Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-04-16
ST. INIGo's ITEMS.

II
OF st. Ignatins, ST. Michael and the
church on st. Georges Island, has
been succeeded by Revd. Father
Brodrick, formerly of Kingston, ia
maica, w. ]. Father lyman is Min
lister at Holy Cross College, Worces-
ter. Mass. There are three hun
dred students attending this college.
We have been reliably informed
that Messrs. Pollock and Company,
of Baltimore, have engaged Mr..
Charles Ricards 20 erect q cannery
on his farm contiguous 20 ST. Je-
rome creek at an early day. The
cannery at Miller's wharf, Smith s
creek, will be large building OF its
kind when completed. The cottages
there will be used for the accom-
mediation OF employees.
Messrs. Powell and Bray and
Captain VIM. Moore make frequent
consignments Of shad, which, since
the recent storms, command acme
figures from 40 to go cents apiece.
Herring are selling at -. 30 thous-
and. Rock, founders and alewives
are scarce.
Farmers are progressing fairly
well with their work, and consid-
cradle area has been ploughed. To
baceo and tomato beds present un-
form growth OF respective plants.
Recent investigation shows that
fruit has not been injured.
Good Friday was q most beautiful.
day, aye, sacred day, observed from
the earliest times of the Christian
Church in memory of the Crucifix-
ion of the Saviour, Him who gave
us the church i'm which we may take
refuge and smile amid 'the wrecks
of matter and the crash of worlds. :"
New faces are seen. Newcomers
buy and rent land, and for aught we
know they duplicate their predeces-
sors in push, skill, ability and Chris
tian virtues.
Some of che light material of the
work Of the lighthouse which is in
course Of construction at Point No
Point has been recovered.
We are much pleased to know that
a number of the older pupils of our
schools entertain correct opinion
of education. They ask: Does not
education tend to make citizens sub
stitute reflection for passion; more
far-sighted; and more economical as
producers and preservers OF prop
erty.
Teachers are not without the spir-
it of their work which necessity re-
quires. They are fully aware that
they are mainly responsible for the
intellectual growth of their pupils.
There was Mass at st. Ignatius
Church and preaching at Friend
ship NJ. L. Church 18th instant.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Bohanan, OF
Cedar Point, visited Mrs. A. S. Ben
vile, of Tall Pine, recently.
Miss Agnes Mccarthy has charge
of the millinery and dressmaking
department of Mrs. Benville' s store.
MIR. Theo. L. West is employed by
the government to attend to the lights
at the mouth of Smith s creek at $40
ayear. Hell punctual and frequent
ly he has boisterous waves to battle
against.
The Sunday School at St. Michael's
| is taught by Miss Massie Clarke
and Miss Julia Courtney. How these
good ladies cndeavor 10 instruct
their pupils in the way that leads &c
a bIissful immortality!
Life has its tides, its GIBBS and
flows, and in every community there
are men who take the tide at the
flood which leads at least to suffi
cheney Of life's necessaries, while
there are others who seemingly pre-
| fer 10 float with the ebb and becoms
La sort OF revolving light upon ths
coast bound in shadows and mise
ries-"
Dark lowering clouds hindered US
from witnessing the eclipse, and Is
we essayed TO discover a rift so tina
we could gaze through and trave
with our eyes along the illimitabl'
space We were driven indoors b,
the dampness Of heatmosphere, and
so we consoied ourselves by medi
, tating upon the wonderful formation
, ! of clouds and the maintenance of theil
equilibrium.
How sleepy Aye, the world o
sleep, forsooth, has an existence O
, its own. Our material part, upol
which wise men cell rs that col
umn of air many miles In heigh
continually presses. is wearied out
! How sleepy Good night.
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