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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
sTEEPLF-CHAsE.


At o'clock, Il. H.
For the successful competitor.
2nd best ..-....."...
This race will be conducted under the
rules of The Maryland Jockey Club applicable
thereto. An entrance fee Of ten per cent
Commiiee-Dr. Edward Wootten, Jessup
Blair and VIM. ii. Rabbitr.
To conclude with the following Burlesque
Amusements
Foot race, Sack race, open 10 all, for the
fastest man trotting in harness with
wheelbarrow once around the ring ......".$3
End best ........ 2
GRAND CHASE OF THE CREASED PIG.
The competitor who catches the pig and
brings him TO the committee, to retain the
animal as prize.
CLIMBING THE CREASED POLE.
To be taken from the top of the pole 50 so,
Committee Poss, James G.. Cashel,
John II. kelchner and 5. b. Lyddane.
The county bands competing for premiums
at the Fair win attend and play under direc-
ton of committee
The Hall will he open during the day for
dancing with a string band in attendance, and
ball will be given at night.
Com~inee on daHc,sg-Dr. N. S. White,
Chas Carter, Benz. d. Palmer Robert Il. Mil
Ter, WIN. Hunter, Josiah j Hutton, Richard
X. Beall and John B. Diamond.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27

Open to all competitors whose horses are
not kept or used for racing purposes.
For fastest Stallion, Mare or Gelding, trotting
in harness, mile heats, best three in
nve
For the second best. so
For the third best. rs
There must not be less than five entries,
four to start and the entries must be made,
aud an entrace fee OF ten per cent. for each
horse paid TO the Secretary by four O'Clock F.
NJ. on Tuesday, October the 18th, 1878. Time
faster than $50 mus, be made. If the right
of any horse to enter for the premium be chal-
lenged, the owner must make affidavit before
j. P..that his horse is not "kept or used for
racing purposes The party challenging must
sustain bis charge by a counter affidavit or
afEdavis as may be required by Committee;
aud il the said charge be sustained, the party
challenged cannot compete and must retire
from the racing course; or, if the race be
over, said party shall forfeit any premiums he
may have taken
CcmmiHee-Joseph II. Bradley, James A.
Boyd, Col. Wash. Bowie, Thomas l.. Hume,
VIM. NJ. Gait. Capt John Mcdonald and
VIM. T. Jones.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
RATES OF ADMISSION.

Persons on foot or in carriages, % cents ;
Children 10 years Of age aud uader, free f;
Carriage, one-horse, % cents Carriage and
horses. so cents; Saddle horse, % cents. At
iendanis in charge OF horses exhibited for
premiums admitted free.
Tickets must be procured from the Agents
or Ticket Offices OF the Society, outside Of the
grounds, as no money will be received ut the
gates. Complimentary tickets heretofore issued
will be received at the gate, the date TO the
contrary Notwithstanding.
JOHN II. GASSAWAY.
WIN. V. Bouic, Jr., President.
Secretary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
TO FARMERS!
WHEAT SEEDING!
OFFICE OF r. G. DAvIDGE,
Manufacturer of Fertilizers,
36 w. Lombard ST.,
BALTIMORE, Aus. 18th, 1915

BALTIMORE, Aug. 18th, 1878.
DEAR Sir: Our Agent, Mr.. II. C. TOWN
SEND, is about 10 call upon you. He will
offer our different grades OF Fertilizers, at
prices fixed with a view TO ruling rates for
produce. Whilst we offer for Wheat Seeding
two articles at material difference in cost,
we would state that the more costly differs
from the other almost entirely in its stimnlat-
ing constituent--Ammonia. In other and
more lasting properties, such as Available
Phosphoric Acid il is substantially the same.
Yours truly, Il O. DAVIDGE.
&ss- RAW and DISSOLVED BONES
Dissolved South Carolina Bone Phosphate,
Peruvian Guano and all Fertilizing ingredi-
ents for home manufacture.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
WHAT rs CLAIMED
FOR THE
GARRY IRON ROOF.


LIST. 1t is made from the best OF stock
charcoal from, and no pains or expense
spared in protecting it against corroding or
rust, thereby making it durable. Ten years
experience has proven TO us its superiority in
durability and practicability over all other
metal roofs.
End. There is NO ROOF in the market rs
safe against fire. The crosslocEs or seams are
grooved together and the seams capped, then
the whole rivited together, so that in case of
an extreme fire, when the iron should become
cred hot, " the seams and locks CANNOT
come apart, thereby preventing fire from get
ting into the building or, if inside, from
busting out and firing all adjoining.
3D.. 1t is impossible for lightning to injure
a building covered with the GARRY IRON
ROOF.
4th. When durability and amount saved in
insurance are considered, it is the cheapest
roof in use.
9Th 1t is adapted to all classes of buildings
aud any shaped roof, and can be easily put
on or repaired in case of injury without an
experienced hand.
There are other iron roofs, in the market
but they are defective in materially preserva-
ton, application, &c.
Consult your own interest and investigate
the GARRY ROOF.
If you have any leaky tin roofs or CUTTERS
repair them with G. !. R. Co.'s Cement
If you want good fire proof door or shut
ter, try the G. | r. Co. S.
II you wish to side your buildings with
iron and have them FlRE-PROOF, try the
Garry Siding.
For further particulars, prices and circular,
consult
JOHN LEWIS VIETT,
Agent.
Address, Rockville, Mont'gy Co., Md.
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OLDFHELD'S
ExcelSdo1. Punap

Al short notice.
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fix
lures, of the very best quality.
Common Wooden Pumps mad e on the prem
Uses where they are to be placed, when desir-
ed, a so cents foot.
AllPumps constructed by the subscriber
are warranted for one year. After the first
year, they will be kept in order by him, for
ten years, for the moderate sum Of pr year.
All Pumps put in and notproving satisfac-
tory, will be taken out and the money re-
funded.
Orders by mail or in person, attended to
with promptness, and at moderate prices.
Ga1- For any further information, apply to
Mr.. J. BYERs, Montgomery House, Rockville,
Maryland.
WIN. OLDFIELD,
PUMP MAKER,
apl9-ly Fountain Green, Hartford @.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27

TUST RECEIVED an entire new stock of
- Kip and Calf Boots, Brogans, Plough
Shoes, Ladies' Dress and Walking Shoes,
Misses and Boys School Shoes, Gum Boots
and Shoes.
Es>P. S.--To dealers liberal discount.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
P0STPONEMENT OF THE FAIR
OBJ THE
Agricultural Society of Mont
gomery County, Md.

The programe as heretofore announced for
the Bird day of the Fair, the 18th Of Septe mber,
viii be carried out on
WEDNESDAY,, October the 18th, 1878,
with such additions as we hope will compen-
safe for the absence of the stock and other
exhibits. In making this announcement the
Board Of Management take occasion to express
their grateful thanks TO the people Of the
county, the District of Columbia aud the adj
joining counties of Maryland and Virginia,
for the interest and zeal they have shown at
our late Fair. We are convinced that we
had all the elements of the most successful ex-
hibtion ever held in the county, and but for
the Equinoctal storm, which occurred during
the Fair, we should have been able TO meet
current expenses, and had handsome surplus
with which to improve our accommodations
for future Fairs, but the actual state of the
case is such that we are compelled to appeal
once more 10 your generosity to come forward
on the 10th and bring us crowd that will
enable us at any rate to pay our premiums
and meet current expenses, and we promise at
the same to give you days entertainment
that will make you glad TO have been with US.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
LADY EQUEsTRIENNEs.

At 3 o'cIock, p. IT.
For the best exhibition of horsemanship by a
lady, an elegant side-saddle.
For the second best, an elegant bride.
For the third best. an elegant whip.
There must moi be less than three competi-
tors.]
COmmiaee-Hon. W. V. Bouic, Samuel Dy-
son and Spencer @. Jones.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-09-27
PROGRAMME
TRIALS OF SPEED.

THESE premiums are not offered, and will
not be paid, for any horse kept or used for
racing purposes.
Tuesday, October the 18th, 10 receive and en-
ter horses for these races, and at entrance fee
OF ten per cent. for each horse must be paid
by or before o'clock, P. NJ, on this day
Wednesday, October 16, 10 o'cIock, A. NJ.
For fastest Stallion, Mare or Gelding, to be
driven by the owner, trotling in harness,
mile heats, best two in three, owned by
and in the possession Of a resident Of
Maryland or the District of Columbia,
on before August LIST, l87S....."....".. 1926
For the second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ID
For the third 10
There must not be less than four entries,
and three to start, and an entrance fee of ten
per cent must be paid for each horse.
at II o'cloch, A. N.
For the fastest Double Team, trotting in
harness, mile heats, best three in five,
open TO all. ...........................
For the second. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
For the third ..... 10
l1'here must be not less than five entries,
and four TO start, and an entrance fee of ten
per cent. must be paid for each team, the
horses of each team to be owned by one per-
son, and accustomed TO have been driven to-
gether.
at IL o'clock, IT.
Announcement from the stand of premiums
awarded.
A. os.IncI. j. n
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08
GlImpsPs of Lincoln.

SO much has been written about Lin.
coins private life and personal habits
that it seems unnecessary now to add
more than word. He was simple in
all his tastes; liked old songs and old
poetry. lie was always neatly, but not
finically dressed. He disliked gloves.
and once | saw him extract seven OF
eight pairs of gloves from an overcoat
pocket, where they had accumulated
after having been furnished him BY
Mrs. Lincoln. Usually, he drank tea
and coffee at the table, but he preferred
milk, or cold water. Wine was never
on the table at the White House, except
when visitors, other than familiar
friends, were present. The president
glass was always filled, and he usually
touched it to his lips. Sometimes he
drank few swallows, but never q
whole glass, probably. lie was cordial
and affable, and his simple-heartcd
manners made strong impression up
on those who met him for the first time.
| have known impressionable women,
touched by his sad face and his gentle
bearing, to go away in tears. Once !
found him sitting in his chair so COL
lapscd and weary that he did not look
up or speak when addressed him. lie
put out his hand mechanically, as if TO
shake hands, when ! told him | had
come at his bidding. 1t was several
minutes before he was reused enough
to say that he chad had mighty hard
day." Once, too, at reception in the
White House, joined the long "qucuc'
of people, shook hands with him, re-
ccivcd the usual "Glad to see YOU, sir -
and passed on. Later in the evening,
meeting me, hc declared that he had not
seen me before, and explained his pre-
occupation of manner while the people
were shaking hands with him by saving
that he was thinking of a man down
South" 1t aftcrward came out that
''thc man down South was Sherman.
Once, when visitor used profanc Ian
guagc in his presence, he rose and said, g,
II thought Senator c. had sent me a
gentleman. was mistaken. There is
the door, and wish you goodnight" :"
AT another tune, a delegation from a
distant state waited on him with writ
ten protest against certain appoint
ments. The paper contained some re-
Elections upon the character of Senator
Baker, Lincolns old and beloved friend.
With great dignity, the president said,
''This is my paper which You have given
me" Assured that it was, he added,
ITO do with as plcase?" "Certainly,
Mr.. President" Lincoln stopped 10
the fireplace behind him, laid it on the
burning Goals, turned and said, "Good
day. gcntlemen."-1 1Scribner for March.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08
One Day.

The New York Tribune catalogues
the following rs the "rum record of
one day:-"Rum's Record for Satur-
day.-Patrick Colahan, who attempted
suicide, was pronounced insane from
intoxication. George r. Titus, found
unconscious in bar-room, died at the
Chambers Street Hospital. Sullivan
Kundson cut his throat while in fit of
delirium trcmcns. A liquor dealer
filed judgment for $500 against St.
AIMS Episcopal church, Brooklyn, for
communion wine furnished. John
Dougherty and William McCarty were
held for trial for arson for burning
buildings belonging to Mrs. Dupont, OH
whose complaint the license of liquor
dealing friend had been revoked. An
attendant in the Lunatic Asylum at
Blackwcll's Island, while under the in-
tluence of liquor, assaulted an inmate,
injured him slightly, and got one of his
own ribs broken. And innumerable
commitments TO the penitentiary not
Not to speak of the revolving rum Of
fences noticed in this article from the
Tribune of one days doings, and a
thousand of the like could be chroni-
clcd in the great city of New York ev-
cry day, we would ask, is it not quite
time to end that scandal to the Christian
name still persisted in by some church.
es, other than the one above named, by
stopping the buying for credit OF cash
alcoholic wines for communion purpo-
ses, in which there is but little and of
ten not the first particle of the juice of
the grape, but only vile compound of
alcoholic mixtures and stupefying, pois-
onous drugs?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08
Myths are ca, symbols Of Truth.

AS the scholar sees in the vain but
beautiful mythologies of the ancients
the embodied expressions of the hun-
CRY human soul, blindly CROPPING after
the Infinite, so the physician sees in
that popular myth of the sixteenth cen
tury-the fountain of perpetual health
and youth-an expression of the long
ings of suffering humanity for rem
edy that should forever prevent the i'll
cursion of disease. The wilds OF
Europe were ransacked for this won
derful fountain, and Ponce de Leon
sought for it in the cyprcss-swamps
and tangled everglades of our sunny
Florida. Men have searched for il
everywhere and anywhere but where il
really is-in the human body itself.
The blood is the real fountain of pcrpet-
ual health and youth. When this
source is corrupted, the painful and
sorrow-producing effects are visible in
many shapes. The multifarious forms
III which it manifcsts itself would form
subjects upon which might write vol
llmes. But as all the varied forms OF
disease which depend upon bad blood
are cured, or best treated, by such med
icincs as take up from this fluid and
cxcrctc from the system the noxious
elements, it is not of practical impor-
tancc that should describe each. For
instance, medical authors describe
about fifty varieties of skin disease, but
as they all require very similar treat
ment, It is of no practical utility to
know just what name to apply TO a GER
tain form Of skin disease, so YOU know
how to cure it. Then again, | might
go on and describe various kinds of
scrofulous sores, fever sores, white
swellings, enlarged glands, and ulcers
OF varying appearance; might describe
how virulcnt poison may show itself i'm
various forms of eruptions, ulcers, sore
throat, bony tumors, etc.; but as all
these various-appcaring manifestations
OF bad blood are cured by uniform
means, deem such q course unneces-
sary. Thoroughly cleanse the blood,
which is the great fountain of life, and
good digestion, q fair skin, buoyant
spirits, vital strength, and soundness of
constitution, will all return to us. For
this purpose DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and Purgative Pellets are
pre-eminently the articles needed.
They are warranted to cure tetter, salt
rheum, scald head, st. Anthony's fire.
rose rash or erysipelas, ring-worms,
pimples, blotchcs, spots, eruptiens,
pustules, boils, carbuncles, sore eyes,
rough skin, scurf, scrofulous sores and
swelllngs, fever sores, white swellings,
tllmors, old sores or swellings, affec-
tions of the skin, throat and bones. and
ulcers of the liver, stomach, kidnevs
and lungs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08
How a Story Grows by the telling.

AS | write an old lady in the oppos.
itc seat interrupts me to ask me if ! am
"going fur"
am, unblushingly tell her, awful
"fur''
"Whcre did / come from?'
"Black Hills"
"No? well didn't look like it,
explain that | have not been out
there mining or roughing it, but went
out to get the body of my brother, who
was miner and been shot by the In.
dians.
"Oh-h-hm with wailing infection oi
sympathy that makes me ashamed oil
myself But curiosity soon conquers
pity, and the old lady goes OH probing
my lacerated heart.
'fDid git hm?'
eyes, maam," very solcmnly. have
him in the baggagc-car."
A long pause, for mournful reflection
| suppose, and to give Inc chance &c
nerve up and prepare for the next qucs.
ton.
"Was he scalpcd?"
eyes, with sigh, 'shot through
the body with arrows, all his fingers
chopped off, his eyes gouged out and
his ears bored"
The old girls cup of horrors is full
| She leans back in her seat with sigh
of grim satisfaction and questions Inc
! no more.
Was it wrong TO lie to the old lady
i'll this heartlcss manner? Yes, think il
was not. In thus innocently stuff
ing my travelling acquaintance with a
fable about country L had never seen,
brother had never had, and Indians
that never were, | wrote for the old
lady a thrilling chapter in her quiet
life. She would go to her quiet little
home and brighten its humdrum life
by telling her people how she met and
talked with a man who was going
home with the body of his brother, man.
gled in the manner described.
Then in the course of time, af1ei
many repetitions of this narrative, she
would involuntarily and innocently
glide into the statement that she went
into the baggage-car with Inc and
showed her the mangled, tortured body,
and she would manglc it more as
the narrative grew upon her. Then
she would, after little while, declare
and i'll all innocence and truthfulness
and belief in her own statement, that
she was on the train when it came
through the Black Hills, and, from the
car-window, saw the Indians chasing
the doomed man and perforating his
body with arrows, and dancing around
him in fiendish glec, while she begged
the conductor to get off and stop them
and how he declined Oh the flimsy
ground that he had a wife and nine chill
dren to support, and no insurance on
the top of his head or his life. Then
after a few more rehearsals, arrows
would fly right in at the window where
she was sitting, and one or more pass
engcrs would be killed. One arrow
would pass through her bonnet. The
train would be scene of the widest
confusion and carnage. And, at last,
after the old lady had been gathered to
her mothers, her grandchildren would
tell their grandchildren about their no.
BILE old grandmother and their brave
gallant grandfather who both fell by
the hands of outnumbering savages,
while defending railway train from
an attact of band of Sioux Indians,
under the command of Sitting Bull,
whom their grandfather just before he
died, killed with his own hand. And
thus grand, thrilling page of family
history will grow out of my unaffected
little romance to the inquisitive old
lady.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08

DIR. Willard Parker discusses the sub
icct of alcoholism in letter to DIR. Mil
Ter of the Omaha Herald. He says al
cohol is a poison and an irritant, and
not a force-producer in any form in the
physiological organism. at has been
demonstrated" he says, "that the use
of alcohol, when employed moderately.
as young men often use it, as they think
with impunity, makes the average of
life 35 1-2, while that of non-users
reached an average of Ga 1-6 years,
difference of about % years to each in
dividual." The children of drunkards
begotten in drunkenness, he adds,
"start with diseased child's nervous
system, which will develop into period
ical drunkenness, insanity, theft, sui
eide, epilepsy, jealousy-a short and
miserable life" And, finally, he pre-
scribes for wretched periodics cold hops
or wormwood tea and capsicum.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08
How Edmunds ssbetrayedo the Demo-
CraCy.


The New York SUMS Washington
correspondent has been telling the his
tory of the Electoral Commission, and
this is what he says of Edmund's part
in the "betrayal":
Senator Edmunds was the Machia-
velli of the Republican leaders in the
Senate. lie was adverse to civil COM
motion, and anxious to respond to the
command of the conservative public
sentiment which capital created. But
he wanted to bring Hayes in by any
compromise that might be agreed upon.
He is master of legal fincsse. lie I'M
dcrstands perfectly the art of framing
laws with legal pitfalls into which his
adversarics will tumble, especially if he
has voice in the construction of his
own measures. lie is more than a
match for any man in the Senate in
what has been aptly termed the diplo-
macy of legislation. The Electoral
Commission was not n device of his
own. COnkling, Thurman, and Bayard
had, each independent of the other, con-
ceivcd some such plan for tho settle
mcnt of the disputed question of law
and fact. The two latter had in their
investigation struck upon and become
cnamored of the device invented by the
Federals in 1900 to prevent the election
of Thomas Jefferson. Bayard's pro-
gcnitors were Fcderalists, and it was
his ancestor who, after vainly endeavor-
ing to exact terms from Mr.. Jefferson,
finally came over to the Democrats and
elected the sage of Monticello. AS soon
as Edmunds discovered that the MAORI
ty of the Senate committee, which he
had had created to consider and devise
a plan for counting the electoral votes,
was in favor of a commission, he felt
reasonably certain of the ultimate re-
suit. He drew the bill which became
the Electoral law, and throughout all
the discussion upon it in the committee
he guarded zealously two points-that
giving the commission discretion in the
matter of going behind the returns, and
the constitution of the commission itself.
The first was obscurely worded; the
second was the chief point of dispute.
But Edmunds knew perfectly well that
his side had many advantages over the
other in the formation of the commits
sion.
In the first place, he knew, perhaps
better than any other man not Oh the
bench, the partisan character of the
majority of the supreme court judges.
He was willing to leave the choice of
the odd man to be determined by a
throw of the dice, simply because it
was possible to take Judge Davis out
of the list Of eligible judges by having
the Republican opposition TO John
Logan in the Illinois legislature COM
bine with the Democrats and make
Davis United States senator. And
this was done as soon as the electoral
bill became law. 1t was all managed
from Washington, and here was where
the Democratic politicians were caught
mapping. They were not good gene
rails or they would have had all eve to
every part of the field, and have pre-
vented, as they easily could have done,
their enemies from stealing march on
them by this flank movement.