Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-09-24
ST. INIGO'S ITEMS.


ST. INIGO'S ITEMS.
From Oar Regular Corresponsi.1.t
No person can afford to be a law
breaker. IL A should break the law
in secret. and the officers of the law
fail to detect and punish him, he
could not faEl To have harmed him
self by his transgression for how
ever secret it may be, il is a wound
TO that living organism ON whose
perfection his own perfection de-
ponds.
We regret TO report that james
Hughes and Mortimer Cole, colored,
were recently brought before officer
James Roach by Captain Edgar Gull
lison, of the police boat Hazelene,
for having unculled oysters in their
possessions. A fine of ten dollars
and costs was imposed in each case.
To the delight of the citizens of
this locality the mercury descended
several degrees recently which pro
duced an agreeable change in the
atmosphere.
Gentle rains have fallen through
out the district, and turnips, late
cabbage, etc, have been benefited
in consequence. Tomatoes large,
medium, small, sweet and sour
galore. Canneries are packed with
hundreds of boxes about seventy
five pounds each-and wagons,
carts and boats continue to carry
heavy loads every day Except Sun
IN ha e 4
the occasional visits OF owners. So
far as we know local employees do
the principal work. Colored women
and children do the peeling receiv-
ing three cents a bucket. From 80
TO 20 cents day is realized by adults
No holidays and Saturday afternoons
are kept.
With few mot al exceptions the
colored citizens of ST. lnigo's are in
dustriOus and thriving withal.
Carpenters, blacksmiths, plaster
ers, etc. have no cause to complain as
work in their respective lines is
plentiful.
1t is not obvious that the activity
Of consciousness and the operations
OF intellectual energy are necessary
to achieve results, i. e. possibilities
within the compass of the finite
Recently Lewis C.. Thompson sur
veyed the farm of John +. Combs.
Mr.. c., is an Al farmer. Some of
the land attached to his farm did not
contain vitality sufficient TO produce
dewberries. To-day it produces to-
bacco, corn, wheat and potatoes of
excellent quality.
Many changes have taken place
within radius of few miles. One
illustration is as good as a dozen.
A few years ago the property locally
known as "Buzzard' s Point which
| was a veritable r0ost for scavenger
BIRDS is transformed into fields in
which the staple products, vegeta-
bles, hay and melons are raised in
abundance. Apart from this, the
owner Charles Ricards has beauti-
fed part contiguous to st. Jerome s
Creek by the erection of an imposing
dwelling, barn, etc. The cannery
Of Pollock i Co, is located on this
farm. Recently we stood on Yet
moor hill opposite his dwelling and
witnessed a most beautiful sunrise.
The pure rays penetrating the i'm
placable serenity of the blue sky re-
minded us of the promises of the
Holy Son of God, which reach, en-
circle and illuminate the hearts OF
men who have been pursuaded To
cast away their transgressions and
become reconciled unto the Father
through Him.
| Not much sickness 10 pen. 1t APP
pears that the majority of our citi
zens have clear idea what their
stomachs are intended for, as all
sorts of deleterious substances are
not crammed into them. Sometimes il
is q blessing to have an antipathy
for certain articles of food even If il
be SO intense as TO amount to actual
idiosyncrasy. Really we do not
think that we could take cells, musk
rats, frogs, turtles, egg plants and
the American sardine. even in the
microscopic form of pills.
What heavy loads of tomatoes are
daily hauled to the canneries Z
Mayo hauls thirty-six boxes easily
with two horses after q heavy rain,
and ]. +. Dunbar has a standing
wager of 500 that he has a yoke OF
oxen that will pull two tons to Mil
ler's wharf, a distance af q miles
from his farm.
Max Shuman supplies merchants
aud families with good beef on Sat
urdays and tomatOe soup is pre-
cminently the soup OF these DAYS.
1t is said by persons who know
that Mrs. laura Raley and Mr.. Mel
son Ridgell have the finest tobacco
i'm their respective neighborhoods
Tobacco hereabout, like cotton in the
South, is King. There is differ
ence-an important difference-St
Inigo's farmers rotate crops with
excellent results.
Miss Vergie Charteress and Viii
liam Snyder, of Baltimore, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Wright
son, of St. Jerome's Neck.
Alonzo Cullison has the praise O
raising the largest and sweetest TO
matoes that are used in Bailey anC
Smith s cannery. Mr. c.. is an ad
vocate of home fertilizer and rotation
of crops.
Father Broadrick has been sue
ceeded by Father Fullerton. HI
has gone to New York, and iron
there he viii go to the Philippin,
Islands.
Mrs. Wathinson, and Misses Sadi,
, Greene and Minnie Ross who hav,
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