Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-28

attendance of pupils has been more
or less satisfactory to teachers.
IL frequently occurs that strangers
pass this way, and now and then a
conversation takes place between
one OF them aud . pupil. Recentlya
tall dignified gentleman wished to
know Of small, bright eyed pupil
how photography was taught by his
teacher. The little fellow seemed
embarrassed lor a moment or two,
then he remarked: Ny teacher
doesn't teach the trapping system.
and / think it self-evident, sir, that
the art Of correct spelling is depend
emit upon written and not upon oral
language for its utility, if not for its
very existence. Hence the indirect
ness of purely oral instruction. The
stranger seemed highly pleased with
the boys reply, and wished TO know
If bis teacher taught him politeness,
particularly to respect the aged and
deformed. He promptly replied in
the affirmative, and added. l always
keep wildly in my mind the fate of
the boys who made wry faces at
Eliseus who lived A. NJ, 3l05 and
B. c., 1872. The good man was bald
and the bad boys impudently mis-
called him. For their impiety he
invoked the wrath of God upon
them and two bears came out of the
forest and destroyed them--forty-
two IL my memory be normal. No
doubt the stranger was deeply inn
pressed with the pupils answer, as
he traced an association of ideas well
for one of his age.
Wild geese are plentiful, and SO
far few have been killed The lower
field of Jutland farm seems TO be a
rendezvous for them. Bivens Mar
ris shoots at them but, well, fails
to kill any of them. Shot too small.
perhaps.
A rise in the temperature has
caused ice in creeks, coves, etc, to
rapidly disappear.
w. p. Powell has recommended
shipping barrelled oysters 10 his
northern customers.
Roads are tolerably sloppy and
hauling is tiresome to the faithful
beasts of burden-horses, mules and
oxen.
Consignments Of poultry, pigs, etc
frequently take place from Miller s,
Grason s and Broom's wharves, and
acme figures are realized.
The skeleton hand of disease is
heavily placed upon some of our
neighbors.. Rheumatism aud pnes-
monia are she principal complaints
with which doctors have to battle
just now. How true it is that our
bodies are continually in a state of
instability and mutation. This is so
evident that it precludes the neces-
sity of proof. 1t Is this unstable
condition of our bodies that invites
disease.
Merchants complain Of dull times.
Henry +. Abel has rented the store
near Scotland postoffice and rumor
says that the merchants near by
look little sour as they pass that
way. Lee Abel is in charge and he
is polite, i.e., courteous, and accom-
modating TO customers.
Parties frequently take place and
men with shrivelled muscles caused
in consequence of old age may be
seen dancing with ladies with the
blush aud beauty which the age OF
'sweet-sixteen, exhibits.
The man with the goosebone says
that it has not a single light spot on
il, aud that we need not think of hav-
ing much good weather until the
18th Of April ensuing. The conjec-
tural probability, how unreasonable
solved it may seem, may not be re-
pigment to the reason of some per-
sons. The progress of time, which
is the bast fortune teller, will prove
whether the goose bone is a correct
indicator or not.
Wheat has a healthy appearance
and farmers look forward TO the
future harvest with a pleasing COM
mixture of certainty and hope.
A desire of Immortality is consist
emit with holiness and virtue, and
ministers of the Gospel essay to keep
this desire active in the minds of
their respective congregations. No
thoroughly and correctly enlighten
ed mind entertains the ideas of an
nihilation. According TO the Budd-
hist. annihilation would be the sum-
NIT of bliss. Are their erroneous
opinions to be entertained for mo-
ment by persons who acknowledge
Him who is the way, the truth aud
the life, 10 be their God ? We trow
not. To them the opinion of ami
hilation is q monster, having its birth
and growth in the depths below the
under world of lost spirits.
Luna runs high in the heavens,
and stars-landmarks of the infinite
reation-twinkle as they did when
the younger Herschel discovered a
planet far beyond the one his father
discovered and wept because he was
not there 10 see it.
Death visited the district recent
ly, and we have TO chronicle the
deaths Of Mrs. Edgar Cullison and
Mr.. Mace Norris. The former died of
pneumonia and the latter died with