Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-01
For the Portdgs lSsstinei /.

MEssRs. There is at pre-
sent great efforts being made BY the wings
to impress the people favorable toward the
Tax Law, which lyingly purports to tax
all property Of the Shte according 70 It's
true value. Although II Ii extremely fool
ish. unequal and oppressive, Yet il should
be compiled with by those who raade il and
now strenuonsly defendit it. This Is writ
ten to illustrate whig consistency.
We are all familiar with the proceedings
al Tinnicum through your paper; but the
world is ignorant Of the wonders Of Tad
more. From present indications 50 many
interesting events are about to transpire
that It is sapocryphal il il will not be- neces-
sary to write an abridged history of them.
ishall however BY way Of introduction only
give you sketch or TWO.
This town, like may others Of our happy
land, is settled BY 4 diversity of nationa
languages and tongues. There are some
here from near the State that burned witch.
es. Many ofthese are Of the blue-stripe.
There is one Deacon 50 blue that his wife
has only to soak him in the Dye-tub over
night to Color yarn fit for stockings. He
lives IN quite . palace in the south Of Tad
more. No one is more true than he-to 10.
ryism, Neutrality-suspicious., Whigisn
and the Taw Law. The makers Of tina
law in his estimation 50 far exceed in wis
dom the Grecian sage, Solon, that he yer,
learnediy wishes to have his name stricken
out, where it occurs in Grecian history, an;
Alfred Kelley put in,its place. Some clas
sical critics demnr ut this; but sunpos
now that the Deacon is in for il, TINT il vii
have to be done. IN
When the Deacon chances 70 see a Den,
ocrat who is opposed to the law, he is Ger
tain to stretch up his long neck, and lool
so wise that Diogonese, contented as he wa
in his tub, when Alexander called to Sc
him, would have enyied him. Now flow
the epure yankee in strain Of eloquenc
that would haze silencad Demonthsnes 9
Cicero, ,.Wnl,' he vocifferates, u can
see that ] can guess whit are wrong il
that ere tax law. My gals have amslodul
that don't hainf to be taxed no how.'t-
,"Whin that ere SCISSOR calls, if are to hur
guess will not list my property and swea
10 ii too. The Loco Focos wont cas-
theyhaint got eny larnin, rcligin nioralit.
or dscency.n BIZ
Time passed away, and the assessor sur
as death did call The honest Deacon wa
al ahuni.n The list.tor him to fill wa
handed 10 him; he filed it out, estimatin
his property, as he swore, according to i
true value. Two horses, one Of which b
can take sixty dollars for any day, he pt
in al twenty-five dollars each; and his othe
properly in proportion. He still goes roun
the streets, and. privately and publicly d
tends the law. One day he was asks
rather impudently no doubt, considerin
hisdignity and sanctity whether he wou
take twenty-five dollars FIJI his horse. q
replied, sslNellI don't kere d take D "a
price; Eli consider ont 4 couploo Of weeks.
This i q beautiful specimen Of wEIig COZ
sistencys issls !4s.s
THERE'S another long cared, ass-ss,in
red-mouthed. blue,light, federal, coon, Il;
law, swindling whig, living in q bricl
house on the Northwest corner of Ta,
more that viii notice next week; So f
the present farewell
Yours, &c. SELOC.
Chairman of the Committee On Foreig