Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-03-05

And the storm ragged in the grcu
world OF business, and by and by ne'
wreck was thrown upon the strand ofruir
1t was an'old man--vcry old. For year
he had prided himself on his wealth. K
! One storm had he ridden out in safety an
he had not feared this one But oflate
to keep down memories which haunte
him, and he had dabblcd in stocks. I'll
speculatod fell.
And when all was gone when the ruiz
was complete that old man took his stat
aad walked forth from the city. Tn
autumn winds blew his sparse snowflake
locks about, and his franc tfembled a
he moved on.
john Brodie sat in the library, ane
Alice was by his side. The doer wa,
open and little boy-one of john.
grand-children--led in an aged man.
Ny Father" cried John, starting
to his feet.
And the old man put forth his tremb-
ling hands aud murmured-
My son MY son On MY son !"
Alice took the boy by the hand and led
him out.
An hour passed, and then John Brodie
came forth leading his father by the arm
Both had been weeping much, aud both
looked very hairy though over that Older
face still fingered the tracts of old regrets
Alice spoke john, 81 this is my
father y
The old man seemed fearful at first
lat when he saw the quick, joyous look
beam upon Alice's face, he had no moro
doubt. She gave him both her hands
and on the next moment his hoary hcat
was pillowed upon her bosom. In little
while he looked up, and in broken accent,
said,-
Love me--love mc-and I'll bles,
God for the ruin! Love me, both, anc
I'll bless you while | live"
And when the old man was assured o
their love, and they were all seated to-
gether, and the children had come to Sc,
their great grand. father, John Brodi,
spoke:
4" | thank God for the old crash scor,
of years ago, for it gave inc new life
I'D 1t opened to me knowledge Of tn,
love of any wife and children, which
never fully appreciated before. Anc
now how fervently may thank God fo
this present crash Of ruin, when it la
4 given back TO me a father p
Oh, we should be very grateful,
said Alice.
Grateful, cried John, tears startin.
to his eyes as he did So Grateful ?
he repeated And then he wound hi
arms about his fathers neck, and hi
tears and kisses were upon his chcel
together.
Ah--that was still his great gratitud,
his great joy-his great hopo-his
WIFE.
CURE FOR THE BITE OF A MAD Doc. -
A writer in the National Intelligencer
says that spirits of hartshorn is a certain
remedy for the bite of q mad dog. The
wound, he adds, should be constantly
bathed with it, and three or four doses,
diluted, taken inwardly during the day.
The hartshorn deeomposes, chemically,
the virus insinuated into the wound, and
Immediately alters and destroys its dele
teriousness. The writer who resided in
Brazil for some time, first tried it for the
| bite Of a scorpion, and found that it re-
moved pain and inflammation almost in
stantly. Subsequently he tried it for the
| bite Of a rattlcsnake, with similar sue
cess. AT the suggestion of the writer,
an old friend and physician tried it in
cases Of hydrophobia, and always with
success.
GAPEs IN CHICKENS arc said to be cured
by the use of salt. The disease is a
worm in the throat Of the bird. If Jumps
Of salt are left in their y or little
box of common salt in conyena place,
the chickens will take enough Of it to
prevent or cure the malady. When they
arc very sick, and gaping pi.eously, the
best thing to 60 is to squirt little salt
and water into their Threats. Some use
an aromatic decoction of cinnamon, pep
nov 81 49, 1-~r 4..- - .io-i- a. r.
into the birds throat with excellent effect;
butsalt is the great vermifuge of creation.
PoLITENEss is the outward garment Of
good will .--Gucsss at Truth.
LABOR and prudence relieve us from
three great cyils-yicc, want, and indo-
lence.
BENETTcgycg IL tho most exquisite lux
ury; and the good man, after all, is the
genuine epicurc.
EVERYBODY should have bis head, his
heart and hand educated Let this truth
never be forgotten.
IP we all had windows in our hearts,
many Of us would take good caro- to keep
the blinds closed.
TnE domestic hearth is The proper
place for old agc--whitc heads seem out
Of place in marts of traffic.
OSE Of the most difficult things a man
has to learn, is when to retire gracefully
from the stage Of life.
ALL reports as to character deal large
ly in cxaggoration. " | never knew, "
says a wise man, "any one either az good
or as bad as be was represented.
E1- Alchohol was iirs. invented, and
used 10 stain the checks Of the ladies Of
Arabia, $50 years ago. II still rcddons
the human face.
ES'- He who stabs you With a pen would
do the same With apsnknife, were be as