Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-24

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knowledge which opens springs Of pleas
dre from, every portion, Of the exlernal
yord-rom the insec / The. rude earth, The
ffowsr, ,the star, from man.. and al. the
tchain of organized creatures-that knowl
edge which enables him 10 look outward on
the vast universe, its attractions, and emys.
4 teries; or ,inward1y into the. ~immeasurable
depths Of His own consciousness, its capac.
lies 8! of bopingg doubling, aspiring and in
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aFhsfs IS an endearing tenderness, esays
Washington Irving, tin The love sofa moth
81 FOR her son. that transcen6s all other
affections of The 'hearta We have just
heard d touching illustration of the fact,
that the love of d son for. his mother may
also transcend and swaiIow-up alh other ar.
fecti'ns, at-a~memsnt, loo, vwhen-he might
well be pardonedz for remembering only
bis own great trials, sso.z.ssq
Some Two yenrs ngo, a young .map,. be.
longing 10 hiladel phia, was returning BY.
railroad 10 that city from ,;lhe. town OF
Reading, Pennsy By an accident
which happ 10 the train as it,e.vnss aT,,
preaching the town and while he was stand.
lngsupon the platform, be was. thrown off,
and fell partly under the wheel of sue.
eeeding car, and his right arm, marrow,
bones and ALL was crushed 70 q jelly, and
dropped uselessly at his. side. This, how
ever, was fortunately his nlyinjury.s, He
was sas young man Of .determined nerve, and.
pf, the ,noblest spirit. az, uttered no com
Plaint-not. even q groan. When the
train arrived. at the, depot, q. carriage was,
Immediately called, when. attended BY. his
friend, he said 10 The coaehman, Drive Ttt
once 10 Dr. Is, IS in Walnut street..
ifsHadn 7 you better go : Immediately
homer asked his friend .zssz.-.l = sss4,t -
NO. said he, 'l don't wan, them to
know anything abeur me on.ili i is all O.
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Our hero, afor he ,oass q hero, was sdenf
10 oil the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of his
friend, and they drove rapidly 10 the house
of The eminent surgeon alluded 10. They
were shown INTO Tie parlor, and the doctor
was sufrmoned a1s z q L. 2sa.--l 4 = 7eszgz e
deaF ffstsiow, said the Surgeon,
for he waswell acquainte with his patient.
you know, | suppose, what must be donea'
4 DO he replied, and tits for the purpose
Of haring ii done that am here.' IS sMy
surgical table, said The Doctor. is belowss'.
enh ii be done without that! ked tlre'
sufferers @IScannot be7 tied-T cannot he
held. 1Amputnte my sarm here, Doctor, ,'hes
continued, holding OUT tie dangling limb
over the. back of the sofa. DO r. here 3
Doctor; shnii NOT sffineh shall not inter;
fere with your operations ssssssi = 80 ,ss
The sfinb was bared.two attenda s;meds
itcal students sinahe house, were SUMMONED,
the arm was taken .aoff above the elbow.
While the patient sal as he was requested,
otteririg no groan, nor speaking single
word, While ne operation wass being per.
formed, The, dressings were applied and,
dttended BY his ifriend,i tho i atient had
feachedafbe door, on iiis way 10 hiss own
iouse, vi ich was very near by when che
furned round tosthe surgeon and dsaid, sDoes
tor; 4 Should like to lo5k AT my arm once
more; pray lei me see h.' v9The surgeon
raised the mangled limb; the patient glnnc-
ed at the bioodtess hand and said: Doc.
lors there is d ring upon tie tniddl finger
Of thai hand, wont you TAX 8 itsoff for met
My AiorHER gave me That ring when she
wps on her adeath:bed. i4ean part with my
arm, but whilesI liveat can tspart' wiihshat
fing.ns The ring was slppedsfrom the cold,
Write finger. Put II on that fiager,s SAID
he, holding outthe same. iingerlon his left
hand. As he was leaving the door, with
his attendant to entertl,e l,ecarriage. he said,
sHoaD shall Isbreak this thing aor nyspoor
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is1eass Modification Of sleep .sesdz ol
J Sleep is much modified BY habit. Thus,
an old artillery. man often enjoys Tranquil
repose. while the cannon are numbering
around HIM, nm engineer has been known
10 fall asleep within boiler while his fellows
wsre beating it on the outside with their
ponderous hammers; and the repose Of a
miller is nowise incominodeds sby the noise
Of his milL bSound ceases sosbe astimulus
10 such men, and what would have proved
an inex pressibls annoyance 10 Others, is
by them altogether unbeeded aJhEis com.
mon fori carriers to sleep on horses backs,
and coachmen on their coaches IS During
the battle Of The Nils, ssome boys were So
exhausted, that they felfaslesp onathe deck,
amid the deafenhfg thunder Of that dreadful
engagernenLs Nay silence itself may be.
come d stimulus, while sound ceases to be
so. Thus, miller being very i'll his mill
WAS 9stopped that he might not be disturbed
by its noise; but this SO far from Inducing
sleep, prevsnted its altogether; and il sd:d
nots take places al atIieasnasill was agoing
again. For tina same reason shemanagsr
oi ssomssxast ironworks, who slept close to
them, amid the incessant din of hammers,
!torges, and blast fn rnaces, would. awake if