Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-02-10
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.

- Why is kiss like scandal Be-
cause it goes from mouth to mouth.
The first mistake in public business
is going into it,
The most exalted worth is stripped
of its glory whenever it glories in itself.
Somebody says that the best way to
keep food upon weak stomach is to bolt
it down.
= The quickest way to make tall
man short is to borrow all the money he
has got.
"A banquet-hall is undoubtedly very
pleasant place, yet ii is filled with the
'gnashing of teeth"
= IT may fairly be commended that in
veterats laziness is the most effective la
Dor saving machine ever invented.
- The barber who dressed the head of
a barrel has been engaged to fix up the
locks of canal
= To dare to believe less, or to pre-
tend to understand more, than God has
revealed is equally profano presumption
Even fishes appear sometimes to act
from the impulse of passion but the
general opinion is that they really do
everything in cold blood
- A fool can ask more questions than
wise man can answer but wise man
cannot ask more questions than lie will
find fool ready to answer
= An English traveller says that
Mount Vesuvius never sleeps. And yet
VIC suppose ii must be sleepy for it IS al
ways ya,oaiag.
- He, who has made time his friend
will have little to fear from his enemies;
but he that has made it his enemy, will
have little to hope from his friends.
The lives of ministers ohentimes
convince more strongly than their words
their tongues may persuade, but their
lives command.
- Humility will free a man from per-
turbation and perplexities. That which
will break proud mans heart, will not
so much as break an humble mans
sleep.
- Charity is delicate, tender grace,
and can scarcely endure the much naming
of itself, much 5ess of those things that
are SO contrary to it.--AnoR.
A good many of our American
writer's would be very formidable in the
event of war with Great Britain; they
never put pen to paper without murder
ing the English.
- Many are miserable by loving hurt
full things, but they are more miserable
by having them. 1t is not what men
enjoy, but the principle from whence it
comes that make men happy.
- Secret sins commonly lie nearest the
heart, the fountain from whence they
take a quick and continual supply. Sc
cret sins are as near to the original sins
rs the first droppings are to the spring
head.
- We have all heard of asking for
bread and receiving stone; but young
gentleman may be considered as still
worse treated, when he asks for young
lady's hand and receives her fathers
foot
We should be willing to feed a
thousand sparrows with all the cherries
their little crops can carry, for the sake
of that very truth which God has asso-
ciated with their name, and which they
recite to us every day.
- The fountain has not the less water
for the vessel it fills. nor the sun the less
light for that it gives forth to the stars /;
so the Lord Jesus Christ has never
whit the less for what he gives forth unto
his saints
Lamb says the greatest pleasure
he knows is to do good action by stealth,
and to have it found out by accident. -
We are sorry to say these "stealthy' and
philantrophic actions are few and very
far between; generally by some accident
being prematureiy discovered.
The HEAD OF THE HOUSE,. "A faithful
minister Of Gospel being one day enga-
geo in visiting some members of his
flock, came to the door Of house where
bis gentle tapping could not be heard for
the noise and contention within. After
waiting little he opened the door and
walked in, saying with an authoritative
voice, II should like to know who is
the head Of the house" "Weel sir !"
said the husband and father, ''if you sit
down a wee, we'll may be ableto tell ye,
for we're just tryin' TO settle that point .