Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-04-29
, MARYLAND, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1859.

they did get up, help to get the breakfast,
wash the dishes, and sling the pots
around-not SO as to overstrain them
selves, they would be much healthier,
more handsome. and get better husbands.
I am satisfied that getting up early,
industry, and regular habits, are the best
medicines ever prescribed for health
Look at our general surveyors, when first
running off the land in the West, wading
in water from the shoemouth to the waist,
at night making calculations, keeping
their mind employed, we're we'll and
hearty, while the hands employed in car
rying the chain, when they stopped, had
nothing to do, lay down and died like
rotten sheep. When did you ever know
of General in the army that was man,
but what was at his post when duty call
ed for it, in good health? Look at our
ncighbors in the spring, about the time
their corn should be planted. They get
in a great hurry getting harness, plows,
and almost everything belonging to their
misunderstanding around, going to the
mill, getting part of load of wood at
time and not time enough to haul full
load at time, they are SO extremely
hurried to get their corn planted.
If they would keep at work all the sea-
son, we would starve the lawyers and
whip the doctors. If you want to find
treasure hidden of gold, haul your wood
the first cold weather, and be sure to
haul enough to last one year. When it
comes rainy, bad weather, so you cannot
pillow, cut and split your wood. Make
your tracks when it rains hard, cleaning
your stables, or fixing something which
you would have to stop the pillow for and
fix in good weather. Make your tracks
fixing your fence or gate that is off the
hinges, or Notwithstanding your barns
when the wind has blown away siding,
or patching the roof of your house or
barn after the blow. Some years ago |
was at an educated mans house in Ma
couphin county, Illinois, about six miles
east of Carlinville. I had bought Of him
at St. Louis lot of what he called fat
cattle, just strong enough to travel up to
Morgan county. He invited me TO go
home with him, saying he had better
lot of cattle there. If my memory serves
me right, our horses were put in what
had been o frame barn, under small
quantity Of hay and likely some grain.
Almost all the Notwithstanding was off
his barn, which made ii, think, much
colder in the barn, owing to the many
drafts of air through it, than it was in
the open air. My horse had nothing to
eat, and stood trembling like Bclshazzar.
| being tender hearted man, felt truly
sorry for my horse. With some difficult
ty got him plenty Of feed; and then
went back to the house much encouraged.
There was a number of his neighbors
there when went in. learned he had
been building the season before, and
had not paid up his bills. lie was com
planning very bitterly of hard times
His boot heels were up against his man.
tel piece, which was full of small holes.
| asked him what made so many holes in
the mantel piece. He was then seated
in a chair with his heels against tho man
tel piece. He seemed to be diverted to
think | was no smarter, and told me it
was his boot-hcels that made the holes.
| did not like to be accused Of being
foolish or silly before so many people,
and ! told him that | thought If those
tracks that we're on his mantel piece were
Notwithstanding his barn or after his
pillow, it would tell to better advantage,
and times would not be so extremely
hard. If | understood it Alright all those
men were after money he owed them
1t made hearty laugh, and he looked at
me as sour as sin. | expected to be or
dered out of the house into the snow
He finally forced smile, aud was glad
of it. think man is doing wrong to
place his heels higher than his head. 1t
looks to me as though it was unhealthy.
think our heels were made 10 use under
us, not over us.
! call the attention of every person in
Illinois, Of sex, name and nation, that
VIC all ought to be assessed to work on
the State and county roads in proportion
to our property, and let the poor laboring
class Of men work if they see ct. This
winter past heard of one of our neigh
bors selling cord of fire wood for eight
dollars, (when the common price was
three dollars, because the road was 50
bad ordinarily that teams could not get
in. This was in tho town of Jackson
vile. Our roads are disgrace TO our
State. Put it on us, one and all, town
and country, in proportion to our proper
ty, and let us enhance the value of our
lands and Gil our pockets, besides having
the satisfaction Of travelling on good
roads. We have the soil, material, and
tools to excel, if VIC would use them ard
make our tracks to advantage.
When ] came up to Springfield and
landed at the depot, the news was that
they could not get TO the hotel with
team. looked around me TO see IL there
were any strangers, and felt glad that
could not discover one. What dis
grace il is TO our State and county to
have such roads. ] believe our Super
visors ought 10 have at least two and
half or three dollars per day for warning
The hands when to work, and for working |
with them and collecting the money from
every man Of property who would not