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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
Wringing Machine,

operated by crank.
The Washer, with wringing attachment
complete, is sold at the low price Of @17.OO--
made in the very best manner.
We speak with confidence when we say that
this Washing Machine will be as highly APP
proved, and as valuable in the domestic de-
partment, as McCormick's Reaping and Moving
Machine is in the wheat fields and meadows
II is no humbug, and is ,odrTantedt 10 give sdtis-
faction, or The money wiU be returned.
As the demand will be very great and there
is difficulty in getting them made, owing 20
the great press Of work everywhere ii is ad-
vised 10 order early. We have fifty in process
Of being made, and will be receiving them in
few days.
JESSE 7. HIGGINS 4 BRO,
aug 22--tf Poolesville, Nd
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

OFFIcE DECLINED. 1t is not often wo
record (says the Baltimore Sum such a
thing as the declination Of public Of
fee. 1t has occurred, we understand,
very recently in this city, our worthy
fcllow-citizen Col. Geo. p. Kane having
declined the profIer of lucrative Office
nnder the general government. rendered
by the President AZ a compliment to tho
old-line wings Of the city and State.
The Office is understood 10 have been
that of u. s. Appraiser General, an
important and responsible one. Tho
Estates" journal, referring to the fact,
says:
awe learn that the President tender
ed to Col. George p Kane, prominent
old-line wing of Baltimore, Nd, an i'm
portant position in connection with tho
collection of the customs, which, after
some consideration, he declined. Col.
Kane was Collector Of the port Of Bal
timore under President Fillmore"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

LOOK TO YOUR PAPER HANGrNGs. "A
recent number of the ionion Lancet, a
high medical authority, has an article
from which we make the following ex-
tract, as a timely caution to housekecpers
about to paper their rooms:
Dr. Kinds, Of Birmingham, has lately
called attention to method of Academia!
arsenical poison, which should be gen
orally known, and from which he was
himself the sufferer. lie Glanced to Sc.
lect for the adornment Of his study a
particularly well tinted wall paper, the
pattern Of which was confined, to two
shades of green. About two days after
it had been applied, he first used the
room in the evening, sitting there, and
reading by gas light. While thus en-
gagged, he was seized with severe de-
preston, nausea, abdominal pain and
prostration. The same cham Of symp-
toms ensued on every subsequent evening
when he occupied the room. This led
to an inquiry into the cause. lie scrapcd
off little Of the bright coloring matter
from his pretty green paper, and by sub
limation, produced abundant crystals of
arsenious acid. The paper was colored
with arsenic Of copper, Scheele's green.
The use of this pigment to color wall
papers has already proved Injurious in
previous eases. In one child sucked
some strips of paper and thus narrowly
escaped with its life. Dr. Kinds re-
marks, that the presence of the arsenical
pigment may be recognized by the bril-
liant hue, and by little running Of the
color at the edges of the pattern, as
though it did not take freely on the
paper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
A SnoRr BUT CRIMINAL LIFE.-Th

A SHORT But CRIMINAL LIFE. THE
sentence of Romulus S. Chapman, to be
hung on the 18th OF May, il GuiIford
N. c., for murder, has been noticed. -
The Goldsboro Tribune gives history
of his crime:
The case excited intense interest, not
only from the youth and respectfully of
the accused, but from the cold blooded
circumstances under which the crime
was perpetrated. Chapman, who is
scarcely twenty years of age, seduced a
Miss Penix, then living as a domestic,
with farmer in his neighborhOod -
Worried with her opportunities, he pro-
missed to marry her, and it was to rid
himself of this engagement that he com
mitted the crime which has placed him
in his present awful position. Some
time in November last, he wrote note
requesting her to meet him at certain
place in the woods. She went, but not
returning, search was made and the
body discovered with a gun-shot wound
and the throat cut His note making
the appointment was found in her pocket.
The proof was entirely circumstantial.
Sixty-seven witnesses were examined,
who brought the crime home to the pris
-annr The cnlnrit's father offered ten
thousand dollars bail when his son was
first arrested, which was refused.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
McCORMICK'S
RBAPIDG and MOVING
MACHINE IMPROVED
FOR 1857
FOR 1857.

TINE FARMERS of Montgomery county and
H. the District of Columbia wishing to sup
ply themselves with this Invaluable machine
win please send in their orders EARLY they
will will thereby insure being supplied Delay
may cause disappointment, as the demand for
them this year will he GREATER than ever before
1t is now an established fact, attestod by
10000 Farmers using them in the U States
including 1875 IN our own Montgomery county,
that this machine both as Reaper Of Groin
and M0wer Of Grass-for its RAPDITY AND
ELEGANCE OF EXECUTION great STRENGTH OF
BUILD, LIGHTNEss OF DRAFT, and SIMPLICITY OF
CoNsrRUcToN-stands UNRIVALED.
This machine has been so well and so tho
roughly tried, and is known to be so fully eli
eieat and reliable, that it is now deemed alto
gether unnecessary to enter into any descrp-
ton Of it, or name more Of its special points
of merit.
Every machine sold by us viii have the per-
fully competent and GUARANTEED TO GIVE FULL
AND ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
They will be delivered at any desired point
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, or on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal or in the District
of Columbia.
A FULL SUPPLY of the various parts of
the Reaper, FOR REPAIRING, will be kept
constantly on hand at Poolesville; also, at
Mr.. ADAM BEALL's Laytonsville and Mr.. j.
II. FIGGINs', Rockville.
sc- Orders by mail promptly attend to.
JESSE 7. HIGGINS & BRO.
Sole Agents for Montgomery county, Nd
and the District of Columbia also, for the
counties OF Loudoun, Jefferson, Frederick,
Berkeley and Morgan, in Virginia.
mar 27-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
UNDERTAKING.

HAyING purchased the farm formerly own
IL ed by Geo. D. Spencer, Esq, about one
mile from Colesyille and permanently located
myself would respectfully inform the citizens
Of Berry's District, ana the county generally,
that have prepared myself with materials for
carving on the UNDERTAKING BUSINESS,
and hope, from long experience, attention TO
business. and moderate charges, 10 share lib
eral portion Of the public patronage.
Bsy- ! will attend Funerals in any portion Of
the county. - $500.
july eff gAhBs HUNS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

Es- Lorenzo Dow once said Of a grasp
ing, avaricious farmer, that if he had
the whole world enclosed in single field,
he would not be content without n patch
OF ground ON the outside to raise po-
tatoes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

Position IN SLEEPING-It is better to
60 to sleep on the right side, for then
the stomach is very much in the position
of bottle turned upside down, and the
contents arc aided in passing out by gra-
vitation. If one goes to sleep on the
left side the operation of emptying the
stomach of its contents is more like draw
ing water from well. After going to
sleep let the body take its own position
If you sleep on your back, especially soon
after hearty meal, the weight of the
digestive organs and that of the food,
resting on the great vein of the body,
near the back bone, congresses it and
arrests the flow of the blood, more or
less. If the arrest is partial the sleep is
disturbed, and there arc unpleasant
dreams. If the meal has been recent or
hearty, the arrest is more decided, and
the various sensations, such as falling
over a prccipice, or the pursuit of wild
beast, or other impending danger, and
the desperate effort to get rid of it, arou-
ses US, and sends on the stagnating blood
and we wake in alright, Or trembling, or
Precipitation, or feeling of exhaustion,
according to the degree of stagnation
and the length and strength of the effort
made to escape danger.
But when we are not able to escape
the danger, when we do fall over the pre-
cipice, when the tumbling building crush
es us, what then? That is death That
is the death of those of whom it is said,
when found lifelcss in their bed in the
morning: "that they were as well as
they ever were the day before;;" and often
it is added, and ate heartier than COM
mon This last as frequent cause of
death, to those who have gone to bed to
wake no more, we give merely as a pri-
vate opinion. The possibility of its
truth is enough to deter any rational man
from late and hearty meal. This we
do know, with certainty, that waking up
in the night with painful diarrh@a, or
cholera, or bilious collie, ending in death
in very short time, is properly tracea-
bic to late large meal The truly wise
will take the safe side For persons who
cat three times a day, it is amply sufi-
cient to make the last meal of cold bread
and butter, and a cup of some warm
drink. No one can starve on it, while a
perseverance in the habit soon begets a
vigorous appetite for breakfast, so prom
ising Of day of comfort. -Halps J0ur-
nal Of Health.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

E1- Our devil says that when you see
a young man and woman walking down
street, leaning against each other like
pair Of badly matched oxen, it is pretty
good sign they are bent on consolidation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
o Ufuef- Dy mail promptly atIend 70.
JESSE II. HIGGINS a. BRO.
IMPORTANT 70 H0TSEKEEPERS |!
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES'
The "Esuckeye" CLOTHES
Washer and Wringer.

TNHERE is no article so much and so univer-
Il sally needed at this time, as a really good
Washing Machine. We have been long time
on the look out for one which would do the
work effectually, and could be recommended
with confidence to housekeepers and, at great
outlay. we are fully satisfied we havesucceeded
We are now enabled 10 offer 10 the public the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

E4,- The man who is too poor to take
a paper has bought slab-sided dog, an
old shotgun, and twenty-shilling gold
watch. lie educates his children in the
street, and his shanghais board on his
neiphbors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

ET- Diogenes being asked Of what
beast the bite was most dangerous, an
swered: "Of wild beasts, that Of a SLAM
derer; Of tame, that Of fatterer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

ANOTHER PoLIlIcAL PARsoN 1t would
seem (says the Detroit Free Press that
the black republicans are not to enjoy all
the " honors" reflected by the parson-
politicians Of the Kalloch stripe. Rev.
Cad. Lewis, grand chaplain Of the know
nothing order in Kentucky, was last
year charged with grievous misconduct,
and, after trial, was expelled from his
Office in the church. The know-nothing
organs thought him badly-treated and
prosecuted individual, and took up tho
cudgel earnestly in his behalf The
Rev. Cad. appealed 10 the courts, and
the case was submitted to the decision Of
ex-Chief Justice Thomas A. Marshall,
(himsclf a kuow-nothing,) who has sus-
tanned the church, and decided against
the reverend politician at all points, and
decreeing that he shall pay all costs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
DIR. 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.
sep SIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15


A SINGULAR DIscovERY.-In 1852, II
few grains of wheat were discovered in
the tombs of some mummies found in the
south Of France, supposed to have been
two thousand years old. These grains of
Egyptian wheat were planted, and pro-
duccd to the surprise of every one,
1000 to l! The Government took the
affair in hand, and consigned the manage
mcnt of it to the farmers of the Govern
ment farm at Rambouillet. The result
has been most astonishing. Each year
the product has been magnifed in such
an immense proportion over the preceding
year, that the Minister of Agriculture is
now enabled to distribute over France a
large quantity of this wheat to each Of
the departments, gratuitously, with in
structions from the Government farm as
to the best mode of cultivation. At a
late meeting of the Academy of Sciences,
the Baron dc Menneville presented sew
cral stocks of this regeneratcd Egyptian
wheat which were six feet high and bore
each several fine ears. A French lady
explained in my hearing the other day,
this great multiplying power of the
Egyptian wheat by the long rest it had
had. 1t is great and important disccv-
cry for the study of agriculturists.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15

CHEAP ORNAMENTS. When DR.. Frank
lin was in Paris, his daughter, Mrs.
Bache, wrote 10 him for a supply Of fcath-
ers and thread lace. The doctor declined
in the following characteristic note: 'If
you wear your cambria rufiles as do
and take care not TO mend the holes.
they will come in time to lace; and
feathers. my dear gil, may be had in
America FROM every turkeys tall. y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-15
VILE, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY Is, 1867.


A SINGULAR CAsE.-We clip the fol-
lowing from the Granada (Miss. Repub-
licau of the 18th instant:
We are creditably informed that there
is now, in this county, girl 10 years
old, who is very singularly affected. 1t
appears she labors under the impression
that she is bewitched. Her case is Ger
tainly remarkable one. She wears a
piece of gold around her neck, and if
the gold is not watched, the string will
twist to suffocation. She thinks if the
gold was removed she would die Instant
ly; on one occasion, it was removed
while she was asleep, and Immediately
there were signs of strangulation. An
other remarkable feature connected with
with her case is this: cut off piece of
her hair and throw it into the fire, and
she will show evident signs of pain, or
nneasIness by screaming. Her hair has
been burnt half mile distant, and at
the very instant of burning, she mani
Tested the same signs of pain. Another
strange feature in this case is, that if the
picture of the individual whom she be-
lievcs to be the cause of her sufforings,
is drawn upon paper, and shot at with
lead, it makes no impression upon her,
but present gun loaded with silver, and
she is thrown in spasms-fre, and she is
calm again. This certainly is strange
case, and we hope to hear more from it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-20
Extract of letter from Bladen county {:

Extract of letter from Bladen county:
1 am aware that my subscription year
for the Spirit of the Age has come to a
close, and feeling desirous for the promo
tion of sobriety, peace and good order, l
feel anxious to have the good Spirit a
weekly visitor to my family and neighbor-
hood another year It is heart rending to
see the awful destruction that intemperance
is making in our (otherwise) happy and.
On Friday last, at the fork of the roads
below Elizabethtown, witnessed one of
the most affecting scenes [ ever beheld !;
there saw living man wearing shroud,
standing on a scafold or trap door, there I
heard the funeral sermon of the same liv-
ing man preached by the Rev. 81. A. Mon
roe. Just before the sheriff cut the rope
that was to usher the spirit Of of the pris-
oner into the presence of his God, he said
to the Preacher, in low tone Of voice
say to the audience, and particularly to the
young men, be,oare of the wine cup and
evil company, for they have brought me to
where l now stand. The individual here
alluded to, was Thomas McLelland; he
was raised within few miles of where
reside he was accustomed to get his daily
drains while growing up. His parents lef
him in af1uence, and when he was execu u
ted he was not worth one red copper. ]
have obtained seven names to my club fo
the spirit of the Age. Please receive s.
; herein contained, and forward a copy t
, the address of the following names.
!. Continue your alarm to the intemperate
if they will hear, well-if they will nc
f hear, your skirts will be clear of their blood
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-20
CHAPTER Y.

When will your parting be-Sadness and Mirth /?
Bright stream and dark one-oh never on earth
Never while triumphs and tombs are so near,
while Death ard Love walk the same dim sphere;
While flowers unfold where the storm may sweep,
While the heart of man is q soundless deep J!
HnKANs.
We are yery we'll aware, dear reader, that
vve are about to depart widely from the COM
mon usaoes of Author.land. Still, as we are
merely neophite, we hope to be forgiven.
But we have yet another excuse to plead;
we are not writing regular romance, with
it's full share of castles and dungeons, MUIR
ders and banditti, but plain story of every
dav life: one which, indeed, has more than
;ts foundation in fact. We are aware, too,
that in the opinion of the younger and more
IMAGINATIVE class of readers, the interest of
our story will be greatly diminished if we
sav that Adelaide neither died of q broken
heart herself. nor caused her husband to do
so. Rut such was the true state of the case
and we are compelled to acknowledge it.
Adelaide Lindsey, led on by pride and
resentment, had committed grievoas error.
She had, by her hasty marriage, placed the
happiness of at least sWo lives In the most
imminent danger: But, as she had said to
Kate-she was not heartless, and she was by
no means devoid of principle. She was young
and sorely tempted; and she did not fully
realize the risk she was ineurring.
And, in truth, it was not until long after
her marriage-not until she had learned how
much there is In the very happiest union Il
call for mutual love and forbearance not
until she had stood by her husbands side, in
sorrow as well as in joy; not until she knew
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-20

LETTER WRITING.-With regard to this
accomplishment a lady correspondent says:
l received a letter from person to-day,
which commences after this manner-sHop-
ping that you are WE'LL etc. You see
slight mistake occurs in the first word, and
shall never think of this person without i'm
agining that she is hopping about like a
parched pea.
I have numerous friends who write me
letters, some of them are young, some of
them thoug ghtless and few entirely ignorant
of the rules of composition. When | was
a girl, and quite young, l had a sentimental
Irritation with a handsome young man, aud
all my friends envied me. Such fine eyes,
engaging manners and elegant accomplish
ments, as faneied he possessed! He managed
horse to perfection, sang sweetly, cultiva-
ted moustache, wore an admirable bunch
of curls on the top of his head, had fine
figure, and I was over head and ears in
| what I then called love. Well this Adonis
went away, to be gone-distracted thought
four whole weeks. But he would write to
me-and was not wholly inconsolable.-
The first letter came I retired to my room
that might enjoy its perusal in silence
made sacred by the tender sentiment /
broke the seal the letter fell from my hands,
for thus it commenced-'Dear Angle of my
hartp O! to be called an angle; oh to be
worshipped as hart. The spell was bro
ken. Ia sheer desperation perused the
whole letter. He gravely informed me that
whole soeak had passed since he had the
pleasure of parting with me- Oh shades
Of Cupid was this not horrible! He fur
ther said that he found his mother in good
heltb, her heZth being much 'inapYrtoed since
he larst seen her. Didn't I cry like &
schoolgirl when had finished that letter
Didn't essay to answer it twenty-four times
and at last give up in despair. | took hi
miniature and closely examined it. 1t wa
written all over with angles and beneatl
the pretty exterior saw the coarse and un
educated, unre6ned. do not say that thos
who spell badly have as a general thing
coarse souls oh no. But it seems to me
with dictionaries and spelling books, to use
common expression-dirt cheat, young ma
or young lady cannot help writing decent
| ly correct letter, now a-days.
Why is it that letter writing is such task
Do you believe there are some born letter VIZ
ters? do, for few of my correspondent
fill half dozen sheets SO gracefully!
seem to see, to speak with them, to almol
feel their breath upon my cheeks, so spell
bound do they hold me. Will not some {
our correspondents favor me with their view
on this important subject?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-20
s@ Have you ever heard of one bene

H@ Have you ever heard of one bene-
fit conferred upon the world by grogshOp ?
You might as reasonably expect blessing
to be borne on the thunder's bolt, or hope
to be invigorated by the Cobra's deadly
fangs It's mission on earth is to contain
mate what is pure. to corrupt what is holy,
to destroy peace, wreck happiness, to re-
duce misery, woe and death. Brahminism
prostrates its devotees beneath the crush
ing car of Juggernaut or plunges them in
the waters of Godama Jesuitism stretch
es its victims upon the rack, burns them
at the stake, or roasts them in ovens ia
Goblin fury flooded the streets of Paris with
the blood of her citizens; but Intemper
ance more than unites the horrors of al
these. 1t inficts the anguish of the soul
the wringing of the heart, as far superio
to physical suffering as mind is to matter
Are not our people false to themselves an
to their highest interest in sustaining S
fell curse.