Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sam slick ON Hope.

In his last book, ssWise Laws and Modern In
stances,n Mr.. Slick remarks in the following
strain upon Hope and Disappointment:
Hope! What is hope? Expectin' some un-
sertain thing or another to happen. Well, spo-
sen it don't happen, why, then, there's nice lit
tie crop Of disappointment to digest, that's all
What's the use of hopen at all, then! I never
could see any use under the sun in it. That word
ought to be struck out Of every dictionary. Pll
tell Webster so when he gets out new edition
of his'n. Love is painted like little angel, with
wings and bow and arrow, called Cupid-the
name of mothers lap dog. Many the one I've
painted on clocks, little, chubby-cheeked, on
meanin, fat, lubberly critters. suppose it typi-
fes that Love is fool. Yes, and how he does
fool folks, too. Boys and gals falls in love-
The boy is all attention and devotion, and the gall
10 all smiles, and airs and graces, and pretty lit
tie winin' ways, and they bill and coo, and get
married because they hope! Oh, they hope they
will love all the days of their lives, and hope
their lives will be ever SO long just to love one
another; it's such sweet thing to love. Well
they hope great deal more, guess The boy
hopes arter he's married his wife will smile sweet
as ever and twice as often, and be just as neat
and twice as neater, her hair lookin' like part
Of the head, SO tight, and bright, and glossy, and
parted the top like little path in the forest
A path is a sweet little thing, for it seems made
purpose for courtin', it's so lonely and retired
Nature teaches its use, he says, for the breeze as
it whispers kisses to the leaves, and helps the.
Towering shrubs to bend down and kiss the clear
little stream that waits in eddy for it afore it
moves on. Poor fellow, he amt q spooney at
all. Is he! And he hopes that her temper will
be as gentle and as meek, and as mild as ever; in
fact, no temper at all--all amability-an angel
In pettcoats Well, she hopes evory minute he
has to spare he will fly to her the wings of love
legs amt fast enough, and running might hurt
his lungs-but tof to her, and never leave her,
but bill and COO forever, and will let her be has
law; sartainly won't want her to wait on him, but
for him to tend her, the devoted critter, like
heavenly ministering white he niger. Well,
don't they hope they may get all this! And do
they? Jist go into any house you like, and the
last two that talks is these has been lovers
They have said their say, and are tired talking;
they have kissed their kiss, and an onion has
spilled it; they have strolled their stroll, for the
dew is on the grass all day now. His dress is
ontidy, and he smokes a short black pipe, Che
didn't smoke even cigar before he was married.
andthe ashes get on his waistcoat; but who cares!
it's only his wife to see it-and kinder guesses he
sees wrinkles where he never see 'em afore, on
stocking ankles; and her shoes are just little
down at the heel; and she comes down to break
FAST with her hair and dress ookin' as if it was
little more neater, it would be little more bet
ter. He sits up late nights with his old friends,
and he lets'her 60 to bed alone and she cries; the
little angel! but it is only because she had the
head ache. The heart-Oh! there's nothin'
wrong there-but she is lately troubled with
shockin' bad nervous headaches, and can't think
what in the world is the matter. The dashng
young gentleman has got awful stingy too, late.
iy. He sais honsekeepin' costs too much, rips out
an Ugly word every now and then, she never heere
afore; but she hopes--what does the poor dupe
hope! Why, she hopes he amt swearin; but il
sounds amazin' like it, that's a fact. What il
that ugly word "dam,'' that he uses SO often late
y! and she looks it out in the dictionary, and she
finds "dam," means the "mother of COLT
Well. she hopes to be a mother herself some
day, poor crftter! So here hope has ended in hel
fndn' mares nest at last. 80,