Montgomery County sentinel., 1876-03-31
Letter from GAINESVILLE.

about Heap Of Things, Iaciudinga a Horsc
Rice, a Slaughter-Pe and othcr FooHsh
Dotngs. Besides a Rsgi0al, Con9ress and Pre-
sidem Gram.
BARNEsvTLLE, March 90 '7G
Mr. EDITOR lit has been so long since the
Undersigned has addressed you, that he hard
ly knows how TO do it; and so many things
have trhnspired in the meantime, that he
hardly knows which to advert to, or which 10
leave untouched BY referring TO the files OF
the SENTINEL, you will find that, several years
ago, the writer spoke Of The rail roads we were
building east and west. We'll, we have these
rail roads finished now The one we built
east runs right through Rockville, but in
consouanee with the general ingratitude of
republics and republican institutions, neither
you nor any of yonr intelligent correspondents
have ever acknowledged the great benefits that
we have done you in completing and outfit
ting this great accommodation to you Rock
Williams But we will let this pass; our own
consciousness Of having done great and good
thing for our fellow-cilizens must be our re-
ward, especially as the corporation we have
so nightly encouraged q won't say how
just now, do not yet recognize our aid in the
matter, for it doesn't give US even II telegraph
Office, or a decent station. But we'll let that
pass, too; time brings all things right and
though " The mills of the gods grind slowly
they grind exceeding SMALL
We had a horse race last Saturday, and a
nice one it was, too. You don't often see or
hear Of such race neither side won it, OF
course, somebody lost, but nobody won, and
the question now is, who got the money
The wibner says that he has nothing to show,
and the LOSERS don look us though they had
lost any thing, and, altogether, it is something
no fellow can lind out, you know, until we
have another race on the 18th of next month,
though the first of next month might be a
more appropriate day.
And referring to the lst Of April or All
Fools Day, reminds Inc of II communication
you had last week. 1t was, no doubt from a
very y0URg person, lie couldn't help his age,
however, or, in fact his name, unless the
name had had two or .hree or more VS. in it
it would have been Us (wise) then; but a
single made it seem far otherwise, especially
as he wrote on q subject he knew nothing
about, and one in which he has no concern.
II the Barnesvile people want II slaughter
pen for their own accommodation aud immo-
latiou its no business of Mr.. lIalf-wise and
it will take something more than his half-at-
tempts al half-wt with his less than half wis
dom to convince even a half-bi other of Y's
that there is even scmblance of half-sense in
his half-consiructed nonsense.
But here's too much ink wasted on snch a
subject. For two or three weeks pious per
sons have been trying TO get up Il religious
revival, but the attempt has not yet met with
the encouragement the zeal displayed should
have met. But go on brethren,
''It may not be in thy way,
1t may not be in my way,
But vet in HIS oten way,
God will work His will"
OF course, we all have our say about the in
yestigations that Congress is making, and
about the chances of who will be and who
will not be Presidential candidates. Grant
has been, and, perhaps will still he, the best
choice the Republican party conld or can
make under the circumstances, and no party
can make any worse choice than he, unless it
would be to choose from the radical reform
delegations in the State Legislature.
God bless you. BLABBER.