Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-31
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brown or pale hue IS any disparase@eht
|to bim. You must got acquainted with
William and hear hin converse You
viii not think Of his hard hands, and his
animated, intelligent eopntenanco WI drive
his bronzed skin quite out Of your head.
But come, yeu don't say my ihiig about
gy faEgisurs And soa sai.si sss s Y aies
sOh! your furniture is well enough. The
less you have, the less you will have 10
take care OFF, ..,
'Yes, we coald not get much furniture.
| insisted upon William taking the MONEY
my grandmother left me, TO pay off few
hundred dollars which he owed for this
place, in order to enable us to begin even in
the world. We both have such horror
of debt, that we are determined never to,
incur any, if we can possibly help As SEQ
what nice press for bed clothes this is.
'Why, what quantity of bed and table
linen-it is really nice too. You hayo
more than my Maria has, | declare
Yes, | always want an abundance Of
such things. The drawer is filled with
towels-this is my ironing cloth and blank
ct, and this closet contains my tin and
wooden ware.' ,..-.au n 4s
Il declare, Eliza, you arc a strange
thoughtful child. ! must tell you ono
thing about Maria, that made us have good
hearty laugh. The Monday morning after
she was married the girl came to ask
where the tubs were, and don't you think
the child had actually forgotten to buy a
tub, clothes-lne, or pins. She said it
never popped into her head. But, la, it
wasn't strange, she had n ever been used to
do anything of the kind r.. 3.
i 4 believe, aunt, that | have shown you
all now. We will go, if you please.
hope you will not let my brown dress or
Williams brown hands frjghten you away
this evoning.' u ~
oh no! But | must take the stage for
Maria's carly in the morning; yoA must
allow me to retire carly 80.
'What fellows these Yankees are for
combining elegance and uselulness,' said
Southern gentleman TO himself, as he
stood on the piazza Of the hotel In the town
of -. Sir, said he, addressing himsslf
to a. venerable looking man near him, 'can
you tell me who resides in that elegant
cottage where the grounds are laid out with
so much tastep .... re..e.
oh, that is Squire Bill Thorndike's.
You must be stranger in these parts not
to know him?' . ... ...a., -. l.,.5F
4 am sir and since he seems such a
prominent member Of society, | should be
happy to know something of his history
oh there is nothing remarkable in it,
nothing ut all, sir. His father was man
Of great learning, but nearly run through
fortune in trying to live in style. He died
and left three boys. Their mother, who
went from this place was woman of
strong sense. She sold tho property, paid
off all the debts, and had enough to buy
that little house to the left. II has but two
rooms, and there is garden spot attached
to it. Here sho put her boys to'trades. Ono
to mason, one to a wAeelwright, and this
Bill TO a carpenter. They were mighty
smart boys, and settled in distant towns.
Bill stayed however. lie married the
widow Perrys daugter. She was as smart
as steel trap. Sho was a right good
scholar, and she has made an excellent
wife. They have got along wonderfully.
Every body wondered how it was. He did
not make better wages than other men, but
somehow the money increased 1t was
no mystery to me, though, for l watched
them pretty sharp. You never saw
b great display Of fnery-such as laces, and
hounces and (urhelows. You never saw
him before he kept horse, riding much
: for pleasure. No-they both pulled one
way, and took their pleasure in being sober,
, industrious and useful, and now they reap
f their reward in being universally respected.
Why there ain't q man that has SO much
money to let as Squire Thorndike, and he
f is never hard and screwing about it, as
, some are. He isn't stingy, either. He
has taken two children Of one lawyer Will
lis to bring up, and he does as we'll by them
as he does by his own. Lawyer Willis .
, wife was kind Of cousin to Squire Thorn
dike's wife. She was dashy, snowy gal.
Lord! you'd ha' thought the richest folks
!, upon airth were married when they had the
knot tied. Poor fellow! he had a. hard
t time, Notwithstanding, to support his lady
in style. He took to drink and died. I'ye
heard saythat she turned lp her nose a,
!. her cousins match, but she little though,
that her boys would be glad to go 10 thai
same cousin for home, while she would
| be glad to take up with the little house tha,
t Squire Thorndike's mother lived in.' aat
!, 'Ah! SIR continued the old man, this i
9 changing world but, TO my mind, Il
folks would only beprudent and industri,
Q GUS, and give up hankering after thing,
J, beyond their means, there would be more
i real good done in tho world and fsws