Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-09
saint Inigo's Items.

grass, aqueous vap0r is precipitat
Cd upon the same aud we have dew.
For several consecutive mornings
the grass has been so moist thai
boots have been substituted for shoes
by persons who are compelled to bs
at work at an early hour. Thirty.
two degrees +. viii soon be indica,
ed upon thermometers, then boar.
frost-frozen dew-will occur. How
delighted our sick friends viii be,
for purer air will be breathed, and
chills will gradually disappear.
Doctors tell US that at the present
temperature the air is filed with
infusoria. which are inhaled at eve.
ry breath and il is reasonable e
suppose that they, in q great meas
ure, contribute largely to intermit.
tent fever.
Mr.. Daniel Hammett, brother Of
mail contractor Edmund Hammett,
recently lost four children out ofsix
In consequence OF the diptheria. II
this disease, as some doctors say, is
scarcely more thar q modification Of
scarlet fever il is to be dreaded as
contagious. etc.
There are some political and so
cial economists who essay to prove
that old age and q vast population
are not desirable things on the
ground that, while populatian in
creases geometrically, and that il is
necessary that disease, pestilence
and wars should prevail, because OF
the earth's incapacity to produce
sufficient food for the whole human
race were all the members permit
ted TO live out their natural lives
and die natural death. Well, be
this as il may, If truckers and farm
ers are as fortunate elsewhere on the
earth's surface as they are here, a
small amount of rational investiga-
ton would show the fallacies of all
such theories as mentioned.
Corn and potato crops were never
better, so say old farmers. Pota-
toes of the white variety are of phe-
nomenal growth. Thomas CAN'T, a
successful colored trucker, weighed
one at the Trappe recently which
tipped the beam at seven Cd pounds.
Those who are lovers of preserves
will have ample opportunity TO sat
isfy their appetites as pears are
plentiful and large withal. We no.
tice from to 8 large ones generally
form o cluster and they remain un-
I'll gathered.
The blessing of Esau, 1.-THE fat of
the earth. although to Christians
the least desirable of all blessings,
should be appreciated, inasmuch as
all blessings are bestowed upon men
by the great Giver-the mighty God.
Alonza Cullison is having a large
barn erected upon the farm formerly
owned by Thomas Pembroke. This
farm is contiguous to Calvert's bay.
Howard ID. Brownley, of Balti-
more, is visiting relativesand friends
of the district.
Oh, the beautiful flowers! Do not
their presence lessen the miseries
of Adams offspring and remind
them that TO gain the favor of the
Maker of them they must eschew the
wiles of the vile demon who never
tires in displaying savage rage
against them?
Roads are in a fairly good condi-
ton, despite the constant and heavy
hauling upon them, especially the
road from BlueGull to Miller wharf.
Large shipments of tomatoes, poul-
try, eggs, ETC., twice a week from
said wharf occur.
Oystermen are busily engaged,
and Captain Cullison keeps q vigil
liant lookout for violators. W. T.
Clark is is his mate.
Cupid is tolerably active. 1t is
impossible to silence the storm or
torrent, and, forsooth, it would be
equally impossible to convince GER
tain old widowers that there is not
true felicity in the married life.
Winds. w. accompanied with rain.
AZZANA.