
A. b. @. Of the language of common life,
which exhibits facts just rs they are,
with the BELIEF and relations which
they involve.
Are our senses treacherousl Do they
deceive usf We hear che familiar sound
OF saws, hatchets, hammers, DC, as the
practiced and amateur carpenters WELD
them. We are not exactly color blind.
l. g., see objects in one uniform, dingy
hue. Look Bushes, briars, etc, are
revealed and we see q large and sub
stantial barn being erected upon the site
by Mr.. Louis Courtney for Mr.. John
Combs, OF the Pine vicinity. We take a
look In another direction and we see
that the paint brush has been timely ap-
piled upon the roof of the large and
commodious store house of Mrs. A. 8.
Benville.
Say, sonny, what lave you for SAFE!
Crabs, sir, and they are daisies, almost
as large as labcrer's hand. Cheap for
cash Ii my motto, sir. Let me think
little. Yes, well you may have dozen
for 10 cents or the whole lot-22 dozen.
for % cents and well say nothing about
prospective competition. The crabs
were purchased and the rain-spattered
youth went his way rejoicing reaching
home perhaps, before the pale light
which comes from the crescent moon
shone upon him.
just as Aurora tinges the Eastern sky
with its golden hue. mocking- birds, bob
olinks, orioles and other songsters send
up their praises to heaven. Yes. they
attune their little Threats to their great
Creators praise. True, feeble man can
not exalt his name in seraphic strains,
but he can lisp His rapture.
See how the steamer Potomac makes
its way up the Chesapeake-"great
waters" Does not steam navigation
discipline the boat and diminish its
obedience to the winds and increase its
docility to man?
How pleasant are the gentle breezes.
They discharge their function by cooling
the atmosphere, as that of the cloud ring
is to temper the heat of the tropics, as
that Of the Gulf-stream is to mitigate the
GOODNESS of the pole.
Our old friend w. r.. Pembroke has
gone to Hayre de Grace. He viii be en-
ployed, as the season advances, in the
Matching Department of the U. 8. Fish
Commission, Of which his son-in-law
Mr.. Alexander Jones has charge.
The communication Of SCHOOL Girls
has been read with much interest, and
we trust that the intoxication of the
idea that excellent productions will find
the way to the waste basket will no
longer be INDUCED and that the readers
Of the BEACON may have the pleasure of
reading others from the same pen. The
maiden communication il not tinctured
with laisser-aller-no slavish following
Of the opinions Of others, etc.
Mr.. w. G. Welch realized recently
from the sale of several hogsheads of
tobacco $s, 90 and 80 per 100 pounds
Messrs. Chrispin & Dawkins were the
commission merchants who made the
sale.
Messrs. Frederick Norris, Arthur and
| Sammie Hammett take much interest in
the nocturnal sport Of shining the eyes
of amphibious four-footed reptiles, ia
miliarly known as frogs Their account
of sales show that from 90 to rs cents
are the maximum figures per dozen rea-
lized. Harry Deith, youth of 10 sum-
mers, and resident of Miller's wharf. il
coming dimes in the way of shipping
cells TO Baltimore.
Miss Mamie Combs, of Sc. Inigo's
Neck, has been spending several days
with her cousin, Miss Emma Wood, Of
Smiths Greek.
Misses Effie and Dora Wood are visit
ing relatives in Washington, D. c., and
Alexandria, Va.
Another pure spirit has Joined the &C.
lestial host. Edward Bowmon, young
est child of Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Powell,
died 18th, instant.
Mr.. Richard 8. Usiiton, of Baltimore,
! Il visiting Mr.. 8. L. Rawleigh. He 10
an expert baseball player, and says that
the game should be encouraged as it ex-
cites In players healthy spirit Of emu
lation. AzzAxA.