Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-04-20
ST. INIGo,s ITEMS.

From Our Regular Correspondent
See those oxen how they exert them
selves IN trying TO move that timber
cart with it's ponderous wheels. The in
ertia i like a sulIen threat. True. II IL
not, that every beginning Is a struggle
against resistance.
Some house cleaning il being done.
The affairs Of q household have their
tides, their Gibbs and flows.
We notice that few song birds are here
about. Few mocking birds are seen in
our travels. Their notes are valuable,
varied. and to Us. highly musical
A few pretty ladies are occasionally
seen BY your correspondent, and wenote
the innocent expression Of a newborn
child ID not lacking in some.
Farmers are 5usiIy at work. They rise
early and work late. Their wheat, with
lew exceptions, is excellent.
A number Of vehicles pass this way,
and not a few appear TO be In need Of re.
pairs. The carriage Of the Car Peter
was 80 constructed that it appeared
about to oyerturn at every movement,
but IL moved onward for all that.
Very little sickness il reported by Drs.
Miles and Tippett. Some persons CON-
plain OF dyspepsia, and doctors says that
rapid eatingis the principaleause How
cautious we should be in eating. II we
naistakenot Anacreon. q Greek poet, was
choked to death by the seed Of a grape.
Trees give continuity OF shade. Pear,
peach, plum and apple trees are in full
bloom. The large oaks nearby win soon
be in full foliage. It was Charles III.
King OF England, who, after the defeat
at the battle of Worcester, passed day
concealed in the branches of large oak.
The wound we received at .he first bat
tie OF Manassas was dressed under the
friendly shade Of large oak, about 2,
Pm. We eogitate-cogitation can only
result from one identical, individual, un-
compounded, immaterial substance-the
acorn includes the future giant oak, but
it does not, in truth, intimate such frui.
ton.
Some snakes are seen and killed, not
scotched. The serpent, it is said, is the
worldwide emblem of eternity.
The road between st. EnigO's post
Office and the Trappe is not very smooth
w. r. Pembroke, road supervisor, will
have it in fairly good condition in the
near future.
Vegetables are growing well. particu
larry of the pulse kind.
Butter continues to be scarce. and q
glass of buttermilk is a treat. 1t il
nOurishing and cooling, and is frequently
of much service both as an article of diet
and a remedy in consumption. particu
larry in the early stage of the ford
species SO often met with in the young
and blooming.
So far as we are aware parents do not
experience the feeling underlying, "How
sharper than a serpent's tooth it is tC
have a thankless child
Considerable freight is shipped from
Miller's, Grason's, Brome's and Porte
Bello wharves.
DIR. Cawood and wife, of Anne Arunde
county. are visiting MIR. Raymond Birch
St Inigo's.
Heavy rains accompanied with electrici
ty and thunder frequently visit the dis
triet. Decorations are terrific.
Wenotice that merchants sell sardines( @,
at five cents n box. Genuine sardines ar,
caught OH the coasts of Devon and Corn
wall, England, and after the process o
canning and boxing are exported to thu
United States and other countries. Mer
chants could not retail them hereabout
for less figure than twenty cents a box
and then the margin of profit would b,
Insignificant, about 10 per cent.
Little boys are saving eggs for Easter
Il 10 a joyous time for them. AzzANA.