Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-06-19


Correspondence OF the Beacon.l
A number Of farmers have cut
wheat and they appear to be fairly
well satisfied, as the grain is well
developed. Nothreshing up to date
Warm weather and corn seems TO
be stimulated in consequence. Clio
yer is doing splendidly in some To-
calities. Peach. apple and grape
crops promise to be large. A con-
siderable area has been planted in
watermelons and cantaloupes. Lo-
Gusts and caterpillars have not made
their appearance hereabout. Pota
to bugs are summarily dealt with.
Roads are in tiptop order, and we
notice that owners Of bicycles do not
full TO utilize their leisure time i'm
travelling upon the same, making
rapid speed, which to US is remark
able. Mantuamakers aud milliners
have much work to do. Harold, the
II year old son of Mrs. Chas. Ricards,
is regarded as q prodigy in dress
making. He cuts his own patterns
without the aid OF illustrations, etc. +,
and in addition to his trade, which
came gradually by intuition, he is as
.sistant organist at Friendship NJ. f.
Church.
1t invariably causes an indescri-
bable sad feeling which takes pos
session of. us whenever we hear of
the death OF an ex- Confederate. We
breathe a silent prayer for our de-
parted friend Vincent Camalier, and
trust that his name has been called
in the muster-roll Of the pardoned
and glorified, and with the JOY of
Heaven upon his soul he has an
swered, ''Herel Herel"
Now that the hot wave is with US
would it not be in place to caution
drivers OF oxen to be particular, as
it occurs sometimes under a strain
that death comes to the relief of one
or more OF the overdriven or over
heated animals? Man feels, desires
and wills, and certainly he cannot
refuse TO animals some poor analoga
to some of the functions. Water in
wells and springs is crystalline and
there is plentiful supply for man
and beast.
Since the erection of the hall for
the exclusive use Of colored CathO-
lies the Sunday school for colored
(Catholic) children is conducted in
the same. These schools, If prop
erly conducted, will aid the pupils
to keep the devil from playing his
strategems on them by teaching them
to Professionally introspect their
hearts, for we know by experience
that introspection is good and help.
full.
We take a walk and what beauti-
ful scenes greet the eye. Yet they
are not so beautiful as they would
be did not sin tarnish and spoil them
by its presidential presence. The
foul trait of the serpent may be traced
from the garden OF Eden in ruins on
ward to the uttermost end of the
earth. Keep the Sunday schools
open. They are productive OF good.
The pupils are taught plainly and
positively that their future eternal
condition is contingent upon their
doings in this life, that is, II they
love the great God Man, it shall be
well with them, but il they prefer to
do evil, it shall be i'll with them.
Fairly large congregations were
at the different churches last Sun
day. Ministers appeal to that fac.
ulty in their hearers which distin-
guish them from irrational creatures,
enabling them to deduce differences
from facts, 10 distinguish good from
evil and truth from falsehood.
Blacksmiths are active. Gold and
silver largely minister to luxury and
refinemeuts. but iron represents
solely the results of honest labor.
Its extraction from oxides or ce=So
mates is an education.
AzzANA.