Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-06-14

nni our rescue of the fair fame of IIoudar,
at Wire. Laughing heartily at first, he adGe,
arterward these words, so honorable to hi
memory
" As it was by no means n question of hon
or. ms il wns not the hour of battle YOU di,
well 10 save the military reputation Of Draw
man by so easy stratagem; but take care,
and his voice assumed tone halfserious, hal
jocosc, I" take care Of yourselves, you gentle
men of the trick, il another prank like ihi:
should flash through your heads" We laugh.
ed, promised 10 spare his watches hereafter
and parted in good humor, taking good care
though never to refer to the incident either by
word or look.
WEAK BACKS AND BAD SEATs.-The small OF
the back is the weak or strong point Of every
person. 1t is the center of voluntary motion.
Nearly three hundred muscles are directly or
indirectly connected with the motions of hich
the small OF The back is The pivotal CENTER
Hence, while those who are strong, and whose
muscular system are well balanced, know no.
thing of spinal weakness or vertebral distor-
ton, invaIids are forever complaining Of this
part of the body.
One very prominent cause Of weak back and
crooked spnes is. The unhygienic and unnnn-
tomical seats and benches OF our school-houses
churches and halls; nor are the seats and
benches provided on STEAMBOATS,, railroad cars
or at stations or ferry-houses any better. 1t
is impossible for any person 10 occupy these
seats long without being forced oui Of shape
And when school children are confined to
them for several hours day for months and
years, their backs will inevitably he more or
less weakened, with corresponding deformity
OF body, for life.
If 90 into private families, even into the
palaces Of the opulent, we find the seats made
more for show than use. Girls suffer much
more BIZ using such seats than boys, for the
reason that boys are taught to run, jump aud
exercise themselves all over and through
while girls are expected TO keep still and be
pretty.
1t is certainly one Of the strange problems
Of the nineteenth century that no parent
teacher or mechanic will give any attention
TO anatomy or physiology in the construction
of seats for the human body. Must our chairs,
and sofis, and settees, and divnns and tefe-d-
htes, and pews forever be dictated by fashion,
aud never conformed 10 nature Must our
tortured bodies forever be compelled TO shape
themselves to the seats, instead Of the seats
being adapted 10 our bodies? Go through all
the great chair-fnctories Of the country, and
you will not find single article that is not
put together ia gross violation of The rules of
health or comfort. II some Cooper, or Pea
tody, of Stewart, or Vanderbilt, or Astor,
would invest n million Of dollars IN establish
ing an immense chair-factory ''on strictly by
gicnic principles, = he would do more 10 i'm
prove human health, promote longevity and
remedy the bnclache, than any medical college
in The land. Science q Heahh.
BABY ExcuANGrs. The Richmond (Kcn J
Register tells this "At dance given by L.
Coyle, in Kingston, n few nights since, there
were number Of married ladies present who
brought their bibles along Feeling Inclined
to trip the Eight fantastic" a round or two
they left their proqenes in nm adjoining room
in chnrgc Of Mr.. Coyle and Joe Maunin, who
had kindly volunteered to be inammas to the
nnoccnts ad interim. During the absence Of
the fond parents, Tom and Joe concluded to
swap clothes, aud in short time every baby
sporled him or herself in foreign habilmcnts.
The mothers after an hour or SOS devotion 10
terpischorcan delights, took each their baby
vesimenis and the dear little forms therein
contained, and retired to their respective and
once happy homes. On preparing the little
ones for their crib, sexes had changed--girls
were boys and boys grls--and with one uni
versal yell the outraged matrons set out on q
baby hunt. Al last accounts, most all had
by the strawberry mark succeeded in recoy-
erng their lost heirs but Joe and Coyle arc
said to be non est when any of those mothers
are in or about the Kingdom"
ttEr neD SAID Ducks during a clas
meeting held several years since by The Metho
| dist brethren OF Southern village, Brothc
Jones went among the colored portion Of III
congregation Finding there an old man no
torious for his endeavor TO serve God on tn
| Sabbath and Satan the rest Of the week, h
said
"Wcll Brother Dick, Pm glad TO see 70,
- IL, tEaY oil
You last, B other Dick p
t.No, no, Brudder Jones no turkeys"
"Kor any chickens Brother Dick ~
| ''No, no, Brnddcr Jones no chickens
"Thank the Lord, Brother Dick That
doing WE'LL my brother said Brother Jones
| leaving Brother Dick, who Immediately re
| licyed his over-burdened conscience by saying
to a near neighbor, with an immense sigh o.
| relief
EFF he'd said ducks, he'd had nc y
! An old bachelor, who had become melan-
chov and poetical, wrote some verses for The
village paper, in which he expressed the hope
that The time would soon come when he should
Crest calmly with shroud,
With weeping willow by my side
but TO his indispensable horror il came out in
print
"When shall rest calmly with shawl,
With a whopping widow by my SIDE"
The N. Yorks Suns correspondent, John,
is n very sharp fellow. In one Of bis letters
he saws 81 bet a fellow dollar that could
tell him how much water 10 quart went un-
der the railroad bridge over the Mississippi
AT Dubaane in year lie bet, and said two
pints to a quart. ! won the bet.'
'If were in California" said young fop
in company, "insiead Of working in the mines,
| would way lay some miner with a bag OF
gold, knock out his brains, gather up the gold
and run" 81 think yon would do better TO
gather mp the brains" quietly responded
young lady.
"We will meet in Heaven, husband dear"
is the affeclionate epitaph an Ohio woman has