Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-08

- - s1&B1sScu uY word OF
mouth, but which perhaps may Be allow
cd to pass In the less personally often.
sive guise Of print. We occasionally
hear . mouth organ played well, and
frequently IL Is played so very badly that
the performer has no claims except those
OF courtesy upon the listeners undivided
attention. We never have the pleasure
OF listening to the subtle harmonies
produced upon q piano, because our
sfraitened pecuniary circumstances de-
bars as from going near the keyboard.
and, too, we are 50 very unconventional.
No marriages to take place in the near
future that we are aware of. We ould
caution young folks against forming ILL.,
considered alliances. Il requires per-
fectly sane and reasonable man--one
who has clear, sober head on his
shoulders-to choose wisely in matrimo-
nial affairs.
The sympathy and antipathies of few
OF our acquaintance are wonderful.
Tom viii Intentionally skin Harry's nose
for whom he has no good blood, and as
quick as the turn OF q though. offer TO
20 TO the doctors Office and buy some
adhesive plaster for the unsiehtly look
ing part ofthe anatomy Of 'friend' CD II.
There are several old men of the dis
trict who seemingly are of happy dis
position. Really age has nothing TO do
with the number Of years that . man has
lived SO long as his faculties OF enjoy
ment are not marred.
Economy is practiced by the majority
OF our neighbors. We once knew man
who boosted that he used fewer matches
than his nearby neighbors, and this man
beside his boasted ecoaomy expended
half his daily earnings in common whis-
key. II was like stopping q few holes
and leaving any number Of others open.
Horses occasionally get sick. but we
are without data upon which to make
correct statement relative thereto. A
proper diagnosis 1t appears has not been
made OF the disease, and, well, mystery
Is the backbone of it.
Church goers are punctual and the
brightness Of their. countenances and the
elasticity of their steps are noticed:
Oystermen complain Of the scarcity OF
oysters. Hope does not entirely desert
them; yet the better thinking are too
clear-sighted to ignore the scarcity nam
ed, and too sensible to build much upon
the opinion that it is wholesome for the
bivalve to almost exterminate IL. It'sno
use to sit clucking and fluttering before
one another like an old hen that sees
kite, say some; SO we intend to work II
We catch only bushel or two.
The question in substance il often
asked, When will begin the effort of
steam and brain and skill of the hand to
start through trains from Washin gton to
Point Lookout? Il is to be hoped that
engine-driver and firemen will before
many months be breathing coal dust and
torch smoke and warm oil rs the iron
horse speeds its way from the Point to
the city where lights fash about every
where-green lights, white lights, red
lights q phautasmagoria of drug
bottles, etc.
Rain frequently visits the district.
Lookl What Enthusiastically shaped
contemporaries, silhouettes, camels,
donkeys and men.
So far as we are concerned the very
essence of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
everything. Aye the sweet, beautiful
peace that passeth understanding.
Stoves are principally used nowadays.
We seldom see chimney backs lined with
iron glowing red-hot above the burning
wood.
The sun is often obscured by dark,
lowering clouds and one is made to APP
preciate il whenever it drenches gardens
and fields with prism.lic radiance.
New faces greet as but up to date no
"Thee-and- Thou" neighbors have put in
appearance.
Some employees are very whimsical in
regard to their diet. Say, Aunt Jane,
what Is the matter with Petsrf Why,
bless your soul, didn't have enough
wood to cook supper, so gave him cold
victuals. He wouldn't eat q mouthful,
jumped up, cracked his heels together
and went r'arin' roun' the cook room,
tellin' me he warn't going to make
gobbige-box of his stommick for nobody
that's all.
The heavens declare the glory of God
double stars, satellites, and small
planets with their respective brightness,
corroborate the assertion. Il is said
with powerful Photographic lenses .
thousand stars have been catalogued
within one degree of the North pole.
Are we now in q period of transition ?
Although changes are daily taking place
one may obtain some idea of what this
section of Sc. Mary's once was by the
untouched or partly mutilated corners
that remain. The fora and fauna have
disappeared in q marked degree. Not
set Of deer antlers are to be seen. Be-
fore the advent of the greedy white hun
ter these animals were plentiful in this
part of the county OF hills, lake like
creeks and forests. Il was the ideal
hunting county of the red man.
Hope springs eternal in human breast
and we have no hesitancy in saying that
there is less drunkenness and less tend
ency to get drunk. The decrease TO
make brute of ones self-unQuestiona-