Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-01-07

Of the fields. Il may be determined,
still more visibly, by the mouldering
and lshapeless ruin Of the ancient
State House, whose venerable re-
mains / relate it " itl blush-have
been pillaged. 70 furnish building
material for an unsighsly church,
which now obtrusively presents its
mottled, morter staided and shabby
front TO the view of the visitor, i'm
mediatelly beside the wreck OF this
early monument Of the founders oil
Maryland. Over these ruins a storm
shaken and magnificent mulberry.
aboriginal. and cotemDorary with
the settlement Of the province, yet
rears It's shattered and topless trunk,
and daily distils upon the sacred
relics at It's foot. the dews Of heaven
az august and brave old mourner TO
the departed companions OF its prime.
There Is yet another memorial in
the family tomb OF the Proprietary.
whose long-respected and holy re-
pose. beneath the scaut shade Of she
mulberry, has. within twenty years
past. been desecrated by a worse
than Vandal outrage, and whose
lineaments may now with difficulty
be followed amidst the rubbish pro-
duced by this violation.
| These faded memorials tell their
story like honest chronicles. And
a brave story il is OF hardly adven
ture, and manly love Of freedom
The scattered bricks. all mouldered
in the mother-la land. remind US OF the
LAT nching OF the bark. the struggle
with the unfamiliar wave, the array
OF the wonder-stricken savage. and
the rude fellowship of the first meet.
ing. They recall the hearths whose
early fires CLEANED upon the visagE
OF the bold cavalier, while the deep
uuconQuerable faith OF religion, and
the impassioned instincts OF the
Anglo Saxon devotion TO liberty
were bresthed by household groups
in customary household terms. They
speak OF sudden alarms, and quick
arDinR for sttle;-of stout resolve,
and still stouter achievements. They
tell of the victory won, and quiet
gradually confirmed.-and Of the in
creasing rapture as, day by day, the
settlers hopes were converted into
realities, when he saw the wilderness
put forth the blossoms OF security
and comfort.
The river penetrates from the
Potomac some twelve miles inland
where IL terminates in little forked
bays which wash the base of the
woody hills. st. Georges Island
stretches half across It's mouth
forming q screen by which the cou rse
OF the Potomac is partly concealed
from view. From this island, look
ing northward, up St. Mary s river
the eye rests upon glittering sheet
of water about league in breadth
bounded on either shore by low
meadow grounds and cultivated
fields girt with borders of forest
whilst in the distance, some two
leagues upward. interlocking pro
moutories, with highlands in their
rear, and cedar crowned cliffs and
abrupt activities which shut in the
channel, give TO the river the feat
ures OF lake. St. Inigoe's creek
flowing into the river upon the right
hand. along the base of these cliffs,
forms by its southern shore a fat
narrow and grass clad point, upon
which the ancient Jesuit House oil
the patron saint whose name dis
tinguishes the creek, throws up. il
sharp relief, it's chateau-like profile
together with its windmill, it's ole
trees, barns and cottages. the whole
suggesting q resemblance to STRIP
OF pasteboard scenery on q prolong
ed and slender base line of green.
ITO be Continued