Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-15

IcoFrcsr ondence Of the neacon.l

kCoFFcsrcndenee Of the Heacon.1
Much rsiu accompanied with heavy
winds There l. . percepsible change ID
the atmosphere One consolation. name
~, the mud Is not OF an adhesive TYNE.
or ~ some would say. India rubber-Ifke.
Sorry TO say that Cupid il not very
active just now. We are not aware that
dependency is feeding on the gloom
engulfed hearts Of any Of our young men
ana womsn. Lovers, it IL said, are like
planets in the armament, they either at
tract or repel one another.
Occasionally IN arrowhead Il found
which carries our memory back many
years when labor Of the district was not
secularized and there was no co-ordina-
ton of work. when the red man Clipped
his arrew head. dug his medical roots.
hunted and trapped and repeated the
tribal prayer: "Great Spirit, am poor:
have pity upon me-"
infrequentlY . doctor Is called to see
patient, but we observe instead Of the
serpent-twined rod of Esculapius In his
hand-a magician's wand to cure the
sickle carried his pills. powders and
liquids In unique morocco case, and in
addition to his medical outfit he may
have the power to exercise the powers
OF hypnotism exercising the same When
ever necessary TO wrap his suffering pa
tients In the mantle Of deaths twin
brother" sleep.
Mrs. =. O. Buckley, of Washington, ID.
c.. 10 visiting her cousin Mrs. Mary Girls
singer, Tall Pine.
Recently Mrs. William Yeatman and
her daughter. Miss Cora, took a visit 70
the "City of magnificent distances" to
see relatives and friends.
Mrs. Harriet B. Langley has placed
monument over the grave of her hus.
band, Walter B. Langley. Mr.. Henry
Ardeeser, Of Point Lookout, did the
work.
Fish, it seems. are plentiful, and we
know two listle boys, Willie and Harry,
aged respectively and O, who frequent
ly catch black neks, perch, etc.. at
the Government wharf, Point Lookout.
These little boys know how to handle
the spiteful crab and seldom they feel
the friendly % grip of their vicc-like
claws. OIL Mercy &c.
Wheat has q healthy appearance. So
far IS we know the drill was used, which
accounts for its uniformity. We stop
moment to think. Now, we may express
ourselves in an intelligent way. The
enlightened communities have reversed
the process of land-impoverishment and
the fields beautifully green with the ce-
real named and also pleasant pastures,
corroborate the assertion. We write in
an optimistic vein. because we no longer
witness the liberalization of the soil by
exhaustive and monotonous cropping.
Frost, ice and snow have visited the
district.
The hog cholera is doing its deadly
work. Remedies signallY fail il appears.
Schools are progressing satisfactorily
so far as we know. 1t Is true that phil
osophy Ia no wiser than when Socrates
taught IL to few pupils in the academic
grove Of Athens; but, thanks, the facili-
ties for acquiring an education is uni
versal.
Il seems to us that religious develop
ment hereabout Is not hindered with
stupid gross materialsm and selfishness
inhuman. No one of proper intelligence
seeks to injure or wrong his neighbor,
and the commandment Of the Saviour
King, which il love, is fairly lived up to,
and life is enhanced q thousand fold in
consequences. AzzANA.