Saint Mary's beacon., 1904-01-14
sr. INIGo,s ITEMS.

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considerable avoirdupois. A looI
at the ice reminds Us OF the Balti,
over which the King OF Swedel
marched his army in the Winter O
1858. The diminutive inhabitant.
OF Lapland, perhaps, could tarry II
this section for q short while with
out suffering from heat, as the mer
curry fingers within the neighbor
hood Of zero.
No oystering OF consequence and
so far as we know there is not mucl
cord wood being cut.
| Schools are progressing well
Teachers essay to discharge their
important duty. They are fully a
ware that the last creation IS pos
sessed with thinking and reasoning
brain and mind, and all that beauti
ful, minute and coordinate mechan.
ism that forms a perfect human be.
ing. Furthermore. they know that
children placed under their care,
etc., will be CD. W. in the near
future men and women and that they
will be measurably responsible for
their intellectual and moral status
for the correct shaping OF those en-
nobling faculties Of will, memory
and understanding. which consti-
tutes their natural likeness to the
Triune God, their Creator. Inafter
years. how pleasant il will be for
teachers to recall 10 memory duty
well performed. Memory, in our
humble opinion, is "the worm that
dieth not. I"
Say, Azzana, would you be kind
enough to tell me the hour? With
pleasure-3:30 R. R.. time. Thanks.
You would better hurry, for the
boat generally is on schedule time.
Oh, I'll not be left and no mistake.
Now, our friend is never in q hurry
and he delights to talk to his poke
easy pony which he calls Parsnip,
preferring Worcester 'sorthography.
A short while elapsed and friend
number 2 informed us that the
freight was all on board, the crew
had hauled in the gang plank, the
hawsers were cast of from the posts
and the pilots bell was jingling be-
fore Parsnip brought his Master op-
posite to the old land mark familiar
ly known as the Swinger's Oak.
Timely advice is never out of place,
and the gliding OF brass of cobweb
thickness frequently seen upon
frames surrounding chromos-two
for nickel-is not to be compared
in value to it.
The home market is brisk. We
note, beef 10 cents a pound chick
ems, large enough to broil, % cents
each butter-16 ounces to the pound
30 cents; cabbage. from z to 10
cents head, or 2 cents a pound
milk, 4 cents pint, aud, shall we
sing or say it Z? eggs, irrespective OF
size, are q cents each. Seldom pen
ell marks are discernible upon them.
We state fact that we infrequently
get hold of one that was, uninten-
tionally of course not intended for
market. This is the charitable view.
See the young folks-and old folks,
too
Tripping rs they 20
On the light fantastic toe"
Yes, parties small and large galore,
and fiddlers appear to be happy as
they realize from $2. so to @ night.
Neither buttons nor chinquapins
are thrown into the hats. Il is not
considered en- regle for gentlemen
TO do so.
How sad! No bird MARBLES. Flow
ers are withered-Symbols CT the
grave. Natures music is q mono.
tonous audante.
TheSunday schools st. Michael 9
and st. Peter Claver's Hall are well
attended. 1t is certainly pleasing
to US to see so large q number oI
children, white and colored, receiv.
ing spiritual instructions. Children
appear intelligent Judging from their
countenances, and the human face
emblematizes intelligence. IL is the
wisdom that comes down from God
that makes children as well as
adults wise unto salvation. Oh fol
more Sunday schools. They are In,
strumental in rescuing perishine
souls.
Loomy Brothers are boring an ar
tesian well for w. p. Powell.
Time brings changes and we nots
radical ones in different sections
Even the Sphinx of Egypt has be
come considerably changed-broker
and crusted-by time. AZzANA.