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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
Fat People.

I like fat folksl There's something
jolly right in the fact of ones being
great big porpoisc. And you never saw
a fat man or woman but what was good
natured, unless disappointed In love. /
often wish stood in Bakers shoes. He
weighs two hundred and eighty. and
when seen coming down the street he re-
semblcs a sloop under full sail. When
he cutters street-car, everybody shoves
along at once; and if it's crowded, two
or three men will get up at once to offer
him scat. He is of Importance where
ever he goes. If he sits on an inquest,
he influences the jury. and if he predicts
the weather, people put faith in him. II
there's crowd around sick horse, Ba-
ker elbows his way right in where
couldn't get. And they are always sure
to make him treasurer at Sunday -school
excursions, send him invitations to de-
liver Fourth-of-July orations, and he is
the man always selected to present the
fire company with new hats and make a
speech.
And there's Mrs Scott. who weighs
nearly as much as Baker. When it's
hot day everybody asks after her COM
fort, and when it's cold day, everybody
congratulates her on being fat. She was
made the president of benevolent soci-
ETY., the treasurer of an art association,
and the ''head man" in monument on
tcrprisc, just because she was fat and
could fill the chair better than any lean
woman If she went aboard the ferry
boat, they always placed her in the cen
tire Of the cabin, in the best arm-chair
aboard so that she could not careen the
craft over; but if forty lean women hung
over the railing to starboard nothing was
ever said or cared about it. She had tho
biggest tent at cnmp-meeting, the best
place to sec the Fourth of July fire.
works, and grocers were always sending
her early strawberries and the first vege-
tables.
| fell in love with fat girl once. /
loved madly, because | was loving two
hundred and seven pounds of girl. She
was amiable. tendcr-hearted, good ma
turcd and true, and think she loved me-
We were to be married in the fall, and |
snouid probably nave Deen one OF tue
happiest husbands, when an accident
dashed my prospects she fell overheard
just as we were about to leave the wharf
on steamboat excursion. Three or four
sailors plunged after her, and they goa
a gang-plank under her, cable around
her waist, and towed her to the wharf
They then rugged a derrick. and lifted
her out by sections But they were SO
long about it that she took a severe cold.
and the result was-%death There were
months after that | could never pass
load of hay without thinking of my lost
Amanda and shedding tears. And even
to this day never see an elephant or
rbinoccrous without her dear visage ris-
ing up before me.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
2 uet ital-.
TOO LATE.

With burning brow on fevered hand,
Slow fading with the fading day,
sat beside the darkling strand
While moaning tide and land-wind say
''Thy wide world died by land and sea
With that great heart that died for thee.'
The sighings of her wasting breath
Were breathed to cold, unanswering night
Alone, forsaken, and unguessed,
She passed blighted flower from sight,
And now the land-wind bears my cry
To deaf abyss of seward sky.
A single stars Implying CLEAN
Lights up the storm-weed al my feet;
And, shore-cast wreck, ! sit and dream,
While my lost heart, with waning beat,
Breaks slowly, by the breaking sea,
For the great heart that broke for me.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
T IME, LIME, LIMEI

Iwould respectfully inform the public that
L have my LIME KILN, at EDWARDS FER
RY, in full operation, and am prepared to fur
nish the best Of LIME at all times. | will
ship it down the Canal to any point desired.
E.V. WHITE.
may 23-tf Edwards Ferry, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
R. #. CARTER,

(LATE PARTNER WITH WIN. oLDFIELD, ESQ.
MAKER,
N FOUNTAIN GREEN, Hartford Co., Md.
will attend promptly to DIGGING AND
WALLING WELLS, PUTTING IN NEW
PUMPS and REPAIRING OLD ONES.
NEW PUMPS kept always on hand. Price
so cents per foot.
ALL NEW WORK WARRANTED.
- All letters addressed to B +. CARTER,
Fountain Green, Hartford county, Nd, or to
HUGH MiLEs, Poolesyille, Nd, will be prompt
tyattended to.
oct 7-3mn Il. f. CARTER.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
IMPORTANT T0LADIES
1873 Fall and Winter 1873.
The Largest and most Com
plete Stock of Millinery in
the District.

TT AIDES visiting Washington are respect
i 4 fully solicited TO call and be convinced
that our GOODS cannot be excelled, ifeqnal-
led, in style, beauty and quality.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
HAMILTON OLDFIELD

hU M A Err,
ELLIcoTT CRY, Howard Co, Md.
Gives his undivided attention to the prose
cution of his business, in allits branches.
PUMPS of the most approved kinds made
to order, and READY-M PU MPSalways
on hand. The chargeis so Cents perfoot.
ALL NEW WORK WARRANTED.
Gs- Orders addressed 10 The subscriber
at Ellicott City, Howard county, Md. will
be promptly attended to.
mar3-tf HAMILTON OLDFIELD.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
CUMBERLAND COAL.

Just received, large lot of Cumberland
Coal, which will be sold in quantities to suit
purchasers, at lowest rates, by
GARRETT Il C0NNELL,
may q Rockville Depot
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
MORE BEER.


Mr.. MedilI, the editor OF the Chi
cago Tribune, now travelling in Ger
many, in ali interesting letter from
that country, says: .sess at..-t
Drunkenness is so rare and ,infre-
quent that it may be said not to exist
/ have travelled thousands Of miles
through Germany, in various direc-
tions, visiting nearly all the chief
cities, and have made diligent inquiry
of American Counsul and other well
informed persons, and received but
one answer every where, viz No
drunkenness among the Germans !;
public sentiment would not tolerate
it; the habits of the country are all
against it, The reason of this free
dom from inebriation is the total Hb-
sence OF whisky, and the substitution
of the uilder beer. Whisky is the
hog that possesses the spirit of the
raging devil. and the cultivation of
whose intimate acquaintance makes
so many beasts aud loafcrs of Irish
men and Americans in the United
States. The German regards his beer
almost as an essential of existence ::
and it would be hard 10 convince
him that il does not contain as much
nutriment as milk. 1t you say to a
German that many physiOlogists and
physicians esteem all forms of alco-
hol as poisonous, and therefore beer
must be injurious to the physical
system, he will reply that his fore
fathers have in considerable part liv-
ed on beer for more than 1000 years !;
that his ancestors, who fought Julius
Cesar and his successors, were beer
drinkers and that in all generations
since the year one. they have main
tanned the national beverage, and
to-day are, as race, both men and
women, as strong, healthy, long lived
and robust people as live in the
world; and they are prepared to
prove their manhood, courage aud
hardihood on the field of battle
against any Power, Russia not except
ed, who may choose to put them to
test. And it is not a vain or Idle
boast, for they are now undoubtedly
the most powerful military nation in
Europe. ii*a @
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL MUM.

She is invariably just about twenty
three years and six months old, and
remains rite there for term oyyears.
She wears her hair either kut short
or hanging around in ringlets, and is
so precise in ali things az one of Fair
banks improved platform scales.
She never latfs out loud, and seldom
ever smiles. but when she doei she does
it aecordin' to the rules laid down by
Murray for speaking ourand pronoun-
cling the inglish language kOrrecktly.
She is the very essence oV nOuble eX-
trakted propriety, and would rather he
four years behtnd the fashions in her
dress and bonnet, than to spell word
wrong, or parse sentence inkorrectly.
She keeps scrap book and analbum
and would prefer rather TO have the
autogratf ov sum milk-and-wat poet
than the maine of some good man to a
sixty days note. fo'A te.t 9ia
The country slkOol mum ssldum dies
an old maid she gets married general
ip to sum man who has but little edu-
kashun, and he thinks, las he ought
to) that there amt another suteh a
larnt woman us his wife on the face Ov
the earth.
With all her precise phoolishness.
her pompous knowledge. her silky
sentimentalism, and her almost alwus
mistaking manner for matter, | re-
spekt the country skool mum. She it
waz taughtme mi letters, she waz pa
tient while / was stupid, she soothed
me when / was fracksus, ana She often
(good souD give me u titbit from her
lunchion ut noon time. itfIss
May kind Heaven strew sum kind
ov happiness in her pathway, forshe is
paid poorly. worked hardly, aud the
stepmother to every body's children,
she never receives from the world ene-
thing better than the most formal
respel1t.-JosH BTIIhNGs. tafiE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
WHOLE No. s23.
USELESS ELoouENcE.


A Young man who was in Danbury
on Friday, in the Interest of a new
heating apparatus, heard of that Ma
jer P--was building new house,
and speedily hunted up the veteran.
4 hear you are building a new
house." said he to the Major.
:" amt exactly building one, said
the Major, in the tone OF a man who
dldn' care to commit himself; Il have
built it,"
Exactly Glad to hear it," said
the agent. Have you made any ar
rangements for heating the new build
ing 7" and the agent looked anxious.
"Well, no." muttered the Major,
with stare, as it the heating of the
building was a subject that had en-
tirely slipped his mind.
So much the better for you,' ex-
planned the agent; as / think have
economy, heat and cleanliness. We
have sold thousands of them through
out the country, and have vet to hear
of single failure on the part of the
heater to do all that is claimed for it.
1t is the sum total of every excellence
yet produced in the numerous devices
patented for heating buildings, and
am quito confident that / can demon
strate to you the superior advantages
which this heater enjoys above all
others. Where is your new house ?"
!" On Essex street." said the Ma
jor.
:. Suppose you jump in the carriage
with me, and take drive over there.
/ should like to see it."
The Major consented, and getting
his overcoat, he mounted the seat
with the hopeful aud eloquent agent.
and they drove of. On the way the
agent rapidly went over the many
favorable points of the admirable
heater, and was much gratifed at the
impression he had evidently made on
his companion. A@ @
Arriving in front of the new build
ing, large and rather unpretentious
structure, the agent said:
6 What are you going to do with
this Major? Make a tenement or
boarding house of it?"
'.Oh no." said the Major as he care
fully reached the ground, and looked
innocently around, ait is an ice
house."
8 What 2" screamed the agent.
sIt is an ice-hoHse," repeated the
Major blandly.
The last seen of that agent he was
applying the lash to the horses, and
tearing out OF the neighborhood at a
marvellous pace. r s-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
rwENrY IMroLIrE THINGS.


l.. Loud and boisterous laughing.
2. Reading when others are talking.
8, Reading aloud ia company With
out being asked. #saiI rsi4f.
4 Talking When others are reading.
8. Splitting about the house, smoking
or chewing. .sf 80 i..
6. Cutting finger-naiis in company.
Z. Leaving church before worship is
closed.
8. Whispering or laughing in the
house of God. -
8. Gazing rudely at strangers.
10. Leaving a stranger without a
seat. <
IL. A want of respect and reverence
for seniors. 1 g GaIl St
II. Correcting older persons then
yourself, especially parents. tH{
l3. Receiving a present without an
expression of gratitude. H
IA. Making yourselfthe hero of your
IS. Laughing as the. mistakes of
others.
IS. Joking others in company.
II. Commencing talking before 9TH
ers have finished speaking. f,it
IS. Answering questions that have
been put to others. I
10. Commencing to eat as soon as
you get to the table and,
20. Not listening to what one is say.
ing in company. ...5f ..-.,...g +
a Il.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
rnr oRIa1N or rrpno1p rEvEr.

An English professor claims to have
discovered new cause for typhoid
fever. A family in his neighborhood
was attacked with a severe type of
the disease, aud, Oh a careful search
of the premises, spout in the pump
was found to be covered with a gela-
tinous matter. Submitting this to
the microscopic investigation, it was
seen to be fungoid growth, from
which spores were constantly wash
ed away by the flowing water. Fol-
lowing up this discovery by a min
ute examination of the outlet of the
sewer through which the drainage of
the town flowed, there were found
fungoid groWths of similar nature TO
those in the pump-spout. In the vi
cinity of this outlet The fever had also
prevailed. Having cases of fever in
his own family the professor followed
up his inquiry by chemical analysis
of the water drank, and found in it
minute spores of the same fungus.
His conclusion is, therefore, that the
fever had its origin in the fungus
matter taken into the system where it
ferments as yeast in beer and poisons
the blood.-Netc YOrk Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
now THE NEws.EFFEcrED ulysses.

When the returns from Ohio and In
diana reached the President, together
with the fact that some lunatic had
put "for rent on. the White House.
Grant asked Babcock what it all
meant. Nstice to quit" responded
briefly the High Custodian of ihe
Public Grounds. g won't do it ex-
claimed His EXcellency, "that house
is the only one large enough to hold
my family and the picture of them.
Where in the devil am l expected to
put that picture, I'd like to know :"
ls /" Your friends could build you as
big house in St.Louis," humble sug-
gested Dab.
"St. Louis!" roared the savior of
his country, %that's pretty idea.
Follow Sherman to st. Louis and
him cavorting around as General of
the Army aud me nothing"
" Ii is proposed, Your Exeelle2cy,
to make Sherman your successor, aud
restore TO you the Generalship of the
Army"
+" Babcock," he exclaimed, His Ex-
eelleucv, turning blue, telegraph
Belknap to arm the Marine Band with
navy revolvers, aud Childs and Mur-
ply to meet me in Washington, and
order Robson 10 concentrate himself
on Washington-Pll see who va
Gates" Ha5#9
And His Excellency drank sixteen
cocktails and smoked forty cigars.
that made even the Indians sneeze and
shed tears-E5'O1 the WaSbiRgtOR
Capital.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY.

The Royal family of Great Britain
is in Aourishing colony. The birth
of a son to the Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh increases the number of
Queen Victoria's grandchildren to
twenty six, and OF this large family
twenty-three are still living. The
Royal Victoria, wife of the Crown
Prince of Germany, has had tour sons
and four daughters, OF which mum.
Der one son has died. The Queens
second child, the Prince of Wales.
married to the Princess Alexandria OF
Denmark, has had three sons aud
three daughters, one son being dead.
The Queens third child, the Princess
Alice, wife of Prince Louis of Hesse-
Darmstadt, has had two sons aud five
daughters, one son being dead. Next
comes the Queens fourth child, Duke
of Edinburgh, married to the Grand
Duchess Maria of Russia, with one
son born few days ago. Finally the
Queens fifth child, the Princess Hell
ena, wife of Prince Christian of
Schleswig -Holestein, has had two
sous aud two daughters, all of whom
are living. The Princess Louise, the
Queens sixth child, wife of Marquis
of Lorne, is net yet head of family,
The other three children of the Queen,
the Duke of Connaught, leopold,
and the Princess Beatrice, are unmar-
ried, Altogether, Queen Victoria has
thirty-two children and grandchil-
respectable family even for Queen.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
AUTUMN LEAVES.


Gathering and preserving autumn
leaves is at this season one of the en-
ployments of ladies and young people.
On this subject, Harpers Bazaar, says:
''If you like your leaves vanished.
copal varnish is the sort TO use, but it
must not be applied until the leaves
have been for some days, or even
weeks, under heavy weight, layed
smoothly between layers Ofsoft paper.
You may dispense with varnish if
you prefer, and may insure to your
self the almost perfect preservation of
the original colors by using layers of
raw cotton instead of paper when you
put your leaves aside to dry. When
thoroughly dry they may be applied
to many ornamental uses. a painted
wreath or other combination of foli-
age may be so perfectly initiated that
only the touch can convince the be-
holder that the picture is not the work
of an artists pencil. This is done by
applying mucilage to the back of the
leaves, and dispOsing them i'll grace
ful and effective manner upon sheet
of pure white cardboard. The pic
ture may be ipclosed in a frame of
rustic workmanship TO be in keeping,
but should be covered with glass TO be
preserved from injury. Pretty mats
may be made of card board decorated
with border of leaves, and for this
purpose maple leaves are especially
appropriate.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
ETIoUETTE.

@ a Yankee out west, who recently
wrote home to his mother that he
had seen a live Hoosier, has sent her
home another epistle on Western eti-
quette Here tits:
"a Western people go to their death
on etiquette. You can't tell a man
here that he. lies, as you can down
east, without fighting. A few days
ago man was telling two of his
neighbors in my hearing, a pretty
large story. Says /, stranger that's
whopper' Says he, lay there
stranger and in a twinkle of all eye,
/ found myself IN the ditch, a petect
quadruped, The worse for weai. and.
tear. Upon another occasion, says
to a man | never saw before, as a
woman passed him, ''that isn't a
specimen of Your Western women, is
ii P" Says he, you are afraid of the
fever and ague, stranger, aren't you p
Very much says T. Well, replied
he, shat lady is my wife, and if you
don't apologize in two minutes, by the
honor OF a gentleman, | swear that
these two PISTOLS which he held in
hands, sshall cure yon OF the disorder
eniirely-so don't fear. stranger. So
kneli down and apologized. adj
niite the country much, but darn me
if can stand so much etiquette, it
always takes me miawares."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05
4 VERDICT IMPORTANT TO BANKER s
AND DEPOsITORs.

In 1872, the Third National Bank of
Baltimore was robbed by burglars.
who rented the adjoining building,
opened commission store, and drill
ed through into the bank, from which
they stole $4,000, a considerable por-
ton of this being special deposits
VIM. A Bond & Co., customers of the
bank, had some $4,000 worth of VAL
liable securities in the safe, which
were stolen. These were deposited
under special agreement as collateral
security for such sums of money as
the firm might borrow from the bank
from time to time. At the time the
bonds were stolen the firm owed the
bank nothing. When demand was
made for the bonds or their value, the
bank refused TO pay, on the grohitd
that they were kept in the safe at the
risk of the owners, and subject TO
their order, inasmuch as they were
not at that time indebted to the bank.
Suit was brought in the Supreme
Court for the value of the securities.
Two questions were argued, namely:
were these bonds held by the bank as
collateral security, or were they at the
time of the robbery merely deposit
at the risk of the owners? If no
other obligation rested on the bank
than to use liberal diligence in guard
ing the special deposit, did the man
ner in which they were kept raise
such presumption of negligence as
to make the bank liable? This last
proposition involved the most ex-
haustive inquiry into the mode of con-
structing vaults; the comparative
merits of various burglar proof safes,
the degree of caution that should be
exercised in the employment of night
watchmen; the compensation that
should be paid to the watehman in Or
der to release him from the necessity
of engaging in other employment
during the day, and many other incl
dental matters. s H-ilstt 44gitiss4
The case was tried over year ago,
and the jury failed to agree. The rec
ord was then sent to the Circuit. Court
of Howard county, and the jury
brought i'll verdict for $28, 8,l77.83 tor
plaintiffs, the full amount claimed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05

EAR-AouE.- Take piece of salt
pork, say an inee or more long aud
half am inch square, cut down one end
to tlt tho ear aud insert 1t, taking care
to have the piece loo large to slip in.
1t gives almost immediate relief, Tie
a handkerchief to keep il In place, il
the child will allow it. Pork is also
good for sore throat, GROUP and lung.
colds. Cut slices halt sn inch thick,
dip in warm water, sprinkle ON little
pepper, and sew on flannel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05

W OANA-Is
'Tis told
IN a legend cid.
How u certain rat. grown tired of strife,
And the cares that Beset his ratship's life,
Wishing to mediate At his ease.
Took up his abode in 4 Holland cheese.
He found
This great round
Gave solitude, shelter and plenty to eat
And by diligent use OF his hands and feet
He soon had hermitage quite to his mind.
Its walls and its floors with good victuals lined
This rat
Soon grew fat,
And be said to himself. ''God bless his own!
Ny body would only be skin and bone
Ii hadn't turned hermit, l reulIy must say
Renouucing the worlds the better way-''
To his cheese
On their knees.
Came some representatives from the rats,
Saying: = gatopoiis is besieged by cats,
We are going for aid to a foreign land;
Old ncighbor. do lend a helping hand.
we set out
Without
a dollar 20 pay the needrul expense,
DO give us a shilling or atIeass few cents;
wen DC very SrateIui, Wen surely repay
If we live to return ON the next ew cars day.
The rat
Said that
He no longer had interest in worldly affairs;
But for the sake of old friendship his two long
est prayers
Were at their disposal. What could hermit do
more?
He gave them his blessing. and-cIosedt the door.
'oh the rarity
OF charity
Among the rat family. If men live at case.
And the world to them is great Holland cheese
When their friends are distressed and in sorry
plight. 8G=a SKIS
Do they give only blessings, then close the door
tigh!!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05

JosEPHUs, the Jewish historian, was
the first able advocate of religious lib
erty. He says: ''Every man ought
to worship God according to his own
intimations, aud not to be constrained
by force. Let no man blaspheme
those Gods which other cities esteem
such. not steal what belongs to strange
temples. nor take away gifts dedicated
to any God"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05

Tue lHerRldyof Health is OF the
opinion that the simple color of ones
surroundings has a9marked influence
on his health 1t says: "Yellow
ON the walls of our rooms has very
depressing effect on the mind. Ni0-
let is worse. a man would go mad
in violet papered or painted room.
Black rooms, or rooms heavily draped
in mourning, produce gloom and
foreboding. Never wear black long.
unless you wish to become sad aud
sorrowfuI beyond what nature ever
intended"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-05

A FRIEND, visiting in minister's 5
family, where the parents were very
strict in regard to the children's Sab
bath department, was cohfidentiaily
informed by Que ot the little girls
that she would like to be minis
ter" Why?" inquired the minister,
puzzled TO understand what had
given tho child so sudden an admira-
lion of that calling. lie was quickly
enlightened by tho prompt reply /:
:" So that l could holler on Sunday. 3"