Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-05-05

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During tie last Quarter Of = centurv
4 great change has come over the yalley
Of Inc Mohawk: Numerous and beont;r,,l
towns now spread over i,s extended ana 80
rried surface, and the busy and never con :.
inc whirl Of beings. more restless ne ,hav
pursue @ with eagerness their schemes 4,
,he requirement Of wealth. Than the Que, M
tossing billow, arrest the eve of the ,rovel. M
cr. and impress III upon his mind tba world.
vide truth. tha, Yankees are. e. and .oerho n
always will be, living engines Of ioconn.
tion. Villages have Sprung up from The
bosom Of that wilderness MS If bv rnao;c !.
tho puny and inefficient structures wb ;cb
sheltered the red man. have become ,en, ~.
less and gone 10 decay: the mighty fores,
which for centuries had exul,od IN he nride
Of It's strength, has fallen before iba ora or
tho woodnan, and ,he remnan, Of that nm.
fortunate race Of beings whose national 81.
istenDpcce Is fast becoming extinct Is swan,
from the records of that delightful ynllav'
and now NO trace is le,t save here ana
there neglected and forgotten grave
Scattered like leaves stricken by tie tam.
nest. their dances and their festive sports
have have ceased forever. /, is a biller satire
upen man, 10 know that he is a usurper.
and TINT his indurated and time.seared con.
i science is ii, agent Of too weak powers TO
bring him into subiection. But / am moi
eoing ,o write q homily upon tho faults
and ioibles Of mankind. From The dim
chronicle Of events that transpired in other
times. may bo cleaned incidents which will
arrest tho attention, and restore to the mem.
ories Of some, At least, tho half forgotten
things Of the past. g G55
-. Among the first settlers Of tho Mohawk
valley was the energetic. and enterprisine
Col. S.. He was a na:iye Of v ermont'
and from his youth he had been acquain,.
cd with hardship and toll. By industry
and economy he had risen from poyerty to
affluence, and the prospect Of an honora.
be, bu. extensive speculation had induced
him to exchange his romantic home a.
mone the hills, 'ior one less cultivated. hut
still beautiful. in the Mohawk valley. Il
was a, The beginning Of the autumn in IS
when the Col, his wife, and only dough.
ter, bade, adieu to friends, and commenced
their long and perilous, Journey. Facilities
for travelling have greatly multiplied since
that time. Weeks were then required 10
perform a journey which now may be &c.
,complisheds IN as many hours. BY the aid
Of railroads and steamboats,, tho circuit of n
state, or q nation is rendered On agreeable
,pastime. ,,.e,a.. T. !. ..s.....
The son,bre shade OF autumn. the vel.
low foliage. touched by the enrly frost and
falling with the passing breeze. the .loneli
ness of a monotonous iournev. The senaro.
,ion from friends. and the dreamy and m.
revealed visions Of The future. III nresse,
,uDon ,the minds Of The wanderers as day
,afiers dny they approached their future
home. And yet ,heiy i we're eartg contented il no
happy. Over the brow Of the beau,ifu]
and light hearted Mary s.. no frown
ing cloud had ever passed. She was .,h,
child Of fond and indulgent parents. and III,
world seemed to he, ,,s one scene Of sunshine
never 10 be darkened with clouds an,
storms! storms. All the date of this sketch. sixtee,
sisu summers had ,leit their rose buds rpon he
cheeks, and her dark eve, lustrouus wit
the light Of intellect and beauty. reyeale
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