Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-05-10


Providence had been bountful in sons
to our home. Our cud had run over
with that particular sort of blessing but
the respectable name of Thomas had
somehow never struck my mothers row
ing fancy. At the baptismal font she
had never given it in. Fatal omission t!
Madam, you might have saved me from
this
| resealed that letter. | sent it with
all dispatch and courteous apology to
my double, now my rival | was wretch
ed but could not be base.
Yes, she married my John. Ate
that | got no more of her letters, which
was some consolation.
No, she was not pretty--even on har
wedding day, but she was charming
dressed.
John still lives. He has grown riob
and stout. He has no longer the Byr0u
expression, but the Byron peak on his
brow is more pronounced than ever OF
all the beautiful enthusiasms of his youth
that for fast horses alone remains. He
has, | believe, never been so unhappy
or wicked as he promised to be, though
for time he fell into evil ways, and was
sent to the Legislature.
My double has made several visits to
Paris, and has grown louder and NOR
au fait of dress than ever. As she has
no children she gives her whole mind q
it-''but that's not much"
| never could think her the compaa
ion for John in intellect and soul.
never, in truth, could help thinking thac
if [ had had her clothes-IfI had had
her brother Tom it might have-but
OF all sad words ofstongue or pen,
The saddest are these 1T might have beer
WORDS OF WISDOM Those who never
retract, love themselves better than tho
truth.
Half the truth may be lie in tho
absence of the other half.
1t is doubtful if any man could by
possibility do his noblest, or think ls
deepest, without preparation of suffer
ing.
Advice which, like the snow, softly
falls, dwells the longer upon, and sin
the deeper ipto mind.
Satan's promises are like the m at
that fowlers set before birds, which is
not meant to feed them, but to take
them.
If you begin by apologizing for wlat
cannot be defended, you will end by je-
Tending what cannot be apologized 3ar
The mere lapse of years is not IL
knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodn
and faith alone can give vitality TO tac
mechanism of existence.
Few men know the force of habit. Is
cobweb-a threal-a twine-a rope q
cable. Venture not upon the first; the
last is nearly past human effort to SUI
der.
If you are wise man you will trea'
the world as the moon treats it. Show
one side of yourself, seldom show your
self too much at time, and let what
you show be calm, cool and polished
But look at every side of the world.
1t i6 curious fact that if you were o
determine to be perfectly honest in your
speech, and to say just what you be-
!ieve, calling everything by its RIGHT
name, you would 60 through life as au-
easily as n springless wagon over eor-
duroy road. Suppose some gentleman
gives you an opportunity to EXPIRE a1
opinion Of him and you tell him pIa.uiy
that you think he is gossip and tusi~
body, all of which you honestly t'ak.
would your social path lie across BED ~
roses? 1t seems to be absolutely nccss-
sary to cover the pine wood of facts wish
a thick cover of varish. and you ard
unwilling to say what you do not tbial
you must be equally unwilling to 81
what you do think. If every man shog
express his exact opinions this
world Of ours would resemble dynaul
explosion in twenty-four hours.
If could choose what of all thna
would be at the same time most deight
full and useful to me, | should prefer a
firm religious belief to every other bl
ing; for this makes life discipline
goodness. creates new hopes when
cay of existence the most gorgeous Of
lights, awakcns life even in death ma
even torture and shame the ladder Of
cent 10 paradise, aud far above all &C
binations Of earthly hopes, calls up
most delightful visions Of the fuure,t
security of everlasting joys, where
sensualist and the skeptic view o,
gloom, decay, annihilation and desps
Up in arms A sick baby all mig
long.
The strongest butter by odds is aa
adult billy goat.
A mother-in-law is not heave
body, but she has often cclipsod hon
moon.
One swallow may not make a SUM
but too many swallows will certai
make hummer.
"Wo have no hesitation in sayi
and we say il boldly" that Spotted gl
is the best read man in the country.
"A French Republic said Lame
i6e. would be possibility, il any en-
was willing to be second person in
There is a man somewhere wbc
memory is so short that ii only reach
TO his knees, therefore he never pays
bis boots.
Here is a chunk Of Western theolor
God holds a mortgage on every ma
life, and II the interest isn't paid volt
tarily and fnlly-why, the whole thi
goes 10 the devil.