Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-06-16
Female HerOiSn.

Inere are many aneCdOteS on record
OF remarkable feats ofheroism perform
ed by the matrons of America during
the revolution, which go to prove that
neither patriotism nor valor is possess
sed exclusively by the masculine gen.
der Of our species. But there is kind
of heroism in some females that we
know OF, which as far surpasses' any
thing of The character above named, as
beauty and symmetry surpass uglIness
and deformi,y in comeliness
p We have, no titled nobility, nor re-
cognized aristocracy, in this country;
but we have thatwhich is less to lerable
"a class who ape the character of a.
ristocrats, on account of the acres of
land which the greatest of all radical
errors in our borrowed social system
enables them to monopolize; the houses
they have been enabled to purchace or
build, by the profits they have made
out of the labor of the poor; and the
ships. the merchandise and The money,
which they have obtained in various
ways mostly by overreaching craft.
This is a species of aristocrac acy,
which is most disgusting, because it
generally possesses the least charity.
the IeastssymPathy,z the: least mind, and
the most superchieusness and insolence
ofany of whichit is caricature.
:. s. Ii is habitual with this most offensive
species efthe genus homo to sneer con-
ternptHously at all those for whom ma
lure has done much, and whom fortune
has left TO toll for livelihood. 1t is
painful to5us that we find it our duty, on
any occasion, to deal harshly with any
portion of our country women, who
maintain reputable standing 10 socie-
~; but justice compels. US to say that
the unlovely aristocratic spirit above
alluded TO is more generally cherished
by them than by the other sex. Al
though there are many noble exceptions
among them, they are generally filled
with the rankest enmity against those
of their sex who are less favored by for
tune, but more perfectly moulded and
finished by nature, than themselves. S...
A beautiful girl was frequently seen
sitting in pew with Squire G.s family
al the-Church. A young gentle
man, whose attention had been often
attracted that way by her fine figure,
her rose-tinted completion, and her
eyes which artlessness, purify and
loveliness were beaming through, ven
tured to enquire of the aristocratic
Miss Julia FIunket, who the young la
.dy was. to whom his willing; vision
would SO frequently turn from every
other object. Now, Miss Fiunket had
observed. with much greeneyed vexa-
lion, that the eyes of the interrogator
were fixed upon the object othis inqui.
ry more frequently than she was will
ling to tolerate, and she was heartily
glad tof an opportunity to give vent to
the spleen which had been some time
accumuiatlng. Accordingly, she gave
a few more degrees of elevation to her
nasal organs, whose warty extremity
materially inclined TO a zenith, and an
swerd, with a sarcastic smirk, "WelI,
upon my word, George, you have at
length fallen in love! always thought.
your choice would fall upon some such
piece of red and white home spun.
The would-be. thought beauty who fas-
cinates you so much in church, that
you have neither eyes nor ears for any
body or any thing else, is a distant rel
ative Of Mrs g., who sent for her to
come and stay a few weeks and make
summer clothes for her children She
is a sewing girl. sir! te he, he, he,'! -.
And this is a kind ofreproach which
is constantly cast upon those females
whose places fortune does not appoint
in the lap of opulence. 1t is this which
produces more infaaay and misery in
the female portion oil communities than
all other causes put together Itre>
.quires a greater degree Of bravery in a
s3oung female to eneounter these m: :.
siles Of sarcasm than it does a TayIor
or Scott TO encounter all the powers
set Mexico. Yet we find many of them
who have the courage to work with
their hands for an honest livelihood
and not unfrequently to assist in procu.
ring the necessaries of life for destitute