Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-04-21
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neids are pIoughed, narrowed and
rolled~put in the best possible con-
dition for the reception of the preci-
Gus grain.
Large quantities of behring's are
being packed by the St. Mary s
Packing d Manufacturing Company,
Miller's wharf. A number of per-
sons are employed to do the work
and they have no disturbing fears
about their money; for they are
promptly paid when their day s
work is done.
Despite the variable weather, oys-
termen endeavor to utilize the quick
ly passing time to the best advan-
tage.
Wheat is growing well. and no
doubt exists in our mind that barring
unforeseen visitations, bountiful
crops Of this. valuable cereal will be
harvested.
April has an appropriate name.
A neighbor informs US that il is
from the Latin aperire, to open. We
observe that buds open and expand
more rapidly during this month than
In March.
We cannot refrain from mention.
ing that schools are kept open from
9 a. m, to 4 p. m. Mondays to Fri
days inclusive. Teachers being
aware that knowledge is profitable
unto all things, essay to teach their
pupils in a proper manner. Is it
not true that by acquiring an educa-
tion men and women will be more
respected, more successful and more
happy? We speak of positive feel
ing, not the negative happiness OF
stupor. Mental strength or intel
lectual culture is not contingent up
on the size and form of the body.
Remember, young readers, that
toll is the price of knowledge.
These terse words are from the pen
af Ruskin. We grow weary in the
work, but should never grow weary
of the work.
Mrs. G. w. Drury, Mrs. A. S.
Benville, and Mrs. G. G. Roach are
sick and DR.. Miles is the attending
physician.
Alfred Evans, son of j. Dallas
Evans, after spending several days
with his parents, returned to Phila-
delphia accompanied by his brother
Gaffney who has secured a position
in large Stare. Both are promis-
ing young men. The former is
Chief mate on the sea tug Conrad of
Staples Coal Company of Taunton,
Mass. This tug plies between Phila-
delphia and Boston.
Our undertaken Clarence Jarboe
keeps a variety of caskets on hand
and he is ready to attend to calls ut
all hours.
Pigs and shoats are scarce and
Eastern Shore citizens who occasion
ally visit this section for the pur-
pose of purchasing are compelled to
return presumably much disappoint-
ed
So far as we know the waves of
time have not ceased to break at
the feet of any citizen of the district
for several days.
Beautiful nights occasionally are
Witnessed. Many stars which hold
their festivals around the midnight
throne seemingly mock US with their
unapproachable glory. We do not
question wheather or not they are
inhabited. We stop q moment to
think. Some of these worlds maybe
the homes of the innumerable COM
pany of angels. Again, the spirits
of just men made perfect may inhabit
some OF them.
.sOh, listen. mani
| A voice within US speaks that startling word,
Man, thou shalt never de- Celestial voices
Hymn IL into our souls; according harps,
| By angel fingers touched, When the mild stars
OF morning sang together, Sound forth still
The song Of our great Immortality"
A cold wave fingers hereabout.
Wind N. W., and the mercury de-
sends several degrees below the
freezing point during nights. Ice
plentiful and tOlerably thick. We
take il as a fixed verify that the pre-
science of men-even those who have
a reputation as far-sighted weather
prophets-is exceedingly limited.
They frequently are at their wits
end to know what TO predict. The
feeling of the astronomer, laboring
under the weight of his vast cycles,
patiently watching the slow evolu-
tions of cosmical events, is INDUCED
by the writer; for time alone will
divulge what is encysted in the to-
morrow. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof. Matt. vi, "a.
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