Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-07-01
A word to Girls and BOYS.

weli-behaNed cferywhere at all tunes u
in all societies? Good breeding is for
tune already made-an independent for.
tune Courtesy, kindness, a noble, dig
nifed, heavenly department. payes the
way to cmnence, stations of honor,
wealth, responsibility, to glory imper-
ishable.
Well, young reader, how ia this excel.
lence to be attained ? WheEc % tho
starting point? In early life. Yes, be-.
gin at home, IN the domestic circle,
around the iirosidc The very moment
you can Lisp . angle syllable, apdibly.
begin to acquire courtesy. nc llind and
polite to your parents, brothers and SIS
tiers, your superiors and Interiors Sec
that every thought, every wcrd and ac-
ton bears the Impress ola sweet, gentle,
affable courtesy. Study to make every
body happy. True polteness is benevo-
lcncc, and true benevolence is politeness.
When these habits of courtesy or good
behavior arc thus acquired at A2me-ox-
hibitcd on all occasiQps, they become
household words easy, familiar as life.
Then, when you go abroad, mingle in
socicty-th high, the low, the rich, the
poor-you are duly prepared. Polite
ness of manners is uppermost; it flows
out spontaneously Therefore begin at
home early as the dawning Of life. An
excellent writer, touching on this cues
ton Of good manners, says:
+" Young folks should be marHneTly
But how to be is the question. Manga
good boy and girl feel that they cannot
behave to suit themselves in the presence
of company, They are awkward, clown
ish, rough. They feel timid, bashful,
and self-distrustful the moment they are
addressed by a stranger, or appear in
company. There is but one way to. get
over this feeling and acquire graceful
and easy manners that is, to do the best
they can all the time. at home as well as
abroad. Good manners are not learned
so much. as acquired by habit. They
grow upon us by use. We must be
courteous, agreeable, civil, kind, gentle
manly and womanly at home, and then
it will become kind of second nature to
be SO elsewhere a coarse rough man
ser at home bcgets a goUghpcq9 which
we carnot lay off, if we try, when we go
among strangers Che most agreeable
people we have eyer known in company
are those that are perfectly agreeable at
, home. Home is the school fcr all tho
best things"
Young friends you hear this. viii
you heed it Goldcn Ra1e.
A Coon TnING az TlE STORY LINE. 49,
Some years ago Cincinnati paper re-
ceiyed and printed the first chapter Of
what appeared to be a most thrilling ro-
nance, in tho expectation Of being pro-
vidcd with the concluding portions as
might be needed. 4he chapter was
very ingenously written, and concluded
| by leaving the principal character sus-
pended by the pantaloons from the limb
Of tree eyer u perpendicular precpicc,
1t attracted the attention Of the press,
and inquiries began to he made concern
ing the continuation Of the fate of its hero.
Day after day the yicIimizcd publishers
looked for the remaining chapters, but
in vain They never came to hand
Finding that they had been sold, and
wishing to put stop to the jokes their
contemporaries were cracking at their
expense, they briefly concluded the story
thus
CHAPTER H.-c0NCLpsIoN.
After hanging to the trcacherous tree
for four weeks, his pantaloons gave way,
and Charles Melville rolled Aeadlong
over the yaWnipg prceipicc.
| He fell distance Of five miles, and
came down with the small Of his back
across a stake and rider fence, which go
Jared him hat he was compelled to travel
in Italy for his health, where lie is at
present residing. lie is engaged in The
butehering business, and is the father of
large family Of children.
WHAT A CLEEGYAAs THINKS or THE
OrERA. The editor Of the Gospel Rau-
ner, clergyman Of Maine, has recently
visited the Italian Opera at Boston, and
gives the result Of bis impressions pretty
freely. II cannot help TO excite smile,
even if it fails to shake the faith Of the
most deyout worshippor at the shrine Of
that in2titutipp. lie says;
"The music Of the orchestra aud now
and then a strain Of the singing, were
fine, but the performances, as a whole.
we thought lore. Whiskcred men and
painted women tricked out in plush and
tinscl growing aud grunting and shrek.
ing and squalling, something's in solo,
and then in duet, and anon the whole
swarm, like 90 many cats, gesticulating
and menacing and embracing, and frown-
ing and going through With all sorts Of
antics, in gibbcrish that nobody can
understand hat IS the Italian Opera as
we heard and saw il. TO us-and VIC
profess not only to haze IN car but two
ears for music-a quiet scat on a messy
rock, near some pond full Of frogs, would
have been quite a9 cdfying, aud nearly
as musical"
TnE USE or TRIALS 1t is not in tho
light and sunny places Of the wilderness
that the traveller most swectly reposes.
II is under the shadow Of great rock,
or in the depth Of sequestorod valley;
and it is so With q Christian. The sun
of property githors opr joys, and
changes the green leaves into the sickly
colors Of autumn. Adversely is like
winter, which prepares tho ground for
the reception of the seed and for ID,
rich md glowing Insurance q 'rring
time