Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-08-10


q Company for decade OF years. made
his periodical visit to the iissric' recent-
". He Is man ii energy and psobisy
and his sales Of tobacco. cigars, etc. are
large.
A heavy storm accompanied With
lightning and thunder passed over this
section snd, doing much damage 90 to-
bacco. corn, orchards. barns. fences, We
hicles. etc Hundreds OF birds were
drowned curing the downfaIling deluge
Of rain. The terrible crash Of the thun-
der and the roar Of the wind made IL
the most fears1l time the citizens had
ever passed. A number OF large trees
were struck by lightning and several
were evenly divided from apex to foun-
dation. No injury to stock occur
red and barring . thorough soaking
Of number of persons In consequences
Of the unroollng of dwellings, we are
thankful TO have no injuries TO report.
What an intellectual treat. A friend
kindly afforded MS the pleasure of read
ing . copy Of the .Ulster County Ga
zetse." On. Y.) of January 9Th, 1900. The
paper Is well preserved and It's general
make up reflects credit upon the Press,
Notwithstanding the amazing chang ,es it
has wrought since Cations day. The
paper u in mourning for Gen Washing
ton, the unclouded brightness OF whose
glory will illuminate the future ages.
We take the privilege of reproducing
the following: ION the ornament OF
the head of the coffin, was inscribed,
Surge Ad Judicium, about the middle of
the coffin, Gloria Dec. and on the silver
plate, General George Washington, de-
parted this life, on the 14sh of Decem-
Der, 1893. Et. g."
We notice that on. blacksmiths, Messrs
While and Yeatman, follow the maxim,
Strike while the iron is hot" Keep
hammering on, gentlemen. II is tough
and hot work, but IL is work which Is
sure TO pay in the end-there is money
in IL The anatomy of the horses foot
Is studied by those gentlemen, and their
shoeing invariably gives satisfaction.
Roasting ears-whew! how appetiz-
ing What beautiful tomatoes-laree
and we'll favored. The berry season is
over and no doubt the canning of them
for future use was extensively done by
the ladies. Peaches are exceedingly
scarce but apples are plentiful. Some
cider has been made.
It ID 10 be hoped that good men may
be elected the ensuing fall. We will 20
little farther and say, men of sound
morality-the stepping stone to true pi.
ety-which, in our humble opinion, is
the sine qua non of the collective citi-
zens, as well as If the individual, for
the State il made up com -osed-of in
diyiduals. When the junior Editor of
the BEACON was a. boy--we remember
the time, ]. e., it is green in oLr memory,
we we're forcibly impressed with certain
portions of an address made by the late
Hon. Peter Cooper. of New York. We
quote few lines of che good mans
speech. christianity. as defined by its
Author, presents to the world the true
science for the guide of all national gov
ernments and all individual lives" Jo-
seph III. Key, Esqr., of Leonardtown,
said in substance In speech years ago
at st. Inigo's-he was q candidate for
the Legislature: 81 believe that God
rules and tina. his omniscient eye surveys
all things. Yes, gentlemen, there is q
mighty overruliug providence in the af-
fairs Of men. If should be defeated in
November next will not refuse to de-
fer to the rectitude of Iehovah's doings"
Would to heaven we had more men of
his type in political parties of to-day.
Those wondering stars in state, by whom
so much disturbance is now experienced,
would be unknown.
The wharf ut Miller's, Smiths Greek,
il being enlarged. Captain w. T. West
and son are having the work done
Merchants, and In fact every person
of business. complains of the scarcity
OF money. Money Is an indispensable
article In this world of ours, and we do
not think the possession of it tbut the
love of it, is the root Of evil. True, 1t
Ii root from which many sorts of evils
spring-trickery, fraud, robbery, etc.
IL is always pleasing to US to state that
ministers of the gospel speak with SOL
emnity and emphasis on the subject of
religion. They never fail to admonish
their hearers that they are acting for
eternity. There may be persons here
about who, like Macbeth affects to jump
the life to come but is ever held i'm fear
of the hell he they merit.
Doctors inform rs that diphiheris--
which Is scarcely more than modih-
cation of scarlet fever--is checked and
no fear should be entertained that II
may become as an epidemic.
The following arrivals at MiIler's
Wharf, Summer Resort, are reported to
us: Nj and Mrs. Tally and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. II. Brooks, Fritz Ho-
hoff, Charles Murphy, Charles wollinfs-
good, Dir. and Mrs ]. Hirley and Mrs.
DIR. Smith, Washington, ID. g. Mrs. Fox,
Miss Corie Eckenwalter, Miss Mildred
Moog, Master Lee Moog, Baltimore, Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steele, New York, Mrs. A.
G. Moody and Miss Mary Barnes. of
Green Lane. Pa, Miss jamie Moore.
Camden. ". j.. Mr.. .ad Mrs. Collins,
Washington, ID. C.-late arrival.