Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-06-03
Unity Items.

Misfortune seldom comes single. Mr..
Frank Griffith lost last week another, and
the most valuable horse he had. Driven to
| Washington in the team by his very careful
! overseer, Mr. Fletcher Irving he was seized
that night with Enteritis, a disease much
resembling collie, and died next morning
This disease is often mistaken for collie, and
we would state just here that remedies given
beneficially in collie are sure to produce death
with it.
Sheep husbandry has had fearful, if not
an irreparable, setback in this community
from the ravages of mongrel, puppy, whelp
and hound. Wonder if our next Legisla-
tors cannot look up some antidote for this
most outrageous dog nuisance! No, they
might lose some votes next time and this
sheep-slaughter can go on. Our country is
finely adapted to sheep-raising, and the bust
ness would be very profitable to our farmers,
and | have no doubt but that the tax -gatherer
could count flocks on many hills, if the
farmers were not deferred by this cur mon
strosity. Furthermore, ram, lamb, sheep or
mutton is most wholesome and nutritious
diet and withal cheap; incompatible in
these essentials with other meats, yet people
help to render it scarce and high, in order
to keep bench-legged or slab-sided cur to
bay at the moon. A census of the dogs in
this neighborhood would surprise the ma
tives more than the enumeration of the mos
quitoes in an Eastern Shore bed-chamber,
or the counting of the chinches in Wash
ington hotel. Dogs were not 50 plentiful
around here, in we days of yore, in fact we
had much difficulty to keep young canine
as play-fellow in our boyhood rambles, on
account of an old friend in the burgh who
always kept on hand plunge bath and box
of shrimp with which he waged incessant
warfare against the dog nation. People
vituperated him then, but they miss and
lament him now as they are beleagured with
dogs, afflicted with fleas and have no good
shoe strings. Friend, look around your ken
mel, and if you have dog that is neither
useful nor ornamental, pray take him to the
nearest marsh and let there be an execution,
The cut-worm is lifting the corn, the
potato-bug is here, the locust is humming
his somniterous lullaby, and that striped
hum-bug is destroying all prospects for
early cucumbers.
Mr.. E. Riggs, of s., has borne a long and
painful illness this spring. indeed he is yet far
from convalescence, but we sincerely hope
that he may soon be restored to his former
usefulness and activity amongst us.
The Sabbath School at Mt Carmel is in u
most tlo1rshing condition, there being over
one hundred teachers ana scholars IN at
tendance on last Sunday The thanks Of
the community are due Messrs. Townsend,
Gartrell, Harvey and Brandenburg for their
pronounced efficiency in the premises
DIR. Duncan preached at the chapel yester-
day. He is always welcome among his old
parishioners.
DIR, Lorenzo Dow Watkins has assumed
quite prominence here for the def and
skilliuI manner in which he handles scrofula
and kindred ailments. The Doctor is also
par excellent in treatment Of irost-bites and
chiIblains, having relieved many during the
winter and early spring from these tortur
ing Affections.
The newly established carriage shop Of
Messrs. Cashel u Baker is doing iiatter-
ing business. Perhaps these gentlemen would
give the SENTINEL an advertisement If So
iicited, as they are surely entcrprsing gen
tlemen and the SENTINEL is a No. vehicle
for the dissemination Of useful information.
Well, now about the candidates, the comp
troller convention, the judicial convention,
the bombshels, the shells without bombs,
etc, but AS the mercury is buzzng around
ninety | will await until | take II drink Oh
wei you know it must be icewater.
May Both, 1881. X