Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-03-10
81. rNrGo,s ITEMS.

IL ID susceptible 0f proof that con
siderable quantities o. carp and mud
shad are occasionally shipped from
Miller . wharf. Messrs. Ridgelland
Greenwell arethe principleshippers
Offers arescarce. Recently Thos
Dunbar realized % TOR a pelt.
The artesian well which w. r
Powell ID having bored has not been
completed. Il Is supposed thai
clear. palatable water will be found
at three hundred feet. OF course
this il theoretic persuasion which
needs to be tested by further boring.
There is some kernel OF truth in
the assertion that truckers desire q
more renaunerative figure q ton for
tomatoes the coming season. We
stated in last items that 1850 would
be the price demanded. We should
have put 10 s.. Last season they
realized 90. 60.
Some cigarette smoking il indulg-
ed. Query. Does not the constant
smoking OF cigarettes deaden a boy s
intellectual susceptibility?
There was divine service at the
different churches 9th. instant.
Ministers keep constantly In their
minds the words OF that exalted
Saint, who while he was the least
was yet the greatest of all the Apps
ties. God forbid that / should
glory save in the cross Of our Lord
Jesus Christ" They zealously es-
say TO impress upon the minds OF
their several congregations that
mighty redemption which was nc
complished upon Calvary.
An occasional beautiful nighs
greets US. Alcoyne, the central
planet OF the renowned Pleiades, is
always interesting to us to look at,
and we are reminded of what astron-
omers tell us what seems to them TO
be THE midnight throne" in which
the whole system OF gravitation has
its central seat and from which the
Almighty governs His universe.
What a privilege TO view this happy
planet OF celestial tranquility and
peace
Variable weather continues. Two
days, the 5th and 9th instant, the
mercury assembled within few de-
grees OF 68 Fahrenheit, the tempera-
ture in which man works with most
ease and comfort.
Trees are budding, a sure sign
that Spring is with US. Earth
speaks for il, and Heaven is its war
ranty.
So far as we know none OF our ac-
quaintances are tired of life-none
who entertain the opinion of taking
the short road out OF it by hanging,
shooting etc., to the more dreadful
life in eternity, oyer which hovers
the thick gloom of unending despair.
7.3O q. m, 7th insssnt, heavy rain
and wind s. E.. mercury "A degrees
Fab.
Merchants complain OF the SCARCITY
Of that. which is said TO be the root
of all evils. Is the possession oil
money honestly acquired an evil
We trow not. No doubt money is
measurably the root from which
evils spring, such as trickery. lying,
frauds, robbery, etc.
No i'll feeling occurs at places
where men meet To enjoy chats,
smoke and indulge in glasses of wine,
beer. appleiack, Mountain dew, etc.
Passion and rage are not significant
Of normal strength.
Schools are well attended and
teachers try TO impress the minds Of
their pupils with correct ideas,
knowing that incorrect ones wrought
into o boys or girls intellectual d
bre Is well-nigh ineradicable, Civ
ing q cast, o coloring, to all that hi
or she reads and sees. False knowl
edge win reign in the mind after
maturity of years like the nigh
star, over shadows which ID canno
dissipate. :" AzZANA.