Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-03-01
Fact, Fun and Fancy.

Sir, you have broken your promise" ooh,
never mlndj can make another just as good y
WILD Flowers are the alphabet of angels,
whereby they write on hills and fields mystic.
rious truths
TnE HUMAN HEART beats about seventy-two
times in a minute; or, in life of sixty years,
two thousand millions of times
A COUPLE Of SAILORS were recently arrested
in New Orleans for throwing buckets of tar
over each other. 1t was pitch battle.
To THE MAN of strong will and giant energy,
possibilities become probabilities and proba-
bilitcs ccrtainties.
A COUNTRY PAPER says; Wanted, at this
office, IN editor who can please every body;
also, foreman, who can so arrange the paper
that cyerybody's advertisement shall head the
column"
LAWYERS are said to live longer than men Of
most other professions. Perhaps this is be-
Cause they have more to repent of than others
and arc therefore, allowed to have more time
TO repent in.
a MARRIED lady being asked TO waltz gave
the following appropriate answer
No, thank you, sir, have as much hug
ging at home as can attend to.
WoRsE AND WoRsE.-Whats the difference
between Man with sore throat and Man
lila cheroot? Why, the one is a Man i'll, and
the other is Man iller.
a WAC was once heard to say, that the diff
ference between the Southern and Northern
people is those in the South never sell any
thing they can eat, while those in the North
never eat anything they can sell
PuNNIsG.-A gentleman, named Dunlop, be-
ing present at a party where one of the COM
pany had made several puns on the names of
persons present, remarked that he had never
heard his name punned upon, and didn't be-
lieve it could be done There is nothing in
the world more easy, sir, replied the pun
ster ''just Top Off the name, and it is Daa.'.
CHEArIsG rHE PRIyTER.-An exchange says,
several ltishmen were trying the other day, to
decipher notice headed Public Sale This
notice, although written tolerably plain, could
not be read by the Emeralds, and they request
ed US to read it for them, which we did. At
the conclusion, one of them turned to his COM
panion and remarked, in very impressive
tone; Well, be iabbcrs, I'll niver buy Of a
man who's 50 nagardly that he won't get ad-
vertsements printed; he's chated the printer,
and he'd chate me as wellp
DoN'T WANT AN ArfETlTE.-The Mountain
Democrat is responsible for the following
"a disappointed candidate called for an
EYE opener in ihe.0rchns Hotel Sacrament
to. The bar-keepef speedily completed a
cocktail, and was topping il off with absynth,
What's that what thatH demanded the
man outside Of the counter. It's absynth.
sir il give you good appetite. Ape
tito, hill take that stuff out; take il out |
don want no appetite-what's a fcller want
of an appetite when he hain't got money
enough 10 pay for his BREAKFAST
SESsE VS.. SENTIMENT TO be philosophical
10 be even sensible--in love affairs, is a rare
felicity Thrce-foufWs of all the songs, SON
Aets and niadrgals of lovers are written in
depreciation of inconstance; in sorrow for UNI
requitod affection, aud in revenge of false
vows and promises. Sometimes, however, we
see a more wholesome sentiment Tennyson.
in his poem Of "ln Memorium,n says very
truly and beautifully:
8" lis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all"
And Congreve who wrote many years ear
Tier, says with loss beauty Of diction, but with
equal philosophy in the thought;
90 False though She be TO Inc and love,
I'll ne'cr pursue revenge;
For still the charmcr | approve,
Though deplorc the change.
IN hours of bliss we off have met;
They could notalWays last,
And though the present | regret,
I'm grateful for the pasiv'