Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-04

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What poor memory. wefrequently
make memoranda and forget where we
put them Fields Of beautiful wheat
greet the eve At intervals from Point
Lookout to Sc. Mary's City. A eonsid-
cradle area has been planted in corn and
30 far as we are aware the fy has not
made its appearance in tobacco beds.
Gardens are prosperous. Mr.. John
Combs is shipping asparagus. hislarge
ana teader.
Merchants complain and say that she
trouble with their luck is they get too
much of TIE wrong kind
Some Of our friends are having the
chills and they pronounce them really
cold shakes.
A number of cattle and hogs are seen
on the commons. How the former en-
JOY the grass, which Is thick in places
and Of berYl like hue. No cholera has
appeared among the latter that we know
of.
Politicians, some with Utopian ideas,
are travelling TO fro in the interests of
their friends who are ambitions to be-
come candidates. What facial express
ions. Paleness, almost achromatic-is
distressingly depicted upon their coun-
tenances, reminding one of the man who
has ventured his last quarter in q game
OF hazard. Give Us good men for candi-
dates-men whose moral standards are
above reproach-men who do tight for
"conscienee sake''--men who do not
stop and consider whether IL Is best for
their interest to stir the hearts and swell
the heads of their emotional constitu-
ents- These are the men for Office.
Fragrant fiowers-aye, beautiful, too.
are seen in various places. Bees are
busy. Their industry and buzzing re-
calls to our mind the invention of a
French naturalist who, sometime ago.
invented an acknowledgement"
for measuring the tongues of these in
sects. Will inventions ever ceases 1t
would be blessing to many homes If
some one would invent an instrument to
keep the dust out of carpets, which If
not inventions of his satanic majesty,
are at least his allies. They harbor dust
In manner unequalled by anything else.
Schools, we believe, are principally
attended by small boys and girls. Work
on the farm and in the house requires
the presence of the larger pupils. Is not
mental liberty the one essential condi-
ton in the evolution of the human be-
ing? A proper education promotes and
broadens the mind and assists in FORM
ing the habit of thought No man or
woman can be entirely miserable whose
mental horizon is not circumscribed-
limited.
The abattoir which was TO be estab-
lished near Ridge post Office, is post
pOned to future day.
Oysters may rest in peace for a sea-
son. Soon the catching of crabs will
occupy the attention of men and boys
who live near the water. Persons who
follow the business consider it expedi-
ent to expose themselves to all kinds of
weather to make it profitable They
generally are of phlegmatic tempera-
ment and take life in a cool cay.
Heavy fogs and the whistles Of steam
ers and tugs on the bay are monotonous
-distressingly so at times.
Owners of steam mills are toIerably
busy at times. Fair lumber aud meal
are given as a guild pro quo for patron
age, &c.
Trees are rapidly putting forth their
leaves and before many days their foil
age viii be quantitatively complete.
Some persons seemingly take pleasure
in worrying. True, rain is needed.
Worrying does not do an iota of good.
The great Giver of Good and Dispenser
of all happiness will send rain in due
time. Do not worry.
AzZANA.