Montgomery County sentinel., 1875-07-23
The Unwritten Side of Great Men.

We always think of great men as in
the act of performing great deeds which
give them renown, or else in stately re-
pose, grand, silent and majestic And
yet this is hardly fair, bocausaF the most
gracious and magnificent OF human be-
ings have to bother themselves with the
little things of life which engage the at
tcntion of us smaller people. No doubt
Moses snarlod and got angry when he
had severe cold in his head, and if a
fly bit his leg while he was in the Des-
ort, why should We not suppose he did
not jump and use violent language, and
rub the sore place? And Caesar-isn't
it tolorably certain he used to become
furious when he went up stairs to get his
slippers in the dark, and found that
Cal phurnia had showed them under tho
bed SO that he had to sweep around them
wildly with broom handle ? And when
Solomon cracked his crazy bone, is it
unreasonable to suppose that he ran
around the room, and felt as if he wanted
to cry? Imagine George Washington
sitting on the edge of the bed and put
ting on clean shirt, and growing At
Martha because the buttons were oil;
or st. Augustine with an apron around
his neck having his hair cut; or Joan
of Arc holding her front hair in her
mouth, rs women do, while she fixed up
her back hair or Napoleon jumping out
of bed in frenzy to chase a mosquito
aronnd the room with pillow; or Mar
tin Luther in night shirt trying to put
the baby to sleep at o'clock in the
morning; or Alexander the Great with
the hccoughs; or Thomas Jefferson get
ting suddenly over fence to avoid a
dog or the Duke Of Wellington with
the mumps; or Daniel Webster abusing
his wife because she hadn't tucked the
covers at the foot Of the bed; or Benja-
min Franklin pairing his corns with ra-
zor; or Jonathan Edwards, at the dinner
table, wanting to sneeze just as he got
his mouth full of hot beef; or Noah
standing at his window at night throwing
bricks at a at--Aau 1deler.
4 TRUE LADY Beauty and style are
not the surest passport 20 fespeciabllity.
Some of the noblest specimens Of woman
hood that the world has ever seer, -haye
presented the plainest aud most nnprc-
possessing appearance a moman's worth
is to be estimated by the real goodness of
her heart. the greatness of her soul, and
tie purity and sweetness Of her character,
and a woman with a kind disposition,
and well balanced mind and temper, is
lovely and attractive, be her face ever SO
plain, and her figure ever so homely;
, she makes tho best Of wives, and the
truest of mothers. She has higher
purpose in living than the beautiful, yet
vain, supercilious woman, who bas no.
higher ambition than TO haunt her finery
on the streets or to crafty her inordinate
vanity by extracting hattery aud praise
from society whose compliments are as
hollow as they are insincere.
Projecting HORSES FROM FLIES. A
French pharmaceutical chemist has dis
covered a way to protect horses from the
attack Of flies, according to London
medical paper. His invention consists
in rubbing the horses, especially on the
parts most subject to attack, with u little
concentrated oil Of laurel. There is not
the slightest danger in its use, and tho
cost is said to be very small. Another
repallant suggested by the same person
is q solution Of sixty grammcs Gone
pound and FIVE ounces avordupois) Of
assafetida in two gallons Of water and
one Of vinegar If horses be well
washed with this, not fly will settle
upon them, as the strong odor Of the
assafoctida drives the away. This drug
has no deletorious qualities as an exter-
nal application, and may be used un-
hesitatingly by horsemen
Tue PId.--Tho pig was thus written
up BY Georgia boy, whose composition
t was published in his local paper tho
G9iDin HeWS, and was as follows: "The
, pig is about as big as sheep only pigs
wool is not as good for making stocking
) Of. Why is pig like u tree Z Because 10
roots that is conundrnm 4 rig wasb
cs himself in the mud a pig has fsur
Q legs, one under each t5rnee Of his body.
: They pickle pigs feet, bat not until after
the pig is done using 'em. A pig squeals
. awful when il rains, also when you pull
/ its tail a pig has got frstrate voice
for squoaling, and he grunts when he
, feels good You can't make whistle Of
pigs tail, COS il is crooked. WHY is
pig like Tommy Grant? Cos he's got
his nose in eyerybody's business. This
is another conundrum, which is all [
c know about the pig.
PuRE GmLs AND IMPURE BoYs.-Girls,
. in treating disspated young men as
equals, do wrong they can scarcely
; realize. Such men should be made tc
r feel that until they walk with correctness
$ and honor in the paths of right, good
G people stand aloof from them. Girls
d who respect themselves will not be seen
c with such men, and will decline to receive
5 them on the familiar footing Of friendship.
: 1t is a mistaken Kindness to poultice when
caustic is needed, ard am inclined 70
n think that a little sharp decision on the
J. part Of the girls of to-day would 90 far
10 correct the general looseness and mo-
rality among young men, Wonan',
I, Journal.
That was rather a touching alIusion :,
) a deceased spouse, made recently by ,
farmer, who came to the village store 4,