Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-08-27


are you to obtain strength to pass I'M
scathed through the perils Of maternity,
as did she?
Look around you at the young wives
and mothers What pitiahle specimens of
feminine humanity; wha4 discouraged,
disheartened objects Of commiseration
" hat traces es pain a..l :i!ssss wi.
ten upon their shrunkeD yieages before
the fifth anniversary Of the "honey-
moonv' amt
look at The anlssTTv sntenance &c
half the young husbands you meet Do
they not speak Of pleasing anticipations,
followed by unpleasant realities? How
many husband, who, in his bachelor
days fondly dreamed of blithe, cheer
full, neat housewife, whose lark-like song
should testify each morning that house
hold duties were a well spring of pleas
ure, has found, by sad experience, the
wide difference between romance and
reality And how many young man
Of manageable age, and fine prospects,
seeing the rude dispelling of this or that
companions dream of domestic enjoy
ment, takes warning, and holds himself
sternly aloof from all matrimonial en-
tanglements. | assure you, ladies', know
many young man, considered by calcu-
lating mammas and amiable daughters,
as decidedly a good match, who, in con-
fdential conversation, does not hesitate
to say that he does not dare to get mar
ried.
" Why" said young man of wealth
and position to me, but last week, "when
[ marry, | want a home; and l have
been looking for the last five years for a
wife calculated, by nature and education
to make home for me, and true mo-
Their for my children, but in vain, so far.
Is not health needed? But how can the
frail lounger and dwadler, to whom the
midnight glare of the chandelier is far
more familiar than the morning sun, have
health for herself, or to bequeath to her
children Is not cheerful disposition
needed? But how can this be acquired
Or kept by those whose lives are but one
constant round Of selfish frivolty? How
can one gain habits Of care and applica.
ton, without ever having oven The care
Of her own room? How can one super.
intend the details Of housekeeping, so as
to minister to the comfort of the house.
hold, to whom every item of that house.
keeping Is not only ui'ss4s@n, g5l.t pesi-
lively hateful 2 No, ! tell you, Fred,
although I may be able to support an
animated parlor ornament, yet my taste
docs not run that way and so choose
to remain bachelor, until find au in
telligcnt girl, with domestic accomplish
ments."
Is not this a common sense conclusion,
ladies'? Whether it is or not, many Of
the most desirable young men for hus-
bands are thus resolved, and more are
coming to think SO.
MoRAL.--Young lady, if you wish
your mothers life prolonged help her
about the house If you wish health
and lasting beauty, do homework. II
you wish good husband and wish to
make him happy, don't "hate homework"
STEEL PENs.--The immensity Of this
manufacture is hardly conceivable, yet it
is source of industry and wealth to a
large number Of cntorprising and iDgeni-
Gus manufacturers The number Of steel
pens annually produced in Birmingham
England, is said to be upwards Of one
! thousand millions. One establishment
has the distinctive marks of five hundred
: different dealers, in all parts Of England
) as well as on the continents Of Europc
and America, for whom the pens arc
manufactured according to order. The
method of forming the pen or nib from
the metal is rapid and curious. 1t is thus
} described The sheets Of steel are redu
ced to the requisite tenuity by successive
transits through the rolling mill, opera
tons tended by men and boys. When
reduced to the thinness Of q steel pen
length about two feet, breadth two and .
half to three inches, the sheets are ready
for punching out the blanks The pro-
cess is performed with great rapidity, ono
girl of average industry and dexterity
being able to punch out about one hun
dred gross a day. The next operation
is to place the blank 10 concaye die, on
which slight touch from a convex punch
produces the requisite shape-that of the
semi-tubc The Sits and apertures e
increase the elasticity, and the makers
Or vendors name or mark are produced
by similar tool Previously. however.
the pen undergocs variety Of other pro-
cessos. When complete, all but the slit,
It is soft and pliable, and may be bent
or twisted ia the hand like q piece Of thin
lead. Being collected in crosses or great
crosses, the pens are thrown into little
iron square boxes and placed in a fur
mace, whore they remain until box and
pen are Of white heat. They arc then
taken out, and thrown, Kissing hos, into
pals or tanks Of OIL when they NAV be
broken like 50 many waters; after drain
ing, they are made TO reyolyo rapidly in
perforated cylinder.
Eg- Local politics run high in the
Western country. Tho candidate for
county clerk in Texas offered to register
marriages for nothing. His opponent.
undismayed, promised to do the same,
aud Hroi1 ~ q cradie!
R0" A writer gives the following ad-
vice to wives should you End +. Do-
oossary, as many Of you unaoa6todly
will, to chastiso your husband you will
perform this afectionato duty With tho
soft end Of the broom, aad not With the
handle"