Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-02-16
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IHE last DOLLAR. In ClermonO
county,, Ohio, the taxes under the new
war dispensation, are about fifty per
cent higher than they were last year.
The fact is thus alluded to by the Cler-
mont (Ohio) Sun:
We have seen, during the tax-pay-
ing season, which closed on "Wednesday
last-=several gentlemen who were more
than willing, during the war, to give
their last dollar, with faces as long as
the moral law, and pocket book as fiat
as a pancake. Poor souls, they will
have to stand up to the rack, fodder or
no fodder, They belong to that class of
men whose brains, if they have any,
can only be reached through their pock-
cts. It is really amusing to hear them
consoling themselves with the belief
that taxes will be lower next year, and
produce higher. We admire their pluck,
and hope they may be able to keep
stiff upper lip"
The FEMALE HEART.-The female
heart may be compared to garden,
which, when well cultivated, presents
continued succession Of fruits and flow
ers, to regale the soul and delight the eye;
but, when neglected, producing crop
of the most noxious weeds; large and
fourishing, because their growth is in
proportion to the warmth and richness
Of the soil from which they spring -
Then let this ground be faithfully cult
waited let the mind of the young and
lovely female be stored with useful knowl-
edge, and the influence of woman, though
undiminished in power, will be like ''the
diamond of the DESERT" sparkling and
pure, whether surrounded by the sands of
desolation, forgotten and unknown, or
pouring its refreshing streams through
every avenue of the social and moral
fabric.
PAINFUL INCONSISTENT Es.-Some men
talk like angels, and pray with forvor,
and mediate within deep recesses, and
speak to God with loving affection and
words of union, and adhere to him in
silent devotion, and when they go abroad
are as passionate as ever, pecvish as a
frightened fly, vexing themselves with
their own reflections they are cruel in
their bargains, unmerciful to their ten
ants, and proud as barbarian prince i
They are, for all their fine words, impa-
tent Of reproof, scornful to their neigh
bors, lovers of money, supreme in their
own thoughts and submit to none All
their spiritual fancy is an illusion. They
are still under the power of their pas
sions, and their sin rules them imperious-
ly, and carries them away infallibly.-
Jeremy Taylor
FORMER ARMIES OF THE UNITED
STATES. The largest army ever as.
semhled Mt any one time during the re-
volution, was that commanded by Gen.
Putnam, ON Long Island. That number
ed seventeen thousand men of all arms.
The next largest was that with which
Washington captured CORVALLIS at York
town, when he had sixteen thousand
Our largest army assembled in 1872
was commanded by Jackson, at New
Orleans, and counted but six thousand.
Coming down to the Mexican war, Tay-
lor won his victories with force never
exceeding five thousand, and SCOTS
largest force was not beyond eight thou
sand five hundred The largest army
prior to the rebellion was, therefore,
that of Putnam, at Long Island-seven-
teen thousand men.
TREATMENT OF THE AGED.-A little
thoughtful attention, how happy it makes
the old They have outlived most of
the friends of their early youth. How
lonely their hours Often their part
ners in life have long filled silent graves
often their children they have followed
to the tomb. They stand soil tary, bend
ing on their staff, waiting till the same
call shall reach them. How often they
must think of absent, lamented faces !;
Of the love which cherished them, and
the tear of sympathy that fell with
theirs, now all gonel Why should not
the young cling around and comfort them
cheering their gloom with songs and
happy smiles ?
ES-I In Chickesaw county, Mississippi,
on the Oath ult., by the Rev. John
Brown, Mr.. Lorenzo Day to Miss Martha
Week.
day is made, a week is lost,
But time should not complain
There'l Il soon be little Days enough
a To make the week again.
Ge A newspaper correspondent tells
OF meeting woman in Georgia with
seven children and pipe in her mouth
She must have had very large mouth.
1E~ A gentleman complaining of the
various imposts and taxes, says he can
not put on his boots in the morning
without stamp.
Es- Never speak badly of others,
even with cause; remember we all have
our faults, and if we expect charity from
the world, we must be charitable our
selves.
ES- The new copper tokens are in.
scribed Z" In God we trust-two cents. y
We fear the Administration will neye,
see the creditor to demand payment.
RE- A French newspaper says only
three of its subscribers are bald. and
they are in arrears for subscription