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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
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Is published every Friday morning at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum, if paid
within six months from the time of subscribing,
or Two DOLLARS if not paid until the expira-
ton Of the year. No paper discontinued until
oil arrearages are paid, unless at the option of
the editor
l5- ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously inserted
at the rate of dollar per square for the first
three insertions, and twenty-five cents for eve
ry subsequent insertion Twelve lines to con-
sttute square. If the number of insertions
be not marked upon them, they will be CONT
nued until forbid and charged accordingly.
A liberal deduction will be made to those who
advertise by the year.
no CoMMuNIcATIoNs, the effect of which is
to promote private Interests, are matters Of
charge and are to be paid for at the rate of ff-
ty cents per square, All communications must
be accompanied with the authors name other
wise they will not be inserted.
o-Advertsements for Companies or Asso-
Citations Of any kind, UNCONVENTIONAL, charita-
bic Or otherwise are in all cases to be paid for
at the usual rates; and obituary notices or eulo-
giles in addition to the announcement, will be
charged at the rate Of fifty cents per square.
gs1s- OFFICE, in the house on the south west
corner of the Square, lately occupied by WIN
SAGE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
DISTRICT ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW
AGRICULTURAL & MACHINE
NV. Al M ;b1 5E{l{l(I[[SII&


A GRlCULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, MA
IA CEllNERY, Field and Garden Seeds, Fet-
,ilizcrs, &c. The undersigned is now prepared
TO furnish the above mentioned and all articles
pertaining TO the agricultural business, at the
lowest market rates. Having just returned
from tour through the Northern and New
England States, where he has visited large
number of the principal Agricultural Manuac-
turing Establishments, from which he has ta-
ken great pains in selecting a choice assert
ment Implements and Machinery of all de-
scrit as. He has also made arrangements to
y III times in receipt of any important i'm
IA. cenents that may take place in the agricul.
tuial line. Another very Important feature in
this new establishment is, that the proprietor is
practical agricultural machiuist, with an ex-
perience of twelve years. He has thereby ac-
qured thorough knowledge Of this business
in all its various branches. He therefore feels
justified in saying that he can obtain and fur
nish all articles in his line on as reasonable
terms as any house in this country.
NJ Machinery of all descriptions repaired
at the shortest notice and on the most reason
able terms.
With the above experience and facilities for
conducting this business, (Which is all import
ant he respectfully solicits the patronage Of
the farming community and public generally
1t shall always be his object TO please.
Yours very respectfully,
j. p. BARTHOL0W,
55S H., ST., SIX doors south Of Pa. AZ.
Washington City, d. o. oct l6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

THE LIGHT OF HOME.


The light at home how bright it beams,
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far IT CLEANS,
To love, to rest and comfort all.
When weared with the tolls of day,
And strife for glory, gold, or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips will lisp our name,
Around the light at home
When through the dark and stormy night,
The Maynard wanderer homeward flies,
How cheerful is that twinkling light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies
II is the light Of home. He feels
That loving hearts will greet him there,
And safely through his bosom steals
The jowand love that Danish care
Around the light at home
The light at home how still and sweet
1t peeps from yonder cottage door
The weary laborer to greet
When the rough tolls Of day ore o'erl
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that the beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and joys that flow,
And tighten up the heaviest heart
Around the light Mt home
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
SPRING SUPPLIES
1853. FOR 1858.

1858. FOR 1858.
300 pieces white ground. English Prints, choice
styles and qualities, at l2} cents per yard.
100 pieces white ground English Chintzes, at
lSa cents per yard, the richest styles we ever
offered.
200 pieces plain aud plaid Cambrics, in all
qualities
With vast supply of all other kinds of
white Cambrics and Muslins.
Our usual large spring supply Of pure and
choice Irish Linens made TO order in Ireland.
Table Linens, Towels Napkins and Sheetngs,
very large supply in all the best grades.
Our Northern and Eastern correspondents
send us new supplies daily.
One price only, marked in plain figures !;
hence no purchaser is overchargcd.
We are not opening any new accounts
All old bills will be settled before beginning
new ones. We are serious on this point
We reserve to ourselves the right 10 present
for payment any bill (made after this date, LIST
January, 1859 when We need its amount
In future all accounts will be closed by cash
payments. Notes will not be acceptable.
The continued financial arrangement and
general shortening Of credits, and the absence
OF banking facilities, suggests the propriety OF
the course VIC adopt.
ut is our purpose to make our trade as near
a cash business as possible, without disturbing
the pleasant relations which have existed be-
tween many of our customers and ourselves
for a long series of years.
Very respectfully.
PERRY & BROTHER.
"Central Stores" west building,
opp. Centre Market Washington, D. G.
feb Marlboro Gazette.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Agricultural Implement
POOlesVillc, Md.

A GENTS for McC0RMICK'S COMBINED
IA REAPING AND MOVING MACHINE.
PBHNocK's WHEAT & GUAN0 DRILL, with
india Rubber Tubes, and otherwise improved,
for 1856.
LEAvITT's --latest Improved CORN AND COB
MILL.
READINGS C0RNSHELLER-the most cele-
bratcd and powerful horsepower shelter in the
world, and will shell separate and fan from 100
TO $50 bushels an hour
PENNocK's Hand and Horsepower CORN
SIlELLER, with Separator.
WHITMAN's single and double Spout do.
SNCLAIR's do do
SIHoLAm's CYLINDRICAL HAY, STRAW
AND FODDER CUTTER.
WHITMAN's Three-horse Allegany Pillow.
RIcH's Patent Improved Beam do
WHEELER, MELICK & Co. IS Railway TIlRESH-
ING MACHINE, with Separator and Winnow-
er complete, which took the first premium at
the Exhibition OF the Montgomery County Ag-
ricultural Fair last fall
BRlDENDoLPHs 1OMlNY MILL, &C. &c.
We have made such arrangements with Sc
veral Of the most extensive manufacturers of
Agricultural Implements in the country, as to
enable us to furnish any article in their line, at
manufacturers prices, from factory added.
50 All orders by mail promptly attended to-
JESSE Z. HIGGINS.
Poolesyile Nd, April 5, 1856,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

SUPPoRT YOUR HoME PAPER---The
Cleveland Herald talks thus sensible
upon the duty Of supporting homo pa
pers:
Recollcct, If home weekly paper
is to be supported, home influence must
do it. Every dollar sent 10 city papers
is at the expense of the local papers. A
county acquires prominence through its
paper more than in any other way, and
to every one who has county interests at
stake, his home paper is a necessity 49,
Never will such man tako paper
printed away from home until he is able
to take a second paper. His first paper
will DO his home sheet, and he will so
identity his own interest with that Of his
county paper as 10 consider his subscrip-
ton az much as q matter Of duty as the
payment Of liz tazc5"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

COMPOSITIONS. "A distinguished Geor-
gia lawyer says, that in his younger days
he taught boys school, and requiring
the pupils to write compositions, he some
times received some Of very peculiar
sort, Of which the following is a sample:
"On Industry. Ii Is bad for a man
to be idle. Industry is the best thing a
man can have, and a wife is the next
Prophets and kings desired itlong, but
died without the SITE The end"
Here's another :--"On the Seasons.
There arc four seasons--spring, summer.
autumn and winter They are all
pleasant. Some people may like spring
hest; but as for me, give me liberty or
give mo death. The end"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

Et7- The New York Post calls often
ton to the fact that the word baby does
not appear in the new Cyclopedia, and
supplies definition:
BABY.-The judge, jury, and sentence
Of every well regulated family. A thing
that squawEs as midnight and will not
be comforted by any quantity of sops. -
A biped called by its mother :" dc little
rosey, posey, pinkum pink, bless its lit
tie heart" and very frequently "toted"
to the tune of " Here we go, up, up, up
c, and here we 60, down, down, down o."
BY bachelors, called "brat," and by
Upper, the proverbial philosopher, del.
icately alluded 10 as " we'll spring"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

SwEETHEARTs AND WIVES. You are
all apt to complain (writes lady, ad-.
dressing her own SEX that lovers when
they become husbands cannot unite the
two characters. You lay this mostly to
the mems charge. DO you think II is
their fault entirely | am disposed to
Say no. / will tell you why Before
marriage you take the greatest pains to
elevate yourselves into goddesscs, and
desire to be worshipped accordingly.
Men, especially those possessing superior
intellectual qualities and refinement of
nature, favor these views, and treat you
as something nearer to heaven them
selves; and 10 ! no sooner has the honey
moon passed than your husbands discov-
er by inperceptiblc but'suro degrees, that
you are (though in somewhat inferior
ratio to themsclves) Of the earth earth
ly." Happy the woman who has the
wit to contrive that, in her married life
the same halo shall surround her in her
husband ssseyes that existed before their
union The thing in the intimacy of
commonplace every day life, may be
difficult. but is by no means impossible
to achieve. Your own neglect of all
those caros and arts by which you won
the lover, causes commonly the earliest
arrangement of your husband.
How frequent is the spectacle Of
neat, sorupuous maidens, who, when
they become wives, neglect their perso-
nal appearance, and who, if asked why
they do so, would answer: 90, Pm
married." showing plainly that their
care and trimness formed no part Of their
natures, but was trap, n cage, spread
for the lure and destruction Of men,
Pretty Mrs. Spider when your care
full, fine spun web caught tho credulous
fly, your object being effected, good byo
TO neatncss, good looks, care and refine
ment What more had you in the world
to do? Your unfortunate husband finds
that the very qualities which most like
ly influenced bis choice have vanished.
A" like the baseless fabric of vision"
and which to raraphraso the poet.
leaves but wreck behind. ~ y.
Ercelsior.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

E1-A gentleman of Norfolk, Va,
had fine negro, to whom he gave the
privilege Of hiring himself out and keep
ing half the wages. A short time since
the negro came home to his master to
tel! him .ha. the man for whom he had
been working wished to buy him, and
that he would give $1,000 for him.
-" Well" said the master, " what Of
that? do not wish TO SELL"
+" But you see massa," said Sam,
=" Pse had cough some time. and specs
Pae gwine to resumption. | don't spec
! shall last MORN two or three years,
and I'd like TO take DAT man in %
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

TIE REASON WmY.-There is a class
of persons who are forever murmuring
against destiny, and wondering why they
fail whilo others around them succeed.
To us, the secret of their failure is no
mystery. They are vagarists. dreamers,
who believe life is chance or accidental
affair the results of which happen, and
are not the products Ct fixed and univer-
sal rules. No man, except by chance,
can succeed in anything, who does not
see and accept life as real problem, to
be solved by steady, earnest and consist
ent effort, Life is not vague, shadowy,
or underlined; it is actual, straightfor-
ward, and plain; all its forms and colors
are palpable, and by method and action
alone its possessions and triumphs are
achieved. But a bare exception Of those
who regard life thus, and 60 forth with
rcsolute purpose, ever fail. AS slow
steps when long enough continued bring
one to the mountains top, SO perscve-
rance after definite possible object will
accomplish it.
Thousands of young men are ruined
by this skcpticism toward the actuality
of life. They stand midway between
expectancy by chance and resolute action,
and life passes before them like golden
mist, or dark, forbidding cloud. They
accomplish nothing because they have
no belief in purpose. They cannot idcn-
tify their lives, and therefore imagine
they have nothing to do. How can they
but fail? Providence abides with faith
and effort. The wheat springs not up
until it is sown; the house must be built
before one can dwell in it; fortune, rs
the general rule, must be moulded from
the infinite material at hand. He who
sits on the fence surely will not pillow his
field thereby, nor need he wonder that
his harvest in autumn is, therefore, less
than his neighbor's who both plowed and
sowed. The masses Of the failures
among men are either deliberate oilers
or persons who look above the labor
adapted to their talents-but many, who
lack neither talent nor disposition to do,
fail because they have no definite pur-
pose in life.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

E1- An excellent hint to young wri.
ters Is conveyed In what an old tutor Of
college said to one of his pupils, namely
" Read over your compositions, and
whenever you meet with passage that
you think 10 particularly fine, strike it
out"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

CHALK ron WAnrs. by rubbing chalk
on warts frequently, it is said, they will
disappear. In several instances IN which
this remedy has been tried it has proved
successful We have known slightly
moistcncd pcarlash to have tho same
effect.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
UNDERTAKING.
NEGROES WANTED.

q THE subscriber viii give the very high
"a est cash price for Negroes that are young
~w9nnd likely.
Having located himselfin Rockville, Mont
gomery county, Nd, he can at all times be
found ut his residence or ifabscnt, any word
or note left at his residence will be sufficient.
All communications addtesscd 10 lin at
Rockville, Nd, viii be promptly attended TO.
ian sly ClIAS. NJ. PRICE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

Ez1""Mr. President" said a mem.
Der Of a school committee out west, II
rise to git up, and amt BACKYARD to como
forrid In tho cause Of edichtion Ef IL
hadn't been for edication, might have
been as ignorant as yourself, Mr. Prcsl.
dent. "
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
M 6 w
Spring & Summer Goods.

In short, every article usually found in n re
tail store
His goods having been selected with great
care and personal attention from the best houses
in Baltimore, and purchased for The cash, he is
enabled to sell at very low figures.
Thankful for the past liberal patronage of
the citizens Of Rockville, and the public gene
rally, he respectfully asks an examination OF
his present stock.
NAV I JOHN w HOMES
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

E-,,- It is yain TO stick your finger In
the water, and, pulling II out, look for
the hole; and equally vain to suppose
that, however large space you occupy.
the world will miss you when you die.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
PAINTING

CHARLES a. POPE having returned from
" Baltimore wishes to iatorm the citizens
OF the county, that he is now located in Rock
vile and prepared TO execute all kinds Of
PAINTING and DRAINING in the best
manner and ~ reasonable prices.
NAV 2g-f CHARLES ! rOpE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28

Es,- a Western editor observes that
railway whistle seemed TO him to DO
something like the scream Know
nothing would give when the devil first
caught bold Of hiH,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
100000 WORTH!

nF DRY GOODS, Of all frst-class Fabrics.
~ stock complete in all departments, and at
prices arranged TO MEET THE PRESENT FL
NANCIAL EPOCH.
One price only no deviation; the actual
cash value marked in plain fgures by one of
the firm; hence no purchaser is overcharged
Strangers and residents most cordially solic-
tied TO examine our stock, if but for their own
qualification.
New supplies from the North and East daily
We arc not opening any new bills. We arc
disseminating all bills that remain unsettled
from July last. Good articles low prices, and
fair dealing may be relied on in all cases.
PERRY & BROTHER,
Central Stores, L" west building,
opp Centre Market, city of Washington.
oct %
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
METROPOLITAN Hotel.

ID ETURNING thanks for past flvors, the
Ia subscriber respectfully informs the pub
lie. that the above Hotel, SO long and favor
ably known as IIoltzman's old stand on Bcall
street, between High and Congress, is now
open for the reception of the travelling COM
munity. Persons visiting Georgetown may
rest assured Of finding good and quiet enter
tainment. such as cannot fail to give sstisiac-
ton TO all who may favor me with Il call and
all its old friends and patrons may be assured
of receiving at the hands ofW. G.. HAZEL, who
will always be at his post, that attention and
kindness that will ever recommend him 10 the
public.
Transient Board S,1.OO per day.
| will also stale that have one of the best
Stables in the District Of Columbia.
Drovers will be accommodated on the most
reasonable terms.
Horses and Carriages always on hand to
convey persons TO the Washington and Alex
andria Depots or any part ofthe city.
WIN. C. HAZEL,
june 10y Georgetown, d. G..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-28
PURE. SEED
WYAND0TTE PROLIFIC CORN! /!
Yields from 125 10 $50 Bush
els per Acre.

It's Success Triamphaaty Established.
only ONE GRAIN planted in hill pro-
~ duces from to land often more) stalks,
and from to ~ cars Of pearl white corn, s
to Il inches in length, with 10 TO ii rows in
the car.
Circulars descriptive, &c, of this extraord-
nary cereal, and also presenting certificates Of
those who have cultivated it, are now ready,
and will be mailed to all that request it.
The seed will be selected with great care,
and put up in packages to suit, marked "Ban-
dels Pure Seed Wyandotte Corn, " with direc-
lions for cultivating.
PmcEs.-One quart, which is sufficient 20
plant one acre, delivered in the city Of Balti-
more or on the route Of the Express company
(the purchaser paying express charges Sl.50.
Those who order to be sent by mail, and remit
81 viii receive (post paid) the planting for one
acre 81 n half acre. 81 q quarter acre.
Persons wishing to act as agents will be sup
piled at a liberal reduction.
.lss9~ ORDER EARLY, rs the supply is lin
tied. Many were disappointed in not having
their orders filed the last season.
Eo~ Money or postage stamps az cent
stamps preicrred) must accompany the order.
Address, GEORGE S. BANDED,
No IS Light street,
r. Whitman Co.'s old stand,
Baltimore, Nd.
To be had Of WIN. BRADDOCK, Rockville,
Nd. FEB 5-8m
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-27
CHARCOAL as A MANURE.


Afriend in Atwater makes inquiries
respecting the value of charcoal as a
manure, on different kinds of soil. /. the
quantity to be used, and the mode Of
application.
Sc Charcoal is one of the most iudestrue-
sibls Of vegetable substances; therefore
it does not benefit plants, except to a
limited extent by entesiDg directly into
their comp sition. The s~ilicate of pot
ash, and other salts. may bevashed from
ebsrcoal by The rains and used by Plants,
but carbon, the main constituent of
charcoal, is insoluble in water.
The substance is beneficial to plants,
10 virtue Of its property of absorbing
gases. Ammoniacal and carbonic acid
gases are absorbed from the atmosphere,
and retained in its porus substance until
drawn thence to supply the demands of
the roots of plants, which freely per-
nleate it for that purpose.
BaeTo render charcoal efficient as a ma
nuse it must be finely pulverized, and
usown as a topsdressing, at the rate of
about forty bushels to the acre. On
clayey and compact, soils, it serves the
additional purpose of rendering tho soil
more porous and friable. Sow freely
on the surface, it has the effect to render
the land warmer, its black colo absorb
ing the SUMS rays much more than a
light coIored soil.
Charcoal is also valuable to mix with
nigh,soiI, or other animal It
renders such substances less offensive,
and BY absorbing, prevents the escape of
the volatile and most valuable portions
We are persuaded that refuse timber,
which is unfit for other purposes, can be
,charred and applied to the soil with
profit OHIO Farmer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-27
s9epartmtnt,
HOW 10 DIsTIndUIsH DISEASED

As this is time when a great deal OF
"sick pork IS being disposed Of, it
would be wen for buyers to be extreme.
" careful in making their purchases
The following suggestions are from the
Albany Knirkes6ockers
One Of our western papers. in speak.
ing Of tie hog cholera, says that the re-
ports are exaggerated. but little Of
this unwholsome meat it remarks,
ahas been shipped to the Eastern States.
The disease attacks the young stock, and
generally exhibits itself after their feed
ing on still slops. Hogs dying with it
cannot be salted, as no amount of salt
will preserve their flesh. If exposed
for sale, it must be as fresh pork. Any
such meat exposed for sale can be de-
tected by its dark and unusual color,
and it is against such meat, supplied
from sources near home, that the com
munity should be on their guard.,n Our
western friend is not posted up in the
matter. Diseased hogs are not suffered
to sdie ur their blood" but they are
bled and killed the same as any other
hogs. This is the way they manage
matters at Greenbush, and we suppose
The samezt 10 be true of other slaughter
ing villages. Hogs dying "full of blood"
of course cannot be sailed. be their
health what it may But if a sick hog
is killed in the usual manner, the ap-
pearanee Of it's flesh cannot be told by
its looks from other pork. Such meat
Will also fake salt, and bear barreling.
An these facts show that a closer inspec-
tion is required than our contemporary
~imagines. There is a large quantity of
s'sick pork being got out for New York,
Boston aud Albany. Buyers should be
aware of this fact, and purchase with
unusual care. The best test of pork is
it's irmness soft is always dangerous
to buy avoid it at the present time as
you would poison