Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-02-11
miscellaneous.
Counsels tor dc Young.


spider breaks his web twenty times,
twenty times will he mend it again
Make up your minds to do thing, and
you will doit. Fear not if trouble comes
upon you: keep up your spirits, though
the day may be dark one
Troubles never last forever.
The darkest day will pass away"
If the sun is going down, look up to
the stars if the earth is dark keep your
eyes on heaven With Gods presence
and Gods promise, man or child may
be cheerful.
"Never despair when fog's in the air,
sunshiny morning comes without warning"
Fight hard against hasty temper
Anger will come, but resist it strongly.
A spark may set house on fire. A fit
of passion may give you cause to mourn
all the days Of your life. Never revenge
an injury:
He that revengeth knows no rest,
The meek possess peaceful breast"
If you have an enemy, act kindly to
him, and make him your friend You
may not win him over at once, but try
again. Let one kindness be followed by
another, till you have comprised your
end BY little and by little great things
are completed
Water falling day by day
Wears the hardest rock away"
And so, repeated kindness will soften
heart of stone
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A
boy that is whipped at school never learns
his lessons well. A man who is COM
PEELED to work, cares not how badly it is
performed. He that pulls off his coat
cheerfnlly, strips up his sleeves in earn
est, and sings while he works, is the man
for me
"a cheerful spirit gets on quick
A grumblcr in the mud will stick"
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than
lions and tigers, for we can get out of the
way Of Wild beasts-but bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. Keep your
heads and hearts full of good. thoughts,
that bad thoughts may not find room:
( " BE on your guard, and strive and pray
To drive all evil thoughts away"
LITTLE GRAVES Sacred places for
/ pure thoughts and holy meditations, are
the little graves in the church yard says
writer. They are the repositories Of
the mothers sweetest joy--half unfolded
buds Of nnoccnce--humanity nipped by
the first frost Of time, ere yet a canker-
worm Of corruption has nestled among
its embryo petals Callous, indeed, must
be the heart of him who can stand by a
little grave-side and not have the Eoliest
emotions ofhis heart awakened to thoughts
Of that purity and joy which belongs
alone to God and Heaven--for the mute
preacher at his feet tells Of life begun
and ended without stain; and surely il
this be vouchsafed to mortality, how much
purcr and holier must be the spiritual
land, enlightened by the sun of infinite
/ goodness, whence emanated the soul OF
that brief sojourner among us? How
swells the heart Of the parent with mourn.
fol joy while standing by the earth bed
Of his lost little ones? Mournful, be-
cause sweet treasure has been taken
away-joyful, because that precious jew
ell glittersin the diadem Of the Redeemer
1 Esr The Geneva Gazette, describing
a broken down, worn out horse, says:-
"lIe looks as if he had been fed at the
public CRIB, after the Know-nothings aud
Black Republicans had been there"
G1'' A late Illinois paper contains the
nouncement Of the marriage Of r W.
Wolf to MaryL Lamb The wolf and
the lamb shall lie down together and o
little child shall lead them after a while