Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-01
Lsvuntsva Lseals.

fFrom Our Regular Correspandent)
The winds gamboi daily with waving
wheat. which has improved considerably
since our last locals. Flowers. cult.
waited and wild. are frequently molsten.
ed during the early hours Of morning
with dew. and slight frost tinged the
leaves Of same recently. No exagger.
alton.
We are almost in ecstacies. See those
pretty ladies. Nature has given 10 them
the rarest beauty and how pleas.
ing Il is TO know that they have proper
perception OF their charms. A number
OF our young men are devotees TO the
shrine of Love. His power Is so despot-
&c that nothing Is left to them but sub.
mission. consummate submission.
The nature of some former servants
are so interviewer with the lives of those
who owned and tenderly cared for them
that they appear never satisfied to be
separated from their former homes and
surroundings. Such was the disposition
of Mrs. Ann Lee who was formerly a
faithful servant of the Lilburn family
and who died suddenly few days ago
in the 10Th year Of her age. in my
Fathers house are many mansions"
There is not much sickness just now.
We hear of sporadic cases of sore throat
and rheumatism.
S-h-e-wl Well, hawks are unwelcome
visitors. B-o-h-e! Our pet "Bantie" is
no more. How we hate hawks, and we
certainly detest that power which is in
state of eternal hostility, even as it is
manifested in birds of prey.
Paul Evans, Esqr., son of ex-Confed-
crate j. Dallas Evans, Of Smiths Greek,
has gone to Manila. Our young friend
is imbued with the idea-a correct one
that he cannot achieve the possession
of fame, wealth, ETC.. without incessant
pans and application to his object.
Soaking showers are said to be need
ed. Hope and disappointment come and
go like the pendulum of clock ticking.
A little boy was recently asked what
he thought of Admiral Dewey? az esti.
mate the Admiral" he replied, "by his
valor and not as some of my school,
mates do, by his success" The little
fellow is to be commended for his SEN
sible reply, and no doubt as he advances
in years and observes he will forcibly
be impressed that his view is the philo-
sophie but not the worldly admeasure-
ment OF greatness.
Merchants, as usual, complain of dull
times We notice that Messrs. II. F.
Abelrs, Pembroke Smiths j. II. Her
mans and Mrs. A. s. Benvilles stores
are full of goods. Mr.. Abel is out with
Hello There" circulars stating that he
defies competition and quotes articles at
marvelously low figures. A peep into
the millinery department of Mrs. BIS
store gives one an idea of her studied
taste in hats. She knows how to please
the ladies and her polite clerk, Miss An
ME Williams, is au fait in her business
Samuel Carroll and N. Biscoe, road
supervisors, are doing substantial work
upon their respective sections.
| Some carpenters work is being done.
Mr.. John Forrestel has improved the APP
pearance of his house by having a neat
porch put to it. Uncle SAM, the gay
old widower from Kent, did the work.
Politicians are active. They are all
fervor, forgetting the fact that fervor
which seeks no aid from wisdom soon
evaporates-or. like the shoTt-breathed
auctioneer's "A-going, a-going, a-going,"
is soon exhausted.
Work, 1t seems, is the motto OF all
classes hereabout. Church going is not
neglected and the fashions are not who'll
| ~ ignored. Whilst we do not see men
attired in tight-fitting pantaloons (pantsl
cut-away coats and stiff-hats, we OBJ
serve that the abominable coffin-toed
shoes and scarlet neck ties are worn.
Thanks, ladies do not wear 'skyscrapers'
and their dresses are tolerably plain.
Rouge is-ignored.
Strawberries are very large and well
favored. Mrs. J. Frank Smith raises
the finest varieties, it is said, in the
Scotland section. This lady is al adept
in the cultivation of flowers and her
garden presents a paradisical-like ap-
pearance. II is the home of gay butter
flies and humming- birds of irridescent
hue. They seem never to tire slipping
the nectar of the variegated beauties.
| AzzANA.