Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
downtown Locals.

downtown Locals.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Is not death for persons who have
loved the great Goldman aud have done
His will nothing else but a voyage to
THE Better Land z? II so,
Wherefore tremblc at the tombg
Heayenward hopes dspcl It's gloom;
Gods benign, pateTnal hand,
Guides us TO The Better Land y
Sad, indeed was the news circulated
early Thursday, the 9TH instant, a m,
that the estimable wife of Mr. J. Frank
Dunbar was dead. She departed sud.
denly while apparently in normal health.
How consolnR to her friends that she
was a Christian Aye, the Inheritance
of the saints is can inheritance iucor.
ruptihlc, undefled, and That fadcth not
away
More rain has visited the district which
has hindcred farm work, particularly
ploughipg. Many fine lambs are to be
seen on different farms and the gambol-
ing is a pleasing sight to US, Wheat
continues to grow rapidly and persons
who know Of the cereal say that present
prospects are good An occasional cloud
passes over the district charged with
electricity. No damage up to date has
been done that we know Of Very little
drunkenness to report. Few persons We
are glad to say have reached that con
dition known rs willingness 20 be
damned" by drowning the faculties Of
the mind-the intellect, the scnsibili,y.
and the will. Owners OF trap nets pre-
sumably are doiag a lucrative business.
Their consignments are large and fire..
quent and they realize fairly good lg-
urcs for the same,
Hearsayy Wei, yes, it is just this and
no more nor less Explain, will you,
please2 With pleasure aud in very
few words, Dick and those other two
chums Of his are circulating it that the
farmers, l. e, the majority, intend TO pa
tronize the Locust Point Warehouse.
Time, which is the only true fortune
teller will prove whether there Is any
substance in the report or not.
Messrs, William Yeatman, jr., II. G,
While and a colored smith at st. Inigo's
post Office are doing much business.
Work, work seems 10 occupy their at.
tention from an early hour a. m. to a
late one p. m, Millers are kept indus.
triously at work, too. Merchants con
tinue to wear pleasing smile.
Now that Lent is drawing to close
rumor is rampant and has it that few
(notice the "a" please widowers and
widows have signified their intention to
leave of their lonely way of living.
Their ages range from 30 to n inclusive.
Cupid apparently gets his work in some.
how. Remarkable boy, indeed.
Some persons of the district complain
much of their eyes. 1t is known that the
superiority Of the eye to the other senses
is owing in part TO the unobtrusive deli
cdcy of its sensations. How very par
ticularly We should guard this sense OF
superiority and dignity. The force and
tension OF the souls activity is given to
this organ. Boys who are accustomed
to the indiscriminate throwing Of stones,
pieces of glass bottles. oyster shells,
chips, etc, should not persist in doing so.
We know very bright lad who had to
have one of his eyes removed because
his companion threw at random piece
of tin which, unlike the boomerang, took
an elevation of about As degrees and
seemingly poised over its victim before
doing its fatal work. Boys should be
taught-schooled- cause and effect
Pneumonia is giving our DR.. Tippett
, work to do as several of our fellow
creatures are suffering in consequence
of the dreaded disease. We are not pre-.
pared to say that the cases although Sc
we're have developed into either the
'pleuro' or typhoid types. Bad colds
are prevalent and the constant coughing
reminds one of pentussis- whoopipg
cough.
We occasionally visit old graveyard:
burying places neglected by friends
Taking walk recently brought US to
spot where punches of Dubious plants
bearing yellow flowers usually called
] tlaffodils1 narcissug, etc See thos,