Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-10-12


as the Orientais--who have spiritualized
IL into an angel--or not, the decree of
Heaven has gone forth that all men
must die. Recently, the estimable wife
OF Mr. James l.. Biscoe, whose maiden
name was Mary Loker, passed from time
into eternity. Il Is consoling thought
that the immaterial part Of man il
simple and indivisible in its nature, and
therefore 1t Is placed beyond the reach
of privation, and the influence OF every
thing that has nothing more than neg
alive existence. Mrs. Biscoe was q
Christian and no doubt she has gone to
the place OF rest-where the inhabitant
shall not say, II am sick" The Tree of
Life Is there: its leaves are healing; its
fruits are delicious and abundant.
Farmers are ploughing their corn land
preparatory for sowing wheat. They
are proyerbiai for their untirine efforts.
Nillers are active and the steam of
their high pressure engines daily escapes
to the open air.
TIE road near Scotland postofIice Is
being repaired. Columbus Smith is do
ing the work aad although we have not
passed that way we are sure the work is
well done.
"Hal hal Boss" said colored man
to rs few days ago, II know the way
you smile that you think my new horse
was bought with campaign money, bnt,
sir, politicians money may canker be-
fore i would sell my vote and vote
against Mr.. Ben Camalier. We aoIored
folks away down in downtown want
him for our next States Attorney and
we are going to try mighty hard to elect
him, provided he remains candidate"
There are some men who reminds us of
Fabricius of old. Poverty with an
honest name Is more to be desired than
wealth" by them.
We believe that the appetites of our
acquaintances are normal. They do not
have to drown fowls in wine to make
them more luscious-appetizing. Pigs
are killed In the natural way and are not
favored with asafetida and stuffed with
smaller animals.
Some changes will soon be made ID. V.
Mr.. 'StoneY' Biscoe contemplates NOV
ing to the Maddox Farm on the bay at
en- early day, and Mr.. Daniel Hammett,
an ex-Reb, has rented the farm of Mr..
Aleck Langley and he will move there
just as soon as he gets possession, i. e.,
as soon as the present tenant vacates the
premises.
Mr.. w. G. Welch who has been quite
sick for months is, we are pleased to re-
port, convalescent. Mr.. w. is a good
citizen and an "A1" farmer.
Admiral Dewey has had his day at the
Capitol of the Nation and an eve witness
informs US that Admiral Schley, the he
70 of Santiago. was chee:ed almost as
enthusiastically as the hero of Manila
Bay. When Nelson destroyed the Span
ish and French fleets off Cape Trafalgar
he simply did his duty, and Dewey may
voice the dying words (Novissima verbal
of the hero of Trafalgar and say, "Thank
God, / have done my duty"
Thanks, pure air and sunshine are en-
joyed by the citizens of 81. Inigo's, and
SO far as We know they cherish and
maintain an even. cheerful, and hopeful
spirit.
An abundance of rain, and the recent
storm was not accompanied by lightning
and thunder. The wind blew principal
ly from the North East. No damage was
done that we are aware of. Two color
ed boys, Bennett and Morgan, a1ed re-
spectively IA and 16 were drowned in
the upper part of Smiths Greek during
the storm. Their boat capsized.
There was a considerable turn out of
pretty girls and healthy looking young
men t'other day to listen to the address
delivered by Cupid. His subject was
THE True Course" and so FAR as we
have been informed the lecture was re-
plete with wholesome advice. In the
course of his lecture the following words
were distinctly memorized and given to
the writer: "I do not hesitate to say
that those present contemplate marriage
and / take this opportune occasion to
tell you that the married state is an aw-
fully responsible one. Married couples
should most carefully husband their af-
fections for each other. I have noticed
in my travels over this mundane sphere
that the love between many too soon
loses its fervor. It is q most deplorable
fact, and ! have endeavored to guard
against sending my darts to hearts so
unfortunate las l readily discern) as to
be variable in matrimonial matters. The
woman who possesses the variability of
temper of Xantippe. who was the wife
of Socrates, will make a bad wife.
Young men during their wooing days
should be very particular to notice the
tempers of their ''darlings" II on
slight occasions Of difference Of opinions,
which more or less frequently occur.
their tempers go up like rockets and
come down like arolites, let them severe
ly alone. Instead of principle, caprice
would be the energizing and controlling
motive of their marriage state"