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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
The Toll Gate of Life.

We are all on our journey. The
world through which we are passing is
in some respects like the turnpike-all
along which, Vice and Folly have erect
ed toll gates for the accommodation Of
those who choose to call as they go-and
there are very few of all the hosts Of
travellers, who do not occasionally stop at
some one or another of them-and con
sequently pay more or less to the toll
gatherers. Pay more or less, | say, be-
cause there is great variety as well as
in the amount, as in the kind of toll
exacted at these different stopping
places.
Pride and Fashion take heavy tolls Of
the purse-many man has become q
beggar by paying at these gates--the
ordinary rates they charge are heavy,
and the road that way, is none of the
best.
Pleasure offers very smooth, delight
ful road in the outset; she tempts the
traveller with many fair promises and
wins thousands-but she takes without
mercy; like an artful robber she allures
until she gets her victim in her power,
and then strips him of health and mon
ey, and turns him off a miserable object
IN the worst and most ragged road Of
life.
lntemperance plays the part of stur-
dy villain. He's the very worst toll
gatherer on the road, for he not only cets
from his customers their money and their
health, but he robs them of their very
brains. The men you meet on the road
ragged and ruined in frame and fortune
are his visitors.
And SO | might 60 on enumcratine
many others who rather toll of the un.
wary. Accidents sometimes happen, il
is true, along the road, but those who
do not get through at least tolerably well.
you may be sure you have been stopping
by the way at some of these places. The
plain, common sense men, who travel
straight forward, get through the jour
ney without much difficulty.
This being the state of things il be-
comes every one, in the outset, if he in
tends to make comfortable Journey, to
take care what kind of company he keeps
in with. We are all apt to do a great
deal as companions do--stop where they
stop, and pay toll where they pay. Then
the chances are one to ten against us,
but our choice in this particular decides
our fate.
Having paid due respect to choice of
companions, the next important thing is
closely to observe how others manage; to
mark the good Or evil that is produced
by every course of life-see how those
do who manage well; by those means we
learn.
BE careful of your habits; these make
the man. And they require long and
careful culture, ere they grow to Sc
cond nature. Good habits speak Of
Bad ones arc most easily acquired
are spontaneous weeds, that flourish
rapidly and rankly, without care or cul-
ture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28

chair, when my engagement expires. ]
will purchase an ensign's commission. ]
wonder the thought never suggested it.
self to me, for my ancestors, as far back
as can trace them, were soldiers. Better,
far better die on the field Of battle than
by ones own hand" We separated.
A few weeks since in running my eye
along the list of those who had distin-
guished themselves at the battle of In
hermann, / saw the name of Lieut.. Col.
-. A letter from my friend has since
informed me that he had served in India,
with Lord Cough, and was promoted for
his gallant conduct in three campaigns.
He was present at the battles of Alma,
Balaklayia and Inkerman, and at last ac-
counts was in good health, engaged in
the siege of Sebastopol. He was still
single; his heart was dead to love.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28

The storm burst upon them in all vio-
lence, but they stood with the steadfast
courage, like the three hundred at Their
mople, and proved its fury. They were
left PROSTATE on the field of public af-
fairs, and if they should never rise again,
they might claim to have inscribed upon
their monuments the words that com
memorated the fall of the defenders Of
Greece: $50, strengthen, and at La
cedemonia tell, obedient to her laws we
fell" but | cannot believe that such will
be the result of their patriotic courage,
believing they are not dead but only for
a time overthrow, and that the Democ-
racy here around me will lift them in
their arms, and bind up their wounds in
the approaching contest.
We stand here to-day, Mr.. President,
in the midst Of a most imposing assem-
bly-among the delegates of thirty-one
States, demonstrating their nationality
by the unanimity with which they de-
ciared their principles and announce their
candidates. No other party in the land
can challenge such an equality, l claim
for them superiority on nationality. No
factions divide us-no discordant ideas
rend us--and standing here in Cincin-
natl, and looking at the shores Of my
native Kentucky, I can say with truth
no geographical line, no mountains, no
river sewers our party. Under these
views, Mr.. President, ], as one of the
old Wings, and there are thousands of
others, embark in the campaign. We
come in unconnectcd with any tradition
al glories of Democracy, without any of
its achievements cmblazoncd on our
shields; but we como determined to ride
deep into the camps of the foes that be-
Lacquer us, and to win our spurs upon
the field.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
1Doetrp.
THE MEADOW GATE.

by CHARLES SWAN.
The blue-bell peeps beneath the fern,
The moor its purple blossom yields,
IT'S worth full six days work to earn
A ramble mid the woods and fields.
There is an hour to silence dear,
An hour for which king might wait;
1t is to meet when no ones near,
My Mary by the meadow gate.
When love inspires the linnet's breast,
How swift he flies from spray to spray,
His song is Of his woodland nest,
Far hidden from the peep of day.
Would such nest were my sweet lot
Would might be some dear ones mate
I'd ask, to share my lonely cot,
My Mary by the meadow gate.
There is q tide the streamlet seeks,
A full mile from its course it veers,
And into silyery music breaks
When from the vale the sea appears.
Oh twenty miles my eager feet
Would wander long and lnger late,
One happy moment but to meet
My Mary by the meadow gate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
The Ancestry of Washington.

The fame Of Washington, to use West.
ern writer's smile, is not the phosphoric
ray which CLEANS from amid the tombs Of
buried ancestry, but every American
must feel an interest in tracing the an
cestry Of him who was "first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his
counrymenw Irving traces the family
from one Of the Norman invaders Of Eng
land down to Andrew and John Wash
ington, who emigrated to Virginia.
John, it is known, resided in Sedbcrg,
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and
we find in the Philadelphia Sunday Mer-
curry the following memorandum by a
sexton of that locality: ~ have taken
all the names of the Washington family
that can be made out, as the stones are
much dcfaced. They are copied from
gravcstones in ST. Andrews churchyard,
Sedburg, in the West Riding Of the
county Of York, and are as follows ST.
mo1 Washington, died October II, 1873,
aged 63 years. James, son of Henry and
Agnes Washington, died 10th March.
1719, aged 10 Weeks. Margaret, wife
Of Simon, died 18th Of October, 1860
aged So years. Isabel, daughter Of
Henry and Agnes Washington, died I'd
December, 1916, aged 28 years. There
are other names, which cannot be made
out, as the stones are quite rotten and de-
faced"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
HOTSE-PATNTIEG & GLAZING

TVlIE subscriber respectfully informs the
Il citizens of Montgomery county, that he
has commenced the HOUSE PAINTING AND
GLAZING BUSINESS. He assures the public
shat all work entrusted to him shall be done
ii a w0rkman-ike manner, with despatch, and
on terms that cannot fail to please. All orders
addressed TO him at Laytonsyille Montgomery
county, Md, will be promtly attended to.
may l0-6m CHARLES A. POPE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
BALTIMORE ADVERTISEMENTS.
REMOVAL AND ENLARGEMENT.
SAMUEL HUNT.

Manufacturer of SADDLES, HAIR
NESS, TRUNKS, &c.
No. 202 Baltimore 81. 5etwcen 81. Paul
and Charles Sts., BALTIMoRE.
/ HAVE removed to the spacious Store, No.
Il 2O2 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, but a
short distance from my former place of bust
ness, where | am extensively engaged in the
manufacture of IRA YELLING TRUNKS of
every description of a superior quality TRA-
PELLNG BAGS, LADIES' HAT BOX
ES, V4LISES, Sc: SADDLES, BRIDES
HARNESS, DC. of every description made of
the very best materials and in the most work.
man-like styles.
Constantly on hand large stock of Whips,
Spurs Drinking Flasks, Buckskin Gauntlets,
and Chamois Skins, Buffalo Robes, Fly Nets,
&c. &c. all (which will be seldom the most ac-
commodating terms.
HUNTS PATENT LIFE PRESER Y
ING HARNESS, kept constantly on hand,
or made to order, at short notice. feb %
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
Dr. II, R. THOMPSON,

HAVING located himself in Jamestown,
LII offers his professional services to the citi-
zens of the village and surrounding country.
He may at all times be found at his Office next
door to Mr.. John Gamblers store except when
called away professionally.
son oo-fP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
Guano. Seeds. Grain, &c

WE have in store the largest assortment Of
w GUAN0 to be found in the city. We
name
Peyayian, African, Merican, Vene-
zmion, and african GL1NO.
Also Glover Timothy, Orchard and Herds
GRASS SEEDS. GRAIN Of all kinds
CEMENT and PLASEER. All Of which we
will sell at the lowest rates for cash or approved
paper. ~. &F. TURNER,
mar No. 49, Pratt street, Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS
DR.. G. A. DYER,

nFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERvI-
" CES to the citizens of Montgomery county,
He may be found at his residence, about one
mile northwest of Gaithersburg.
sen SIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28

CnmDnooD is like a mirror. catching
and rejecting images around it. Re-
member that an impious, profane or q
vulgar thought may operate upon your
heart like spray Of water thrown upon
polished steel, staining il with rust that
no after efforts can effaco.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28

A stranger is received according TO his
dress, taken leave ofaccording to his merit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
MONTG0MERY HOUSE,
ROCKVILLE. :;;:l MARYLAND

ROCKVILLE, 10 MARYLAND.
LII
TNHE SUBSCRIBER returns his thanks tC
IL the citizens Of Montgomery county and
the public generally for the very liberal patron
age he has received since he has been keeping
public house in Rockville, and would avail
himself Of this occasion to inform them that
owing to the decline in the price Of provisions
he has been enabled TO make considerable re
duction in his charges, as will be seen by thu
following scale
Board by the single week 50 90
Board by the day rs
Dinner and gallon oats for horse al
Supper, breakfast and lodging, and
horse overnight 90
HIS TABLE will at all times be furnished
with the best in the market his Bar with the
choicest Liquors, and his Stable attended to by
careful and attentive 0stlers. In fine, the sub
scriber pledges himself that no pains shall BE-
spared on his part TO minister to the comfort
and satisfaction OF all who favor him with q
call. JARRETT ALMONY.
NAV 3-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
MIR. BUCHANAN'S LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.

The Hon. James Buchanan, the De-
mocratic nominee for the Presidency, has
written the following letter to the Com
mittee of the Cincinnati Convention, APP
pointed to inform him of his nomination.
1t will be seen that he fully endorses the
principle Of the Kansas-N Nebraska bill
cordially accepts the platform of the Con-
vention by which he was nominated, and
boldly espouscs the doctrine Of civil and
religious liberty:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
DAVID n. BOUIC,

DEALER IN ALL KINDS Of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-28
Rockville. Md.

gsD- He pledges himself that all articles emu
merated above, with a great many others, will
be sold as low, if not lower, than any other
store in the county or District.
ian 18-V
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09
SAMUEL B. STARR, ~ 4
Attorney at Lew,
LAND AGENT,

ia .1.,, LAND AGENT, NJ
Office over Haskelis Store,
sr. CHARLES, FLOYD CO., IOWA,
ua(T Will practice in Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota. Particular attention
raid to Collections, Paying Taxes, Locating
Lands, SC. &c. NJ
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09
'Misttllanly..
THE PRINTING PRESS.
BY REV. E. H. CHAPLIN.

The following remarks were made
at recent Publishers Festival" in
response to toast upon the Printing
Press in an Age of Steam and Elec-
tricity
SIR There are some things which
overwhelm opposition and disdain al
lance. The man who tries to drown
the thunder Of Niagara with his voice,
appears not more insignificant than
the poet or orator who undertakes to
illustrate and culogize it. It is very
much SO with The Printing Press Of
the Age of, Steam and Electricity,"-
As it far outruns the rivalry Of human
speech, and delivers its message to mill
ions in q day.. so it is, in itself, much
more eloquent than anything that, can
be said about it. At least, sir, as it
stands before us, harnessed to those
twin powers Of Might and Swiftness,
and more like an intelligent being than
a machine, with its slim fingers picks
up and .scatters into the world its bur-
dens of, thought, to go. about noise
less as snow-aakes, but potent as thun-
der" it is quite certain that the pro
foundest suggestions it excites are in
|explicable, and that what can be spo-
ken is very obvious. b aIt
And SO, sir, as you have invited me
to speak upon this theme, if merely
reiterate that which has been thought
and spoken many times over, must
refer YOU for my apology to the theme
itself. i =
Mr.. President, the printing press OF
the age of steam and electricity, stands
before US in Q three-fold aspect as in
dictator Of mechanical and general
progress, as an actual power, and. as
Ian agent of great and beneicent uses.
A few wordsupon each Of these Every
obvious points, ia q 6I .Yeb
I doubt whether we can select an il
lustration of mechanical progress Of
the last four hundred years that is SO
|obvious and tangible as the printing
press! For in the first place, within
that period there has been no other me-
chanical agent of such direct and mo-
mentous Importance. We divide time
into epochs9 and crises perhaps too
much, forgetting that there,is no peri.
cd or event which is sudden and com
Iplete in itself, but that historical chang
es work in sublime unity and silence,
like the elements which filter among
the ribs Of the earth. Buff ever, out
lof uninspred history, there was a pal
lpable signl and embodied symbol o1
crisis and change for the world, it ap'
peared in that creaking, clumsy ma
chine iof, Faust and Gutenberg. 'iaa7
Yes, that was a queer, portentous
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09
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The American Flag.
By +. g. HALLECK.

When Freedom, from her height,
Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night,
E And set the stars of glory there;
She mingled with the gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric from the skies, s
And striped its pure celestial white,
With streaIking of the morning light;
Then, from his mansion in the sun,
She called her eagle-bearer down,
And gave into his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land. "a
Majestic monarch of the cloud, ,,4H
Who rear st aloft thy regal form,
To hear the tempest trumping loud,
And see the lightning -lances driven, u
When stride the warriors Of the storm
And rolls the thunder-drum Of hcaven,-
Child of the Sun, to thee 'tis given,
To guard the banner Of the free,
To hover in the sulphur smoke,
To ward away the battle stroke,
And bid its blendings shine afar, Ea
Like rainbows on the clouds Of war,
The harbinger of victory.
Flag of the brave, thy folds shall fly,
The sigh of hope and triumph, high.g
, When speaks the signal trumpet tone,
And the long line comes cleaning on,
(Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet,
Has dimmed the glist' ming bayonet,)
Each soldiers eye shall brightly turn
TO where thy meteor-glories burn,
And as his springing steps advance, e
Catch war and vengeance from the glanct
And when the cannon-mouthings loud
Heave, in wild ,wreaths, the battle shroud
And glory, sabres rise and fall, 'tA
Like shoots Of fame on midnights pail!
d, There shall thy yictor-glances glOw,9m
And covering foes shall sink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below Il,
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag of the seas, on oceans wave ,75s
Thy stars shall glitter o. 'er the brave,
When death, careering on the gale,
2 Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly back,
Before the broad side s reeling rack;
The dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly, "s's
In triumph, Ger his closing eye. 1ggd
Flag of the free hearts only home,
BY angel hands to valor given,
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet! [us
Where brcathes the foe, but falls befor,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming o'e1
us
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09

" Decision OF CHARACTER Without it
no man Or woman is ever worth a but
ton, nor ever can be. Without it man
Becomes at once a good-natured no
body the poverty-stricken posscssor
of but ttiic solitary principlc-that Of
'obhging everybody under the sun
merely for the asking. 'a I
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09

p Flowers are the alphabets of angels,
wherewith they write on hills and
plains mysterious truths.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09
is HEATH & ATKINSON, ,ali
House, Sign, Carriage and Or,,a.
% 30 91,euf/7Z Painters 5lih e

$. ID, CHARLES, FLOYD Co, IOWA.
Shop over J. Ferguson & Co. s store, Mill St
2, 1eP.inting, glazing: Paper Hanging, gu
cnted in the neatest manner, ON short notice
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09
- N. G.. G.. REINIGER, rai
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
Ids 9llf IL tT9fa9 AND ~ a3ftpa srF
'Da Real Estate Agent,

ST, CHARLES, FLOYD co, :. IOWA.
business pertaing to his profession,
II Northern losoa 4. SoxsAern Minnesota,
i 49, eign Collectiones and to the 3gr1s I
PURCHASE and SALE, OF, REAL ESTATE.
d / Moneys l'scested and Loaned
,..-sf .s'aaibAr rns USUAL aArss.a otiu,g /,
Good references will be cheerfully given Oh
- ~ request
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Business 4irettprv.

Business Cards Of 1--WE lines less will be inserted In
this column for SS 90 per annum For each additional
hne over ave, one dolla: viii be charged.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09

,a.. BLODGET p PAPER co, I'll
1bS Bashisgton s., end IL HARLEY S., Bestos.
fo Manufacturers of all kinds and qualities Of
Paper and Paper Hangings.
Also, Borders, Aonldings, Stataary, Fire Board
:: ., Prints, Window Shades, &c. .t.,.,.i
u .aI ri 5a1e WIN. NJ SHAW, Agent.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-28
ADA T. DUTToN.
The Scholars Hone.

Let us be placed in any sphere, condi-
ton or circumstance in life, and that ev-
er brilliant star of hope will still shine
to illuminate our path, and direct our
course as we wend our way onward into
the dim uncertainty of the future. But
perhaps these is no situation in life when
hope CLEANS with more brilliancy than in
our schooldays. The scholars hope is
decked with brightest jewels and adorned
with loveliest flowers. 1t dispells from
his mind every shadow of dispair, and
bids the light of encouragement to light
en- his heart, and chaise away all dis
ponding fear. 1t bids him look forward
to future honor and future usefulness
1t points him to those undying laurels
which crown the head of the truly great
and good, and with high and lofty pur-
poses in view, and cheered by hopes I'M
dying embers, he continually persevers
IN his own onward course. The scholars
hope is commendable. It has in all ages
possessed the hearts of those who have
gained true honor and have left a name.
whose virtues will live when their years
are ended. 1t is worthy of cultivation
and should be encouraged in the hearts
OF all for its power has ever cheered and
aided to the performance of great and
noble deeds. 1t should ever be an in
eentive to action, guided by virtue and
morality. Let hope be our guide and
virtue our aim, and though storm clouds
may intervene oft when the sky seems
brightest, yet we shall glide smoothly on
ward ore lifes troubled ocean.
ATARIsTA A. DAVIS.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-28
Man never Blessed.

Man never realizes the benefit he re-
ceiyes, but is always expecting he shall
be blessed at some future time. Look to
the youth and you will see him continu-
ally looking forward to the time when he
can have the liberty to choose for him
self the objects which he thinks will af-
ford him the most pleasure. He thinks
while in his youthful days, of the hap
piness he will enjoy, when he arrives at
such an age when he can devote himself
to whatever he pleases. But he never
realizes the enjoyment he is continually
expecting. As he advances to the age
OF maturity, the time passes by, and he
needs it not. Thus passing his youthful
days which might be as bright as the
morning sun, with nothing to mar, and
he is almost discouraged by them, then
he looks upward with his fearful eyes,
and sees a mansion awaiting him, in
yonder world of bliss. This nerves him
to new engagement in the warfare of
life, for he feels that his Fathers an.
proving smile rests upon him.
NJ. WARNER DAVIS.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-28
CHARLES Z. JosLYN.
Youth.

How unconscious of death is youth
There is feeling with youth which
makes amends for everything. To be
young is to be as one of the immortals.
One half of time indeed is spent-the
other half remains in store for us. with
all Its countless treasures; for there is no
time drawn, and we see no limits to our
hopes and wishes. We make the comino
age our own. 1.-The vast, the unbounded
prospect lies before u.s." Death, old age
are words without meaning dream. a
fiction with which We have nothing to do.
Others may have undergone, or NAV still
undergo them-we feel charmed life
which laughs to scorn all such idle fan
cies. As in setting out on a delightful
journey, we strain our eager sight forward,
bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail.
and see no end to prospect after prospect
new objects present themselves as we adj
vance. So in the outset of life we see
no end to our desires, nor to the oppor-
tunity of gratifying them. We have as
yet found no obstacle, no disposition to
nag and ii seems that we can 90 on for
ever.
SARAH NJ. MORSE.