Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-06-01


Its got u kurle tale,
He stol awl mi daddiz korn,
An ct it on rale.
The following popular and spirited
plank is said to have been added to a
" Union pla torn" recently adopted by
reclamation at political convention in
Tennessee: -
The union Of rye and the union Of corn,
The union with lake, ice and river.
The union Of sugar in one spacious horn
And their unHagging union forever.
DUTIEs-Eyery man ought to pay his
debts-if he can. Every man ought tc
help his neighbor--if be can. Every
man and woman ought to get married
if they can. Every man should do his
work to suit his customers-if he can.
Every man should please his wife-if he
can. Every wife should sometimes hold
her tonguc-if she can. Every lawyer
should sometimes tell the truth-if he
can. Every man should mind his own
busincss--if he can.
1t is not what people eat, but what
they digest, that makes them strong -
It is not what they gain, but what they
save, that makes them rich 1t is not
what they read, but what they remember,
that makes them learned. It's not what
they profess, but what they practice, that
makes them righteous. These are very
plain and important truths, too little
needed by gluttons, spendthrifts, book
worms, and hypocrites,
A POSER Ned was urging in favor of
giving women the elective franchise.
" Why shouldn't women vote as well as
men 4? Are they not capable of forming
correct opinions on political subjects !?
Many woman knows more than her
husband" That may be-" said jim,
g but do you suppose I'd have rascally
politician come olectioneering with my
wife p
Ned was silenccd.
A little girl showing her little
cousin Ga boy about four years of ago) a
star, said ''That star you see up there
is bigger than this world"
Says he, +" No faint"
" Yes it is.
I" Then why don'ti it keep the rain off y
said the little fellow.
-" What is shew bread Aunt ~
asked Ike, who was reading the Bible
consccutively, and tearing out the leaves
as he went along, so as not to lose the
place. Why, Isaac" said Mrs. Par
tington, 90 shoe bread is that which peo-
pie earn by the making of shoes. There
is plenty of it in Lynn"
The following return was made by
one of the Sheriffs of county in Viz
ginia, upon a capias.,
Was SEEN. but not arrested; was
caught, but not held was shot at, but not
hit"
- We have heard of an economical
man who always takes his meals in front
of mirror-he does this to double the
dishes. II that isn't philosophy, we
should like to know what is
An editor in Maine has never been
known to drink any water. lie says he
never heard water was used as general
remedy but once-in the time of Noah
when il killed more than it cured.
"A black republican, who imagincs
that the editor of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph has done him injustice, demands
of the editor to do him Justice" The
editor replies that he cannot, on account
of the high price of hemp.
~ We never respect persons who aim
simply TO amusc us. There is vast
difference between those we call amusing
men and those we denominate entertain
ing; we laugh with the former and re-
feet with the latter.
- Happiness is in taste aud not in
things; and it is by having what we love
that we are happy, not by having what
others find agreeable.
- Ia making an estimate of man or
woman, don't take the dress into conside
ration. IT'S the value of the blade YOU
inquire into, not of the scabbard
No man will excel in his profession
if he thinks himself above it; and com.
merce will not flourish in any country
where commerce is not respected.
We sleep, but the loom of life
never stops; and the pattern which was
weaving when the sun went down, is
weaving when it comes up tomorrow.
- Liberty will not descend to people !;
people must raise themselves to liberty !;
it is Blessing that must be earned before
1t can be enjoyed.
= fla tree were to break window,
what would the window say? Ire
mend-us.
Douglas Jerrold called woman's
arms, the serpents that wind about a
mans neck killing his resolutions"
~ Our reputation, virtue, and happi-
ness, greatly depend on the choice of our
companions.
--Quilp says there is many woman
strong enough to hold fractions horse,
who can't hold her own tongue!
= Put off repentance till tomorrow
and you have day more to repent OF
and day less to repent in.
Lilies pleasures. il not abused, will
be new every morning and fresh every
evening.