Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-06-09
ST. INIGO's ITEMS.

and tomatoes. Vegetables are plenti-
full. Strawberries and cherries are
palatable and are plentiful in some
localities. Some persons will moi
eat cherries as they entertain the
opinion that they are not wholesome
They class them with cucumbers
and pineapples which are said TO be
difficult Of digestion. Mr.. John s.
Jarboe informs us that there is a
fiattering prospect for large yields
OF grapes. This gentleman makes
an excellent quality OF wine for home
consumption. Doctors tell us that
the moderate use OF home made wine
is beneficial TO persons who have
passed the meridian OF life, but to
young persons il is almost invaria-
ably pernicious.
There are few advocates of prohi-
bition down here. The word prohi-
bitionist has fallen into bad odor.
Why not drop it? "A rose with
any other name will smell as sweet. -
Corn is growing rapidly and it has
a healthy appearance. We have
been asked the question, did maize,
i.e., Indian corn, exist in Palestine
in the time Of Moses? Afriend aids
US in giving an answer as follows
Ii is probable that corn existed in
Egypt. and consequently in Pales-
tine. This seems evident from Pha-
roah S dream. We read in the Bible
that Seven ears Of corn came up
on one stalk, full and very fair. "
This would be impossible if the stalk
were wheat.
There is some sickness and q num-
Der OF persons complain more or less
OF dyspepsia. This is q disease that
embraces in its symptoms and con-
sequences nearly every physical and
mental tortue known to the medical
man. The smiles Of dyspeptics are
derisive and their opinions cynical.
They have no comfort and allow but
little to those around them.
A number of children, white and
colored, are preparing for ccntirma-
ton. Teachers do their duty most
faithfully. They teach that the Sac
rament Of confirmation confers the
strength which children need. They
impress the minds of the children il
they remain faithful in co operation
with the grace which they have re-
ceived, the Holy Spirit will continue
to dwell in them, 1.-The spirit of wis
dom and of understanding. the spirit
of counsel and of fortitude. the spirit
of knowledge and of godliness, and
the spirit OF the fear of the Lord"
Wool, lambs, calves, peas, poultry,
etc., are shipped from the different
wharves. Baltimore commission
merchants are principally patronized,
Carpenters find work to do. Mr..
E. Burch is having large and COM
modious dwelling erected near st.
Inigo's postoffice.
How time passesl What changes
occur! We gaze at fair Luna per.
haps from the same spot that the
Indian lover did when he wooed his
dusky mate before the white man
listened to the music of winter upon
the historic banks of the Potomac
and Ct. Mary's. Farewell poor child
of naturel Your council-fire will
never more be seen upon the banks
of the waters you loved so well, and
your war-cry is heard only in the
far off wilds of the untrodden West
AS the white man reads his doom In
the pictorial of the changing leaves,
you may climb the distant maintains
and read your dooms in the setting
sun.
What a beautiful sight Some
yards and gardens are afame with
variegated flowers. Violets, pinks
kiss me at the garden gate, white
yellow and red roses galore. The
former are said To be girls who hav
ing defeated Venus in a dispute
she had with Cupid as to who was
loveiiest, were beaten blue by the
angry goddess. Flowers greeted
our first parents good morning il
Paradise.
! Mr.. Aleck Langley, of Scotland
locality, died suddenly on the morn
ing of the 3rd instant. Materia
concretes are subject to &C
cidents and decompositions. Th'
soul is simple essence and simpli
city of its nature ensures the per
petuity OF its existence, and stamps
immortality upon its character. W.
trust that the soul of the departed
Ia most excellent neighbor and citi
zen) rests in the peace which tn,
world cannot bestow.
} So far as we know horses, mules
, and oxen are treated kindly. Reason
is radically different from instinct
Man is gifted with reason and con
SeQuently he possesses moral nature
The animals named may infrequentl.
, become recalcitrant. It is their na
ture to kick. They are governed
> by instinct and have no elective o
J counteracting power. Man, in deal
r ing with them should bear in MIND
. that they describe a middle station