Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-01-12


! The soul Is q pure essence. II has
nothing which Il IN possibly lose, con.
sequeatly Il must remain upchan geably
the same and what remains the same
faust necessarily be immortal. This Is .
pleasing but awful r atty. The sudden
death OF Mr. Charles Dunbar, q most e..
Unable young man. eiicits these expires.
sions- Our sympathy goes out to bis
relatives and friends and we entertain
the opision that they are consoled In
the fact that during his life he forcibly
felt the necessity of connecting happi.
piness With immortality. "In the mids,
OF life we are In death
Politicians are remarkably sacit Jus,
now. As the year grows older they will
catch the controversial mania in its full
yirulence and they will. We presume, as
sumo at least more heart, more zeal, ETC.,
IN advocating their principles.
The whole time of merchants and
miilers is engrossed by their business.
They have no time left for the induI-
gcnce of amusements.
Much rain and We do not say il rrudg.
ingly or unwilling but we emphaticalIy
assert that the roads are very unpIeas-
ant TO travel on.
Teachers continue TO walk in the
strzight-forward course of their duty,
and with this patrons should be satisfied.
Their work Is arduous, yet they are
willing to spend and be spent for their
pupils good. Their self-sacrificingd evo-
tion to the cause of education is not to
be questioned. In one sense they are
the salt of the earth They do not Ia
Dor, sirs, to please men-"By their
fruits We shall know them" The great
good they are doing, cannot be oyer-es
timated by parents and right-thinking
persons generally.
The uninterrupted growth of wheat 10
consoling TO farmers. and barring long
cool and wet~spring no doubt fairs crops
will be realized. May il continue to
grow satisfact Drily aud bear away the
prize
Mr.. John Combs, an ex Reb. has raov-
ed to his farm near the Pine. aud Mr. A.
l.. Adams has moved to Point Lookout
w. Scott Hammett, Esqr who, for many
wears lived at his farm known as RYE
Fields" has gone to Washington, ID c.,
to live With his son Oscar Our old
friend Mr.. w. W. Gray is very much
missed. He is living in the Monumen-
tai City. Mr. George Brawnley has re-
turned to his farm near the Ridge Chap
ell, after several weeks pleasantly spent
in said city
Some of cur acquaintance continue
TO grossly violate the laws of health.
Ii Is not surprising that sickness occurs
and that not few find untimely tg)
graves. We presume that on physiolog-
zeal principles natural death results from
gradual consolidation of the structures
of the body. How sad to contemplate
that few persons die natural death in
our existing artificial state of society.
Americans. IL Is said, live fast lives, and
we frequently notice that the philosoph-
ical maxim, Intensive life cannot be
extensive" is true.
1t is the will of God that His ministers
preach the gospel to every creature;'
and we are certain that no man or wom-
an hereabout will perish through Jack of
knowledge. Ministers who have charge
of the churches in the district are untir-
ing in proclaiming the glad tidings of
salvation
Game, well, there is not the game here
as in the DAYS when Governor Calvert
built log fort and armed it with cannon
caiied "murtherers Little boys look
sour grapes in consequence of the scar
city of old hares made SO by hunters.
AzZANA.