Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-05-31
For the Portage Sentinel,
AURORA, "Pluyioseh

AURORA, "Pluviosen 1852.
Dean Ep,ToR:-I feel like turning
Egyptian and praying 10 Isis. What have
we farmers done, this inundalions What
is ouroffence, ,ha..he winters will not recede?
The mud have been trying TO plant in TO-
day, think was not lef, here very recent.
ly, nor for nny very fer,ilizing purpose
1 recommend the ,rowel to oil planters here
abouts; and all seeds to the especial care
of Osiris. May he and his dear old mysli.
cal lady have good time Of it in struggling
to make this year one OF abundance and
fecundiiy --and those kernels Of corn LEFT
this forenoon in their keeping, may they be
uole TO resurrect and sprout them.
When the sun passes under the sign Of
the goat next winter, sincerely hope his
horn, or horns, will be bent down with the
perfect plenty with which the labors Of the
husbandmen ough, to be crowned. This
is speaking after the manner Of the ancien,
Egyptian. The Grecians knocked the
horns off The astronomical beast, and put
one in the Sand Of Ceres, filled with fruit,
to symbolic the same idea nm ia favor
of the frs, and Oldest notion though, and
60 against the Grecian innovations gener>
ally. Give me the old Nile TO raise corn
On, with her regular and periodical over
flow. One there knew what he. could do,
and when he could do it. This is wha,
enabled them 10 do SO much on her soil,
and in her quarries-to feed the Canaan>
ties, and build those monumental wonders
which We are striving to initiate. Give
me her Thebes 10 live in, and The temple
of Carnace to preach in, instead Of any Of
our late, and would be rich, and proud At
iempls at religious style, and fashionable
fummery. Give me these things pure,
and from their original source, where Mo>
ses gained oil his skill and learning, and
Solomon his mysterious masonic order Of
architects. Yes, give me the old Nile
yet, with her annually thin deposits of mud,
the really miraculous mamma for the soil
none of this Ohio deposit, such as Jacob
and his sons probably tried to live on before
Joseph emigrated-and none Of these sea>
sons, which Nileomelers, nor almanacs,
nor any system Of calculation into the fu.
lure, ever yet helped 10 decipher one day
before hand.
If that corn left in the mud to day
sprouts, and comes to maturity, would as
soon give a.for,ieth part Of the asails to
carry on I'D Egyptian, as an American
system Of state edifces, and public works.
and religious structures. The difference,
if any, might be in favor of Egypt, If splen-
dor aud magLifcence should be considered
objects of the highest desirable attainment
-and have YET to be shown that they are
not. But am afraid shall become seri-
Gus; and yet this mud for which We are
t.xed, and ,i.hed, is no laughing matter.
You will not hear from me again before
hoeing time probably. believe | shall
propose to our state rulers, and religious
lunclionaries, another year, TO take cer-
tain per cent of my land and cultivate it
themselves for their share They then can
show their love for agriculture in the mos,
direct and unequivocal manner. As to my
share of the So millions the federal concern
wants, | will learn to economize in the
use of all dutioble, and benefited articles.
1t is optional how large an amount Of
taxes an individual pays through the mer.
chant into the cuslom-house treasures OF
sUncle Saca," and have no affection for
these mercantile tax-gaiherers with their
fifty per cent for collection. Though fond
of reasonably generous living, | feel like
escaping those continual contributions,
which some English Charles falsely nick
named 'sdu,ies " 1t was no, thess '.duiies''
that an English Admiral referred to when
he said "l:nglnnd expects every man to do
his duty"