Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-11


was related for the fifteenth time; and they
retired, one after another, believing 10
man that the hero of our tale had been de
voured by dog!.. s.., .--.s ~
s.. The Solitary Traveller.
A Six HUNDRED AND ElGHrY DOLLARS
AND TWENTY-FIVE cE NTs PRIzE TALE.
..4 BY N. BoNAPARrE Dux
On one cold winters day, in the m on h
of July, poorman, clad in all the .habi-
iments and gold and tinsil Of the rich, was
footing along OF horseback, in an open
boat. over long and dreary desert Not
hill, tree, rock, or spot of green appear.
ed to cheer him ia,his tedious. ascent OF the
vast mountain which lay spread out before
him in fertile heaps, far as the eye could
reach. Huge precipices lay scattered in
his paths and ever and anon would his
footsteps mingle in swe ct cadence with the
black waters Of the yellow sky, over whose
precipitous plains he scrambled with all
the agility Of pair Of cow-hde boots,
pect Egyption darkness had now settled
down upon the earth, and the noon day
sun threw his cold aud piercing rays full
in the face of the traveller, as he pursued
his northern course towards the beautiful
streaks of light that now illuned the east,
caused by the rising OF the setting sun. IN
the dim distance ofthe present future. The
moon cast her pale inky light Of mid night
brightness o'er the shades of sperambula-
ting hen coops, whose blue rays Of ambi-
ent green, being firmly buck 10 the coat
tails of large box of Br',ndelh's pills,
greatly assisted him in his precarious pass.
age over the heightened shadows OF the
grassy and verdureess lake. -.-- -..z-. .
At length, while thus in silent grandeur
he s;alked along, he met an aged man,
whose silvery locks Of jet back hue hung
in aubGrrf.urls from The white o;tk bra,r-
b e of a ceniury's growth, which lined the
sides ola large dandy gray, russell, sky
blue pink colored patriAge, whose silent
whirl was heard for miles, buttoned cluse
up to The throat of the youth before men.
toned His feet encased in large wooden
bag, thrown over his shoulders in rich pro-
fusion, and clad in y yellow frock coat of
fiery red, aid carry ing his nose, which
was slightly turned up at the end, unoer
his left arm, he presented an appearance
altogether striking and picturesque. When
our pedestrian first turned the glance Of
his ~ilherihg nose upon the fir haired
youth, on whose downy chin The gray
beard of blueish brown hung from his eye
Ibrows upwards in one congealed mass, he
slowly hastened TO turn over The north east
side of a bread and milk cheese, manuInc-
iured of the best Damascus steel. WHOSE
willow branches Of the toughest oak aft nd
ed grateful shelter 10 Twelve years, on a
small pine table of the largest dimensions,
and Of delicate texture, interviewer with
steel filings and saw dust.
+ At length, ten years aller. on the same
day, they sat down IN standing position
to sumptuous repast Of the axellrees of
:he aged youths horse, whose unrutlled
breataings of a greenish bfack cast their
shadows before The hind wheel of tie rear
horses leg. The deep ravines, whose
towering hill top pierced the clouds as
mentioned, they between carried Them in
large black.,in knot hole whose lofty
branches peeped forth behignly from the
jacket pocket of the rich traveller, clad in
the silks and satins Of the poor But now
a change came o'er the spirit Of their dream.
The lightning's rude blast :noaned through
the far-off trees with an imperceptible roar
and the thunder Of terrific torrents upheav-
ing from the Swallowed depths of the troub-
led waters of calm and placid sea, accom-
panied by the dry and scorching rain,
roamed in compound individuality Ger the
boundless depths of the hi!ly prairie, and
the sun in wrathy calmness poured forth
whole sheets Of water upon the dark and
smiling earth, and our travellers in updis-
mayed dismay Of this illustration which
cuts and gashes Of the beauties and harmo-
nies of nature, resolved from that moment
ten months previous to make straight
wake for home; and accordingly five years
from the present time they didn't 60 home;
and arrived there twelve years ago, nor
have they been seen or heard Of since.
Our Coantry.-On no country more
than our own have the charms of nature
been prodigally lavished; her mighty lakes
likeoceans of liquid silver-hel mountains,
their bright aerial tints-her valleys teem-
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