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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

Winter on Earth, but June in the Sky

Winter on Earth, but June in the Sky.
Slow through the light and silent air,
Up climbs the smoke on its spiral stair
The visible flight of some mortals prayer;
The trees are in bloom with the flowers OF
frost,
But never feathery leaf is lost;
The Spring, descending, is caught and bound
Ere its silver feet can touch the ground
So still is the air that lies, this morn,
Over the snow cold fields forlorn,
IT'S as though Italy's heaven smiled
In the face of some bleak Norwegian wild
And tteheart in me sings--I know not why
IT'S Winter on earth, but June in the sky!
June in the sky. All, now can see
The souls OF roses about to be,
In gardens Of heaven reckoning me,
Roses red-lipped, and roses pale,
Famed by the tremulous ether gale
Some of them climbing window ledge,
Some of them peering from wayside hedge,
As yonder, adrift on the aery stream,
Love drives his plumed and tilleted team;
The Angel Of Summer aloft sec,
And the souls-of roses about 30 be,
And the heartin me sings--the heart knows
why @
"ris winter on earth, but June in the sky.
-Efith W. I'h0D,as
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23
"Old Hickory" Wagons,

The "Old Hickory is manufactured at
Louisville, Kentucky, by the Kentucky Wagon
Manufacturing Company,
The quality OF the "Old Hickory" is main
tanned at any cost.
The "Old Hickory" is built for strength,
durability, lightness, and is OF graceful APP
pearance.
The "Old Hickory is as perfect as it is
possible for wagon TO be built.
The superiority of The "Oid Hickory" over
other wagons is due
First-To the adoption OF that form or mod
el that comprises the largest amount of s,reng,h
with the least superhuous weight
Second-To the adoption of that shape,
size, and adjustment of skeins, wheels and
gear, and lha, arrangement of tongue, evener
and singletrees that gives the least friction
and easiest draft
Thrd-To the great advantages the manu-
facturers of The "Old Hickory" have over
other wagon makers in location, situated as
they are in the centre Of the finest timber re-
gion In the world. The company makes Sc
leciions from the white oak and black hickory
! of Kentucky, which are justly celebrated.
Fourth--To the great advantage of having
plenty OF the best timber to work on, only
thoroughly air seasoned timber being used =
| No irresponsible convict or peniteniiary labor
| is employed, but intelligent, skilled mechanics
| in every department. The "Old Hickory" is
made only Of one quality aud that strictly A
No. /. We have them for sale on both Thin.
I BILE Skein and Iron Axle running gear, with
or without bodies, for !, 2, and horses
Every Wagon fully warranted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23
Throat and Lungs.

This is preparation of BALSAM OF TO.
LII, ROCK CANDY, MAGNESIA, and Other
medicinals beneficial 10 above diseases, the
basis being the purest Rice and Rye Whistles
The Rice Whiskey is commonly known as Ar
rack in the South and as Samshoo in China
II has been used for many years by the Chin.
ese, and also by the negro laborers in the
Southern rice fields as the only antidote fol
Malaria and Rice Fever.
We guarantee positive cure in every case
Harmless and very pleasant to take. Try it
For sale by all Druggists and Grocers al
81 per quart bottle. The trade supplied at q
liberal discount by
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23
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SUCH AS
LARGE POSTERS, HANDBILLS,
CIRCULARS,
CARDS, BLANKS,
BILL-HEADS,
Together with every other description Ct
PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
Executed with neatness and dispatch.

Yearly advertisers will be allowed TO chan
four times during the year without charge
Advertisements should be marked with time
and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

II shan't be gone long," remarked
Juniper, as he left the house the other
evening. "Not going anywhere in par
ticular only going out to take the air. "
Be careful that you do not come in air.
tight" was the injunction of Mrs. j.,
whose knowledge Of jumpers failing
had not begotten confidence.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

The railroad conductor who called on
the 'squirc's daughter without the faith
er's consent, remarked that the old man
furnished terminal facilities as well as a
free pass through the garden gate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

Some genius has invented machine
to play pianos. This will fill long-fclt
want. When two young people of OPP
posite sex are in the parlor in the even
ing the old lady don't begin to saunter
until the piano stops
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

1.-The Pendleton civil-servicc bill has
passed." remarked Mr.. Wigglesworth
from the interior of his paper "Well,
Pm glad of that" said his wife, "and
now hope our hired girl will have a
little more manners"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

One man kin deceive apuder in de
matter of friendship, but ant dat way
wild women. Among women dar's a
pepfect un'erstandin dat da doan't put
no confidence in each other.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

The coming rage in hair is soft and
tender red, suggestive Of gently-pullcd
moasscs candy, a little burnt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

A New York lady has become the
proud mother of triplets, all girls. The
father is as well as could be expected.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY % 1883
COLUMN OF
Phi. HBlsKELL, JR. &C0.
PHILPO1''S
T. DISTRIBUTOR {!

Drop US postal card for circular
and price-list of this Wonderful
and Great I.aID0l.-Sayi wing Ma
chine.
The want Of this invention has been
felt by the Farmers Of Montgomery conn
ty fora long time. 1t has been sup
piled by a Farmsr of twenty-five years
experience, and is all we claim for it, viz:
II is the only machine yet invented that
will puverize and distribute NJ the same time
all fertilizers used, OF all kinds, from The
coarsesi barnyard manures 10 the finest dust,
and spread the same, either broadcast or IN
drills.
II requires no more labor 10 load il with
manure than any other cart or wagon.
II pulverizes coarse manures as it dislrib-
utes. either broadcast or in drills
IT distributes fertilizers with greater regu-
larity than lie possible with hands or any other
machine yet invented.
A boy twelve years old can manage it, II
is NJ durable M Il wagon or carr aud will last
as long. Where not needed AS distributor
il is easily changed into n wagon or cart.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

The good that men do may be in
TERED with their bones, but collins Of
some men are not crowded.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-02-23

1t seems natural when mans BUSH
ness gets run down he winds it up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
When Spring-Tide Comes.

Your change draws near, o changeless pail OF
Thou dull brown plain, We silent woods ano
Sere!
Heaven will be blue and earth be green and
And bird and beast be joyous, and life dear,
When spring-tide comes
Far Ger the field will sound the new lambs
bleat;
The lark win mount his topmost stair OF
From high elm-boughs the treble and tenor
sweet
Of thrush and blackbird mingle all day long.
The woodbine branch will dart its winged
The palm-gold rend its casket: whorl by
whOrl
Her fragile ladder will the cleaver raise;
The arom-scrOu will silently unfurl.
And soon the woody coverts, and beds of grass,
Arrayed in vestments all delicate hue
Meet for the court of the maiden year, will
Troops of white-fowers and yellow, pink, and
blue.
The shy wind-fower will nestle meath tibet rees:
Primrose and violet haunt the messy bank;
Cowslip and kng-cup spread Ger the downs
Robin and lady-smock DER meadows dank.
me lines will redden and the oaks embrown;
To chestnut buds glistening dew will rise;
The feathering alders to the lake stOop down;
The virgin hazels ope their crimson eyes.
And then, watch how so patiently we may,
AT once eludes our ken. The beechen tops
To-day are golden, willow wands are gray;
Tomorrow green cloud enfolds the copse.
And if, perchance, an ice-br cath from the
north,
Or marsh air tainted with the Orient's guile
Smite leaf and blossom brought untimely
forth,
The sun viii rise and heal them with a smile.
Anon from the south will stream a gentle blast
And bid the jeweled cones of the Iarches
flash,
From the rough oak wood tender shoots and
last
Unclench the rigid fingers of the ash.
With field and wood thus bathed in clear, green
light,
And ringing with bird voices night and day,
Dells hyacnth-blue and hedges hawthorn
white,
Win Gods glad earth renew herself in May,
And We, o torpid fancy and dull heart!
Fettered and chilled in winters prison so
long,
Will not the touch of sunshine make We start,
Put on new plumes ana tune fresher song,
When spring-tide comes?
The Academy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
The Lirne-Kiln Club.

81 hold heah in my hand" said
Brother Gardner as the sixteen kerO.
sene lamps in Paradise Hall were turned
on at full blaze, "a letter from Wash
ington akin me to furnish de gov ment
wild SIGH statisticks regardin de Gull d
race as we hev thus fur bin able to gath
er since de organizashun of de Lime
Kiln Club. The Secretary has prepar' d
an will ford de followin' valuable
slices of informashun:
l. Gin darkey q cooked hat an a
tin sword an de noise of drum, an
you kin lead him anywhar' you will.
2. Wecan't see dat de color am bleach.
in out any.
3. We doan' know dat de black man
has groWed any wuss doorin' de las
twenty yar's, an we can't prove dat he
has growed any better.
a. Truth, honesty an industry am
three great jewels hidden in de groun'.
Looks like a heap of Gull d folks war
too lazy to dig down an find 'em.
5. Our religun am bout de same, an
our pollyticks all mixed up.
6. De inventive genius of de race
hasn't turned so much to mechanism
an art as to plannin' how to make one
days work bring in lbin' for de rest
of de week.
In case any of de members know OF
any furder Jacks BARN on de issue
should like to ar from him.
Sir Isaac Walpole thought he could
see q great Improvement in social Ell
quette. Colored brothers who had for
merly heaved brick-bats at him now
raised their hats as they passed, and
women who once went barefoot in their
shoes now wore stockings costing six
bits.
Giveadam Jones had seen a great
change in his race in ten years. When
black man who never owned a fowl in
his life had chicken pie three times a
week the year round there was q com
bination of genius and progress which
could not be kept down nor drowned
out.
Waydown Bebee thought the colored
man was more industrious than in for
mer years. He had known lots of them
to work hard all day for insignificant
wages to get money to patronize policy
shops and purchase lottery tickets.
Several other choice bits of informa-
ton were cheerfully rendered, and the
Secretary was instructed to incorporate
them and write his report in red ink.
ITO boil de matter down inter syrup. -
added the President, ''de Guild man
has got his liberty, but am hungry an
ragged fo'-ffths of de time. He has
GOT de ballot, but de white folks have
got de offices. He has got civil rights,
but he hain't cot the cash for z seat in
deparkay circle or de palace kyar. Let
US purceed to bizness. Detroit Free
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
, moiselle-as like portrait" the waiter

moiselle-as like 4 portrait, the waiter
said.
''Then it was Sophie Daner' / ey-
claimed, to the horror of the whole party.
Aunt Forester actually turned faint
with the shock OF the conviction, and as
to Uncle Marcus, his rage was speech
less.
In violent state of excitement he left
Us unprotected at the hotel. and set off
without delay for Nice, where it ap-
peared the Bradshaws had proposed
spending some time before proceeding
to Rome.
He wrote to us in few days-a half
dozen lines-saying that it was indeed
Sophie Dane who had presented herself
to Mrs. Bradshaw and her son as Chris
tine Fenwick, and under that name had
married Robert.
She had accounted former appearance
unaccompanied, by saying that her fami-
ly had opposed her coming, and had
wished to break off the match, where
upon she had ventured alone.
OF course it had been easy to impose
upon them by her singular personal re-
semblance to myself, her knowledge of
my family, and her familiarity with the
contents of our mutual letters, and the
whole affair of our engagement.
Uncle Marcus returned to Us highly
ncensed against his nephew. He had
insisted, as adMrs. Bradshaw, who was
almost insane with rage and mortifca-
ton, upon the marriage being instantly
annulled, as a fraudulent one
But Robert had become really infatu-
ated with his bride, and not only refused
to listen to the proposal, but actually
married Sophie Dane over again under
her own proper name.
We concluded to hush up the matter,
and after brief tour, which [ greatly
enjoyed, we returned to England. And
howsoever people may have wondered
at the result of my two years engage
rhent, they had no cause to Judge from
my appearance that was disappointed.
When, six months thereafter, [ mar
ried Philip Warning, with everybody
consent, including Uncle Marcus, who,had
transferred his favor from Robert to
me, I blessed the day when it had &C.
CURED to the ambitious mind of my
aunt's goyerness to personate me and
rob me of my proposed bridegroom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
How to Kill Rats.

Maryelously cunning are rats in rec
ognizing devices for their capture
Toasted cheese and rank fish are among
the bats commonly employed, since the
far penetrating odor of these lures them
to the spot where the trap is set; but in
places where they are so plentiful that
their resort may be counted upon, moth
Ing is so likely to induce them to enter
as bit of fruit or lettuce, of which they
are passionately fond. Another very
successful dodge for catching them in
bulk is to strew the room literally with
some highly-seasoned, thirst-producing
foOd-salt cheese, for instance, or pep
percorns and hempseed, and arrange a
bucket Of water in such way, either
by means of fitting board or creased
rim, that when they 90 to drink they
may tumble in and be unable to get out
again. A friend of mine asserts that no
bait is so attractive to them as simple
paper (they certainly seem to be very
fond of it), and suggests that they would
greedily devour blotting-paper impreg-
mated with some fluid poison disguised
with their favorite oil of anise. How
this might be do not know; but l
should doubt it, considering what acute
analytical noses these little toxocologists
have, but it is worth trying. Deer and
such-like animals are highly absorbent
of paper. [ knew fellow who pos
sessed a pet brocket that could do no
wrong, until one day it went into his
cabin and ate number of $5 notes,
since which he has looked upon the GER
vide as a very inferior group, and gen.
US cariacus as distinctly immoral. Traps
they will rarely enter; they are suspi-
cious of poison, and if they are beguiled
into taking it they get away behind
bulkheads and into other inaccessible
places to die, and so breed a pestilence.
Anything with very strong admixture
of arsenic will preserve the bodies from
corruption, unless they get wet; but mot
one rat in a hundred will even sniff at
such a compound, and its trial generally
results in the poisoning of every domes-
ticated animal on board, and ends by its
finding its way into the coffee one morn
ing, or something of that sort. Occa-
sionally, however, rats will make amis-
take, and it is no uncommon thing to
pick them up dead in the holds of ships
which carry dried hides, in the prepare
ton of which a great deal of arsenic is
used.-AU the Year Round.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
Why They Killed the Marshal.

Didn't they murder the city Marshal
of Fort Dodge?" I asked.
''Waal, yes" the cow boyreplied with
a smile, 1.-The Marshal of Fort Dodge
did 90 to glory last winter.'
Chow did that happen?"
''Waal, you see, ;" he said, ''the Mar
shall was rustler, and he played his
game on the wrong party. He used to
catch tenderfoot, with rocks now and
then, lock him in the cooler, pinch his
Doodle (rob him of his money!, and
then order him to leave town. That
would do as long as he played it on tend
erfeet, but q COW boy went East for a
spell, and when he came back with a
long horned collar and a bald-faced
shirt the Marshal tried the game on him,
and that was the end of it.
''What did you do?''
eve only plugged him."
''Was he killed?''
''That's what the coroner said"
''Then YOU do shoot sometimes?"
Eyes, there's considerable shooting
going on now and then. When a man
comes out here and punches COWS fo1
three OF four years it won't do to play
no games on him. - Correspondence
ChicdgO Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
The Value Of a Minute,

The following sentences from the Gin
cinnati Enquirer report of the Planters
House fire in St. Louis are aptly sug-
gestive as to the management of fire de-
partments. '"The Waterman ran to the
corner of the hotel and pulled one OF
the new fre-alarm boxes. In just one
minute and thirty seconds from that the
fire-engines were on the ground. This
quick work saved the main structure,
for had the fremen arrived moment
later the fire would have been beyond
control. Even as it was, there was a
great blaze, and it looked as though
there was to be another holocaust. This
vindicates the creased pole, the harness
snaps, the electric opening of doors and
christening of straps, the drill, and ev-
cry other appliance and practice about
a well-regulated fire engine house,
which to many people seem to be little
better than expensive nonsense. Here
is a case where a matter of one minute
in time saved q building and very likely
prevented the loss of many lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
Something Odd About Sponges.

When first pnlled from the rocks
where it grows the sponge looks like q
corrugated mass of putty. 1t is drab in
color, exceedingly heavy, has sicken-
ing odor, and is sufused by stringy
mucus which drops from it in long Wis
cous lines. The externalpores are part
ly closed up by a sort of sea bug, which
finds refuge in them, and must be an
annoying interloper to the sponge build
er; while often red sea worm an inch
in length is found far within the spongy
fibers, whittier he has worked his way.
What is the exact function of the mucous
fluid does not yet appear to be clearly
settled. But it is certain that when
taken from the sponge and placed on
still bottoms, new sponges are propa-
gated from it; and if two pieces of the
same living sponge, or of different spon-
ges of the same species, are laid side by
side on the sea bottom, they soon grow
together. The vitality of the sponge, in
fact, coupled with the decrease of the
supply, suggests that ere many years
artificial propagation may. have to be
used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21

On the Portrush Railway to the Gil
ants Causeway, in Ireland, tram car
driven by electricity ran ten miles an
hour steadily, and but that the speed is
limited by act of Parliament could east,
ly do twenty-five miles an hour. Sixty
tons were taken up an incline of one
in thirty-five.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21

A Russian Princess at a recent ball
given in Nice wore dress made entire
~ of peacock feathers. Heads of the
birds, with eyes made of garnets, were
used in the looping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21

Two Austin men, who were very good
friends, and whom we shall call Bill
and Tom, played game of billiards
Yesterday. Bill is a first-class player,
but he encouraged Tom to win by pur-
posely playing a poor game. Tom is
not much of player, but he only had
few points to make to win when Bill
took off his coat, went to work in earn
est, and ran out, much to the disgust of
Tom. When Bill went to resume his
coat, 10 and behold, it was gone.
whats become of my coat?"
''Just as you made those last ten
points, and ran out, a stranger picked
up your coat and ran out, too answer
ed Tom, grinning.
''Why didn't you stop him?"
''Why should [ stop him? He didn't
interfere in our game when you ran out;
why should [ interfere with him when
he ran out with your coat. He let you
make your points. why shouldn't | let
him make his point The stranger let
you beat me, why Shouldn't let him
beat you out of your coat, particularly
as he got his cue from you. ''-Ie1as
Sifti72Qs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-21
Language of the Umbrella,

One of the funny writer's of the day
has said that there is q language oil
umbrellas as well as of flowers. Fol
instance, place your umbrella in
rack, and it will indicate that it is
about to change owners. To open il
quickly in the streets means that
somebody's eye is going to be put out;
to shut it, that hat or two is going to
be knocked off An umbrella carried
over woman, the man getting moth
ing but the drippings of the rain,
means courtship; when the man has
the umbrella and the woman the drip
pings, it indicates marriage. To
punch your umbrella into person and
then open it, means [ dislike you. To
swing your umbrella over your head
signifies | am making nuisance of my
self. To trail your umbrella along the
footpath means that the man behind
you is thirsting for your blood. To
carry it at right angles under your arm
signifies that an eye is to be lost by the
man who follows you. To open an UNI
brella quickly, it is said, will brighten
mad bull. To put cotton umbrella by
the side of q nice silk one signifies ex-
change is no robbery. To purchase an
umbrella means l am not smart, but
honest. To lend an umbrella indicates
am a fool. To return an umbrella
might mean something if anybody ever
did it. To turn an umbrella in a gust
of wind presages profanity. To carry
your umbrella in a case signifies that
it is a shabby one. To carry an open
umbrella just high enough to tear out
mems eyes and knock off mems hats
signifies [ am a woman. To press an
umbrella on your friend, saying ooh,
do take it; [ would much rather you
would than not" signifies telling a fib.
To give friend half of your umbrella
means that both of you will get wet
To carry it from home in the morning
means it will clear off.