Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-12-13

cold winds, ETC.
Work. work Il the watch word Of al
classes. The primal home Of men wa.
In Asia. They have travelled in various
directions, fading everywhere a supply
for their necessitie-, but nowhere have
they found permission to Indulge Also.
lutte idleness.
We never tire TO say something in
each locals about schools. Ii gives M
pleasure to state that teachers are inn.
bued with an earnest and patient spirit
spirit similar 10 Margaret Wilson oil
Scotland who sang q beausifnl psalm iilI
rthe tide came up to the stake where she
was chained and drowned the song upon
her lips.
Wild geese are occasionally seen and
many ducks, il 10 said, are to be seen on
the Potomac and st. Mary's rivers.
Within our memory. say, thirty years
ago. canvasback, redheads mallards, etc,
were pl.ntiful To-day the former are
seldom seen. We know when diamond
back terrapins. marketable size, here
about would be prize for some OF our
acquaintances who sigh for we oIden
times" aye. times when the animal
named was as numerous as gophers In
North Carolina. This section Of Sc.
hary's las yielded the palm Of pre- emf
nence, extraordinarily. aud we fear
that In Me near future, few delicacies
will be caught In near by waters. Man
Is an omnivorous creature, partaking of
the nature both of the carpivorous and
herbiverous animal, and he, therefore.
needs o mixed cies Land and water
are searched 10 satisfy his appetite. This
Is the cause OF the scarcity, particularly
Of game, hereabout.
We survey our surroundings and how
sad we feel. No hanging-on over sur
wing rattle OF half-green things which
the Autumn has suffered to live, and to
make mother earth feel new and fresh
once more.
Poor frightened foxes Listen! Messrs.
Lilburn, Abel, Pembroke and Others are
enjoying the chase. Their dogs tongue
well. and they are good trailers and run
ners withal. Infrequently "brush" is
displayed similar to feathers on militia
officers cap. Nothing excels success,
even in the chase. It is the qusntessence
OF q well-reasoned hope.
Some travelling Is being done. Drum
mers make their appearance periodically
and We dare say that they are welcome
visitors TO merchants and proprietors of
transient boarding houses.
Some wooing and we presume that
hope does not entirely desert candidates
for matrimony. They, perhaps. are too
clesr-siShted 10 ignore the gravity of
their situation, and too sensible to build
too strongly upon maybe SOS"
We have data to ground the assertion
that some farmers have lost all of their
hogs, despite heroic treatment with car
bolic acid, quinine, calomel, etc. Our
sympathy.
Mrs. William Yeatman has returned
from WASHINGTON after spending several
weeks very pleasantly with her daught-
ers Mrs. Tull and Mrs. Edwards.
A colored boy by the name of Biscoe
shot son of Alcck Williams, colored,
In the thigh while at festival a few
nights ago. Biscoe was held to bail for
$500. Justice Stanislaus Clarke investi.
gated the matter and the evidence jus,i.
fed the decision. Boys, it seems, will
carry pistols, and il the law took no
cognizance OF the same, the mere fact
that they are not susceptible of reason.
ing, q priori should be sufficient cause
to restrict them from carrying deadly
weapons. Parents should notify mer-
chants not to sell their minor sons pis-
tolls, iack.knives. etc. Boys who are
large enough to don pantaloons need q
fathers and mothers care as well as
those who have not attained the age to
be considered models of perfection and
of no ordinary ability 20 make q sharp
bargain.
Mr.. Henry @. Adams recently lost a
COW and before her death she suffered
like horses that have died In conse-
quence Of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
So far rs our limited knowledges CON-
passes-we dare not judge any man-our
few acquaintance, and we trust that
they are not to be catalogued with the
narrow-minded, essay to do their duty
towards one another, that il, act strictly
in line with the rule which teaches MS to
do to all men as we would they should
do unto us. This may appear paradox
cal TO some persons. We speak sub
junctively, bearing in mind Him who
caused the fleece of Gideon to lie dry on
meadows sparkling with dew, by bushes
hung thick with diamonds.
We notice that shipping barreled oy-
sters by w. P. Powell, Herbert Yeatman,
James Hall and others 10 being done,
and fair figures per bushel are realized.
Some sickness and we trust that over
the sick ones beds ethereal brightness
shines. AzzANA.
The Knett Robbery.