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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
COLORED VOTERS AND FUSION
BOSSES.


The Republican party has been out OF
power for eighteen years in this State
Whether the Maryland Radicals have learn
ed TO love the coored man in the long in
terva is doubtful. Certainly, when they
swaycd the State, their feelings toward the
colored population were anything bat
friendly. The Republican State conven
ton, which met in Baltimore, June, 1866,
put forth the following declaration;
Resotged, That we are pledged TO the
maintenance of the present constitution of
Maryland Chat of 1864 which expressly and
emphatically pr0hfbits both rebel suffrage and
negro suffrage, and we are equally deter
mined To uphold the registry law, which
DISTINGUISHES rebels and ercIutles negroes from
voting, and have no desire or intention 10
abolish either the constitution or the regis
try law
1t is clear that, however, grateful the col
ored people may be to the Republican party
at large, they are under precious little obi
CATION To the Maryland section Of the party.
The colored people OF Maryland are indcbt.
cd to the Democratic party for the provision
made for the education OF the children
What has the Republican, party Of Mary.
land done or attempted To do for The colorcd
peopleY Has it given any proof of its APP
probation of the loyalty OF the cDlored voters
to its nominecs2 Does it nominate any col
orcd men for office Does it recognize the col
orcd element at all, save to take cognizance
of its voting strength and drum ii up ON
election day.
Take the present Fusion movement. True,
Bishop Wayman was put upon the commit
tee on nominations, but it was done when
he was far distant from the city and with
the knowledge that he would not be able to
take any part in the selection of candidates.
As the Maryland Director, a colored or
gan of this city, well puts it, "the bishop
was selected as the best way of representing
the colored voters qoithOM Representatives"
The colored element constitutes nearly half
of the Republican party of Baltimore, Yet,
it is not given single representative upon
the Fusion ticket nor upon the committee
TO frame that ticket.
As the Director well says, "lnasmuch as
the 1900 colored voters of this city have
not been, and are not now, represented in
the Fusion party, they are left alone to de-
termine which OF the two parties they will
cast their ballots WITH
The assumption Of the Fusion bosses that
the colored vote is at their disposal will not
hold good.-BdltO. Times
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
Trustees Sale
OF
Valuable Real Estate
Al GAINESVILLE Station. in Montgom-
cry county, Md.

pY VIRTUE Of a Decree OF the Circuit
ID Court for Montgomery county, sitting as
a Court of Equity, passed in cause wherein
Charles r. Darby and Sarah V. Darby, his
wife, are compliments and Samuel Darby
aud Mary j. Darby, and William W. Darby
and Laura Darby, his wife, are defendants,
the subscribers, ms Trustees, will offer at pub
lie sale to the highest bidder, in front Of Ma
than 7. Talbotts Hotel, in the village Of
GAINESVILLE, in said county, on
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23

The four ladies who acted as engrossing
clerks at the recent session of the Georgia
House of Delegates gave such satisfaction
TO the chief clerk that on the eve of adjourn
ment he presented each with handsome
baskets of fruits and flowers and gave ex-
pressions TO earnest words of praise of the
excellence of their work. An Atlanta letter
says it is known that in cngrosslng bills the
ladies' work is ncatcr and more accurate
than was done by men in former sessions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
Notice 10 Gre dilOrs.

Notice 10 Gre dilOrS.
NOTICES hereby given that the subscriber
IN has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Montgomery county letters testamentary
on the estate Of
MARY Il. OFFUTT,
late OF said county, decd. All persons hav
ing claims against said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibitthe same with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber on or before the
9th day Of April, 1896; otherwise they
may by law, be excluded from all benefit OF
said estate. Persons indebted 10 said estate,
are requested TO make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 9th Of October,
1885
NICHOLAS d. OFFUTT.
oct l6-ft Executor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23

NOTICE is hereby given TO the Judges of
IN Election and to the Voters of Montgom-
cry county, that an Election will be held in
the several Election Districts Of Montgomery
county, at the usual places of holding Flee
TONS on
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
STORE ROOM & DWELLING HOTSE.
under one roof, a separate
DIV EIIING HOUSE.

Warehouse, Stable and Granary, Caulc
Shuie, DAIRY ana all necessary outbuildines.
The buildings are all commodious aud IN
good repair
There is also u fine young Apple aud Peach
Orchard and variety OF other f uita. such
MS Pears. PlumS aud Ounces on the place
There is also u fine bnsiuc,s e inu,..rrl vilh
the Station, indeed one %; m. les, on She
Metropolitan Branch Of the Il Il q rnilrntd.
Possession given on the FIRST DIV 81 F.,ru-
airy A d., 1886.
TERMS or SAFE, as jrcscri5,d bg Hc
Decree ;-One-lhird of the purchase. monre 10
be paid in cash on the dal Of sale, or The
ratification thereof hy The court. and The
balance in two equal inslt,Itmrnts payable ia
one and two years respectively from dty at
sale; said deferred payments 10 he secured t.,
:ho single billof the purchaser or purchasers.
with surely or sureties 10 ht approved bv
the Trustees, and 10 bear interest from The
day OF sale.
nveyancing at the cost o: the purchaser
THOMAS ANDERSON,
EDWARD G.. PETER,
sep 2o-is Trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23

The house in which the celebrated Ameri-
can painter, Benjamin West, was born in
1913, is still standing in Delaware county,
Pa, near the Philadelphia and West Ches :
ter railroad. It's square stone buildin G,
with large Kitchen and three other rooms
on the first floor. West displayed talent
for painting at the early age of six years.
At that period of his life his mother left
him in care OF an infant sister while she
was absent short while, and when she
returned she found a very good likeness of
the child which the six-years-old executed.
She rewarded the youthful artist with kiss,
and he used to say in after years that it was
that kiss which made him a painter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

S66l As
$40 %
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
SATURDAY, the Oath of October, 1885,

ut the hour of 2 O. clock, p. NJ,
all that LOT OF GROUND, and the i'm
provements thereon, situated al Barnesvllc
Station, on the Metropolitan Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in Mongom-
cry county, in the State of Maryland, con-
tanning
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
Artificial Ceeches.

There is an ingenious instrument
known as the artificial leech, OCCASION
ally used, but now scarcely ever met
with. 1t consists of small sharp steel
cylinder worked by spring, with which
a circular incision is make. and with an
interior glass cylinder capable of being
exhausted by a piston worked by =
screw. 1t was invented partly to meet
those not uncommon cases when the
patient, usually a man, declared he
would die and went off into faint If
touched by the live leech; partly because
the amount of blood distracted could be
thus precisely measured, and partly be-
cause the leech bites have sometimes
become inflamed through the leeches
employed being unhealthy. 1t is not
good instrument and is, as we say. not
used now. There is specimen to be
seen in the Museum of the College OF
Surgeons among the Surgical Instru-
ment Series" When it was presented,
about 1876, none of the Council could
guess what it was or what it was meant
tor until An old country doctor was
found to explain.-N 7. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The University of Madras has gradu-
ated S99 persons, none of whom are
Christians.
The Jesuits have recently purchased
the villa in the Island of Elba which
was occupied BY Napoleon after his ab-
dication, in 1914. 1t is to be converted
into college.
During the year 1884 there wero
pa new Lutheran churches erected in
the United States, divided in language
as follows: German, 1873; English, SO;
Swedish, %: Norwegian. IA; Norwegian
Danish. z; Danish. 2; Finnish. L; Slow
akian, 1.
The City of Churches" IS Brook
lyn has been styled for many years, ap-
pears not to be correspondingly city
of church-goers, As one Of her ministers
finds upon Investigation that there are
250.OOO people there who never 60 to
church.-Boston Transcript.
Wedding fees constitute an impor-
tant item in the revenues of the popular
ministers of New York and Philadel-
phia, their annual receipts sometimes
reaching $1,000. The fees vary from
$40 to $500. The average of one min
ister last year was $50.
An eccentric Perthshire Scotchman.
all his life q member of the Free Kirk.
has left his entire fortune-about
S130,OOO in our money-for the building
and endowment of Wesleyan chapel
in village where. so far as is known,
there are no Wesleyan inhabitants.
Pastor Dickinson, of Norwich,
Conn.,, was accused of having said in
PRAYER meeting that the spirit of the
late U. S. Gardner had appeared to him.
What he did say was that brother Of
Gardner, who had spoken in the meet
ing, brought the dead man so wildly to
his memory that he could almost see him
standing by his side. His description
was so striking that the hearers con-
strued it literally.-N ?. Sun.
The new head-master of Eton pro-
poses to return to the old system of ad-
mitting boys of eight or nine years OF
age, it being the latter usage to admit
only those Of twelve or thirteen. It is
urged that the boys are at the school
too short time to get the full benefit
of its discipline, and. as they cannot be
kept till they are older. they should be
gathered in when they are younger.
Donald G. Mitchell. better known
as TX Marvel, is said to be much
pleased with the Professorship of bellies
lettres, which he has held for . year
past at Yale College. The students re-
gard him as an amiable and delightful
Instructor, and many of them have read
his '.Dream-Life" and "Reveries of
Bachelor" with an interest approaching
enthusiasm. He studied law forty
years ago, but never practiced, and
afterwards attempted daily journalism.
but did not find it to his liking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
DANGER OF FRAUDS.
Word of Caution to the Farmers Of the
West.

A Word of Caution to the Farmers Of the
West.
We have warned the people so long
and so frequently about aiding the pro-
curer of fraudulent notes. that some
begin to think that it is our chronic
hobby. But let us now warn you against
another species of fraud which has been
lately practiced in Boston, New York,
and may be in Chicago. If it has not
yet infested the latter city, it soon will.
as it has been eminently successful in
the East, especially Boston. The prac-
tice is for band of swindlers to assume
a firm name, differing probably only in
a single letter from Legitimate business
house of good credit. They then print
a lot of letter heads and circulars, which
they send out far and wide, wanting to
buy the farmers produce, such as
butter. cheese. eggs, ETC., and offering
more than the current prices, or more
than honest men can afford to pay. In
case customer should become inquisi-
tive and want to know their standing,
they are always ready with Dun's or
Bradstreet's Reporter, to which they
refer them as to their standing, always
pointing to the name of the firm, which
they attempt to initiate without being
really it. But both firms are so near
alike that without care they will deceive
any one. In this way they establish
their credit, and have vast amounts for
warded to them to sell on commission,
or remit the pay if they take it them
selves. The inducement of higher
prices tempt many to be caught in their
trap. But they never pay anything.
When they can not risk business any
longer in one location, they disband
and leave. to appear suddenly in an
other city under another name, but
always as near as possible to that of a
cred.table establishment. The Boston
Ploughman says one of these fraudulent
concerns at that city swindled the
farmers of that region out of about
81. 100000. They operated in and about
Boston, under various names, for about
seven years. 1t is understood that they
have come West to grow up with the
country.-Iowd State Register.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30

81 am the resurrection and the life;
whosoever believeth in Me, though he
be dead. yet shall he live again"
Then came messages Of comfort from
the word of God to sorrowing hearts. l
heard the sobs of friends about me. as
the good man spoke. Then he prayed.
A hymn was sung. Then the lid above
my face was lifted. and friends came
about me to take the last look. l felt
tears falling on my face. l felt that my
last chance had come. Now, if ever. !
must shake myself free from the deairy
lethargy upon me. 1t seemed as if my
frantic efforts to break the bonds that
bound me must avail and set the current
of life in motion.
MY mother came to me last. She
leaned across the coffin and laid her
cheek against my face, and whispered:
20. my boy. you were all | had left
and loved you so!''
Somehow those words seemed to
touch the hidden spring of life. The
stagnant current began to move again.
my will resumed its power over my
body: l opened my eyes and cried out.
..Motherr'
can not describe the scene of terror
and excitement that followed. Imagine
how it would be if you saw the dead
come to life. For months after that
many looked at me with frightened
faces, as if they could not rid themselves
of the impression that had really been
dead and that they beheld my ghost.
Do you wonder my hair is whitee
What | wonder at most is that my
mind stood the strain of that terrible
eXperience-N T. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
OUTBREAK IN A ASCHOOL-HOUSE.
Party of Young Cowboys Who Wanted
to Go to Texas.


A day or two ago Miss Hoyt. a
teacher in the Second intermediate
School, had occasion to leave the room.
and shortly afterward Miss Harwood, a
teacher in an adjoining room, heard an
uproar coming from it. She went in
to investigate, and was Mortified to find
several Of the big boys chasing each
other about the room with revolvers.
As she entered the bloodthirsty lads
pointed the weapons at her. The Prin-
cipal, Mr.. Fillmore, was called, the
bows were disarmed and the father of
the ringleader summoned. He searched
his son and found two long bowie
knives upon him, while in his desk were
two more revolvers. The boys. whose
parents are all well-to-do, finally con-
fessed that they had been planning to
run awav in May and 90 to Texas to
fight the Indians on the plains and be-
come cowboys. One of the lads was to
furnish the money for the trip and had
already arranged to sell his bicycle and
one of his fathers cows. Three of his
companions were to accompany hlm.
The bows had been reading dime
novels and stories of life among the
cowboys. but are not allowed to even
read their school books now, as they
begin work at seven o'clock and quit
at six.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

In respectable society it is said that
usually one generation in family
makes the wealth, q second spends it,
and the third goes back to the foot to
begin again.
Bill Nye says: ''Some of the things
that we know should be saved for our
own use. The man who sheds all his
knowledge and don't leave enough to
keep house with fools himself"
"A writer in Harper's Bdzar says
.'the ears should be so placed as not to
be higher than the eyebrows or lower
than the tip Of the nose" People who
are dressing for party should not for
get this.-Philadelphia Call.
Some people think it would be nice
if everybody in the world would mind
their own business. But it would not.
Over one-haf of the people in the world
would be out of employment and not
know what to do with themselves
Pittsburgh (Pa.J Chronicle Telegraph.
"A forlorn-looking man said: 1--WE
tried everything that could turn my
hand to, but couldn't make anything an
swer; and now have decided to 60 up
among the hills, where they say there's
q wonderful echo. to see If can make
that answer. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. De Blank-I am so glad Mrs.
De Bright is going to remain in the city
another month. She is perfectly charm
ing; the most lovely woman ever saw.
All the ladies adore her. Mr.. De Blank
is she pretty? Mrs. De Blank-N
course not.-PhilGdelphiG Call.
"A twelve-year-old boy entered .
newsstand, threw down fifteen cents.
and said: "Gimme The One Eyed
Demon of the Ditches.' Crimson
Handed Bill, or the King Of the High
waymen,' and Sal Slumpkins. the
Queen of the Shoplifters.' Of the Half
Dime Series" And yet an English re-
view once sneeringiy asked: "Who
reads an American book?''-Norris-
toUn Herald.
-Patient-"And 80 you advise the
hot-water cure for my dyspepsia?"
Doctor-'I am sure it will relieve you
if you take it in the right way" Patient
-'When is the best timer" Doctor
Just before meals. Take about .
quart after you sit down to the table" "
Patient-"A quart! Why. then ! would
have NO room for anything else"
Doctor-'.Certainly. and consequently
no indigestion. IN T. World.
Now, then" said the cashier to
his wife, ..are you dressed for the jour
ney. my dear?" "All ready, my love-"
"Got the Doodle safe?" IAN safe"
"What kind of dress is that you have
on?'' 1T is q pull-back." "A pull
back! Good heavens! The idea OF your
thinking we can escape to Canada
while you wear dress like that! Don't
you see I've got on . cutaway coat? Go
and put on dress with . sloping train.
and your hat with . fyaway leather.
We must take every precaution setting
out on such journey. ."-Bxfalo CosF.
iep
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
A LOVE SONG TO A WIFE.

lis the beautiful, love-breathing gloamins
And ada the breeze is rocking each slumbcring
Ana meath the clustering hawthorn boughs
Ao'ers are breathing their tender VOWS.
shy Ids are dropping DER radiant eyes,
Ianu a Tue air is full OF delightful signs;
nse1s glow and dimple. and red lips part
And, 0, how fondly heart answers hearti
FOR very gladness young pulses sing
An, ioNe ls wlidering. witching thing;
Au exquisite, tremulous, heaven born strain
Anat mis- the soul with delicious pain.
We have been lovers for forty years:
y, dear cheeks faded and worn with tears
Wnat an eloquent story of love ye tell!
1our roses are dead, yet love We we'll
y, pale brow shrined in soft silvery hair,
Crowned with lifcs sorrow, and lined with
Let me read by the light of the stars above
Ihose dear, dear records of faithful love,
All, fond. fond eyes, OF my own true wife!
1e nave shone SO clear through my
cheQuered fe
Ne have shed such Joy on its thorny way,
1nst can not think ye are dim today.
worn little hands, that have toiled SO long,
ratient and loving, and brave and strong.
re viii never tire ye will never rest,
Cntli you are crossed on my darling's breast.
Q. warm heart throbbing SO close to mine!
lime only strengthens such love as thine,
AND proves that the holiest love doth last
"hen summer, and beauty, and youth are
past.
Fannie Forester, in the Quiper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-30
A TOUCHING SCENE.
Deaf Mutes Repeating the Lords Prayer
In Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.

Deaf Mutes Repeating the Lords Prayer
In Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
A roguish-looking little fellow, prob
ably twelve years old, stood on the car
peted platform near MIR. Beecher's arm
chair at Plymouth Church the other
night and repeated the Lords Prayer
with such infinite pathos-so touching
because it was wholly unconscious
that fifty people in the large audience
devoutly joined in his "Amen," and
nearly 200 more wiped the tears from
their eyes. But little more than q
year ago the boy was street waif in
Danbury, Conn. People pitied him and
gave him pennies because he was deaf
and dumb. A benevolent gentleman
sent him to an oral school for deaf
mutes in Mystic. He watched the lips
of people in the audience fifty feet
away, and repeated words after them.
Maggie" Herman" Hartford,
.boy,7 horse" and several other words
were spoken as plainly as four out OF
five school children of his age would
have pronounced them. Brooklyn"
bothered him. He called it Bruglin.
The boy could not hear q sound. He
never has since he was born. So keen
was his observation that he repeated
words by watching the shadow on the
white wall of the person who uttered
them. He did not Shirk syllable OF
the Lords Prayer, nor stumble once in
his articulation. His pronunciation of
some words was peculiar, but the whole
was rendered with such plaintive sim
plicity and peculiar falling infection at
the termination of sentences that many
ladies who heard him sobbed.
Another boy stepped on the platform,
avsharp little fellow in short trousers.
He watched peoples lips with eyes like
q lynx and shouted the words after them
as vociferously as a newsboy. Some
body tried him with hard words, such
as Nebuchednezzar. but he pronounced
them before the tones Of the first speak
er's voice had died away. People
pointed to articles of clothing. such as
cuff. collar. glove or coat, and the boy
told them what they were doing. He
never dreamed of the applause that
followed him to the seat.-N. y. Times.