Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-13

(From our Regulnr Correspondence

We are not going to afllict you with
long letter. Yourg folks enjoy them
selves remarkably well Congenial So
ciety Is delightful thing We observe
that there are no misanthropes hereabout
among the class mentioned Drummers
occasionally travel this way and the
sellers of the weed are among them.
Does 1t not appear in spite Of denunci-
atoms from the ladies and anathemas
from ministers of the gospel, the demand
for tobacco in different forms have in
creased pagi passu with the growth and
spread of civilization?
Oystermen are seemingly happy The
epicure is also happy. From his occiput
to his instep thrill Of ecstacy passes
through his nervous system at the bare
mention of "sXX" oysters. plump and
fine.
Merchants, particularly those who
make specially Of grocer supplies, are
little facetious at times. They ask, do
not we sour the neighborhood and sugar
cure it, pepper it and Intricate it, salt IL
and refresh it-and do not our custom
ers acknowledge that they would be in
an awful pickle without u.s.
Ministers, men who arc ambassadors
for the God Of Justice and The Prince Of
Peace, essay to get tseir hearers to love
God and their fellowman. They en-
phasize the fact that "He that hatch his
brother (neighbor), is a murderer. True,
there are In our opinion few murderers;
but how many are there, that fuss and
fight, and would kill--if they dared II
may be appropriate for Us to add that
there is sin which is seemingly not
touched upon, namely, cruelty to beasts.
Is II not this very temper Of the devil Z
Fine tobacco has been cut, &c. There
is an abundance Of fruit this year--ap-
pies, peaches, pears, etc We notice
that Mr. James A Tennison has pears
which tip the beam at twenty ounces
Il pounds Beat this somebody II you
can
Miss Daisy Abel has been appointed
teacher Of Tall Pine white school. She
understands the magnitude Of her obli-
cations, aud her ability as peracptor
Is Acknowledged.
Mr. Joseph Jarboc, merchant a, Scot
land pos, office, does a fairly good bust
mesa Politonoss Is hts forte.
Misses Emma and Dora Wood daught-
crs Of our esteemed neighbor. Captain
Walter Wood, Of Smiths Creek. have
gone to Washington, D G., 70 pass the
Fall and Winter with relatives. Miss
Dora passed crcditable CIvu Service
examination sometime ago and she ox.
poets 10 receive 3 position ia the near
future, She IS hard student
Oh, listen Home Sweet Home "
being played by some one near by. The
nAmo Of John Howard Payne willnev
be forgotten so long as the name Home
remains IN the memory Of Americans.
Miss Edith Drury, Of Ridge postoiilce,
Il visiting friends In Lconardlown and
Mcdley's Neck Wc are pleased TO sec
young and old folks appreciate society
Sec that tree over horo Niag alone.
Il may have more strength and beauty
than when growing with other trees
Now, It is not so with men aud women
Either alone would be MARRIED aud
dwartoj aud blightel The aucicuta
had proycrb. zone man, ne man,
,uHus home. aagas honaj, sIguifying sig.
nifcanlly that a mans manhood wogld
be impossible without bic association
fellowship other men,
We notice that ] Dallas Evans and
John y Courtney have succeeded adj.
mirably well raising aater melons and
cantoloupes We have seen aome Of the
large varieties Of tbu former sliced and
how pleasing 10 the yaricgatcd
seeds systematically SET IN the white,
yellow aud carnclian sacculout part Of
the fruit palatable? Why. uoihingi IN
the form Of native fruit could be moro so
10 the seat Of guatatioH. except to the
few Who display an antipaihy FOR same
for We know some persons who display
an antipathy extremely curious, 50 much
50 as TO amount to actual idiosycfasy
AzzAgA.