Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-11-02
For Sheriff.
J. AMBROSE CLEMENTS.
For County Surveyor.
WILLIAM GRADY.
EXTRA Va CANOE.

Already has the annual run upon banks
commenced, and we begin to hear the indis-
tinct rumblings of another financial earth
quake. 1t is a prospect so threateningly
dangerous TO prosperity and so clearly indica-
tive Of ruin that the heart shrinks in terror
aud the cheek blanches with fear before the
appalling spectacle. 1t points with skeleton
finger to homes suddenly cast into that vortex
of misery where poverty plunges its unhappy
victims it depicts TO the gaze the most sor-
rowful and saddening sights that can be real
lied this side of the death-bed. The head of
the sturdy laborer is seen to bow in anguish
upon his manly bosom as be witnesses the
scantv store he had boarded up for his wife
and children, when death or misfortune should
overtake him swept away in the general wreck.
The wailings of the poor over-worked seam
stress, whose fingers have piled the busy needle
for many day, are heard to break from her
sorrow-striken heart, as the last dime that she
has saved for a rainy day passes from her no
more to return. The moaning Of the widow
and the orphan gil the ear, as the scanty in-
heritance that furnished support is swallowed
up in the overwhelming ruin. This picture,
with its cloudy co!ors aud its gloomy scenes,
must soon pass before the gaze ofthis country.
Just az the causes OF the volcanic eruption
warm and melt the lava in the bosom of the
mountain, which is to burst forth and scatter
desolation in its progress so have the causes
l.. Il. h. .o1
panic been steadily at work preparing the way
and the means. A lavish and profigate ex-
travagance, born ofan uncomfortable desire to
glitter before the eyes of the world has been
steadily at work forging the thunderbolt that
is TO crush.the sustenance of SO many when it
it falls 1t is this irresistible inclination upon
the part Of so many people to appear wealthy
in the sight of their fellow-men, which is
hurrying thousands upon thousands of beings
upon the breakers of financial ruin. 1t is
useless to talk of excessive aud burdeusome
taxation as the direct cause of this unhappy
state Of affairs. It is not entirely the extrav-
agance with which government affairs have
been administered, but is as much the waste
and prongacy of the individual that is open
ing this gulf of ruin, which will swallow up
a counlry's wealth and substance, unless studi-
GUS and wise economy is practsed in private
ms well as public affairs. II is the gilded car
riage, the dashing horses, the magnificen,
mansion, the velvet-coyered furniture and the
sumptuous feasts with which the individual
aonLe that diatinction which wealth tyives thu
depletes the private purse and produces finan-
cial distress. 1t is the progressive strides which
our people are making towards a money ed
nristocracv, the insignia of whose rank are dis.
play and appearance, that is stimulating the
industry Of the country to waste its earning:
in idle and useless extravaganza. Let frugali.
ty and economy preside over the appearance
of every individual, uncaring for the vain dis
tinction which magnificent display produces
and the necessity of financial panics will bt
avoided and prosperity and happiness will
reign over this fair land, whose fruitful bosom
is ready TO pour its unmeasured wealth at tn,
feet of honest and saving industry.
Let us stfie those runous inclinations tC
shine brighter than we really are. Let us curl
those vain propensilies that bid us waste tt,
earnings Of our abors in the glare and glitter
Of appearance, which brings to the pocket
book poverty, to the heart distress, and to thu
family ruin, aud our paths will bloom with
JOY and our resting places be oarpeted will
ease and contentment.