Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-01-04
LocalEise and Otherwise.
A Happy and a Prosperous New
Year to all BEACON readers.

entertainments.
Mr.. and Mrs K. Clarke Abel
spent Christmas with Mrs. Abel 5
parents in Baltimore
Miss Marie Longmore, of WASH
ington, is spending her Christmas
holidays with her parents in Leon
ardtown.
DIR. Samuel Revell. Of the well
known Anne Arundel family Of that
name, is now located at Leonard
town.
Miss Juliet Miles, Of st. Mary's
City, who has been visiting the
Misses Morgan, Leonardtown, re-
turned home to-day.
John II, Mattingly and family, Of
Charlotte Hall. have removed to their
new home at Hyattsville. We re-
grettheir departure from St. Mary's.
Attend the auction sale OF the
horses OF the late John A. Barberat
Leonardtown, Tuesday next, Janu-
airy 9th. instant. See advertise
ment.
Misses Helen Joy and Annie Tur-
ner. and Messrs. A. f. King, Jos.
Morgan and Aubrey and Ethelbert
Abel returned to their respective
colleges, Wednesday.
The young people Of Leonardtown
welcomed the New Year with fires
works and bell-ringing. The prac-
tice Of moving gates, etc. was
honored in the breach
Z We now have telephone connec-
ton with Hollywood aud other
Patuxent points. Our congratula-
tions 10 DR.. 10. King upon his suc-
cess in building the line.
December 81. ultimo, his Wash
ington commission merchant sold
for account Of James T. Blair, Of
Milestown, 20 turkeys for s30.27.
They weighed 173 pounds.
Bernard Freeman, OF Blakistone's
Island, has been on visit TO the
family Of e. S. Chase, at Railway.
N. j., and Miss Edna Fseeman has
been visiting relatives in Washing
ton.
N No snow for shedding, no ice for
skating seems rather hard to the
good little b lys and girls II whom
Santa Claus brought sleds and
skates. But bide awee and dinna
fret.
Cur local legislators elect left
Monday last for Baltimore prepare
tory to going TO the State Capitol at
Annapolis. The Session Of 1906
will be called to order today WED
nesday) at noon.
St. Mary's Female Seminary re-
opens today "Wednesday with
seventy pupils-the largest num-
Der in the history Of the school.
This is a record Of which the faculty
may well feel proud.
Up to the present writing we
have not had q freeze sufficient to
enable anyone to harvest ice.
Maybe this is one Of the years that
no icehouses are to be filed. But,
Winter is not yet gone.
DR.. Thos. Lynch, our local health
officer, has displayed commendable
forethought in safeguarding against
an outbreak Of smallpox. An ounce
OF preventive is worth pounds OF
cure and isever SO much cheaper.
The footway over the Macintosh
run has been washed away and
pedestrians have great difficulty in
crossing the stream. The supervi-
sor in charge Of that section Of road
ought TO replace the footway at
once.
We hope our farmers wiz rn
out In force at the Farmers Insfi-
fute to be held in Leonardtown on
Friday and Saturday next, the 9th
and 9Th, inssants. An exchange Of
ideas sharpens the wits even Of tho
wisest.
Old watermen say that last Sun
days tide was the lowest seen il
Britton's Bay for twenty eight
years. The Great Bar, in front Of
Leonardtown wharf, was entirely
bare and quantities Of fine oysters
were secured.
Miss Maggie May Milburn, Of
1Leonardtown, was married to Fran
els Preston Blair Read, Of Montgo-
merry county. in the parlor Of the
Jesuit Residence, Leonardtown, last
Tuesday evening Rev. p. ]. O'Con-
nell, s. j., officiated