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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

Any person may paint wooden man
tie piece, etc and can obtain the effect
of elaborate marble painting by the fol-
lowing method First. give the wood
two coats Of white paint, and when the
second coat is nearly dry take a piece of
French chalk, any color you may prefer.
and with this draw lines and veins--.his
requires no skill, as the more rudely they
are drawn the more closely will they re-
scmble the natural markings-then give
coat of thin white paint Into this
the chalk will work up. and the lines
will assume the softencd and graduated
effect seen in real marble. A-glossy
surface may be given by an after coat Of
copal varnish.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

MEMORY.

TITS beautcous night; the stars look brightly
down
Upon the earth, decked in her robe of snow.
No light CLEANS at the window save my own,
Which gives its cheer TO midnight and TO me-
And now, with noiseless step sweet Memory
comes
And loads me gently through her twilight
realms
Whatpoefs tuneful Tyre has ever sung,
Or delicate pencil e'er portrayed,
The unchanged, shadowy land where Mem
DRY dwellsY
Il has It's valleys, cherries, lone and drear,
Dark shaded by the mournful cypress tree,
Ond yet itssunlit mountain tops are bathed
In heavens own blue. Upon its craggy
cliffs,
. ROBBED IN the dreamy light Of distant years,
Are clustered joys serene Oh other days.
upoNits gentx, sloping hillside bends
Inc Yeepmgrwillow DER the sacred dust
u is,er qparted ones and yet in that land
Where o. our footsteps fall upon the shore,
They that were sleeping rise from out the
dust
OF deaths long, silent years, and round us
stand,
As erst they did before the prison tomb
Received their clay within It's voiceless halls
The heavens that bend above That land are
hung
With clouds of various hucs; some dark and
chill,
Surcharged with sorrow, cast their somber
shade
Upon the sunny, joyous land above;
Others are floating through the dreamy air,
White as falling snow, their margins tinged
With gold and crimsoncd hues; their shad-
ows fall
] Upon the tlowery meads and sunny slopes,
Soft as the shadow of an angels wing.
| When the rough battle Of the day is done,
And evenings peace falls gently on the heart,
| | bound away across the noisy years
| Unto the utmost verge of Memory's land,
| Where earth and sky in dreamy distant meet,
And Memory, dim with dark oblivion, joins
Where woke the first remembered sounds
that fell
| Upon the car in childhood's early morn;
And wandering thence along the rolling
years
| see the shadow Of my former self
| Gliding from childhood up to mans estate.
The path Of youth winds down through
many u vale
And on the brink Of many dread abyss,
From out whose darkness comes no ray Of
light
Save that phantom dances DER the gulf
And beckons toward the verge. Again the
path
Leads DER summit where sunbcams fall
And thus in light and shade, sunshine and
gloom,
Sorrow and joy, this life path leads along.
fumes A. GarfeId, 1860.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30
Codfshing.

We have been out on the briny deep
after fish, and the Ha,okeye distinguished
itself as usual. The Jester caught the
first fish. And it was the only fish of
that kind taken all day,
We went out after Goldfish. I. isa
pleasant fish to catch. Catching Goldfish
is like drawing water with rope and
bucket. It is very gamey fsh-after
it is cured for the Western market
Limburger cheese isn't much gamicr II
keeps up perennial smell that grows
stronger and more decided as the years
creep slowly by, Lorena. When the
springtime comes, gentle Annie, the old
Goldfish that hangs on a nail away back
in the darkest corner Of the cellar dis
counts the noisy onions piled up on the
middle of the floor, and then it doesn't
half try The drier it gets the louder
it grows You must be blind if you
couldn't hear the favor Of two-year-
old Goldfish.
But when he is now he is quiet. and
you miss the old familiar bouquet. When
you go for Goldfish you must first get
your herring for bait We approached
lone fisherman for this purpose, and
besought him that he would lend us
few herring. But he wasn't doing dis
count business then, and said be had
only a few--oh, such very, very few
We'll, couldn't you let US have three
or four?'
But no shook his head sadly, as one
who should say he only had four or five.
Then We shouted and cried aloud and
said unto the lone fisherman:
''Lo here is twenty-five cents, but
what is that to your viii you SOC us
die for the want of three small her
ringY"
And the lone fisherman dropped his
line and made reach for that quarter.
even as drowning man reaches for
crowbar, and spako with great alacriiy.
"Oh, yes. | have just about a quar-
ter's worth" And he gave us peck
The sinkcr on cod line is piece of
lead about the size and shape ofa corn
cob. and it weighs rs much ms mn old
fashioned family Bible. You fish very
close to the bottom, five feet or so iron,
it, and the only labor involved is haul
ing up that deep-sea sounding apparatus
at the end Of your line. When you
catch Goldfish il doesn't add to tho
weight at all. Oh, no the cod helps
you to pull that sinker up to the surface.
and that makes your load lighter. That's
the way you know you have fish on. =
That's just how gamey the cod Is.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

BRACE Up.-"Bracc upw We like
that slang phrase. We like it because
there's lots Of soul in it. You never
knew mean, stingy, snivel-souled man
to walk up to an afflicted neighbor, slap
him on the shoulder. and tell him TO
"brace up" 1t is the big-hearted. open
handed. whole-souled fellow that comes
along when you are cast down. aud
squares off in front Of you, and tells you
"That won't do, old follow--brace up p
1t is be who tells you a good story, and
makes you laugh in spite of yourself !;
that lifts the curtain that darkens your
soul, and tells you to look out and seo
the light II is he that reminds you
that there never was brilliant sunset
without clouds He will not tell you so
in just such words, but he will make
you "braco up" and see the silver lining
for yourself
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

Why shouldn't all babies be given the
right to choose their names ? Girl babies
have the privilege. after time but
give a boy name, and il hangs to him
till death.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

A Kentucky man has been married in
the same house and by the same minister
to four sisters. He is looking around
for another ablc-bodied family when no
runs through the one now on hand.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

A Kentucky company insures whis-
key, but declines to take lire risks on
the customers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

The man who feathers his nest by dis
honest methods deserves 10 have tar
mixed with tho feathers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30
0LDFIELD,S
IL x G {, | $ orr UNI %.

sElx G @ | $ i o r p u m %.
TINE undersigned has now o hand about
Il. 0,000te feet of White Oak Pump Stock.
which has heen in soak in Spring water a
sufficient iene of time to free it from sap.
ANY Pump constructed of this stock is guar
anieed notto give an unpleasant taste to the
water. His arrangements for preparing
Pump Stock in the above manner are most
ample and complete. and he will always be
prepared toput up the sg H
IzEccIS1Or Pur1ap
AT short notice. ~
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fix
lures, of thevery best quality.
Common Wooden Pumps mad OF the prem
ises where they are TO be placed, when de.
sired, at 90 cents foot. siiNd
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$i per
year -p9 rbSr
All Pumps put in and not proving satis1
factory, will be taken out and the money
refunded.
Orders by mail orin person, attendedto
with promptness, and at moderate prices.
RE- For any further information, apply
to Mr.. j. BYERs, Montgomery House, Rock
vile, Maryland
WIN. OLDFIELD,
PUMP MAKER,
apl9-ly Fountain Green HarfordC.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30
Boarding and Day School,
FOR YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN,
ROCKYILLE, Md,

Mus. BOWIE AND Mss GARDINER,
PRINCIPALS.
RE- The School will reopen for the recep-
ton Of pupils on SEPTEMBER 18th, 1881 4.
Circulars and further information can be OBJ
tained by application 10 the Principals.
TERMS MODERATE. aug I9-if
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

1--WE Subscriber would respectfully inform
i the public that he has removed TO the
Brick House, opposite the Post Office and
has also made QUITE A REDUCTION IN
PRICES OF ALL ARTICLES, among other
things
Fresh Beef, Best Cuts 10 cts, per lb.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

Poor circumstances alter the style Of
burial cases.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30
To Horse Owners.

rUNIIE subscriber having had many years ex-
J. pcrieuce in the treatment of all diseases of
Horses. would inform the public that he Is
now located 10 ROCKVILLE, where he can
be consulted with regard to this business.
va Having secured the privilege Of using
the track at the Fair Grounds, lie Is prepared
to train horses and colts In trotting. Charges
reasonable.
may l3-tf DANIEL KRAFT.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

WOULD respectfully inform the public
L that will continue the above business ut
the old stand, and | am prepared to build
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Jaggers,
%sA- Repairing, Painting and Trimming
neatly executed on the most reasonable terms.
FARM WORK, such Us Broad and Narrow
Tread Wagons, Plows, Cultivators Ilarrows,
&c, made To order
Old Work taken in part pay for new. SAT-
isfaction guaranteed, and prices to suit the
times. Estimates for work furnished on ap-
plcalion
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30
TFVs TT 7 VIZ JNNs " 7
DETER 4 HEN DERSON

DETER ~ II HENDERSON.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Will practice in the Circuit Conrl for MOut-
gomery county, and in the Cour, If Appeals
of Mary land.
Special attention given 10 examination Of
Title Of Lands, Collection of Debts &c
sep l-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-30

IHARLES w. PRETTYMAN,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Prompt attention given TO all business en-
listed to his care.
OFFICE, on Perry Street, directly opposite
Cast wing of the Court House, formerly oc-
cupied by Hon Spencer G. Jones. nov Ii
HOBART HUTTON,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office hours Rockville, Tuesdays, from
10 A. NJ, 10 a 2 NJ, AT the office OF brewer
4 Brewer
Post Ufce--Brookv
may 24-lN
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
Dead, Not Delivered.

Meeting the letter carriers as they leave
the post-otfice with their bulky sack crowded
with letters, one must wonder how they can
distribute each and every one to its proper
owner; but bless you they 60 further than
that After they have been on the route for
awhile, they can tell much more about
family than they ever do. They know if
one of the family is away, if visitors are
coming, if any of the relatives are dead,
and many other things hardly known to the
nearest neighbor. An envelope is nothing
but an envelope to you. You may criticise
the handwriting and photography, but be-
yond that you care nothing. To the letter
carrier it is book. He knows when father
and mother are coming-where truant boy
is-whether the family is respected or not
and Sarahs beau cannot blind the carrier
by getting some one else to direct the en-
velope. One day one of the Oldest carriers
had a letter left over after he had gone his
usual round. It was directed to a woman
living in little house standing back from
the street. and as he studied the address he
said to himself that he had never had an
epistle for her before in the six or seven
years he had been on the route. The post
mark was that of an office in the east and
the carrier unused to himself "This is
from her son. she will be crying before am
white-faced woman of sixty, who seemed to
be living there alone, and she looked sur.
prised as he placed it in her hand. "a let
ter for mel haven't relative on EARTH"
she gasped. But he left it with her. In
about three weeks a second letter came and
the old lady opened the door before the car
rier was inside the gate. She did not say
that it was from her son, but the carrier
knew for all that, and he hoped that the
truant boy had settled down for life, and
was writing cheerful words and sending
aid to his poor old mother. Regularly every
three weeks for half year or more, there
came fat-looking letter for the old woman
in the little cabin and if the letter was
day late her face at the window reproached
the carrier more than words could have done.
If it was day earlier she was at the door
to meet him, knowing his step from all 9TH
ers which passed that way. The other day
when the carrier found the buff envelope
directed in the old, familiar, cramped hand
he said to himself 81 will hurry around
to-day, for the last time saw her she seemed
ill and weak, and letter will give her new
strength" He opened the gate with bans
to give her warning, but no white face APP
peared at the window and no hand raised
the doorlatch. The carrier knocked on tn,
door for the first time, and after momen
woman opened it and said She is deaf
and she hasn't relative in the city.
Among the letters to 60 to the dead lette
office next week will be one across which i
written whole chapters in three words
"Dead-not delivered" An old woman ha
passed away--a cottage is deserted. Tn
world will see nothing in these simple facts
but yet In them is contained all the sent
ment God has ever given to any huma
heart.--Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
Self-Wrecked.

There are human wrecks, as well as hui
man footprints, "on the sands of time !" and
there is no sadder or more eloquent warning
than the sight of total wreck of a young
man-lying forever beyond hope. ain bac-
calaureate" sermon preached last summer to
the students OF western college, Rev. L. b.
Bell of Kansas City, Missouri related the
following facts, from a painful recollection
of his own university days and darker ex-
ample of the swift and fatal peril of dissipa-
ton and deceit was never given. In the
institution of which Mr.. Bell was member,
one of the brightest and most promising
students was young man from far dis
tant state, OF SURPRISING talents and fascinat-
ing person and manners, and known in this
story as Wingate. This young man was a
child of afiluence, reared in Christian
home, and blessed with every advantage of
pure instruction; but absence from the
watching eyes of love, and fattering sense
of new freedom and self-direction, proved
too much for his better principles. The
partially and admiration of his fellow stu
dents drew him into convivial habits. He
was leader as we'll as a favorite, and he
grew daring in every dangerous social in.
diligence. His genius, that wasted itself in
SHINING, made him expert, too, in concealing
sin. The letters he wrote home were pat
terms of finished falsehood, and though he
continued to grow worse, he SO far diverted
the college authorities and kept within rules
that no warning of the way he was living
ever reached his parents. When at last his
father made the long journey to see him
graduate, and hear his commencement ora
ton, it was with the full belief that the
loved and talented son was still an honor u
him. Wingate did not receive the notice o.
this intended visit until his father was OIL
the way. The thought of his coming filled
him with terror. He had been deceivin(
his father for more than three years, ant
now exposure was inevitable. He had n,
commencement part, for though quicl
scholar and the finest speaker in his class
his course had deprived him of every honor
able appointment His debts were enor
nous, and he would be forced TO COMES
them. Wingate dwelt upon all this until i
nearly crazed him. When the hour cam
for the arrival of the train that would brin
his father, instead of going to meet him a
the depot, he shut himself up, in the agony O
remorse aud cowardly fear. The eager fathe
inquired the way TO the room of his SOL
climbed the stairs, and opened the dool
burning TO embrace him. He staggere
back, stood still a moment and sank on th
floor in swoon. He had stumbled over hi
sons dead body. The unhappy young MAJ
in his distraction, b I'd sent bullet throug
his brain, and he lay weltering in his bloot
--Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
Msn,peranre.
THE GREAT SPIDER.

A spider sat In his basement den,
Weaving bis snares for the souls Of men.
81 will not work with my hands," quoth he;
IAN easier pathway must open for me-"
He spreads his tables OF greenest baize,
And many a cunning trap he lays.
The marble balls are smooth and white,
The den Ia blazing with floods Of light.
Behind the bar the spider stands
There ia not wise man In the land
But will lose his wit and become a fool
II he Yields himself to the spiders rulei
There ia not man strong and brave
But the spider will dig him shameful grave;
There Ia not youth 40 noble and fair
But will learn to drink, and gamble and swear
In the spiders den. But do not, pray,
Dare to dispute the spiders sway;
II you sweep the den with the laws strong broom,
Perhaps you might make cleaner room;
but then men fearful, little afraid,
In faction the spiders to make a raid;
Twould stir up excitement, and spiders must live;
40 our dear household treasures we patiently give.
The spider still sits in his basement den
Lying in walt for the souls Of men. Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19

KEEPING AcooUNTs.-The habit of keep
ing accounts is check upon wasteful ex-
penditure. The imperceptible extravaganza
which spends five cents here and ten cents
there for tribes, makes larger outlays for
things worth having impossible to people OF
small incomes. Set down the income and
the outgo, and be able to strike balance
so that you spend a little less than you earn
Then you will live In comfort.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
Thf Dumf Girrlf.
ABSENCE.

what shall | do with all the days and hours
THAT must be counted ere see thy face2
How shall I chain the interval that lowers
Between ths sweet time and that sweet time Of grace
Shall in sumber steep each weary sense,
Weary with ioneings shall fee away
Into past days, and with some fond pretence
Cheat myself to forget the present day2
Shall love for thee lay on myself the ain
ofoasting from me Gods great gift OF time2
Shall l, these mlsts Of memory locked within,
Leave and forget iife's purposes subiime9
Oh how, and by what means, may contrlve
To bring thee hour that brings thee back more near7
How may teach my dropping hope to live
Until that blessed time when thou art here7
III tell thee for thy sake, will lay hold
OF all good aims, and consecrate to thee,
In worthy deeds, each moment that Is told,
while thou, beloved one, art far from mo.
For thee will my thoughts to try
Allheavenward flights, all high and holy strains;
For thy dear sake will walk patiently
Through these long hours, call their minutes pain
50 may this doomed time build up in me
A thousand graces, which shall thus be thlnei
And may my love and longing hallowed be,
And thy dear thoughts an influence divine.
boston Transcript.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-19
ITCHING PILES.

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The symptoms are moisture, like perspiration,
intense itching increased by scratching, very dis
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address on receipt Of price in currency or three
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Swayne & Son. 800 North Sixth Street. Philadel-
phia, Penn. Sold by all prominent druggists
GEORGE q. GOODWIN a. CO., Boston. Mass.
WHOLESALE AGENTS
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-12
COu..tu Commissioners.

A special meeting of the board was held
Yesterday, with Il full attendance. The town
clerk of Dayton notified the commissioners
that 80 had been appropriated by the super
vIsors of The town toward building bridge
over the creek on the county road between
Maple Grove and Champlain, provided the
commissioners would appropriate Il like sum.
The petition OF Patrick Cavanaugh and 9TH
ers FIR change of the highway known as
the Plymouth road was, on motion of Com
missioner Ward, rejected.
The petit ion of G. il. Sanborn and others
for the location of highway was accepted,
aud Il committee consisting Of Ward, Lydiard
and Austin appointed to meet on April 18th,
at the intersection of the Minneapolis e. Way
zata Road and the Minneapolis d Northwestern
railroad, to view the proposed location.
The superintendent of the poor farm was
directed to receive no paupers at that institu-
ton, unless they presented a certificate from
the county physician
The b.li OF Street &, Powers for $50, for cal
Ginning and painting the sherif's residence,
was allowed.
On motion of Commissioner Schaefer, the
sum of $l5,45O was appropriated to pay P. j.
Pauly & Bros, of st. Louis, for the construc-
ton OF the new cells IN the Jail. The amount
is in full, according to the contract, with the
exception of S2SS.56, which was paid for freight
BIZ the county.