Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-05-17
Fact, Fun and Fancy.
MATRIMONIAL.


One more unfortunate. lonely and troubled.
Rashly importunate, went and got doubled
Esg-A Judge ignorant of grammar,
is very apt to pronounce incorroc; sen
fences.
EE -Four things come not back-the
broken word, the sped arrow, the past
life, and the neglected opportunity.
Gy- The chairman Of political meet
ing, seeing q rowdy who was raising his
arm to throw stale egg at him. bawlcd
out" Sir, your motion is out Of order %
Gg- Why must We conclude, when
seeing pretty little female foot, that it
belongs to handsome woman? Because
"AlPs well that ends we'll"
Ey Mrs. Partir gton wants to know
ifitwcre not intended that women should
drive their husbands. why are they put
through the bride ceremony?
EJ'A penitent man should be forciy-
EN- but, unless you can ensure the re-
moval Of the mental tnint, it does not
follow that he is cit for safe intimacy.
A WAC said: Il loved my wife at first
For the FIRST two months | felt rs if
could eat her up; ever since, l have
been sorry | didn't"
ET Many true heart that would
have como back like dove to tle ark.
after its first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the savage
cruelty Of an unforgiying spirit.
RI thief who broke out of Jail in
Ohio. tho other day, being captured. told
the sheriff that be might have escaped,
but be had conscientious scruples about
travelling on Sunday,
GgTAn editor acknowledges the re-
ceipt Of bottle Of brandy, forty eight
years old; and says:
This brandy is so old that we very
much fear it cannot live much longer"
Doctor, said man to Aberne-
thy, my daughter had a fit, and contin
ued for an half hour without sense or
knowledge" oh" replied the doctor.
never mind that; many people continue
So all their lives.
ES-In an advertisement BY railway
company Of some uncallcd-fo goods. the
letter L has, by an accident, dropped
from the word lawful, and it reads now {:
People TO whom these packages are d.
rected, are requested TO come forward
and pay the a,cfR charges on the same. :"
ES-A newspaper published at Niagara
Rails, called The Mute and the Blind. y
has the following paragraph: "lIow this
paper is publishcd--thc editor is blind
man, the compositors are deaf and dumb,
the press.work isperformed by the blind,
the papers are folded by the blind, and
wrapped by the mutes"
A SLrGur DiFFgRExcr.- empty
headed exquisite was ogling a Young
lady very annoyingly when she was sing
ing song in which the following line
occurs
"By that fair brow where iqaocencc reposes."
Looking at him intenily, shc divided the
words. thus:
"By that fiir brow 'slsrsia no s-nse reposes."
az Theodore Hook once dinod with
Hatchett at his Delighted villa of Belle
Vue, famous for its culinary complete.
ness. "Ah, my dear fellow" said his
host. depreeotingly: II am sorry to say
that you'll not get to-day such a dinner
as our friend Tom Moore gave us."--
Certainly not, ;" replied Hook from a
Hatehett one can expect nothing but q
chop"
A NICE WIpow Tho following is in
DR.. Holmes new novel: "The widow
Rowans was now 10 the full bloom Of or
namental sorrow. A very shallow Grape
bonnet, frilled and froth like, allowed
the parted raven hair to show its glossy
smoothness A jct pin heaved upon her
bosom. with every sign Of memory or
emotion Of unknown origin. Jet brace.
lets shone with every movement Of her
slender hands. cased in loose-ftting black
gloves Her sable dress was riiced with
manifold aounees, from beneath which
small foot showed itself from time TO time,
clad IN the samc hue Of mourning Ev- |
eryihing about her was dark. except the
white Of her eyes and the enamel Of her
teeth. The eject was complete. Gray's
ton